Elizabeth Harper

I never exactly planned to put a Dark Portal in my front yard, but now that I know I’ll be able to get one, of course I am going to put a Dark Portal in my front yard. There’s no greater status symbol than to show off to your neighbors that you have your own Dark Portal.

But then, of course, when all of my neighbors have a Dark Portal it’s not going to be cool anymore and I’ll have to find something else. But for this little slice of time, I will cherish this Dark Portal of my very own.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we answer your questions and get sentimental about pieces of Azerothian architecture. Let’s get to it!

It's a relatively short Tuesday morning maintenance for all versions of World of Warcraft with a brief one-hour maintenance for WoW Classic and Mists of Pandaria Classic, and a two hour maintenance for Midnight.

It's been a crazy week with the Midnight pre-patch rolling out, and then having to figure out brand new builds, and set up our UIs from scratch (with double the addons), and (worst of all) set up new transmogs for every single character.

Welcome to this post-patch Wednesday. Is it not glorious? A fresh beautiful day with new content before us…

… and LUA errors… and missing addons… and missing talents, missing transmog, crashes, extra downtime, and…

Okay, maybe it’s just an average Monday morning that moved to a Wednesday. But we have to make the best of what we have.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we answer your questions and everyone wonders why we’re having a random Wednesday afternoon maintenance. Let’s chat.

To celebrate the release of the Midnight pre-patch, there's a new Twitch Drop to earn in World of Warcraft: the Cuddly Green Grrgle!

It's a big week for World of Warcraft maintenance as the Midnight pre-patch finally hits live realms.

It's a big month for World of Warcraft, with a pair of absolutely massive patches: WoW Classic Anniversary launched The Burning Crusade pre-patch last week, and modern World of Warcraft launches the Midnight pre-patch this week.

Sometimes you wake up and want to watch the world burn. And sometimes you wake up and your inner kaiju wants to crash through Tokyo. It’s hard to say which force of destruction will manifest at any given time… but for now, I’m trying to think positive thoughts for the poor Warcraft server team, who was up all night trying to cajole WoW Classic into running. I hope you’ve scheduled some nap time into your day.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we answer your questions (and occasionally go on kaiju-related tangents). Let’s see what the comment section holds for us today, shall we?

Get ready to roll those Void Elf Demon Hunters, because the Midnight pre-patch launches on January 20, 2026, immediately after Legion Remix ends.

Today's maintenance is completely average for players on The War Within and Mists of Pandaria Classic servers, with just a quick hour of downtime scheduled for both.