Burning Crusade Classic Realm Consolidation Coming August 10

#1 - June 7, 2022, 12:14 a.m.

Update – August 10 – 3:30 CEST

Realm consolidations are underway and characters remaining on the following realms are being moved:

To maintain healthy populations for Burning Crusade Classic realms, we’ve regularly reviewed realm populations and offered Free Character Transfers from realms that dropped to a low population. Additionally, we’ve made the decision to retire some Burning Crusade Classic realms and consolidate their remaining players onto other realms that have higher populations. We plan to perform this realm consolidation and retire the following realms with weekly maintenance the week of August 10:

Bloodfang
Celebras
Dragon’s Call
Dragonfang
Dreadmist
Finkle
Flamelash
Gandling
Harbinger of Doom
Heartstriker
Judgement
Lucifron
Noggenfogger
Razorgore
Rhok’delar
Shazzrah
Skullflame
Stonespine
Ten Storms
Wyrmthalak
Zandalar Tribe

What this means is that all of the Burning Crusade Classic realms listed above will be retired and will no longer be accessible after August 10. All player-characters remaining on these realms will be automatically moved to a new destination realm. We will post a full list of retiring realms and their destinations soon.

Please note: Player-characters that are automatically moved during the realm consolidation on August 10 may be unavailable for up to two weeks thereafter.

All of the realms in the list above currently have Free Character Transfers available to multiple active destination realms. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of the Free Transfers prior to August 10 to choose your destination. Utilizing this service will move your characters quickly and will allow you to avoid being subject to the automatic migration on August 10.

Find more information on Free Character Transfers here.

In the coming weeks, we plan to remove the restriction on transfers from Normal to PvP realms in Burning Crusade Classic. At that time, we will open additional Free Character Transfers from underpopulated Normal realms wherever appropriate, and we will remove the rule on PvP realms that prevents players from having characters in both factions on the same PvP realm in Burning Crusade Classic. We’ll confirm all of the details as soon as we’re ready to take those steps.

Thank you!

#279 - June 20, 2022, 9:47 p.m.

We’ve updated the original post to reflect that we’ve decided to keep Hydraxian Waterlords intact, and make it the preferred realm in this region for RP.

We will soon open Free Character Transfers from all other realms in the region to Hydraxian Waterlords, so that any players who now wish to move back to the realm may do so.

#333 - June 22, 2022, 3:50 a.m.

The transfer restriction, as well as the restriction on both factions on PvP realms, as well as the single-realm character limit have all now been lifted.

#597 - July 25, 2022, 8:59 p.m.

We’ve added the Razorgore realm to the list above. Please transfer from Razorgore to another realm as soon as possible if you wish to avoid being moved during realm consolidation.

Thank you.

#704 - Aug. 3, 2022, 6:50 p.m.

We’ve just fixed it. All intended Free Character Transfers to Hydraxian Waterlords are now available.

Thank you for your patience.

#784 - Aug. 10, 2022, 1:30 a.m.

Realm consolidations are underway and characters remaining on the following realms are being moved:

#796 - Aug. 10, 2022, 2:11 a.m.

I made a mistake while building that table for this forum post. I’ve corrected it. Celebras will go to Hydraxian Waterlords as planned.