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There are a wide range of Races to choose from in World of Warcraft: Forever, each with their own Racial Abilities to consider. Every race in WoW Forever has two on-use racial abilities and two passive racial abilities, they vary in power and will be situationally strong depending on the type of content you are doing and the spec you are playing.
In this guide, we have a full list of the WoW Forever races and the racial abilities and passives each race has, hopefully making your choice of which Race is best for your spec more informed.
Note: All Racial abilities listed in this guide have been updated to be accurate for the WoW Forever launch.
Alliance WoW Forever Races:
Horde WoW Forever Races:
Humans
Humans have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Will To Survive | Ability | Instantly remove Stuns. |
| Perception | Ability | Detect Stealthed enemies for 20 seconds. |
| Ruthless | Passive | Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 1%. |
| The Human Spirit | Passive | Spirit increased by 10% |
Humans can remove stuns through Will To Survive, and their Ruthless now offers 1% Critical Strike Chance (no longer awards +5 weapon skill). They keep Perception and The Human Spirit.
Dwarves
Dwarf have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Stoneform | Ability | Removes and gives Immunity to Bleeds, Poisons and Diseases, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10% for 8 secs. |
| Find Treasure | Ability | Tracks nearby treasure chests and gives a chance for better loot in chests. |
| Artisan's Precision | Passive | Increases your chance to hit with all attacks and spells by 1% |
| Big Game Hunter | Passive | Damage to Beasts increased by 5%. |
Dwarves keep Stoneform and Find Treasure, and now have Artisan's Precision and Big Game Hunter in WoW Forever. Stoneform is now just a flat 10% damage reduction, not just an armor buff.
Night Elves
Night Elf have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Elune's Light | Ability | Increases critical chance by 10% for 15 seconds. |
| Shadowmeld | Ability | Gain Stealth while standing still, used to reduce aggro, but cancels as soon as you move. |
| Quickness | Passive | 1% increased Dodge chance and 2% increased movement speed. |
| Wisp Spirit | Passive | 75% increased run speed when dead. |
Night Elves keep their well known Wisp Spirit and Shadowmeld racials, but now also have Elune's Light (an on-use critical strike chance increase) and Quickness now gives a 2% increased run speed passive. Elune's Light is a notable addition to the Night Elf Racials in WoW Forever, as it could be a particularly strong racial ability for some specializations.
Gnomes
Gnomes have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Escape Artist | Ability | Instantly remove and become immune to movement impairing effects (Roots and Snares) for 3 seconds. |
| Eureka! | Ability | Non-periodic damage or healing abilities have their Mana / Rage / Energy cost reduced by 10% and do 10% increased damage or healing for 8 seconds. |
| Expansive Mind | Passive | Maximum Mana, Rage, or Energy increased by 5%. |
| Engineering Specialization | Passive | Reduces failure and backfire rate of engineering devices by 20%. |
In WoW Forever, Gnomes keep Escape Artist and Engineering Specialization, with engineering specialization now giving “more reliable engineering devices”, and gain new racials with Expansive Mind (increasing max resource by 5%) and Eureka! (a resource cost reduction and damage and healing increase for 8 seconds).
Skyborne (Alliance)
The Skyborne are the new faction of World of Warcraft: Forever, being able to pick between the Alliance or the Horde faction.
Alliance Skyborne have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Walk On Air | Ability | Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds. |
| Read Ley Line | Ability | Activate a ley line to gain 100% increased Health and Mana regeneration by 50% for 15 seconds (more when Attuned). |
| Wind Blessed | Passive | 3% increased melee, ranged and spellcasting Haste. |
| Elemental Insight | Passive | Damage to Elementals increased by 5%. |
Alliance Skyborne get the shared racials of: Walk On Air (a glide movement ability), Wind Blessed (passive Haste increase), and Elemental Insight (damage increase to elementals).
The Alliance Skyborne also get Read Ley Line, allowing them to attempt to activate a nearby Leyline found throughout Azeroth, giving them 50% Health and Mana Regeneration for 15 seconds. The effect of this ability increases by 100% if you are Attuned, a 1 hour buff given when a leyline is nearby.
Orcs
Orcs have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Blood Fury | Ability | Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 seconds. |
| Shatter Curse | Ability | Removes Curses and Banes and reduces magical damage taken by 5% for 8 seconds. |
| Command | Passive | Increases Hunter and Warlock pet damage by 5% |
| Hardiness | Passive | Reduces the duration of Stuns on you by 20%. |
Orcs keep Blood Fury and Hardiness, they gain Shatter Curse (removes Curses and Banes and reduces magical damage taken) and Command (hunter and warlock pet damage increase) in WoW Forever.
Undead
Undead have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Will Of The Forsaken | Ability | Instantly removes Charms, Fears and Sleeps. |
| Cannibalize | Ability | Consume Humanoid or Undead corpses to regenerate Health and Mana every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. |
| Underwater Breathing | Passive | Breathe 300% longer underwater. |
| Touch Of The Grave | Passive | Your spells and attacks have a chance to drain Health from the target. |
Undead keep Will Of The Forsaken, Cannibalize, and Underwater Breathing, but now gain Touch Of The Grave (a passive chance to drain health, up to 5% of your maximum health, from the enemy) in WoW Forever.
Will Of The Forsaken is no longer is an immunity over time in WoW Forever, but now is just an on-use removal of charm, fear and sleep effects, similar to a PvP trinket.
Cannibalize lets you consume Humanoid or Undead corpses to regenerate 7% Health and Mana every 2 seconds for up to 10 seconds, this means a total of 35% Health and Mana if you channel for the full 10 seconds.
Touch Of The Grave has a 20% chance to drain enemy health for Rogue, Paladin and Warrior, and a 30% chance to drain enemy health for Mage, Priest and Warlock.
Tauren
Tauren have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Cultivation | Ability | Grow a herb that doesn't require herbalism to gather. |
| War Stomp | Ability | Stuns up to 5 enemies that are close to you for 2 seconds. |
| Endurance | Passive | Total Health increased by 5%. |
| Plainsrunning | Passive | Gain increased movement speed the longer you move. |
Plainsrunning is finally available in WoW Forever, increasing your movement speed the longer you move (up to a max increase of 60%). Tauren keep War Stomp, Endurance, and Cultivation, with Cultivation now allowing you to pick “bonus” herbs, even as a non-herbalist.
Trolls
Trolls have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Berserking | Ability | Increases spellcasting and attack speed by 10% for 15 seconds. |
| Rapid Regeneration | Ability | Regenerate 50% of your maximum Health over 6 seconds. |
| Beast Slaying | Passive | Damage to Beasts increased by 5%. |
| Regeneration | Passive | Rate of Health regeneration is increased by 20% and 20% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat. |
Trolls keep Berserking, Beast Slaying and Rapid Regeneration going into WoW Forever. Rapid Regeneration now regenerates 50% of maximum health over 6 seconds (movement, damage taken or any action will cancel the channel), while Regeneration is a passive 20% of health regeneration during combat.
Skyborne (Horde)
Skyborne are a new faction in World of Warcraft: Forever, they can be both Horde or Alliance.
Skyborne (Horde) have the following Racial Abilities in WoW Forever.
| Racial | Type | Effect |
| Walk On Air | Ability | Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds. |
| Skysight | Ability | Increases movement speed by 15% for 30 seconds (more when Charged). |
| Wind Blessed | Passive | Increased spellcasting, ranged and melee Haste by 2%. |
| Elemental Insight | Passive | Damage to Elementals increased by 5%. |
Horde Skyborne get the shared racials of: Walk On Air (a glide movement ability), Wind Blessed (passive Haste increase), and Elemental Insight (damage increase to elementals).
Horde Skyborne also have Skysight, a 15% movement speed increase on-use ability that last for 30 seconds. The effects of this ability are increased by 100% when you have the Charged buff (a 1 hour buff from being close to an elemental convergence).
We hope this guide was useful for understanding all of the active and passive racial abilities that each Race has in WoW Forever.
If you are now looking for information on what Classes are available for each of the Races, check out our All Class and Race Combinations in WoW Forever guide.
