World of Warcraft

WoW Classic Name Reservations Now Open! *Updated

Blizzard Entertainment

WoW Classic name reservations now open! Players with an active subscription or game time on their World of Warcraft account can create up to three characters per WoW account before WoW Classic releases worldwide on Monday, August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT.

When you reserve a name, you’ll also choose the realm you will play that character on. There are a few additional things to keep in mind as you make your choice:

Players who choose to play on a PvP realm will only be able to create characters within the same faction. This means that if you create an Alliance character, all further characters on that realm must also be Alliance characters.
After WoW Classic is live, you’ll be able to create up to 10 characters on any given realm and can create a maximum of 50 characters across all WoW Classic realms. This character count does not impact the number of characters you can create on the current World of Warcraft realms.
Characters that were created for the WoW Classic beta or stress tests will not be available to use in WoW Classic.

To create a character and play WoW Classic, you will need to download and install the client first.

Open the Battle.net desktop app and select World of Warcraft in the game selection menu.
Under the Version menu, select World of Warcraft Classic. If you have more than one World of Warcraft account, you’ll see a second dropdown for Account. In that column, select the active account you want to play on.
Click the Install button. You’ll see an installation progress bar that will show you when the installation is available to play.
Once the installation is complete, click the Play button.

You’ll need to select the realm you want to play on then select Create New Character. You’ll be able to choose your faction, class, and race, as well as fully customize your new character and name them. If you change your mind about a character and have already created your three, you will need to choose a character to delete. Please note, the name associated with the character deleted will be immediately available again to be claimed.

Before you put your plans too firmly in place, we encourage you to gather your allies together to select your new home realm. If you’re looking to reconnect with your old friends and guildmates, be sure to check out our Classic Connections forum.

Available Realms for North America

Name	Type	Time Zone
Ashkandi	Normal	Eastern Time
Atiesh	Normal	Pacific Time
Azuresong	Normal	Pacific Time
Old Blanchy	Normal	Pacific Time
Mankrik	Normal	Eastern Time
Myzrael	Normal	Pacific Time
Pagle	Normal	Eastern Time
Westfall	Normal	Eastern Time
Windseeker	Normal	Eastern Time
Anathema	PvP	Pacific Time
Benediction	PvP	Eastern Time
Bigglesworth	PvP	Pacific Time
Blaumeux	PvP	Pacific Time
Faerlina	PvP	Eastern Time
Fairbanks	PvP	Pacific Time
Herod	PvP	Eastern Time
Incendius	PvP	Eastern Time
Kirtonos	PvP	Eastern Time
Kurinnaxx	PvP	Pacific Time
Kromcrush	PvP	Eastern Time
Netherwind	PvP	Eastern Time
Rattlegore	PvP	Pacific Time
Skeram	PvP	Eastern Time
Smolderweb	PvP	Pacific Time
Stalagg	PvP	Eastern Time
Sulfuras	PvP	Eastern Time
Thalnos	PvP	Eastern Time
Thunderfury	PvP	Pacific Time
Whitemane	PvP	Pacific Time
Bloodsail Buccaneers	RP	Eastern Time
Deviate Delight	RP PvP	Eastern Time
Grobbulus	RP PvP	Pacific Time

Available Realms for Oceania

Name	Type	Time Zone
Arugal	PvP	Australian Eastern Time
Felstriker	PvP	Australian Eastern Time
Remulos	Normal	Australian Eastern Time
Yojamba	PvP	Australian Eastern Time

Keep in mind that players on RP realms will need to follow the Role Play Naming Policy.

Once you’ve created your new character, all that will be left is to synchronize your chronometer with your friends and allies and prepare for your world (of Warcraft) domination! We’ll see you in Azeroth at 3:00 p.m. PDT on August 26!