Project:Sources

FOREVER / REFERENCE LIBRARY

Start here to check the evidence behind this wiki. These sources explicitly discuss World of Warcraft Forever. An announcement, interview, community transcription, and datamined asset each support different kinds of claims.

Latest additions reviewed 8 October 2026; earlier source reviews retain their own dates. Article references identify unresolved questions.

October 8 source review

• Beta update (October 1, 2026) and Beta maintenance (October 6, 2026) — dated Blizzard staff statements and later technical notices.
• PvP progression and Darkspear Islands — original written Blizzard overviews.
• Excavation Site: Wetlands — written dungeon research and individually checked Forever quest records.
• Project:Talent data and Datamined data — separately pinned licensed records and client exports, with differing build dates preserved.

No new video research was used. Each article distinguishes published design, client records, community source annotations and unverified gameplay.

October 1 written-source additions

• Beta maintenance (October 1, 2026) — original US and EU Blizzard notices.
• Hall of Thanes loot — twelve individual Forever item tooltips, with written guide associations.
• Campfire kits and recipes — separate item, spell and Blueprint records; discrepancies remain explicit.
• Talent learning-level annotations — a changed licensed export, compared against unchanged talent effects and two exact-build client exports.

No videos were used for this review. Review dates do not imply that each feature was added on that date.

September 30 source additions

• Beta data comparison (70009 to 70124) — separately verified client archives, with the licensed talent snapshot retaining its own build.
• Unending Torment, Crest of Lordaeron, The Wrath of Rath'mael and Abominable Creatures — individual Forever quest records and separately checked reward items.
• Well Fed XP Boost, four linked food articles and Cooking — rendered item tooltips, including discrepancies in a written food roundup.
• Statistics — an original written interface report; counter labels do not establish feature availability.
• Auto Shot and wand notice and gold-trading clarification — original Blizzard staff statements with exact dates.

No videos were used for this review.

September 29 written-source additions

• Datamined item sets — exact-build ItemSet and bonus relationships, with the September 29 build/export check.
• Rotmender's Raiment and its five item articles — individual Forever database tooltips, checked separately from the written datamining report.
• Black Market Auction House, Madam Swyndle, Mister Graphed and Gift of Galloping — original written Forever reports and individual records.
• Bear Form consumables and grouped quest drops — bounded written reports, with attribution and unverified conditions retained.
• Beta changes and Beta known issues — original Blizzard staff replies on queue filling and the requested Kyle quest restoration. A work-in-progress reply does not establish delivery.

No videos were used for this review. Older evidence below is retained under its original date.

Beta source review

• Blizzard beta launch, 17 September — Beta guide and the cited location articles.
• Kaivax's known-issues list, updated 18 September — Beta known issues and dated class notes. A future fix target is not a resolved issue.
• Official developer Q&A, 17 September — the Forever segment was read through its exported captions. Timestamped references appear in Realmless rulesets, Character names, User interface and accessibility, Transmogrification, Raids, and Darkspear Islands. Captions can contain transcription errors.
• Talents Forever build history and licensed export — Project:Talent data records the pinned beta snapshot and historical records.

September 20 additions

• Datamined data — a complete beta-labelled catalogue from the licensed Talents Forever snapshot, with raw client-table acquisition tracked separately by build. It preserves higher ranks and evidence limits.
• Campsite item and recipe references — additional individual ForeverDiff records, with separate item-effect and crafting evidence. Recipes includes the expanded armor-kit references.
• Blizzard's GPU compatibility notice — System requirements explains how the architecture floor differs from the full minimum specifications.
• Blizzplanet's original beta videos — Coming of Age, Elemental Unrest and The Cirrusfly Queen cite visually inspected frames with timestamps.
• Recipes and new item records cite individual ForeverDiff records. Their articles preserve the extractor's scope and identify unverified acquisition details.
• Tattered Mittens cites Daybreak. See that article for record-specific provenance.
• ForeverAtlas quest captures — Harmony in Balance and Infestation Investigation.
• Spellbooks uses beta-tagged records from the 19 September licensed export, with explicit learning-level and tooltip-context limits. Project:Talent data records source corrections.
• Leveling and experience links its original developer interviews and separates design intentions from measurements.
• Original Blizzard preview images now illustrate Skyborne, Undead, Paladin, Mount Hyjal, and Darkspear Islands. File descriptions identify announcement dates and artwork ownership.

• Quissy quest guide — Quest rewards.

Blizzard announcements and clarifications

Original source	Published	Useful wiki references
Forever announcement	12 Sep 2026	World of Warcraft: Forever
Upgrade and access details	12 Sep 2026	Beginner guide
What’s Next panel recap	12 Sep 2026	Raids · Dungeons · Darkspear Islands
Deep Dive panel recap	13 Sep 2026	Classes · Camping · Legacy system
Found Photos panel recap	13 Sep 2026	New zones and travel · Factions · Skyborne
Kaivax’s dungeon-level clarification	15 Sep 2026	Krol'dok Stronghold · Dungeons
Developer Q&A page	Updated 17 Sep 2026	Links the official replay; see timestamped references above

Blizzard’s BlizzCon news round-up and Forever forum collection help locate originals. A link collection does not independently verify the articles it repeats.

Original developer interviews

• MMORPG.com — Camping, progression, and more, 15 September 2026. Robin Baird interviews Josh Greenfield and Jeff Parrott. Used in Camping, Transmogrification, Realmless rulesets, Character names, User interface and accessibility, and Discovery and itemization. Tentative plans retain tentative wording.
• Windows Central — Why another elf race?, 13 September 2026. Jez Corden interviews Tim Jones and Kris Zierhut. Used for Skyborne and Shen'dralas context.
• Warcraft Tavern — Ion & Holly interview, 14 September 2026. Mila Grish’s edited press-room transcript includes other WoW editions. Only the passages explicitly about Forever support Changes from Classic and Realmless rulesets.

Community data and datamined previews

• Talents Forever — the wiki’s 466 class talents and 21 Legacy perks use a pinned, attributed community snapshot. Read Project:Talent data for record-level estimates, unknowns, and provenance.
• Wowhead — World maps, 16 September 2026. World maps contains three inspected originals; each file page records its source and identification limits.
• Wowhead — Reputation names, 16 September 2026. Factions separates provisional names from announced local groups. Names alone do not establish a reputation grind or rewards.
• Datamined previews links the original gear-model, creature-model, and set-effect reports. A model does not establish obtainable loot. The set-effect report expressly warns of Season of Discovery remnants; unconfirmed values have not been added to equipment fields.

Icy Veins guide review

All sixteen published guides linked from the Forever section were reviewed on 17 September 2026. These are secondary explanations: their observations and predictions are checked separately. Article citations identify which claims are supported by announcements, licensed community records, or attributed preview reporting.

Guide reviewed	Wiki reading path
Druid overview	Druid
Hunter overview	Hunter
Mage overview	Mage
Paladin overview	Paladin
Priest overview	Priest
Rogue overview	Rogue
Shaman overview	Shaman
Warlock overview	Warlock
Warrior overview	Warrior
Forever overview	World of Warcraft: Forever · Beginner guide
Beta access	Game access · System requirements
Pre-orders	Game access
Roadmap	Release roadmap
Subscription	Game access · System requirements
Camping	Camping
Legacy system	Legacy system

The guide review also used the rendered Blizzard Support articles for beta access and system requirements. These support the new access and installation references.

Using a source on an article

Identify the exact Forever passage or record before adding a fact. Cite its original URL and date, record the client build when known, and leave unknown fields empty. Shared names do not make a Classic, retail, Season of Discovery, or other-edition mechanic valid for Forever. Preserve conflicts instead of choosing whichever value seems familiar.

Full data policy · Record an in-game observation · Open research questions · Player guides

Full database source snapshot

The linked database combines exact-build client facts with separately labelled public quest and creature observations. The coverage ledger records exclusions, missing data, build limits and independent name/ID checks.