World of Warcraft: Forever

Released November 3, 2026 · PC (Microsoft Windows)

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  1. Horde characters charge down a sunlit road in the Barrens in World of Warcraft: Forever's gameplay trailerWoW: Forever’s racial rework gives Orcs Command back, Dwarves hit chance and Tauren a 60 percent sprint
  2. Two World of Warcraft: Forever players in leather and robes listen to a quest giver in a sunlit forestWoW: Forever’s most divisive beta feature is getting fixes, but Blizzard says it isn’t going away
  3. World of Warcraft Forever screenshot from its World of Warcraft Hardcore: What's Next panel at BlizzCon 2026 trailerWorld of Warcraft Forever’s Hardcore could get a dedicated space for Mak’gora duels
  4. World of Warcraft Forever screenshot from its World of Warcraft Hardcore: What's Next panel at BlizzCon 2026 trailerWorld of Warcraft Forever’s Hardcore will get its own Legacy challenges
  5. World of Warcraft Forever screenshot from its World of Warcraft Hardcore: What's Next panel at BlizzCon 2026 trailerWorld of Warcraft Forever warns you three minutes before the world refreshes around you
  6. World of Warcraft Forever screenshot from its World of Warcraft: Forever - Found Photographs panel at BlizzCon 2026 trailerWorld of Warcraft Forever teases red dragons at Grim Batol and Azshara’s crater
  1. World of Warcraft Forever’s Skyborne split into the Windshapers and the High Order
  2. World of Warcraft Forever’s Forsaken Paladins get a Tirisfal keep and epic mount quest
  3. World of Warcraft Forever adds over 25 Wetlands quests and new starting zone stories
  4. World of Warcraft Forever’s Riverglades is Stranglethorn-sized with nearly 200 quests
  5. World of Warcraft Forever adds three ship routes, including Stormwind to Auberdine
  6. World of Warcraft Forever runs in its own continuity, separate from modern WoW
  7. World of Warcraft Forever brings Muln Earthfury into its new vanilla-era stories
  8. World of Warcraft Forever’s Paladin talent trees get Light’s Vigil and Twist of Light
  9. World of Warcraft Forever’s Paladins tank with Seal of Fury and a 10-yard Judgement taunt
  10. World of Warcraft Forever adds a fourth one-point talent at 16 points to every tree
  11. World of Warcraft Forever gives every race two active and two passive abilities
  12. World of Warcraft Forever reworks every dungeon drop, quest reward, and world epic
  13. World of Warcraft Forever unifies hit and crit stats and gives healing gear bonus damage
  14. World of Warcraft Forever keeps Classic’s combat pacing: 15 seconds to kill a mob solo
  15. World of Warcraft Forever goes realmless: you pick a rule set instead of a server
  16. World of Warcraft Forever’s Legacy system gives 16 account-wide points to spend at launch
  17. World of Warcraft Forever’s transmog grants dungeon drop appearances to the whole party
  18. World of Warcraft Forever adds over 600 new profession recipes and food that boosts XP
  19. World of Warcraft Forever’s campsites give hour-long buffs to anyone who sits by the fire
  20. World of Warcraft Forever’s Collector’s Edition includes a gold dwarf and bear statue
  21. World of Warcraft Forever’s first raids unlock December 9, Onyxia’s Lair at 40 players
  22. World of Warcraft Forever is getting Hardcore, detailed at tomorrow’s BlizzCon panel
  23. World of Warcraft Forever makes HD or SD character models a game-wide toggle
  24. World of Warcraft Forever makes transmog opt-in, turn it off and see everyone’s real gear
  25. World of Warcraft Forever’s team cites a fan survey split on new classes, rules none out
  26. World of Warcraft Forever’s Legacy system unlocks perks across alts while leveling
  27. World of Warcraft Forever’s camping lets players craft campsites that buff everyone there
  28. World of Warcraft Forever’s rendering update keeps the art, adds flowing rivers and fog
  29. World of Warcraft Forever gives Dwarves and Undead new racial passives
  30. World of Warcraft Forever adds hundreds of new items, including a grave-digging shovel
  31. World of Warcraft Forever reworks talents so Paladins can tank and group heal
  32. World of Warcraft Forever adds Darkspear Islands, a 15 versus 15 battleground off Kalimdor
  33. World of Warcraft Forever’s Hyjal Summit is a 20-player raid, the largest in the game
  34. World of Warcraft Forever’s Barrow Deeps raid is a 10-player night elf prison