Blizzard will be offering free character moves from selected high population realms to lower populated realms, assisting in population dispersal. The ability to move a character on the selected source realms will become available on Thursday, January 10 at 3:00 PM PST, and are scheduled to run until Thursday, January 17 at 3:00 PM PST.

In the event that a realm meets their transfer goals before the scheduled end date, the transfers to that realm will be disabled. Blizzard highly recommends that if you are planning to transfer that you do so at your earliest convenience. No characters will be eligible for these free moves once the transfers have been closed.

Once the transfers open you can begin your transfer by visiting the Character Move page located here: https://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/character-move.html

The realms chosen consist of source realms with the highest sustained queues, and destination realms with the lowest population. The numbers gathered are directly from our data, and depict the realms in most need of these transfers. We will be continuing to monitor all realms and open additional free transfers in the future where necessary. (source)

Source A Destination A Source B Destination B
Illidan
Sargeras
Kel’Thuzad
Mannoroth		 Anetheron Jubei’Thos
Frostmourne
Barthilas		 Thaurissan

Source C Destination C Source D Destination D
Aman’Thul
Khaz’goroth
Dath’Remar
Nagrand		 Caelestrasz Emerald Dream
Destromath
Tichondrius
Stormreaver		 The Underbog