WoW Forever Races and Classes

All Race and Class Combinations

Race	Warrior	Paladin	Hunter	Rogue	Priest	Shaman	Mage	Warlock	Druid
Human Alliance	●	●	★	●	●		●	●
Dwarf Alliance	●	●	●	●	●	★
Night Elf Alliance	●		●	●	●				●
Gnome Alliance	●			●	★		●	●
Skyborne · High Order Alliance	★		★	★			★		★
Orc Horde	●		●	●		●	★	●
Undead Horde	●	★		●	●		●	●
Tauren Horde	●		●			●			●
Troll Horde	●		●	●	●	●	●	★
Skyborne · Windshapers Horde	★		★	★		★			★

● playable as in Classic · ★ new in WoW Forever

Guides for every race

Racials, starting zone, capital and suitable classes for every race: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Orc, Undead, Tauren, Troll.

All racials side by side: Racials compared.

Six New Combinations

• Alliance: Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman.
• Horde: Orc Mage, Troll Warlock, Undead Paladin.

For the first time, Alliance players can play Shamans and Horde players can play Paladins. official

The New Race: Skyborne

The Skyborne are descendants of the Highborne who forged a pact with the wind spirits and lived for a long time in the realm of Skywall. You choose the faction yourself: on the Horde side they are the Windshapers, on the Alliance side the High Order. official

• Windshapers: Druid, Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior. official
• High Order: Druid, Hunter, Mage, Rogue, Warrior. official
• Starting zone: Zephras Isle, levels 1–12. official
• Skyborne are a paid race: you need at least the Skyborne Heroic Pack. official
• Skyborne guide: The new race: factions, racial abilities and starting zone.

Skyborne Racial Abilities

• Walk on Air: glide for 10 seconds official
• Wind Blessed: +1% haste official
• Elemental Insight: +5% damage against elementals official
• Skysight (Windshapers): +10% movement speed official
• Read Ley Line (High Order): +100% health and mana regeneration official

Reworked Racial Abilities

Every race now has two active and two passive racial abilities, many of them reworked or new. Examples: Orc: Shatter Curse, Tauren: Cultivation, Tauren: Plainsrunning, Night Elf: Elune's Light, Gnome: Eureka!. official

Modern races like Goblins or Vulpera are not planned. official

On to the Classes

Find talents, abilities by level and macros for every class in the Talent calculator. What changed in combat and talents is covered in What's New in WoW Forever?.

More WoW Forever Guides

• Beginner's guide
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• What's New in WoW Forever?
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• Forever vs. Classic
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• Rulesets and Names
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• Raids
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• PvP
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• Legacy System
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• Which class suits me?
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• BiS lists
  The best gear for every class and playstyle.
• Dungeons by level
  Which dungeon fits your level, plus the raids.
• Professions 1–300
  Leveling routes for every profession with materials and a shopping list.
• Best professions
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• Making gold
  Honest ways to earn gold, no buying, no bots.
• Release and Countdown
  Every date up to the raid launch.
• Editions and prices
  All editions, prices and what the subscription includes.
• Roadmap
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• Name generator
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• Class quests
  Every class quest chain for each class, by level.
• Class trainers
  Where every class finds its trainers, with coordinates.
• Macros
  Ready-made macros for all nine classes to copy.
• Dungeon quests
  Every quest to pick up before each dungeon as a checklist.
• Quest Chains
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• Librams and Arcanums
  All eight librams with materials, costs and bonuses.
• Tier list
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• Skyborne guide
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• Hardcore
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• Onyxia attunement
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• Launch time worldwide
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• Dates and countdown
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• Server status
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• What to do at which level?
  Zones, quests and dungeons for every level.
• Riding
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• Attributes and stats
  What Strength, Stamina, Armor and more actually do.
• Camping
  Every camp object and what it does.
• Lockpicking
  Rogue guide, skill 1–300.
• Pick Pocket
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• Best addons
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• Install addons
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• Reputation
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• Launch checklist
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• Legacy planner
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• Patch notes
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