World of Warcraft: Forever
WoW Forever is Blizzard's new Classic-style World of Warcraft: a level 60 cap and the original 9 classes, plus the new Skyborne race, 5 new zones and 5 new dungeons. It launches November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM PST (November 5 in Asia) and is included with a World of Warcraft subscription.
Counted from the WoW Forever game client and checked against the Classic Era client: everything below is new, not a renamed Classic row.
All 9 classes with their three talent trees. Open the talent calculator to plan a build, or see what changed from Classic.
WarriorRage · Arms, Fury, and Protection2 new abilities22 changed
PaladinMana · Holy, Protection, and Retribution7 new abilities28 changed
HunterMana · Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, and Survival4 new abilities25 changed
RogueEnergy · Assassination, Combat, and Subtlety1 new ability11 changed
PriestMana · Discipline, Holy, and Shadow6 new abilities32 changed
ShamanMana · Elemental, Enhancement, and Restoration4 new abilities35 changed
MageMana · Arcane, Fire, and Frost3 new abilities27 changed
WarlockMana · Affliction, Demonology, and Destruction2 new abilities28 changed
DruidMana · Balance, Feral Combat, and Restoration1 new ability37 changedWoW Forever's new race comes in 2 variants, one per faction, sharing 4 racial abilities.
High Order Skyborne
Alliance · Shen'doreiThe High Order is made up of the descendants of the ancient Highborne scholars of Eldre'Thalas. When the wind spirits disappeared from Zephras Isle, the High Order realized that the Skyborne's utter dependence upon their elemental patrons had left them dangerously vulnerable.
ClassesWindshaper Skyborne
Horde · Shen'doreiThe Windshapers are the descendants of the first shen'dorei high elves to receive the wind spirits' gift of elemental skysight. A new generation of Windshapers is called to Azeroth from their home within Skywall to solve the mystery of what became of their missing elemental mentors, and will stop at nothing to see the wind spirits restored and their way of life preserved.
Classes
Read Leyline
Walk on Air
Elemental Insight
Wind Blessed
Homeland: Zephras Isle
5 new zones and 7 new instances, shown with the map and loading-screen art from the game client.
Plan your character before launch day.
Data: WoW Forever client 1.60.1.70685. How we source this
WoW Forever keeps the Classic shape (level 60, 9 classes, 51 talent points) and adds 2 Skyborne variants, 5 zones, 7 new instances and 14 reputations. Under the hood 30 class abilities are new and 245 changed, while 3,916 items are new and 2,055 were reworked from Classic. Every number here comes from client build 1.60.1.70685.
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WoW Forever launches on November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM PST, which is already November 5 in Asia. The countdown at the top of this page shows the time left in your own time zone.
Blizzard says WoW Forever is included with a World of Warcraft subscription, so there is no separate purchase. Like the rest of World of Warcraft it runs on Windows and macOS.
High Order Skyborne (Alliance) can be Hunter, Rogue, Warrior, Mage, and Druid. Windshaper Skyborne (Horde) can be Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, and Druid. Both share the same racial abilities: Read Leyline, Walk on Air, Elemental Insight, and Wind Blessed.
You get 51 talent points at level 60: the first at level 10, then one per level. Each class has 3 talent trees, and every row of a tree needs 5 more points spent in that tree.
Compared with the Classic Era client, WoW Forever adds 2 Skyborne race variants, 5 zones, 7 dungeons and battlegrounds, 30 class abilities and 3,916 items. It also changes 245 existing abilities, 331 talents and 2,055 items.
