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<div class="fw-notice">'''Announced schedule · reviewed 17 September 2026.''' Dates describe published plans and may change. This page is not a live service-status display.</div><br />
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'''Release roadmap''' separates the announced launch milestones from later content plans. Use [[Game access]] for entitlements and [[Beta changes]] for dated research and corrections.<br />
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== Dated milestones ==<br />
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| Beta window || 17 September–21 October 2026, as labeled in Blizzard's access announcement.<ref name="access">Blizzard Entertainment, [https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24301508/pre-purchase-world-of-warcraft-forever-upgrades-and-begin-your-next-journey-in-azeroth Upgrade and access details], 12 September 2026; checked 17 September 2026.</ref><br />
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| Launch || 4 November 2026.<ref name="roadmap">Blizzard Entertainment, [https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24303862/world-of-warcraft-forever-whats-next-panel-recap What's Next recap], roadmap section, 12 September 2026; checked 17 September 2026.</ref><br />
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| New raids unlock || 9 December 2026.<ref name="roadmap" /><br />
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== After launch ==<br />
Blizzard's recap describes further raids, dungeons, quests, PvP updates, expanded world content, Hardcore, and a reworked iconic raid. See [[Raids]] for [[Hyjal Summit]] and [[Barrow Deeps]], and [[Realmless rulesets]] for the announced Hardcore rules.<ref name="roadmap" /><br />
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Launch and raid opening are separate milestones. A raid preview or discovered item model does not establish that its rewards are obtainable on launch day; [[Datamined previews]] explains how to read those reports.<br />
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== Reading schedule reports ==<br />
Icy Veins' [https://www.icy-veins.com/wow-forever/roadmap roadmap guide] combines a schedule with predictions drawn from older WoW releases. Those cadence predictions do not establish Forever patch dates. This page retains the directly supported milestones and links the announcement for future revisions.<br />
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Early name reservation creates characters before launch; it does not establish a gameplay head start. Its access requirements are listed in [[Game access]].<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
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[[Category:Guides]]</div>WikiAdmin