A test realm or test server is a realm made for trying out features in development for the next patch. Blizzard occasionally announces "Public Test Realms" or "PTRs" for players of World of Warcraft to test features. Blizzard has also recently done a "Tournament Test Realm" or "TTR" to get ready for the Arena Competition.

You can make a character on the test realm from a copy of one of your characters on a normal realm or from a premade. Whether there will be premades or not will be clearly announced. Players on test realms should not be surprised by character wipes, item wipes, or frequent downtime to make changes or apply patches, so don't get too attached to your character on these servers.

For a guide to getting on the test realm, see Getting on the Test Realm.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 In Cataclysm 2 Test realms 3 See also 4 External links

In Cataclysm Edit

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.

Just prior to the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm release, Blizzard switched the official site over to Battle.net and broke many, many links. This may make using the PTRs difficult. One side-effect is that there now appears to be no standard link for PTR patch notes. Check the Patches page for the latest PTR patch notes.

As of Patch 4.2, the PTR has its own launcher called "World of Warcraft LauncherB" that gets called from the regular launcher.

Test realms Edit

US

• Anasterian (US) (PvE)
• Broxigar (US) (PvP)

See also Edit

• Accessing the public test realm
• Blizzard Launcher
• Public client builds

External links Edit

• Test realm FAQ
  • US Blizzard support site Public Test Realm - FAQ
  • EU Blizzard support site Public Test Realm - FAQ
• Test realm forums
  • Support > Public Test Realms (US) 
  • Development > Public Test Realm (EU) 
• Test realm character copy page
  • Character Copy (US) 
    • WorldOfWarcraft.com Character Copy
  • Character Copy (EU) ^{[citation needed]}