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World of Warcraft: Forever is coming Nov 4, 2026Worldwide, at 3:00 p.m. PST

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Upgrades and Editions

World of Warcraft: Forever's optional upgrades: the Skyborne Heroic Pack ($29.99), Skyborne Epic Pack ($59.99), Warcraft Forever Collection ($79.99) and a physical Collector's Edition, what each adds, and what comes with a plain subscription or Game Time. Prices as read on the Battle.net Shop on Oct 31, 2026.

World of Warcraft: Forever's optional upgrades cost $29.99 (Skyborne Heroic Pack), $59.99 (Skyborne Epic Pack) and $79.99 (Warcraft Forever Collection) in the US, or €29.99, €59.99 and €79.99 in Europe, on the Battle.net Shop as read on Oct 31, 2026 (Battle.net Shop), and none is needed to play: Blizzard includes access with a World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time (Price and Subscription). Optional upgrades sell extras on top, and the new Skyborne race with its Zephras Isle starting experience comes with them rather than with the base game. Blizzard offers three upgrades for pre-purchase, the Skyborne Heroic Pack, the Skyborne Epic Pack and the limited-time Warcraft Forever Collection, and a physical Collector's Edition through the Blizzard Gear Store. GameSpot, reporting from BlizzCon, pointed out the trade-off: a new expansion would normally bring a new race, but because Forever comes with the subscription, Blizzard is "charging for the Skyborne and the new starting zone", which it called "something they've never done before in WoW".

On a parchment background split into angled panels sit the bundle rewards: a man and an elf woman in matching gray and blue outfits with four small pets under the Forever logo; an armored brown bear mount, a blue feathered mount with a rider, a dwarf in green and bronze armor, two elves in white and gold armor, a figure seen from behind with a backpack, a glowing stone well and a 30-day Game Time token under the World of Warcraft and Forever logos; blue and white housing decor and two figurines under the Midnight logo; and the Warcraft III Reforged and Forsaken Kingdom logos beside a hulking brute and an armored warrior.
The rewards of the World of Warcraft: Forever digital bundles, from Forever outfits, pets and mounts to Game Time, housing decor for Midnight and Warcraft III Reforged with Forsaken Kingdom, in official Blizzard art. Blizzard Entertainment

Quick facts

Base access Included with a World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time
Prices (Battle.net Shop, read Oct 31, 2026) Heroic Pack $29.99 or €29.99, Epic Pack $59.99 or €59.99, Warcraft Forever Collection $79.99 or €79.99
Skyborne Heroic Pack Skyborne race and Zephras Isle, early name reservation, a mount, cosmetics, housing decor for modern WoW, one Invite-A-Friend code
Skyborne Epic Pack The Heroic Pack plus beta access, 30 days of Game Time, more cosmetics, tabards, pets, three Invite-A-Friend codes in all
Warcraft Forever Collection The Epic Pack plus Warcraft III: Reforged, the Forsaken Kingdom campaign and housing decor for modern WoW
Collection on sale Until Jan 11, 2027
Collector's Edition Physical edition with the Warcraft Forever Collection code, a 13-inch dwarf and bear statue, a mousepad, art prints, pins and a journal
Collector's Edition restock On sale from Sep 24, 2026; orders delivered in February 2027; one per household at the Blizzard Gear Store
Early name reservation Until Nov 3, 2026, with any upgrade, for the account it was bought for
Items Heroic Pack items work in both modern WoW and Forever; the Epic Pack's collection items in Forever only; none in WoW Classic
Invite-A-Friend launch week Nov 4 to 11, 2026

Access

One World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time already covers modern World of Warcraft and the WoW Classic versions, and Blizzard's announcement says access to Forever "will be included" in the same way. No upgrade is needed to play Forever's new zones, dungeons, quests and systems. Friends invited with an Invite-A-Friend code can play launch week without either (see below).

Skyborne Heroic Pack

The Heroic Pack is the upgrade that unlocks the Skyborne. Blizzard's pre-purchase page lists access to the Skyborne race and their Zephras Isle starting experience, early name reservation, the Cerulean Prideclaw ground mount (usable in both modern WoW and Forever; players still have to buy the riding skill in game to use it), the Shen'dorei Skyseer's Garb, the Veteran Adventurer's Rucksack, the Shen'dorei Windwell toy, Skyborne housing decor items for modern World of Warcraft, and one Invite-A-Friend launch code. MadSeasonShow, going through the packs in his summary video, calls the Skyborne "quite controversial" and notes that early name reservation was also offered for WoW Classic in 2019, "although it wasn't paywalled if I remember correctly".

Skyborne Epic Pack

The Epic Pack contains everything in the Heroic Pack, plus 30 days of World of Warcraft Game Time added to the account from Nov 4, 2026, a matching bear mount and transmog set inspired by the Veteran Adventurer set, tabards, a family of pets for the player's Forever collection, and two more Invite-A-Friend launch codes, three in all. It also came with the Forever beta, which closed on Oct 23, 2026, so that part is over and the shop's description of the pack no longer lists it. MadSeasonShow summed it up, before the beta opened, as the way to have "guaranteed access to the beta if you don't want to chance it". After the 30 days, the shop says, play "requires a Subscription or additional Game Time (sold separately)".

On a pale blue map background split into angled panels: a man and an elf woman in matching gray and blue outfits with four small pets under the Forever logo; an armored brown bear mount, a blue feathered mount with a rider, a figure with a backpack, a dwarf in green and bronze armor, two elves in white and gold armor, a glowing stone well and a 30-day Game Time token under the World of Warcraft and Forever logos; and a blue and white canopy, cushion, banner, hanging tassels and a stone fountain under the Midnight logo.
Digital bundle rewards grouped under the World of Warcraft: Forever, World of Warcraft and Midnight logos, including outfits, pets, an armored bear mount, a feathered mount and a 30-day Game Time token, in official Blizzard art from the beta announcement. Blizzard Entertainment

Warcraft Forever Collection

The Warcraft Forever Collection adds Warcraft III: Reforged, the Forsaken Kingdom campaign, and Forsaken and Human figurine decor for housing in modern World of Warcraft to everything in the Epic Pack. It is a limited-time offer, "available through January 11, 2027". Forsaken Kingdom, which went live at BlizzCon, is also sold on its own in the Battle.net Shop. Its project lead, Brad Chan, described it on stage as a prologue campaign, The Last Days of Lordaeron, followed by the main Forsaken Kingdom campaign, set in the four years between Warcraft III and World of Warcraft.

Collector's Edition

Blizzard also sells a physical Collector's Edition through the Blizzard Gear Store. Closing the What's Next panel, Associate Production Director Clay Stone told anyone who picks it up that the team hopes they love the logo on the box, and the "very own dwarf and bear statue" inside, which "signifies where this all began": with Hardcore, and with the original game in November 2004.

Two pieces of packaging on a gray backdrop. On the left, a cube-shaped box has one side printed like an old parchment map with runes and the World of Warcraft Forever logo, and a dark, tooled-leather-look side with a round window showing a bronze statue of a roaring bear and a bearded dwarf with a gun on a rocky base. On the right, a dark embossed slipcase with a round cut-out frames a blue map and the Forever logo, beside a book-like spine with a small logo medallion.
The World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition box, one side printed like a parchment map with the Forever logo and the other framing the dwarf and bear statue in a round window, beside a dark slipcase, in an official Blizzard product image. Blizzard Entertainment
A bronze-colored statue on a faded parchment map background: a huge bear rears up with its mouth open in a roar, and beside it a dwarf with a long braided beard, a fur-trimmed coat and a long gun stands on a rock covered in small plants, all on a hexagonal base set with diamond studs.
The 13-inch Dwarf and Bear statue from the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition, a roaring bear beside a bearded dwarf with a gun on a rocky base, in an official Blizzard product image. Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard's article of Sep 24, 2026 lists the contents: a Warcraft Forever Collection digital code, so everything in the Skyborne Epic Pack plus Warcraft III: Reforged and the Forsaken Kingdom campaign; a 13-inch Dwarf and Bear statue; a Zephras Isle mousepad; art prints; collectible pins; and a companion journal. The same article put more English-language copies on sale that day in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand (in Australia and New Zealand through retailers such as JB Hi-Fi and EB Games). Orders from this restock "are expected to be shipped and delivered February 2027", after launch, and the Blizzard Gear Store limits them to one per household. Buyers who want the digital items sooner can buy the Collection or another Forever upgrade on the Battle.net Shop; some of those purchases qualify for Battle.net Balance credit equal to the price paid when the Collector's Edition code is redeemed by Dec 31, 2027, though not every product or upgrade path does.

On a parchment map background: the dark box with a round Forever logo window, the bronze dwarf and bear statue, a dark blue journal with a gold W emblem, a gold compass pin and a blue cloud pin, a long blue mousepad drawn with a ruined city among pines, and two framed prints, a red canyon landscape and a blue cavern with a huge skeleton. To the right are the digital rewards: a blue feathered mount with a rider, an armored brown bear mount, a 30-day Game Time token, characters in matching outfits and armor, pets, blue and white housing decor and the Warcraft III Reforged Forsaken Kingdom logo.
Everything in the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition laid out together, the box, statue, journal, pins, mousepad and two art prints beside the digital rewards of the Warcraft Forever Collection, in official Blizzard art. Blizzard Entertainment
A long desk mat lies on a parchment-textured surface. Its blue, sketch-like artwork shows pale domed towers, columns and stone arches rising among pine trees and swirling clouds, with the World of Warcraft Forever logo in the lower left corner.
The Zephras Isle mousepad from the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition, drawn in blue with pale towers and columns among pines and clouds, in an official Blizzard product image. Blizzard Entertainment
Two black-bordered prints, each with the World of Warcraft Forever logo beneath, on a parchment background. The upper one is a painted landscape of red earth and a cobbled path through a canyon with burnt tree trunks, a glowing orange rock and a tiered tower beneath tall blue peaks. The lower one shows a dim blue cavern of twisted roots, where the skull and spine of a huge horned creature lie before a stone gateway glowing purple, watched by carved animal heads.
The two art prints from the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition, a red canyon road below a tiered tower and a blue cavern where a giant skeleton lies before a glowing stone gateway, in an official Blizzard product image. Blizzard Entertainment
Two pins on a parchment background. One is a raised gold compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a W emblem at its center over a green relief map and a ring of runes. The other is a pale blue enamel pin outlined in silver, a tall panel with a white wind swirl framed by curling clouds.
The two collectible pins from the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition, a gold compass marked with a W over a green map and a blue enamel pin of swirling clouds, in an official Blizzard product image. Blizzard Entertainment
A closed hardcover notebook stands on a parchment background. Its dark navy cover is embossed with faint cloud and pillar outlines, and at its center a gold emblem shows a large W with looping sides inside a ring of runes on a star-shaped frame.
The companion journal from the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector's Edition, bound in dark blue with a gold W emblem ringed by runes, in an official Blizzard product image. Blizzard Entertainment

Invite-A-Friend and name reservation

Every upgrade includes Invite-A-Friend launch codes: one with the Heroic Pack, three with the Epic Pack or the Collection. Codes have been delivered by email since Oct 20, 2026, PST, and give a friend access to Forever "without a subscription or game time" during launch week, Nov 4 to 11, 2026. Gift purchases are excluded, and Blizzard says other restrictions apply.

Early name reservation comes with any upgrade and runs from Oct 27 to Nov 3, 2026, PST, and the shop says it "only applies to the specific WoW account it was purchased for". It opened on Oct 27 at 1:00 p.m. PDT in North America and 18:00 CET in Europe, and on Oct 28 at 07:00 in Korea and Taiwan, after Forever is installed from the Game Version menu in the Battle.net app. Players can create and customize up to three characters in total across all rulesets, names are reserved first come, first served, and Blizzard notes that desired names cannot be guaranteed. The new Roleplay-PvP ruleset is open for reservation too. In Forever a full name has two parts, a first and a second name, and it must be unique within the region (see Rulesets). The dates sit alongside the launch timeline on Release and Roadmap.

Which upgrade to buy

The choice comes down to what each step adds, using Blizzard's lists and the shop's US prices above. After Nov 3 name reservation drops out of every pack's value, and the sums for the first month are on Price and Subscription:

  • No upgrade. Everything Forever adds, its zones, dungeons, quests and systems, with a subscription or Game Time, but without the Skyborne, early name reservation or the beta.
  • Heroic Pack, $29.99. The cheapest way to play a Skyborne and to reserve names from Oct 27.
  • Epic Pack, $59.99. 30 days of Game Time from Nov 4, more cosmetics and pets, and three Invite-A-Friend codes instead of one. Its beta access ended when the beta closed on Oct 23, 2026.
  • Warcraft Forever Collection, $79.99. The Epic Pack plus Warcraft III: Reforged and the Forsaken Kingdom campaign, on sale until Jan 11, 2027.

Housing decor is for modern WoW

Both the Heroic Pack and the Collection include housing decor, but Blizzard's shop says it "can only be used within Housing in Modern WoW", and that "Housing feature requires World of Warcraft: Midnight (sold separately)". Player housing belongs to modern WoW; Forever does not have it, and the decor is a bonus for players of the live game.

Reaction

Putting the Skyborne in a paid pack drew the most comment. WillE, summing up the first day of BlizzCon, said "we should have all known" there would be more than the subscription, and that the part players would not like was that the Skyborne and beta access are "behind a purchase price". He thought it could set "a precedent" for how Blizzard sells future races or classes in Forever, compared it with modern WoW, where new races and classes have come with paid expansions since The Burning Crusade, and expected players to receive it less well here.

GameSpot's advice was that the pack is optional: players who do not want a Skyborne character "don't have to buy it" and can still enjoy "all the new changes and the new zones and content".

MadSeasonShow noted that no other forms of monetization have been announced, but that Blizzard has not said there will not be any, calling it "an elephant in the room" given Blizzard's history. More reactions are on Reception.

Frequently asked questions

Do you need to buy World of Warcraft: Forever? No. Access is included with a World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time; the upgrades are optional.

How much does World of Warcraft: Forever cost? Nothing beyond a World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time (Price and Subscription). The optional upgrades cost $29.99 (Skyborne Heroic Pack), $59.99 (Skyborne Epic Pack) and $79.99 (Warcraft Forever Collection) in the US, as the Battle.net Shop showed on Oct 31, 2026.

When can I reserve names? Until Nov 3, 2026 (it opened on Oct 27), with any upgrade, for up to three characters across all rulesets.

Can you play the Skyborne without an upgrade? No. The race and its Zephras Isle start come with the Skyborne Heroic Pack and the larger upgrades.

Do upgrades still include beta access? No. The World of Warcraft: Forever beta closed on Oct 23, 2026; the Skyborne Epic Pack and the Warcraft Forever Collection included it while it ran.

Is the housing decor usable in Forever? No. Blizzard says the decor in the packs can only be used within Housing in modern World of Warcraft, which requires Midnight, sold separately.

How long can the Warcraft Forever Collection be bought? Until Jan 11, 2027.

What is in the Collector's Edition? A Warcraft Forever Collection digital code, a 13-inch Dwarf and Bear statue, a Zephras Isle mousepad, art prints, collectible pins and a companion journal, Blizzard listed on Sep 24, 2026. Restock orders are expected to arrive in February 2027.

Sources

Moments

WoW Forever Preview Impressions | Blizzcon 2026

GameSpot

  1. World of Warcraft: Forever's optional upgrades cost $29.99 (Skyborne Heroic Pack), $59.99 (Skyborne Epic Pack) and…
  2. GameSpot's advice was that the pack is optional: players who do not want a Skyborne character "don't have to buy it"…

World of Warcraft: Forever - Everything We Know

MadSeasonShow

  1. The Heroic Pack is the upgrade that unlocks the Skyborne. Blizzard's pre-purchase page lists access to the Skyborne…
  2. The Epic Pack contains everything in the Heroic Pack, plus 30 days of World of Warcraft Game Time added to the account…
  3. MadSeasonShow noted that no other forms of monetization have been announced, but that Blizzard has not said there will…

Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom - What's Next Panel | BlizzCon 2026

World of Warcraft

  1. The Warcraft Forever Collection adds Warcraft III: Reforged, the Forsaken Kingdom campaign, and Forsaken and Human…

World of Warcraft: Forever - What's Next Panel | BlizzCon 2026

World of Warcraft

  1. Blizzard also sells a physical Collector's Edition through the Blizzard Gear Store. Closing the What's Next panel…

CLASSIC+ Is FINALLY Here! | WARCRAFT FOREVER

WillE

  1. Putting the Skyborne in a paid pack drew the most comment. WillE, summing up the first day of BlizzCon, said "we…

Photos

A closed hardcover notebook stands on a parchment background. Its dark navy cover is embossed with faint cloud and pillar outlines, and at its center a gold emblem shows a large W with looping sides inside a ring of runes on a star-shaped frame.Two pins on a parchment background. One is a raised gold compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a W emblem at its center over a green relief map and a ring of runes. The other is a pale blue enamel pin outlined in silver, a tall panel with a white wind swirl framed by curling clouds.Two black-bordered prints, each with the World of Warcraft Forever logo beneath, on a parchment background. The upper one is a painted landscape of red earth and a cobbled path through a canyon with burnt tree trunks, a glowing orange rock and a tiered tower beneath tall blue peaks. The lower one shows a dim blue cavern of twisted roots, where the skull and spine of a huge horned creature lie before a stone gateway glowing purple, watched by carved animal heads.A long desk mat lies on a parchment-textured surface. Its blue, sketch-like artwork shows pale domed towers, columns and stone arches rising among pine trees and swirling clouds, with the World of Warcraft Forever logo in the lower left corner.On a parchment map background: the dark box with a round Forever logo window, the bronze dwarf and bear statue, a dark blue journal with a gold W emblem, a gold compass pin and a blue cloud pin, a long blue mousepad drawn with a ruined city among pines, and two framed prints, a red canyon landscape and a blue cavern with a huge skeleton. To the right are the digital rewards: a blue feathered mount with a rider, an armored brown bear mount, a 30-day Game Time token, characters in matching outfits and armor, pets, blue and white housing decor and the Warcraft III Reforged Forsaken Kingdom logo.A bronze-colored statue on a faded parchment map background: a huge bear rears up with its mouth open in a roar, and beside it a dwarf with a long braided beard, a fur-trimmed coat and a long gun stands on a rock covered in small plants, all on a hexagonal base set with diamond studs.Two pieces of packaging on a gray backdrop. On the left, a cube-shaped box has one side printed like an old parchment map with runes and the World of Warcraft Forever logo, and a dark, tooled-leather-look side with a round window showing a bronze statue of a roaring bear and a bearded dwarf with a gun on a rocky base. On the right, a dark embossed slipcase with a round cut-out frames a blue map and the Forever logo, beside a book-like spine with a small logo medallion.On a pale blue map background split into angled panels: a man and an elf woman in matching gray and blue outfits with four small pets under the Forever logo; an armored brown bear mount, a blue feathered mount with a rider, a figure with a backpack, a dwarf in green and bronze armor, two elves in white and gold armor, a glowing stone well and a 30-day Game Time token under the World of Warcraft and Forever logos; and a blue and white canopy, cushion, banner, hanging tassels and a stone fountain under the Midnight logo.On a parchment background split into angled panels sit the bundle rewards: a man and an elf woman in matching gray and blue outfits with four small pets under the Forever logo; an armored brown bear mount, a blue feathered mount with a rider, a dwarf in green and bronze armor, two elves in white and gold armor, a figure seen from behind with a backpack, a glowing stone well and a 30-day Game Time token under the World of Warcraft and Forever logos; blue and white housing decor and two figurines under the Midnight logo; and the Warcraft III Reforged and Forsaken Kingdom logos beside a hulking brute and an armored warrior.

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