With World of Warcraft's 5.4 patch this past September, developer Blizzard Entertainment began linking servers through a feature called Connected Realms, and the studio laid out future plans today for connecting additional realms.
Blizzard plans to connect more World of Warcraft realms
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Blizzard will make its next batch of connections Monday, Dec. 23, during a scheduled maintenance period that is expected to last about five hours starting at 9 a.m. ET. Here’s the list of realms to be linked:
- Anetheron and Magtherdion/Ysondre
- Crushridge and Anub’arak/Chromaggus/Garithos/Nathrezim/Smolderthorn
- Darrowmere and Windrunner
- Demonsoul and Coilfang, Dark Iron, and Dalvengyr
- Draka and Suramar
- Velen and Eonar
Another group of realms will be connected during a maintenance window beginning at 9 a.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 3:
- Akama and Dragonmaw
- Executus and Kalecgos
- Galakrond and Blackhand
- Shandris and Bronzebeard
- The Forgotten Coast and Balnazzar, Gorgonash and Warsong
- Undermine and Anvilmar
Blizzard also included another list of realms in its blog post, saying that they’ll be connected at some undetermined point in the future:
- Bladefist and Kul Tiras
- Nazgrel and Vek’nilash/Nesingwary
- Nazjatar and Mannoroth/Blood Furnace
- Norgannon and Kargath
- Stormscale and Firetree/Rivendare/Drak’Tharon/Malorne/Spirestone
- Uldaman and Ravencrest
World of Warcraft players can read more about Connected Realms here.
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