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How to Fix Account Region Locked Bug in World of Warcraft?

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Published: Mar 22, 2023 05:21 am

World of Warcraft players from some European countries have encountered an error recently telling them that their account is locked with a message that World of Warcraft realms will be unavailable in their region after January 23, 2023.

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This message isn’t new and has been shown to Chinese players before WoW servers went down in China, but why is it showing now again and to players in Europe? Dive in and see how you can fix this problem.

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Fixing the Account Region Locked Bug in World of Warcraft

There has been quite a number of players mainly from Germany and Austria that reported this error showing for them. Although not everyone from those countries received that error, some of them did and were unable to play due to it.

The quickest fix for this issue is to restart your Battle.net client after which you will get a small patch from Blizzard. Upon the installation of the patch, things should be working as usual. It seems that it was a bug on their side and they swiftly fixed it.

If you are still encountering the issue, make sure that you aren’t connected to any sort of VPN. Many people use VPNs for work and would forget to turn them off when it’s gaming time, and a lot of games don’t like this circumventing software so they bug when they notice one.

We hope this article helped you resolve your issue. For more content on World of Warcraft see our pieces: The Best Ways To Make Gold in World of Warcraft Dragonflight and All Dungeon and Zone Level Requirements in World of Warcraft. Follow Gamer Journalist on Facebook for more stories coming directly from the gaming industry.

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Đorđe Ivanović (Djordje Ivanovic) is Managing Editor of Gamer Journalist and has been with the site since 2022. He has a BA in Journalism and five years of professional writing experience behind him, with a recent personal focus on gaming and technology niches. His GJ coverage includes WWII games, puzzle games, Path of Exile, Overwatch and other live service games. In his free time, you will find this adamant fan of Dota solving some sort of escape room games, and getting familiar with board gaming.