World of Warcraft: Forever will run this stress test on the regional hardware Blizzard plans to use at launch. The current beta will go offline first, then European realms will open on Monday, October 19, at 17:00 UTC.

Any WoW account can join, and no active subscription is required for this window. Blizzard wants players to create characters, complete a few quests, trade, use chat, and form groups to put the production realms under load.

The test will last a few hours. Blizzard will then delete every character, name, and other piece of progress before reopening the regular closed beta. It is a free look at the game, but nothing earned during the test carries forward.

The main beta ends on October 21, while launch is set for November 4. We covered the previous phase and its available dungeons in an earlier story. The full schedule is also on the game page.