Build your
Forever talents.
World of Warcraft: Forever rebuilds every Classic talent tree. Fourteen of the 27 capstones are new, whole rows got replaced, and the old weapon specializations are gone. Pick a class, spend your 51 points, and share the link before the beta opens on September 17.
Warrior
Arms · Fury · ProtectionSpearing Strike and Bloodthrill in Arms, Raging Blows in Fury, Vanguard and Bastion for Protection. Mortal Strike, Bloodthirst and Shield Slam keep the 31-point slots.
Paladin
Holy · Protection · RetributionTwenty new talents, the most of any class. Light's Vigil and Twist of Light are brand new 31-pointers for Holy and Retribution.
Hunter
Beast Mastery · Marksmanship · SurvivalLone Wolf lets Marksmanship drop the pet. Survival lost six old talents and gained eight, capped by Lacerating Strikes.
Rogue
Assassination · Combat · SubtletyMutilate and Venom turn Assassination into a real tree. Subtlety ends in Thousand Cuts. Combat keeps Adrenaline Rush.
Priest
Discipline · Holy · ShadowPenance and Divine Aegis in Discipline, Prayer of Mending as the Holy capstone, and Shadowform still ends Shadow.
Shaman
Elemental · Enhancement · RestorationAll three capstones are new: Lava Burst, Rage of the Farseer and Riptide. Maelstrom Weapon and Water Shield arrive early.
Mage
Arcane · Fire · FrostThe least changed class. Arcane Blast, Hot Streak, Ice Lance and Fingers of Frost are the new names. The capstones stay.
Warlock
Affliction · Demonology · DestructionNineteen new talents and seventeen removed. Wrack, Demonic Pact and Incinerate are all new 31-pointers.
Druid
Balance · Feral Combat · RestorationMangle, Berserk and Eclipse headline fourteen new talents. Wild Growth caps Restoration and Moonkin Form stays for Balance.
How the trees work
- 51 talent points at level 60. Your first point comes at level 10.
- Each tier unlocks after five points in the tiers above it, so a 31-point capstone needs 30 points behind it.
- Arrows mark talents that require another talent at max rank.
- Nothing here is locked to a spec. Split 31/20, 30/21, or go full 51 into one tree.
Where the data comes from
The trees started as frame-by-frame reads of the BlizzCon 2026 demo. They now come from the beta client's own data files, compared talent by talent against Classic 1.12 and checked against Wowhead's Forever datamine for icons, ranks, prerequisites, costs and numbers.
Talent data from talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), export dated 2026-09-20. Game names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. We rebuild the trees after each beta patch.
Keep reading
- The WoW Forever hub: launch countdown, the full timeline, and every guide.
- Community builds: published by players, ranked by upvotes.
- Every racial for every race, including both Skyborne factions.
- The class tier list: who gained the most from the rework.
- WoW Forever vs Classic: every key change explained, from the trees to the new zones.
- Talent changes for every class: the capstones, the new spells, and what got cut.
- The Classic+ collection: what we argued for before Blizzard said the word Forever.
- Classic Era class guides: how each class plays on the 1.12 trees these replace.
- Latest stories for BlizzCon follow-ups as the beta lands.