With The War Within Early Access starting in less than a day, we wanted to answer some of the most asked questions about this change for The War Within compared to previous WoW expansions.
Early Access Eligibility
All players who purchase The War Within Epic Edition have Early Access to the Expansion on the account they add the Epic Edition to.
Early Access Dates
Early Access starts on August 22nd, 3:00 PM Pacific Time. You can see the time in multiple timezones below:
Early Access Launch Times
Los Angeles
New York
São Paulo
London
Paris
Taipei
Seoul
Sydney
3:00 PM. PDT
August 22
6:00 PM EDT
August 22
19:00 Brasilia
August 22
23:00 BST
August 22
00:00 CEST
August 23
06:00 CST
August 23
07:00 KST
August 23
08:00 AEST
August 23
Early Access Content
While players can level to the new max level, content available during Early Access is limited. You can check the list of activities available here.
The main benefit of it is extra time to level and complete normal dungeons. The vast majority of max-level content isn't available until the actual game release on August 26th at 3:00 PM Pacific time.
Other Epic Edition Content
Besides the Early Access window, the Epic Edition includes everything from the other The War Within editions:
- Base Edition: ($49.99) Includes a pre-purchase* of World of Warcraft®: The War Within™ expansion, instant access to a level 70 character boost, and 500 Trader's Tender for use in the Trader's Post.
- Heroic Edition ($69.99): Includes everything in the Base Edition, plus an additional 250 Trader's Tender (750 in total). Additionally, players will receive the Algarian Stormrider mount that comes equipped with dynamic flying. The flying mount grants a quest for the Ensemble: Stormrider's Attire that can be upgraded through a special set of dragonriding challenges.
- Epic Edition ($89.99): Includes everything in the Heroic Edition, plus an additional 500 Trader's Tender (1000 in total). Players will also receive 30
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