WoW Forever Races

WoW Forever has 10 playable races: 5 Alliance and 5 Horde. New in Forever are the Skyborne, playable on both sides as the High Order Skyborne and Windshaper Skyborne. They start on Zephras Isle and can be Hunter, Rogue, Warrior, Mage, Druid, and Shaman. Across all races, 14 racials are new or reworked.

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Alliance (5)

Horde (5)

Data: WoW Forever client 1.60.1.70685. How we source this

The Skyborne: WoW Forever's new race

Game data

The shen'dorei of Skywall come in two halves, one per faction, and both begin on Zephras Isle.

Zephras Isle

High Order Skyborne5 classes · 4 racialsNew in Forever

Windshaper Skyborne5 classes · 4 racialsNew in Forever

The two Skyborne races differ in faction, reputation, class options and racials. The racials below are the High Order Skyborne's.

Read Leyline Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 30 sec if no leyline is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
Walk on Air Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
Elemental Insight Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
Wind Blessed Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 3%.

Race and class combinations

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Which classes every race can play in WoW Forever.

Which races can play which classes in WoW Forever
Race	Warrior	Paladin	Hunter	Rogue	Priest	Shaman	Mage	Warlock	Druid	Classes
HumanAlliance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	✓	✓	·	7
OrcHorde	✓	·	✓	✓	·	✓	✓	✓	·	6
DwarfAlliance	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	6
Night ElfAlliance	✓	·	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	✓	5
UndeadHorde	✓	✓	·	✓	✓	·	✓	✓	·	6
TaurenHorde	✓	·	✓	·	·	✓	·	·	✓	4
GnomeAlliance	✓	·	·	✓	✓	·	✓	✓	·	5
TrollHorde	✓	·	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	7
High Order SkyborneAlliance	✓	·	✓	✓	·	·	✓	·	✓	5
Windshaper SkyborneHorde	✓	·	✓	✓	·	✓	·	·	✓	5

Every racial ability

Game data

All racials by race, as their tooltips read in the WoW Forever client. New ones are marked.

Every racial ability
Race	Racial	Effect
Human	Perception	Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec.
Human	Ruthless	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 2%.
Human	The Human Spirit	Spirit increased by 5%.
Human	Will to SurviveNew	Instantly removes all Stun effects.
Orc	Blood Fury	Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec.
Orc	Hardiness	Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%.
Orc	Savage	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and abilities by 1%.
Orc	Shatter CurseNew	Instantly removes all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 5% for 8 sec.
Dwarf	Find Treasure	Allows the dwarf to sense nearby treasure, making it appear on the minimap. Lasts until canceled.
Dwarf	Stoneform	Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects, and reduces all Physical damage taken by 10% for 8 sec.
Dwarf	Earth FuryNew	Increases your critical strike bonus to damage and healing by 2%.
Dwarf	Big Game HunterNew	Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
Night Elf	Shadowmeld	Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Using this ability in combat discourages enemies from attacking you, but increases the cooldown to 2 min.
Night Elf	Quickness	Dodge chance increased by 1% and movement speed increased by 2%. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are harder to detect in Stealth as if they were 1 level higher.
Night Elf	Wisp Spirit	Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.
Night Elf	Elune's LightNew	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 10% for 15 sec.
Undead	Underwater Breathing	Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
Undead	Will of the Forsaken	Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
Undead	Cannibalize	When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
Undead	Touch of the GraveNew	Your spells and attacks have a 20% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.
Tauren	War Stomp	Stuns up to enemies within 8 yds for 2 sec.
Tauren	Endurance	Total Health increased by 5% and critical strike bonus to damage and healing increased by 2%.
Tauren	Cultivation	Cultivate a nearby herb, growing a duplicate you can harvest without requiring Herbalism skill. Each herb may only be cultivated once.
Tauren	PlainsrunningNew	Gain 1% increased movement speed every 5 sec spent moving, up to a maximum of 30% increase. Taking damage or standing still will reduce this effect. In addition, you move 3% faster while mounted.
Gnome	Escape Artist	Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
Gnome	Expansive Mind	Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
Gnome	Engineering Specialization	Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
Gnome	Eureka!New	Your non-periodic damaging abilities have their Energy cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
Troll	Berserking	Increases your spellcasting and attack speed by 10% for 0 sec.
Troll	Regeneration	Health regeneration rate increased by 20%. In addition, 20% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat.
Troll	Beast Slaying	Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
Troll	Rapid RegenerationNew	Regenerate 50% of your maximum Health over 6 sec. Any movement, action, or damage taken will cancel the effect.
High Order Skyborne	Read LeylineNew	Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 30 sec if no leyline is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
High Order Skyborne	Walk on AirNew	Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
High Order Skyborne	Elemental InsightNew	Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
High Order Skyborne	Wind BlessedNew	Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 3%.
Windshaper Skyborne	Walk on AirNew	Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
Windshaper Skyborne	Elemental InsightNew	Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
Windshaper Skyborne	Wind BlessedNew	Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 3%.
Windshaper Skyborne	SkysightNew	Attempt to draw power from a convergence of elements and receive its blessing, increasing your movement and mounted movement speeds by 10%. Lasts 30 sec if no elemental convergence is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.

Choosing a race in WoW Forever

Race decides your faction, your starting zone, which classes you can play and a set of racial abilities. Human has the widest class choice (7 classes), while the Skyborne bring gliding, haste and travel buffs that no other race has. WoW Forever also reworks Classic racials, so the table above is worth a look even if you play a familiar race.