Bind on Forever

Overview · build 1.60.1.70291

What's new in Forever

World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4. It keeps Classic's world and its level 60 cap, and adds a new race, 4 new zones, 9 new dungeons, 2 raids and a battleground, with new systems on top: Legacy, camping and reworked professions. Each line below links to the Blizzard post that says it, or to the page where the game files show it.

Countdown to launch

Forever launches November 4, 3:00 p.m. PST, worldwide

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Blizzard · Sep 12

Key dates

  1. Sep 17 to Oct 21Beta, October 21 is the last full day of testing Blizzard · Sep 17
  2. Oct 20Invite-A-Friend Launch Codes start arriving by email Blizzard · Sep 12
  3. Oct 27 to Nov 3Early Name Reservation, with an eligible upgrade purchase Blizzard · Sep 21
  4. Nov 4Launch, 3:00 p.m. PST, worldwide Blizzard · Sep 12
  5. Nov 4 to Nov 11Invite-A-Friend launch week, codes give invited friends access for the week Blizzard · Sep 12
  6. To comeHardcore ruleset opens, sometime after launch, no date yet Blizzard · Sep 21

Pacific time, as Blizzard gives it.

New places

Zones

Blizzard counts more than a thousand new quests across levels 1 to 60. Blizzard · Sep 12

Dungeons

All 28 dungeons on the road from 13 to 60, with bosses and what changed from Classic.

Raids and PvP

Both raids are still encrypted in the game files, so nothing in them can be read yet.

A new race: the Skyborne

One race, two factions: you choose at character creation. Each side has its own racials in the game files.

New systems

Changed from Classic

In the files, not announced

Show 3 names the game files hold that Blizzard hasn't announced (possible spoilers)
  • Gilneas (zone)
  • Manor Mistmantle (dungeon) · on the dungeon list
  • Battle for Gilneas (battleground)

Names in build 1.60.1.70291's files only. Nothing says they'll be in Forever at launch, or at all.