Race

Undead

Officially confirmedComing soonHordeLast verified October 2, 2026

The Forsaken of the Horde. Undead Paladin is a new class combination, with its own story — the Forsaken Paladin Journey.

Undead race portrait from Blizzard’s Playable Races page for World of Warcraft. Character models in Forever may look different.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source

A pale undead woman with teal hair and glowing eyes in dark spiked armor — Undead race portrait from Blizzard’s Playable Races page for World of Warcraft. Character models in Forever may look different.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source

Details

Faction: Horde
Starting zone: Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.

Confirmed classes

Source: official race and class tables. Full matrix →

Racial abilities

Undead racials

Will of the Forsaken
Removes Charm, Fear and Sleep.
Cannibalize
Consume corpses to regenerate 35% Health and Mana over time.
Underwater BreathingPassive
Breathe 300% longer underwater.
Touch of the GravePassive
Attacks sometimes drain health.

Class-specific racial spells

Undead Priest spells

Only available to this race when playing this class.

Touch of Weakness
Unchanged from Classic.
Dark Sacrifice
Converts the Priest’s own health into Mana over time; Mana gained increases with Spirit.

What Blizzard has confirmed

Quick facts

Not yet officially confirmed.

Origin

Not yet officially confirmed.

Racial traits

2 confirmed

Racial abilities were reworked for Forever: each race now has two active and two passive abilities.[2] (confirmed)
Will of the Forsaken still removes Charm, Fear and Sleep but no longer grants immunity to them; Cannibalize now restores Mana as well as Health; Touch of the Grave is a new damage-focused racial.[2] (confirmed)

New combinations

1 confirmed

Undead Paladin is one of six new class-and-race combinations.[2] (confirmed)

Forsaken paladins