AllianceNew race in Forever
High Order Skyborne
A new Alliance race: Highborne descendants from the elemental plane of Skywall, seeking the arcane knowledge their people lost.
Latest documented change: .
Available classes
Class availability follows Blizzard's official race and class tables. Each class links to its AzerDex class guide and talent calculator.
Racial abilities
Active abilities
Walk on Air
Active ability
Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds.
- Cooldown
- 90 sec
- Duration
- 10 sec
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented · Cooldown - Blizzard-documented · Duration - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne, opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (15 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 15 build notes (post 6, posted 2026-10-16 00:15 UTC), opens in a new tab
Read Leyline
Active ability
Increases Mana and Health regeneration by 50%. Cannot be used while Innervate is active, and Innervate replaces it as the more powerful effect. Using it at a ley line also grants Attuned for 1 hour, which raises the regeneration bonus to 100% and persists through death. Attuned is removed when you enter a raid.
- Cooldown
- 2 min
- Duration
- 15 sec
- Blizzard's September 22 article spells the name “Read Ley Line”.
- Can be cast while moving.
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented · Cooldown - Community-reported · Duration - Blizzard-documented · Notes - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne, opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (15 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 15 build notes (post 6, posted 2026-10-16 00:15 UTC), opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (26 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Racial Abilities and Traits, Oct 26 (post 7, edited 2026-10-27), opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (27 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 27 additions to the racial update (post 8), opens in a new tab; Community site (28 Oct 2026) - Races & Racials - WoW Forever - SKTools (page stamped build 1.60.1.70685, updated Oct 28 2026), opens in a new tab; Community site (8 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Racials: Every Racial Ability and What Changed - WoW Forever Tier List, opens in a new tab
Passive abilities
Wind Blessed
Passive trait
Increases melee, ranged and spellcasting Haste by 2%.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne, opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (15 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 15 build notes (post 6, posted 2026-10-16 00:15 UTC), opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (26 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Racial Abilities and Traits, Oct 26 (post 7, edited 2026-10-27), opens in a new tab
Elemental Insight
Passive trait
Increases damage dealt to Elementals by 5%.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne, opens in a new tab
Version history (7 changes)
How High Order Skyborne racial abilities changed, newest first. Dates are when the source was published; they are not necessarily the day a change went live in the game.
·Read LeylineCommunity detailCommunity-reported
Community sites report a 2-minute cooldown.
Earlier definition: Increases Mana and Health regeneration by 50%. Cannot be used while Innervate is active, and Innervate replaces it as the more powerful effect. Using it at a ley line also grants Attuned for 1 hour, which raises the regeneration bonus to 100% and persists through death. Attuned is removed when you enter a raid.
Sources: Community site (28 Oct 2026) - Races & Racials - WoW Forever - SKTools (page stamped build 1.60.1.70685, updated Oct 28 2026), opens in a new tab; Community site (8 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Racials: Every Racial Ability and What Changed - WoW Forever Tier List, opens in a new tab
·Read LeylineChangedBlizzard-documented
Clarified: Attuned is removed when you enter a raid.
Earlier definition: Increases Mana and Health regeneration by 50%. Cannot be used while Innervate is active, and Innervate replaces it as the more powerful effect. Using it at a ley line also grants Attuned for 1 hour, which raises the regeneration bonus to 100% and persists through death.
Sources: Blizzard development notes (27 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 27 additions to the racial update (post 8), opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (26 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Racial Abilities and Traits, Oct 26 (post 7, edited 2026-10-27), opens in a new tab
·Read LeylineChangedBlizzard-documented
Regeneration bonus halved to 50% for 15 seconds, with a stronger Attuned state at ley lines.
Earlier definition: Activate a ley line to gain 100% increased Health and Mana regeneration.
·Wind BlessedChangedBlizzard-documented
Haste bonus reduced from 3% to 2%.
Earlier definition: Increases melee, ranged and spellcasting Haste by 3%.
·Read LeylineChangedBlizzard-documented
Can be cast while moving; minimum duration increased from 20 to 30 seconds.
Earlier definition: Activate a ley line to gain 100% increased Health and Mana regeneration.
·Walk on AirChangedBlizzard-documented
Cooldown reduced from 2 minutes to 90 seconds.
Earlier definition: Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds.
·Wind BlessedChangedBlizzard-documented
Haste bonus tripled from 1% to 3%.
Earlier definition: Increases melee, ranged and spellcasting Haste by 1%.
Data provenance
Documented changes for High Order Skyborne: 6 from Blizzard's published notes, 1 community-reported details, 0 verified in the game client.
All sources for this race: Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, opens in a new tab; Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne, opens in a new tab; Community site (8 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Racials: Every Racial Ability and What Changed - WoW Forever Tier List, opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (15 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 15 build notes (post 6, posted 2026-10-16 00:15 UTC), opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (26 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Racial Abilities and Traits, Oct 26 (post 7, edited 2026-10-27), opens in a new tab; Blizzard development notes (27 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 27 additions to the racial update (post 8), opens in a new tab; Community site (28 Oct 2026) - Races & Racials - WoW Forever - SKTools (page stamped build 1.60.1.70685, updated Oct 28 2026), opens in a new tab





