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WoW Forever EU server status
Live up/down for all four European Forever rulesets, straight from Blizzard's realm service, with the last 24 hours of checks and an email when a ruleset comes back.
All 4 EU Forever rulesets are online right now.
Checked against Blizzard 0s ago · auto-refresh every 60 s
EU Europe
- NormalOnline
- PvPOnline
- RoleplayOnline
- Roleplay PvPOnline
Last checked ·By the Forever Status team·How we source
Is WoW Forever EU down?
No. At the last check all 4 EU rulesets (Normal, PvP, Roleplay, Roleplay PvP) were online. The board above refreshes every 60 seconds.
- 4 rulesets: Normal, PvP, Roleplay, Roleplay PvP
- Checked against Blizzard every 60 s here, every 5 min for history
- Launch: Thu, Nov 5, 12:00 AM GMT+1
- Hardcore: winter 2026/27, no date
Last 24 hours
EU up/down history
Our server checks Blizzard every 5 minutes and keeps the answer, so you can see whether a ruleset dropped overnight or during maintenance even if you were not watching. Times are shown in your own time zone.
OnlineOffline at least once in that 15 minNo check (not recorded yet)
Offline periods in the last 24 hours
None recorded.
Alerts
Get an email when EU is back
How the alert works
- Every 5 minutes we ask Blizzard whether each EU ruleset is online.
- When one that was offline answers online again, you get one email.
- Blizzard publishes no queue numbers, so we cannot alert on queue length; an online ruleset can still have a queue for a while.
- Prefer the browser? Turn on Alert me when it changes on the board above for desktop notifications while the tab is open.
Queue
EU queue: when it is worst
Blizzard publishes no Forever queue lengths, so no site can show a real EU queue number. What does repeat is the shape of the day: the longest waits come in the EU evening, roughly 7 to 11 pm CET, on the first evenings after a content release and just after maintenance ends. Here is that window on the EU clocks and on yours. Full queue guide →
| Clock | Busiest window (estimate) |
|---|---|
| CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid) | … |
| UK (GMT) | … |
| EET (Helsinki, Athens) | … |
| Moscow (MSK) | … |
| Your clock | … |
Times
Launch and maintenance in EU time
Launch in CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid)
Thu, Nov 5, 12:00 AM GMT+1
Your clock:
Weekly maintenance
Wednesday mornings, Central European Time
Rulesets show Offline above and red in the history while it runs.
Next milestone
Raids unlock December 9, 2026
Expect a second queue spike that evening. Every time zone →
Other regions
Status for other Forever regions
FAQ
Is WoW Forever EU down right now?＋
The board at the top of this page answers it live: it asks Blizzard's realm service for every EU Forever ruleset and refreshes every 60 seconds. If all four show Online but you cannot log in, you are most likely in a login queue or hitting a client error, not an outage.
Are there named EU realms in Forever?＋
No. Europe runs one large realm per ruleset (Normal, PvP, Roleplay and Roleplay PvP) with layering. There is no realm list to pick from, so the ruleset is what you check. Language is handled by matching, not by separate German or French realms.
When is EU maintenance for WoW Forever?＋
Forever uses the normal European WoW maintenance window: Wednesday mornings, Central European Time. During it the rulesets flip to Offline here and in the 24-hour history. Use the email alert to hear when your ruleset is back.
How long is the EU queue?＋
Blizzard publishes no queue numbers. At launch a PC Gamer writer reported only about eight minutes on the EU Roleplay ruleset, while the beta had hour-plus waits. Expect the longest waits in the EU evening, roughly 7 to 11 pm CET. See the queue guide.
What time did Forever launch in Europe?＋
November 4, 2026 at 23:00 UTC: 11 pm in the UK and midnight (the start of November 5) in Central Europe. It was one global moment, not a separate EU launch.
Can I play on US servers from Europe?＋
Your Battle.net account region decides which worlds you can join. A different region is a different world with separate characters, and the latency is higher. Most EU players should stay on EU.