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Level cap 30 in the Forever beta: patch notes overview

The new beta build raises the level cap to 30, adds the Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon and changes many classes, professions and quests.

After maintenance the beta returns with an updated build and the level cap rises from 20 to 30.

Blizzard raised the Forever beta population cap again and fixed a login queue problem.

Blizzard confirms server issues in WoW: Forever and will restart the Beta within minutes for a brief maintenance.

Senior Game Producer Tom Ellis explains why players were removed from the Beta over character names and why no new standards were applied.

A new survey in the Battle.net launcher lets players give Blizzard their opinion on selected WoW: Forever topics.

In Forever you pick a ruleset instead of a realm. What sets Normal, PvP, Roleplaying and Hardcore apart and what is account-wide.

At BlizzCon, Blizzard showed new lighting, fog and flowing water for the classic world, with before-and-after comparisons.

In a BlizzCon interview with Destin, Blizzard developers said neither a WoW Token nor boosts are planned for Forever.

The What's Next Hardcore panel made it clear: WoW: Forever launches without Hardcore mode, but it is meant to follow soon.

Blizzard confirmed that Forever will launch with full controller support.

WoW: Forever has no realms. Instead you pick a play style: Normal, PvP, Roleplay or Hardcore.

Every Forever character has two names, and the full name must be unique within the region.

Blizzard revealed the 2026/2027 roadmap: beta, launch on November 4, raids from December 9 and Hardcore as its own launch.

Blizzard announced Classic+ as Warcraft Forever at BlizzCon 2026: launch on 4 November, beta from Thursday.