Windshaper Skyborne: a guide for new players
Updated · ForeverDB
New to WoW Forever as a Windshaper Skyborne? Your racials from the game client and what they're good for, which classes you can play and why, your languages, professions, and where you start.
Written for the WoW Forever beta, for your first 10 levels. Where each person stands comes from what players recorded in WoW Forever wherever we have it. Anything else is marked: "Classic data" means the spot comes from the original game and may have moved in Forever.
In short
The Skyborne are a new people in WoW Forever, from Zephras Isle. The Windshapers are the ones who join the Horde. They share their racials with the High Order: a little extra speed and haste, and a gentle glide down from heights.
- Faction: Horde.
- You start in: Thendal Village, in Zephras Isle.
- Home city: the Skyborne have no capital city of their own yet in our data. Zephras Isle is their home.
- Classes: Druid, Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior.
- Languages: Darnassian and Orcish (from the game client).
Racials
Racials are abilities and bonuses that only your race has. You have them from level 1. Here they are with the words the WoW Forever game client uses, and what they're good for.
| Racial | What it does | Good for | Compared with Classic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elemental Insight | Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%. | More damage to elementals, which are common on Zephras Isle. | New in Forever |
| Read Leyline | Increases your Health and Mana regeneration by 50% for 15 sec (not while Innervate is on you). Used at a ley line, it also makes you Attuned for 1 hour: while Attuned, Read Leyline gives 100%. Attuned lasts through death. | Rest faster: your health and mana come back twice as fast. Near one of the island's leylines it lasts much longer. | New in Forever |
| Skysight | Increases your movement speed by 15% for 15 sec. Used at an elemental convergence, it also makes you Charged for 1 hour: while Charged, Skysight gives 30%. Charged lasts through death. | A little more speed, on foot and mounted. Near a convergence of elements it lasts much longer. | New in Forever |
| Walk on Air | Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel. | Glide gently down instead of falling. Jump off a cliff without getting hurt. | New in Forever |
| Wind Blessed | Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 2%. | A little haste for everything: faster attacks and faster spells. | New in Forever |
Classes
A Windshaper Skyborne can be any of these classes. Every pick is a fine pick: choose the one that sounds fun. Each link opens a guide for your first 10 levels with that class.
| Class | Why it fits | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Druid | Wind Blessed adds 2% haste, and Skysight speeds up your travel, more after an elemental convergence. | Windshaper Skyborne Druid |
| Hunter | Wind Blessed adds 2% haste to your shots, and Skysight speeds up your travel, more after an elemental convergence. | Windshaper Skyborne Hunter |
| Rogue | Helpful racials: Elemental Insight and Read Leyline. | Windshaper Skyborne Rogue |
| Shaman | Wind Blessed adds 2% haste, and Read Leyline raises your Health and Mana regeneration, doubled for an hour after a ley line. | Windshaper Skyborne Shaman |
| Warrior | Helpful racials: Elemental Insight and Read Leyline. | Windshaper Skyborne Warrior |
Tip: Not sure which class to play? Take the class quiz: twelve quick questions.
Professions
In WoW Forever no Windshaper Skyborne racial helps a profession, so pick by your class.
The best pair depends on your class: see the best professions for each class.
Where you start
Every Windshaper Skyborne starts in Thendal Village. Our Thendal Village guide shows where everything is, with map pins and walking routes, and the quests in order up to level 10.
Checked against WoW Forever beta build 1.60.1.70658.