News - ForeverTome

Wind-carved buildings and trees on Zephras Isle, the Skyborne starting zone

Beta opens September 17: which pack actually gets you in

The $29.99 Heroic Pack unlocks the Skyborne but not the beta. Here is what each Forever edition includes, and the reporting conflict worth knowing about.

AJ Austin Jones 13h ago

A shaft of light breaking through the forest canopy in Ashenvale, lighting a path through the undergrowth

Graphics

Forever's graphics overhaul, and the toggle that makes it optional

Global illumination, volumetric fog, a new water renderer and real-time terrain shadows - with an HD/SD switch that restores the 2004 look at any time.

AJ Austin Jones 1d ago

Three characters showing new race and class combinations: a plate-armoured tauren, a gnome, and a dwarf with totems

Classes

470 talents, 27 trees: the numbers behind Forever's talent overhaul

Only 69 talents from the BlizzCon demo are unchanged from Classic. Here is the full breakdown, and the two structural changes that matter most.

AJ Austin Jones 1d ago

A human town in the Riverglades with a mounted knight statue and a castle wall behind it

Zones

Every new zone in Forever, and where it sits in the 1-60 journey

Zephras Isle, Shen'dralas, the Riverglades and a restored Mount Hyjal, plus Dalaran's return as a hub city and the two new raids.

AJ Austin Jones 2d ago

A Skyborne elf in white and gold robes standing before a blossoming tree and a stone monument

Races

The Skyborne: a neutral elven race that picks its own side

Forever's new race starts on a floating island, chooses Alliance or Horde at character creation, and gets a different class list depending on which you pick.

AJ Austin Jones 3d ago

Orgrimmar at sunset under Forever's new lighting, god rays falling across the valley

Announcement

World of Warcraft: Forever announced, launching November 4

Blizzard's third version of WoW expands vanilla sideways instead of upward: 1,000 new quests, nine dungeons, a new race, and a level cap that stays at 60.

AJ Austin Jones 4d ago