It’s a short Tuesday maintenance for most World of Warcraft players, but Classic players should expect servers to be offline all day — all servers now back online!

Both modern WoW and Cataclysm Classic servers are back online after Tuesday maintenance — fortunately most WoW players just had a quick one two one and a half hour maintenance window this morning (after maintenance was extended an extra hour). Unfortunately, WoW Classic players had extended maintenance that was scheduled for a full eight hours, but came up on time. There seems to be a lingering issue with Hardcore realms — the Battle.net launcher reports emergency maintenance, and I’ve heard some players are having problems with disconnects this evening, so you might avoid playing Hardcore. Check the Battle.net launcher when you log on to see the current server status.
Despite that snag, all WoW realms are currently back online.
Here is this week’s maintenance schedule:
- World of Warcraft and Cataclysm Classic are both offline from 7am –
8am9am pacific time — now online! - World of Warcraft Classic (including Classic Era, Season of Discovery, Hardcore, and Anniversary realms) are offline from 7am – 3pm pacific time
So what’s a gamer to do? Now that WoW and Cataclysm Classic servers are back up, you could always crowd over there. Modern WoW’s Turbulent Timeways event has been a lot of fun, and Cataclysm Classic has the Joyous Journeys buff right now to help you catch up with friends before going into the game’s next phase, likely to start mid-February. But I know these more modern iterations of the game aren’t everyone’s style, and if you’re looking for something else to play it isn’t too late to grab this week’s Epic Games Store freebie, Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery. We also have our usual roundup of games to play over the weekend, and even though the weekend has come and gone they’re still solid options if you need something to sustain you through these WoW-free hours.
Or you could do what I do and watch videos of hippos on the internet. I think it’s the best choice, but your mileage may vary.
Regardless of how you spend your morning, I’ll keep this post up to date on the latest WoW server status. Currently all WoW servers are back online, though expect some lingering wonkiness through the evening.
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