Area 52 NA US
Area 52 is the highest population server in the North American region for retail World of Warcraft. If you’re a Horde player and enjoy a bustling server, this is definitely the place to be. Area 52 would be considered somewhat of an overpopulated server, however, so queues during new content releases are usually extremely long.
The Area 52 server is named after the in-game settlement, Area 52, located in the Netherstorm in Outland.
| Area 52 Data | |
|---|---|
| Region | NA |
| Locale | US |
| Type | Normal |
| Historical Type | PvE |
| Battlegroup | Retaliation |
| Timezone | EDT |
| Server Population | 216000 |
| Population Level | High |
| Majority Faction | Horde |
| Faction Split | 98% H / 2% A |
| Connected Realm? | No |
Area 52 Majority Faction
Area 52 is a Horde majority server. Approxiamtely 98% of the server population is Horde, and approximately 2% belong to the Alliance.
Area 52 Population
Area 52 has a population of approximately 216,000 actively played characters, making it a high population server in the North American region for retail World of Warcraft.
Area 52 Server Type
Area 52 is classified as a Normal server. Before Blizzard changed the server classification system in Battle for Azeroth, Area 52 was classified as a PvE server.
Area 52 Server Time
Area 52 Server Time is set to the Eastern Daylight Timezone (EDT, UTC -4).
Area 52 Battlegroup
Area 52 is part of the Retaliation Battlegroup. Battlegroups were a feature that determined PvP matchmaking in Arena and Battleground ladders until the game introduced cross-region PvP in Cataclysm.
The Retaliation Battlegroup includes:
- Area 52
- Auchindoun
- Azuremyst
- Blade's Edge
- Blood Furnace
- Coilfang
- Dawnbringer
- Exodar
- Fizzcrank
- Galakrond
- Ghostlands
- Grizzly Hills
- Shattered Halls
- Terokkar
- The Scryers
- The Underbog
- Velen
- Zangarmarsh
Is Area 52 a Connected Realm?
Area 52 is not a connected realm.
Who Are the Top Guilds on Area 52?
Area 52 is the highest population North American server, and competition is equally as high to be one of its top raiding guilds. Because of its large Horde majority, all of the top 10 Mythic progression guilds for the Mythic Sanctum of Domination raids on Area 52 are Horde guilds.
Sanctum of Domination Area 52 Mythic Raid Rankings
- Club Camel (H) – 10/10
- Midwinter (H) – 10/10
- xD (H) -10/10
- Infinity (H) – 10/10
- Vesper (H) – 10/10
- Muscle Memory (H) – 10/10
- Fun Detected (H) – 10/10
- Idiot (H) – 10/10
- Divergence (H) – 10/10
- Wined N Dined (H) – 10/10
Castle Nathria Area 52 Mythic Raid Rankings
- Club Camel (H) – 10/10
- Midwinter (H) – 10/10
- xD (H) – 10/10
- Strawberry Puppy Kisses (H) – 10/10
- Vesper (H) – 10/10
- Infinity (H) – 10/10
- Muscle Memory (H) – 10/10
- Fun Detected (H) – 10/10
- Divergence (H) – 10/10
- Idiot (H) – 10/10
Ny’alotha Area 52 Mythic Raid Rankings
- Midwinter (H) – 12/12
- Strawberry Puppy Kisses (H) – 12/12
- Infinity (H) – 12/12
- xD (H) – 12/12
- Divergence (H) – 12/12
- Muscle Memory (H) – 12/12
- Just Pump (H) – 12/12
- Dinosaur Cowboys (H) – 12/12
- Legacy Reborn (H) – 12/12
- Club Camel (H) – 12/12