EverFresh adds battleground bots as it goes fresh on 4 July

EverFresh went fresh again on 4 July 2026. The realm went soft-down at 3:00 US Central and was back at 8:00 (13:00 UTC), and players could log in during those hours to create characters.

Battleground bots

New with this fresh, bots join battlegrounds and fill matches up to the limit, so the queue pops straight away every time. The developer says they act like players: they fight, heal and play the objectives. They run in Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, Alterac Valley and Eye of the Storm.

Raids a day later

Heroic dungeons are open at launch, and Naxxramas, the Obsidian Sanctum, the Eye of Eternity and the Vault of Archavon open 24 hours later. EverFresh has done it this way since its fresh on 17 January 2026, which also moved the start from 10:00 to 8:00 US Central. Before that, those raids were open from the first minute.

The race to 80

The realm-first rewards are the same as since February 2025: "the Supreme" title, a mount token and two lottery tickets for the first 80, and an heirloom ring, a lottery ticket and a class title for the first of each class. Tokens buy one of 40 normally unobtainable mounts from Mei Francis in Dalaran.

What a fresh wipes

Every character goes back to level 1. Spells, talents, riding skill, quest completion, gold and items are wiped, except equipped bags, heirlooms and legendaries.

The rest has not changed: solo scaling for dungeons and raids with a solo dungeon finder, Death Knights from level 1, XP x5 that you can set anywhere from 1 to 5, double XP on weekends, optional NPC bots for hire, account-wide transmog, and no shop or donations.

Sources: the developer's Reddit posts "EverFresh, Solo WoTLK - Fresh 1/17" (17 January 2026) and "EverFresh, Solo WoTLK - Fresh 7/4" (4 July 2026).