If you can't connect to World of Warcraft, Blizzard's WoW servers might be down or facing technical problems. Here's how to quickly check the WoW server status, as well as a list of what you can try to fix any problems on your end.
Even though the glory days of World of Warcraft are probably lying about a decade behind us, millions of players are still logging into Blizzards MMORPG every day to explore Azeroth, Outland and the Dragon Isles on a dozen of realms.
The in-game World has been massively growing since its launch in 2005, and so has the game itself. Since 2019, there are even two big WoW versions playable, the retail and the classic version.
So it's actually not that surprising, that Blizzards servers experience some issues or have to be at least checked from time to time. Also, there is a fixed maintenance window every week.
- On US servers, the maintenance phase is every Tuesday from 7 am to 8 am (PST). During this time, you will not be able to play on US realms, neither for WoW Retail nor for WoW Classic.
- It's the same for European realms, just with a different time frame: Every Wednesday between 3 am to 4 am (CEST) you won't be able to log in due to maintenance.
WoW Down: How To Check Server Status
Besides the fixed maintenance times, a WoW realm can also be unavailable due to a Battle.net issue, especially after the release of a big content patch, a new add-on or a new season. To find out whether there is a problem with the servers, you should check Blizzards official server status webpage, where you can quickly look up if the login server or a dedicated realm experiences some issues right now.
We also recommend visiting Blizzard's customer support Twitter-Account; if there is a technical problem, you'll most likely read something about it here.
No Connection To WoW: How To Fix Local Network Issues
The servers seem to be live, but you still can't log in? Then the problem could be your internet connection or a certain hardware configuration. This is what you can try out:
- If you're in touch with some guildies over Discord or Teamspeak, ask them whether they have the same problem. If they don't, you can be pretty sure that it's a local problem and not a server based one.
- If you have access to another PC, try to log in from that device – being successful would indicate that a certain configuration on your main PC has to be adjusted.
- During a recent Battle.net login issue, we made some testings and found out that changing the server region on Battle.net can help to solve connection issues.
- Check whether WoW is blacklisted in your Antivirus Software or firewall.
- Restart your router and your PC. Leave your router switched off for at least 30 seconds.
- If you're using a VPN, check whether the connection works when you turn it off (the Batte.net-Launcher isn't all too VPN friendly).
- Try using a wired internet connection instead of Wi-Fi.