We will be offering free character moves from selected high population realms to lower populated realms, assisting in population dispersal. The ability to move a character on the selected source realms will become available on Thursday, January 31 at 3:00 PM PST, and are scheduled to run until Thursday, February 7 at 3:00 PM PST.

In the event that a realm meets our transfer goals before the scheduled end date, the transfers to that realm will be disabled. We highly recommend that if you are planning to transfer that you do so at your earliest convenience. No characters will be eligible for these free moves once the transfers have been closed.

Once the transfers open you can begin your transfer by visiting the Character Move page located here: https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/character-move.html

The realms chosen consist of source realms with the highest sustained queues, and destination realms with the lowest population. The numbers gathered are directly from our data, and depict the realms in most need of these transfers. We will be continuing to monitor all realms and open additional free transfers in the future where necessary.


Source A (PvP)
Arthas
Burning Blade
Illidan
Skullcrusher
Warsong

Destination A (PvP)
Balnazzar

Source B (PvP)
Mal'Ganis
Mugthol
Sargeras
Tichondrius
Twisting Nether

Destination B (PvP)
Onyxia

Source C (PvP)
Gorefiend
Kel'Thuzad
Mannoroth
Shattered Hand
Smolderthorn

Destination C (PvP)
Malorne

Source D (PvE)
Aerie Peak
Aggramar
Alexstrasza
Alleria
Argent Dawn
Blackhand
Cenarius
Doomhammer
Hellscream
Whisperwind

Desination D (PvE)
Ghostlands*

Ghostlands* is a new realm. Character creation for this realm will be turned off for the duration of the transfers.