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WOW FOREVER · ANNOUNCED AT BLIZZCON 2026 · LAUNCHES NOVEMBER 4

Classic+ has a name now.

World of Warcraft: Forever rebuilds every talent tree, drops realms, adds nine dungeons and a thousand quests, and keeps level 60. We went through every change against Classic, and we kept the collection we wrote before the reveal.

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World Buffs in WoW Forever Don't Work in Raids, and Blizzard Just Added Heralds to Razor Hill, Goldshire, Lakeridge and Sentinel Hill

Warchief's Blessing, the Dire Maul tribute buffs, Songflower, Sayge's fortunes and the Dragonslayer buff all read "No effect while in a raid instance" in WoW Forever. Developer Johnny Cash says he added Heralds of Thrall to Razor Hill and new Stormwind Criers to three Alliance towns so levelers get the Rend buff too.

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