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WotLK 5 Man starts a fresh season on 25 July and adds an Eternal Realm
WotLK 5 Man opens a fresh seasonal realm on 25 July 2025 and will move all current characters to a permanent Eternal Realm.
Proudmoore moves its Cataclysm launch to 13 September
Proudmoore has moved its Cataclysm launch to 13 September 2025 to act on community feedback. A public test realm is still planned for June.
Ascension's Conquest of Azeroth open beta runs free from 31 May to 15 June
Ascension's next Conquest of Azeroth open beta starts on 31 May 2025 at 7pm CEST and runs free until 15 June on the Drek’thar realm.
Unlimited-WoW starts monthly PvP seasons
Each season lasts a month, and the top three players on the kill ladder win Donation Points. Then the ladder resets and a new season starts a day later.
Ascension's Bronzebeard Classic+ alpha enters phase 3 with a level 60 cap
Ascension began phase 3 of the Bronzebeard alpha on 2 May 2025, raising the level cap to 60 on its Classic+ realm for the original nine classes.
WotLK 5 Man opens Icecrown Citadel for five-player groups on 6 May
WotLK 5 Man releases Icecrown Citadel, its third progression phase, on 6 May 2025 at about 7pm CEST, with the raid scaled for five players.
Firemaw's fresh Vanilla realm launches on 2 May at 6pm CEST
Firemaw's fresh Vanilla Classic realm launches on 2 May 2025 at 6pm CEST (noon EST, 9am PST), the team has announced.
Tirisgarde moves its custom TBC server to western Europe
After a short downtime in spring 2025 the long-running TBC 2.4.3 server moved to western Europe and asked players to switch to new realmlists. It is still the newest post on its site.
Project Epoch April 2025 developer log: 154 issues closed ahead of launch
Project Epoch closed 154 issues in April and says it is extremely close to launch, with a trailer, release date and Website 2.0 reveal expected soon.
Ulduar is live on ShadowForge, with weekly raid quests and buffed world bosses
ShadowForge opened Ulduar just over a week ago and reports steady growth. Its WotLK server also has buffed Vanilla world bosses that drop ilvl 200 epics.
Fólkvangr moves from Germany to Finland after a six-day outage
A hosting quota took the Vanilla realm offline from 17 to 23 March 2025. A month later Splashgame moved it to a data centre in Finland.
WowAddicts opens its Legion 7.3.5 realm with The Emerald Nightmare as the first raid
The Legion server opened on 18 April 2025 with every 7.3.5 zone available, Mythic+ up to level 30, a choice of x1 to x5 experience and raids unlocked in phases.
WotLKPlus launches on 11 April 2025 with Goblin and Worgen races and up to 5x rates
WotLKPlus, a new Wrath of the Lich King server, launches on 11 April 2025 with Goblin and Worgen races, rates up to 5x and all content open from day one.
Turtle WoW shows Maraudon rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5
Turtle WoW has revealed Maraudon rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, with advanced lighting and shadows, improved liquid physics, better textures and more foliage.
Netherwing explains how PvP will work on its Burning Crusade realm
Netherwing has explained how PvP will work on its TBC realm, from PvP daily quests for gearing to arena seasons, scripted battlegrounds and world PvP objectives.
Warmane opens phase 2 on Onyxia with Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep
Warmane has launched phase 2 of the progressive content on its Onyxia realm, opening Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep.
Ascension's Mega Update adds new classless abilities and seasonal rewards
Ascension has announced its Mega Update for the classless WotLK server, with new abilities and talent combinations, expanded seasonal progression and PvP changes.
EverFresh goes fresh with realm-first rewards for every class
From the 15 February 2025 fresh, the first player of each class to reach level 80 earns a title, an heirloom ring and a mount lottery ticket. Mount tokens buy one of 40 normally unobtainable mounts.
Evolutionz-WoW releases Tier 11 in Zul’Farrak after a month of reworks
The level 255 WotLK server added an 11th tier in Zul’Farrak on 10 February 2025. January had already brought a dodge rework, class set-bonus scrolls, a new world boss and a VIP dungeon.
Everlook announces Everlook ASA, a new realm for players in Asia
Everlook is adding Everlook ASA, a new realm meant to give players in Asia better server performance, along with a transfer service called STARFALL.
Yggdrasil WoW introduces Shadows, so you can bring your alts as party bots
Since 14 November 2024, Yggdrasil WoW players can log in their own alts as party bots called Shadows. It started with two at a time, and today it is four, or nine with VIP.
Epsilon moves its all-GM roleplay server to the Shadowlands client
The building and roleplay server launched its Shadowlands client on 6 September 2024 after three and a half years on Battle for Azeroth, a move its team had been waiting on since 2021 for the newer character customisation.
Splashgame Community opens Fólkvangr, a Vanilla 1.12 realm with x1 rates
Splashgame’s free 1.12.1 realm runs at x1 rates, keeps Horde and Alliance from talking to each other and lets nobody pay for levels or gear.
RevelationWoW reveals a Necromancer class, Murloc and Tuskarr races and open-world housing
On 16 July 2024 RevelationWoW described its Necromancer class, two neutral races, player housing on land you can rent out, and a prestige system that sends you back to level 1.
Shatterspear launches a progressive 3.3.5a PvE realm with bots for hire
Shatterspear opened on 1 June 2024 with a level 60 cap, up to four hireable NPC bots and cross-faction play. It has since moved on to The Burning Crusade.
Wallcraft starts its beta, The Lost Chapter, on 29 December
Wallcraft announced on 25 December 2023 that its beta, The Lost Chapter, would start on 29 December. Four months later several hundred people were playing it during the week.
Hellgarve opens Stormrage X2 on 9 September, with every player starting at level 100
The new Legion 7.3.5 realm runs at 2x XP with 3x farming and professions, and adds 1v1 arenas, rated battlegrounds and world PvP that drops Battle Tokens.
The Alpha Project opens Kalidar, a non-commercial x1 Vanilla PvP realm
Grender, who builds an emulator for the 0.5.3 alpha of World of Warcraft, opened Kalidar in March 2021 as a free 1.12 realm with x1 rates and no wipes. Party bots followed later that year.
EverFresh opens a progressive WotLK server built around regular fresh starts
The x4/x2 Wrath server, inspired by the survival game Rust, opened on 26 June 2020. Its single developer hosts it in Milwaukee and plans the first reFRESH for April 2021.