Launch Hub · Last updated October 14, 2026
Everything Blizzard has confirmed so far about World of Warcraft: Forever, gathered in one place and updated as more is announced. Every fact on this page comes from Blizzard’s official announcements, linked at the bottom.
Key dates
| Milestone | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beta | September 17 – October 21, 2026 | Included with the Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection. October 21 is the last full day of testing. |
| Global launch | November 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST | Included with an active WoW subscription or Game Time. |
| First raids | December 9, 2026 | Hyjal Summit (20 players) and Barrow Deeps (10 players). |
| Hardcore | After launch | Date not announced yet. |
What Forever is
Forever is a new, permanent version of the game that sits alongside modern World of Warcraft and WoW Classic. It returns to the original continents with a level cap of 60 and adds new zones, quests, dungeons and raids. The story is set after Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom and before Molten Core. There are no flying mounts and no level scaling.
In the game at launch
World
- More than 1,000 new quests from level 1 to 60
- New zones: Mount Hyjal, Shen’dralas, the Riverglades and Zephras Isle
- Nine new dungeons, including the Hall of Thanes beneath Ironforge, the Ruins of Lordaeron, the City of Dalaran and Alcaz Prison
- Darkspear Islands, a new 15v15 battleground off the coast of Kalimdor
Characters
- The Skyborne, a new race for Horde or Alliance, starting on Zephras Isle at levels 1–12 (comes with the Skyborne upgrade packs)
- Six new race and class pairs: Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock and Undead Paladin
- Talent trees keep the Classic layout, with a new milestone at 16 points
- Hit chance and crit chance are each combined across melee, ranged and spells
Systems
- Legacy System: account-wide points spent per character on profession, adventure and resource perks
- Camping: campfires with vendors, repairs, buffs and profession-crafted objects
- Normal, PvP and Roleplaying rulesets at launch, with Hardcore later
- More than 600 new profession recipes
Good to know
- Opt-in transmog, plus Modern and Classic visual presets.
- HD or classic-style character models, with the original animations restored on HD models.
- Official gamepad support.
- Mount costs move to riding training, as in The Burning Crusade.