WoW Forever starter guide & launch checklist
Everything a new WoW Forever player needs on one page: schedule, what changed from Classic, new dungeons, picking a class and the addon to install.
✅ Launch checklist
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- Check your pre-purchase
Early name reservation needs the Skyborne Heroic Pack, Epic Pack or the Warcraft Forever Collection on that account.
Official post ↗ - Pick a ruleset
PvE or PvP. On PvP you can only make one faction per account. Forever has no realm names — only region and ruleset.
See where everyone is going → - Decide race and class
Six new combos and the new Skyborne race. Racials changed on Oct 26 — check before you commit.
Race & class picker → - Set your online language
Options → Languages and Social. It groups you with players who share your language, and has a 24-hour cooldown once changed.
- Install Forever Assist
Quest alerts, navigation, dungeon guides, BiS and run logs in one addon.
Get it on CurseForge ↗ - New to the addon? Start with Easy settings
Type /fa and open Settings — the first page, "Easy settings", has the most-used features as big ON/OFF switches in three groups, plus bigger/smaller text buttons. It opens by itself once after updating (1.46.0+).
All commands → - Check your character on the Armory
Blizzard’s WoW Forever Armory is live: gear, achievements and stats for characters level 10+. Sign in with Battle.net.
Open the Armory ↗ - Starting as Skyborne? Zephras Isle route
Level 1–13 quest order and where the repair, trainer and vendor NPCs are, from addon logs.
Zephras Isle guide → - Plan your first dungeons
Know which dungeon fits your level, what drops there and which gear to chase.
Dungeons by level → - Find a guild or party
Guilds and party posts are tagged by region and language.
Guilds → - Launch: Nov 4, 3:00 p.m. PST
Global launch at the same moment everywhere (Nov 5, 8:00 a.m. in Korea).
- Reserve your namesEnded
Oct 27 – Nov 3, up to 3 characters across all rulesets, first come first served. Starts Oct 27 1 p.m. PDT (NA), 18:00 CET (EU), Oct 28 7:00 KST.
1. What is WoW Forever?
A new version of World of Warcraft built by Blizzard on top of Classic. The familiar Classic world gets new dungeons, reworked racial traits, new spells and talents for each class, and a Legacy system.
It is in beta right now, and Blizzard posts weekly developer notes. This site summarizes those notes and builds dungeon statistics from game logs shared by players.
2. Key changes from Classic
Highlights from the latest Blizzard developer notes.
- A "User Interface and Accessibility" section was added to the Nov 2 notes after the fact
- The melee swing timer bar no longer fades with range until the swing finishes
- Combined bags show slot backgrounds by bag; nameplate debuff icons are now click-through
- Spellbook and talent windows open at the same height as other panels; the spellbook combat-mode window is smaller
- Once at the honor cap, kill honor no longer shows as floating text or in chat; PvP scoreboard updated
- Roundup of 2.5 weeks since Oct 15: several classes deal more damage and high-level mobs get more health; no big tuning planned before raids
- Tank threat up across the board: Warrior Defensive Stance 30% → 80%, Bear Form 50% → 115%, Righteous Fury learned at 10 instead of 16
- Paladin Blessing of Salvation and Blessing of Light removed; Holy gains Oath of Light and Boundless Light
3. Dungeons by level
Sorted by level range; new Forever dungeons are tagged. Click a name for the guide, drops and run stats.
- 13–18 Hall of Thanes Ironforge Forever new
- 13–18 Ragefire Chasm Orgrimmar
- 15–20 Ruins of Lordaeron Tirisfal Glades Forever new
- 17–24 Wailing Caverns The Barrens
- 17–26 The Deadmines Westfall
- 22–30 Shadowfang Keep Silverpine Forest
- 24–29 Excavation Site Wetlands Forever new
- 24–32 Blackfathom Deeps Ashenvale
- 24–32 The Stockade Stormwind
- 28–33 City of Dalaran Alterac Mountains Forever new
- 29–38 Gnomeregan Dun Morogh
- 29–38 Razorfen Kraul The Barrens
- 30–38 Scarlet Monastery Graveyard Tirisfal Glades
- 35–40 The Drowned City Stranglethorn Vale Forever new
- 37–46 Razorfen Downs The Barrens
- 40–45 Krol'dok Stronghold Riverglades Forever new
- 41–51 Uldaman Badlands
- 44–54 Zul'Farrak Tanaris
- 46–55 Maraudon Desolace
- 48–53 Alcaz Prison Dustwallow Marsh Forever new
- 50–60 Temple of Atal'Hakkar Swamp of Sorrows
- 52–60 Blackrock Depths Blackrock Mountain
- 54–60 Dire Maul East Feralas
- 55–60 Blackmaw Hold Azshara Forever new
- 55–60 Lower Blackrock Spire Blackrock Mountain
- 56–60 Dire Maul North Feralas
- 56–60 Dire Maul West Feralas
- 58–60 Shaper's Terrace Un'Goro Crater Forever new
- 58–60 Scholomance Western Plaguelands
- 58–60 Stratholme Main Gate Eastern Plaguelands
- 58–60 Stratholme Service Gate Eastern Plaguelands
- 59–60 Upper Blackrock Spire Blackrock Mountain
- 60–60 Barrow Deeps Mount Hyjal
- 60–60 Hyjal Summit Mount Hyjal
- 60–60 Onyxia's Lair Dustwallow Marsh
4. Pick a class
See what changed for each class in Forever, plus best-in-slot gear by slot. Item search →
5. Must-have addon: Forever Assist v1.60.0
An all-in-one addon: quest alerts, navigation arrows, dungeon entrance guide, item codex with BiS, party tools and game log sharing.
- CurseForge app (recommended) — Search for "Forever Assist" in the CurseForge app and install. Updates arrive through the app.
- Manual install — Download the zip from CurseForge, extract it, and put the ForeverAssist folder in the path below.
- Check in game — Make sure Forever Assist is enabled in the AddOns list on the character screen. Click the minimap button to open settings.