Roadmap

Announced milestones in your time zone. Later plans have no confirmed release date.

01

PHASE 1 · LIVE BETA

OCTOBER 2026 · LIVE NOW

Beta begins

September 17, 2026

◆ Level 30 Beta Cap & Zephras Isle

◆ Skyborne playable race & City of Dalaran dungeon

◆ Legacy Tree & Merchant’s Favor testing

02

PHASE 2 · NAME RESERVATION

11 NOVEMBER 2026 · PRE-LAUNCH

October 27, 2026 at 05:00 PM UTC

◆ Reserve up to 3 character names per Battle.net account

◆ Early faction lock on PvP realms

◆ Guild roster & realm coordination

03

PHASE 3 · GLOBAL LAUNCH

17 NOVEMBER 2026 · GLOBAL LAUNCH

November 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC

◆ Level 60 Cap unlocked across all realms

◆ Normal, PvP, Roleplaying & Hardcore rulesets live

◆ Full 36-zone Azeroth progression & 20 dungeons

04

PHASE 4 · MOLTEN CORE & ONYXIA

25 NOVEMBER 2026 · ENDGAME RAIDS

December 9, 2026

◆ Molten Core (40-Man) & Onyxia’s Lair open

◆ Tier 1 Raid Sets & Level 60 BiS weapons

◆ Guild raid sign-ups & LFG party finder integration

Date not announced

Blizzard plans additional raids, dungeons, PvP updates, world content, quests across levels 1–60, Hardcore, a revamped iconic raid and major updates.