You bought a WoW Forever pack, an email from Blizzard may hold a code, and a friend is hesitating to jump in. This WoW Forever invite code gives them access to the game during launch week, with no subscription or Game Time. Here is how to use it, what to check if one is missing, and what your friend really gets. Every fact is linked to its source, and what I deduced is written as such.
How many codes per pack, and what the code gives
The starting point is Blizzard’s pre-purchase announcement, published on September 12, 2026. The Skyborne Heroic Pack includes one code. The Epic Pack and the Warcraft Forever Collection include three in total. According to Master of Warcraft (sQren, October 22), the Epic Pack’s three codes are not added on top of the Heroic Pack’s one. The details of these offers are in our comparison of the three editions.
| Pack bought | Codes | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Skyborne Heroic | 1 | Sent by email from October 20, 2026 |
| Skyborne Epic | 3 in total | One email per code, sometimes several hours apart according to players |
| Warcraft Forever Collection | 3 in total | Same rule as the Epic |
| Physical Collector’s Edition | “one or more” | Blizzard gives no number; the Collector’s page points to its own terms |
| Pack bought as a gift | 0 | Gift purchases are excluded |
A WoW Forever invite code is an invitation, not a pack. Blizzard writes “These Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes do not include beta access”, and the page adds that other restrictions apply without listing them. Master of Warcraft adds that the code includes neither the Skyborne race, nor the Zephras Isle start, nor early name reservation.
You have a WoW Forever invite code: the steps, in order
Each step below comes from Blizzard’s page or from player reports; Blizzard does not describe the exact Battle.net menu for entering a code, so I do not invent it.
- Open the mailbox of the Battle.net account that made the purchase, and check junk mail and the Promotions tab too: a player on the US forum found theirs in Gmail’s Promotions, and Master of Warcraft gives the same advice.
- Count your emails. One player received two messages about twenty minutes apart; the codes go out one by one.
- Copy the code and send it in a private message to the person you chose. Not on a forum, not on a public Discord.
- Your friend enters it on their own Battle.net account. Blizzard writes that “Eligible invitees can redeem the code through Battle.net”.
- They play from launch, with no subscription or Game Time, until November 11.
Blizzard does not say whether a code can be entered before November 4. It does not say either whether there is an activation deadline, or who counts as ineligible: that list is in support article 000385883, which requires a login and which I could not read.
A WoW Forever invite code is missing: what players report
From October 20, the “Missing Friend Codes?” thread collected buyers with one code out of three. The first player writes “I got an email for one of my friend codes an hour ago, but I only got 1, was expecting 3?”, then edited the message: they ended up receiving everything. No message from a Blizzard employee appears in it.
A lead came back the next day. One player advises: “go to purchase history and view the package you purchased, it will show all the codes you were meant to receive”. Another found their third code that way. It is not a Blizzard procedure, but it costs one minute.
It does not fix everything: on October 27, a player in the same thread still had only one code, with nothing in junk mail. If that is your case, first check that the purchase is not a gift, then open a ticket with Blizzard support.
Paris hours: confirmed and deduced
For a French player, the question is the opening time. Blizzard gives the window in Pacific time (PST): November 4 to 11, 2026, with launch on November 4 at 3 p.m. US winter time starts on November 1, and France has been on winter time since October 25: 3 p.m. PST is 11 p.m. UTC, that is midnight in Paris. Our article on the launch time covers the other time zones.
| Moment | Paris time | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Codes sent by email | From October 20, 2026 | Confirmed by Blizzard (in PST) |
| Start of the free week | Night of November 4 to 5, midnight | Deduced from the 3 p.m. PST launch |
| Last day of the window | November 11 in PST | Date confirmed by Blizzard |
| End time in Paris | Around 9 a.m. on November 12, if the window runs until 11:59 p.m. PST | Deduced, Blizzard gives no end time |
A German site, Mein-MMO, announces a November 5 to 12 window. That gap probably comes from Paris time, not from another date at Blizzard. To miss nothing, play on the first evening rather than the last.
You are the invited friend: what to expect
| With the invite code | Without the code |
|---|---|
| Yes: play from November 4 to 11 with no subscription or Game Time | No: beta access |
| Yes: a Battle.net account is enough to activate it | No: the Skyborne race and the Zephras Isle start |
| Yes: meet your friend in game from launch | No: name reservation (October 27 to November 3) |
With a WoW Forever invite code, the third point matters: names were reserved for pack buyers, and reservation opened on October 27 at 6 p.m. The invited player will pick a name at launch, like everyone else. Prepare two or three variants. Before the first login, our guide to getting started covers server, keybinds and addons.
After November 11, Master of Warcraft writes that a subscription or Game Time is required. On the US forum, two players claim you can keep playing on the same account by subscribing; those are player opinions, not confirmed by Blizzard, and nothing says whether characters are kept.
Never buy a code from a stranger
The EU forum sharing thread shows the risk. Players offer their codes there to the first taker, and on October 22 a reader replies: “You do realize that bots are scooping all of these codes up for gold farming, right?”. That is one player’s opinion, which I could not verify. The practical consequence is the same: a code posted in public is gone within minutes.
Three precautions. Never pay a stranger for a code: nothing guarantees it works, and Blizzard’s announcement does not provide for selling codes. Never send your Battle.net login to someone so they can “activate” the code for you. And give yours in private, to someone you know.
What Blizzard has not said yet
Still without an official answer: what happens to the character after November 11, possible level, trade or auction house limits for an invitee, whether a code can be activated before launch, and the case of a friend who already owns the game. If Blizzard clarifies these points, this article will be updated.
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