Races and racials

Each race's racial abilities, as its own page lists them. Where a race gives some of its classes their own version, the row names those classes.

Racial abilities of every playable race

Race	Racial	Type	Effect
Human Alliance	Perception	Active	Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec.
	Will to Survive New in Forever	Active	Instantly removes all Stun effects.
	Sword Specialization Changed in Forever	Passive	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 2% while you have a sword or two-handed sword equipped.
	The Human Spirit	Passive	Spirit increased by 5%.
Dwarf Alliance	Find Treasure	Active	Allows the dwarf to sense nearby treasure, making it appear on the minimap. Lasts until cancelled.
	Stoneform Changed in Forever	Active	Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects, and reduces all Physical damage taken by 10% for 8 sec.
	Big Game Hunter New in Forever	Passive	Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
	Mace Specialization New in Forever	Passive	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 1% while you have a mace or two-handed mace equipped.
Night Elf Alliance	Elune's Light New in Forever	Active	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 10% for 15 sec.
	Shadowmeld Changed in Forever	Active	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.
	Quickness Changed in Forever	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 Changed in Forever	Passive	Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.
Gnome Alliance	Escape Artist	Active	Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
	Eureka! Rogue only New in Forever	Active	Your next 3 damaging abilities have their Energy cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage.
	Eureka! Warrior only New in Forever	Active	Your next 3 damaging abilities have their Rage cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage.
	Eureka! Mage only New in Forever	Active	Your next 3 damaging abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage.
	Eureka! Warlock only New in Forever	Active	Your next 3 damaging abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage.
	Eureka! Priest only New in Forever	Active	Your next 3 damaging or healing abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage or healing.
	Engineering Specialization Changed in Forever	Passive	Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
	Expansive Mind Priest, Mage, Warlock only Changed in Forever	Passive	Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
	Expansive Mind Warrior only New in Forever	Passive	Maximum Rage increased by 5%.
	Expansive Mind Rogue only New in Forever	Passive	Maximum Energy increased by 5%.
High Order Skyborne Alliance	Read Ley Line New in Forever	Active	Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby ley line, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 15 sec if no ley line is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
	Walk on Air New in Forever	Active	Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
	Elemental Insight New in Forever	Passive	Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
	Wind Blessed New in Forever	Passive	Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 1%.
Orc Horde	Blood Fury Changed in Forever	Active	Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec.
	Shatter Curse New in Forever	Active	Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 15% for 8 sec.
	Axe Specialization Changed in Forever	Passive	Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and abilities by 1% while you have an axe or a two-handed axe equipped.
	Hardiness Changed in Forever	Passive	Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%.
Undead Horde	Cannibalize Changed in Forever	Active	When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
	Will of the Forsaken	Active	Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
	Touch of the Grave Warrior, Paladin, Rogue only New in Forever	Passive	Your spells and attacks have a 5% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.
	Touch of the Grave Priest, Mage, Warlock only New in Forever	Passive	Your spells and attacks have a 10% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.
	Underwater Breathing	Passive	Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
Tauren Horde	Cultivation Changed in Forever	Active	Cultivate a nearby herb, growing a duplicate you can harvest without requiring Herbalism skill. Each herb may only be cultivated once.
	War Stomp	Active	Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yds for 2 sec.
	Endurance Changed in Forever	Passive	Total Health increased by 5% and chance to hit increased by 1%.
	Plainsrunning New in Forever	Passive	Gain 1% increased movement speed every 5 sec spent moving, up to a maximum of 30% increase. Taking damage or standing still will reduce this effect.
Troll Horde	Berserking	Active	Coming soon The game has no text for this spell.
	Rapid Regeneration New in Forever	Active	Regenerate 50% of your maximum Health over 6 sec. Any movement, action, or damage taken will cancel the effect.
	Beast Slaying	Passive	Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
	Regeneration Changed in Forever	Passive	Health regeneration rate increased by 10%. In addition, 10% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat.
Windshaper Skyborne Horde	Skysight New in Forever	Active	Attempt to draw power from a convergence of elements and receive its blessing, increasing your movement and mounted movement speeds by 10%. Lasts 30 sec if no elemental convergence is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
	Walk on Air New in Forever	Active	Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
	Elemental Insight New in Forever	Passive	Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
	Wind Blessed New in Forever	Passive	Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 1%.