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WoW Forever Launch Time by Time Zone: 3 p.m. PST, Nov 4

World of Warcraft: Forever (WoW Forever) launches at 3:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, which is 23:00 UTC: 6:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 p.m. in London and 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 5, in China. Blizzard sets one global moment; only the clock reading changes.

Quick answer: Start from 23:00 UTC and add your offset: Pacific 3 p.m., Eastern 6 p.m., UK 11 p.m., then midnight in Central Europe, 7 a.m. in China, 10 a.m. in Sydney. Blizzard confirms PST; the rest are conversions, as of October 30, 2026.

23:00 UTC on November 4, 2026 is 3:00 p.m. in US Pacific, 4:00 p.m. Mountain, 5:00 p.m. Central, 6:00 p.m. Eastern, 8:00 p.m. in Brasilia and 11:00 p.m. in the UK, then on November 5 midnight in Central Europe, 4:30 a.m. in India, 7:00 a.m. in China and Perth, 8:00 a.m. in Japan and Korea, 10:00 a.m. in Sydney and noon in Auckland.
Launch times in 14 zones from Blizzard's 3:00 p.m. PST.

For some players the gate opens at teatime, for others after midnight, on the next day's calendar page.

Key facts

  • Launch: November 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST, which is 23:00 UTC (Blizzard; Warcraft Wiki roadmap)
  • Method: 15:00 on November 4 in America/Los_Angeles, converted with Python's zoneinfo (IANA data 2026c) and by hand
  • US: daylight saving ended November 1 (Time Out); the UK and Europe went back on October 25 (Visit London, Gamereactor)
  • Australia and New Zealand: daylight saving began October 4 in New South Wales and Victoria (The Nightly), September 27 in New Zealand (timeanddate)

What time does WoW Forever launch in the US and Brazil?

Pacific Standard Time is UTC minus 8, so 15:00 PST plus 8 hours is 23:00 UTC. Time Out says US daylight saving ends on Sunday, November 1, so every US zone is on standard time at launch. Subtract from 23:00 UTC: Mountain (UTC-7) is 4:00 p.m., Central (UTC-6) 5:00 p.m. and Eastern (UTC-5) 6:00 p.m.; the tz data puts Phoenix on MST, like Denver. Brasilia time is UTC-3, so 8:00 p.m.; O Povo reported in February 2026 that Brazil would have no daylight saving this year. All fall on November 4.

What time does it launch in the UK and Europe?

At 11:00 p.m. in the UK on November 4 and at midnight, the start of November 5, in Central Europe. Blizzard's UK page gives 23:00 GMT and its French page says November 5 "à minuit (heure de Paris)". Visit London and Gamereactor say clocks went back on October 25, so the tz data puts the UK on GMT (UTC plus 0) and Central Europe on CET (UTC plus 1): 23:00 plus 1 hour is 00:00. See the UK and Europe launch times.

What time does it launch in India, China, Japan and Korea?

On the morning of Thursday, November 5. India is UTC plus 5:30, so 23:00 plus 5.5 hours is 4:30 a.m. China is UTC plus 8, so 7:00 a.m. Japan and South Korea are UTC plus 9, so 8:00 a.m. The tz data shows no daylight saving there on that date, and TimeSaver's table lists the same times.

What time does it launch in Australia and New Zealand?

On the morning of Thursday, November 5. The Nightly says daylight saving began on October 4 in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT, but not Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory. Sydney is on AEDT, UTC plus 11, so 10:00 a.m.; Perth is UTC plus 8, so 7:00 a.m. Timeanddate says New Zealand's daylight saving began on September 27, so Auckland is UTC plus 13 and gets 12:00 noon. More cities: Australia launch times.

Why do some pages say 11 p.m. or PDT?

Because 11 p.m. is the UK reading, and Blizzard's English pages once differed on a label. A PlayNews headline reads "11 p.m. on 4 November"; that page would not open for me and names no zone, so UK time is my inference. Kami Labs reported on October 24 that a second English Blizzard article said PDT, which it called very probably a typo. The two English Blizzard pages I opened on October 30 say PST, and TimeSaver says Blizzard's countdown is set to 23:00 UTC. Were PDT right, every time here would be an hour earlier.

What is not confirmed yet

  • Only the PST moment is Blizzard's; every other reading is a conversion; the Brazil fact is from a February report.
  • No source I opened says whether server access begins exactly on the hour. See the launch week checklist and the main launch time guide.

Once you are in, the free Lore Forever add-on puts a Lore button on quests, and Willo, a Windows companion app, lets you hold a key and ask out loud what to do next. Lore Forever is fan-made.

Frequently asked questions

What time does WoW Forever launch?

At 3:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, which is 23:00 UTC, according to Blizzard.

What time does WoW Forever launch in Eastern time?

At 6:00 p.m. EST on November 4, 2026: Eastern Standard Time is UTC minus 5 and daylight saving ended on November 1.

Does WoW Forever launch on November 4 or 5?

Both, by region: November 4 in the Americas and the UK, November 5 from midnight in Central Europe and across Asia and Oceania.

What time does WoW Forever launch in India?

At 4:30 a.m. IST on Thursday, November 5, 2026, which is 23:00 UTC plus 5 hours 30 minutes.

Is the launch time PST or PDT?

PST, on the two Blizzard English pages opened on October 30, 2026.

Sources

Reviewed October 30, 2026. Zone readings other than Blizzard's PST, GMT and Paris times are conversions; check your clock. Lore Forever is fan-made and is not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.

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