WoW Forever Patch Notes: Every Update

Every WoW: Forever update so far, newest first, with the changes that matter most when the game launches on November 4, 2026. Forever runs on patch 1.60.1; the latest client build is 1.60.1.70532 (October 21). Planned content, like the December 9 raids, is on the roadmap.

Date	Update	Biggest changes
Oct 21	Stress test and client build 1.60.1.70532	Open stress test for all players
Oct 15	Beta update	Reworked racials, raid-wide buffs, new Frost Blast spell, Elemental Shaman and Shadow Priest talent changes
Oct 8	Beta update	City of Dalaran dungeon, +20% dungeon kill XP, Classic Era group XP, Rage fixes, Discord voice chat
Oct 1	Beta update	Level cap raised to 30, Excavation Site dungeon, Fury Warrior rework, Honor cap 25,000
Sep 24	Beta update	First weekly build: Paladin and Shaman tuning, Cooldown Manager, gamepad flyouts
Sep 22	Client build 69977	Mac and gamepad fixes
Sep 17	Beta opens	Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection owners

October 21: stress test

The beta went offline for a stress test that anyone could join, with no subscription, Game Time, invitation or beta access needed. Characters, names and guilds from the stress test were wiped before Name Reservation opened on October 27. Client build 1.60.1.70532 came out the same day. The talent trees, profession recipes and items on this site come from that build.

October 15 beta update

Racial abilities got their biggest pass yet:

Race	Change
Tauren	Endurance: 2% increased critical damage and healing (was 1% hit). Plainsrunning also gives 3% mounted speed but needs real movement to stay active. Cultivation cooldown 15 min, War Stomp 90 sec
Dwarf	Mace Specialization replaced by Earth Fury (2% critical damage and healing). Find Treasure can find extra items in most chests
Skyborne	Wind Blessed haste 3% (was 1%). Skysight and Read Leyline castable while moving. Walk on Air cooldown 90 sec. More Elemental Convergences and Leylines in the world
Human	Sword Specialization replaced by Ruthless (2% critical strike chance)
Orc	Axe Specialization replaced by Savage (1% critical strike chance). Blood Fury cooldown 3 min
Undead	Touch of the Dead: 30% proc chance for casters, 20% for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors, 25 sec cooldown
Gnome	Eureka! is now an 8-second buff with no charges, and also helps Power Word: Shield
Night Elf	Quickness stacks with other movement speed increases
Troll	Regeneration bonus 20% (was 10%)

See every racial on the races page.

Classes

Raid-wide buffs: Moonkin Aura, Leader of the Pack, Trueshot Aura, Battle Shout and the Shaman’s Grace of Air, Strength of Earth, Windfury and Flametongue totems now reach the whole raid.
Wands and Auto Shot need you to stand still for 0.5 seconds before firing, as in early WoW.
Mage: new spell Frost Blast at level 24 (a slowing Frost spell that replaces down-ranked Frostbolt). Arcane Blast redesigned; new 16-point talent Arcane Wrath; Missile Barrage moves to the first row; Fire Power and Winter’s Chill redesigned.
Paladin: Blessing of Salvation becomes Salvation and Mass Salvation, which no longer take a blessing slot; new spell Revoke. Reckoning stores up to 4 charges again.
Priest: Devouring Plague cooldown 24 sec, Shadow Word: Death 18 sec, Vampiric Embrace 30 sec. New Shadow talent Dark Inspiration.
Shaman: Elemental tree rebuilt: Elemental Mastery is the 31-point talent, Lava Burst the 21-point talent, Earthbound the 16-point talent. Chain Lightning costs about 35% less mana. New Mana Tide Totem rank at level 38.
Hunter: one Fire trap and one Ice trap can be active at once; new option to switch automatically between Auto Attack and Auto Shot.
Warlock: Grim Reach and Destructive Reach add 10/20% range; Shadow Mastery up to 10%.

Also new: a tutorial for new players, a Bloom Intensity slider under Advanced graphics, an equippable-level column in the Auction House, and Battleground Marks of Honor stacking to 30.

October 8 beta update

City of Dalaran dungeon opens for testing.
Dungeon kill experience up about 20%.
Group experience works like Classic Era: each player’s experience depends on their own level, not the highest level in the group.
Rage fixes: Warriors and Druids gain more Rage from taking damage, rebalanced around questing armor values. Critical strikes now generate 100% more Rage.
Druid: Bear Form threat bonus 50% (was 30%); Thorns back to Vanilla base damage.
Paladin: Retribution Aura back to Vanilla base damage and uses the Paladin’s own spell power.
Priest: Penance retuned so it stays more mana-efficient than Heal and Greater Heal.
Interface: Discord voice chat for parties, voice options in Group Finder, quest types and level requirements shown in the quest tracker, and a “View Talents” option on the target frame.
Desolace: the new Gelkis and Magram quests (starting with “Valley of Bones”) now need level 35.

October 1 beta update

Level cap raised to 30, the Excavation Site dungeon added, plus Razorfen Downs and Uldaman.
Barbershops in Darnassus and Thunder Bluff; guards give directions to them.
Druid: Tiger’s Fury removed; new Cat talents Shifting Power and Improved Shifting Power; all forms immune to Disarm.
Warrior: Fury reworked with new talents Lingering Rage, Furious Precision and Gore Drinker; Whirlwind always hits with both weapons; Bloodthirst scales better.
Mage: Hot Streak renamed Heating Up; Combustion back to 3 charges.
PvP: Honor costs for PvP gear up about 50%, and the Honor cap raised to 25,000 (was 15,000).
Experience: dungeon quests give 50% less bonus experience.
Professions: more Blacksmithing and Leatherworking recipes drop in dungeons; creatures can be skinned only once.
Graphics: better rain; the Ray Traced Shadows option is removed until it is fixed.

September 24 beta update

The first weekly build. Highlights:

Paladin: Holy Strike hits harder at every rank, its cooldown drops to 10 sec, and Improved Holy Strike is now baseline.
Shaman: totem stacking cleaned up (Flametongue and Windfury totems no longer stack); Elemental Fury and Elemental Alacrity swap rows.
Warrior: Bastion and Focused Rage swap rows in Protection; Slam cooldown 18 sec.
Hunter pets: Tame Beast no longer works on Beasts above your level.
Gnome: Eureka becomes a 10% discount on Mana, Rage or Energy abilities.
Cooldown Manager added (off by default, under Gameplay Enhancement) and gamepad flyouts for forms, stances, pets and auras.
Camping: you can sit, sleep, lie down or kneel to get campfire buffs, and still cast or craft while you wait.

September 22 client build 69977

A small client update with Mac display and stability fixes, smoother controller navigation on the character select screen, and gamepad support for items that start quests.

September 17: beta opens

The beta opened on September 17 for owners of the Skyborne Epic Pack and the Warcraft Forever Collection, with the beta period listed as September 17 to October 21. Early known issues included a guild charter workaround (charters could be handed in with no signatures) and an unfinished Cooldown Manager.

Graphics updates in WoW Forever

Modern and Classic visual presets, and a choice of HD or SD character models (Standard Definition Skyborne models and Druid forms arrive in early 2027).
Restored Classic animations for HD character models.
New environment effects: rivers that flow through Elwynn Forest, mist over Darkshore’s waters and moonlight breaking through the trees of Ashenvale, keeping the original art style.
Options added in the beta: a Bloom Intensity slider under Advanced graphics. Ray Traced Shadows was removed in the October 1 build and will return once fixed.
Check your PC against the system requirements.

WoW Forever Patch Notes