Restore Centrum is open to everyone. Remember the name of a character you once took across Azeroth? Now you can look it up and bring it back. Open Restore Centrum →

A week? 24 hours? Right away, while the realm is running!

🗓️ IN A WEEK · ⏳ IN 24 HOURS · ⚡ RIGHT AWAY, WHILE THE REALM IS RUNNING!

Restoration used to require a shutdown. We later kept the realm online, but requests had to wait 24 hours. Now the server processes a verified request automatically once the destination game account is fully signed out. Everyone else keeps playing. After the website confirms success, the character appears on your character selection screen and can be found in Armory.

How to bring a character back

  1. Find your character or account. Use an exact character name, original username or original email. Start with the detail you know best. You can search without signing in to the current website.
  2. Verify your original account. Use your historical password. If you forgot it, request a one-time link at the original email address. This lets you set the password for historical access. Your current game password stays the same.
  3. Choose the character and where it should go. You can keep your original username. If it exists on the current realm, confirm its current password and any enabled authenticator. You can also choose another account, or use the normal registration if you need one.
  4. Submit the request and sign out of the game. On the destination account, return all the way to the login screen or close the game. Character selection still counts as signed in.

Restore in numbers

  • 20,549 saved character states reviewed.
  • 20,362 ready to restore, or 99.1% of the reviewed states.
  • 187 states still need work. We’re checking character continuity and belongings so as many characters as possible can return.
  • 4,274 available names received 365 days of protection for their original owners.

These figures count saved character states. A single character can have more than one state in the historical data.

Your name will be waiting for you

Had a level 70 character and worried someone might create a new one with the same name? If the name was free when protection started and the character passed verification, the game blocks it for new characters. Available names of verified characters at level 60 and above are protected until 4 November 2027. Lower-level characters can also return. If a name is already in use, Restore will show your options.

The longest raid happened behind the scenes

We’ve been working on this since August. Alongside sign-in and the transfers themselves, we tested full bags, mail and repeated requests so players wouldn’t lose or duplicate belongings. I personally worked on core fixes and decided what the restoration rules should preserve. AI helped me review the data and verify the results. Our main working chat alone processed 2.66 billion tokens, including repeatedly loaded context. All that work so you can return in a few clicks.

Thank you for your patience, and welcome back to Azeroth! 💛
— Drahy