Site updates, new guides, and tool releases on WoW Handbook.
Track guide additions, calculator updates, interactive map improvements, and beta data refreshes across the site.
November 5, 2026
Best Race Rankings on Every Class Page and a WoW Forever Addons Guide
Every class page now ranks its races for Alliance and Horde, with separate PvE and PvP lists. Each pick names the Forever racials behind it, such as Will to Survive, Escape Artist, Will of the Forsaken, Blood Fury or Command, and the Common Questions add the top pick for each faction.
New WoW Forever addons guide: popular addons by category, from Questie and DBM to Auctionator, which ones offer a Forever version, what to use instead of WeakAuras, and which features the game already has built in.
New addon install guide: where the AddOns folder is, how to install addons with CurseForge or by hand, and how to fix addons that do not show up.
The layering guide now explains why zones run as several layers, that rare elites and chests spawn separately on each layer, why a crowd can suddenly appear when a quiet layer is merged into yours, and what Blizzard is planning for large world PvP fights.
November 4, 2026
WoW Forever Is Live, a Macro Guide, Zephras Isle Travel and Feedback From Any Page
Azeroth Connections now has a daily leaderboard that covers today only: your first try at the daily board is ranked by stars first, then by the fastest time, and the list starts fresh at 00:00 UTC. Your place today shows under your result, and replays do not count.
Azeroth Connections now opens with the game in view on phones and desktops, no longer scrolls sideways on phones, and has a Send a Suggestion box right under the game for ideas about groups, cards and new modes.
Zone and continent terrain maps are sharper: each one is rendered at the full detail of its game minimap, and zooming in loads the sharper image instead of stretching the small one. Zoom now centres on the map's marked spots, and pins and labels keep their size as you zoom.
The early bags guide now shows every bag as an in-game item link with its tooltip: slots, binding and sell price from the Forever client.
Talents, spellbooks, item tooltips, BiS sheets and class guides now match the launch client (1.60.1.70790) with its first server hotfixes: the reworked Rogue trees with Shank, Death Mark and Boot Knife, Fury's Reckless Swings and Improved Whirlwind, Elemental's Call of Thunder and Lightning Mastery, and higher numbers on many Druid, Hunter and Shaman spells.
The Assassination, Combat, Subtlety and Enhancement level-20 builds are rebuilt for the launch trees, and the Rogue, Warrior and Shaman class guides describe the final talents.
WoW Forever is live, and the site has moved with it: the launch guide now leads with a first-week checklist and launch times by region, the beta page is a recap with steps for installing the live client, and the home page, menus and the layering, system requirements, Legacy and Classic comparison pages now speak of launch in the past tense.
The console commands article is now a full WoW Forever macro guide at the same address: how to make a macro, copy-ready combat and utility macros, and console commands for fog, shadows and view distance worth binding to a macro, each with its own Copy button.
The Zephras Isle page now explains where the isle is, since it sits on neither continent map, how the skyboats from Dalaran and Thunder Bluff take you there and back, and how to finish The Anchors of Zephras with Halaan's Gift.
Every page now ends with a Report an issue button, and the footer has Send Feedback: report an error, share a discovery or secret, suggest a feature or send anything else, without an account. The form records the page you are on, and your message stays private.
Azeroth Connections now carries the same advertising as the rest of the site.
BiS pages now build each spec's stat priority straight from the stat weights that rank its gear, so the two always agree; school damage such as Frost Damage is listed beside Spell Power, and stats no gear carries are gone.
Hit on BiS pages is now explained by how many levels the target is above you: open Stat weights for the full table, with spells needing 16% hit against a raid boss and only 3% against enemies your own level.
BiS gear options are tidier: each option takes two lines, class quest rewards carry a small gold Class mark, and how much sooner a runner-up can be worn now shows in its tooltip. The page header is slimmer, with the class switch beside the breadcrumbs.
Brilliant Cloak, the Strahnbrad Mystery reward from Alterac Mountains, now appears among Horde caster cloaks from level 30.
Library Books is rebuilt: the two ten-book routes now sit on full Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor maps numbered in walking order, with copy-ready coordinates listed beside each map and linking down to the book cards. The full list is now one card per book, each with a small map of its spot and its location note, and all 40 books now show exact coordinates, including five that were missing them. A book with two spawn points says either one counts.
November 3, 2026
Step-by-Step Leveling Routes on the Map, BiS Gear by Spec and Data for the Latest Forever Client
Every spec now has its own BiS page, such as Fury Warrior, Shadow Priest and Feral Druid: leveling gear from level 20, level 60 pre-raid BiS and PvP sets, stat priority and hit cap for that spec. Class BiS pages and the BiS hub link to each one.
Class quest rewards stay with their class: the Staff of Soran'ruk and Orb of Soran'ruk now appear only on Warlock BiS sheets, and no class is offered another class's quest gear.
Dungeon and raid pages mark every class quest with the classes that can take it, such as the Warlock quest in Shadowfang Keep and Blackfathom Deeps.
Talents, spellbooks, abilities, races, items, enchants, boss loot, achievements, mounts, professions and Legacy data now match the latest Forever client (1.60.1.70753), in English and Chinese.
Class guides follow the new talent trees: Lacerate joins the Feral tree with Predatory Discipline, Heart of the Wild moves to Restoration next to the new Bloom, Paladins gain Oath of Light, Shieldsworn and Unsealed Wrath, Priests get Holy Binding, and Arcane Mages get Arcane Wrath.
Twelve recommended talent builds for Druid, Paladin, Hunter and Mage were rebuilt for the new trees, with updated summaries, reasons and swap-in choices; every build now names the current client.
Azeroth Connections puzzles that used retired talent names were rebuilt with current ones.
More items, recipes and boss drops now show their in-game icons.
Talent details now close when you tap the card itself or anywhere outside it, while the card's add and remove buttons keep working.
The Alliance and Horde leveling routes are now a path to follow: enter your level and the page lights up your step. Overview maps of both continents number every step in order, and each step shows its zone maps with the quest hubs numbered in walking order, their coordinates, how to get there by flight, boat, zeppelin or hearth, the flight paths and inns to pick up, the dungeons and other zones at that level, and the level to move on at.
The talent calculator can now compare two builds side by side: save your build as A, change B, and see which talents only one build takes and where their ranks differ, with tags right on the trees. One link shares both builds.
Talent, class, spellbook and BiS pages now show which Forever client build their data comes from, when it was released and when it was imported.
Every Secrets walkthrough now opens with the whole route at a glance, one line per faction with every continent crossing, plus a button that copies all of its TomTom /way waypoints. Each coordinate in the guide gets its own Copy button too, and the waypoint list copies one line at a time.
BiS pages now show the stat weights behind every pick under each spec's stat priority, and each sheet shows how close the best two-hander (or one-hand pair) comes to the weapons it chose.
Azeroth Connections endless mode is now a run with a leaderboard: you get a leaderboard name you can change any time by clicking it, start with 4 chances, earn one back for every board you clear, and see your rank on that difficulty when the run ends. Each difficulty has its own leaderboard.
Azeroth Connections now plays in one fixed frame: the level map, results and leaderboard scroll inside it instead of stretching the page. Mode tabs, level picks, difficulty picks, new boards, run starts and ranks each get their own motion and sound, with a sound switch always in the tab bar. A solved group now folds into a single coloured card, the size of the others, in its own row above the board, and links to its guide once the board is done; the result opens with confetti, then the stars one by one, then the rest. Daily and level boards drop the Shuffle button; in Endless it becomes New Board, and in a run both New Board and Hint ask before spending a chance. Levels gains a stars leaderboard under the level map, the daily board awards stars too, and your leaderboard name now sits at the top right of every mode, one click from a rename, and the endless screen is trimmed to the essentials with the rules one tap away.
Azeroth Connections progress, from level stars to daily results and your leaderboard name, can now be downloaded as a save file and uploaded in another browser. The daily board is titled by its date.
Trinkets and relics that only work on one kind of enemy, or give mana to classes without it, no longer make BiS sheets; where nothing in reach carries a useful stat, the pick is marked effect only.
The menu now marks what is new on WoW Handbook rather than what is new in Forever: a small gold New sits next to pages we added or rebuilt in the last two weeks, and it disappears once you have opened the page.
Every page that names its Forever client build now names the same current build; the camping guide was still showing an older one.
November 2, 2026
Smarter BiS Picks, Enchants, Complete Secrets & Three Launch Guides
BiS sheets now count every dungeon you can enter by each level, so the level 30 lists include Scarlet Monastery, and dungeon quests count from the level you can pick them up.
Trash drops join the BiS picks, including dungeon set pieces from Stratholme and Blackrock Spire and new Forever drops in the City of Dalaran.
Crafted gear only its maker can use, and gear that needs a profession to wear, such as engineering goggles, now appears with its profession and skill, marked crafter only. Crafted pieces with no level of their own show up from the level their recipe can be learned.
More boss loot and quest rewards on dungeon, raid and BiS pages show the stats Forever gives them in game instead of their Classic values.
Gear from raid patterns, raid materials and raid reputations stays out of the pre-raid level 60 set.
On phones, the addon banner at the top of the homepage is now a single slim row.
Every BiS slot now has gear options: the next best pieces rated in stars against the pick, shown by slot or by where to farm them. Click a slot or an option to try it on the sheet, and the stat totals update; a two-hander clears the off hand.
Each BiS sheet lists the best enchant or armor kit for every piece, with the enchanting or leatherworking skill it needs, from the level that skill can be trained.
Trinket picks no longer fill up with engineering mortars and bombs; class quest rewards always appear among the gear options.
Class pages gain a BiS tab next to Overview, Talents, Spellbook and Gear, BiS pages carry the same tabs, and each spec on a BiS page opens its recommended talents in one click. On phones the five tabs fit on one row.
New Secrets section in the main menu: hidden quest chains, the Lyn the Ignored secret boss, library books and hidden items, each linking to its full walkthrough.
The Secrets hub now covers all 21 listed puzzles, including new bilingual guides to the Stone Key, the Bloody Map, the Partners in Crime rings and the Hidden Blade podcast clue.
Every Secrets walkthrough now has interactive maps you can drag and zoom, with every stop pinned and named; dungeon puzzles open the dungeon's interior and entrance maps. Item names show their full tooltip on hover.
The Stone Key guide maps every confirmed page, fragment and stash from Thoradin's Wall to Riverglades, the Undercity, Blasted Lands, Un'Goro and Stonetalon, while clearly marking the final lock as unknown.
Unsolved pages now separate confirmed steps from missing information: the Bloody Map has no known destination, the second Partners in Crime ring has no confirmed source, and no Hidden Blade item or quest has been found.
New guide: the fastest 10 Legacy Points without reaching 60, with a two-character and a budget three-character route, swap-in challenges and what to spend the points on. It is the third tab on the Legacy pages.
New guide: High Warlord and Grand Marshal, covering Rank Points versus Honor, the weekly rank cap, a weekly routine, battleground picks, rewards rank by rank and the 12 PvP Legacy Points.
New guide: early bags from level 1 to 30, one card per quest with the quest giver on the in-game zone map. Every coordinate and map opens the interactive zone map.
New article: launch tips for bags, Legacy Points and PvP rank, with a launch-day checklist.
Every zone, capital and continent page now ends with Common Questions answered from the map data: level range, flight path coordinates, dungeon entrances, the leveling route and the exploration achievement. Zone pages also gain a flight path table with coordinates.
Every dungeon page answers where the entrance is, what level it needs, how many bosses and quests it has, and its wings or attunement where it has them.
BiS pages now show each level's heading, a stat priority and hit cap table for every spec, and common questions about hit caps, pre-raid BiS and the leveling spec. The BiS hub adds the same table for all nine classes.
Class, race, Skyborne, talent, spellbook, profession, camping, leveling route, Legacy, Legacy Challenges, Secrets, changes, world map, dungeon list, name generator and Azeroth Connections pages all gain a Common Questions section.
The homepage now opens with Leveling, Dungeons and Secrets under the hero, followed by a Class Hub: each class card shows its roles as symbols and links straight to the class page, its talents, spells and BiS gear.
The Library Books guide covers all three reward quests at 10, 20 and 25 books with their level requirements, adds a Horde ten-book route next to the Alliance one, and explains how finding and donating works.
Secrets walkthroughs gain more coordinates, vendors and follow-up quests, such as An Apple Treat after the Applejack Still, and official hints without a playable route are now marked Official clue.
In the BiS options panel, clicking any item now wears it straight away, with the piece you have on picked out in your class colour; the separate Equip button and the right-click shortcut are gone, and Enter or Space on a row does the same.
By source, class quest rewards get a list of their own, each showing its quest and zone; one-handed weapons can go in either hand, and moving one frees the other hand for its next best weapon. Option cards now flow in columns instead of leaving gaps.
November 1, 2026
BiS Gear 20–60 with PvP, Class Leveling Routes & New Page Headers
New BiS Gear pages at /bis/<class>/: the best gear for every talent spec at levels 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60, with separate PvE and PvP sets at 60, shown on a character sheet with where each piece comes from, plus the spec’s stat priority and hit cap.
BiS picks now draw on dungeon drops, quest rewards, vendors and reputation quartermasters, named rares, and crafted gear, including new Forever class quest rewards such as the shaman’s level 40 choice of three weapons, and fill relic and trinket slots.
BiS scoring values spell school damage by what each spec actually casts, so Shadow damage counts for Affliction and Fire damage for Fire mages, and crit, hit, dodge and parry ratings show as the right percentages.
The Alliance and Horde leveling routes now let you pick your class: each level band shows your talent points, spells to train, gear upgrades, and the dungeon quests worth taking.
The menu is reorganized: News and Changes share one menu, BiS Gear has its own menu with every class, and a new Leveling menu gathers both faction routes, dungeons by level, and the camping system.
The talent calculator gets a new look and a level slider from 1 to 60 that caps your points at the level you plan for, with quick marks at every ten. The Legacy perk Talented sits beside it as a row of rank buttons, and new and changed talents are marked with clear NEW and CHANGED tags.
The privacy policy now explains who runs the site, why data is processed, how long it is kept, international transfers, and your rights.
Section pages open with new scene headers, and guide pages get a slim banner in the same style.
The site now stays in dark mode; the Alliance and Horde crests in the header switch the color scheme, and your faction choice also sets which faction the BiS and leveling pages show first.
BiS sheets show each item’s item level on its icon, and switching class keeps the level you were viewing and your place on the page.
The site logo in the header, the footer and the first homepage card now uses the same infinity crest as the browser tab icon.
October 31, 2026
New Look and Alliance & Horde Themes
A new look across the site: deep navy frames, parchment reading pages, and new serif headings.
Choose Alliance (navy) or Horde (crimson) colors from the crests in the header. Your choice is remembered on every page.
The homepage is rebuilt: a shorter hero, the three main tools up front, a What Changed section with the latest news and the Changes Database, start-here guides, and the 1–60 routes grouped into four level bands.
The Zones hub now opens with the full 1–60 leveling path for each faction, zone by zone.
The launch guide is now a full prep checklist: account and client, ruleset, class and race, leveling, professions, and settings.
The layering guide now explains how to change layers, join a friend on another layer, and handle the refresh notice.
Classic dungeon loot and quest rewards without Forever data now show their Classic Era stats instead of an empty tooltip.
October 28, 2026
Final Racial Tuning & Client 1.60.1.70685
New article: the final pre-launch racial tuning, with old and new values for seven races, the Classic baseline, and which race fits each role.
Races, class, and Skyborne pages now show the final racial values, including Command for Orcs and Artisan's Precision for Dwarves.
Talents, spellbook, and abilities now read from the 1.60.1.70685 client: Frost Mage loses Piercing Ice, Elemental Precision drops to 3 ranks for 6% hit, Ice Barrier and Frost Ward scale with spell power, Champion of the Light rises to 60% of Intellect, and Hunter's Mark reaches 143 ranged attack power.
The Frost Mage starter build is reworked for the new tree.
October 24, 2026
Onyxia Attunement by Stage
The Onyxia's Lair attunement is now a stage-by-stage route for each faction: where to go, coordinates, starting level, which dungeon runs to plan, and links to every quest card on the page.
October 23, 2026
Name Reservation, Raids & Onyxia Attunement
New article: WoW Forever name reservation opens October 27 — start times by region, who qualifies, the three-character limit, and the new Roleplay-PvP ruleset.
New Raids section with Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, and Onyxia's Lair: raid sizes, boss counts, entrances, and weekly resets.
Onyxia's Lair now walks through the attunement, every Alliance and Horde step to the Drakefire Amulet.
The beta closed on October 23; the beta guide, release date page, and site dates now point to name reservation and launch.
October 20, 2026
City Guides, Article Merges & Fresh Dates
The six capital cities and Moonglade are now full guides: district layouts, trainers, transport, dungeon entrances, cloth quartermasters and the level-20 druid class quest.
Five early news articles merged into their complete guides with redirects: Ruins of Lordaeron, PvP progression, the Legacy explainer, and both addon announcements.
The Mac system requirements article is back with its own page covering macOS and Windows specs.
Camping covers gathering and fishing 1–300 routes plus each profession’s camp feature; leveling routes add a four-stage zone-transition roadmap.
Beta now lists the open October 21 Stress Test and the McDonald’s Australia key deadline.
October 20, 2026
Profession Guides Rebuilt as Real Workbenches
All eight profession pages now share the Enchanting guide layout: a 1–300 skill track with trainer ranks and key milestones, per-stage trainer cards with map links, a materials pouch, the crafting order with skill-up odds, and Forever craft picks.
New full guides for Leatherworking, Cooking and First Aid, including the Gadgetzan specialization trainers, the Clamlette Surprise artisan quest and the Triage doctors.
Cooking now leads to the campfires; First Aid shows the healing potions, poultices and camp kit Forever moved into the profession.
October 19, 2026
Practical Guides and Clearer Planning
Eight profession guides now explain what to craft, which materials to save, and how to choose useful upgrades before following the leveling tables.
Alchemy and First Aid guides explain the Forever healing-potion recipes and how they differ from the Classic route.
Currency, achievement and reputation guides now cover reward planning, exploration routes, Legacy milestones, and starting Argent Dawn and Timbermaw tasks.
Class, talent, spellbook, leveling and map guides explain how to choose your next step; Deadwind Pass now includes travel guidance.
Addon announcements and the separate Mac requirements article now lead to their complete guides, keeping downloads, updates and requirements together.
October 18, 2026
Stress Test Moves to October 21, Paladin Changes
The Forever Stress Test article now covers the new October 21 date and regional start times; the old October 19 link points to it.
New article: what Forever changes for Paladins across Holy, Protection and Retribution, and which tree fits leveling, tanking or healing.
The release date timeline shows the Stress Test on October 21.
The Relics overview is back: every Druid idol, Paladin libram and Shaman totem in one place.
Alchemy and Blacksmithing leveling routes no longer ask for a recipe before you can learn it, and every profession route now lists its full material totals.
Loch Modan now has a full Alliance leveling guide for levels 10 to 20: Thelsamar, the trogg camps, the Silver Stream Mine, Ironband's Excavation, the Farstrider Lodge and the Stonewrought Dam.
Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire and Ruins of Lordaeron: the quick tips now match each walkthrough.
October 17, 2026
Homepage News Ticker and Addon Banner
The scrolling news ticker and the dismissible CurseForge addon banner are back on the homepage.
October 16, 2026
Stress Test, Build 70425, Profession Routes
New article: the Forever Stress Test on October 19, open to every WoW account with no subscription required; characters wipe afterward, ahead of name reservation on October 27.
New article: beta build 70425, with Ruthless, Earth Fury and Savage replacing weapon specializations, Eureka! as an 8-second buff, raid-wide Battle Shout and Trueshot Aura, Auto Shot standstill, and Horde locked out of Dalaran city.
Talents, spellbooks, racials, items and recipes now follow beta build 70425; the races page shows the new passives.
Every crafting and secondary profession page opens with a 1–300 leveling route; PvP honor ranks and rank sets live on the PvP hub; thin raid, battleground and gathering pages are retired with redirects.
October 14, 2026
Beta Build 70374
New article: beta build 70374, with spirit healer durability loss cut to 25%, three item sets with new bonuses, Penance, Reckoning and Natural Instinct changes, 60 dungeon quest rewards lowered to uncommon, and new gold trade warnings alongside Temporary Economy Holds.
Talents, spellbooks, items, professions, item sets and dungeon quest rewards now follow beta build 70374; class builds use the renamed Natural Instinct, and spell tooltips that scale with level now show whole numbers as they do in game.
The console commands guide now has a cover image.
October 13, 2026
Gathering Weapons and Console Commands
New guide: Graverobber's Shovel and Rockslicer, the two rare weapons that gather Grave Moss and ore for you, with drop sources, charges, and the five Alchemy recipes that use Grave Moss.
New guide: seven /console commands worth a macro, covering volumetric fog, shadows, view distance, water, nameplate range, the death screen and quest sparkles.
October 12, 2026
Dungeon Routes and Boss Strategy
Every dungeon page with boss data now has a Route and Boss Strategy guide: the run in the order a group plays it, with each boss's key abilities and how to handle them. That covers 23 dungeons, from Ragefire Chasm and the Deadmines to Stratholme and Scholomance, and the four new ones: Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron, Excavation Site: Wetlands and City of Dalaran.
Scarlet Monastery, Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul and Stratholme show the route for each wing on its own when you pick that wing.
Scarlet Monastery now lists Scarlet Commander Mograine as a boss with his drops, and the Cathedral bosses follow the order you fight them.
Boss drops filled in across the Classic dungeons: about 700 items added, including Whitemane's Chapeau, Triune Amulet and Herod's Shoulder.
New guide: how to summon Lyn the Ignored, the secret boss of the City of Dalaran, from the Black Tome in Shadowfang Keep to the rune in the Dalaran sewers.
October 11, 2026
Skyborne by Faction
Races page now lists the Skyborne under their in-game faction names, High Order Skyborne for the Alliance and Windshaper Skyborne for the Horde, each with its own racials and classes, and the race and class matrix is grouped by faction.
October 10, 2026
WoW Handbook Addon 0.5.0 and City of Dalaran
New article: WoW Handbook addon 0.5.0 puts every zeppelin tower and boat landing on the world map and minimap, one icon per berth and colored by faction, marks 126 zone paths and capital entrances with arrows, adds transmogrifiers, and brings Excavation Site: Wetlands into the in-game dungeon guide.
City of Dalaran dungeon page filled in: the eight bosses in run order with their drops, all eight dungeon quests plus the Horde key chain from Tarren Mill, how to summon the secret boss Lyn the Ignored, and what each boss does.
October 9, 2026
Beta Week 4 Roundup
New article: Beta week 4 roundup covering the City of Dalaran dungeon and its Horde route, about 20% more dungeon kill XP with the party XP penalty removed, this week's class fixes, 16 free Legacy Points, and the key answers from Episode 3 of the WoW: Forever Podcast.
October 8, 2026
PvP Progression and Darkspear Islands
New article: how PvP progression works, covering Honor, Rank Points, the weekly cap, the reward at each of the 14 ranks, and how the epic set upgrades from the blue set.
Darkspear Islands battleground page updated with Blizzard's rules: first to 2,000 points, four control points and a central flag, where to queue, and the reputation rewards.
PvP overview and Honor Ranks pages now follow the official Honor and Rank Points rules.
Rogue, Shaman, Mage, and Warlock guides updated from Blizzard's class deep dives: Rogues gain one-handed axes and Sap no longer breaks Stealth, Shaman weapon imbues last 60 minutes, and Elemental Mastery is removed.
Chinese Deadmines page: the new Alliance quest chain that ends with Destruction in Deadmines now reads fully in Chinese, with every step, quest giver, and objective.
Ruins of Lordaeron: two more quest givers now show their map coordinates.
October 7, 2026
Class Design Deep Dive
New article: Forever class design for Hunter, Druid, Priest, and Warrior, covering the new 16-point talent, the damage budget, and what each class gains.
Chinese pages: new Forever talent descriptions, dungeon drops, and quest names that had no official Chinese now read in Chinese, and Dual Wield Specialization no longer shows a 0% hit bonus.
October 5, 2026
Library Book Rewards Retuned
New article: library book rewards retuned in the October 1 beta build, with old and new stats for both necklaces and both rings.
Library Books and the Rogue guide: the Field Researcher's Loop is no longer listed as Rogue-only.
October 3, 2026
Level 30 Beta, Build 70170 Data, and Addon 0.4.0
New article: the WoW Forever beta reaches level 30, with the new Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon, Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, pricier Honor gear with a 25,000 cap, and the short version of every class change.
Talents, spellbooks, professions, items, and relics now follow beta build 70170: Feral Druids gain Shifting Power and lose King of the Jungle and Tiger's Fury, Hot Streak becomes Heating Up, Soul Harvesting becomes Soul Harvest, and Paladin, Hunter, Priest, Warrior, and Shaman numbers are updated. The Feral and Affliction builds are rebuilt to match.
Every class guide now sums up what Forever changes for the class, a build to start with, and what each talent tree's changes mean in play, drawn from Blizzard's class notes. Reworked Priest racial spells such as Starshards and Elune's Grace are marked.
Corrections: the beta level cap rose to 30 on October 1, Excavation Site: Wetlands is a level 26–31 dungeon, the Honor cap is 25,000, dungeon quests give less bonus experience than before, Darnassus and Thunder Bluff have barbershops, and the Cooldown Manager is in the beta. Recipe tables no longer show placeholder item names.
The Addon page now covers version 0.4.0: a new title wordmark in the site's own title font, and an About panel in Settings with the version, author and links. The zip download points to 0.4.0.
Excavation Site: Wetlands now lists all 14 of its quests for both factions, with pick-up spots, chains and rewards, plus the loot from Saltspine, Shadetooth and Relic Guardian. The First Run notes cover Shadetooth's Infected Wound, the stealth raptors, and how to wake Relic Guardian, and the Titan Relic hand-in is laid out for each faction.
Talents, spellbooks, items and class builds now follow beta build 70205, including the changes the server sends as hotfixes.
October 2, 2026
Addon 0.3.0: Talent Simulator
The Addon page now covers version 0.3.0: an in-game talent simulator for all nine classes, class color schemes with a translucent window, trainers and spirit healers on the minimap, race tags on race-only spells, and an interface language switch.
A new in-game screenshot shows the talent simulator, and the zip download now points to 0.3.0.
October 1, 2026
Addon 0.2.0
The Addon page now covers version 0.2.0: trainers and herb and ore nodes on your maps, automatic quest accept and turn-in, red out-of-range buttons, a slimmer instance tracker, and a quick settings menu, all in the update history.
The Addon page shows real in-game screenshots for the dungeon guide, quest chains, spells by level, the unlearned spells panel, profession trainers, and settings, and offers a direct zip download alongside CurseForge.
The "Get the addon" button in the home page banner now goes straight to CurseForge.
September 30, 2026
Addon Page, Two New Guides, and a Cleaner Menu
New Addon page: download the free WoW Handbook addon from CurseForge, see what it does, follow every version in the update history, and find install steps and answers to common questions. It sits at the top of the Guides menu, and the home page notice and card now lead to it.
New article: Night Watchman's Torch, the portable light you can pick up on the Duskwood road with no combat, with coordinates and how it lights the mist.
New article: the Ruins of Lordaeron, with the fallen capital's history, the Heartweaver story split across both factions, all seven bosses, and every quest.
The Ruins of Lordaeron zone page now gives the real boss order and the exact spots that call The Abandoned and Viktor the Vile.
The top menu is quieter: number tags are gone and only NEW marks fresh content, and every entry in Changes, PvP, and Gear now has an icon like the other menus.
September 29, 2026
WoW Handbook Addon, Map Lore, and Deadmines Quests
New article: Blizzard will act on gold buyers as well as sellers in WoW Forever, from removing illicit gold to closing accounts, and what counts as a risky trade.
New article: the WoW Handbook addon is live on CurseForge, with a look at its dungeon guide, spellbook, and settings pages. The home page now carries a notice and a card that link to it.
Every map introduction has been rewritten around Azeroth's history: Stormwind's fall and rebuilding, Orgrimmar's founding, the Frostwolves of Alterac Valley, the night elves' new World Tree, and a story for each zone, with the practical details that follow.
The Zones menu lists capitals first, then every zone by level range with its levels shown.
The Battlegrounds page adds a guide to which battleground to queue, and each battleground page adds a Know Before You Go section.
The City of Dalaran page now describes Dalaran rebuilt on its original ground, and new dungeons whose quests are still hidden in the beta say so.
The Deadmines gain the Toxic Soil quest chain, with its quest givers pinned to their Forever locations.
September 28, 2026
Dungeon Wings, New Craft Picks, and a Fresh Look
New article: what Season of Discovery brings to WoW Forever, from the Cozy Sleeping Bag and trade crates to library books, Tarnished Undermine Reals, and class quests.
Every profession page opens with the best new crafts in Forever, and the Professions overview highlights one standout from each profession.
Dungeon and raid cards now show art from each instance's own loading screen.
A new look across the site: in-game style lettering for titles and headings, class names in their class colors, and calmer, easier-to-scan cards and tables.
Long articles read more comfortably, with shorter lines, clearer section spacing, and an On This Page list that follows you as you read.
The dungeon timeline now lists every wing on its own card: Scarlet Monastery, Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul, and Stratholme each show their wings at their own level ranges, linking straight to that wing on the dungeon page.
Dungeon pages switch between wings, showing each one's bosses, loot, and quests. Scarlet Monastery adds a summary, story, and interior map for every wing, and the map follows the wing you pick.
Boss loot tables across dungeons and raids list more drops.
Quest cards lead with the level you can accept each quest at and sort by it.
Quest givers in Stormwind and Redridge Mountains, plus a handful of NPCs elsewhere, are pinned to their new Forever locations.
The four Defias Brotherhood quests for the Deadmines now show their experience rewards.
Scarlet Monastery's interior maps now carry English labels.
Chinese pages now give rare spawns, chests, and other loot sources their Chinese names.
Loot fixes: Durgen Dirgehammer's Head and Durgen's gear drop only from Durgen Dirgehammer in Hall of Thanes, three of Bazzalan's items no longer appear under Jergosh the Invoker in Ragefire Chasm, and the Dire Maul North tribute rewards sit with the Tribute chest instead of Cho'Rush the Observer.
September 26, 2026
Beta 70009 Talents and Character Names
New article: how WoW Forever character names work, the naming rules the beta enforces, and Early Name Reservation from October 27.
Talents, spellbooks, and professions now follow beta build 70009: Feral Druids gain Primal Bite and Blood Frenzy in place of Mangle and Primal Fury, Paladins lose Improved Holy Strike and Crusade, and 27 crafting recipes are gone.
The Feral Druid, Holy Paladin, and Retribution Paladin builds are updated for the new talents.
Merchant's Favor rewards now show their build 70009 stack sizes and effects.
September 25, 2026
Dungeon Quest Rewards and the Beta 70009 Datamine
New article: what beta build 70009 changed in the client, from potion retunes and removed recipes to four new armor sets.
Quest experience and money now match the WoW Forever server for 90 dungeon quests. Most dungeon quests give three to four times the Classic experience.
Boss loot and quest rewards show WoW Forever stats for 330 more items.
Dungeon quests now show the full quest chain and where each quest giver stands, and the Hall of Thanes quest givers are placed in Old Ironforge.
September 24, 2026
Library Books, Legacy, and the Name Generator
New guides: Library Books, Mage Comprehension scrolls, Among the Faithful, and quest mob tagging.
New Legacy System explainer based on Blizzard's official guide: all 65 challenges, the 16-point cap, the rewards, and the Hardcore rules.
The Skyborne guide now covers both branches, the Zephras Isle story, every customization option, and the new Druid forms.
Boss loot for 23 dungeons, with item tooltips.
New Name Generator for all 9 races, and Character Roll now rolls a name as well.
Corrected: Blizzard confirmed the shorter Auto Shot and wand pause in the beta is a bug, so it is no longer listed as a change from Classic.
September 23, 2026
Merchant's Favor
Merchant's Favor Guide: Every Supply Crate, Vendor, and Recipe
New Merchant's Favor guide: all 30 Waylaid Crates, the vendors for both factions, and all 317 recipes and rewards with their prices.
New Cozy Sleeping Bag walkthrough, from level 14 to the final reward.
Rulesets explained in full, and the default bank is confirmed at 48 slots with 8 bag slots.
Four more changes from Classic: dungeon loot you forget is mailed to you, the character panel explains every stat, Rockslicer mines without the Mining skill, and new ranks of mana spells go on your action bars by hand.
The leveling guide confirms Forever needs the same experience per level as Classic.
September 22, 2026
Talent Builds
Recommended Talent Builds for Every Class
Recommended talent builds for every class: 25 builds covering all 27 specs at the beta level cap, each loadable in the talent calculator.
A gear catalogue of 429 sets from the beta client, by armor type, class, or level, plus jewelry and weapon sets.
PvP pages: every honor rank and what it unlocks, and every PvP set by class.
New Relics page with all 30 idols, librams, and totems, and a new Achievements page with all 43 exploration achievements.
Dungeon pages now show quest rewards with item tooltips, interior maps for every new dungeon, and where each quest giver stands.
Seven more changes from Classic, and the announced levels for all nine new dungeons.
The beta page now has the full beta schedule for the Americas in Pacific time.
September 21, 2026
Instance Guides
Rewritten Dungeon and Raid Guides
All 37 dungeon and raid pages rewritten, each opening with the story of the place, followed by First Run, Veteran Notes, and Changes in Forever.
293 dungeon quests across every Classic dungeon and the Forever dungeons, with pickup and turn-in locations on the map.
September 20, 2026
Character Roll & Camping
Character Roll, Camping, and New Guides
New guides: Camping, Layering and Phase Refresh, WoW Forever vs Classic, and System Requirements.
New pages for Reputations, Currencies, PvP, and the gear sets that are new or revised in Forever.
Dungeon pages add 66 quests across 10 dungeons, and interior maps for every floor.
Character Roll draws a random race, class, and spec, with a chart of every race and class combination.
Every class guide lists the abilities Forever adds, and the Legacy planner follows the in-game rules.
September 19, 2026
Leveling & Legacy
Faction Leveling Routes and Legacy Challenges
Alliance and Horde leveling routes from 1 to 60, zone by zone and dungeon by dungeon.
All 65 Legacy Challenges, with a planner and a progress checklist.
The Druid guide now covers five recommended builds and every talent change in Forever.
Two beta client articles: every new mount, and the unannounced dungeons, raid encounters, and titles.
Every page is now available in Chinese.
Spell and talent tooltips corrected for every class.
September 18, 2026
Spellbooks & Professions
Class Spellbooks, Professions, and the Chinese Site
Spellbooks for all nine classes from level 1 to 60, with every rank and what changed from Classic.
Guides for all 12 professions with 2,221 recipes, 961 of them new in Forever.
The Chinese site opens, with official Chinese names for every talent, spell, and profession.
Four new articles: the GDKP ban, Hardcore, system requirements, and Meeting Stones, mounts, and PvP ranks.
The Collector's Edition and the official roadmap added to Release Date.
All seven Classic vs Forever change guides rewritten against official sources.
September 17, 2026
Beta Launch
Talent Calculators and New Dungeons
The 51-point talent calculator for all nine classes, with the talent trees from the WoW Forever beta.
The nine new dungeons and two new raids, Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit, with levels, bosses, and maps.
September 16, 2026
Skyborne
The Skyborne
The Skyborne guide: racials, choosing a faction, and the classes each faction can play.
September 15, 2026
Launch
WoW Handbook Opens
The Changes database comparing WoW Forever with Classic, from talents to realms.
The release date and beta timeline with key dates.
