Blackhand NA US

Blackhand is a connected realm in the North American region for retail World of Warcraft. This server is connected to Galakrond.

An important thing to remember when looking at connected realms is that the Approximate Population data, Majority Faction, and Faction Split are for all of the realms in the connected realm group. In essence, connected realms function as one large realm. Because of this, it is a more accurate representation of the population levels you will experience to show the data for the connected realm group.

Blackhand Data
Region NA
Locale US
Type Normal
Historical Type PvE
Battlegroup Rampage
Timezone CDT
Server Population 19000
Population Level Low
Majority Faction Even Split
Faction Split 50% H / 50% A
Connected Realm? Yes
Connected Realms
Last updated: November 27, 2021

Blackhand Majority Faction

Blackhand is part of an evenly split connected realm group. Approximately 50 of the connected realm group’s population is Horde, while the other belong to the Alliance.

Blackhand Population

Blackhand has a population of approximately 19,000 actively played characters across its connected realm group, making it a low server. This figure includes active, max level characters that have participated in M+ or Raiding on Blackhand or any of the 1 other realms it is connected to.

Blackhand Server Type

Blackhand is classified as a Normal server. Before Blizzard changed the server classification system in Battle for Azeroth, Blackhand was classified as a PvE server.

Blackhand Server Time

Blackhand Server Time is set to the Central Daylight Timezone (CDT, UTC -5).

Blackhand Battlegroup

Blackhand is part of the Rampage Battlegroup. Battlegroups were a feature that determined PvP matchmaking in Arena and Battleground ladders until the game introduced cross-region PvP in Cataclysm.

The Rampage Battlegroup includes:

Is Blackhand A Connected Realm?

Blackhand is a connected realm. Blackhand is connected to 1 other realms. Those realms are:

Who Are the Top Guilds on Blackhand?

Blackhand is a connected realm, so the leaderboard for progression raiding guilds for this server will include guilds across all of the realms it is connected to, as guilds on connected realms are cross-realm. There are only 8 guilds on the leaderboard for Mythic Castle Nathria, so there is definitely room to be a competitive progression raiding guild on this connected realm group.

Castle Nathria Blackhand Mythic Raid Rankings

  1. Cry Moar (A)
  2. CRY MOAR (A)
  3. Suprise Dragon (H)
  4. The Pantheon (A)
  5. The Fifth Affix (H)
  6. Enlightened Dark (H)
  7. Obscure (H)
  8. Just Wiped (H)

Ny’alotha Blackhand Mythic Raid Rankings

  1. CRY MOAR (A)
  2. Cry Moar (A)
  3. Fresh Coat (A)
  4. Surprise Dragon (H)
  5. PrePottingSoBs (H)
  6. The Pantheon (A)
  7. Nephilim (A)
  8. Enlightened Dark (H)
  9. Obscure (H)
  10. Nat Twenty (A)