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WoW Forever System Requirements

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World of Warcraft: Forever runs on Windows and Mac. Blizzard’s minimum is a 4-core 3.0 GHz CPU, a DirectX 12 GPU with 4 GB of video memory and 8 GB of RAM; every setup needs 128 GB of free space on an SSD. The tables below are Blizzard’s official figures from its support article, which notes they may change over time.

Windows requirements

Minimum Recommended
Operating system Windows 10 64-bit (May 2019 Update or newer) Windows 11
Processor 4 cores, 3.0 GHz: Intel Core Haswell or AMD Ryzen Zen 8 performance cores, 5.2 GHz boost: Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) or AMD Ryzen Zen 5
Graphics DirectX 12 capable 4 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 series, AMD RDNA 1 or Intel Iris Xe2-LPG (Lunar Lake) DirectX 12 capable 8 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series, AMD RDNA 3 or Intel Arc B-Series
Memory 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
Storage SSD, 128 GB available space SSD, 128 GB available space
Internet Broadband connection Broadband connection
Input Keyboard and mouse Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel
Resolution 1280 × 720 minimum 1280 × 720 minimum

Mac requirements

Minimum Recommended
Operating system macOS 12 macOS 15
Processor Apple M2, or 9th generation Intel Core (Coffee Lake) Apple M4
Graphics Metal capable 4 GB GPU, Apple M2 with 8 GB Apple M4 with 16 GB
Memory 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
Storage SSD, 128 GB available space SSD, 128 GB available space
Internet Broadband connection Broadband connection
Input Keyboard and mouse Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel
Resolution 1280 × 720 minimum 1280 × 720 minimum

You also need a Battle.net account and the Battle.net desktop app, which is where you install and launch the game.

Can I play WoW Forever with a controller?

Blizzard announced official gamepad support for players who prefer a controller, as one of Forever’s player-choice options. Its system requirements article, however, still lists keyboard and mouse as required input. Until Blizzard publishes details of the gamepad support, we cannot say whether you can play entirely without a keyboard and mouse.

Can I play on Steam Deck, Linux or console?

Blizzard’s requirements cover Windows and Mac only. There is no announced console version (Xbox, PlayStation) of WoW: Forever, and Steam Deck and Linux are not on Blizzard’s supported list. Anything else you read about those is unofficial.

Will my old PC or laptop run it?

Compare your machine with the minimum column. Two requirements are easy to miss: storage must be an SSD (a hard drive does not meet the spec), and the graphics card needs 4 GB of video memory. Forever also has Classic-style options that may help: Blizzard offers modern and Classic visual presets and a choice between high-definition and standard-definition character models.

When can I install the game?

Not before launch. Blizzard Support says the live game will not be available until November 4, 2026, and players cannot install it before then, even if they bought the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection. See the launch time in your time zone.

Install size

Blizzard asks for 128 GB of available SSD space. It has not published the size of the download itself.

What is not confirmed yet

Sources

Facts on this page come from the sources below: official Blizzard posts unless marked as a secondary source. If Blizzard changes something, we update the page and the date above.