Creating a Team

Start a raid team for Retail or WoW Forever in a few clicks: pick the game, name it, and invite your raiders.

2 min read4 stepsLast updated: November 3, 2026
In short

Open My Groups and press New team, pick Retail or WoW Forever, name the team and press Create team. You become the team's owner and admin straight away, and the next step is inviting your raiders with a link.

Where to find it:My GroupsNew team

Create your team

1

Open the new team page

Press New team at the top of My Groups, or New at the top of the team switcher.

2

Pick the game

Choose the Retail or the WoW Forever card. Each card lists what a team in that game gets.

3

Name it

The picked card asks for the Team name: up to 20 characters, letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, underscores, apostrophes and periods. Your guild name works well. A WoW Forever team also asks for its Region (US, EU, KR or TW), its Ruleset (Normal, PvP, Roleplay or Roleplay PvP, the one your characters picked: you can only group with players on the same ruleset) and, in a region with more than one, its Server time, which starts on the region's usual one. Admins can change the ruleset later under Settings > General.

4

Create the team

Press Create team. You're the owner and an admin of the new team.

  • Retail opens the setup checklist next: link Warcraft Logs, import your Battle.net guild and invite your raiders. Setting Up Your Group walks through each step.
  • WoW Forever opens on the team's Roster, ready for your first characters.

Not in a team yet? The welcome screen's Start your team does the same in one place: name it, pick the game and press Create team.

What to do next

  • Invite your raiders from Members with a link. See Members and Invites.
  • Build the roster under Roster, or let each raider add their own characters after they join. See Your Team Roster.
  • Change your team's settings later under Settings > General, as an admin.

See also

Frequently asked questions

Can I switch a team between Retail and WoW Forever?
No. A team stays the game it was made for. To raid in both, create a team for each; your account can be in both.
Does my team name have to be unique?
No. Two teams can share a name, so use whatever your raiders will recognize.
How many teams can I create?
You can create a team while you're in fewer than 10, counting the teams you made and the teams you joined. Leave one to make room for a new one.