Tavern Q&A

Level 60 grants 51 points in total. The max-level builds in the library are full 51-point allocations; while levelling, pick prerequisites and efficient talents first.

Respec costs 1 silver in a major city, so you can always start over. Load a build in the planner first and compare before spending points in game.

Use "Load in the talent planner" on a build page to preview it instantly, or paste the code into the planner input box.

Your account earns points from Legacy Challenges: Classes 27 + Tradeskills 18 + PvP 12 + Adventure 2 + Dungeons 3 + Raids 3 = 65, shared account-wide. But each character can spend at most 16 — the per-character split is the real decision: a tank picks survival utility, a gatherer picks profession yield.

Fully independent systems. Class talents keep their 51 points (our builds library and simulator work as before); Legacy points are account-wide horizontal progression focused on professions, levelling and reputation — no combat balance impact, so PvP purists can ignore them.

Bountiful Harvest is the Tradeskills gathering node: each of its 5 ranks raises rare material output from Mining, Herbalism and Skinning by 20/40/60/80/100% — maxed, rare mats basically drop double. Mind the gate: Performance Bonus (doubled Merchant's Favor on crate turn-ins) requires Bountiful Harvest at rank 5, so those 5 points are locked in before the bonus unlocks. Must-have for gatherer alts, skippable for combat characters — the full node table lives on the Legacy page.

The blue post does not detail respec mechanics or cost yet — in-game behavior at launch governs. Treat the site's Legacy simulator as planning only: 16 points is tight, decide what each character wants before you log in.

9 listed dungeons; 3 currently marked open in beta: Hall of Thanes (13–18) / Ruins of Lordaeron (15–20) / Excavation Site: Wetlands (26–31). The other 6 have unknown availability (community-reported lists) — openness is tracked separately from source and re-checked against the live game. Availability does not verify tactics or loot.

Match your level band: run the two official ones at 13-20, then try Excavation Site: Wetlands at 26–31. Community level ranges are indicative — the in-game dungeon finder governs.

The first raids unlock on 2026-12-09: Barrow Deeps (10-player) and Hyjal Summit (20-player). The dungeons page covers 5-player dungeons only; see the roadmap for the raid timeline.

Blizzard has not published a time estimate and we will not invent one. Pace comes down to three things: dungeon queues, keeping rested XP topped up, and picking up Legacy challenges along the way (3 leveling + 6 profession points are on the road anyway). A tested speed reference comes after launch.

Zephras Isle only serves the Skyborne 1-12 start; The Riverglades is one 35-45 option (community-reported). Non-Skyborne players can absolutely run the classic homelands for 1-12 — the new zones are a change of flavor, not a gate.

No need to force it. The two official ones (levels 13-20) are must-runs — verified in beta. Wetlands (26–31) is also open; for the remaining community-listed ones the in-game finder governs. Clearing all level 46-60 dungeon finals is itself a Legacy Challenge (1 point), worth a cleanup pass if you are chasing the 16-point budget.

First clears yes, grinding no. The 10-01 and 10-04 patches sharply cut dungeon quest bonus XP (community-measured: Shadowfang quest total 32200 → 19800), and designers put kill XP at roughly 10% of outdoor — AoE grinding dungeons is no longer faster than questing. Accept every quest, clear once, and keep the XP and blues.

Not by default: install only builds explicitly marked Forever / 1.60.1 compatible. Combat assists and automation are the red line (one-button rotation interfaces are specifically targeted); DBM-style timers, meters and nameplates will be built in officially, so third-party replacements can wait.

Normal conditional-cast and cast-sequence macros (the kind in our macro cheat sheet) are built-in gameplay, not a risk. The red line is automation — auto-combat, auto-gathering and auto-pathing scripts. Never touch those.

No. It is one of three rewards from the "Titan Relic" quest: pick up the relic inside, then choose when turning in — both factions can do it. The final boss is around level 31; don't bring a level-20 group.

Weapon skills first: new weapon types (one-hand axes, two-hand maces, bows...) must be learned from a weapon master in a major city. Learn everything your class might use before the grind starts, so you can swap immediately.

Ten: Alliance — Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, High Order Skyborne; Horde — Orc, Undead, Tauren, Troll, Windshaper Skyborne. TBC's Draenei and Blood Elves are gone.

Six: Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Gnome Priest, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock and Undead Paladin. Marked "New combo" on the races page cards.

A new Forever race with two faction variants: High Order Skyborne (Alliance) and Windshaper Skyborne (Horde). Availability is class-gated (e.g. mages get the High Order variant, shamans the Windshaper), with traits focused on mobility and elemental blessings.

November 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM Pacific (UTC-8) — that's Nov 5, 07:00 Beijing time — with a level cap of 60.

Name reservation runs 2026-10-27 through 11-03. Heroic / Epic / Collection edition owners can reserve early starting 10-27.

No — it is a wiped beta. The CN beta ran 2026-10-06 through 10-26 (10-26 is the last full test day per the official test guide) with a level-30 cap, and all characters are wiped at the end. The live game starts from zero on 11-05, 07:00 Beijing time.

No. Per the official test guide, one Battle.net account can only log one WoW sub-account at a time — a second login usually fails to kick the online character and triggers a short login cooldown. Log out properly before switching devices, and wait a moment after a disconnect.

The first raids unlock on 2026-12-09 Pacific time — December 10 Beijing: Barrow Deeps (10-player) and Hyjal Summit (20-player). Onyxia's Lair (40-player) is reported for the same day by community sources, not yet confirmed. Molten Core belongs to a later refreshed batch.

A hard line — stay away. Blizzard comes down hard on RMT (real-money gold trading): buying or selling gold can mean a permanent ban. The community consensus matches: keep gold buying, GDKP and boosting out of your routine, and never accept gold from strangers. The beta even cut wand vendor prices to 1 copper to starve gold farming — the enforcement is real.

No — progress is stored only in your browser's local storage. Use "Copy progress" to share or move it.

No — it is Blizzard's official evolution of classic (the Classic+ direction). The skeleton is 1.12, but rows 6-7 capstones are almost entirely redesigned, with large batches of WotLK talents and brand-new Forever talents folded in.

Only up to roughly row 5. Forever's prerequisite chains are stricter (specific prerequisites with rank requirements), and capstones changed — old builds waste 5-10 points. Use engine-validated builds instead.

No. Forever keeps the 9 classic classes (Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, Druid); changes focus on race combos and talent tree content.

Not Molten Core. The first batch unlocks 2026-12-09: Barrow Deeps (10-player) and Hyjal Summit (20-player); Molten Core comes in a later refreshed batch.