Classes & talents

What's the best race for a Rogue in WoW Forever?

It depends on your faction and spec. ForeverDB's best race for each class lists the picks, and every racial is on the races page. Forever reworked most racials, so Classic advice does not carry over.

Alliance:
- Human: Ruthless adds 1% critical strike chance to all spells and attacks, Will to Survive instantly removes all stuns, and Perception sharply raises stealth detection for 20 sec.
- Night Elf: Quickness adds 1% dodge and 2% movement speed and makes you harder to detect in Stealth, Elune's Light adds 10% critical strike chance for 15 sec, and Shadowmeld drops you out of sight.
- Gnome: Eureka! makes your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less Energy and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec, and Escape Artist frees you from snares and roots.

Horde:
- Orc: Blood Fury raises Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec, and Hardiness shortens stuns by 20%.
- Undead: Will of the Forsaken removes Charm, Fear and Sleep, and Touch of the Grave gives your hits a 20% chance to drain Health (up to 5% of your maximum).
- Troll: Berserking raises attack and casting speed by 10%, and Rapid Regeneration restores half your Health over 6 sec out of combat.

No race is uniquely best for a Rogue; pick for your spec and whether you PvP.

Can Priests wear all cloth armour in WoW Forever?

Yes. Cloth is the only armour type Priests can equip in Forever, so every cloth piece fits them, at every slot. They cannot wear leather, mail or plate.

For weapons, Priests use one-handed maces, staves, daggers and wands, and they cannot use shields.

The full breakdown is on the Priest class page.

What ranged weapons can a Hunter use, and where do I get a bow?

Hunters do most of their damage with a ranged weapon, and in Forever that's a bow, a crossbow or a gun. All three go in the ranged slot and fire the same way, so take whichever has the best stats you can get for your level.

To find one, the fastest way is the items search: filter to Bow (or Gun or Crossbow), set your level, and sort by what you can equip. Good ones come from quest rewards, dungeon drops and the auction house, and the bow and gun vendors in the main cities stock basic ones.

Bows and crossbows need arrows and guns need bullets, so keep a stack of the right ammo in your bags.

How much damage does Mutilate do and when do Rogues get it?

Yes, but at level 40 now, not 30. In the current build Mutilate sits at tier 7 of the Assassination tree and needs Venom at 1/1 first. The cap is 60, so you can reach it.

Rank 1, from the client: instantly attacks with both weapons for 90% weapon damage plus an extra 39 with each weapon, with the damage raised by 20% against poisoned targets, and it awards 2 combo points. It costs 60 Energy. Higher ranks add more flat damage (Rank 2 plus 56, Rank 3 plus 79).

Mutilate needs a dagger in each hand even though the tooltip doesn't say so, and there's no positional requirement, so you don't have to stand behind the target. Everything Forever reworked for Rogues is on the Rogue changes page.

What's the best caster ring for a Mage at level 20?

Speculation: Calling it the best rests on ForeverDB's gear scoring, not Blizzard, and other rings may suit depending on spec and what you can obtain.

A strong caster ring for a level 20 Mage is Lorekeeper's Ring, a rare ring usable from level 18. It gives +2 Stamina, +5 Spell Power and restores 2 mana every 5 seconds.

The +5 Spell Power is the draw: it lifts Fireball, Frostbolt and Arcane Missiles at a level where spell power is hard to come by. See the Mage class page for the rest of a level 20 caster set.

How do Druids get Aquatic Form in WoW Forever?

Druids learn Aquatic Form at level 16, and it comes from a short class quest, not from the trainer. Once you have it, shifting costs 20% of your base mana, lets you breathe underwater and swims 50% faster. Like your other forms, the act of shifting frees you from Polymorph and movement-slowing effects.

Go to your Druid trainer at 16 and pick up the quest chain. It sends you to recover the Pendant of the Sea Lion, and you finish it back in your capital: Alliance hand in to Mathrengyl Bearwalker in Darnassus, Horde to Turak Runetotem in Thunder Bluff.

More on the class is on the Druid levelling guide.

What does the Paladin's Holy Strike do and when do you learn it?

Holy Strike is a melee strike every Paladin trains at level 6. It is instant, costs a little mana and has a 10 second cooldown, so it is your main damage and threat button while levelling.

It hits for a share of your weapon damage plus a set amount of Holy damage, and both grow with each rank. Rank 1 does 25% weapon damage plus 11 to 14 Holy; Rank 3 does 32% plus 17 to 21 (learned at level 20); the top Rank 8 reaches 50% weapon damage plus 81 to 105 Holy at level 60. There are eight ranks in all, trained from level 6 to 60.

Two talents boost it directly. Iron Creed (Protection, from level 35, three ranks) raises Holy Strike's threat by 10% per rank, 30% at 3/3, and while Righteous Fury is up it also makes Holy Strike cut your damage taken by 2% per rank, 6% at 3/3, for 6 sec. Sacred Arbiter (Retribution, level 25, one rank) makes Holy Strike deal 20% more damage and refresh your Judgement effects on the target.

What is the Defense skill in WoW Forever?

Defense is a passive combat skill every character has, shown as Defense in the client. A higher Defense Skill lowers the chance enemies hit or critically hit you and raises your block, dodge and parry, which is why it matters most to tanks.

Two Protection talents raise it in Forever, both named Anticipation and both five ranks that give up to 20 Defense Skill at 5/5. The Warrior's Anticipation sits in Protection tier 2 (from level 15) and the Paladin's Anticipation in Protection tier 4 (from level 25). The Warrior build leans on Anticipation as its main passive Defense once talented.

Which racial is the best in WoW Forever?

There is no single best racial; it depends on your class and whether you PvP. ForeverDB's best race for each class has the picks, and every racial is on the races page. Forever changed most racials from Classic.

Some that stand out in the client:
- Orc Blood Fury: +10% Attack Power and Spell Power for 15 sec.
- Troll Berserking: +10% attack and casting speed for 15 sec.
- Gnome Eureka!: an 8 sec buff with no charges, so your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less and deal 10% more for 8 sec. The resource it discounts depends on your class (Mana, Rage or Energy).
- Will to Survive (Human) removes all stuns and Will of the Forsaken (Undead) removes Charm, Fear and Sleep, which matters most in PvP.