MMORPG · Blizzard

World of Warcraft Forever

PC · MacLaunch Nov 4, 2026Beta opens Sep 17

Tools

Nov 4

Launch

Sep 17

Beta opens

New dungeons

1,000+

New quests

Road to launch

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Of the way to launch

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Until launch

Revealed at BlizzCon
Classic+ announced as World of Warcraft Forever
Beta opens
Guaranteed with the Skyborne Edition or Warcraft Forever Collection. Everyone else opts in without a seat
Pre-launch beta test
Five-day test window with a level 30 cap
Worldwide launch
Live on Battle.net at 3:00 PM PST

Times are shown in your time zone.

Classes

Warrior

Tank · melee

Paladin

Hybrid · plate

Hunter

Ranged · pet

Rogue

Melee · stealth

Priest

Healer · caster

Shaman

Hybrid · totems

Mage

Caster · burst

Warlock

Caster · demons

Druid

Hybrid · shapeshift

Classic's nine classes. Confirmed new combos: Forsaken Paladins, Dwarf Shamans and more, plus a new race, the Skyborne elves, who can join either faction.

Media

Press kit

A sunlit valley seen through a sea of clouds, from the launch cinematic

Alliance key art: adventurers on a clifftop looking toward a great tree above the mountains

Horde key art: adventurers led by a tauren, overlooking a lake and a distant spire at sunset

A Skyborne elf in white and gold robes beside a blue stone shrine

New race and class combinations, including a dwarf shaman, before red canyon cliffs

A stone watchtower above a river in one of the new zones

Twisted purple roots arching over glowing water on Mount Hyjal

Shafts of light through the Ashenvale forest, showing the new lighting

Horde players resting around a campfire at dusk

New Horizons — Cinematic Trailer Gameplay Trailer