Many players ask when WoW Forever starts where they live. Icy Veins shows a launch countdown for November 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC. That matches the 3:00 p.m. PST start reported by other outlets and the midnight CET on November 5 reported by MeinMMO. We converted that single moment to local times, checked on October 21, 2026.
Key takeaways
- Launch moment: November 4, 2026, 23:00 UTC.
- US West: 3:00 PM on November 4. US East: 6:00 PM. Brazil: 8:00 PM.
- Central Europe: midnight, so it is already November 5 there.
- Asia and Oceania play the next morning, on November 5.
- Blizzard has not published a list of data centers. The game uses rulesets instead of realms.
Start time by country
| Country or region | Local time | Date |
|---|---|---|
| United States, Pacific | 3:00 PM | Nov 4 |
| United States, Mountain | 4:00 PM | Nov 4 |
| United States, Central, Mexico City | 5:00 PM | Nov 4 |
| United States, Eastern, Canada East | 6:00 PM | Nov 4 |
| Brazil (Brasilia), Argentina | 8:00 PM | Nov 4 |
| United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal | 11:00 PM | Nov 4 |
| Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland | 12:00 AM (midnight) | Nov 5 |
| Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Czechia | 12:00 AM (midnight) | Nov 5 |
| Finland, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, Israel | 1:00 AM | Nov 5 |
| Turkey, Saudi Arabia | 2:00 AM | Nov 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3:00 AM | Nov 5 |
| India | 4:30 AM | Nov 5 |
| Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong | 7:00 AM | Nov 5 |
| Japan, South Korea | 8:00 AM | Nov 5 |
| Australia East (Sydney, Melbourne) | 10:00 AM | Nov 5 |
| New Zealand | 12:00 PM (noon) | Nov 5 |
How we calculated this
All times are 23:00 UTC converted with the clock rules in force on November 4, 2026. In the US, daylight saving time ended on November 1, so the West Coast is on standard time. Europe switched back on October 25. Australia and New Zealand are still on summer time. Places with unusual offsets, such as India, are listed separately. If your country is not shown, add or subtract your UTC offset from 23:00. Mainland China is run separately from Blizzard's global service, and we found no Forever launch time for it.
What is known about servers
Forever has no realm list. You choose a ruleset (Normal, PvP, RP, Hardcore) and share one world with that ruleset's players. The stress test used regional hardware for the Americas and Oceania, Europe, Korea and Taiwan, which hints at the regions Blizzard plans for launch. Exact data center locations and per-country capacity were not published. Read how this works in our rulesets guide.
Language and region
The Preferred Online Language setting is under Esc, Options, System, Languages and Social. It applies to your whole account and can be changed once every 24 hours.
What to expect on launch night
Peak demand lands at different hours: US players join in the late afternoon and evening, Europeans around midnight, and Asia in the morning. Queues are likely in the first hours. The free stress test on October 21 is a preview of that load. See the stress test guide.
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