Blizzard's September 24 WoW: Forever beta development notes cut talent respecs to 1 silver on the beta, with 5 gold for a second reset within an hour. They also open the retail Cooldown Manager to Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior and Warlock, and retune Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Surname-blind mail and campfire buffs are fixed too. Beta tuning can still change before launch.
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September 24 beta notes: quick facts
- Respec (beta only): 1 silver if you haven't changed talents recently. A second reset within an hour costs 5 gold, and the price drops back to 1 silver after an hour. Normal prices return at launch.
- Cooldown Manager: testable for Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior and Warlock. Turn it on under Options → Advanced Options (Gameplay Enhancement), move it in Edit Mode and pick the tracked spells with /cdm. It doesn't support spell ranks yet.
- Classes changed: Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest and Shaman.
- Fixes: mail that ignored surnames, campfire buffs (they now apply while sitting, lying, kneeling or crafting) and a memory leak.
- Launch: November 4, 2026, 3 p.m. Pacific. The beta runs until October 21.
WoW: Forever beta class changes (September 24)
| Druid | Wrath base damage up about 50%. Rejuvenation, Tranquility and Wild Growth can crit. Thorns scales with spell power. Feral Mangle is now Primal Bite and no longer has a debuff. The Primal Fury talent is renamed Blood Frenzy. |
| Hunter | Tame Beast no longer works on beasts above your level. Furious Howl gives 40% less attack power. Strider Kick adds 30% movement speed for 3 sec. Lone Wolf no longer leaves a 4% damage penalty while the pet is out. |
| Mage | Wake of Fire lasts 30 sec (was 20) and Hot Streak lasts 20 sec (was 15). Arcane Missiles checks line of sight only when the cast starts. Ignite no longer double-dips on damage modifiers. |
| Paladin | Holy Strike weapon damage now scales 25/29/32/36/39/43/46/50% by rank. For Holy, its cooldown drops to 10 sec, Improved Holy Strike becomes baseline, and Holy Power adds 15% crit to it. Righteous Fury's Holy threat bonus is 60% (was 90%). For Retribution, Vengeance procs from non-periodic crits and stacks to 3. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization is 2/4/6%. Sacred Arbiter adds 20% Holy Strike damage. Twist of Light cuts Seal mana cost by 20%. |
| Priest | Renew can crit. Power Word: Shield can overwrite a Shield on a target without Weakened Soul. The Undead Dark Sacrifice scales with Spirit and no longer breaks crowd control. |
| Shaman | Lightning Bolt ranks 3–4 are buffed. Lava Burst ranks 1–2 hit about 10% harder than the Lightning Bolt rank of the same level. Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon or Windfury Totem. Tranquil Air, Windfury and Grace of Air no longer stack. Elemental Fury and Elemental Alacrity swap rows. Rage of the Far Seer loses its casting speed. |
Are there live WoW: Forever patch notes yet?
No. Forever launches on November 4, so everything published so far is beta development notes. Blizzard calls the September 24 build a full weekly update. It follows client build 1.60.1 (September 22), which fixed Mac display problems and controller navigation. After launch, Forever gets new content through patches, not expansions.
Did the September 24 build fix the Hunter Auto Shot bug?
The quoted notes don't list it. Blizzard confirmed on September 23 that the shorter hidden cast on Auto Shot and wands is a bug. The intended 0.5-second cast isn't working yet, and Blizzard said an upcoming beta build will fix it. Don't plan around the faster shot.
What was datamined the same week?
Wowhead's datamining suggests that Gnome's Eureka! racial drops to a flat 10% resource-cost reduction for every class, down from up to 50% for mana users. It also found a new leveling set, Rotmender's Raiment (2-piece: +10 Intellect), and a pet called Spawn of Grubthor. None of this is in the official notes, so it could still change.
What else changed on the beta this week?
Wowhead reports a new Statistics tab that tracks kills, honorable kills per battleground and boss kills. You can now track a recipe's reagents like a quest and link your whole profession book in chat. Inspect works from farther away and stays open when your target moves. A Recent Allies window remembers players you've grouped with.
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