Which Races Can Play Priest in WoW: Forever?

In WoW: Forever, Priest is available to Human, Dwarf, Night Elf and Gnome on the Alliance side, and to Undead and Troll on the Horde side. Gnome Priest is one of the six new race/class combos Blizzard confirmed for Forever. The new Skyborne race cannot roll a Priest, and no Orc or Tauren Priest was announced.

Priest race table for WoW: Forever

• Forever ships with the original nine classes; Priest is one of them, with a revamped talent tree like every other class.
• Six new race/class combos are official: Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock, Undead Paladin. Blizzard says more are planned.
• Every race gets two active and two passive racials in Forever, several of them reworked.
• Priest talent details, spell changes and any race-specific Priest spells have not been published — Paladin is the only class with a full breakdown so far.

Is Gnome Priest really in WoW: Forever?

Yes. Gnome Priest is on Blizzard's official list of six new combos announced at BlizzCon 2026. That closes a request players have made since the original game, where Gnomes were locked to Warrior, Rogue, Mage and Warlock.

The timing is good for casters: Gnome racials were reworked for Forever. Expansive Mind now raises your maximum resource (more mana for a Priest), and a brand-new active racial called Eureka! makes your next three spells cheaper and 10% stronger. Exact numbers beyond that are Blizzard's to publish, so treat it as a caster-friendly kit rather than a solved math problem.

What is the best Priest race in WoW: Forever?

Nobody can honestly rank Priest races yet, because Blizzard has published Priest nothing beyond "revamped". In the original game the answer hinged on race-bound Priest spells (Dwarf and Undead were the usual picks) and on whether those exist in Forever is unknown. Racials, by contrast, are partly known: Gnome now has an extra-mana passive plus Eureka!, and Undead keep Will of the Forsaken (now removes Charm, Fear and Sleep without granting immunity) and Cannibalize, which restores mana too in Forever.

Practical advice: pick by faction and friends first. Forever is realmless, factions stay separate, and there is no cross-faction play, so your race choice locks you to the Alliance Priest pool (Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome) or the Horde pool (Undead, Troll) for good.

Can a Skyborne be a Priest?

No. All Skyborne can be Warrior, Hunter, Rogue or Druid; Horde Skyborne (Windshaper) add Shaman, and Alliance Skyborne (High Order) add Mage. Priest is not on either list. The Skyborne race also requires the Skyborne Heroic Pack (€29.99 on the EU Battle.net shop) or a higher edition — and you would still be picking another class.

Priest races in Classic Plus vs Forever — is that the same thing?

"Classic Plus" and "Classic+" are community shorthand for WoW: Forever. Any older leak or rumor list of Priest races is not a source; the six confirmed combos above come from Blizzard's BlizzCon 2026 announcement, and only what Blizzard publishes counts. Forever launches November 4, 2026 at 3 p.m. Pacific, is included with an active subscription, and keeps the level cap at 60 permanently.

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