Blizzard Moves WoW: Forever Stress Test to October 21
12 articles · Blizzard 7 · Icy Veins 1 · Wowhead 4 · First article 14 Oct 2026, 16:49 · latest 17 Oct 2026, 00:46 
Wowhead · 17 Oct 2026, 00:46Blizzard has moved the WoW: Forever Stress Test to October 21st, instead of the previously announced October 19th.
Blizzard · Kaivax · 17 Oct 2026, 00:39Please note that we will do the Stress Test on October 21, not two days earlier as previously stated. Thank you!- Blizzard · Kaivax · 17 Oct 2026, 00:05A number of art assets were recently datamined in the latest Beta build of WoW Forever. While we appreciate the feedback and discussion online, please be advised that these assets are not intended for this version of World of Warcraft.
- Blizzard · Zorbrix-83447 · 16 Oct 2026, 03:06Realms are back up from maintenance, thanks for being patient while we got this build out the door. If you’re not on client 70425, make sure you exit the game and update via the bnet app.
- Blizzard · Kaivax · 16 Oct 2026, 02:15We’ve updating the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following. CHANGE LOG Bug Fixes Resolved an issue with extra bright fog at lower shadow settings. Fixed an issue allowing Horde players to gain Kirin Tor reputation. Creatures will now properly regenerate health when out of c…
- Blizzard · Kaivax · 15 Oct 2026, 22:00We’re planning to take the WoW Forever Beta down in about 15 minutes, at 1:15 p.m. PDT. This will be a maintenance period that includes deploying and testing a new build of the game, and that build has quite a few changes and fixes. We’ll have a full update to the Development Notes for you when we…
- Blizzard · Kaivax · 14 Oct 2026, 17:50The Beta is coming back online imminently.
- Blizzard · Kaivax · 14 Oct 2026, 16:49We’re taking the WoW Forever Beta offline in a few minutes for maintenance. We’re going to run some internal tests, and we don’t expect it to be down for more than a couple of hours. Beta realms should go offline at 8:00 a.m. PDT. We’ll see you on the other side!
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Icy Veins · 16 Oct 2026, 02:26We have a giant batch of development notes for the new Beta build, with tons of class and racial ability changes, item and quest improvements, and a whole lot more!
- Wowhead · 16 Oct 2026, 02:18Blizzard has posted development notes for today's WoW: Forever beta which includes massive racial ability updates!
- Wowhead · 15 Oct 2026, 22:09The Forever beta will be going down shortly to prepare for a new build.
- Wowhead · 14 Oct 2026, 16:52Blizzard has announced that they are taking down the WoW: Forever Beta for a couple of hours for maintenance.
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