Undead
A Horde race that plays Warrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage and Warlock. New for this race in Forever: Paladin.
Alliance
Horde
Horde
Starting zone: Deathknell, Tirisfal Glades · Capital: Undercity · Mount: Skeletal horse
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Racials
Will of the Forsaken
Changed from Classic
Removes Charm, Fear and Sleep. Cannot be used under Scatter Shot. Cooldown: 120 sec.
Active · Instant · 2 min cooldown
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 15 Oct 2026. Undead can no longer use Will of the Forsaken while under the effects of Scatter Shot.
In Classic: Provides immunity to Charm, Fear and Sleep while active. May also be used while already afflicted by Charm, Fear or Sleep. Lasts 5 sec.
Cannibalize
Changed from Classic
Restores 7% Health and Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Requires a Humanoid/Undead corpse within 5 yd; movement, actions or damage cancel it. Cooldown: 120 sec.
Active · Instant · 2 min cooldown
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 1 Oct 2026. Cannibalize cannot be used while immune to Physical damage.
In Classic: When activated, regenerates 7% of total health every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
Underwater Breathing
Passive
Same as Classic
Classic baseline; not confirmed for Forever. Underwater breath duration +300%.
Touch of the Grave
Passive
New in Forever
Spells and attacks can drain up to 5% maximum Health: 30% chance for Mage/Priest/Warlock, 20% for Paladin/Rogue/Warrior. Internal cooldown: 15 sec. Shadow modifiers do not increase it.
Changed in Blizzard's notes of 26 Oct 2026. Undead Touch of the Grave internal cooldown is reduced to 15 seconds (was 25 seconds).
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New pairing in Forever
New in Forever: Undead Paladin
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Class abilities
Priest
Touch of Weakness
6 ranks
Changed from Classic
The next melee attack on the caster will cause 56 (+10.7% of spell power) Shadow damage and reduce the attacker's melee attack power by the attacker by 204 for 2 min.
Dark Sacrifice
5 ranks
New in Forever
Cannibalize 1600 of your own Health over 15 sec to gain 1600 (+100% of Spirit) Mana.
The full Classic Era kit
Cannibalize
Changed in Forever
When activated, regenerates 7% of total health every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
In Forever: When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
Shadow Resistance
Passive
Removed in Forever
Shadow Resistance increased by 10.
Underwater Breathing
Passive
Same in Forever
Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
Will of the Forsaken
Changed in Forever
Provides immunity to Charm, Fear and Sleep while active. May also be used while already afflicted by Charm, Fear or Sleep. Lasts 5 sec.
In Forever: Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
Devouring Plague
Priest
Changed in Forever, for every Priest race
Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 904 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
In Forever: Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 848 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
Touch of Weakness
Priest
Changed in Forever
The next melee attack on the caster will cause 64 Shadow damage and reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 20 for 2 min.
In Forever: The next melee attack on the caster will cause 56 (+10.7% of spell power) Shadow damage and reduce the attacker's melee attack power by the attacker by 204 for 2 min.
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.
Questions
Undead
· Horde · Deathknell, Tirisfal Glades · Undercity · Skeletal horse
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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
Will of the Forsaken (rev 6906892)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906892 · 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
Cannibalize (rev 6948654)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6948654 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026
Touch of the Grave (rev 6916637)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6916637 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026
WoW Forever Beta Development Notes — launch racial pass (posts 7–8)
Blizzard Entertainment · 26 Oct 2026 · Accessed: 30 Oct 2026
Underwater Breathing (rev 6906914)
Warcraft Wiki · rev 6906914 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Accessed: 25 Oct 2026