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Release date and launch times
The official instant is 4 November 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. Every other clock on this page is that same moment.
One instant, several clocks
Blizzard published one clock: 3:00 p.m. PST on 4 November 2026. A zone guide converts it to 6:00 p.m. Eastern, 8:00 p.m. in São Paulo, 11:00 p.m. GMT, midnight Central European Time on 5 November, 8:00 a.m. in Korea, and 10:00 a.m. in Sydney. Those conversions follow the time-zone database. They are not separate Blizzard announcements.
The same guide describes about five hours of maintenance before open. Blizzard Watch also recorded a shorter Forever maintenance on 3 November that affected name reservation. Pre-download, from the name-reservation post, is the desktop app, World of Warcraft, game version Forever, then Install. Play stays disabled until the instant.
| Clock | Local time | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific | 4 Nov, 3:00 p.m. | Official |
| Eastern | 4 Nov, 6:00 p.m. | Converted |
| GMT | 4 Nov, 11:00 p.m. | Converted |
| Central Europe | 5 Nov, 12:00 a.m. | Converted |
| Korea | 5 Nov, 8:00 a.m. | Converted |
| Sydney | 5 Nov, 10:00 a.m. | Converted |
Questions
Why might a clock disagree next year?
Daylight-saving rules move. Use the zone name, not a fixed UTC offset, if you are checking a future date.
Did every region open together?
Yes, one global instant. Local dates differ only because the date line does.