How to Copy "World of Warcraft" Characters

"World of Warcraft" players can copy characters to public test realms.

"World of Warcraft" is a massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. In "World of Warcraft," data for user-created characters exists in a single realm, or specific instance of the game content on a server. Through Blizzard's Character Copy utility, players can copy characters to "World of Warcraft" public test realms to preview and help debug new content before it is released in official patches.

Instructions

1. Go to the official "World of Warcraft" character copy website and log in with your Battle.net user name and password.

2. Click the red button labeled "Copy Your Character." Select your realm from the drop-down menus on the Character Copy page. There are four separate drop-down menus representing the four types of realms: PvE, PvP, RP-PvP and RP. Click the "Select a Realm" button under your correct realm type and select your realm from the list.

3. Select your character. Selecting your realm will populate the "Available Characters" section of the same page with all characters from that realm associated with your account. Click the "Copy Character" button next to the name of the character you want to copy.

4. Select a destination realm. Click the "Select a Realm" button under your character portrait and choose a realm from the drop-down menu. Click the "Continue" button.

5. Confirm your character copy request by clicking the "Yes, Copy Me!" button at the bottom of the page. Your character will be copied to the target realm. There maybe be a short waiting period before your character is accessible in the new realm.

References

• Blizzard: Public Test Realm FAQ
• Joystiq: Breakfast Topic: Do you Test New Content on the PTRs?; Nico Deyo; May 2011
• "World of Warcraft": Character Copy