ALLIANCE
GnomeAlliance race that can be a Priest for the first time in Forever. Its racials are reworked into two active and two passive abilities.
Escape Artist
Instant · 2 min cooldown. Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
In Classic: Escape the effects of any immobilization or movement speed reduction effect.
Eureka!Changes with your class
Instant · 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec (it used to be 3 charges), your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less (Rage, Energy or Mana, depending on your class) and deal 10% more damage.
Instant · 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less Rage and deal 10% more damage. It cannot be used in stealth or invisibility.
Instant · 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less Energy and deal 10% more damage. It cannot be used in stealth or invisibility.
Instant · 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging or healing abilities cost 10% less Mana and deal 10% more damage or healing; it also works on Power Word: Shield. It cannot be used in stealth or invisibility.
Instant · 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less Mana and deal 10% more damage. It cannot be used in stealth or invisibility.
Instant · 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less Mana and deal 10% more damage. It cannot be used in stealth or invisibility.
New in Forever
Expansive MindChanges with your class
Passive. Increases your class's maximum resource by 5%: Mana, Rage or Energy.
Passive. Maximum Rage increased by 5%.
Passive. Maximum Energy increased by 5%.
Passive. Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
Passive. Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
Passive. Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
In Classic: Intelligence increased by 5%.
Engineering Specialization
Passive. Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
In Classic: Engineering skill increased by 15.
If you play a Priest
Confounding FlashNew in Forever
0.5 sec cast · 2 min cooldown. Confuses up to 5 enemies within 8 yds for 3 sec. Any damage taken will break the effect.
1 rank · level 10
Contingency PlanNew in Forever
Instant · 10 min cooldown. Place a Holy ward on an ally for 30 sec. The next time this ally takes damage dropping their Health below 35%, they will gain a shield absorbing X damage and begin healing for X Health over 15 sec. A target may be affected by only one Contingency Plan.
5 ranks · levels 20 to 60
Figures marked X aren't in the beta client yet: the server calculates them.
The gnomes, inventors of Gnomeregan, live in exile in Ironforge after losing their city.
What it was in Classic and what it is now, row by row.
| — | Classic | WoW Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Classes | Classic
| WoW Forever |
| Racials | Classic
| WoW Forever
|
| Active and passive | ClassicActive: 1 · passive: 3 | WoW ForeverActive: 2 · passive: 2 |
Classic data: wago.tools — SpellName and Spell from the Classic Era 1.15.9 client (patch 1.12)
What the October 1 WoW Forever beta update brings: level cap 30, the Excavation Site (26-31), Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, less experience from dungeon quests, a reworked Fury warrior and every class change.
What changed in the WoW Forever beta with the September 24 update: talent respec down to 1 silver, Eureka! down to 10%, Mangle renamed to Primal Bite, Holy Strike hits harder, a Cooldown Manager, and every class change.
What the October 15 WoW Forever beta update brings: weapon specializations gone for humans, dwarves and orcs, new racials for tauren, Skyborne and trolls, raid-wide buffs, Arcane Blast reworked, Frost Blast for mages, paladin Salvation, weaker hunter pet abilities and the Horde out of Dalaran.
Blizzard's Classic+ launches on November 4. What changes from Classic: 469 reworked talents, the Skyborne, the Undead Paladin, new zones, nine dungeons and the raids — with the source next to every fact.
Data from beta client 1.60.1.70685, updated 29 Oct 2026.
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