Faction identity
Forever keeps Horde and Alliance separate. Your faction continues to shape your social and world experience.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: FOREVER · RACES & FACTIONS
Choose your place in Azeroth
This guide tracks confirmed race, faction and class-availability information. Exact racial optimisation will wait until launch tuning is stable.
PRE-LAUNCH GUIDE · REVIEWED 25 SEPTEMBER 2026
Nine launch classes
The launch roster is Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock and Warrior. Blizzard has confirmed six new race/class combinations: Orc Mage, Troll Warlock, Undead Paladin, Human Hunter, Gnome Priest and Dwarf Shaman.
Skyborne
Skyborne split into Horde Windshapers and Alliance High Order. Both can be Druid, Hunter, Rogue or Warrior; Windshapers can also be Shamans, while High Order Skyborne can also be Mages.
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Confirmed systems can be documented now. Tuning, drop tables, market values and performance rankings remain clearly provisional until they can be checked against the live game.
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