World of Warcraft Forever Wiki | World of Warcraft: Forever Wiki

World of Warcraft: Forever Wiki

Featuring Class and Spec Guides, Dungeon and Raid Guides, Zone Overviews, and Feature Guides for World of Warcraft: Forever

Like the Wiki? Support it & browse without ads - Become a VIP

Roadmap ♦ Legacy System ♦ Factions ♦ Races ♦ Camping

Druid ♦ Hunter ♦ Mage ♦ Paladin ♦ Priest ♦ Rogue ♦ Shaman ♦ Warlock ♦ Warrior ♦ Talent Calculator ♦ Talents

Weapons ♦ Armor ♦ Consumables ♦ Mounts ♦ Pets ♦ Materials

World Map ♦ Zones ♦ Dungeons ♦ Raids ♦ Battlegrounds ♦ Zephras Isle ♦ Riverglades ♦ Shen'dralas ♦ Mount Hyjal

Alchemy ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Enchanting ♦ Engineering ♦ Herbalism ♦ Leatherworking ♦ Mining ♦ Skinning ♦ Tailoring ♦ Cooking ♦ First Aid ♦ Fishing

DPS ♦ Healer ♦ Tank ♦ Leveling

World of Warcraft: Forever Overview

What is World of Warcraft: Forever?

World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard Entertainment's reimagined version of the original World of Warcraft, made by the team behind WoW Classic. It keeps the classic Azeroth and its level 60 cap, and builds on it with four new zones, over 1,000 new quests, nine new dungeons, two new raids at maximum level, a new playable race, and new race and class combinations. Access is included with a World of Warcraft subscription or game time.

You choose the Alliance or the Horde, then a race and one of nine classes:

Druid
Hunter
Mage
Paladin
Priest
Rogue
Shaman
Warlock
Warrior

World of Warcraft: Forever Release and Availability

World of Warcraft: Forever launches worldwide on November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST, on PC and Mac through Battle.net. The game itself comes with a World of Warcraft subscription or game time. The optional Skyborne packs unlock the Skyborne race, and the Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection also include beta access. They are sold on the Battle.net shop.

Open grassland in the World of Warcraft: Forever launch cinematic

WoW: Forever Release Information
World of Warcraft: Forever title card
Release Date	November 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST
Beta	September 17 to October 21, 2026
Price	Included with a World of Warcraft subscription or game time
Platforms	PC, Mac (Battle.net)
Genre	MMORPG
Level Cap	60
Developer/s	Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher/s	Blizzard Entertainment

WoW: Forever System Requirements

WoW: Forever needs a graphics card of one of these architectures or newer:

Graphics: AMD GCN 1, NVIDIA Maxwell or Intel Skylake

Source: Blizzard's graphics card notice. Blizzard has not published full minimum and recommended specifications.

Races and Classes in WoW: Forever

Your race decides your faction and which classes you can play. WoW: Forever adds one new race, the Skyborne, and six new race and class combinations.

Windshaper Skyborne (Horde)

Horde key art for World of Warcraft: Forever

Skyborne who join the Horde can play Druid, Hunter, Rogue, Shaman and Warrior.

High Order Skyborne (Alliance)

Alliance key art for World of Warcraft: Forever

Skyborne who join the Alliance can play Druid, Hunter, Mage, Rogue and Warrior.

The Skyborne descend from exiled Highborne elves who struck a pact with the spirits of the wind and settled in Skywall. Their story starts on Zephras Isle, where the protective spirits have vanished. Each Skyborne chooses the Horde or the Alliance at character creation, Skyborne druids get their own druid forms, and playing the race requires the Skyborne Heroic Pack or higher.

New Race and Class Combinations

Six combinations that the original game did not allow are playable at launch, and Blizzard plans to add more later:

WoW: Forever News

Launch on November 4, 2026

World of Warcraft: Forever goes live worldwide on November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Owners of a Skyborne pack can reserve character names from October 27 to November 3. The first three raids, Hyjal Summit (20 Player), The Barrow Deeps (10 Player), and Onyxia's Lair (40 Player) unlock on December 9.

The Beta Is Live

The beta opened on September 17 and runs until October 21, 2026, for owners of the Skyborne Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection. It began with a level cap of 20, which has now been raised to 30.

Everything We Know About World of Warcraft: Forever

New Zones

A riverside town in the Riverglades in World of Warcraft: Forever

Four new zones join the map: Zephras Isle, the Skyborne starting zone for levels 1 to 12; the Riverglades, built for the mid-30s to mid-40s with more than 150 quests; Shen'dralas, between Mulgore and Desolace; and Mount Hyjal, still marked by the battle against Archimonde.

New Dungeons and Raids

Hyjal Summit raid in World of Warcraft: Forever

Nine new dungeons: Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron, Excavation Site: Wetlands, City of Dalaran, The Drowned City, Krol'dok Stronghold, Alcaz Prison, Blackmaw Hold, and Shaper's Terrace. At level 60, the 20-player Hyjal Summit and the 10-player The Barrow Deeps open on December 9, each with new tier sets.

Talents and the Legacy System

Skyborne character customization in World of Warcraft: Forever

Talent trees keep their classic rows, with milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points and a new one at 16. The new Legacy System makes alts worth leveling: Legacy Points earned across your account are spent per character in three trees, Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness, up to 16 points each at launch.

Camping

Players resting at a campfire in World of Warcraft: Forever

The Cooking Fire becomes a Basic Campfire. Lighting one sets up a campsite where players can rest, use vendors and repairs, and pick up one-hour buffs, and nearby players can add up to three crafted objects to it. See Camping.

Azeroth in a New Light

Ashenvale with the new lighting in World of Warcraft: Forever

The world is relit with global illumination, volumetric fog and god rays, water that moves and catches the light, and terrain that casts real shadows. There are no flying mounts and no level scaling, and transmogrification is opt-in, with modern and Classic visual presets.

Rulesets and PvP

The Darkspear Islands battleground in World of Warcraft: Forever

Instead of a realm, you pick a ruleset: Normal, PvP, Roleplaying, and RP PvP are available at launch, with Hardcore coming in the following months. Characters cannot group across rulesets. The new Darkspear Islands battleground is a 15 vs 15 fight off the coast of Kalimdor that mixes control points with flag captures.

FAQs

When Does World of Warcraft: Forever Release?

November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific worldwide on PC and Mac.

Do I Need to Buy WoW: Forever?

No. It is included with a World of Warcraft subscription or game time. The Skyborne packs are optional, but the Skyborne race needs the Heroic Pack or higher.