Race guides
Choose your race
Every playable race in WoW: Forever has two active and two passive racial abilities. Each race page lists the classes it can play and its abilities, shows where every statement comes from, and keeps a version history so you can see how racials changed during the beta. The two Skyborne factions are listed separately because their classes and some abilities differ.
Alliance
- Alliance
Human
Versatile and ambitious, Humans anchor the Alliance. Hunter is a new class option for them in Forever.
Available classes (7)
- Hunter (new in Forever)
- Mage
- Paladin
- Priest
- Rogue
- Warlock
- Warrior
- Alliance
Dwarf
Mountain-dwelling treasure seekers and archaeologists from Khaz Modan. Forever adds the Shaman class to their options.
Available classes (6)
- Hunter
- Paladin
- Priest
- Rogue
- Shaman (new in Forever)
- Warrior
- Alliance
Night Elf
An ancient people of Kalimdor's forests who returned from seclusion to face the Burning Legion.
Available classes (5)
- Druid
- Hunter
- Priest
- Rogue
- Warrior
- Alliance
Gnome
Brilliant tinkerers from the lost city of Gnomeregan. Priest is a new class option for Gnomes in Forever.
Available classes (5)
- Mage
- Priest (new in Forever)
- Rogue
- Warlock
- Warrior
- AllianceNew race
High Order Skyborne
A new Alliance race: Highborne descendants from the elemental plane of Skywall, seeking the arcane knowledge their people lost.
Available classes (5)
- Druid
- Hunter
- Mage
- Rogue
- Warrior
Horde
- Horde
Orc
Proud warriors from Draenor who broke free of demonic corruption. Mage is a new class option for Orcs in Forever.
Available classes (6)
- Hunter
- Mage (new in Forever)
- Rogue
- Shaman
- Warlock
- Warrior
- Horde
Tauren
Nature-revering people devoted to the Earth Mother, bound to the Horde by a blood-debt to the orcs.
Available classes (4)
- Druid
- Hunter
- Shaman
- Warrior
- Horde
Troll
The Darkspear tribe, jungle-born allies of the Horde. Warlock is a new class option for Trolls in Forever.
Available classes (7)
- Hunter
- Mage
- Priest
- Rogue
- Shaman
- Warlock (new in Forever)
- Warrior
- Horde
Undead
The Forsaken, free of the Lich King and hungry for vengeance. Paladin is a new class option for the Undead in Forever.
Available classes (6)
- Mage
- Paladin (new in Forever)
- Priest
- Rogue
- Warlock
- Warrior
- HordeNew race
Windshaper Skyborne
A new Horde race: shen'dorei who received the wind spirits' gift of elemental skysight and now search for their missing mentors.
Available classes (5)
- Druid
- Hunter
- Rogue
- Shaman
- Warrior
