WoW Forever: All Racial Abilities

Each race in World of Warcraft: Forever has its own racial abilities, offering combat bonuses, passive benefits and useful tools for exploring Azeroth. Below are the announced abilities for every Alliance and Horde race, including both versions of the Skyborne.

For the classes available to each race, check out our WoW Forever race and class combinations.

Humans

New class option: Hunter.

• Will to Survive: Removes stuns.

• Perception: Detects stealthed enemies for 20 seconds.

• Sword Specialization (Passive): Swords increase spell and ability critical strike chance by 2%.

• The Human Spirit (Passive): Increases Spirit by 5%.

Dwarves

New class option: Shaman.

• Stoneform: Grants immunity to bleeds, poisons and diseases, and reduces physical damage taken for 8 seconds.

• Find Treasure: Tracks nearby treasure chests.

• Mace Specialization (Passive): Maces increase spell and ability critical strike chance by 1%.

• Big Game Hunter (Passive): Increases damage dealt to beasts by 5%.

Night Elves

• Elune’s Light: Increases critical strike chance by 10% for 15 seconds.

• Shadowmeld: Grants stealth while stationary.

• Quickness (Passive): Increases dodge chance by 1% and run speed by 2%.

• Wisp Spirit (Passive): Increases run speed by 75% while dead.

Gnomes

New class option: Priest.

• Escape Artist: Grants brief immunity to roots and snares.

• Eureka!: Reduces the cost of your next three spells or abilities and increases their damage or healing by 10%.

• Expansive Mind (Passive): Increases maximum mana, rage or energy by 5%.

• Engineering Specialization (Passive): Makes Engineering devices more reliable.

Alliance Skyborne

Available classes: Warrior, Hunter, Mage, Rogue and Druid.

• Walk on Air: Allows you to glide downward through the air for 10 seconds.

• Read Ley Line: Activates a ley line, increasing health and mana regeneration by 100%.

• Wind Blessed (Passive): Increases melee, ranged and spellcasting haste by 1%.

• Elemental Insight (Passive): Increases damage dealt to elementals by 5%.

Orcs

New class option: Mage.

• Blood Fury: Increases attack power and spell power by 10% for 15 seconds.

• Shatter Curse: Grants immunity to curses and banes, and reduces magical damage taken for 8 seconds.

• Axe Specialization (Passive): Axes increase spell and ability critical strike chance by 1%.

• Hardiness (Passive): Reduces the duration of stuns affecting you by 20%.

Undead

New class option: Paladin.

• Will of the Forsaken: Removes charm, fear and sleep effects.

• Cannibalize: Consumes corpses to regenerate 35% health and mana over time.

• Underwater Breathing (Passive): Allows you to breathe 300% longer underwater.

• Touch of the Grave (Passive): Your attacks sometimes drain health.

Tauren

• War Stomp: Stuns nearby enemies for 2 seconds.

• Cultivation: Grows bonus herbs that can be gathered without Herbalism.

• Plainsrunning (Passive): Increases movement speed the longer you keep moving.

• Endurance (Passive): Increases total health by 5% and hit chance by 1%.

Trolls

New class option: Warlock.

• Berserking: Increases casting and attack speed by 10% for 10 seconds.

• Rapid Regeneration: Regenerates 50% of maximum health over time.

• Beast Slaying (Passive): Increases damage dealt to beasts by 5%.

• Regeneration (Passive): Allows 10% of your health regeneration to continue during combat.

Horde Skyborne

Available classes: Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Druid and Shaman.

• Walk on Air: Allows you to glide downward through the air for 10 seconds.

• Skysight: Grants an Elemental Blessing that increases run speed by 10%.

• Wind Blessed (Passive): Increases melee, ranged and spellcasting haste by 1%.

• Elemental Insight (Passive): Increases damage dealt to elementals by 5%.