Timeline of the creation of US realms This is an ongoing list of all realms that have been created since the release of World of Warcraft on 11 / 23 / 04 . Each realm can be found under a heading of the day that it was released . This list may help you if you ' re trying to figure out when a new server ' s 6 - month transfer block expires or just to estimate how far that realm likely is in end - game progression . Also the realm type and time zone have been indicated , along with any other information relevant to realm selection . 2004 . " November 23 " . 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" February 22 " . - ( PvE , EST ) " February 24 " . - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( RP , MST ) - ( RP , CST ) " February 26 " . - ( PvP , CST ) " April 28 " . - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvE , PST ) " May 2 " . - ( PvP , EST ) " July 21 " . - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvE , PST ) " July 23 " . - ( PvP , PST ) " July 27 " . - ( PvP , PST ) " August 6 " . - ( PvE , CST ) " August 23 " . - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvE , CST ) " September 13 " . - ( RP - PvP , CST ) - ( RP - PvP , CST ) " September 14 " . - ( RP - PvP , CST ) " October 19 " . - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvE , CST ) - ( RP - PvE , CST ) " November 8 " . - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , CST ) - ( RP - PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , Oceanic ) - ( PvE , Oceanic ) " November 30 " . - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , CST ) " December 16 " . - ( PvP , CST ) 2006 . " January 2 " . - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvP , CST ) - ( PvE , CST ) - ( PvE , CST ) - ( PvE , CST ) " January 6 " . - ( PvP , CST , initially open to transfers only ) - ( PvE , CST , initially open to transfers only ) - ( PvE , CST ) - ( PvE , CST ) " January 26 " . - ( PvP , Oceanic ) - ( RP , CST ) - ( PvP , CST ) " February 6 " . - ( PvE , CST , initially open to transfers only ) " February 13 " . - ( PvE , CST , initially open to transfers only ) " March 14 " . - ( PvP , EST ) ' March 15 . - ( PvE , CST ) " March 21 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , EST ) - ( RP , EST ) " March 22 " . - ( PvP , EST ) " March 23 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , EST ) " March 31 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , EST ) " April 11 " . - ( PvP , EST , initially open to transfers only ) - ( PvP , EST , initially open to transfers only ) " April 19 " . - ( PvE , EST , initially open to transfers only ) - ( PvE , EST , initially open to transfers only ) " May 19 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE ) " May 30 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvP , EST ) " June 12 " . - ( PvP , Oceanic ) - ( PvE , Oceanic ) - ( PvP , initially open to transfers only ) " June 16 " . - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvE , PST ) June 27 . - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvE , PST ) - ( PvE , PST ) " July 12 " . - ( RP - PvP , PST ) - ( RP , PST ) " August 14 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , EST ) " August 21 " . - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , EST ) " September 27 " . - ( PvE , EST Oceanic , initially open to transfers only ) " October 6 " . - ( PvP , PST ) - ( PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , PST ) - ( RP , PST ) " December 14 " . - ( PvE , PST ) - ( RP - PvP , EST ) - ( PvE , PST ) - ( PvP , PST ) 2007 . " January 4 " . " January 16 " . " January 17 " . " December 20 " . 2008 . " January 31 " . " February 27 " . " April 21 " . " November 10 " . " November 13 " . ( Date of release for the expansion . ) " November 15 " . " November 16 " . " November 17 " . " November 21 " . 2009 . " January 7 " . " January 16 " . " February 11 " . Connected Realms . Beginning in late 2013 , after the release of patch 5 . 4 , Blizzard began connecting existing realms together in order to consolidate World of Warcraft ' s player base , which had begun shrinking over time on multiple realms . Connected realms maintain the standard per - server character allotment . In game , character names above players ' heads and in chat are now followed by " - Server Name " . A separate page containing all realm connections since this feature was implemented can be found here .