Server Maintenance is currently taking place for North American Realms on WoW Classic, where players noticed two new Hardcore Realms have appeared, Skull Rock and Defias Pillager. The realm names are a clear nod to two notoriously dangerous areas for Horde and Alliance players on the Hardcore Journey.
Two New Hardcore Realms for NA Classic Era
Other regions will likely see what their realm names are during scheduled maintenance, when realms are updated to Patch 1.14.4. Hardcore Realms will be launching globally on August 24th, 2023 at 3:00 PM PDT. To learn more about the upcoming Hardcore WoW Classic mode being added, check out our guides below --
Hardcore WoW Overview Hardcore Tips & Tricks
Blizzard recently uploaded a WoWCast with Hardcore Developers, which we previously covered in another article. This video is a great summary of many of the upcoming features in Hardcore, as well as a breakdown of various changes for WoW Classic to accommodate the Hardcore mode.
Classic Hardcore Devs Share Behinds the Scenes Stories l WoWCast