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NEWS · NAME RESERVATION · UPDATED OCTOBER 28, 2026

Reserve your name in WoW Forever: October 27 to November 3

A week before launch you'll be able to create your characters and lock in their names. In Forever every character has a first and last name, and the combination must be unique across your whole region. Here's how it works, who can reserve and how to do it.

Oct 27until reservations
3characters per account
First + last nameunique in your region
Nov 5launch

✅ Now working (since the night of the 27th)

Reservation opened late on Tuesday night, after some technical issues. If you run into a problem, check this first:

  • Horde locked on PvP: Blizzard is limiting new Horde characters on the PvP ruleset because there are far more of them than Alliance. It is temporary: try again later or pick another ruleset.
  • «That name is restricted»: names of lore characters (Fordring, Proudmoore…) are blocked. On top of that, a bug blocked normal names, such as those containing «con». Blizzard fixes it with the next realm restart: if it happened to you, try again afterwards.
  • Names count for every ruleset: if someone takes a name on Normal, nobody can use it on PvP or Roleplay either.
  • «This ruleset is temporarily unavailable»: wait a bit and try again.

Now there is a time: Tuesday, October 27 at 6 p.m. CET

Blizzard has published the opening time: in Europe, Tuesday, October 27 at 6 p.m. (CET, Spain)*. And an important detail: the 3 characters are in total, across all rulesets. If you reserve two on PvP, you only have one left for Normal or Role-Play. That limit only applies to the reservation. * On the Americas servers, where Mexico, Chile and Argentina play, it opens at a different time: Mexico 2 p.m. · Chile and Argentina 5 p.m. (1 p.m. PDT).

Update for October 22: Roleplay-PvP realms are coming too

Blizzard has decided to add the Roleplay-PvP ruleset (roleplay realms with open-world player-versus-player combat) for launch. And they are working so that it can already be chosen in the name reservation on the 27th. In the PvP podcast they had doubts about it, but they listened to the players.

How names work in Forever

Since Forever has no realms, names are no longer handed out per realm but per region, and to make room for everyone each character has two names: a first name and a last name. What has to be unique is the combination: if someone is already “Kaelith Hammer”, you can be “Kaelith Wavebreaker”.

Last names open up lots of options: give all your characters the same one, like a family (Blizzard's example is Asha, Thalen and Mira Brightvale), or share one with your guild. And if you don't like seeing it above your head, you can hide it: Esc → Options → Nameplates → “My secondary name”. It still shows in chat.

How to reserve, step by step

  1. Get an edition that includes itReservations come with the Heroic Pack, the Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection, in the Battle.net shop. A subscription alone doesn't let you reserve: you create your character on launch day.
  2. Think of several combinationsFirst and last name. If the one you want is already taken, having a plan B (and a plan C) saves you from drawing a blank on the spot.
  3. October 27 at 6 p.m. CET, open Battle.netWorld of Warcraft → WoW: Forever version → Play. In Europe it opens at 6 p.m. (Spain time); on the Americas servers, at 2 p.m. in Mexico and 5 p.m. in Chile and Argentina.
  4. Choose your ruleset carefullyNormal, PvP, Roleplay or Roleplay-PvP (the latter new since October 22). Changing it later costs a paid transfer, and on PvP realms you can only have one faction per account.
  5. Create and customize your characterRace, class, appearance, first and last name. You can set up to three characters. Names are reserved first come, first served.
  6. November 5: play!At midnight, Spain time (in Mexico, November 4 at 5 p.m.; in Chile and Argentina, November 4 at 8 p.m.), your character will be waiting for you with its name.

What you won't be allowed to use

Naming rules

  • They must follow the game's naming code of conduct.
  • Nothing impersonating Blizzard or the World of Warcraft team, and no confusing names.
  • The system checks the full name: splitting a banned word between first and last name won't fly.
  • In the beta, Blizzard has already removed players over inappropriate names. Don't risk the one you want to keep forever.

If your name is already taken

  • Try another last name: first names can repeat as long as the combination is different.
  • Use the in-game random name generator for inspiration.
  • No name is guaranteed: they're reserved first come, first served, so the sooner the better.
  • If you don't have an edition, log in on day one: the most wanted names will be gone that very night.

Get ready in the meantime

The launchDates, editions and everything new in Forever.Level 60 buildsPick your class wisely.CalculatorPlan your talents.RacesWhich race suits your class.

Source: official Blizzard announcement on names in WoW Forever. The PvP ruleset and paid transfer details come from beta data. The opening time comes from Blizzard's October 20 notice. The Roleplay-PvP details come from Blizzard's October 22 notice.