Blizzard opens pre-purchase for World of Warcraft: Forever upgrade editions

Pre-purchase now on Battle.net

Blizzard announces that World of Warcraft: Forever takes players back to a reimagined original Azeroth, where familiar locations contain new discoveries and the world is built to grow for years. The game launches globally on November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST, and access is included with a World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time.

Optional upgrade editions can be pre-purchased now on the Battle.net Shop: the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack, and the limited-time Warcraft Forever Collection. The Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection also include access to the beta beginning September 17.

Choose Your Edition

Three upgrade editions are available, each with its own set of items and benefits.

• Skyborne Heroic Pack: access to the Skyborne race and the Zephras Isle starting experience, Early Name Reservation, the Cerulean Prideclaw ground mount (riding skill must be purchased in-game), Shen’dorei Skyseer’s Garb, the Veteran Adventurer’s Rucksack, the Shen’dorei Windwell toy, Skyborne Housin
• Skyborne Epic Pack: everything in the Heroic Pack, plus beta access starting September 17, 30 days of Game Time added to the account on November 4, additional Veteran Adventurer inspired cosmetics, tabards, pets for the World of Warcraft: Forever collection, and two more Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes
• Warcraft Forever Collection: everything in the Epic Pack, plus Warcraft III: Reforged, the Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom campaign, and Forsaken and Human Figurine Decor for Housing in modern World of Warcraft. This limited-time bundle ties Warcraft’s strategy roots to the origins of the Fo

Bring a Friend Along for Launch Week

Qualifying purchases include Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes that players can share so friends can join World of Warcraft: Forever during launch week, from November 4 through November 11, 2026. The Skyborne Heroic Pack includes one code, while the Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection include three codes in total.

Codes arrive by email beginning October 20, 2026, PST. Players copy the code from the email and send it to the friend they want to invite. Eligible invitees redeem the code through Battle.net to access the game without a subscription or game time during the launch-week window.

Step Into Beta and Prepare for Launch

The World of Warcraft: Forever Beta begins September 17, 2026, PST, and runs through October 21, 2026, PST. Beta access comes with the Skyborne Epic Pack and the Warcraft Forever Collection and offers an early look at the roads, stories, and systems of the new experience.

Early Name Reservation runs from October 27 through November 3, 2026, PST, and is included with any upgrade purchase. Players can create and customize up to three characters during this period. Character names are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and desired names cannot be guaranteed.

Explore Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom

Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom is also available as a standalone digital purchase for Warcraft III players. The all-new campaign returns Warcraft’s RTS roots to the front line with a story set around the fall of Lordaeron, the founding of the Undercity, and the first Forsaken Paladin.

Players can buy the campaign on its own, choose a combo that includes Warcraft III: Reforged, or pick the Warcraft Forever Collection to get both the campaign and the World of Warcraft: Forever upgrade benefits in one limited-time bundle. All options are available on the Battle.net Shop.

Begin Your Forever Journey

Blizzard closes by inviting players, whether returning to familiar lands, stepping into Azeroth for the first time, or following the story from Warcraft III into the earliest days of World of Warcraft, to choose an edition, gather friends, and make the world their home.

World of Warcraft: Forever launches on November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST and requires a Subscription or Game Time. The Epic Pack and Collection include 30 days of Game Time added on November 4, with gameplay beyond that period requiring a Subscription or additional Game Time sold separately. The Warcraft Forever Collection is available through January 11, 2027. Launch codes exclude gift purchases, and other restrictions apply.