https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news Every World of Warcraft: Forever beta build: what got buffed, nerfed and fixed, with class and racial charts. en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:16:43 -0400 https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#bhf1023wow-hf1023Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400An unannounced hotfix to the Oct 22 build, first seen by the community tracker on Oct 23. Blizzard's notes do not mention it. Paladins now learn Righteous Fury at level 10 instead of 16. (1 buffs) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#b70532wow-70532Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400The beta moved to the build the live game's Oct 21 stress test used. The community tracker reports its game data is the same as the Oct 16 build: no talent, spell or item changes. Blizzard posted no notes for it. (1 other changes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#bhf1022wow-hf1022Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400An unannounced hotfix to the Oct 16 build, first seen by the community tracker on Oct 22. It adds 127 test items for the beta only. Nothing in it says anything about Molten Core on the live realms. (1 other changes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#bhf1021wow-hf1021Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400Another unannounced hotfix to the Oct 16 build, first seen by the community tracker on Oct 21. Blizzard's notes do not mention it. Hunter's Mark rank 4 now gives about twice the ranged attack power, and Lava Burst rank 3 loses its oversized Flame Shock bonus. On Oct 22 Blizzard said the beta hit "a small snag" coming back online and is being restored. (1 buffs 1 nerfs 1 other changes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#bhf1020wow-hf1020Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400Two hotfixes landed on the Oct 16 build without a new build number and without a Blizzard note, caught by the community tracker on Oct 18 and Oct 20. Frost Mages lose Piercing Ice but get a stronger Elemental Precision, Ice Barrier, Frost Ward and Frost Warding, and two Frost talents move columns. Priests lose a little rank-1 Holy Fire damage. Blizzard also moved the open stress test to Oct 21 (beta ends that day), opens name reservations Oct 27, and launches WoW Forever on Nov 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST. The talent calculator still shows the Oct 15 trees until the data export catches up. (4 buffs 2 nerfs 2 other changes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#b70450wow-70450Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400Adds three mounts, three companions, two transmog sets and a camp tent toy. No talents, spells or items changed, so the Oct 15 balance pass still stands. (1 other changes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#b70425wow-70425Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400The largest update of the beta so far. The community tracker counts 53 buffs, 22 nerfs, 37 other changes and 139 changed items. Also: a new tutorial, a Bloom Intensity slider, Marks of Honor stack to 30 (was 20), detailed Scrolling Combat Text, Who List subzones, and level‑up stat messages restored. (9 buffs 6 nerfs 3 other changes 7 racial changes 3 bug fixes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#b70291wow-70291Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400City of Dalaran dungeon is open for testing. Creature‑kill XP in dungeons up about 20%; party XP back to Classic Era rules. Every tester got 16 Legacy Points. Re‑specs cost 1 silver at the lowest tier and drop one step per hour. Honor: PvP gear costs up about 50%, honor cap 25,000 (was 15,000). Dungeon quest rewards lowered from Rare to Uncommon; faster respawns in Hillsbrad, Ashenvale, Wetlands, Duskwood and Thousand Needles. Known after the Oct 9 restart: a WowB_loader.dll error for some testers and a missing bag‑sort button. (7 buffs 4 nerfs 1 racial changes 3 bug fixes 1 other changes) https://playautotechnologies.org/wow-forever-news#boct1wow-oct1Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400Cap raised to 30. New dungeon Excavation Site: Wetlands (26–31), plus Razorfen Downs (25+) and Uldaman (30+). Dungeon quests give 50% less bonus XP. Barbershops opened in Darnassus and Thunder Bluff. Earlier (Sept 24): Wrath base damage +50%, Mangle renamed Primal Bite, Furious Howl AP bonus −40%, Vengeance max stacks 3 (was 5), Slam cooldown 18s, Gnome Eureka 10% resource discount, wands no longer scale with spell damage. (4 buffs 4 nerfs 4 other changes)