The WoW: Forever guides first, then Game Pulse’s own WoW: Forever updates, the records timeline and the latest news from Wowhead, newest first.
Guides
- WoW: Forever addons and settings worth installing before you log in
Forever runs on the modern client, so the Classic addon ecosystem carries over once authors flag their addons for the new branch. Install through a manager that supports it, keep…
- WoW: Forever, the first days: the choices you cannot undo
Most of a character's first hour is spent on decisions that are permanent or expensive to reverse. Make them deliberately and the rest of the week takes care of itself.…
Game Pulse updates
- WoW: Forever known issues after launch, and what to do about each
Every launch ships with a list. These are the WoW: Forever ones that affect how you play in the first week, with the workaround where there is one.
- Raids unlock on 9 December: what to have ready
Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair open five weeks after launch. That is enough time to hit 60, finish the attunement and gear a character properly, if…
- WoW: Forever is live: what launch day looked like
Blizzard's permanent level 1 to 60 Azeroth opened at 23:00 UTC on 4 November. Here is what shipped, how the rulesets replace realms, and what the first night…
Records and events
- World first 60 on WoW: ForeverCloud Bells and Jokerd Prime (Team Jokerd)
Five Horde characters of one team reached level 60 on the European Normal ruleset in the early hours of 7 November. The trackers agree on the team and disagree by five minutes on who was first.
- Hardcore ruleset for WoW: Forever confirmed for winterScheduled
The roadmap places the one-life Hardcore ruleset in winter 2026 to 2027, after the first raid tier. Until then, Normal, PvP, Roleplay and Roleplay-PvP are the choices.
- Raids unlock: Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia’s LairScheduled
The first raid tier opens on 9 December 2026: a 10-player, a 20-player and the 40-player Onyxia's Lair with its attunement.
- WoW: Forever goes live worldwideEveryone
23:00 UTC on 4 November: the permanent level 1 to 60 branch opened in every region at once, one large realm per ruleset, with the Skyborne race and six new race and class pairs.
Latest news
Sources: Records: each names where it was reported. News: the Wowhead news feed.