Your Next WoW: Forever Adventure Starts in the WoW Portal Room
Blizzard says your next adventure in WoW: Forever starts in the WoW Portal Room, a Discord for meeting players and finding a community.
Seek Glory
Latest WoW Forever News.
What Blizzard has confirmed about World of Warcraft: Forever so far. Full write-ups and the videos are on the blog.
Oceanic Players on Australian Servers Can Lose Roleplay Rulesets to a Bug
A bug can make Roleplay and Roleplay-PvP unavailable for Oceanic players on Australian servers if a Normal or PvP character is created first.
Blizzard is fixing an overly strict name check in WoW Forever
Blizzard found a bug that blocked some allowed names in WoW Forever and will apply a fix at the next realm restarts.
WoW Forever Racial Abilities Get a Final Pass
Blizzard is prioritizing racial identity for WoW Forever, rolling some generic racials back and tuning passives for Human, Dwarf, Tauren, Orc, and Skyborne.
Blizzard’s WoW: Forever short story “Unbowed” is a fireside tale about Cormack
Blizzard shared “Unbowed,” a WoW: Forever fireside short story about fallen crusader Cormack and whether a Forsaken can still serve the Light.
WoW Forever Beta Is Closed, With Launch Still Set for November 4
Blizzard closed the WoW Forever beta, set character creation for October 27, and kept the launch on November 4.
A Legend Reborn
The WoW Forever Roadmap.
Beta September 17 to October 21. Launch November 4, 2026. Raids unlock December 9, then two more content waves in spring and summer 2027.
Calling All Pathfinders
WoW Forever, Answered.
The short version of what Blizzard has confirmed. Each answer links to the full write-up.
What is World of Warcraft: Forever?
Blizzard’s Classic+ version of vanilla World of Warcraft, announced at BlizzCon 2026 and run by its own team as a permanent home alongside modern WoW and Classic. The level cap stays at 60 for good. It adds three new zones plus the Skyborne starting isle, over 1,000 new quests, nine new dungeons, two new raids, a new playable race, new talents, and new race and class combinations.
The zones and dungeons, namedWhen does WoW Forever release?
November 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST, worldwide. The three launch raids, Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s Lair, open December 9.
Every date before launchWhen is the WoW Forever beta and how do you get in?
The beta runs from September 17 to late October 2026 with a level cap of 30. The $60 Skyborne Epic Pack includes beta access. The free Battle.net opt-in gives you a chance at access, not a guarantee, and the $29.99 Heroic Pack does not include the beta.
How to get into the betaHow much does WoW Forever cost?
Base access is included with a normal World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time. There is no box price. The optional Skyborne Heroic Pack is $29.99 and carries the new Skyborne race; the Epic Pack above it adds beta access and 30 days of Game Time.
Is there Hardcore in WoW Forever?
Yes, as one of four rulesets you choose at character creation, alongside Normal, PvP and Roleplaying. Blizzard says Hardcore launches after release, so it is not on the November 4 client and has no date yet.
What the Hardcore panel saidAre there new classes or races in WoW Forever?
One new race, the Skyborne, playable on either faction. No new classes at launch. There are new race and class combinations, including Undead Paladin, Dwarf Shaman, Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Orc Mage and Troll Warlock.
The six new combos