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<div class="fw-notice">'''Reviewed 16 September 2026.''' This guide compares announced Forever features with expectations a returning Classic player might bring. It is not an in-game comparison.</div>

'''World of Warcraft: Forever''' is planned as an ongoing game alongside modern and Classic WoW, with a level-60 journey through the original continents.<ref>Blizzard Entertainment, [https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/news/24302093 Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever], 12 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.</ref>

== Announced changes to know first ==
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! Topic !! Forever reference !! Where to start
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| World || New regions and more than 1,000 additional quests.<ref name="next">Blizzard Entertainment, [https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24303862/world-of-warcraft-forever-whats-next-panel-recap What's Next panel recap], 12 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.</ref> || [[Zones]] · [[Quests]]
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| Progression || [[Legacy system|Legacy]] supports repeated leveling; [[Camping]] adds shared outdoor stops.<ref name="next" /> || [[Legacy perks]] · [[Professions]]
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| Presentation || Optional transmog, Classic/modern visuals, and gamepad support.<ref name="next" /> || Revisit these settings when choosing how the game should look and play for you.
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| World rules || Flying mounts and level scaling are excluded from the announced design.<ref name="next" /> || Check a destination's access information before planning a route.
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| Character planning || Talent trees are revised; some previously talented buffs become baseline.<ref>Blizzard Entertainment, [https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24303313 Deep Dive panel recap], 13 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.</ref> || [[Classes]] · [[Talents]]
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== Using an older guide ==
Treat a Classic guide as a list of questions to check. Before following it, compare the named ability, talent prerequisites, quest rewards, travel steps, and item requirements with a Forever source. A familiar name alone does not establish that its mechanics are unchanged.

For character planning, open the actual talent article and read its evidence label. Missing rank information is an unanswered question; extrapolating it can make a build look more certain than the available evidence allows.

For a group, agree on a small first-session objective rather than committing to a long farming schedule. Record any mismatch between a guide and the client with the build number and a screenshot. That gives the next reader something reproducible to check.

== Continue reading ==
[[Beginner guide]] · [[Legacy system]] · [[Camping]] · [[Recipes]] · [[Project:Data policy]]

== Sources ==
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