Launch week checklist

Before Nov 3

• Reserve your name
  Early Name Reservation runs Oct 27 to Nov 3 for pack buyers; one name per ruleset you plan to play. Names and rulesets.
• Pick the ruleset
  Normal, PvP, RP, or Hardcore later. PvP ruleset: always flagged in contested zones and one faction per account. Realm guide.
• Decide race and class with your group
  Race matters again after the October racial pass; check races and the spellbook for what you get at each level.
• Plan professions
  Two gathering professions pay for the first mount; pick the pair in the gold planner.
• Install the client and preload
  Battle.net preloads the client before launch; log in once to accept terms so queue time is not spent on that.
• Add-ons
  Questie, Leatrix Plus, Bagnon, Details or Recount, a threat meter: versions and links on the add-ons page; Forever uses the 1.60 API, so Classic Era add-ons mostly work.
• Macros and keybinds
  Set them on a level 1 before launch: macro library.
• Voice
  Make an Echo Lobby room for the group: no download.

Launch day, Nov 4

• Log in early
  Queues form before 3 p.m. PST; log in 30 to 60 minutes ahead and stay logged in. Live queue reports on the live blog.
• Create the character on the reserved name
  Reservations expire if you do not create the character within the window Blizzard sets; do it first.
• Grab the starter quests and go
  Follow the leveling guide for your class; the first ten levels are the only crowded hour, so pick the less obvious starting zone if you can (Dwarf and Gnome share, Orc and Troll share).
• Train skills at 4, 6, 8, 10
  The spellbook by level lists what each class learns; do not skip rank 1 of your main attack.
• Pick up gathering at 5
  Mining and Herbalism nodes in starter zones pay for level 10 training and the first bags.
• Bags
  Linen Cloth from humanoids: a Tailor friend or the vendor 6-slot bags until you have four 10-slots.

First week

• Level 10: talents
  One point per level from 10; the starter builds give the order. Respec cost is low early.
• Dungeon one: Ragefire or Deadmines
  Level 13 to 18: dungeon guide; bring the quests from the capital.
• First weekly reset
  Tuesday Nov 10, 8 a.m. PT (Americas) / Wednesday Nov 11, 4 a.m. UTC (Europe), if Forever keeps the Classic-era schedule: reset timer. Honor and raid lockouts reset then.
• PvP cap week 1
  Rank 3 is the ceiling in week one; the honor calculator plans the rest.
• Reputations
  Start the new factions early: reputations.
• Save for the mount
  Riding at 40 costs 80 gold plus the mount; the level planner dates it.
• Watch for hotfixes
  Launch-week hotfixes land daily; the news desk logs each one and the Classic vs Forever pages update.

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