Blizzard's 'Your Adventure Begins' video: Forever's new levelling, checked against the client

2026-10-09 · ForeverDB

Blizzard's official 'Your Adventure Begins' video walks through Forever's levelling: over 1000 new quests, a new zone, nine new dungeons and updated travel. Only two abilities in it can be pinned to the client, a Mage's Fireball and a Mage teleportation trial, and it says Paladins now appear among the Forsaken. We check those against the beta client and list the Paladin and Mage changes the video skipped.

This is an official World of Warcraft video from Blizzard's YouTube channel. Blizzard's words are quoted from the video. The names and numbers come from the WoW Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70291), compared with the Classic Era client. Beta data can change before launch.

Blizzard put out a five-and-a-half minute video, "Your Adventure Begins", about Forever's levelling journey: new quests, new starting-zone stories, a new zone, nine new dungeons and updated world travel. It is a tour, not a class breakdown, so most of it is lore and content we can't check against the client. Two things do line up with class data: the Mage casting a fireball at the start, and the Mage teleportation trial in Southshore. It also says Paladins now appear among the Forsaken. Here is what the client shows, and the Paladin and Mage changes the video left out.

The short version

• Blizzard says Forever adds "more than 1000 new quests", new quests in every race's starting zone, and expanded familiar zones.
• New stories explain how Paladins emerged among the Forsaken. The client can't hold starting-zone lore, but it does confirm a big Paladin rework.
• The only abilities we can tie to the client are the opening Fireball Fireball and the Mage Teleport: Dalaran teleportation trial.
• Nine new dungeons, including a new troll dungeon in Stranglethorn, the Drowned City, plus a reward refresh for every classic dungeon.
• A new zone, the Riverglades, with a different faction per side: the Brotherhood of the Horse for the Alliance, the Bolder'ok ogre clan for the Horde.
• New travel options, including a Hillsbrad stop on the Wetlands to Darkshore route and Stormwind Harbor.
• This article also lists the Paladin and Mage changes the video skipped.

Claim by claim

Full rank-by-rank lists are on the Paladin and Mage changes pages.

Paladins among the Forsaken

The video spends its starting-zone section on the Forsaken, saying this is where new players learn how Paladins turned up among the undead.

In the Undead Starter Zone new stories explain how Paladins have emerged among the Forsaken and the less-than-welcoming attitudes of their newfound undead brethren. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins (1:40)

The client can't tell us anything about that story, but it does confirm a reworked Paladin for whoever rolls one. Two abilities are new from Classic Era: Holy Strike Holy Strike at level 6 and Seal of Fury Seal of Fury at level 10. Holy Shock Holy Shock is pulled forward to a level 30 talent, so a levelling Paladin can reach it before the beta's level 30 cap. There is more below, under what the video didn't mention.

The Mage: a fireball and a teleportation trial

The video opens on a Mage casting a fireball, and later shows a Mage class quest that uses the new travel routes.

Some class quests even put these routes to use like this Mage who's arrived in Southshore to complete his teleportation trial. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins (3:37)

Fireball Fireball is the same level 1 trainer spell as always, 14 to 22 Fire damage plus 2 over 4 sec at rank 1. In Forever it does less damage at nearly every rank (rank 12 is 425 to 541 plus 60 over 8 sec instead of 596 to 760) but scales better with spell power at low ranks. The client also adds a new Mage teleport, Teleport: Dalaran Teleport: Dalaran, at level 50, which isn't in Classic Era. Whether the "teleportation trial" is the quest that teaches it is not something the client shows, so treat that link as unconfirmed.

The rest of the journey

Most of the video is content we can't check against the client: quests, zones, dungeons and travel. These are Blizzard's own words.

With more than 1000 new quests added across Azeroth World of Warcraft Forever's levelling experience offers up tons of surprises for both new and returning players. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins (0:34)

• New quests in every race's starting zone, and new stories added to the existing ones; one example given is new questlines in the Wetlands.
• Cooks can set up a campsite between adventures, and other players passing by can add their own fixtures to it.
• A new zone, the Riverglades, with its own landscapes, settlements and music; the Alliance meets the returning Brotherhood of the Horse, the Horde the new Bolder'ok ogre clan.
• Updated world travel, including a Hillsbrad stop on the shipping route from the Wetlands to Darkshore, and Stormwind Harbor.
• New pets and some class-specific weapon quests across the levelling journey.

And if the open air isn't your thing, there are plenty of quests coming in our nine new dungeons. Blizzard, World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins (4:29)

Blizzard says one of the nine is a new troll dungeon in Stranglethorn, the Drowned City, and that all the classic dungeons get "a full reward refresh with new and improved items". None of that is in the class client data we hold, so we can't check it yet.

What the video didn't mention

Paladin

Holy

• Holy Shock Holy Shock moves to Holy tier 5, so you can pick it at level 30. Rank 1 does 129 to 139 Holy damage or 110 to 118 healing, and its cooldown is 10 sec instead of 30 sec: an instant nuke or heal for a levelling healer.
• Voice of Truth Voice of Truth, a new Holy tier 3 talent at level 20: immunity to Silence and Interrupt for 6 sec.
• Reverence Reverence, new Holy tier 3 at level 20: at rank 3, 30% of your mana regen keeps going while casting.
• Divine Precision Divine Precision, new Holy tier 5 at level 30: +18% to hit with Holy spells at rank 3.
• Consecrated Ground Consecrated Ground, new Holy tier 5 at level 30 (in place of Classic's Lasting Judgement): your Holy spells do 10% more damage to the first 4 enemies in your Consecration.
• Consecration Consecration is now a trainer spell at level 20 instead of a talent. The client has no damage number for it, so the server works that out and we can't check it yet.
• Light's Vigil Light's Vigil, a new Holy tier 7 talent (level 40, above the cap): sets up an empowered Holy Shock.

Protection

• Seal of Fury Seal of Fury, a new ability at level 10, not in Classic Era: a tanking seal.
• Improved Seal of Fury Improved Seal of Fury, new Protection tier 3 talent at level 20: restores mana when Seal of Fury's shield is fully absorbed.
• Sacred Duty Sacred Duty, new Protection tier 3 at level 20: +4% Stamina and 60 sec off the cooldown of Divine Shield, Divine Protection and Templar's Bulwark at rank 2.
• Swift Judgement Swift Judgement, new Protection tier 4 at level 25: resets your Judgement cooldown and makes the next Judgement free.
• Templar's Bulwark Templar's Bulwark, new Protection tier 5 at level 30 (in place of Classic's Blessing of Sanctuary): an absorb shield worth 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec.
• Judgement of Fury Judgement of Fury, a new ability at level 25, not in Classic Era.
• Blessing of Kings Blessing of Kings is now a trainer spell at level 20 (a talent in Classic) and lasts 1 hour instead of 5 min.
• Iron Creed Iron Creed, new Protection tier 6 (level 35, above the cap): more Holy Strike threat and damage reduction.

Retribution

• Holy Strike Holy Strike, a new melee ability at level 6, not in Classic Era.
• Holy Conduit Holy Conduit, new Retribution tier 2 talent at level 15 (in place of Classic's Improved Seal of the Crusader): cuts the mana cost of Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath by 40% at rank 2.
• Sanctified Judgement Sanctified Judgement, new Retribution tier 3 at level 20: Judgement returns 60% of the judged seal's mana cost at rank 3.
• Sacred Arbiter Sacred Arbiter, new Retribution tier 4 at level 25 (in place of Classic's Improved Retribution Aura): +20% Holy Strike damage, and it refreshes all Judgement effects.
• Blessing of Might Blessing of Might now lasts 1 hour instead of 5 min, but is weaker (rank 7 gives 133 attack power instead of 185).
• Judgement of the Crusader Judgement of the Crusader lasts 40 sec instead of 10 sec and is stronger (rank 6 is 161 instead of 140).
• Champion of the Light Champion of the Light (Ret tier 6, level 35, above the cap): up to 60% of your Intellect added as spell damage.
• Twist of Light Twist of Light (Ret tier 7, level 40, above the cap): a seal-twisting talent that cuts seal mana cost by 20%.

All 91 Paladin changes, rank by rank →

Mage

Arcane

• Arcane Blast Arcane Blast, new as an Arcane tier 3 talent at level 20 (it was a Season of Discovery rune). Rank 1 does 50 to 58 Arcane damage; each cast boosts your other spells by 10% but raises its own mana cost, and it costs 15% of base mana instead of the SoD 7%.
• Missile Barrage Missile Barrage, new Arcane tier 4 at level 25: gives Arcane Blast a 40% chance (and Fireball, Frostbolt and Frostfire Bolt a 20% chance) to make your next Arcane Missiles faster, free and quicker-firing.
• Arcane Mind Arcane Mind reworked (Arcane tier 5, level 30): +10% Intellect and +100% Arcane crit damage, instead of +10% maximum mana.
• Arcane Meditation Arcane Meditation now lets 50% of your mana regen continue while casting instead of 15% (level 25).
• Arcane Focus Arcane Focus now gives +5% to hit with Arcane spells (a resist reduction in Classic) at rank 5, from level 10.
• Arcane Power Arcane Power (Arcane tier 7, level 40, above the cap): +30% spell damage for 30% more mana over 15 sec.

Fire

• Heating Up Heating Up, new Fire tier 4 talent at level 25: Fire crits cut your next Pyroblast's cast time by 25%, stacking up to 3 times.
• Pyroblast Pyroblast is now a Fire tier 3 talent at level 20 and hits for less: rank 1 is 95 to 125 plus 44 over 12 sec, down from 141 to 187 plus 56.
• Fire Blast Fire Blast does less damage (rank 7 is 402 to 474 instead of 431 to 509) but scales better with spell power at low ranks (level 6).
• Scorch Scorch does less damage (rank 7 is 163 to 193 instead of 233 to 275), from level 22.
• Improved Scorch Improved Scorch reworked (level 25): Scorch now always applies a Fire vulnerability of +3% Fire damage, stacking up to 5 times.
• Frostfire Bolt Frostfire Bolt, a new ability at level 40 (above the cap), was a Season of Discovery rune: rank 1 does 92 to 108 plus 27 over 9 sec for 205 mana.

Frost

• Ice Lance Ice Lance, new as a Frost tier 3 talent at level 20 (it was a Season of Discovery rune): 26 to 30 Frost damage, 300% more to frozen targets.
• Fingers of Frost Fingers of Frost, new Frost tier 5 at level 30: your Chill effects have a 15% chance to make your next 2 spells treat the target as frozen at rank 2.
• Frostbolt Frostbolt does less damage (rank 11 is 457 to 493 instead of 515 to 555) but scales better with spell power at ranks 1 to 3 (level 4).
• Cone of Cold Cone of Cold does less damage (rank 5 is 325 to 355 instead of 335 to 365) and its slow lasts 6 sec instead of 8 sec (level 26).
• Frost Nova Frost Nova does a touch less damage (rank 4 is 69 to 77 instead of 71 to 79), from level 10.
• Improved Blizzard Improved Blizzard now slows by 40% instead of 65% at rank 3 (level 20).
• Ice Barrier Ice Barrier (level 40, above the cap): slightly weaker, rank 4 absorbs 811 instead of 818.

All 65 Mage changes, rank by rank →

Sources

• World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins (World of Warcraft, YouTube)
• World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins (YouTube)
• Paladin: changes from Classic Era (ForeverDB, from the client)
• Mage: changes from Classic Era (ForeverDB, from the client)