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Forever's beta in nine panels: 8.8 million characters and one very deadly Kobold Miner
Blizzard's Beta by the Numbers graphic counts 8,862,354 characters, 9,959,014 PvP kills and 1,157,204 deaths from falling, and names a deadliest dungeon, creature and PvP zone. It says nothing about how many people played.
Launch and beta
Twelve circles on a map: where WoW Forever could go next, from Quel'Thalas to the Emerald Dream
At PAX Aus, Blizzard showed a map of Azeroth with twelve unlabelled circles and named just one area. Here is what its slides actually say, what the game files show about Battle for Gilneas, and how Bellular reads the rest. None of the places Bellular floats beyond the announced launch content has been announced for Forever.
World, items and secrets
A creator’s dungeon exit claim: leave the group, keep your Hearthstone
A 26 October video on the Kargoz channel says leaving a dungeon group now sends you to a nearby graveyard without touching your Hearthstone. Why that would matter for Wailing Caverns, and what isn’t checked.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Blizzard halves Read Leyline’s base bonus. What that settles in the mana debate, and what it doesn’t
Beta healers called the Skyborne racial overpowered. Blizzard’s 26 October notes cut its base regeneration bonus to 50% for 15 seconds, keep 100% for players Attuned at a Ley Line and rule it out while Innervate is active. On 27 October Blizzard added that Attuned is removed upon entering a raid; whether it survives entering a dungeon is not stated. We have not measured the new version.
Classes, races and leveling
Dungeon detour or keep questing? The rule of thumb in hammerdance’s Alliance 1–30 guide
Count travel, forming the group, the clear and the turn-ins together: that is the rule in hammerdance’s 22 October guide for deciding whether a dungeon is worth the detour, and it matters most when you level in shorter sessions.
Classes, races and leveling
Buildings and hidden instance portals: the far-future tease at the end of the 22 October podcast
The official podcast closed with a tease about groundwork for later content: homes players have already found, and instance portals in inconspicuous spots. No destination and no date.
World, items and secrets
New dungeons beside the old: Forever’s nine five-player additions, level by level
Blizzard’s 20 October dungeon guide places nine new dungeons between levels 13 and 60. Where they are, which have more than one route, and how Shaper’s Terrace uses Un’Goro’s crystals.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Hall of Thanes: a dungeon in the dwarven kings’ tomb beneath Ironforge
Blizzard’s 20 October preview puts Forever’s lowest-level new dungeon, for levels 13 to 18, in the resting place of dwarven monarchs beneath Ironforge. Easy for the Alliance to reach; the Horde must travel into Alliance territory.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Ruins of Lordaeron: helping the Forsaken reclaim their old capital
Forever turns the ruined city above the Undercity into a dungeon for levels 15 to 20, where the Forsaken try to recover their keepsakes amid the Scourge and a rising necromancer. Easy for the Horde, a trek for the Alliance.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Excavation Site: mist, errant titan constructs and a place frozen in time
Above Whelgar’s Excavation in the Wetlands, a strange mist and flashes of light lead to a place seemingly frozen in time. What Blizzard’s preview says about this 24 to 29 dungeon, and why its level band is worth checking.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
City of Dalaran: where each faction’s attunement begins
Dalaran’s barrier has fallen, and Forever’s dungeon for levels 28 to 33 sends groups through the sewers into a city in arcane chaos. Both factions’ starting quests, and what the preview leaves out of the attunement.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
The Drowned City: a dungeon you reach by diving, and a storm that tells the time
Risen troll ruins off Stranglethorn’s coast, west of Grom’gol, hold trolls, naga and a wrecked pirate ship. Blizzard’s preview of this 35 to 40 dungeon describes an underwater entrance and weather that builds into a storm before the final fight.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Krol’dok Stronghold: ogre kidnappers, and chanting after dark
Ogre outrunners are kidnapping travelers across the Riverglades, and the trail leads to a sprawling fortress for levels 40 to 45. The preview’s most interesting line is the chanting heard after nightfall, which it leaves unexplained.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Alcaz Prison: the island jail tied to rumors about King Varian
Alcaz Island’s prison finally opens in Forever as a dungeon for levels 48 to 53, with the Defias and naga already fighting inside. Blizzard links it to rumors of high-ranking prisoners, King Varian Wrynn among them.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Blackmaw Hold: a furbolg city behind a sealed gate, and a way farther down
Beyond a long-sealed gate in Azshara, the Blackmaw furbolgs are fighting a spreading corruption. Blizzard’s preview of this 55 to 60 dungeon hints at a path deeper below Azeroth, and the raid overview names the hold as connected to Barrow Deeps.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Shaper’s Terrace: the dungeon that asks you to bring crystals from Un’Goro
A titan facility in Un’Goro’s northern hills, for levels 58 to 60, has consoles that use power crystals gathered in the crater outside. What Blizzard’s preview confirms, and what it leaves open about the crystals.
Raids, dungeons and guilds
Horde can run the Dalaran dungeon, but the city will attack them
The 16 October notes made Dalaran’s open-world city hostile to the Horde and stopped the sewer key granting unrestricted access, while leaving the City of Dalaran dungeon open to Horde groups.
Realmless play
Levels 30 to 60 in Forever: the new quests and dungeons Blizzard has listed
Blizzard’s written plans put more than 150 new Riverglades quests in the mid-30s to mid-40s and six new dungeons between levels 28 and 60. What those posts say, and what they leave to the launch client.
Classes, races and leveling
Dungeon quest XP: what the 50% cut actually applies to
A 24 October video and a 26 October Reddit thread revived talk of a 50% dungeon XP nerf. Blizzard’s 1 October wording halves only the extra experience above normal quest values, and an 8 October change raised dungeon kill XP.
Classes, races and leveling