Greyhaven opens a fresh progressive Vanilla realm with a level 20 cap

Greyhaven opened on 14 August 2026 as a fresh progressive Vanilla realm on the 1.12.1 client. Windows players can also connect with a Classic Era 1.14.2 client. The realm starts with a level 20 cap, so early dungeons, professions and world PvP stay relevant before higher brackets unlock.

Experience is x1 on a PvP ruleset, and there is no pay-to-win. The cap moves to 40 on 4 September 2026, with level 60 and raids to follow. World buffs are disabled in raids, and debuff slots are unlimited.

Greyhaven calls itself community-shaped and puts decisions to a vote. Quality-of-life systems live at launch include:

• A unified cross-faction auction house
• Free talent respecs
• Dynamic respawns in busy zones
• A player bounty board
• Faction-specific world chat channels
• Honour qualification set to a 15-kill minimum

The first month

Battleground queueing from anywhere via chat commands was enabled realm-wide on 20 August. The cap rose from 20 to 40 on 4 September 2026 as scheduled, and the project's Discord passed 700 members in its first month.