A quick read on every major system: ✓ what Blizzard has confirmed, ? what has not been officially announced yet. Unknowns are never filled with guesses.
✓Confirmed: Level range: Covers much of the mid-30s to mid-40s experience.
✓Confirmed: Size: Roughly the size of Stranglethorn Vale.
✓Confirmed: Quest count (What’s Next panel): More than 150 new quests.
✓Confirmed: Quest count (Found Photos panel): Nearly 200 quests for Horde and Alliance players.
✓Confirmed: Connected to surrounding regions including the Burning Steppes, Redridge Mountains, the Swamp of Sorrows and the Badlands, but previously beyond players’ reach.
+ 4 more confirmed
?Unknown: Exact minimum and maximum levels for the zone.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Confirmed: Druids can serve any combat role but cannot snare, Silence or Interrupt, and have weaker, less reliable crowd control.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Confirmed: Hunters have one combat role, damage, and the longest range of any class, but ranged abilities are unavailable within 8 yards and they cannot Stun or Interrupt.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Class changes confirmed
?Unknown: Mage specializations, talents and ability changes for Forever.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Confirmed: Paladins still lack an interrupt, cannot slow targets like some classes, and access their taunt through Seals and Judgment.
✓Confirmed: Paladins remain especially strong against Undead and Demons through Exorcism, Holy Wrath and Turn Undead.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Confirmed: Priests remain the most versatile healer, with heal-over-time spells, direct heals and absorb shields, but wear cloth and have few escapes.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Class changes confirmed
?Unknown: Rogue specializations, talents and ability changes for Forever.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Class changes confirmed
?Unknown: Shaman talents and ability changes for Forever.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Class changes confirmed
?Unknown: Warlock specializations, talents and ability changes for Forever.
✓Confirmed: Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.
✓Confirmed: Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.
✓Confirmed: Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.
✓Confirmed: Warriors are uniquely strong at sustained damage against multiple melee targets but lack tools to easily recover from taking too much damage.
✓Confirmed: Blizzard acknowledged Rage generation bugs in the beta and is investigating the root cause.
✓Confirmed: You can get Campfire buffs while sitting (including in a chair), sleeping, lying down or kneeling, and can buff others, cast and craft while waiting for them (September 24 beta build).
✓Confirmed: Campfires no longer damage players below level 5, and deal reduced damage to players below 90% health (October 1 beta build).
✓Confirmed: Camping turns the Cooking Fire from the Cooking profession into a Basic Campfire, creating a campsite where players can rest and gain benefits together.
✓Confirmed: A Basic Campfire accepts up to three special crafted objects from nearby players. Each player can contribute one object, and objects share a one-hour cooldown.
✓Confirmed: To gain the buffs, players sit by the campfire for a few moments and get rested.
+ 7 more confirmed
?Unknown: Restricted areas and placement rules.
?Unknown: Rewards tied to Camping beyond its buffs.
✓Confirmed: Approachable and familiar; the world as the main character; the journey before the destination; protecting and nurturing social experiences.
✓Confirmed: No flying mounts.
✓Confirmed: No level scaling.
✓Confirmed: Leveling remains just as important as endgame.
✓Confirmed: A solo player can expect an ordinary creature to take roughly 10–15 seconds to defeat.
✓Confirmed: Unlocks with your first Legacy Point — for most players when a character reaches level 25, or by reaching 150 in a non-gathering primary tradeskill, or exploring the entire world map.
✓Confirmed: Opened from the Legacy icon on the menu or the default hotkey Y.
✓Confirmed: 65 challenges in six categories, each worth one point: Classes 27, Tradeskills 18, Player vs. Player 12, Adventure 2, Dungeons 3, Raids 3.
✓Confirmed: Classes: For each class, reach level 25, 45 and 60.
✓Confirmed: Tradeskills: For each non-gathering primary profession, reach 150, 225 and 300 skill.
+ 13 more confirmed
?Unknown: When the per-character spending cap will rise.
✓Confirmed: Normal: The baseline experience; player-versus-player combat requires mutual consent.
✓Confirmed: PvP: Every trip into contested territory carries more danger and open-world conflict.
✓Confirmed: Roleplaying: For players who want to lean into the fantasy of Azeroth with like-minded adventurers.
✓Confirmed: Hardcore: Death carries lasting consequences. Available sometime after launch.
✓Confirmed: Each ruleset is a large ecosystem rather than one realm. Cross-ruleset grouping is not supported, and players create a new character to play under a different ruleset.
✓Confirmed: Players who opted in can be selected; Skyborne Epic Pack and Warcraft Forever Collection purchasers gain access.
✓Confirmed: Skyborne and Zephras Isle; Hall of Thanes (13–18); Ruins of Lordaeron (15–20); all zone content up to level 20.
✓Confirmed: Starts at 20 and is raised to 30 later in the beta.
✓Confirmed: Raised to 30 with the October 1 beta build.
✓Confirmed: Open on the beta as of October 1: Ragefire Chasm, Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron, Wailing Caverns, The Deadmines, Shadowfang Keep, The Stockade, Blackfathom Deeps, Gnomeregan, Razorfen Kraul, Scarlet Monastery, Razorfen Downs (25+), Uldaman (30+) and the new Excavation Site: Wetlands (26–31).
✓Confirmed: One article (“Carve a New Path”) gives the time as 3:00 p.m. PDT; the other official articles say PST. Pacific Time is on PST on November 4, 2026, so the countdown uses 3:00 p.m. PST (23:00 UTC).