Midnight Early Access in World of Warcraft starts on February 26, 2026, at 3:00 PM PST.

This gives Epic Edition pre-purchasers a 4-day head start before the full expansion launches worldwide on March 2, 2026, at the same time.

Key Dates

  • Housing Early Access : Already underway since December 2, 2025, for all pre-orders—lets players customize homes early.
  • Main Early Access : February 26, 3 PM PST (that's 11 PM GMT or midnight CET February 27 in Europe).
  • Full Launch : March 2, 3 PM PST—unlocks everything like leveling to 90, new zones, and raids starting March 17.

What's Included

During those 4 days, expect to dive into levelling, campaign quests, professions, gold farming, reputations, dungeons for gearing, and mount hunting—but no endgame raids or full systems yet.

"Early access will start on February 26th, Thursday, at 3PM PST - which will give you 4 days (the whole weekend) to play."

Blizzard forums and Reddit buzz about it being a smart move to stagger logins and dodge launch queues.

Forum Buzz & Worth It?

Players debate value: Great for weekend warriors to get ahead on quests and crafts, but limited without raids. One YouTuber calls it "fun over the weekend" if you're into professions or gearing early.

TL;DR : Jump in February 26 at 3 PM PST if you grabbed Epic—perfect for a pre-launch grind.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.