What just changed in WoW Forever — dates, patches, seasons — and the guides built from its data. Every fact sourced, every article linked to the tool it affects.
The Forever Open is a $100,000 duel tournament on the WoW Forever beta: level 30 Horde characters, PvP ruleset, registration until October 4, finals on October 18.
WoW Forever adds 14 reputations, from the Kirin Tor and the Earthen Ring to The Watchers and Powderfuse: each faction's side, starting standing and rewards, from the beta client.
WoW Forever launches November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST (23:00 UTC). Every date, from invite codes to the December 9 raids, in your time zone and as a calendar file.
WoW Forever's September 24 beta build: racial changes, the Cooldown Manager, new gamepad options, Wizard Oil and wand fixes, 1-silver respecs and known issues.
All nine WoW Forever classes at a glance: 27 specializations and roles, the races that can play each, and what's new for every class, with a guide to each.
Every Druid change in WoW Forever: Omen of Clarity and Nature's Grasp from the trainer, Lacerate, and new Balance, Feral and Restoration talents in the beta.
How to get into the WoW Forever beta (sign-up or a bundle), how to install it, what is playable at level 20, the Server Slam and the latest beta changes.
Hunter changes in WoW Forever: Aimed Shot for all at level 20, Lacerate, Summon Hawk, Lone Wolf, Sniper Shot and new talents in every tree, from the beta.
How WoW Forever changes gear: hit and crit combined, weapon skill and healing reworked, new stats, re-examined dungeon loot and quest rewards for more classes.
All 65 WoW Forever Legacy challenges by category, how Legacy points and the 16-point cap work, and what a first character earns on the way to level 60.
Every WoW Forever zone with the level range the beta client gives it, from the starting zones to Mount Hyjal, plus flight masters and dungeons on the way.
What changes for the Mage in WoW Forever: Frostfire Bolt, Teleport: Dalaran, Arcane Blast, Hot Streak, Ice Lance and other new talents, from the beta client.
WoW Forever adds nine dungeons and two raids, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Deeps. Names, levels and bosses from the beta client, and what you can play now.
Where WoW Forever's new zones are: Mount Hyjal, the Riverglades, Shen'dralas and Zephras Isle, with their levels and flight masters from the beta client.
Every Paladin change in WoW Forever: Holy Strike, Seal of Fury, baseline Consecration and new Holy, Protection and Retribution talents, from the beta client.
Every Priest change in WoW Forever: Penance, Prayer of Mending, Fear Ward for every race, the Gnome Priest's spells and all new talents, from the beta client.
How camping works in WoW Forever, every profession's three campsite objects from the beta client, the cooking campfires, Blueprints and the recipe counts.
All WoW Forever racial abilities from the beta client: two actives and two passives per race, what's new, what Blizzard changed and which races share traits.
WoW Forever swaps realms for rulesets: Normal, PvP, Roleplaying, and Hardcore after launch. How they work, two-part names and name reservation from October 27.
Every Rogue change in the WoW Forever beta: Mutilate, Venom, Hack and Slash, Thousand Cuts, the new 16-point talents and the talents that leave the trees.
WoW Forever's Skyborne pick a faction at creation: their classes, the racials in the beta client, Zephras Isle and how to unlock them, plus six new race pairs.
The official WoW Forever specs for PC and Mac: minimum and recommended processor, graphics card and RAM, the 128 GB SSD, and the old GPUs cut at launch.
WoW Forever adds a 16-point milestone to its talent trees. Every spec's new 16-point talent and 31-point capstone from the beta client, and what moved.
WoW Forever's first launch offers a Classic or Enhanced preset. What each one turns on or off, HD models, opt-in transmog and how appearances are collected.
Every Warlock change in the WoW Forever beta: Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom, Portal of Summoning, Wrack, Demonic Pact, Incinerate and the new talents.