WoW Realm Status

This page contains up to date information on the status of all of the different World of Warcraft "Realms." Because millions of people play World of Warcraft, the game-world is divided into different realms where a few thousand players populate the entire game world at any given time. You will choose your realm when you create your character, and can only interact with other characters in your realm.

The launch of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King was plagued by a couple of technical issues. Many servers were reported down on November 11, 2008. During this down period, the in-game mail system in WoW broke, causing players' mail from the last two weeks to be lost. When the servers were brought back online, the mail system was still broken. However, Blizzard issued an email to their customers, explaining why the mail system was broken. Then, because of a bug which occurred on November 12, allowing players to purchase free PvP Epics, the servers needed to be taken down yet again in order to fix the bug.Broken Toys: When World of Warcraft Fails, it Fails Hard (November 13, 2008)

Most servers appear to be back online and functional, as of November 13, 2008.

Different realms allow different types of behavior. For instance, some realms are "PvP," meaning they allow play-vs-player combat, while others are "normal" and do not. Each realm will be offline occasionally due to scheduled maintenance or other issues, so check back to this page to see the status of your World of Warcraft Realm.

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