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November 2026
- WoW Forever is live: launch times, what to do first, and what our data coversServers open at 3:00 pm PST worldwide. The calculator and class pages already reflect the 2 November development notes.launch
- Final development notes: power budget raised for every class, tougher mobs, Rogue rebuilt around ShankBlizzard's last notes before launch raise damage across the board, remove Blessing of Salvation and give tanks far more threat, and rework Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, Druid, Paladin, Priest, Mage, Hunter and Warlock talents.patch notesclasses
October 2026
- The final racial pass undoes most of the October rework and keeps one principleOrc Command and Dwarf Artisan's Precision return, Human Ruthless drops to 1%, Tauren Plainsrunning climbs to 60% on foot, Skyborne actives are cut but can be re-empowered at ley lines and elemental convergences. Weapon-skill racials stay gone.races
- One launch moment worldwide: 4 November, 3:00 pm PSTNo staggered regional openings. Europe starts at midnight, Oceania at 10:00 am on the 5th.launch
- Name reservation: overly strict filter, Oceanic RP ordering bugNames containing "con" were refused until regional restarts; Australian servers needed RP and RP-PvP characters created before Normal or PvP ones.launch
- Name reservation opens 27 October: three characters, two names each, pack holders onlyNA 1:00 pm PDT, EU 18:00 CET, Korea and Taiwan 7:00 am local on the 28th. RP-PvP confirmed as a launch ruleset the same day.launch
- The beta closed on 23 October after an end-of-beta event with world bosses and Molten Core lootAzuregos, Lord Kazzak, Super Hogger, Thunderaan and Voracious attacked quest hubs; Sulfuras, Thunderfury and Benediction dropped from random mobs.beta
- Raid overview: Barrow Deeps (10), Hyjal Summit (20), Onyxia (40) on 9 December; nine new five-player dungeonsBlizzard published locations, sizes and the Onyxia attunement, and a dungeon overview with Excavation Site at 24–29.raidsdungeons
- Stress test moved to 21–22 October, open to accounts without a subscriptionCharacters, names and guilds from the test were deleted afterward.beta
- 15 October beta update: Horde attacked on sight in Dalaran, Marks stack to 30, Walk on Air 90 secondsBuild 70425 also delivered the first version of the racial rework that would be partly rolled back on 26 October.patch notes
- Horde can enter Dalaran with a quest key from a Forsaken magus; the files hold ten new dungeonsForever was pitched internally as four new dungeons; the client now lists ten. Dying also costs half as much and two gear sets were reset to level 1.dungeonszones
- Dungeon kill XP fixed to each player's level, base kill XP up 20%; PvP ranks run to 14 with a weekly capDungeon kill XP had been paying at the group's highest level. The PvP post set Honor and Rank Points, 14 ranks and Emboldened Seal upgrades.levelingpatch notes
- Level cap raised to 30, dungeon quest XP halved, Fury Warrior rebuilt againThe 1 October build opened levels 21–30, cut dungeon quest XP by half and reworked Fury with 100% Rage from crits and three new talents.betaleveling
September 2026
- Class deep dives: a new 16-point talent milestone, dual spec at 40, trainers for respecsHunter and Druid, then Priest and Warrior posts set the shared framework: talents from 10, milestones at 11, 16, 21 and 31, Blessing of Kings and Improved Mark of the Wild baseline.classes
- Mount prices in the files: 20 gold at 40, 200 gold at 60; a Riverglades goblin sells a 15-day speed buffRiding training is not priced in the client; vendor mounts are. The black market goblin caps rare material prices and sells Gift of Galloping for 150 gold.gold
- Five sealed dungeons get names: The Drowned City, Blackmaw Hold, Shaper's Terrace, Krol'dok Stronghold, Alcaz PrisonBlizzard also teased a Blackrock Depths-sized mega dungeon for a later update.dungeons
- Talent trees are 51-point trait trees; respecs run on ten rechargeable chargesClass resets recharge hourly, Legacy resets weekly. Tier gates at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 points.classes
- Legacy explained: 65 challenges, one point each, 16 points per character, no alt requiredBlizzard's Legacy post put numbers on the account progression system and confirmed a single character can earn 29 points.legacy
- Camping datamined: every profession builds three camp features and the buffs replace raid buffsFish Bowl is Blessing of Kings, Enchanted Lute is Mark of the Wild, First Aid Kit is Fortitude; every feature shares a 60-minute cooldown.professions
- Orc Mages, Undead Paladins, Dwarf Shaman, Gnome Priests, Human Hunters, Troll WarlocksSix new combinations plus the Skyborne on both factions. Blizzard explains the Skyborne as Highborne rebels who fled to Skywall.races
- First week of beta: 1,795 new quest IDs, six new flight points, a salvage system, 42 new mounts, a 96-slot bankDatamines and tester reports from the level 20 beta.beta
- The beta opens with a level 20 cap, two new dungeons and a live developer Q&AHall of Thanes and Ruins of Lordaeron were the first-week instances; a GPU architecture cut-off kept older cards out.beta
- World of Warcraft: Forever revealed at BlizzCon as a permanent third version of WoW, launching 4 NovemberNew zones, ten new dungeons, two new raids, the Skyborne, Legacy, camping, realmless rulesets, no flying, no level scaling, level cap 60 forever.announcement
Roadmap
- Launch
- Raids unlock: Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, Onyxia's Lair
- Hardcore ruleset
- Two new raids, two new dungeons, new zone and quests, legendary questline, PvP season refresh
- Revamped iconic raid, new raid, two new dungeons, world content, profession and Legacy updates