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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Saponator
Mug'thol
Saponator
10/3/2012
@Ilikedonkeys: i just xferred off ilidan to mug thol and que times are so much better 100 times better!
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Ruseriousbro
Stonemaul
Ruseriousbro
10/2/2012
i need one from Wildhammer to Tortheldrin
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Alucardk
Azralon
Alucardk
10/2/2012
I think, this process can be used here on my server, Azralon.
We play with a unbalance of 95% of the server from the horde and 5% only from the aliance, if you go to any pandaria area certainly you'll get gank from noobish hordes...
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Avienus
Nazjatar
Avienus
10/2/2012
I really do not understand why this process is so restrictive. All my characters play on a Low Population PVP server, so why cannot transfer from Illidan to this server ? The destination server being made available I have never played on, my guild is not on, and I do not know anyone.

I wish Activision/Blizzard would get with the times. When so many of their competitors offer free transfers, with few restrictions. I have paid for transfers in the past, will not do so again. I would rather cancel subscription as a matter of principal. It costs them nothing to do a transfer. They are just gouging their customers. This is the same reason they stubbornly refuse to implement desperately needed server mergers.
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Hypnosy
Kel'Thuzad
Hypnosy
10/2/2012
Why don't they transfer people to chromaggus-us? Ins't it lowest pop realm lmao?
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Igotparvo
Alterac Mountains
Igotparvo
10/2/2012
It is funny how they are offering transfers to Alterac mountains server where the que for a dps is still 40+ minutes bwahahahahaaaa... What numbnuts you are blizz.....
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@Igotparvo: Lol its for queue time to get on the server not for dungeons. Dungeons pools from every server and the queue times are not affected by which server you are on. So.....numbnuts who?
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Archemist
Shadowsong
Archemist
10/2/2012
@Skigz: ha!
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Guluuqwath
Stormrage
Guluuqwath
10/2/2012
@Igotparvo: hahahahahahahah
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Deathwielder
Gurubashi
Deathwielder
10/3/2012
@Igotparvo: And after he saw this he probably said Oooooo! hahahaha
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Taxichick
Thrall
Taxichick
10/2/2012
Too bad you don't ever offer the transfer on servers im on cause there very populated. Thrall and shadow council, I have never seen shadow council available for transfer.
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Shwífty
Kel'Thuzad
Shwífty
10/2/2012
@zennix Game Guide>Tools>Realm Status
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Kungfupándá
Silvermoon
Kungfupándá
10/2/2012
I have no clue
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Zennix
Drak'Tharon
Zennix
10/2/2012
how to see realm status now?
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Missmcdreamy
Windrunner
Missmcdreamy
10/2/2012
and again Windrunner horde gets stiffed... FEEL THE LOVE!
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Exile
Tichondrius
Exile
10/2/2012
what about keeping my same names? .. i would move if my names would stay the same
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Amelefice
Mug'thol
Amelefice
10/2/2012
@Exile: if the names arent taken on the destination server then u can keep them. The best way to check is to go to the destination server and create toons with the name you are transferring to see if it works and if it does just delete it. :D
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Ràttle
Uldum
Ràttle
10/3/2012
@Exile: O.o
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Shandock
Kil'jaeden
Shandock
10/1/2012
please please Blizzard move me from my keyboard and stinky chair to the real world.... what!!!! not possible? wra wrar wra wra wra!!! Blizzard sucks!
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Innkeeper
Laughing Skull
Innkeeper
10/2/2012
@Shandock: In the infamous words of Morpheus, "I can only show you the door, you're the one who has to walk through it."
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Seniellus
Area 52
Seniellus
10/1/2012
I was thinking of transfering form area 52 when i saw this buuuuuttttttttttt.......I just love this server to much to leave it. :)
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Theredbarron
Illidan
Theredbarron
10/1/2012
I would like to be moved from Illidan to Magtheridan please.
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Winnër
Illidan
Winnër
10/1/2012
Tinytits is bad and mad lolol. More rage about Q times
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Draculias
Illidan
Draculias
10/2/2012
@Winnër: She is indeed bad and mad.
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Noooo
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Lovehurtss
Fizzcrank
Lovehurtss
10/1/2012
:P
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Grenouille
Quel'Thalas
Grenouille
10/1/2012
Hey, there's gonna be some free char transfers to the latin servers? I really wanna switch from Quel'Thalas to Ragnaros :/
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I do not have any characters online, I have waited over an hour, and still am getting the message that I have a character online when I try to move my Illidan toons. Help please?? I see several people below have had the same issue. Thanks.
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Studshagsson
Vashj
Studshagsson
10/2/2012
@Rowen: just something I saw someone else try that worked for them. If you have a recurring subscription up on your account cancel it. Apparently that stops you from transferring as well, no idea why
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Bahasu
Sargeras
Bahasu
10/1/2012
kinda amazing, that the Transfers are on Hord dominated servers, what about the severs that are dominated by Alliance? when is there going to be balance there? as all ways, Blizzard, favors, the Alliance Fraction...
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Ozmon
Stormrage
Ozmon
10/1/2012
@Bahasu: stormrage is the most dominant alliance server there is btw
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Vulk
Runetotem
Vulk
10/1/2012
@Bahasu: Blizzard has and always will favor horde. They even have 2 horde statues outside their headquarters. You don't seem to know what your talking about.
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Ordø
Shattered Hand
Ordø
10/1/2012
@Bahasu: CRY ME A RIVER....
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Sawaro
Ragnaros
Sawaro
10/1/2012
@Bahasu: your tears are delicious
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Felicityy
Kirin Tor
Felicityy
10/1/2012
@Sawaro: You WOULD know..
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Kholtera
Winterhoof
Kholtera
10/2/2012
@Ozmon: I have toons on Stromrage because it is indeed the higherst Alliance to Horde ratio on pve realms. 86% Alliance and 14% Horde. There are servers that have a higher alliance to horde ratio but they are PVP realms. The highest is The Forgotten Coast with 90% Alliance and 10% Horde. Imagine getting into battle grounds on that server.
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Amelefice
Mug'thol
Amelefice
10/2/2012
@Vulk: Thank you for your plentiful shower of tears!!! I'm catching every one of them!
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Draculias
Illidan
Draculias
10/2/2012
@Vulk: Lmfao, that's why alliance has a distance and space advantage in almost every battleground right? And why Vanilla-BC leveling was super mega easy mode on Alliance.
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please move me from illadin to vashj
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please move me from illadin to vashj