Beta known issues
- 38listed
- 8fixes announced
- 11work in progress
- 3source posts
Last checked 2026-09-24. Status is against the latest list; “first seen” is the date of the post that first carried the line.
- Mage 1
- Paladin 1
- Priest 2
- Rogue 1
- Warlock 2
- Barber 1
- Character sheet 3
- Combat 3
- Guilds 1
- Interface 1
- Legacy System 1
- Map 1
- Minimap 2
- Pets 3
- Quests 1
- Social 1
- Tooltips 1
- Waylaid Crates 2
- Other 10
Known issues
38Mage 1 listed
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Mana gem requires an additional spell to be cast by the mage to properly begin tracking its cooldown.
Paladin 1 listed
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Vengeance (Retribution Paladin Talent) can activate off of periodic critical strikes. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
Priest 2 listed
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Starshards (Night Elf Priest Racial) does not benefit from the Twilight Focus talent. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
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Priest tracks all spells by default.
Rogue 1 listed
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Item enhancements (such as Windfury or rogue poisons) cannot be tracked
Warlock 2 listed
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Warlock pets do not display Mana as a resource on the character sheet, and do not mention the scaling from their master (work in progress).
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Warlock pets do not display the correct scaling for Health from Stamina on the character sheet (work in progress).
Barber 1 listed
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Barber Chairs cause a LUA error.
Character sheet 3 listed
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Because of the above, the Glancing Blow chances displayed on the character sheet are not accurate (work in progress).
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Character pane does not display Level, Class or Titles (work in progress)
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Pet Movement Speed’s information on the character sheet is not displaying the correct base values in yards per second (work in progress).
Combat 3 listed
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Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses.
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The Glancing Blow chance for casters is incorrect at all levels, and the damage reduction of a glancing blow is also incorrect (work in progress).
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The Glancing Blow damage reduction penalty for Melee is incorrect on targets that are higher level than themselves.
- The chance a Glancing Blow occurs is correct for all levels for melee characters, and the damage reduction penalty for Glancing Blows for equal-level targets is correct. It is only the damage reduction penalty against higher level targets that is incorrect (work in progress).
Guilds 1 listed
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Player’s may find they are unable to sign guild charters. To alleviate this, we have temporarily made it possible to hand-in a guild charter with no signatures. (work in progress)
Interface 1 listed
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The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class.
Legacy System 1 listed
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You can open the Legacy System with the hotkey “Y” before reaching level 25. Doing so results in LUA errors on tab 1 and 3.
Map 1 listed
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Coldridge Valley does not reveal on the map when explored. This will be fixed in the next Beta build.
Minimap 2 listed
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The minimap may be partially off the screen.
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The minimap in Stormwind has display issues and will be fixed in a later build.
Pets 3 listed
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Pet Expertise is not displayed for both Hunters and Warlocks (work in progress).
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Pet Hit chance for both Hunters and Warlocks do not display the master’s scaling coefficient (work in progress).
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Pet cooldowns cannot be tracked.
Quests 1 listed
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Teldrassil - During the quest “Escaping Ban’ethil”, Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom runs a bit too fast and spams her Strike ability. This is fixed in the next beta build.
Social 1 listed
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Character friends in Beta disabled.
Tooltips 1 listed
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Create Firestone Ranks 3 and 4 do not display the conjured item tooltip portion of these abilities. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
Waylaid Crates 2 listed
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Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Curiosities does not accept Greater Magic Essence, and incorrectly allows you to target Lesser Magic Essence. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
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Waylaid Crates do not function on items with a maximum stack size smaller than the quantity required. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
Other 10 listed
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Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell queue window.
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Ranking up Holy Strike doesn’t feel great per rank. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
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Resurrection sickness’s duration is not correct at lower levels.
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Taking damage while channeling Arcane Missiles will fire off a full damage bolt instead of a bolt with truncated damage.
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Arcane Blast cannot be tracked.
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Banes and Curses do not properly track if you drop your target and re-acquire a target with an existing bane or curse.
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Creating or changing party composition may transfer players to a different world instance. We’re working on improvements and will provide an update soon.
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Healthstone cooldown cannot be tracked.
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Loch Modan - “Snowbound” gives more XP than intended. This is adjusted in the next beta build.
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Personal Resource Display doesn’t show combo points.
Fixed in build
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Source posts
3| Posted | Post | Author | Lines | Edited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24 | Kaivax | 26 | 2026-09-24(v4) |
| 2026-09-18 | WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24 #4 | Kaivax | 5 | no |
| 2026-09-24 | WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24 #5 | Kaivax | 12 | no |
Blizzard edits the opening post in place (WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24: 4 versions); a line added by an edit shows the post's date as first seen, not the edit's.
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