Horde
Tauren
Nature-revering people devoted to the Earth Mother, bound to the Horde by a blood-debt to the orcs.
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
War Stomp
Active ability
Stuns nearby enemies for 2 seconds.
- Cooldown
- 90 sec
- Duration
- 2 sec
Community-reported (not published by Blizzard)
- Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards.
Backing: Effect - Community-reported · Cooldown - Blizzard-documented · Duration - Community-reported · Community notes - 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; 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; Community site (8 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Racials: Every Racial Ability and What Changed - WoW Forever Tier List, opens in a new tab
Cultivation
Active ability
Grows bonus herbs that can be gathered without Herbalism.
- Cooldown
- 15 min
- Duration
- Not documented
- Each herb needs a player level equal to the level required to pick it divided by 5. Herbs that need more than 300 Herbalism skill can be cultivated at player level 60.
Community-reported (not published by Blizzard)
- Each herb can only be cultivated once.
Backing: Effect - Community-reported · Cooldown - Blizzard-documented · Notes - Blizzard-documented · Community notes - 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; 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 (24 Sep 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Sep 24 build notes (post 1; later edited, last edit 2026-10-26), 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
Plainsrunning
Passive trait
Grants 2% movement speed per stack the longer you stay moving, for a total of up to 60%. It does not increase mounted movement speed.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
- You must keep moving a minimum distance per second to maintain the effect; stutter-stepping is no longer enough.
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented · Notes - 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; 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
Endurance
Passive trait
Increases total Health by 5%.
- 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; 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
Version history (9 changes)
How Tauren 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.
·CultivationCommunity detailCommunity-reported
Community sites report a once-per-herb limit.
Earlier definition: Grows bonus herbs that can be gathered without Herbalism.
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
·War StompCommunity detailCommunity-reported
Community sites report the area of effect.
Earlier definition: Stuns nearby enemies for 2 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
·EnduranceChangedBlizzard-documented
Now only grants the 5% Health bonus; the other modifiers were removed.
Earlier definition: Increases total Health by 5% and your critical strike bonus to damage and healing by 2%.
·PlainsrunningChangedBlizzard-documented
Bonus doubled to 2% per stack (60% maximum, was 30%), and it no longer works while mounted.
Earlier definition: Increases movement speed the longer you stay moving, and increases mounted movement speed by 3% (stacks with other mounted speed increases).
·CultivationChangedBlizzard-documented
Cooldown reduced from 60 minutes to 15 minutes.
Earlier definition: Grows bonus herbs that can be gathered without Herbalism.
·EnduranceChangedBlizzard-documented
Now adds 2% critical damage and healing instead of 1% hit chance.
Earlier definition: Increases total Health by 5% and hit chance by 1%.
·PlainsrunningChangedBlizzard-documented
Also grants 3% mounted movement speed, and you must now keep moving a minimum distance to keep the effect.
Earlier definition: Increases movement speed the longer you stay moving.
·War StompChangedBlizzard-documented
Cooldown reduced from 2 minutes to 90 seconds.
Earlier definition: Stuns nearby enemies for 2 seconds.
·CultivationChangedBlizzard-documented
Cultivating a herb now needs a minimum player level.
Earlier definition: Grows bonus herbs that can be gathered without Herbalism.
Data provenance
Documented changes for Tauren: 7 from Blizzard's published notes, 2 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; Blizzard development notes (24 Sep 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Sep 24 build notes (post 1; later edited, last edit 2026-10-26), 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; 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




