Every WoW: Forever story, newest first.
Blizzard opens the World of Warcraft: Forever Stress Test to all players on October 19, with no beta access, invite, or subscription needed. Characters and guilds will be wiped afterward.
Blizzard is taking the WoW Forever beta down for about 15 minutes at 1:15 p.m. PDT to deploy a new build with quite a few changes and fixes, with Development Notes to follow.
Blizzard's final WoW: Forever class deep dive covers Paladin changes across Holy, Protection and Retribution, including new Light's Vigil, Swift Judgement and Twist of Light talents.
Blizzard developers say Forever will lower Honor from Alterac Valley and raise it across Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin and Darkspear Islands, to stop the AV spam meta.
Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield says WoW: Forever has no current plans for an RP-PVP ruleset, citing weak past RP-PvP realms and a small RP community that a realmless system can't afford to split.
Blizzard's WoW: Forever podcast Episode 4 puts PvP in the spotlight, with Senior Game Designer Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield and Lead Designer Tim Jones discussing the team's approach to Player-vs-Player.
Secret Finders are chasing a Forever beta scavenger hunt of hidden objects tied to the old physical WoW manuals, with no known reward or end goal yet.
Blizzard's Clay Stone tells the Friends Per Second podcast that Forever will keep power creep small, guard the economy with vendor pricing, and likely leave resistance gear crafting optional at launch.
Blizzard's new video previews three of the nine launch dungeons in WoW: Forever: Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron and Excavation Site: Wetlands.
Blizzard is taking the WoW: Forever beta offline for a couple of hours of internal testing and maintenance, starting at 8:00 a.m. PDT.
Blizzard's Holly Longdale and Clay Stone tell Fiamma that cross-region play works well on the Forever beta but is as far as they can go for now, and the launch character cap is still unannounced.
Blizzard has added Temporary Economy Holds to WoW: Forever, restricting trade, mail, guild banks and the Auction House for accounts suspected of involvement in RMT.
WoW: Forever's stress test appears to be scheduled for October 19th, with a new Stress Test option now showing on the Battle.net launcher for clients to download.
Holly Longdale and Clay Stone tell Inven Global the Forever beta is their largest yet, with class identity, horizontal progression and camping past level 30 all still under discussion.
The World of Warcraft: Forever Original Soundtrack is now streaming on Spotify, YouTube and other services, with tracks from Zephras Isle, the Riverglades and Hyjal ahead of the November 4th, 2026 launch.
JackedIQ's interview with Blizzard's Holly Longdale and Clay Stone covers Forever's collections system, hidden items that change class playstyles, a possible Shaman tank, and whether new continents like Northrend or Pandaria could come.
Blizzard tells TechRadar that WoW: Forever will keep its Classic classes rather than modernize them, add no Retail races, and limit respecs to one reset per week with rising costs.
Carbot Animations returns to World of Warcraft with a comedy video on WoW: Forever, poking fun at its nostalgic improvements like the starting zone, Skyborne opening, camping system, and Dalaran.
The Graverobber's Shovel weapon effect, found in the Forever beta, lets players farm Grave Moss by digging graves, with one player netting 9 from a single 20-charge use.
Druids in cat and bear form can finally hold the Night Watchman's Torch in their mouths on the Forever beta, after a Reddit request for a fix to the clipping went viral.
