WoW Forever Will Add All-New Content To Classic Azeroth This November

World of Warcraft Forever is Blizzard’s next iteration on WoW Classic, one that will add new content in the form of zones, quests, dungeons, raids, and even a new playable race while keeping the old-school MMORPG’s world and gameplay intact.

Revealed during BlizzCon 2026’s opening ceremony, WoW Forever is Blizzard’s attempt to give WoW Classic fans the “forever” game they’ve wanted for years. However, instead of the MMO progressing to the game’s subsequent expansions and their new areas, as Classic has in the past, WoW Forever will instead keep the focus on WoW’s original two continents, Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor.

Within that Classic backdrop will be up to 1,000 new quests, Blizzard said, as well as revamped zones, and three entirely new zones that fill out areas present on the map in vanilla WoW but were never accessible to players. There will be nine new dungeons to explore, two raids, and an additional PvP battleground. A new playable race is also part of the package: the Skyborne elves. One of the new playable zones will be their starting area, Blizzard said.

In addition to all-new content, Blizzard will be revamping classes with new talents and skills, as well as allowing for new class and race combinations. An option to toggle HD visuals and old-school graphics will also be included. Blizzard will continue to update WoW Forever with new content, but won’t raise the level cap past 60.

Unlike modern WoW, WoW Forever won’t be focused on the endgame experience. Blizzard said many of the new dungeons and quests will be for characters under level 60. That aligns with what Blizzard said were its core principles in how it approached development of WoW Forever–that it should be about the journey, not the destination; the world itself is a character; and the game’s social aspects should be a focus.

For those who want to continue experiencing the original version of Azeroth, the normal version of WoW Classic will still be playable.

Players won’t have to wait long to experience this new version of Azeroth themselves. A playable beta will go live September 17, with the full version of WoW Forever launching November 4.