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Nov 5, 2026Launch client 1.60.1.70790: Rogue rework, Fury and Elemental changes, Lava Burst goneThe client Blizzard shipped on launch day changes four Rogue talents outright, reshuffles the Fury and Combat trees and replaces Lava Burst. Here is what moved compared with the last pre-launch build.Nov 5, 2026WoW: Forever is live, and the first hotfix fixes Invite-a-Friend accountsWoW: Forever opened worldwide on November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST. The first hotfix removes restrictions on characters created with an Invite-a-Friend code.Nov 3, 2026Pre-launch class changes: Blizzard's November 2 development notesOn November 2 Blizzard published its last development notes before launch, covering everything changed since the October 15 beta update. Damage was raised for classes across the game, and the health of higher-level creatures was increased to compensate.Nov 2, 2026forev.eu: real WoW: Forever talent trees and a Patch notes sectionThe talent calculator now uses the WoW: Forever talent trees from game build 1.60.1.70707. Until now it showed the Classic Era layout that the client still carries in its old talent table; the trees players see in Forever are stored separately.Nov 2, 2026WoW: Forever goes live November 4: launch times in every regionWorld of Warcraft: Forever opens worldwide at the same moment: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST (23:00 UTC).Oct 27, 2026Beta is over, name reservation runs until November 3The WoW: Forever beta closed on October 23 after five weeks of testing.Oct 27, 2026Final racial changes before launchOn October 26 and 27 Blizzard published a last tuning pass on racial abilities and passive traits for WoW: Forever. Some generic bonuses added during the beta were rolled back to race- and role-specific ones; weapon specialization racials stay removed.Oct 22, 2026Rulesets in WoW: Forever: Normal, PvP, Roleplay, Roleplay PvP, Hardcore laterWoW: Forever uses rulesets instead of a realm list. Four are available at launch: Normal, PvP, Roleplay and Roleplay PvP. Hardcore follows some time after launch.Oct 21, 2026Camping in WoW: Forever: campfires and Camp FeaturesIn WoW: Forever the Cooking Fire becomes a Basic Campfire, available from Cooking skill 1. Other players can add Camp Features to it: up to three on a Basic Campfire, each from a different player; cooks can later unlock campfires with 5 and 10 slots.Oct 20, 2026WoW: Forever raids open December 9: Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's LairThe first raids of WoW: Forever unlock on December 9, 2026, five weeks after launch, for level 60 characters.