realmwide

Realmwide is a term used in online gaming and related communities to describe features, events, or communications that span all realms (servers) within a game’s regional ecosystem. It denotes scope that is broader than a single realm, while not necessarily covering the entire game or platform.

Common realmwide usages include announcements broadcast to all realms, limited-time events that are coordinated across every server, and messaging channels or forums that are accessible from multiple realms. Some games also implement realmwide economies or promotions, where rewards, prices, or opportunities are synchronized across the realm network.

Implementation varies by title. Games may rely on centralized realm-wide schedulers, cross-realm authentication, or interrealm communication layers to coordinate timing and deliver unified experiences. In other cases, realmwide features are partially simulated through coordinated updates and shared data stores.

Historically, the term mirrors the governance structure of servers and shards in many MMORPGs, where realms are discrete social and gameplay environments. As titles introduced cross-realm play, realmwide designations helped distinguish broad scope features from realm-local ones.

See also: cross-realm, server, shard, region-wide.