Guides

Our own guides and opinion pieces for WoW: Forever, built on the game data behind this site and Blizzard's official notes. Opinion pieces say so in their category.

Leveling

Nov 3, 2026Every dungeon from 13 to 60: a WoW: Forever leveling pathTwenty-eight dungeons, nine of them new. Here is the order we would run them in, level band by level band, with the faction catches you should know before you queue.

Classes

Nov 3, 2026Which class should you play at launch? Our take on all nineNo tier list: balance changes after level 30. Instead, what each class became in WoW: Forever, which spec changed the most, and who we think should play it.

Opinion

Nov 3, 2026Which race? Racials after Blizzard's final pass, and what actually mattersBlizzard rolled back the generic racials and kept weapon specializations out. Here is every combat-relevant racial as it stands at launch, and our honest ranking of how much each one matters.Nov 3, 2026Forever is not Classic with extras: what the talent rework tells usWe compared every WoW: Forever talent with Classic Era. Roughly a quarter of all talents are new, almost every tree was reshuffled, and the direction is clear: fewer taxes, fewer weapon rules, more buttons.

General

Nov 3, 2026Five weeks to raid night: how to be ready for December 9Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair open on December 9. What each raid asks of your guild, what to do before then, and why we think the 10-player raid will decide who keeps up.Nov 3, 2026Launch night checklist: the choices to make before you click Enter WorldPreset, ruleset, faction, race and the first 30 minutes: what to decide before November 4, and what we would choose.Nov 3, 2026Legacy perks: every perk in the game files, and where we would spend the first pointsWe read the three Legacy perk trees straight from the WoW: Forever client: what each perk does at every rank, which ones are still placeholders, and our picks for a first character.