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Mage

The Mage in World of Warcraft: Forever: Arcane, Fire, Frost, 6 races, and every ability rank from level 1 to 60, what it costs and where to train it.
Ranged · Spellcaster
Per Blizzard, Mages are among the strongest ranged damage dealers, with strong area damage and Polymorph as a key crowd control, but fragile in melee. They supply food and water and give party/raid buffs.

Specialisations

Tap a specialisation to see its ready suggestion.

Playable races

6 races can play a Mage. New for this class in Forever: High Order Skyborne, Orc.

Alliance

3
Human
Gnome
High Order Skyborne
New in Forever

Horde

3
Orc
New in Forever
Undead
Troll

Forever changes

Talents

8
new
31
changed
2
removed
Every talent change →

Abilities

2
new
20
changed
1
removed
Every ability change →
Removed means no longer in Forever.

New in Forever

What you learn at each level

192 ranks from level 1 to 60. A price is what Classic’s trainers charged; a price marked “beta” is what a trainer asked in the beta. A rank with no price says where it comes from instead. A bracket’s Classic cost leaves out ranks only some races learn.
Level
Ability
Classic cost
Status
1
Arcane Intellect
Rank 1 · 10c
10c
Changed
1
Fireball
Rank 1 · Known from the start
Known from the start
Changed
1
Frost Armor
Rank 1 · 1c
1c
4
Conjure Water
Rank 1 · 1s
1s
4
Frostbolt
Rank 1 · 1s
1s
Changed
6
Conjure Food
Rank 1 · 1s
1s
Changed
6
Fire Blast
Rank 1 · 1s
1s
Changed
6
Fireball
Rank 2 · 1s
1s
Changed
8
Arcane Missiles
Rank 1 · 2s
2s
Changed
8
Frostbolt
Rank 2 · 2s
2s
Changed
8
Polymorph
Rank 1 · 2s
2s
10
Conjure Water
Rank 2 · 4s
4s
10
Frost Armor
Rank 2 · 4s
4s
10
Frost Nova
Rank 1 · 4s
4s
Changed

Where to train

Trainers in each capital city.

Alliance

Stormwind City
Elsharin, Jennea Cannon, Larimaine Purdue, Maginor Dumas
Ironforge
Bink, Dink, Juli Stormkettle, Milstaff Stormeye, Nittlebur Sparkfizzle
Darnassus
Elissa Dumas

Horde

Undercity
Anastasia Hartwell, Kaelystia Hatebringer, Lexington Mortaim, Pierce Shackleton
Orgrimmar
Deino, Enyo, Pephredo, Thuul, Uthel'nay
Thunder Bluff
Archmage Shymm, Birgitte Cranston, Thurston Xane, Ursyn Ghull

Weapons and armor

Armor

Cloth

Weapons and where to learn them

A weapon master teaches each weapon skill; in Classic it cost 10s. A beta weapon master can charge differently.
Weapon
Alliance weapon master
Horde weapon master
One-handed
Swords
Alliance: Woo Ping Stormwind City
Horde: Archibald Undercity
Daggers
Alliance: Woo Ping Stormwind City, Bixi Wobblebonk Ironforge, Ilyenia Moonfire Darnassus
Horde: Archibald Undercity, Sayoc Orgrimmar
Two-handed
Staves
Alliance: Woo Ping Stormwind City, Ilyenia Moonfire Darnassus
Horde: Hanashi Orgrimmar, Ansekhwa Thunder Bluff
Ranged
Wands
Alliance: Not taught by a weapon master
Horde: Not taught by a weapon master

Recommended builds

Starting builds up to level 60. Open one in the talent calculator to change or save it.

Arcane

Arcane Surge
35/5/11 · 51 points · level 60
35
Arcane
5
Fire
11
Frost

Fire

Fire Kindling
11/35/5 · 51 points · level 60
11
Arcane
35
Fire
5
Frost

Frost

Frost Bastion
20/0/31 · 51 points · level 60
20
Arcane
0
Fire
31
Frost

Questions

Talent data: 53 talents have wiki effects, 1 have a change in a Blizzard post, and 0 have only their position and ranks verified.
SOURCES
Mage Updates: World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dive
Blizzard Entertainment · 7 Oct 2026 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
Mage abilities (Forever) (rev 6925004)
warcraft.wiki.gg · rev 6925004 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026