Tauren
A Horde race that plays Warrior, Hunter, Shaman and Druid.
Alliance
Horde
Horde
Starting zone: Red Cloud Mesa, Mulgore · Capital: Thunder Bluff · Mount: Kodo
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Racials
War Stomp
Changed from Classic
Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 2 sec. Cooldown: 90 sec.
Active · 0.5 sec cast · 1.5 min cooldown
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 15 Oct 2026. Tauren War Stomp's cooldown is 90 seconds (was 2 minutes).
Cultivation
Changed from Classic
Grow a duplicate of a nearby herb; harvesting it requires no Herbalism skill. Each herb can be cultivated once. Cooldown: 900 sec.
Active · Instant
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 15 Oct 2026. Tauren Cultivation's cooldown is 15 minutes (was 60 minutes).
In Classic: Herbalism skill increased by 15.
Plainsrunning
Passive
New in Forever
While moving: speed +2% every 5 sec, up to 60%. Damage or stopping reduces the effect; a minimum distance per second is required. No mounted speed bonus.
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 26 Oct 2026. Tauren Plainsrunning now grants 2% movement speed per stack (was 1%), up to 60% (was 30%), and no longer increases mounted movement speed.
Endurance
Passive
Same as Classic
Maximum Health +5%.
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 26 Oct 2026. Tauren Endurance no longer provides any modifiers beyond 5% increased Health.
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New pairing in Forever
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The full Classic Era kit
Cultivation
Passive
Changed in Forever
Herbalism skill increased by 15.
In Forever: Cultivate a nearby herb, growing a duplicate you can harvest without requiring Herbalism skill. Each herb may only be cultivated once.
Endurance
Passive
Changed in Forever
Total Health increased by 5%.
In Forever: Total Health increased by 5%.
Nature Resistance
Passive
Removed in Forever
Nature Resistance increased by 10.
War Stomp
Changed in Forever
Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yds for 2 sec.
In Forever: Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yds for 2 sec.
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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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Tauren
· Horde · Red Cloud Mesa, Mulgore · Thunder Bluff · Kodo
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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
Cultivation (rev 6906688)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906688 · 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
War Stomp (rev 6916628)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6916628 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
Endurance (rev 6944475)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6944475 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026
WoW Forever Beta Development Notes — launch racial pass (posts 7–8)
Blizzard Entertainment · 26 Oct 2026 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026
Plainsrunning (rev 6949600)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6949600 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026