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Legacy, camping, realmless, cooldown manager, gamepad and more. What Forever adds on top of Classic.
Legacy
Account-wide progression that rewards leveling and completing challenges.
How Legacy works
Account-wide challenges grant Legacy Points the first time you complete them.
Each character splits its points across Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness.
Leftover points feed a cosmetic reward track.
- Account-wide challenges earn Legacy Points.
- Each character spends them independently across three trees: Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness.
- At launch: 16 points per character, up to 65 across the account.
- Surplus feeds a cosmetic reward track.
- Example perk: Well Rested (increased rested XP).
Camping
The Cooking Fire becomes a campsite with services.
- The Cooking Fire becomes a Basic Campfire and creates a campsite.
- Vendors, repairs and profession workbenches at the campsite.
- Other players craft up to 3 objects (one per player) that give one-hour buffs.
- Blueprint recipes for advanced objects drop from dungeon bosses.
- Since build 70009 you can buff, cast and craft while waiting.
Realmless
You choose a ruleset instead of a realm.
- Four rulesets: Normal, PvP, Roleplaying and Hardcore (post-launch).
- Grouping is restricted to your ruleset.
- Collections and Legacy Points are shared across rulesets, except Hardcore.
- PvP allows a single faction at creation. Normal and Roleplaying allow both.
- Names use a two-part format and are unique per region.
Cooldown Manager
Cooldown and buff tracking in a customizable location.
- In Gameplay Enhancement settings, disabled by default.
- Testable in the beta on Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior and Warlock.
- Does not yet support spell ranks or pet cooldowns.
Gamepad support
Official gamepad support with class-specific flyouts.
- Flyouts for Shapeshift, pet, Aura and Stance.
- Compact Action Bar, Fixed Party Targeting and swappable modifier sides.
- Controller navigation in character selection and in the Map and Quest Log.
Lighting and models
A new lighting pass over the old world, with a Classic option.
- Global illumination, volumetric fog, god rays, flowing water and terrain shadows.
- Modern or Classic presets. HD or SD character models with Classic animations.
- Rivers flow in Elwynn, mist on Darkshore and moonlight in Ashenvale.
Transmog and mounts
Opt-in transmog and mounts that come with the riding skill.
- Transmog is opt-in. Epic raid appearances unlock only for looters.
- Your mount comes with the riding skill. No flying mounts.
Professions
More than 600 new recipes and expanded progression.
- Crafted food gives a small XP bonus.
- Each profession gains a new passive bonus.
- A Professions tree inside Legacy.
PvP
A new 15 versus 15 battleground.
- Darkspear Islands: 15v15 with control points and flag capture.
- PvP season refresh in spring and summer 2027.
Stats and combat
Hit and crit are separate stats for spells, melee and ranged.
- Talent trees keep the Classic structure and add a 16-point milestone.
- Two class presets for leveling.
- New Statistics tab in build 70009.