WoW Forever OCE servers: Australian realms, local launch times and known issues
Yes, Oceania has local servers. Blizzard confirms Australian-based servers for Oceanic players. For how rulesets work, see rulesets explained.
Realm names?
There's no realm list to pick from. You pick a ruleset (Normal, PvP, Roleplaying or Roleplay-PvP), and Blizzard describes each one as a large shared ecosystem. If Blizzard publishes OCE realm names, we'll add them here.
Launch time across Australia and NZ
Global launch: 3:00pm PST Wed 4 Nov. | Where | Local time | |---|---| | Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart (AEDT) | 10:00am Thu 5 Nov | | Brisbane (AEST) | 9:00am Thu 5 Nov | | Adelaide (ACDT) | 9:30am Thu 5 Nov | | Darwin (ACST) | 8:30am Thu 5 Nov | | Perth (AWST) | 7:00am Thu 5 Nov | | Auckland (NZDT) | 12:00pm Thu 5 Nov |
Name reservation in Oceania
- Opened with North America: 1:00pm PDT 27 Oct, which was 7:00am AEDT Wed 28 Oct.
- Runs to 3 Nov (US time). Three characters per account across all rulesets.
- Full reservation guide
Known issue: RP rulesets on Australian servers
- The bug: make a Normal or PvP character first, and Roleplay and Roleplay-PvP disappear for your later characters.
- Workaround: create any RP or RP-PvP characters first.
- Scope: Blizzard says this affects only Oceanic players on Australian servers. A fix is being worked on urgently, but there's no date yet.
- Wowhead's report
Not confirmed yet
Blizzard hasn't said how OCE characters group with US players, so we won't guess.
Sources: Blizzard: Choose Your Ruleset · Blizzard: Early Name Reservations · Blizzard: Carve a New Path · Wowhead: Oceanic name reservation issue