Progressive Level Brackets
Level caps rise in stages so every stretch of Vanilla has time for dungeons, professions, PvP, and community rivalries to develop.
Progressive Vanilla 1.12.1
Greyhaven
A Classic home, shaped by its players.
A live progressive Vanilla realm with 1x rates, staged level caps, Windows support for 1.12.1 and Classic Era 1.14.2, Linux support through 1.12.1 with VanillaFixes, carefully tested quality-of-life changes, and active staff.
Next level bracket
Levels 30–40 open in
Friday, 4 September 2026 · 19:00 GMT+2
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Prepare for the next stage of Greyhaven's progressive journey.
Realm status
Live · Level cap 40
- Realm
- Greyhaven
- Type
- PvP
- Client
- 1.12.1
- Experience
- 1x
Vanilla first
The familiar game is the point.
Greyhaven is not trying to rebuild every class or replace Azeroth with a custom campaign. Classes, combat, professions, exploration, and the social side of Vanilla remain at the center.
When a change is proposed, players should be able to see the idea, the tradeoffs, the poll, and the result. Some ideas will make the realm better. Others will be left alone.
How decisions are made
Suggest it. Discuss it. Test it. Decide.
Community-shaped does not mean every suggestion is added. It means important decisions happen in public and changes have to prove they belong.
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Suggestion
A player or staff member puts forward a clear idea.
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Public discussion
The benefits, risks, and Classic fit are considered openly.
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Testing
Promising changes are tested carefully before they become permanent.
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Published outcome
The result and reasoning are recorded for the community.
Current realm changes
What is actually different.
Queue Battlegrounds Anywhere
Join with .queue WSG, .queue AB, or .queue AV. Check your level bracket at any time with .queue check WSG and its AB or AV equivalent.
No World Buffs in Raids
Raid progression is built around class kits, preparation, and execution, not mandatory world-buff stacking.
Unified Auction House
Alliance, Horde, and neutral auction houses share one healthy economy while preserving normal deposits, cuts, and mail delivery.
Unlimited Debuff Slots
Groups are not constrained by Vanilla's original debuff cap, opening room for more classes, specs, and strategies.
Player Bounty Board
Fund a contract through a bounty broker, with gold held safely in escrow and paid for the first qualifying open-world PvP kill. A bounty never reveals the target's live location or adds a visible marker, debuff, map icon, or tracking effect.
Instant Same-Account Mail
Mail between characters on the same account arrives immediately. Mail between different accounts keeps its authentic one-hour delivery.
Battleground Restriction Barriers
Custom battleground barriers prevent safe-capping and block known under-the-map exploit routes while preserving normal PvP play.
Free Talent Respecs
Reset your talents for free whenever you want to change roles, experiment with a new build, or switch between PvE and PvP.
Platform Client Support
Windows players can choose 1.12.1 with VanillaFixes or Classic Era 1.14.2. Linux uses the confirmed working 1.12.1 and VanillaFixes setup.
Final Vanilla Itemization
Available items use their final 1.12 values, while items and content from later stages remain progression locked.
Faction World Chat
Alliance and Horde each have a realm-wide World channel with useful battleground queue announcements.
Dynamic Respawns
Busy quest areas respond to nearby population pressure while retaining sensible minimum timers for elites and indoor encounters.
Every phase gets its moment
Start together. Let every phase matter.
Level brackets and staged content keep early zones, dungeons, professions, and world PvP relevant instead of turning them into scenery on the rush to 60.
Progressive journey
Fresh means more than an empty database.
Level caps, raids, dungeons, vendors, and itemization open in stages so each part of Vanilla has time to be played properly.
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Complete
Greyhaven Opens
The realm launched on 14 August 2026 with a level 20 cap and the first wave of adventurers entering Azeroth together.
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Current stage
The First Steps
The level-bracket journey is underway. The cap rose from 30 to 40 on 4 September, keeping early dungeons, professions, battlegrounds, and world PvP relevant.
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Progressive phases
Azeroth Awakens
Level caps rise and the Vanilla content timeline unfolds through community-voted release stages.
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Endgame
Legends of Greyhaven
The level cap reaches 60 and the first raids become available, marking the beginning of Greyhaven's endgame.
Work in the open
Realm journal
Level cap 40 is now live
The next leveling bracket opens with more zones, quests, professions, dungeons, and PvP progression to explore.
Join the journeyBattleground queues go realm-wide
Players can queue for WSG, AB, and AV from anywhere, check their bracket's faction counts, and follow periodic WSG queue reports in World chat.
Honor qualification set to 15 kills
The weekly minimum is tuned for Greyhaven's growing population, and eligible characters were recalculated without discarding post-reset progress.
Enter Greyhaven
Start playing in three steps.
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Create your account
Register using the secure Greyhaven account page. A valid email is required for account recovery.
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Install Greyhaven Launcher
Run setup once. The launcher can install or locate the supported 1.12.1 client, apply verified updates, and place compatible addons for you.
Windows Launcher Linux Launcher (Flatpak) -
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Choose once, then play
On Windows, choose 1.12.1 or 1.14.2. On Linux, set up 1.12.1 with VanillaFixes. After that, the launcher handles startup with one Play button.
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Our promise
You will not find power in a checkout.
Greyhaven is anti-P2W. We are not here to make money; we are building the kind of Classic realm we want to play on too.
- No selling character power
- No selling progression
- Public polls and visible decisions
- Active staff review and evidence-based moderation
The community hearth
Most decisions start in Discord.
Bring a suggestion, vote in a poll, report a bug, or ask the team directly. Discord is also where to go for account, connection, gameplay, or other support issues. This is where the realm's direction is discussed and recorded.