Our guides updated for launch: Roleplay-PvP, weekly raid resets, name reservation hours and the end of the beta

Blizzard published a lot in the last weeks before launch. These guides now follow it, each fact with its source and date:

• Rulesets: a new Roleplay-PvP ruleset joins Normal, PvP and Roleplaying on November 4 (Blizzard, October 22). Its faction rule is not announced yet.
• Name reservation: opens October 27 at 6 p.m. CET in Europe and 1 p.m. PDT in North America, until November 3, for up to three characters across all rulesets.
• Raids: December 9 for level 60, all three planned to reset each week, the Drakefire Amulet for Onyxia's Lair, and Barrow Deeps entered from Mount Hyjal, Winterspring and Blackmaw Hold.
• Dungeons: Blizzard's own overview of the nine five-player dungeons, the City of Dalaran attunement quests, and the Horde attacked on sight in Dalaran city since the October 15 beta notes.
• Beta notes: the October 15 change log (racials reworked, Elemental Mastery back, half a second standing still before a wand or Auto Shot) and the end of the beta on October 23.
• Stress test: what happened on October 21, after the move from October 19, and the full wipe that followed.
• Talents: the paladin deep dive of October 15 with its milestone talents. Camping: Blizzard's table of camp objects of October 21.
• Also refreshed: the release, release time, launch checklist, price, Hardcore, PvP and professions guides.

Launch does not move: November 4, 2026 at 3 p.m. PST, which is midnight on November 5 in Paris.