Every WoW: Forever story, newest first.
Dalaran in the final Forever beta build gains upgraded Arcane Sentries, new class and profession trainers, battlemasters in the Underbelly, and a Stormwind portal that no longer returns to the city.
Associate Production Director Clay Stone says WoW: Forever targets Classic players, lapsed WoW players and newcomers, and was built to complement modern WoW rather than mimic it.
Lead Encounter Designer Michael Nuthals previews Forever's first raid tier on a Blizzard podcast, covering difficulty goals and fights in Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit.
The Forever Beta realm goes offline for a quick restart at 2:00 p.m. PDT, with in-game warnings starting 15 minutes before.
Molten Core will get new mechanics in WoW: Forever, Senior Game Designer Josh Greenfield confirms on the WoW: Forever Podcast, so it won't feel like a step back after the new Hyjal raids.
Blizzard's 24-hour End of Beta celebration in the WoW: Forever beta brings Azuregos and Kazzak into seven starter zones before the beta closes on October 23.
Episode 5 of the WoW: Forever Podcast is a special end-of-beta episode with developers Josh Greenfield, Clay Stone, Ana Resendez and Michael Nuthals, plus guest Meeix, previewing the November 4 global launch.
Josh Greenfield hints on social media that players should log in to the WoW: Forever Beta one last time, teasing something happening in a "few hours" before the beta closes October 23rd.
Paladins are the only class with no Mail Spell Power gear from dungeons or quests in the Forever beta's first 30 levels, so they will need to craft upgrades or buy them.
Blizzard will add a Roleplay-PvP ruleset at Forever's November 4 launch, with name reservations for it opening October 27 after podcast feedback.
A two-day WoW: Forever celebration in Shanghai let players explore a full-scale, 1:1 recreation of Dalaran, including the Dalaran Sewers beta area, with quests and prizes along the way.
Blizzard is working to bring the WoW: Forever Beta back online after a snag, and the beta is set to officially end October 23rd at 10:00 AM Pacific.
Protection Paladins took a significant hit in the Forever beta: Consecration's spell power coefficient was halved and Shield Specialization mana was cut from 6% to 4%, though Salvation no longer competes with other blessings.
The Camping system in WoW: Forever turns Cooking Fires into shared campsites, where profession-made camp features like Sharpening Wheels and Faction Banners buff nearby players who sit or craft there.
The WoW: Forever Beta goes offline shortly ahead of today's 2:00 p.m. PDT stress test; players can prepare via the Stress Test option in the Battle.net App's Game Version selector.
Early name reservations for World of Warcraft: Forever open October 27 and run through November 3, letting eligible players reserve up to three characters across all Rulesets.
Blizzard has extended the WoW: Forever Beta by two days, so it now goes offline at 10:00 AM PT on Friday, October 23 instead of October 21.
WoW: Forever's stress test starts October 21 as Blizzard moves the beta to regional hardware, and the Forever beta closes for good at 10:00 a.m. PDT on October 23.
Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair unlock for level 60 players in WoW: Forever on December 9, and Onyxia's Lair requires a long faction-specific attunement for the Drakefire Amulet.
Blizzard reveals nine new five-player dungeons for World of Warcraft: Forever, spanning levels 13 to 60 from Ironforge's Hall of Thanes to Un'Goro's Shaper's Terrace.
