BLIZZARD TRACKER
WoW Forever Blizzard Tracker: statements, changes and confirmed bugs
Everything Blizzard has said or confirmed about Forever during the beta, with the date and a link to the source: announcements, class changes, bugs they acknowledge and the ones already fixed. No rumours.
October 2026
Book collecting necklace rewards nerfed to Uncommon quality
Blizzard reduces the Friend of the Library rewards (10 books): the Erudite's Amulet and the Scholarly Pendant go from Rare to Uncommon with some stat changes. The 20-book ring drops from item level 40 to 35 but no longer has a class restriction.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Skinning no longer group-wide in the latest WoW: Forever beta build
In the new build each creature can only be skinned once before it disappears. For two weeks grouped players could skin it once per member, multiplying leather; it was a bug and Blizzard has fixed it.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Warrior updates in today's WoW: Forever beta build
Warrior development notes in the October 1 build: crits now give 100% more Rage (was 75%), and a bug where Dual Wield Specialization granted hit to both hands, which skewed Blizzard's tests, is fixed.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Ghost Wolf appearance is temporary until fixes are in
Since the latest build the Shaman's Ghost Wolf form looks a much brighter blue than usual. Blizzard designer Aidan Moon confirms it is temporary and a fix is on the way.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Stitches is currently neutral but will terrorize Duskwood again
Since the latest build Stitches attacks nobody in Duskwood. Blizzard confirms it is a bug and he will go back to patrolling as usual.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗WoW: Forever Podcast Ep.2: Class Design
The second episode of the official podcast, with Blizzard designers Josh Greenfield, Kris Zierhut and Aidan Moon and Sodapoppin as guest, on how the classes were redesigned for Forever. Blizzard also corrects that this week the beta only adds one new dungeon and one new battleground.
Source: Blizzard ↗Aidan Moon confirms a Rage bug for dual-wielding Warriors
Blizzard designer Aidan Moon confirmed a bug in dual-wield Warrior Rage that was skewing their tests. After the fix: +100% Rage on crits and +50% off-hand Rage from the Dual Wield Specialization talent.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗New Wetlands dungeon on the WoW Forever beta this week, no Dalaran dungeon
With the level 30 update, the beta opens the Excavation Site, the new Wetlands dungeon for levels 24-29, according to Josh Greenfield. The City of Dalaran dungeon is not in this week's build and will come in a later beta update.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗The Light initially damages Forsaken Paladins
Fixed in the beta: in the class quest where the Forsaken Paladin learns Holy Light, every cast deals some damage to you (not enough to kill). Josh Greenfield explained it was always intended and was not working when the beta opened.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗
September 2026
World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior
The second set of class explanations. Priest: Fear Ward and Devouring Plague for every race at level 20 and Shadow Word: Death at 32. Warrior: Rage from damage taken ignores armor, Rage from damage dealt depends on weapon speed and crits give 75% more; Blizzard acknowledges Rage bugs.
Source: Blizzard ↗World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid
The first set of class explanations. Hunter: Aimed Shot baseline at level 20, traps in combat, pets that scale with the hunter's gear and a unique ability per family. Druid: potions and racials without leaving form, Revive at level 12 and new talents like Wild Growth and Berserk. Dual Specialization at level 40.
Source: Blizzard ↗Blizzard confirms the PvP crit nerf in WoW Forever is a bug
Players noticed critical strikes doing less damage in PvP than in Classic. Blizzard says it is a bug, not an intended change, and it will be fixed in a future build.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗The WoW Forever AH is taking too large a deposit
There is a bug in the beta auction house: the deposit it takes when you list an item is higher than it should be. If money seems to be missing, this may be why; it is worth holding off on cheap listings until it is fixed.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗WoW Forever at PAX Aus: Blizzard will show one of the new dungeons
Holly Longdale opens PAX Aus (9-11 October) and Clay Stone will give a deep dive into one of Forever's new dungeons. It streams on Twitch on 8 October at 6:00 p.m. PDT.
Source: Blizzard ↗Druid Cat Form quest bug fixed in WoW Forever
The level 20 quest that grants Cat Form was stuck: the three relics in the den could not be looted. Josh Greenfield says it is now fixed.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Blizzard will also go after gold buyers in WoW Forever
Blizzard reminds players that buying gold for real money is banned and says it will increasingly act against buyers too: removing the gold and possibly closing accounts. It asks players not to accept gifts from strangers.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Josh Greenfield teases a BRD-like mega dungeon for WoW Forever
Asked for "a good BRD-like mega dungeon", Greenfield replied "hold our beer(s)". Wowhead thinks it is Blackmaw Hold, one of the max-level dungeons; Blizzard has not confirmed it.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Skyborne of both factions can talk to each other in WoW Forever
All Skyborne know Darnassian, so an Alliance and a Horde Skyborne can understand each other in chat. It is unclear whether this is intended or a bug from everyone starting in the same place.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Blizzard raises the WoW Forever beta population cap again and fixes login queues
Holly Longdale says the beta population cap had to be raised again, and Blizzard says it fixed an issue that filled the login queue after a disconnect.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗First episode of the official WoW Forever podcast: the beta launch
Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield and Tim Jones, with Countdown To Classic and Xaryu, go over the first beta week in the first episode of Blizzard's weekly podcast.
Source: Blizzard ↗WoW Forever beta known issues updated on September 24
New known-issues list with the weekly build, mostly about the cooldown manager, plus the ones already fixed.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Gnome racial Eureka! heavily nerfed in the latest WoW Forever beta build
Each Gnome class had its own version with cost reductions of up to 50% (Mage). All of them now reduce costs by 10%. Datamined, subject to change.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Blizzard explains in a video what WoW Forever is and how it differs from Classic and modern WoW
The official video stresses that Forever replaces no other version: the focus is the leveling journey, with account-wide rewards and new dungeons, quests, zones and raids. The Riverglades are reached through a new fork in Redridge Mountains, and Mount Hyjal caps the journey with both raids.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Blizzard will fix the near-instant Auto Shot and wands in the WoW Forever beta
The half-second hidden cast before Auto Shot and wands was not working properly in the beta, making kiting much easier. Blizzard confirms it is a bug and will fix it.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗WoW Forever drops realms: you pick a ruleset (Normal, PvP, Roleplaying or Hardcore)
Blizzard explains that Forever replaces the realm list with rulesets: Normal, PvP, Roleplaying and Hardcore. Each works as its own large ecosystem for grouping, dungeons and raids; Hardcore arrives some time after launch.
Source: Blizzard ↗Blizzard rolls out fixes for WoW Forever beta latency in Europe
After days of very high latency in Europe, Blizzard says it improved routing to the beta over the last 24 hours, while warning that some issues outside its control, such as ISP routing or firewall software, may remain.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Blizzard removes WoW Forever beta access over offensive names
With the new first-and-last-name system, Blizzard confirms on the forums that names breaking its naming policy can cost players their beta access, with the reason sent by email.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Blizzard explains WoW Forever names: first and last name, unique per region
Blizzard details Forever's naming system: with two names you may share a first name with another character, but the full combination is unique within the region.
Source: Blizzard ↗Retracted: WoW Forever needs the same experience to level as Classic
Wowhead retracts its report of reduced experience requirements: the values came from a file the game does not use, and Blizzard confirmed the numbers match Classic.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗WoW Forever keeps Classic mob tagging: Blizzard will not switch to shared tags
Aggrend (Josh Greenfield) says that despite crowded quest mobs in the beta, Forever will not adopt Retail's shared tagging: some friction between players is part of the social experience they want.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗Ion Hazzikostas: WoW Forever removes world buff farming for raids
In a Windows Central interview, the game director frames Forever as WoW's third pillar alongside Retail and Classic, confirms world buff farming for raids is gone, and defends the friction that pushes players to group up.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗WoW Forever gets official controller support; Blizzard details mount training costs
In an interview with Sportskeeda, Blizzard confirms official controller support and gives the exact costs of training mount skills.
Source: Wowhead (reporting what Blizzard said) ↗
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