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1. 21 Oct Coming up Beta last full day 21 October 2026. The source is on the roadmap.
2. 27 Oct Coming up Name reservation 27 October to 3 November 2026. The source is on the roadmap.
3. 4 Nov Coming up Launch, level cap 60 4 November 2026, 3:00 p.m. PT. The source is on the roadmap.
4. 9 Dec Coming up First raid unlock: Barrow Deeps (10), Hyjal Summit (20) 9 December 2026. The source is on the roadmap.

Thursday 24 September 2026

1. Official WoW Forever Beta - Account Actions For Name Violations We are in the process of issuing forced name changes to characters found to be in violation of our character naming policies that were created in the Forever Beta. Additionally…
2. Official Beta is Up - Development Notes Posted WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated 24 September WoW Forever Beta Discussion Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following updates…
3. Official WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated 24 September Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following updates. Change Log Bugfixes Fixed a bug with casters not playing their precast animations and…
4. Known issue Beta known issues: 12 entries added by Blizzard WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24
5. Official WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated September 24 Today, we updated the WoW Forever Beta with a new build that includes the following updates. Change Log Bugfixes Fixed a bug with casters not playing their precast animations and…
6. Official Beta Realm Maintenance is Underway - 24 September We took the Beta down for maintenance and to deploy a new build. We don’t have an ETA just yet, but it should take at least a couple of hours. We’ll have a full change log…
7. Official Beta Realm Maintenance is Underway - September 24 We took the Beta down for maintenance and to deploy a new build. We don’t have an ETA just yet, but it should take at least a couple of hours. We’ll have a full change log…
8. Official [Updated 9/24] Pre-Purchase the World of Warcraft®: Forever Collector’s Edition *We are making additional English versions of the World of Warcraft: Forever Collector’s Edition available for purchase starting as early as today (exact timing will vary by…
9. Official Watch the World of Warcraft: Forever Podcast, Ep. 1 Join Senior Game Designer Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield, Lead Classic Designer Tim Jones, and content creators Countdown To Classic and Xaryu in the first episode of the World of…

Wednesday 23 September 2026

1. Official Increased Weather Effects Coming soon to the Beta
2. Official Get to Know the World of Warcraft: Forever Legacy System Explore the Legacy System in World of Warcraft: Forever, an account-wide progression system that lets you complete challenges, earn Legacy Points, unlock character-specific perks…
3. Official Auto-shoot Bug and Fix Incoming We’ve been tracking an issue in the WoW Forever Beta where the 0.5-second cast time that precedes a Hunter’s auto-shot or the use of a wand is not functioning properly. Due to a…
4. Official Beta Client Update - 23 September A few moments ago, we made a new client build available to Beta testers: WoW Forever 1.60.1 Build 69977 Exit the Beta, go to your Battle.net App, and update your client to this…
5. Official Beta Client Update - September 22 A few moments ago, we made a new client build available to Beta testers: WoW Forever 1.60.1 Build 69977 Exit the Beta, go to your Battle.net App, and update your client to this…

Tuesday 22 September 2026

1. Official WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne The Skyborne—also known as the shen’dorei, or hidden people—are a new playable race in World of Warcraft: Forever. Their journey begins on Zephras Isle, a level 1–12 starting…
2. Official Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever Explore the playable races, class combinations, and updated racial traits coming in World of Warcraft: Forever, including new options for familiar favorites along with the…
3. Official 1 staff reply in "DC/Game Fix then game broke - Stuck on login/character list retrieval" With an issue like this one, we would really appreciate as much detail as you can provide in your report. Please feel free to let us know exactly when this happened, your…

Monday 21 September 2026

1. Official “A Firm Response” Hotfixed Today, we’ve fixed an issue with the quest “A Firm Response”. The issue was: The event that takes place during “A Firm Response” would become stuck and Windshaper Skyborne on…
2. Official 9 staff replies in "World of Warcraft: Forever Revealed at BlizzCon 2026" Video: World of Warcraft Developer Q&A
3. Official Create a Name of Your Own in WoW: Forever In World of Warcraft: Forever, every character name is an opportunity to express yourself and establish your identity in Azeroth. With the addition of two names, players have more…
4. Official Choose Your Ruleset in World of Warcraft: Forever World of Warcraft: Forever is taking a new approach to where and how players begin their journey. Instead of choosing from a long list of realms, players will select a…
5. Official Addressing EU Beta Routing Issues As many Beta testers in this region know, in the first couple of days of the WoW: Forever Beta, we experienced routing issues that impacted testers’ ability to move, interact with…

Friday 18 September 2026

1. Known issue Beta known issues: 5 entries added by Blizzard WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24
2. Official Blizzcon 2026, WoW Forever Beta, Midnight S3, and More in This Week’s Wow Weekly This week’s WoW Weekly roundup spotlights BlizzCon 2026 and the latest World of Warcraft announcements, including World of Warcraft: Forever, answers to community questions from…

Thursday 17 September 2026

1. Known issue Beta known issues: 26 entries listed by Blizzard WoW Forever Beta Known Issues - September 24
2. Official Beta Discussion Forum Right This Way We’ve opened this new forum for WoW: Forever Beta discussions. See you there!
3. Official The World of Warcraft: Forever Beta Now Live The World of Warcraft: Forever beta begins September 17 and is available through October 21. Opt in for a chance to join testing, or gain beta access by purchasing eligible World…
4. Official World of Warcraft: Forever GPU Requirements When World of Warcraft: Forever launches GPUs based on certain older graphics architectures that fall well below the game's minimum hardware requirements will no longer be…
5. Official 1 staff reply in "Almost there!" We almost have the doors thrown open. It’s been more of a smooth and slow opening of the doors than a throw.
6. Official Almost there! We’re seeing a lot of people waiting to get into the Beta. Thank you for joining us! We’re working through a couple of final issues, and we hope to throw the doors open soon…
7. Official Watch the World of Warcraft Live Q&A Now The World of Warcraft Q&A is now available to watch, with members from the modern World of Warcraft and WoW Forever development teams answering community questions following the…
8. News Forever beta is live: level 20 cap, two dungeons, Zephras Isle The World of Warcraft: Forever beta opened on Thursday, September 17, 2026 and runs through October 21, 2026, the last full day of testing. The level cap is 20 at launch and will…

Sunday 13 September 2026

1. Official World of Warcraft: Forever Found Photos Panel Recap Senior Game Designer Josh Greenfield and Lead Content Designer Evan Lee shared how original Azeroth’s forgotten corners, unfinished threads, and long-held player memories helped…
2. Official World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 2026 News Round-Up BlizzCon 2026 has come to a close, and we’ve gathered the latest World of Warcraft announcements, reveals, and updates from the weekend in one place. Catch up on everything shared…
3. Official World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap Missed the World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive? Associate Production Director Clay Stone, Senior Game Designer Josh Greenfield, Lead Software Engineer Ana Resendez, and Principal…

Saturday 12 September 2026

1. Official World of Warcraft: Forever Revealed at BlizzCon 2026 In this thread, we’ll collect everything you need to know about World of Warcraft: Forever.
2. Official World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap For years, players have wondered what new adventures could still unfold in original Azeroth. During the What’s Next panel, Senior Game Director Ion Hazzikostas, Lead Classic…
3. Official Welcome to the WoW: Forever General Discussion Forum. Please read this Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Forever General Discussion section. Here you can discuss anything about WoW: Forever with fellow players. Please take some time to read through…
4. Official Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever Catch up on everything announced for World of Warcraft: Forever during BlizzCon, including a first look at the next chapter for Azeroth and the adventures waiting on the horizon.
5. Official Submit Your Questions for the World of Warcraft Live Q&A September 17 Have a question about what you learned at BlizzCon 2026 after the show reveals? We're collecting your questions and hosting a live Q&A with members of the World of Warcraft modern…
6. Official Pre-Purchase the World of Warcraft®: Forever Collector’s Edition Carve a new path through an Azeroth reimagined with the World of Warcraft®: Forever Collector’s Edition, featuring keepsake physical collectibles and a digital code for the…
7. Official Pre-Purchase World of Warcraft: Forever Upgrades and Begin Your Next Journey in Azeroth Answer the call to a reimagined Azeroth with World of Warcraft: Forever. Pre-purchase the Skyborne Heroic Pack, Skyborne Epic Pack, or Warcraft Forever Collection on the…
8. Official Wage War Once More with Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom Return to the battlefields that shaped Azeroth with Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom, an all-new campaign that bridges the story from The Frozen Throne to the first days of…
9. Official Welcome to WoW: Forever Community Connections! Use this forum to post about your community in WoW: Forever. Connect with new friends and find old guildmates right here!
10. News World of Warcraft: Forever announced at BlizzCon 2026 Blizzard announced World of Warcraft: Forever at BlizzCon 2026 on September 12 (Blizzard: World of Warcraft at BlizzCon 2026). Blizzard positions it as a permanent home alongside…

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Monday 21 September 2026

1. New on the site 20 new mounts and 26 new companions in the beta build All 108 mounts on one page, filtered by race, side, level and family, with the 20 the build adds shown first. Every mount item teaches its mount spell.

Sunday 20 September 2026

1. New on the site Forever vs Classic on one page The level road, the ledger of what is new, gone and changed, and where the story forks.
2. New on the site Talent calculator: what moved since Classic, in the tooltip Each talent shows only what changed against its Classic version. Pick order is saved in the share link, with a leveling order list. Old links still open.
3. Fix One talent-matching rule for the whole site 357 talents matched to their Classic version, 112 new, 75 gone. The old rule counted ten talents twice; the calculator, the class changes and the guide now agree.
4. New on the site Spellbook by level on every class page A level slider over the full table of what a class trains. Reads with scripts off.
5. New on the site Atlas: three routes side by side, and a level set Fastest, Cheapest and Fewest hops, merged when they agree. Walked legs are drawn and labelled as straight-line estimates.
6. New on the site Who is playing the beta, on the home page Class and race counts from our own census, with the source line and its caveat.

Saturday 19 September 2026

1. New on the site Nine class guides: what changed for each class One guide per class, against Classic Era, from our own game data and Blizzard posts.
2. New on the site Atlas of Azeroth: zone map, flight network, route planner Zone outlines traced from the terrain, flight paths by faction, a journey planner with stops.
3. New on the site Class and spec feeds, with RSS Official posts, known issues, build changes, guides and new items for one class in one list.
4. New on the site Spoiler control and the publication policy Four levels, set once. Content Blizzard has not announced stays off the site whatever the setting.

Friday 18 September 2026

1. New on the site Official posts tracker and beta known issues Blizzard's posts about Forever in one list, and the known issues list read line by line.

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Thursday 24 September 2026

1. Build Build 1.60.1.70009: what changed 4,934 spells, 4,880 items, 137 zones new against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722; 1,001 spells changed, 432 talents changed. Read from the beta build. build 1.60.1.70009
2. Census Census refreshed: 554 players seen in the beta Class, race, level and faction counts from our own play sessions. Counts only, never a name.

Wednesday 23 September 2026

1. Build Build 1.60.1.69977: what changed 4,982 spells, 4,822 items, 138 zones new against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722; 998 spells changed, 432 talents changed. Read from the beta build. build 1.60.1.69977

Friday 18 September 2026

1. News Forever talent trees: 469 talents, a new tier-4 milestone in every tree Build 1.60.1.69913 keeps the class talent trees in the new talent data, not in the old talent table left over from Classic Era. The nine trees hold 469 talents and 1,327 ranks in… build 1.60.1.69913
2. Build Build 1.60.1.69913: what changed 4,982 spells, 4,822 items, 138 zones new against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722; 998 spells changed, 432 talents changed. Read from the beta build. build 1.60.1.69913
3. News Build 1.60.1.69913: first look at the Forever beta data against Era 1.15.9.69722 Build 1.60.1.69913 went up on 2026-09-18. Here is what the Forever beta holds, set beside Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. Every number below is ours, from that comparison, and from no… build 1.60.1.69913