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Forever beta notes: final pre-launch update

A reply in Blizzard’s thread WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated November 2

3 November 2026, 03:20 UTC

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Summary

Blizzard posts its first full beta update since October 15. It raises class damage and retunes talents, evens out training costs and fixes many quests, and plans no big tuning before raids open next month.

Highlights

Class damage raised across the game, with higher-level creature health raised to match
Training every class ability from 1 to 60 now costs between 206 and 207 gold for all classes
Salvation, Mass Salvation and Revoke removed; Righteous Fury now grants 33% more threat
Druid Lacerate becomes a Feral talent; Paladin Holy gains Oath of Light
Gamepad support reaches a complete functional state; bags no longer auto-equip

What this means for players

Every class has changes here, so re-check your class guide before launch, and Druid, Paladin, Mage and Hunter talent trees in particular. Blizzard plans no large tuning between now and the raids opening next month, other than for bugs and serious outliers. Tanks should note the threat changes tied to the removal of Blessing of Salvation.

The 3 November 2026 build

The update covers the roughly two and a half weeks since the October 15 full update, and repeats the earlier racial changes for completeness. Blizzard says it plans a larger tuning pass once players level past 30, and that classes will keep evolving after launch.

General fixes

General fixes
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind
Throw	Throw now follows its fixed 0.5 second windup instead of the weapon’s attack speed.			Fixed
Legacy Reward - Replica Ironforge Air Rifle	The rifle can now be used on an ally who also has one equipped.			Fixed
Quitter debuff	The quitter debuff is much shorter.	5 minutes	40 seconds	Changed
Stun	The stun is shorter.	3 seconds	2.5 seconds	Changed
Race base stats	Every race now gets the right base stats, for example Tauren Warriors start with +5 strength against Human Warriors; High Order and Windshaper Skyborne were fixed too.	+2	+5	Fixed
Proc roots and Diminishing Returns	Roots from procs now correctly diminish, including Frostbite, Entrapment, Improved Wing Clip, Counterattack, and Improved Hamstring.			Fixed

Classes

Classes
Change	What changed	Kind
Developers’ notes: class tuning	Blizzard says it raised class damage and the health of higher-level creatures over the last two weeks, and plans no big tuning changes before the raids open next month, apart from bugs and serious outliers; it expects a large data-based tuning pass once players level past 30.	Changed
Low-rank talent trigger penalty	Various talents no longer have a reduced trigger chance when you cast a low-rank spell.	Changed
Blizzard	Blizzard still has the low-rank penalty: a rank learned more than 12 levels below the caster has a reduced chance to trigger Arcane Concentration, Frostbite, and Fingers of Frost.	Changed
Spell autoplacement	Newly learned spells are no longer placed on your action bars automatically.	Changed
Training costs	Training costs were adjusted for all classes.	Changed
Training cost by level	Most abilities learned at the same level now cost the same to train; Priest race-specific abilities are the exception.	Changed
Total training cost	Training every class ability from 1-60 now costs between 206 and 207 gold for all classes.	Changed
Warlock training costs	Warlock costs are lowered by what Grimoires for their pets would be expected to cost.	Changed

Druid

Druid
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Lacerate	Lacerate is now a Feral talent instead of being learned by all Druids.			Changed
Ferocious Bite	Ferocious Bite gets a new Rank 1 at level 24, and the existing ranks were each relabeled one rank higher.			Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Bear Form	Threat bonus is higher, to make up for Blessing of Salvation being removed.	50%	115%	Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Dire Bear Form	Threat bonus is higher, to make up for Blessing of Salvation being removed.	50%	115%	Buff	Our Feral Bear Druid guide
Poised	New passive learned at level 32: out of combat at maximum Energy, you gain Poised, which cuts the Energy cost of your next Energy ability by 10.			New
Shred	Weapon damage percent is higher.	155%	200%	Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Claw	Weapon damage percent is higher.	110%	140%	Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Ravage	Weapon damage percent is higher.	350%	435%	Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Rip	Base points and attack power scaling are both up by about 25%.			Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Rake	Base points and attack power scaling are both up by about 25%.			Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Ferocious Bite	Base points and attack power scaling are both up by about 25%.			Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Pounce	Base points and attack power scaling are both up by about 25%.			Buff	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Starfire	Base damage points are up by about 40%.			Buff	Our Balance Druid guide

Druid: Balance

Druid: Balance
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Genesis	The periodic damage and healing bonus is doubled.	1/2/3/4/5%	2/4/6/8/10%	Buff	Our Balance Druid guide
Moonkin Form	Its critical strike bonus again applies to all types of critical strikes and again does not stack with Leader of the Pack.			Changed

Druid: Feral

Druid: Feral
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Heart of the Wild	Moved to the Restoration tree in a swap with Furor.			Changed
Lacerate	Now a 1-point talent on row 4 replacing Primal Bite, with two extra ranks added because it is learned earlier.			Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Predatory Discipline	New 1-point Feral talent in row 4, column 3, replacing Shifting Power: Ferocious Bite stops converting spare Energy to damage yet still scales with it.			New	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Predatory Strikes	Moved to column 1.	column 3	column 1	Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Leader of the Pack	Its critical strike bonus again applies to all types of critical strikes and again does not stack with Moonkin Aura.			Changed
Natural Instinct	Moved to column 4.	column 1	column 4	Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Rend and Tear	Moved to column 1 and its damage bonus raised.	2/4/6/8/10%	3/6/9/12/15%	Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Berserk	The Berserk talent was removed.			Removed
Primal Bite	Now a 3-rank talent on row 7, column 2, replacing Berserk, with Leader of the Pack as a prerequisite.			Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide
Shifting Power	Now a 1-point talent on row 7 requiring Predatory Discipline, giving Feral a bear-focused and a cat-focused 31-point talent.			Changed	Our Feral Cat Druid guide

Druid: Restoration

Druid: Restoration
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Furor	Moved to the Feral tree in a swap with Heart of the Wild.			Changed
Naturalist	Damage bonus doubled, and it now also shortens the cast time of Wild Growth by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds.	1/2/3/4/5%	2/4/6/8/10%	Buff	Our Restoration Druid guide
Reflection	Moved to row 2 in a swap with Subtlety.			Changed	Our Restoration Druid guide
Subtlety	Moved to row 3 in a swap with Reflection.			Changed
Gift of the Earthmother	This talent was removed.			Removed
Bloom	New 1-point talent in the 3rd row: when Rejuvenation or Regrowth runs out on its own, the target is healed for 100% of your Spirit, or 50% if the effect was dispelled.			New	Our Restoration Druid guide
Swiftmend	The Rejuvenation or Regrowth it consumes must now be one you cast yourself.			Changed
Wild Growth	Now has a base cast time of 3 seconds.			Changed

Hunter

Hunter
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Hunter's Mark	Different ranks can no longer be stacked on the same target.			Changed
Hunter's Mark	Fixed Rank 4 giving less Ranged Attack Power than Rank 3.			Fixed
Explosive Trap	Fixed the wording of the debuff text.			Fixed
Traps	All Hunter traps now share one 30 second cooldown in place of the separate Fire and Frost trap cooldowns.			Changed
Aimed Shot	Bonus damage on all ranks is up by about 110%.			Buff	Our Marksmanship Hunter guide
Arcane Shot	Base damage on all ranks is up by about 30% and its Attack Power coefficient is higher.	0.1	0.15	Buff	Our Marksmanship Hunter guide
Serpent Sting	Attack Power coefficient per tick is higher, and base damage on all ranks is up about 20%.	3%	5%	Buff	Our Marksmanship Hunter guide
Aspect of the Hawk	Ranged Attack Power bonus is higher on every rank, now 20, 35, 50, 70, 90, 110 for ranks 1-6.			Buff	Our Hunter guide

Hunter: Pets

Hunter: Pets
Change	What changed	Kind
Pet Attack Speed passives	Pets keep their built-in Attack Speed passives after you untrain them.	Fixed

Hunter: Beast Mastery

Hunter: Beast Mastery
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Pathfinding	Moved from the 2nd row to the 3rd row.	2nd row	3rd row	Changed	Our Beast Mastery Hunter guide

Hunter: Marksmanship

Hunter: Marksmanship
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Barrage	Damage increase raised.	3/7/10%	5/10/15%	Buff	Our Marksmanship Hunter guide
Sniper Shot	Bonus damage on all ranks is up by 100%.			Buff	Our Marksmanship Hunter guide
Trueshot Aura	Ranged Attack Power bonus is higher on all ranks, now 20, 35, 50, 75, 100.			Buff	Our Marksmanship Hunter guide

Hunter: Survival

Hunter: Survival
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Lacerating Strikes	A fresh application always replaces the Hunter's own current one, even if it deals less damage per second.			Changed
Lightning Reflexes	Agility bonus raised.	2/4/6/8/10%	3/6/9/12/15%	Buff	Our Survival Hunter guide

Mage

Mage
Change	What changed	Kind
Imbue Iceknife	Its visual was changed to show that it is a Root, not a Stun.	Fixed
Frost Blast	This spell was removed.	Removed

Mage: Arcane

Mage: Arcane
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Missile Barrage	Now consumed at the start of the Arcane Missiles channel instead of the end.			Fixed
Missile Barrage	Moved to the 2nd row from the 1st row.	1st row	2nd row	Changed	Our Arcane Mage guide
Arcane Resilience	Moved to the 1st row from the 2nd, and now takes up to 3 talent points for a maximum armor increase of 75% of Intellect.			Changed	Our Arcane Mage guide
Clearcasting	Is no longer consumed by Arcane Missiles when Missile Barrage is active at the same time.			Changed
Arcane Missiles	Fixed Arcane Missiles not triggering Clearcasting.			Fixed
Arcane Focus	Removed, as it is now combined into Precision in the Frost tree.			Removed
Arcane Blast	Mana cost increase per stack is smaller, Intellect-as-Spell-Damage per stack is lower, and duration is longer.	175% mana, 15% Intellect	100% mana, 12% Intellect; duration 18 seconds	Changed	Our Arcane Mage guide

Mage: Fire

Mage: Fire
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Ignite	Fixed Ignite not applying to Flamestrike damage after the first instance.			Fixed
Incineration	Can now take 5 points, for a 10% crit bonus on the spells it covers.	3 points for 6%	5 points for 10%	Changed	Our Fire Mage guide
Improved Fireball	Renamed Accelerant; it also trims the Arcane Wrath cast time by up to 0.5 seconds.			Changed
Critical Mass	Reverted to a maximum of 3 talent points and a total of 6% critical strike chance.	5 points, 10%	3 points, 6%	Nerf
Improved Fire Blast	Moved to the 3rd row from the 1st row.	1st row	3rd row	Changed	Our Fire Mage guide

Mage: Frost

Mage: Frost
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Piercing Ice	The talent was removed.			Removed
Ice Barrier	Activating it now increases your Frost damage by 15% for 1 minute, plus an extra 5% Frost damage while the barrier holds.			Buff	Our Frost Mage guide
Frost Warding	Increases the damage your Ice Barrier and Frost Wards can absorb.			Changed
Frost Warding	No longer reflects spells; it has a chance to fully negate a spell’s damage without using up the Frost Ward.			Changed
Precision	Elemental Precision was renamed Precision and is a 3-point talent again, with a different spell hit chance.	1/2/3/4/5%	2/4/6%	Changed
Ice Lance	Now has an 8 second cooldown shared with Fire Blast, and its bonus damage to Frozen targets is back up to 300%.			Changed	Our Frost Mage guide
Winter's Chill	Bonus to Cone of Cold damage raised to 20% per stack.			Buff	Our Frost Mage guide

Paladin

Paladin
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Righteous Fury	Trainable earlier, at the level other tanks get their tanking stance.	level 16	level 10	Buff	Our Protection Paladin guide
Salvation	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Mass Salvation	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Revoke	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Righteous Fury	Now gives 33% more of all threat, plus 90% extra threat from Holy damage.			Changed	Our Protection Paladin guide
Blessing of Light	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Righteous Fury	Now correctly costs nothing when the player has The Quick and the Dead.			Fixed
Judgement of Fury	Duration shortened.	4 seconds	3 seconds	Changed

Paladin: Holy

Paladin: Holy
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Spiritual Focus	Moved up a row and turned into a 5-point talent; the maximum rank is the same.	Row 2, 2-point	Row 1, 5-point	Changed
Improved Seals	Now a 5-point talent; the maximum rank is the same.	3-point	5-point	Changed
Reverence	Moved up a row and now a 2-point talent; the maximum rank is the same.	Row 3, 3-point	Row 2, 2-point	Changed
Unyielding Faith	Moved out of the Holy tree to Retribution.			Changed
Purifying Power	Moved up a row.	Row 3	Row 2	Changed
Voice of Truth	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Divine Favor	Moved up a row.	Row 4	Row 3	Changed
Illumination	Moved up a row.	Row 4	Row 3	Changed
Divine Precision	Moved up a row, now 2 points with a lower Holy hit bonus, and it also cuts Silence duration on you by 10/20%.	6/12/18% hit	4/8% hit	Changed	Our Holy Paladin guide
Oath of Light	New talent in Row 4. It is a 40-yard-range, 8% Base Mana cast that protects an ally for 5 min and boosts your Holy Light, Flash of Light and Holy Shock healing on them; one Oath at a time, and the bonus grows with level.			New	Our Holy Paladin guide
Boundless Light	New passive in Row 5. Holy Shock gets 15/30% more critical strike chance on allies without your Oath of Light.			New	Our Holy Paladin guide
Holy Power	Now boosts the critical strike healing bonus of Holy spells instead of their critical strike chance.	3/6/9/12/15% crit chance for Holy Shock and Holy Strike, 1/2/3/4/5% for other spells	10/20/30/40/50% critical strike healing bonus	Changed
Light's Vigil	Limited to friendly targets, its offensive use is gone, and the tooltip was reworded to match.			Changed

Paladin: Protection

Paladin: Protection
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Reckoning	Now makes the right number of attacks for its stacks and no longer gains stacks when the Paladin sits.			Fixed
Divine Intellect	Moved from the Holy tree to Row 1 of Protection.	Row 1 of Holy	Row 1 of Protection	Changed	Our Protection Paladin guide
Sacred Duty	Moved up a row.	Row 3	Row 2	Changed
Sacred Duty	No longer raises Stamina; it still shortens the cooldowns of Divine Shield, Divine Protection and Templar's Bulwark by 30sec/1min, and now also shortens Forbearance by 5/10 seconds.			Changed	Our Protection Paladin guide
Improved Seal of Fury	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Templar's Bulwark	Moved up two rows.	Row 5	Row 3	Changed
Templar's Bulwark	Is now a Magic effect that can be dispelled.			Changed
Improved Righteous Fury	Damage reduction increased.	2/4/6%	3/6/9%	Buff
Shield Specialization	Now a 2-point talent, with 15/30% more shield block value plus a 50/100% chance to restore 4% of maximum Mana; max rank is unchanged.			Changed
Toughness	Moved down two rows.	Row 1	Row 3	Changed
Anticipation	Moved down two rows.	Row 2	Row 4	Changed
Swift Judgement	Now instantly unleashes your active Seal without sharing Judgement's cooldown, instead of resetting Judgement’s cooldown.			Changed
One-Handed Weapon Specialization	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Stoicism	New talent in Row 5 that shortens Stun and Charm effects on you by 10/20%.			New	Our Protection Paladin guide
Holy Shield	Moved up two rows.	Row 7	Row 5	Changed
Iron Creed	Now a 3-point talent giving 10/20/30% more Holy Strike threat and 2/4/6% damage reduction for 6 seconds.	5 points, 5/10/15/20/25% threat and 2/4/6/8/10% damage reduction	3 points, 10/20/30% threat and 2/4/6% damage reduction	Changed	Our Protection Paladin guide
Shieldsworn	New talent in Row 7. It cuts Holy Strike's cooldown by 4 seconds, and Holy Strike then strikes with your shield, triggers block-based talents without using their charges or cooldowns, and lets you Block spells for 6 seconds.			New	Our Protection Paladin guide

Paladin: Retribution

Paladin: Retribution
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Holy Conduit	Moved into the Holy tree.	Row 2 of Retribution	Row 3 of Holy	Changed
Sanctified Judgement	Moved up a row.	Row 3	Row 2	Changed
Conviction	Moved up a row.	Row 3	Row 2	Changed
Conviction	Its critical strike bonus now covers all spells and attacks, not just melee.	1/2/3/4/5% to just melee attacks	2/4/6% to all spells and attacks	Buff
Vindication	No longer raises Attack Power.	1/2/3% increased Attack Power	no Attack Power increase	Nerf
Unyielding Faith	Arrives in Retribution at Row 3.	Row 2 of Holy	Row 3 of Retribution	Changed	Our Retribution Paladin guide
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	Moved up a row.	Row 5	Row 4	Changed
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	Now raises Holy damage as well as Physical damage by 2/4/6%.	Physical damage only	Holy and Physical damage	Buff
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	Now also lowers the Paladin's threat by 7/14/20% while a two-handed melee weapon is worn.			Changed	Our Retribution Paladin guide
Instrument of Law	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Champion of the Light	Now adds spell damage equal to 12/24/36/48/60% of Intellect and shortens Hammer of Wrath's cast time by 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 seconds.			Changed
Vengeance	Now stacks higher.	3 stacks	5 stacks	Buff
Vengeance	Now needs Seal of Command rather than Sanctified Judgement.	Sanctified Judgement	Seal of Command	Changed
Turn Evil	New Row 5 talent that cuts Turn Undead's cast time by 0.5/1.0 sec and cooldown by 5/10 sec and lets it hit Demons.			New
Twist of Light	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Unsealed Wrath	New 31-point talent. Your melee hits bank a copy of the active Seal for 15 sec (up to 3 stacks); swinging under another Seal spends the stacks and gives the banked Seal one normal proc roll per stack.			New	Our Retribution Paladin guide
Unsealed Wrath	Now requires Repentance.			Changed

Priest

Priest
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Power Word: Shield	Can now correctly be replaced by another Power Word: Shield of equal or higher rank.			Fixed
Shadow Word: Death	Backlash when it fails to kill is now 30% of maximum Health, and a miss no longer hurts the Priest.	10%	30%	Changed	Our Shadow Priest guide
Dark Sacrifice	Undead Priests' version no longer breaks crowd control effects.			Fixed

Priest: Holy

Priest: Holy
Change	What changed	Kind	Our guide
Binding Heal	Taken out of the game.	Removed
Holy Binding	New talent in Binding Heal's old slot: when Flash Heal heals someone other than the Priest, 50% of that healing also goes to the Priest, with no threat.	New	Our Holy Priest guide

Priest: Shadow

Priest: Shadow
Change	What changed	Kind
Devouring Contagion	Does not spread Devouring Plague when the source is a critter.	Fixed
Vampiric Embrace	Its healing can no longer critically strike.	Changed
Cure Disease	No longer knocks the Priest out of Shadowform.	Fixed
Abolish Disease	No longer knocks the Priest out of Shadowform.	Fixed

Rogue

Rogue
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Slice and Dice	Casting it no longer makes a sitting target stand up.			Fixed
Poised	New passive at level 18. With full Energy out of combat you gain Poised, which cuts the Energy cost of your next Energy ability by 10.			New
Shank	New spell at level 24. It costs 5 Energy, has a 10 second cooldown and melee range, and is an off-hand strike for 50% weapon damage that gives 15 Energy and cannot Miss; Rank 2 at level 44 gives 25 Energy.			New
Deadly Poison	Attack Power coefficient raised.	0.0045	0.009	Buff	Our Combat Rogue guide
Instant Poison	Attack Power coefficient raised.	0.005	0.01	Buff	Our Combat Rogue guide

Rogue: Assassination

Rogue: Assassination
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Ruthlessness	Activating no longer makes a sitting target stand up.			Fixed
Improved Expose Armor	Moved up a row.	Row 3	Row 2	Changed
Murder	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Lethality	Now a 2-point talent giving 10/20% more critical strike damage to its listed abilities.	5 points, 4/8/12/16/20%	2 points, 10/20%	Changed	Our Assassination Rogue guide
Vigor	Moved up two rows.	Row 5	Row 3	Changed
Blood Splatter	New 1-point passive in Row 3 that lengthens Rupture by 6 seconds and Garrote by 9 seconds.			New
Relentless Strikes	Moved down two rows.	Row 3	Row 5	Changed
Relentless Strikes	Now a 5-point talent giving a 4/8/12/16/20% chance per Combo Point to restore 25 Energy.	1 point, 20% per combo point	5 points, 4/8/12/16/20% per Combo Point	Changed	Our Assassination Rogue guide
Venom	Moved up two rows.	Row 7	Row 5	Changed
Venom	Becomes a passive. Shank boosts your Poison damage by 30% and Poison application chance by 20% for 6 seconds.			Changed	Our Assassination Rogue guide
Seal Fate	Now a 3-point talent giving critical strikes from Combo Point abilities a 33/66/100% chance to add an extra Combo Point.			Changed	Our Assassination Rogue guide
Mutilate	Moved up two rows.	Row 9	Row 7	Changed
Mutilate	Weapon damage percentage raised, along with its additional flat amount.	75% weapon damage	90% weapon damage	Buff	Our Assassination Rogue guide

Rogue: Combat

Rogue: Combat
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Coup de Grace	Renamed from Improved Eviscerate; raises Eviscerate damage and Death Mark damage and storage rate by 7/13/20%.			Changed
Efficient Strikes	Renamed from Improved Sinister Strike; now lowers the Energy cost of Sinister Strike and Hemorrhage by 3/5.	Sinister Strike only	Sinister Strike and Hemorrhage	Changed
Improved Sprint	Moved up a row.	Row 3	Row 2	Changed
Composure	New 2-point passive in Row 3 that adds 5/10 to the Energy cost reduction of Poised.			New
Flawless Execution	Energy cost reduction increased.	10	15	Buff	Our Combat Rogue guide
Weapon Expertise	Moved up two rows.	Row 6	Row 4	Changed
Aggression	Moved up two rows.	Row 6	Row 4	Changed
Aggression	Now raises Sinister Strike and Eviscerate damage by 5/10/15% and no longer covers Backstab.	Sinister Strike, Eviscerate and Backstab by 2/4/6%	Sinister Strike and Eviscerate by 5/10/15%	Changed	Our Combat Rogue guide
Dual Wield Specialization	Moved down a row.	Row 4	Row 5	Changed
Dual Wield Specialization	Now a 2-point talent giving 25/50% more off-hand weapon damage.	5 points, 5/10/15/20/25%	2 points, 25/50%	Changed	Our Combat Rogue guide
Flash of Steel	New 5-point passive in Row 6 that adds 3/6/9/12/15 Energy to Shank and cuts its cooldown by 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2.0 seconds.			New

Rogue: Subtlety

Rogue: Subtlety
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Hemorrhage	Fixed excess damage when used with a Dagger.			Fixed
Ghostly Strike	Fixed excess damage when used with a Dagger.			Fixed
Setup	Moved up a row.	Row 2	Row 1	Changed
Setup	Chance to add a Combo Point after a Dodge or full spell resist lowered.	33/66/100% chance	15/30/45% chance	Nerf	Our Subtlety Rogue guide
Opportunity	Now a 5-point talent giving 4/8/12/16/20% more damage to Backstab, Garrote, Ambush and Mutilate.	2 points, 5/10%	5 points, 4/8/12/16/20%	Changed	Our Subtlety Rogue guide
Dirty Deeds	Moved up three rows.	Row 5	Row 2	Changed
Camouflage	Moved down a row.	Row 1	Row 2	Changed
Camouflage	Now a 3-point talent with 5/10/15% stealth movement speed and 2/4/6 seconds off stealth’s cooldown.	5 points, 3/6/9/12/15% and 2/3/4/5/6	3 points, 5/10/15% and 2/4/6	Changed	Our Subtlety Rogue guide
Premeditation	Moved up a row.	Row 4	Row 3	Changed
Serrated Blades	Moved up a row.	Row 4	Row 3	Changed
Elusiveness	Moved down two rows.	Row 2	Row 4	Changed
Ghostly Strike	Moved down a row.	Row 3	Row 4	Changed
Ghostly Strike	Now also lets your next Ambush or Garrote within 7 seconds be cast without Stealth.			Changed
Improved Distract	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Quick Getaway	New 2-point passive in Row 4: raises your maximum Sapped targets by 1/1 and your movement speed by 15/30% for 3 seconds after a Sap.			New
Heightened Senses	Moved down a row.	Row 4	Row 5	Changed
Hemorrhage	Now raises the caster’s Garrote damage by 15% as well as Rupture.	Rupture only, 15%	Rupture and Garrote, 15%	Buff	Our Subtlety Rogue guide
Quietus	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Cutthroat	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Boot Knife	New 5-point passive in Row 6 giving Shank a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to add 2 Combo Points.			New
Thousand Cuts	Taken out of the game.			Removed
Death Mark	New active 1-point talent in Row 7: 25 Energy, 20-yard range, 10 second cooldown curse finisher that stores part of your damage per Combo Point (Garrote and Rupture at twice the rate) and releases it after 6 sec, with a cap scaling on Attack Power and critical strike chance.			New

Shaman

Shaman
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Windfury Weapon	The Shaman now shows an extra weapon swing animation when it procs.			Changed
Windfury Totem	The player now shows an extra weapon swing animation when the totem procs.			Changed
Totemic Call	Totemic Projection is now named Totemic Call; it moves the totems to the Shaman's own spot and has a shorter cooldown.	Totemic Projection	Totemic Call, 30 seconds cooldown	Changed
Lightning Bolt	Base damage is higher on every rank, more so on high ranks; the max rank is up 80%, and each rank lands near 78% of Classic Era damage with a faster cast.			Buff	Our Elemental Shaman guide
Chain Lightning	Cast time is longer, primary-target damage is about 145% of the same-rank Lightning Bolt, and Mana cost is about 225% of it.			Changed	Our Elemental Shaman guide
Shocks	Base damage on all shocks is back to the Classic Era values, which are higher than the earlier Forever Beta ones.			Buff

Shaman: Elemental

Shaman: Elemental
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Lightning Overload	The chance to trigger a duplicate spell is higher at every rank.	3/7/10%	10/20/30%	Buff	Our Elemental Shaman guide
Lava Burst	The spell is removed, along with every reference to it.			Removed
Call of Thunder	This replaces Lava Burst and adds 5% critical strike chance to Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning.			New
Lightning Mastery	Elemental Mastery is renamed Lightning Mastery and gets a new icon.			Changed
Elemental Reach	The talent no longer lowers the cooldown of Totemic Projection.			Nerf

Shaman: Enhancement

Shaman: Enhancement
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Improved Ghost Wolf	The talent moves from the 2nd row to the 4th row.			Changed
Maelstrom Weapon	The proc chance is doubled.			Buff
Stormstrike	Weapon damage is higher.	100% normalized weapon damage	150% normalized weapon damage	Buff	Our Enhancement Shaman guide
Stormstrike	The cooldown is shorter.	8 seconds	6 seconds	Buff	Our Enhancement Shaman guide
Mental Dexterity	Attack Power gained from Intellect is higher at every rank.	33/67/100%	50/100/150%	Buff	Our Enhancement Shaman guide
Flurry	Attack speed bonus is higher at every rank.	5/10/15/20/25%	6/12/18/24/30%	Buff	Our Enhancement Shaman guide

Shaman: Restoration

Shaman: Restoration
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Riptide	Mana cost drops about 40%, the cooldown doubles, and it now heals only over time with no initial heal.	6 seconds cooldown	12 seconds cooldown	Changed	Our Restoration Shaman guide

Warlock

Warlock
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind
Spellstones	They now raise only Shadow damage. A bug had also raised Fire damage, and that is fixed.			Fixed
Master's Stamina	Pets gain less Health per point of their master’s Stamina.	7.5 Health per point	2 Health per point	Nerf
Bane of Agony	Its damage now updates dynamically as intended.			Fixed
Drain Soul	The chance to grant a Soul Shard on damage dealt, without a kill, is much lower.			Nerf

Warlock: Affliction

Warlock: Affliction
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Amplify Curse	It now correctly affects Curse of Exhaustion and Bane of Agony.			Fixed
Improved Drains	It now raises the Mana drained by Drain Mana and no longer adds Wrack damage.			Changed
Wrack	The spell damage coefficient is doubled to 0.286 per second of cast time, base damage per second rises 2.5 per level, and level 60 base damage per second is higher.	36	86	Buff	Our Affliction Warlock guide

Warlock: Destruction

Warlock: Destruction
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Shadow and Flame	The Fire and Shadow damage bonus is doubled at every rank.	2/4/6/8/10%	4/8/12/16/20%	Buff	Our Destruction Warlock guide

Warrior

Warrior
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Victory Rush	The tooltip now shows the correct damage.			Fixed
Defensive Stance	The threat bonus is larger.	30%	80%	Buff	Our Protection Warrior guide
Slam	The cooldown is shorter.	18 seconds	15 seconds	Buff	Our Fury Warrior guide

Warrior: Arms

Warrior: Arms
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Improved Tactical Mastery	It becomes a 3-point talent that keeps more Rage on a stance change.	5 points, 3/6/9/12/15 Rage	3 points, 5/10/15 Rage	Changed	Our Arms Warrior guide
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	The damage bonus with two-handed melee weapons is doubled.	1/2/3%	2/4/6%	Buff
Bloodthrill	It becomes a 2-point talent; main hand attacks on targets with your Rend have a chance to allow Overpower.	5 points, 4/8/12/16/20% chance	2 points, 10/20% chance	Changed	Our Arms Warrior guide
Improved Slam	The Slam cooldown reduction values change.	3.0/3.0 seconds	2.5/5 seconds	Changed	Our Arms Warrior guide

Warrior: Fury

Warrior: Fury
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Blood Craze	It no longer generates threat when it restores Health.			Changed
Gore Drinker	It no longer generates threat when it restores Health.			Changed
Blood Craze	It no longer activates while the Warrior is sitting.			Changed
Booming Voice	It now also lowers the Rage cost of Piercing Howl by 5/10/15/20/25%.			Buff	Our Fury Warrior guide
Enrage	The talent moves up to Row 3.	Row 4	Row 3	Changed
Reckless Swings	A new Row 4, 1-point talent with a 15 second cooldown that costs 25% of base health and gives 5 extra Rage on your next 4 melee attacks, for 8 seconds.			New
Gore Drinker	The talent moves up to Row 5 and now connects to Blood Craze instead of Enrage.	Row 6	Row 5	Changed
Flurry	Death Wish is no longer a prerequisite.			Changed
Flurry	It becomes a 3-point talent whose bonus applies for 3 swings after a critical strike.	5 points, 5/10/15/20/25% attack speed	3 points, 10/20/30% attack speed	Changed	Our Fury Warrior guide
Improved Whirlwind	A new Row 6, 2-point passive that cuts Whirlwind cooldown by 1/2 seconds and adds 15/30% damage to the closest enemy.			New
Bloodthirst	It now requires Death Wish.			Changed

Warrior: Protection

Warrior: Protection
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Defiance	The threat bonus is higher at every rank.	5/10/15%	7/13/20%	Buff	Our Protection Warrior guide

PvP

PvP
Change	What changed	Kind
Recently Dropped Flag	In the Darkspear Islands battleground, the player who drops the flag no longer gets this debuff.	Changed

Races: Dwarf

Races: Dwarf
Change	What changed	Kind
Earth Fury	The 2% critical strike damage and healing bonus is removed.	Removed
Artisan's Precision	A new racial that adds 1% hit chance for spells and attacks.	New

Races: Human

Races: Human
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind
Ruthless	The critical chance bonus is smaller.	2%	1%	Nerf
Human Spirit	The Spirit bonus is larger.	5%	10%	Buff

Races: Orc

Races: Orc
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind
Savage	The 1% critical strike chance bonus is removed.			Removed
Command	The racial returns, adding 5% damage to Warlock and Hunter pets.			New
Blood Fury	The cooldown is shorter.	3 minutes	2 minutes	Buff

Races: Skyborne

Races: Skyborne
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Wind-Blessed	The Haste bonus is smaller.	3%	2%	Nerf
Read Leyline	The regeneration boost is halved and lasts 15 seconds; it can’t be used during Innervate, which replaces it as the stronger effect.	100%	50%	Changed	Our Skyborne (High Order) guide
Attuned	Using Read Leyline at a Ley Line grants this for 1 hour and raises the effect to 100% regeneration; it survives death and is removed on entering a raid.			New
Skysight	The movement speed bonus is larger and lasts 15 seconds.	10%	15%	Buff	Our Skyborne (Windshaper) guide
Charged	Using Skysight at an elemental convergence grants this for 1 hour and raises the effect to 30% movement speed; it survives death and is removed on entering a raid.			New

Races: Tauren

Races: Tauren
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Plainsrunning	Each stack gives more movement speed, and the max total doubles.	1% per stack, 30% max	2% per stack, 60% max	Buff	Our Tauren guide
Plainsrunning	It no longer increases mounted movement speed.			Nerf
Endurance	It now gives only 5% more Health, with no hit chance or critical damage modifiers.			Nerf

Races: Troll

Races: Troll
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Berserking	The duration is longer.	10 seconds	15 seconds	Buff	Our Troll guide

Races: Undead

Races: Undead
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind	Our guide
Cannibalize	It can again be used while immune to Physical damage.			Fixed
Touch of the Grave	It now triggers often enough. A bug had made it fire too rarely, and that is fixed.			Fixed
Touch of the Grave	It no longer leaves a beam visual behind.			Fixed
Touch of the Grave	The internal cooldown is shorter.	25 seconds	15 seconds	Buff	Our Undead guide

Gamepad

Gamepad
Change	What changed	Kind
Gamepad support	Controller play is now functionally complete and covers movement, spells, interactions and interface navigation, with settings in Edit Mode and the Options menu.	New
Gamepad Action Bar: ground-targeted items	Area-effect items on the Gamepad Action Bar can now be placed at a targeted spot, confirmed by pressing the button a second time like ground-targeted spells.	New
Gamepad Action Bar: page and Edit Mode fixes	Changing the keyboard and mouse bar page no longer offsets Gamepad bar buttons, and Gamepad bar settings now show immediately in Edit Mode.	Fixed
Gamepad add-on compatibility	Gamepad interface compatibility with user-made add-ons was improved to make conflicts less likely.	Changed
Gamepad inventory fixes	Fixed focus leaving the inventory after item destruction, uneven horizontal navigation between bag columns, and Lua errors during trades and after switching from the Gamepad interface.	Fixed
Gamepad bag interface	The Gamepad bag interface got new visuals, clearer bag states, remaining-space and ammo count indicators, better prompts, Keyring navigation and highlighting, and a reworked inventory search layout.	Changed
Gamepad ruleset selection	Controllers can now navigate and use the ruleset selection screens.	New
Gamepad Character Select fix	New characters are now automatically selected on return to Character Select when using a Gamepad.	Fixed
Gamepad cinematics	Controllers can now skip or exit cinematics.	New
Gamepad Focus Target	Controllers can now target a previously assigned Focus Target with LB + RB + Face Down, and the target menu shows Clear Focus when the current target is the Focus Target.	New
Gamepad targeting of friendly corpses	Friendly corpses can now be targeted with a Gamepad through both Friendly Analog Targeting and Friendly Tab Targeting.	New
Gamepad targeting of critters	Hostile Analog Targeting and Soft Targeting can now target critters.	Changed
Gamepad targeting of enemy players	Friendly Analog Targeting no longer selects enemy players, while Hostile Analog Targeting can select them regardless of PvP flag status.	Changed
Gamepad Analog Targeting of units behind you	Analog Targeting can now select units behind the player as long as they remain visible on screen.	Changed
Gamepad targeting of Feign Death units	Attackable Feign Death units can be targeted only when the Gamepad reticle is over them.	Changed
Gamepad targeting fixes	Fixed some attackable enemies wrongly showing an Interact icon, and corpses staying locked as the target after looting or closing the loot window.	Fixed
Gamepad flight paths	Controllers can now end a flight path early with the Back/Cancel action, and the player dismounts at the next available flight point.	New
Gamepad focus and popups	Popups the player did not start no longer take Gamepad focus on their own, and can be focused with the View/Select action; focus is also no longer lost from Options after a graphics confirmation dialog.	Changed
Gamepad panel navigation prompts	Prompts for moving between supported interface panels now show the LT and RT buttons.	Changed
Gamepad Pet Move command	Controllers can now use the Pet Move command and confirm placement with the Interact button or with the ability again.	New
Gamepad profession fixes	Train now works at Profession Trainers when only a skill upgrade is offered, and the unlearn-Profession prompt now shows the hold requirement.	Fixed
Gamepad quest details fix	Opening quest details from another map region with a Gamepad no longer raises a Lua error.	Fixed
Off-Hand Swing Timer	Fixed the Off-Hand Swing Timer sometimes not appearing after login on dual-wielding characters.	Fixed
Gamepad Color Picker	Controllers can now adjust opacity in the Color Picker.	New
Gamepad prompts in Equipment Manager	Gamepad LB and RB prompts no longer wrongly appear in the Equipment Manager under the keyboard and mouse interface.	Fixed
Gamepad tooltips	Gamepad tooltips now stay visible and can no longer be switched on or off with the controller.	Changed

Items

Items
Change	What changed	Kind
Bag auto-equip	Bags no longer equip themselves into free bag slots; the player must equip them manually.	Changed

World and quests

World and quests
Change	What changed	Was	Now	Kind
Respawn rates	Respawn rates were adjusted in many areas, generally faster in lower-level zones (fastest in starting zones) and slower as levels rise; Blizzard says the aim is to handle large launch crowds while keeping some spawn competition, and it plans to move lower-level zones to more typical rates once the initial surge settles.			Changed
Quest experience	Experience values were adjusted on various quests.			Changed
Quest prerequisites and levels	Prerequisites and level settings on some quests were adjusted to improve flow across the world.			Changed
Quest objective tooltips	Various quests gained mouseover tooltips for their objectives.			New
Quest map markers	Missing point-of-interest markers were added and incorrect ones adjusted on various quests.			Fixed
Quest log zone sorting	Incorrect zone sorting in the quest log was fixed on various quests.			Fixed
Quest items and abandoning	On various quests, you now abandon the quest when you destroy the quest item, and the item is destroyed when you abandon the quest.			Fixed
Satyr creature type	Some satyr were classified as humanoids and are now demons.			Fixed
Alterac Mountains: Dalaran Summoners	Fixed Dalaran Summoners summoning without limit.			Fixed
Quest: Counterattack!	In the Barrens, Rethgar Deathgate can now be spoken to start the event when it is not currently active.			Changed
Barrens: Alliance Outrunners	The Alliance Outrunners now spawn in random locations.			Changed
Quest: Holy Diver	In Darkshore, the quest now gives an XP reward.			Buff
Mulgore: Gloomrise Hatchlings	Gloomrise Hatchlings now give less XP, in line with their lower health.			Changed
Quest: Hidden Enemies	In Orgrimmar, the Lieutenant's Insignia no longer stays in inventory after the quest is completed.			Fixed
Ruins of Lordaeron dungeon quests	These quests now consistently require level 15 to start, where it was a mix of 15 and 16, and some prerequisites changed.	mix of level 15 and 16	level 15	Changed
Quest: Twisted Hatred	In The Cleft in Teldrassil, there are slightly fewer spiders in the area for this quest.			Changed
Quest: Carnage	In Wetlands, Carnage no longer resets near the end of the fight.			Fixed
Quest: Destruction in Deadmines	In Wetlands, Alba Fairmoon no longer becomes unavailable for turn-in.			Fixed

Forever beta notes: racials reworked 16 October 2026, 00:15 UTC
Forever beta notes: Cooldown Manager test 24 September 2026, 22:23 UTC
Forever beta notes: level cap 30 1 October 2026, 22:56 UTC
Forever beta notes: City of Dalaran 8 October 2026, 21:32 UTC
World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid 30 September 2026, 19:00 UTC

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