Horde
Undead
The Forsaken, free of the Lich King and hungry for vengeance. Paladin is a new class option for the Undead in Forever.
Latest documented change: .
Available classes
- New in Forever
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
Will of the Forsaken
Active ability
Removes Charm, Fear and Sleep effects without granting immunity to them.
- Cooldown
- Not documented
- Duration
- Not documented
- Cannot be used while affected by Scatter Shot.
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented · Notes - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (13 Sep 2026) - World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, opens in a new tab; 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
Cannibalize
Active ability
Consume a corpse to restore Health and Mana over time.
- Cooldown
- Not documented
- Duration
- Not documented
- Restores 35% of your Health and Mana in total (community catalogue).
- Cannot be used while you are immune to Physical damage.
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented · Notes - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (13 Sep 2026) - World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, opens in a new tab; 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 (1 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 1 build notes (post 4), opens in a new tab
Passive abilities
Underwater Breathing
Passive trait
Your underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
Backing: Effect - Community-reported
Sources: Blizzard article (13 Sep 2026) - World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, opens in a new tab; Community site (12 Sep 2026) - All Racial Abilities in World of Warcraft Forever (BlizzCon demo catalogue) - Warcraft Tavern, opens in a new tab
Touch of the Grave
Passive trait
Your spells and attacks have a 30% chance (casters) or 20% chance (Paladins, Rogues and Warriors) to drain life from the target.
- Cooldown
- Not applicable
- Duration
- Not applicable
- Does not break crowd control and only triggers from spells and abilities that have a damage component: Shadow Word: Pain triggers it on cast but not on periodic damage.
- No longer scales with Shadow damage increases on the target or caster, and is not reduced when a lower-ranked spell is used.
- Blizzard's October 15 notes call this ability “Touch of the Dead”.
Backing: Effect - Blizzard-documented · Cooldown - Blizzard-documented · Notes - Blizzard-documented
Sources: Blizzard article (13 Sep 2026) - World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, opens in a new tab; 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 (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; 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 (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
Version history (5 changes)
How Undead 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.
·Touch of the GraveChangedBlizzard-documented
Internal cooldown reduced from 25 to 15 seconds.
Earlier definition: Your spells and attacks have a 30% chance (casters) or 20% chance (Paladins, Rogues and Warriors) to drain life from the target.
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
·Touch of the GraveChangedBlizzard-documented
Chance to trigger set per role and an internal cooldown added.
Earlier definition: Your attacks have a chance to drain life from enemies.
·Will of the ForsakenChangedBlizzard-documented
Cannot be used while under the effect of Scatter Shot.
Earlier definition: Removes Charm, Fear and Sleep effects without granting immunity to them.
·CannibalizeChangedBlizzard-documented
Cannot be used while immune to Physical damage.
Earlier definition: Consume a corpse to restore Health and Mana over time.
·Touch of the GraveChangedBlizzard-documented
No longer breaks crowd control, and only triggers from effects that deal damage.
Earlier definition: Your attacks have a chance to drain life from enemies.
Data provenance
Documented changes for Undead: 5 from Blizzard's published notes, 0 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 (13 Sep 2026) - World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, 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; Blizzard development notes (1 Oct 2026) - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Oct 1 build notes (post 4), 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