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Your first steps in WoW: Forever
Independent guides for new adventurers, checked against official sources.
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Follow the getting started path →Launch & getting started · Legendary
WoW Forever Beginner’s Guide: Launch, First Login and First Steps
Last checkedUse: Blizzard’s official starter guide in order: launch times, the Classic or Enhanced preset, rulesets and factions, two-part names, professions and your first hour in Azeroth.
Launch & getting started · Epic
WoW Forever Launch Checklist: Now Live, What to Do First
Last checkedUse: WoW Forever went live November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST (23:00 UTC). What to do first: game time, the Battle.net Game Version menu, preset, ruleset, name, and what to try if you cannot get in.
Launch & getting started · Epic
WoW Forever Pricing: Subscription, Skyborne Packs and What to Buy Now
Last checkedUse: WoW Forever is live and plays on any WoW subscription or game time. U.S., European and Korean subscription prices, the three Skyborne pack prices (checked November 11, 2026), what each pack adds, what the Skyborne race requires, the Collection end date and the 12-month offer bonuses. Refunds get a short summary and a link to our refund guide.
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WoW Forever Warlock Changes: Banes, Pet Scaling, Wrack, Demonic Pact and Every Talent Update
Last checked Content changedEvery official WoW Forever Warlock change, from Blizzard's October 7 class deep dive and the notes up to November 2 to the live hotfixes up to November 10: about 15% more base Health for the Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus and Incubus, a reworked Wrack that speeds up your damage over time, and the new Soul Siphon rule.
Classes & races
WoW Forever Shaman Changes: Totems, Weapon Imbues and Every Talent Update
Last checked Content changedEvery official WoW Forever Shaman change through Blizzard's November 10 hotfix: Stormstrike back to 100% weapon damage and 8 seconds, weapon imbues and weapon totems working together, Lava Burst replaced by Call of Thunder, heal-over-time Riptide, plus totems and every Elemental Combat, Enhancement and Restoration talent update.
Launch & getting started
WoW Forever Early Gold Guide: Levels 1–40, Vendor vs Auction House and What Changed
Last checked Content changedHow to make gold before riding in WoW Forever: vendor prices of eight big fish, material prices checked against Classic, the 1 silver Auction House minimum, crafted-item and buyback changes, and the announced gold for quests of quest level 48+ (not confirmed live).
Launch & getting started
WoW Forever Hotfixes: Every Official Fix Since Launch, Newest First
Last checked Content changedAll official WoW Forever hotfixes since launch, newest first: the November 10 class numbers for Hunter pets, Warlocks and Enhancement Shamans, level 48+ quest gold, the Auction House deposit and every earlier list.
Launch & getting started
WoW Forever Pricing: Subscription, Skyborne Packs and What to Buy Now
Last checked Content changedWoW Forever is live and plays on any WoW subscription or game time. U.S., European and Korean subscription prices, the three Skyborne pack prices (checked November 11, 2026), what each pack adds, what the Skyborne race requires, the Collection end date and the 12-month offer bonuses. Refunds get a short summary and a link to our refund guide.
- An active WoW subscription or game time is all you need to play WoW Forever. The paid packs are optional upgrades. (Official source)
- On the PvP ruleset you can only create characters for one faction. (Official source)
- Every character has two names, and the full combination must be unique in your region. (Official source)
- Early Name Reservation lets you create up to three characters. Names are first come, first served. (Official source)
- The 30 days of game time in the Epic Pack and Collection are added at launch, not at purchase. (Official source)
- WoW Forever has no flying mounts and no level scaling. (Official source)
- Plan for 128 GB of free SSD space – the same on Windows and Mac. (Official source)
- Preferred Online Language is account-wide and can only be changed once every 24 hours. (Official source)
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- WoW Forever Beginner’s Guide
- WoW Forever Launch Checklist
- WoW Forever Pricing
- How to Refund WoW Forever
- WoW Forever Invite-A-Friend Codes
- WoW Forever Beta Has Ended
- WoW Forever Beta Patch Notes
- WoW Forever Hotfixes
- WoW Forever System Requirements
- WoW Forever Controller Support
- WoW Forever Realms and Rulesets
- WoW Forever Layering Explained
- WoW Forever Legacy System
- WoW Forever Transmog
- WoW Forever Addons
- WoW Forever Multiboxing Rules
- WoW Forever Gold Buying and GDKP Rules
- WoW Forever Olympus Guild
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