Getting in
The beta opened on September 17 and runs through October 21, its last full day. Blizzard invites players who opted in, along with community veterans, press and fansites, in waves through the test; if you’re picked, your Battle.net account is already flagged. The Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection include beta access, which can take up to 30 minutes to appear and may need a launcher restart.
To play, choose World of Warcraft: Forever Beta under In Development in the Battle.net app’s game-version menu, install it and pick any test realm.
Invitations arrive by email. If one looks doubtful, log in to Battle.net and look for the beta license under Your Game Accounts instead of following its links.
What’s open
The level cap starts at 20 and rises to 30 later in the test. The first week opened:
- the Skyborne and their starting zone, Zephras Isle
- the Hall of ThanesThe Hall of ThanesDungeon · level 13 · 4 bossesFaldrim Anvilmar, Infurnus, Plunder, Durgen Dirgehammer, levels 13–18
- Ruins of LordaeronRuins of LordaeronDungeon · level 15 · 7 bossesWitherfang, The Abandoned, The Baron, Rath'mael, Lordaeron Captain, Viktor the Vile, Bjork, levels 15–20
- every zone up to level 20
More zones and dungeons open as the test goes on, and so does the new battleground, the 15-against-15 Darkspear Islands. Blizzard also plans a Server Slam: a few hours when anyone can play.
Build notes, known issues and restarts arrive as Blizzard’s forum posts, which our blue posts list as they’re posted.
