Alliance
Night Elf
An ancient people of Kalimdor's forests who returned from seclusion to face the Burning Legion.
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
Elune's Light
Active ability
Increases your critical strike chance by 10% for 15 seconds.
- Cooldown
- 3 min
- Duration
- 15 sec
Backing: Effect - Community-reported · Cooldown - Community-reported · Duration - Community-reported
Sources: Community site (12 Sep 2026) - All Racial Abilities in World of Warcraft Forever (BlizzCon demo catalogue) - Warcraft Tavern, 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
Shadowmeld
Active ability
Lets you slip into stealth while standing still.
- Cooldown
- Not documented
- Duration
- Not documented
Backing: Effect - Community-reported
Passive abilities
Quickness
Passive trait
Increases Dodge chance by 1% and run speed by 2%. The movement speed bonus stacks with other movement speed increases.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Community site (12 Sep 2026) - All Racial Abilities in World of Warcraft Forever (BlizzCon demo catalogue) - Warcraft Tavern, 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
Wisp Spirit
Passive trait
Increases run speed by 75% while you are dead.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
Backing: Effect - Community-reported
Version history (2 changes)
How Night Elf 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.
·Elune's LightCommunity detailCommunity-reported
Community sites report a 3-minute cooldown.
Earlier definition: Increases your critical strike chance by 10% for 15 seconds.
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
·QuicknessChangedBlizzard-documented
The movement speed bonus now stacks with other movement speed increases.
Earlier definition: Increases Dodge chance by 1% and run speed by 2%.
Data provenance
Documented changes for Night Elf: 1 from Blizzard's published notes, 1 community-reported details, 0 verified in the game client.
All sources for this race: Community site (12 Sep 2026) - All Racial Abilities in World of Warcraft Forever (BlizzCon demo catalogue) - Warcraft Tavern, opens in a new tab; Blizzard article (22 Sep 2026) - Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 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; 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