Free Character Transfers Have Ended

Free Character Transfers Have Ended

October, 5 - *These free transfers have now ended and are no longer available.

 

We’re providing free transfers off of realms that are currently seeing high queue times. If you’re on one of the below realms and would like to avoid waiting in queues to play, you can take advantage of these free transfers. We’ve done our best to match realm types and time zones for a smooth transfer process.

The current transfers will go until approximately 9:00 a.m. PDT, October 4Please be aware that, due to the unpredictable nature of free transfers, we may close down any transfers at any time and without warning if the destination realm becomes full. If you plan to move with friends or your guild, we suggest that you coordinate the effort to reduce the chance of any stragglers being left behind.

Although free Guild Master Realm Transfers are not possible at this time, these free character transfers will allow you to retain your guild membership and reputation, provided the guild master completes a Guild Master Realm Transfer to the destination realm first, and does not change factions.

Early closures aside, this set of Free Character Moves will end on Thursday, October 4.

Source Realm Destination Realm
Frostmourne - Oceanic PvP Gundrak - Oceanic PvP
Illidan - Central PvP Mug’thol - Central PvP
Kil’jaeden - Pacific PvP Frostwolf - Pacific PvP
Area 52 - Eastern PvE

Velen - Mountain PvE

Exodar - Eastern PvE

Darkspear - Mountain PvP Bloodscalp - Mountain PvP
Tichondrius - Pacific PvP Dark Iron - Pacific PvP
Stormrage - Eastern PvE Trollbane - Eastern PvE
Kel’Thuzad - Eastern PvP Alterac Mountains - Eastern PvP

Characters on a source realms are only eligible to transfer to the destination realm directly across from it.

To take advantage of these transfers log into Account Management, select your World of Warcraft license, and at the bottom click on Free Character Migration. Eligible characters will be listed. Please see the Free Character Migration Disclaimers and FAQ for more info.

We’ll be continuing to closely monitor realm concurrency, and will provide updates should the above transfers be altered, or any new transfers become available.

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Necroweeny
Illidan
Necroweeny
10/8/2012
Open these back up please!
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Darkchickens
Illidan
Darkchickens
10/8/2012
Damn I can't believe I missed this, please bring back free character xfers.
If its like last expansion, I'm guessing we'll see some more free xfers in a week or two.
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Earnecklace
Frostmourne
Earnecklace
10/8/2012
Why cut this so short it's still 3-4 hour wait to log into Frostmourne, I was about to transfer until I found this.
I know someone who has received a frontal brain injury and he makes a whole lot more sense then Blizzard.
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Lowvoltage
Frostmourne
Lowvoltage
10/8/2012
>We’ll be continuing to closely monitor realm concurrency

Is that so? They must think that four hour waits are fine for Frostmourne.
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Grúlk
Illidan
Grúlk
10/7/2012
will there be more free transfers because i missed the first one for illidan, and seeing as it takes 3-4 hours to log in that is a little insane
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Snowflowr
Area 52
Snowflowr
10/7/2012
@Grúlk: one can only hope so, i was at work and didnt know it was last day, so got screwed too :( im gonna give it a lil longer and if they dont reopen it i think ill head to the other unnamed game cuz i refuse to pay them for transfer.. and not gonna reroll to again
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Gachimuchi
Illidan
Gachimuchi
10/6/2012
Of course I would miss this. May as well not even bother playing with these 3-4 hour queues.
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Ayahúasca
Darkspear
Ayahúasca
10/6/2012
damnit i didnt realize it had an end date. as soon as i decide i want to transfer my toon i missed it by a day :/
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Snowflowr
Area 52
Snowflowr
10/7/2012
@Ayahúasca: i totally agree me and about 30 other people on my realm that im friends with found out that same exact thing :( so now we all stuck dealin with the BS still
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Etüs
Frostmourne
Etüs
10/6/2012
This was such a pain, I work Fulltime and the Ques for Frostmourne were 2 Hours + All i had to do was Quit my 2v2 Team on both my Mains and i could Xfer them to Gundrak. But the Transfer would not work, "This Character is Still Online please try and Check again error" As soon as the Free Character Migration ended the Error Message went away. I was trying this Before i had even logged in. What a Pain Extend the Free Migration Until the 10/10/12 So yet again. I have always had Billing Subscription on. I think i mite stop playing. Why pay $14.99 a Month when i get 1 or 2 Hours a week to play would i could be playing in a Lower PLayer Population Realm and log in Strait away. Not Happy World of Warcraft
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Chocolatnave
Drenden
Chocolatnave
10/5/2012
If you don't want to wait hours for queues, just re-spec to a tank, or even healer. I re-specced from dps to tank, it's the difference between day and night. If you can't respec, make a new character. If you don't want to make a new character, then stop complaining and stay with your hour long queues looking for a tank like me to queue up.
wurd.
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Bullchitt
Tichondrius
Bullchitt
10/6/2012
@Chocolatnave: The que times were about being able to log onto the server.
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Snowflowr
Area 52
Snowflowr
10/7/2012
@Chocolatnave: LOL dont you even read these forums, it has nothing to do with dungeons, it has to do with the fact that everyone keeps having to wait an hour + just to get on to the game itself.. Que for logging in, not que for dungeons.
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Snowflowr
Area 52
Snowflowr
10/5/2012
the problem with all this Transfer BS is, Blizzard is a Business, if blizzard offers free transfers all the time or for long periods of time, they lose alot of mone.. That is the key thing here, they dont give a crap that everyone pays to play not sit in que, its all about how much they can make, so tease people with a short free session of migration, which didnt help, and make a few people happy , makes them look like they care but in reality they dont give a CRAP.. All they care about is the money.. PROOF in their Actions... Still constantly waiting in que.. Thanks Blizz for the Wanna Be good FAIL Gesture.
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Asentpasca
Lethon
Asentpasca
10/5/2012
In my opinion transfer price should be decrease. The perfect price would be 10$. Because higher it is way too much for practicly nothing. And at less or only free people would keep transfering and this would mess up everything.
Comon Blizzard review your policies and be nice with your fellows players that already gaved you a bunch of money...
Who support that Idea ?
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Untilldeath
Arygos
Untilldeath
10/7/2012
@Asentpasca: I so agree with you on that. I have so much money put into this game, I know a lot of other people do too. We should not have to pay a lot to transfer.
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Drooden
Shattered Hand
Drooden
10/5/2012
I agree. Blizzard, it's about time to make some these "special features" like realm transfers free. Not just for these realms but for all. It MIGHT actually help if implemented correctly.
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Lortah
Frostmourne
Lortah
10/5/2012
@Drooden: Agreed, it shouldn't be that hard to transfer, heck I think it's just done by a machine or a bot :\
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Aggresive
Frostmourne
Aggresive
10/5/2012
Hmm ques on frostmourne down from just over 3K to nearly 2K & free xfers have closed......
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Crazyydots
Frostmourne
Crazyydots
10/5/2012
Why cant all server change be free... this is that stupid. Waiting like 4 hours to get into the game is just so stupid when we are paying by the month.
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Lortah
Frostmourne
Lortah
10/5/2012
@Crazyydots: This.
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Grasshole
Frostmourne
Grasshole
10/5/2012
woot i no longer have to wait 3hours to play a game i pay for. Oh no wait i missed the time it was free Thumbs up blizz
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Feartality
Frostmourne
Feartality
10/5/2012
I'll transfer to any realm. MAKE THEM AVAILABLE! No one should have to wait to play a game they pay for. Options such as free character migrations should ALWAYS be available to make this so. STUPID.
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Swifthunter
Gundrak
Swifthunter
10/5/2012
Blizzard wtf, still 3 hrs queues on FM and my druid can't move cos of a bug in your system before u closed it down, saying i had mail on it when i logged in and checked there was none in there, now i can't even move it off FM without paying... im over this
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Theudebald
Frostmourne
Theudebald
10/5/2012
Still 3 hour queues on Frostmourme. I just reactivated my account last night after a year off only to find my realm requires you to be friendless, single, orphaned and unemployed to access.

My mains are on Frostmourne and I don't plan on ditching 8 years of play on my mains just so I can start fresh.

Any word on extending this?>
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Shäblín
Area 52
Shäblín
10/4/2012
yet AGAIN over an hour in que for Area 52.. Bring back Free Transfers Plz this is BS... makes me wish i had given other games a better chance..
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Elsysia
Skullcrusher
Elsysia
10/4/2012
Please allow from pvp to pve servers for free. It'd be different if I had my own realm ganking me (which I don't). I am not made of money so I refuse to move 5 toons to a new server. That's just ridiculous.
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Lortah
Frostmourne
Lortah
10/5/2012
@Elsysia: I hate PVP servers. I support this.
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Usmcdogg
Stormrage
Usmcdogg
10/4/2012
Well.....free migration has been closed...guess what......still waiting in queue to get onto Stormrage..........ooooooh.....man did it ease up. NOT! As many of us stated on this forum. The transfer should have been to ANY low or medium level realm. Things may have gone better.
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Lataralus
Illidan
Lataralus
10/4/2012
PLEASE BRG THE CHARACTER TRANSFERS BACK I WANT OUT =(
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Laputi
Kil'jaeden
Laputi
10/4/2012
I was going to transfer today. WHY would they close free migration already? WHY am I paying $15/month to not be able to play every night because I have to wait 2 hours, and by then I'm too tired to play anymore? This is absolutely ridiculous.
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Dethêa
Area 52
Dethêa
10/4/2012
i hope they will reopen them cause area 52 is so hard to log into its not even funny.
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Shäblín
Area 52
Shäblín
10/4/2012
This is a Crock of Crap, im so sick of waiting in que for over an hour, was planning to move with many friends today after work , came home found out free migration ended while at work.. I WILL NOT pay for a transfer for something that blizzard can easily solve. LEAVE free transfer open a little longer, Reopen it please.
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Gwynnt
Kil'jaeden
Gwynnt
10/4/2012
Looks like I waited too long to get off KJ. Crap.
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Underraged
Kil'jaeden
Underraged
10/4/2012
@Gwynnt: Ditto... These 2hr queue times are ridiculous
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Silençer
Illidan
Silençer
10/4/2012
Re-open the free-migrations plz! Illidan is still locked and these ques make paying for a game a waste of money and time If I can't even get in to play! :(
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Sylár
Illidan
Sylár
10/4/2012
Blizzard if you could kindly open the free transfers once more for another day or two, that would be great. Because it seems some of us (including myself) didn't receive word of this free transfer. Thank you very much.
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Shäblín
Area 52
Shäblín
10/4/2012
@Sylár: i totally agree sylar i heard about it yesterday, then see it ended today.. was not happy am so sick of the BS 1+ hour long waiting to play with the time i do get to.
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Zamoraak
Hyjal
Zamoraak
10/4/2012
So I seriously missed the free xfer? Damn it.
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Ðeathkanight
Zul'jin
Ðeathkanight
10/4/2012
umm forgot zul,jin