Development notes · hotfixes · beta builds

WoW Forever patch notes

Newest first. Class sections link straight to the talent and spell tooltips the calculator uses, so you can see the number, not just the note.

2026-10-26 · Beta development notes update

Final racial pass, 26 October 2026

Most of the 15 October racial rework was reversed in favor of racial identity: Orc Command and Dwarf Artisan's Precision return, Human Ruthless drops to 1%, Tauren Plainsrunning climbs to 60%, Skyborne actives are cut but can be re-empowered in the world. Applied at launch.

2026-10-15 · Beta 1.60.1.70425

Beta update, 15 October 2026

The racial rework (two actives and two passives per race), Marks of Honor stacking to 30, Walk on Air on a 90-second cooldown, Dalaran hostile to Horde, and talent layout changes that required calculators to migrate saved builds.

2026-10-08 · Beta hotfix and PvP post

Dungeon XP fix and PvP progression, 8 October 2026

Dungeon kill XP now uses each player's own level instead of the group's highest, base kill XP up about 20%, party kill XP back to Classic rules; the PvP post set Honor and Rank Points, 14 ranks with a weekly cap, and Emboldened Seal upgrades.

2026-10-01 · Beta 1.60.1.70170

Level 30 build, 1 October 2026

Level cap raised to 30, dungeon quest XP halved, Fury Warrior rebuilt again, Druids can drink potions in forms, all nine spellbooks updated.

2026-09-17 · Beta 1.60.1.69913

Beta opens, 17 September 2026

The beta begins for Skyborne Epic Pack and Collection holders with a level 20 cap and Hall of Thanes and Ruins of Lordaeron in test; the 18 September known-issues thread lists the first bugs.

Blizzard's notes are paraphrased in plain words with the original linked on each page. Hotfixes that arrive after the snapshot are added here first and to the calculators once the client reflects them. News covers everything that is not a patch.