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Night Elves in WoW Forever: Racials, Classes and Starting Zone

Night Elves belong to the Alliance. This page covers every racial with its values from the beta game data, the playable classes including the new combinations, and the first quests in the starting zone.

Racials: Night Elves

Shadowmeld

Racial · Cooldown 10 sec

Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Using this ability in combat discourages enemies from attacking you, but increases the cooldown to 2 min.

Elune's Light new in WoW Forever

Racial · Cooldown 3 min

Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 10% for 15 sec.

Quickness

Racial Passive

Dodge chance increased by 1% and movement speed increased by 2%. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are harder to detect in Stealth as if they were 1 level higher.

Wisp Spirit

Racial Passive

Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.

Names, values and cooldowns are from the beta client (build 1.60.1) and may still change before launch. from game data

“new in WoW Forever”: the ability has a new spell ID in the game data that did not exist in Classic.

All races side by side: Racials compared.

Which classes can Night Elves play?

ClassStatusLeveling
Warrior● as in ClassicLeveling guide
Hunter● as in ClassicLeveling guide
Rogue● as in ClassicLeveling guide
Priest● as in ClassicLeveling guide
Druid● as in ClassicLeveling guide

Classes as announced by Blizzard, ★ = new combination in WoW Forever. official

Not playable: Paladin, Shaman, Mage, Warlock. All race and class combinations are listed under Races and Classes.

Starting zone and first quests

Night Elves start in Teldrassil; their capital is Darnassus.

The first quests in the starting zone, from our quest database (levels 1 to 5):

  1. The Protector of the Woodlands Level 1
  2. The Balance of Nature Level 2
  3. The Balance of Nature Level 3
  4. The Woodland Protector Level 3
  5. Call of Nature Level 3
  6. Webwood Venom Level 4
  7. A Friend in Need Level 4
  8. Iverron's Antidote Level 4

All quests with levels and chains: Teldrassil. For what comes next, see the Leveling guide.

FAQ

Which classes can Night Elves play in WoW Forever?

Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest and Druid.

What racials do Night Elves have in WoW Forever?

Active: Shadowmeld, Elune's Light. Passive: Quickness, Wisp Spirit. Values from the beta game data (build 1.60.1).

Where do Night Elves start in WoW Forever?

In Teldrassil, their starting zone. Their capital is Darnassus.

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Last updated: Oct 15, 2026. Data source: beta game data 1.60.1 (build 1.60.1.70338). Details may still change before launch.

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