IIn our ongoing efforts to improve gameplay performance, as previously discussed here, we will be opening realm-to-realm character transfers from select normal (PvE) realms to new PvP realms (listed below) on April 10 at 3:00 AM PDT. The PvP destination realms will be operating on the new hardware at our new World of Warcraft site. The decision to transfer from PvE to PvP in this particular case was made in hopes of increasing the number of players seeking to transfer, which will in effect help us further disperse our population.

PvP realm Black Dragonflight - Deadline: Thursday, April 13 at 3:00 PM PST
Players on these four realms will have the opportunity to transfer to the PvP realm Black Dragonflight:

Hyjal –> Black Dragonflight
Lightbringer –> Black Dragonflight
Shadowsong –> Black Dragonflight
Zul'jin –> Black Dragonflight

PvP realm Dalvengyr - Deadline: Thursday, April 13 at 3:00 PM PST
Players on these four realms will have the opportunity to transfer to the PvP realm Dalvengyr:

Alleria –> Dalvengyr
Khaz'goroth –> Dalvengyr
Hellscream –> Dalvengyr
Whisperwind –> Dalvengyr

The transfers are scheduled to close at 3:00 PM PDT on April 13. However, we urge any players who wish to transfer to do so at their earliest possible convenience, as transfers may be closed earlier than expected depending on volume. Please note that standard character creation will be disabled on the two destination realms until the transfer process has completed.

Also, as a reminder, our normal schedule for conducting character transfers between eligible realms is from 3:00 AM PDT to 3:00 PM PDT, Monday through Friday. That schedule will be in effect for as long as this upcoming transfer period remains active.

As more details become available, we will provide additional information about other such measures that we're taking to address the performance issues that players on our high-population realms have been experiencing.

If you're interested in transferring your characters from the realms listed above to the new realms, please click here.