WoW Forever Invite-a-Friend launch codes: how many you get and how a friend redeems one
How WoW Forever Invite-a-Friend launch codes work: codes per pack, email delivery from October 20, sharing, the November 4 to 11 window and what they exclude.
The quick answer
The Skyborne Heroic Pack includes one Invite-A-Friend Launch Code; the Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection include three. Blizzard emails them from October 20, 2026. You copy a code and send it to a friend, who redeems it through Battle.net for access from November 4 through November 11, 2026 without a subscription or game time. Codes carry no beta access, and gift purchases are excluded.
Guide details and editorial record
- For
- Players who bought a WoW Forever upgrade pack and want to bring a friend into launch week
- Prerequisites
- A qualifying, non-gift purchase of the Skyborne Heroic Pack, Skyborne Epic Pack or Warcraft Forever Collection
- Game version
- World of Warcraft: Forever pre-purchase terms in Blizzard posts of September 12 and September 24, 2026, checked October 23, 2026. Not tied to a client build.
Responsible editor: Max · Editorial record: low risk · desk review · AI assistance: draft
Qualifying World of Warcraft: Forever upgrade purchases include Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes, which let a friend play during launch week without a subscription or game time. Blizzard’s pre-purchase announcement of September 12 gives the counts, the delivery date and the window.
How many codes each pack includes
| Purchase | Launch codes |
|---|---|
| Skyborne Heroic Pack | 1 |
| Skyborne Epic Pack | 3 in total |
| Warcraft Forever Collection | 3 in total |
The announcement words the Epic Pack’s extra benefit as “Two more Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes” on top of the Heroic Pack’s one. Blizzard’s footnotes say “one or more” codes are awarded through qualifying purchases and that gift purchases are excluded. The Collection post of September 24 repeats the same rules for the Collector’s Edition.
How to send a code to a friend
- Wait for the email. Blizzard says codes are delivered by email beginning October 20, 2026, PST.
- Copy the code from the email.
- Send it directly to the friend you want to invite.
- The friend redeems it through Battle.net.
Blizzard describes the friend as an “eligible invitee”. The announcement does not say who is eligible, so check that your friend can redeem before you hand over a code.
When a launch code works
A redeemed code gives access to WoW: Forever “without a subscription or game time during the launch-week window”, which runs from November 4 through November 11, 2026, PST. The footnote repeats those dates for the access itself.
Blizzard does not say what an invitee keeps after November 11. A friend who wants to keep playing should assume they need their own game time, but that is a planning assumption, not a Blizzard statement.
What a launch code does not include
- Beta access. Blizzard says the codes “do not include beta access”. The Epic Pack and Collection include beta access as a separate benefit.
- Gift purchases. A gifted pack does not award codes.
- Other restrictions. Blizzard says more restrictions apply and refers to a support article for them. The September 24 post carries the same wording.
The launch dates and pack comparison lists what else each pack contains. If you and your friend plan to group, read the rulesets article first: grouping happens within a ruleset and faction, so agree on one before launch day.