World of Warcraft: Forever is the permanent level-60 Azeroth lane beside modern WoW and Classic. It launches November 4, 2026, with Classic-era framing, reworked racials, new race and class combos, and Skyborne as the faction-choice race on Zephras Isle. This hub is the MinMax route map: launch coverage first, then every race, class, and starting zone as plain links, with one overview article card at the end of each section.
Start here
If you want dates, systems, and the BlizzCon pitch, open the launch article. If you want the full racial kit table, open racial traits.
What Forever is
Forever keeps a level-60 Azeroth fantasy with a fixed progression lane rather than modern expansion leveling. Character creation still starts with faction, race, and class. Forever's launch highlights include Skyborne, Zephras Isle, reworked racial actives and passives, and new combos such as Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Gnome Priest, Orc Mage, Undead Paladin, and Troll Warlock. Use race pages for leader, start, mount, and racial fantasy. Use class pages for roles and which races can roll them. Use starting zone pages for vibe and who wakes up there. Use the Forever racial traits article when you want every tooltip in one place.
Races
With racials, starting zones and even class and transmog being important in the game, what you pick as your race makes a big different!
Alliance:
The noble Humans
The sturdy Dwarves
The nimble Night Elves
The intelligent Gnomes
Horde:
The strong Orcs
The sneaky Undead
The graceful Tauren
The ancient Trolls
Faction choice: The new and blue Skyborne (Alliance High Order or Horde Windshaper)
Classes
Choosing what your fantasy is for your gameplay is important, as it also partially determines what role you can fulfill in dungeons and in raids.
Powerful Warriors
Precise Hunters
Intelligent Mages
Sneaky Rogues
Caring Priests
Summoning Warlocks
Protective Paladins
Elemental Shamans
Natural Druids
Zones
From starting locations to lore hubs, all zones come with their own theme and vibe and music.
The human starting zone: Elwynn Forest
The Dwarf and Gnome starting zone: Dun Morogh
The Night Elf starting zone: Teldrassil
The Orc and Troll starting zone: Durotar
The Undead starting zone: Tirisfal Glades
The Tauren starting zone: Mulgore
The Skyborne starting zone: Zephras Isle