Races and racials
Ten races, including the new Skyborne. Every race now has two active and two passive racials. Six combinations Classic never allowed.
10
Races
6
new race/class combos
30
Racial changes
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Alliance
Human
7 classes · 1 newAlliance
Dwarf
6 classes · 1 new
Alliance
Night Elf
5 classes
Alliance
Gnome
5 classes · 1 new
Horde
Orc
6 classes · 1 new
Horde
Undead
6 classes · 1 new
Horde
Tauren
4 classes
Horde
Troll
7 classes · 1 newS
New race
Skyborne
New playable race that chooses Horde or Alliance at character creation. Starts on Zephras Isle with its own level 1 to 12 adventure. Requires the Skyborne Heroic Pack or higher. Like every race in Forever, it has two active and two passive racials.
All about the Skyborne: racials, classes and starting zone →
Official article: WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne
Race and class combinations
Each row is a race, each column a class. New Forever combinations are in green.| Alliance | ✓ | NEW | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | · |
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| Alliance | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | NEW |
| Alliance | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · |
| Alliance | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | NEW | ✓ | · | · | · |
| AllianceSSkyborne (Alliance)NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | · | · | · | NEW | · |
| Horde | ✓ | ✓ | NEW | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | ✓ |
| Horde | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NEW | · | · |
| Horde | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | · | · | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Horde | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | NEW | · | · | ✓ |
| HordeSSkyborne (Horde)NEW | NEW | NEW | · | NEW | · | · | · | NEW | NEW |
Best race for each class: Warrior · Hunter · Mage · Rogue · Priest · Warlock · Paladin · Druid · Shaman
Racial changes
30 changesClassic
Not in Classic. Gnomes could not be priests.Forever
Can now land critical hits.Classic
Not in Classic.Forever
Learned at level 10. Confuses up to 5 nearby enemies for 3 seconds; taking damage breaks the effect. 0.5 second cast time, 2-minute cooldown.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Classic
No spell pushback resistance.Forever
Still learned at level 10. Damage increased substantially, but it now has a 30 second cooldown.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Classic
Not in Classic.Forever
No longer breaks crowd control on damage (fixed: it still did). Tooltip correctly shows the Mana gain scales with Spirit.Forever
Dwarf Priest racial learned at level 20. Damages and immobilizes a target for 2 seconds. Only usable on Humanoids. Instant cast, 2-minute cooldown.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Forever
Human Priest racial learned at level 10. Instantly heals a friendly target below 50% health and removes Weakened Soul from them. Cannot be cast on self. 5-minute cooldown.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Eureka (Gnome)
Classic
Not in Classic.Forever
No longer benefits periodic effects at all. Channeled spells do not count as periodics. It is now an 8 second buff with no charges, with the same effect on damage and ability costs, and it now also benefits Power Word: Shield.Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Will to Survive (Human)
Classic
Not in Classic.Forever
Visual changed to match Dispel Magic.CHANGEDRacial
Cultivation (Tauren)
Classic
+15 Herbalism skill.Forever
Every herb now has a player-level requirement: the Herbalism skill needed to pick it, divided by 5. Herbs that need more than 300 Herbalism can be Cultivated at level 60.CHANGEDRacial
Touch of the Grave (Undead)
Classic
Not in Classic.Forever
New Undead passive racial: your spells and attacks can drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health (5% chance for Warriors, Paladins and Rogues; 10% for Priests, Mages and Warlocks). Since this build it no longer breaks crowd control or activates from non-damage abilities. Since October 26, its internal cooldown is 15 seconds (was 25).CHANGEDRacial
Cannibalize (Undead)
Forever
Can once again be used while immune to Physical damage.Auto-updated from official notes on November 3, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Endurance (Tauren)
Forever
No longer provides any modifiers beyond 5% increased Health (no hit chance or critical damage modifiers).Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Plainsrunning (Tauren)
Forever
Now grants 2% movement speed per stack (was 1%), for a total maximum increase of 60% (was 30%). No longer increases mounted movement speed. It now requires the Tauren to move a minimum distance per second to keep the effect. Since the November 5 hotfixes, in battlegrounds it no longer stacks during the preparation phase, and its stacks are cancelled while carrying a flag.Auto-updated from official notes on November 6, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
War Stomp (Tauren)
Forever
Cooldown reduced to 90 seconds (was 2 minutes).Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Find Treasure (Dwarf)
Forever
Now also grants a chance to find additional items in most chests.Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Wind Blessed (Skyborne)
Forever
Its haste bonus drops to 2% (was 3%).Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Skysight (Skyborne)
Forever
Now castable while moving. Now increases movement speed by 15% (was 10%), with a 15-second duration. Using it at an elemental convergence now also grants Charged for 1 hour; while Charged, the benefit of Skysight is a 30% movement speed increase. Charged persists through death and is removed upon entering a raid.Auto-updated from official notes on October 27, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Read Leyline (Skyborne)
Forever
Now castable while moving. Increases Mana and Health regeneration by 50% (was 100%), with a 15-second duration. It cannot be used while Innervate is active and will be replaced by Innervate as a more powerful effect. Using it at a Ley Line now also grants Attuned for 1 hour; while Attuned, the benefit of Read Leyline is increased to 100% regeneration increase. Attuned persists through death and is removed upon entering a raid.Auto-updated from official notes on October 27, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Walk on Air (Skyborne)
Forever
Cooldown reduced to 90 seconds (was 2 minutes).Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Blood Fury (Orc)
Forever
Its cooldown is back to 2 minutes (it was raised to 3 on October 15).Auto-updated from official notes on October 27, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Berserking (Troll)
Forever
Now lasts 15 seconds (was 10).CHANGEDRacial
Shatter Curse (Orc)
Forever
Now dispels Curses and Banes (was granting immunity). Magic damage taken reduced by 5% (was 15%).Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Quickness (Night Elf)
Forever
Its movement speed increase now stacks with other movement speed increases.Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Regeneration (Troll)
Forever
Health regeneration bonuses increased to 20% (was 10%).Auto-updated from official notes on October 16, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
Ruthless (Human)
Forever
Now increases critical strike chance by 1% (was 2%).Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDRacial
The Human Spirit (Human)
Forever
Now increases Spirit by 10% (was 5%).Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
REMOVEDRacial
Earth Fury (Dwarf)
Forever
Removed (it increased critical strike damage and healing by 2%).Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
NEWRacial
Artisan’s Precision (Dwarf)
Forever
New racial: increases hit chance with spells and attacks by 1%.Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
REMOVEDRacial
Savage (Orc)
Forever
Removed (it gave 1% more critical strike chance).Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗
NEWRacial
Command (Orc)
Forever
Returns: increases Warlock and Hunter pet damage by 5%.Auto-updated from official notes on October 26, 2026Official note ↗

