Night Elf
An Alliance race that plays Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest and Druid.
Alliance
Horde
Alliance
Starting zone: Shadowglen, Teldrassil · Capital: Darnassus · Mount: Nightsaber
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Racials
Elune's Light
New in Forever
Critical strike chance with all spells and attacks +10%. Duration: 15 sec. Cooldown: 180 sec.
Active · Instant · 3 min cooldown
Shadowmeld
Changed from Classic
Cooldown: 10 sec. Hide until moving or cancelled. In combat, discourages enemies from attacking you and increases the cooldown to 120 sec.
Active · Instant · 10 sec cooldown
In Classic: Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Night Elf Rogues and Druids with Shadowmeld are more difficult to detect while stealthed or prowling.
Quickness
Passive
Changed from Classic
Dodge +1%; movement speed +2% (stacks with other increases). Rogue/Druid stealth detection treats you as 1 level higher.
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 15 Oct 2026. Night Elf Quickness: its movement speed increase now stacks with other movement speed increases.
In Classic: Dodge chance increased by 1%.
Wisp Spirit
Passive
Changed from Classic
On death, become a wisp with 75% increased speed.
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 15 Oct 2026. Night Elves no longer display their shields while in Wisp Form.
In Classic: Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing speed by 50%.
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New pairing in Forever
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Class abilities
Priest
Starshards
7 ranks
Changed from Classic
Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 1800 (+100.2% of spell power) Arcane damage over 6 sec.
Cooldown 30 sec (none in Classic).
Elune's Grace
Changed from Classic
Reduces the chance you'll be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 50% for 15 sec or until you are missed 3 times.
Forever has a single rank of this ability; the extra Classic ranks are not in Forever.
The full Classic Era kit
Nature Resistance
Passive
Removed in Forever
Nature Resistance increased by 10.
Wisp Spirit
Passive
Changed in Forever
Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing speed by 50%.
In Forever: Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.
Quickness
Passive
Changed in Forever
Dodge chance increased by 1%.
In Forever: Dodge chance increased by 1% and movement speed increased by 2%. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are harder to detect in Stealth as if they were 1 level higher.
Shadowmeld
Changed in Forever
Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Night Elf Rogues and Druids with Shadowmeld are more difficult to detect while stealthed or prowling.
In Forever: Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Using this ability in combat discourages enemies from attacking you, but increases the cooldown to 2 min.
Starshards
Priest
Changed in Forever
Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 936 Arcane damage over 6 sec.
In Forever: Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 1800 (+100.2% of spell power) Arcane damage over 6 sec.
Elune's Grace
Priest
Changed in Forever
Reduces ranged damage taken by 95 and increases chance to dodge by 10% for 15 sec.
In Forever: Reduces the chance you'll be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 50% for 15 sec or until you are missed 3 times.
Classes and talents
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Every race also works toward Legacy, Forever's account-wide reward track: up to 65 points to earn, and each character can spend up to 16 of them in the Legacy Trees. Rewards so far: Holstered Replica Ironforge Air Rifle, Spectral Bear Cub, Spectral Bear Tabard and Reins of the Spectral Bear.
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Night Elf
· Alliance · Shadowglen, Teldrassil · Darnassus · Nightsaber
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SOURCES
Template:Forever class by race
Warcraft Wiki (warcraft.wiki.gg) · rev 6931175 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026
Forever racial ability directory (rev 6950402)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6950402 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026
Elune's Light (racial) (rev 6906670)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906670 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
Shadowmeld (rev 6906644)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906644 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
Quickness (rev 6906631)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906631 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
WoW Forever Beta Development Notes — October 15 update (post 6)
Blizzard Entertainment · 16 Oct 2026 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
Wisp Spirit (rev 6906635)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906635 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026