Undead / Forsaken
What Blizzard has published about the Undead / Forsaken race in Forever. If something hasn't been detailed yet, it is marked as such.
Status legend
- VERIFIED Verified: confirmed by an official Blizzard source, with its date shown.
- ANNOUNCED Announced: officially planned, but not in the game yet.
- TO BE CONFIRMED To be confirmed: not yet confirmed by an official World of Warcraft: Forever source.
- OBSOLETE Obsolete: replaced by newer official information.
- NOT YET DETAILED Not yet detailed: Blizzard hasn't published this information yet.
- COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION Community contribution: from a fan site, needs validation; never official.
- EDITORIAL EVALUATION Editorial evaluation: the wiki editors' opinion, not official data.
Lore
- VERIFIED Dungeon tie-in:
helping the Forsaken reclaim the Ruins of Lordaeron
. [World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap, 2026-09-12]
Overview
- VERIFIED Official description:
Free of the Lich King’s grasp, the Forsaken seek to overthrow his rule.
[Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22]
Racial abilities in Forever
- VERIFIED
In World of Warcraft: Forever, racial abilities have been reworked to feel stronger, more distinct, and more meaningful without pushing every race toward the same strengths.
[World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, 2026-09-13] - VERIFIED
Each race now has two active abilities and two passive abilities, tuned to provide a similar amount of offensive power while preserving signature utility.
[World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, 2026-09-13] - VERIFIED Will of the Forsaken (active) :
Removes Charm, Fear, and Sleep
[Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22] - VERIFIED Cannibalize (active) :
Consume corpses to regenerate 35% Health and Mana over time
[Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22] - VERIFIED Underwater Breathing (passive) :
Breathe 300% longer underwater
[Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22] - VERIFIED Touch of the Grave (passive) :
Sometimes drain health with your attacks
[Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22] - VERIFIED
Undead racial abilities are being reshaped with the same design goals. Will of the Forsaken still removes Charm, Fear, and Sleep, but no longer grants immunity to those effects. Cannibalize now restores Mana as well as Health, increasing its usefulness for mana-using classes such as Mages, Warlocks, Paladins, and Priests. Underwater Breathing remains unchanged but continues to matter in old and new underwater combat situations, while Touch of the Grave gives Undead characters a new damage-focused racial with a survivability edge by giving attacks a chance to drain life from enemies.
[World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, 2026-09-13] - VERIFIED Beta (Sep 24):
Touch of the Grave no longer breaks CC or activates from spells and abilities that don’t have a damage component to them.
[WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 8 (Kaivax, official forums), 2026-09-24] - VERIFIED Beta (Oct 1):
Cannibalize cannot be used if the caster is immune to Physical damage.
[WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 8 (Kaivax, official forums), 2026-09-24] - VERIFIED Beta (Oct 8):
Fixed an issue where Will of the Forsaken could sometimes not be used while asleep or charmed.
[WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 8 (Kaivax, official forums), 2026-09-24]
Racial Priest spells
- VERIFIED
Priest Racial Abilities: Each race of Priest has two spells unique to their Race. They have been fully re-evaluated, and new ones have been added for Gnome Priests:
[World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior, 2026-09-30] - VERIFIED
Touch of Weakness: Unchanged.
[World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior, 2026-09-30] - VERIFIED
Dark Sacrifice: Learned at level 20. Cannibalize your own health to gain Mana over time. Mana gain increased by Spirit.
[World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior, 2026-09-30]
Classes
- VERIFIED New class-race combination:
Undead Paladin
. [World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap, 2026-09-13] - VERIFIED Product page wording:
Forsaken Paladin
. [World of Warcraft: Forever (product page)] - VERIFIED Playable classes (official race × class table): Warrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock. [Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22]
- VERIFIED Not available per that table: Hunter, Shaman, Druid. [Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22]
Not yet detailed
- NOT YET DETAILED The starting zone for this race in Forever is not stated in the saved official sources. [Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, 2026-09-22]
Sources
- World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24303862/world-of-warcraft-forever-whats-next-panel-recap
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-12 (22:00 UTC)
Used for: Lore
Limits: Panel recap; some dungeons not formally named; no detail on which raids unlock on December 9. - Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24304075/create-the-hero-you-want-to-be-in-world-of-warcraft-forever
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-22 (17:00 UTC)
Used for: Overview, Racial abilities in Forever, Classes, Not yet detailed
Limits: Official race × class tables per faction (Horde / Alliance); “An X indicates that the listed race can choose that class.” May still change before launch. - World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24303313/world-of-warcraft-forever-deep-dive-panel-recap
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-13 (17:52 UTC)
Used for: Racial abilities in Forever, Classes
Limits: Panel recap; uses “Undead Paladin” (product page says “Forsaken Paladin”). - WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 8 (Kaivax, official forums) — https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-forever-beta-development-notes-%E2%80%93-updated-october-8/2360696
Channel: Official Blizzard forums (blue post) · Publication date: 2026-09-24 (22:23 UTC)
Used for: Racial abilities in Forever
Limits: English only; beta notes (posts of Sep 24, Oct 1, Oct 8); beta content may change. - World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior — https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24301514/world-of-warcraft-forever-class-deep-dives-priest-and-warrior
Channel: Blizzard News · Publication date: 2026-09-30 (21:00 UTC)
Used for: Racial Priest spells
Limits: Abilities may change during beta. - World of Warcraft: Forever (product page) — https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever/
Channel: Official product page · Publication date: no publication date shown
Used for: Classes
Limits: No publication date; text read from the page’s embedded data.