Everything about Classic+ in one place — release timeline, the Skyborne race, nine new dungeons, class reworks and 1-60 routes. Written from the beta and updated as Blizzard reveals more.
Leveling to 60, dungeon and raid runs, gold, professions, reputations, PvP ranks — whatever part of Forever you would rather not grind, our team can take it. Selfplay or piloted, your pace, your account.
World of Warcraft: Forever is rebuilding racial abilities around a clearer four-ability structure: every race is intended to have two active racials and two passive racials, with offensive power kept...
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World of Warcraft: Forever is reworking all nine Classic classes without replacing the deliberate pace, threat management, crowd control, or distinct strengths and weaknesses that define original WoW...
World of Warcraft: Forever has a clear launch roadmap, but Blizzard is deliberately leaving parts of the long-term schedule open. The permanent original-Azeroth experience enters beta on September 17,...
World of Warcraft: Forever launches globally on November 4, 2026, turning the idea players often call Classic+ into a separate, permanent World of Warcraft experience built around a reimagined origina...
World of Warcraft: Forever is a permanent WoW experience built around original Azeroth and a lasting level-60 cap, with new zones, quests, dungeons, raids, systems and character options added around t...
World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard's Classic+ — a permanent third branch of WoW running alongside Retail and Classic, rather than a seasonal experiment. It keeps the original Azeroth, the original pacing and a level 60 cap that is not going up, then builds new content outward instead of upward. The story sits after the events of Warcraft III: Reforged and before Molten Core, which lets Blizzard explore places and plots the original game never finished.
Forever launches on 4 November 2026. The beta opened on 17 September 2026, early name reservation runs from 27 October to 3 November, and the first two raids arrive on 9 December 2026.
More than 1,000 new quests, weighted heavily toward the 1-60 journey. Zephras Isle is a 1-12 starting experience for the new race; The Riverglades adds a frontier region with over 150 quests across the mid-30s to mid-40s; Shen'dralas opens a long-hidden area between Mulgore and Desolace tied to the Shen'dralar, Eldre'Thalas and the local centaur tribes; Mount Hyjal covers the aftermath of Archimonde's defeat and Darkwhisper Gorge.
New instances are spread across the whole leveling curve rather than stacked at max level — from Hall of Thanes beneath Ironforge at 13-18, through Ruins of Lordaeron, Excavation Site, City of Dalaran, The Drowned City, Krol'dok Stronghold and Alcaz Island Prison, up to Blackmaw Hold and Shaper's Terrace in the high 50s.
A new playable elven race from Zephras Isle. Faction is chosen at character creation, so the Skyborne are not a neutral race: Horde Skyborne follow elemental traditions and gain access to Shaman, Alliance Skyborne pursue their ancestors' arcane legacy and gain access to Mage. Both sides can play Warrior, Hunter, Rogue and Druid, and Skyborne druids get their own shapeshift forms.
Every class receives new abilities and talents, with the stated goal of lifting the weakest vanilla specs without flattening class identity. New combinations include Undead Paladin and Dwarf Shaman.
Our Forever coverage is built around four things: getting started (release, beta, editions, servers, name reservation), leveling (routes for both factions, professions, gold, dungeon timing), classes (talent builds, new abilities, tier lists per role) and endgame (dungeon walkthroughs, pre-raid BiS, Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit).
Every guide carries a visible update date and marks each fact as confirmed by Blizzard, shown on a BlizzCon panel, or still unconfirmed. Details from the beta can change before launch, and we revise pages rather than leaving stale numbers behind.
