Blizzard confirmed Classic Plus at BlizzCon 2026’s Opening Ceremony on September 12. It’s called World of Warcraft: Forever, it launches November 4, 2026, and it runs as a permanent third version of the game alongside modern WoW and existing Classic — level cap staying at 60, growing outward with new content instead of climbing higher.
This is the roundup piece — headline facts and links to full coverage of each specific part.
It’s Real, and Blizzard Said the Words
Near the end of the Opening Ceremony, Blizzard President Johanna Faries confirmed on stage what the community had been calling Classic Plus for years actually has a name: World of Warcraft: Forever. “Yes, yes, yes, yes, this is Classic Plus,” she said, as a cinematic depicting the original vanilla cinematic dwarf and his bear crossing old Azeroth closed out on stage.
The reveal came after a countdown to November 4 appeared on the venue screens — the actual release date, given with unusual specificity for a project the community has speculated about for years.
The Headline Facts
What’s Actually Included
At launch, Forever adds three new zones — Mount Hyjal, Riverglades, and Shen’dralas — plus a fourth zone, Zephras Isle, built as the starting experience for a new playable race called the Skyborne Elves. Beyond that: over 1,000 new quests, nine new dungeons spanning levels 13 through 60, three raids (unlocking five weeks after launch), a new 15v15 battleground called Darkspear Islands, and two entirely new systems — Legacy, an account-wide progression track, and Camping, a social system built around outdoor campsites.
The Skyborne Elves come with a real catch — access to the race isn’t included with a standard subscription.
Full Coverage of Each Piece
We’re covering this in focused pieces rather than one giant post — here’s the complete set:
Getting In
- Skyborne Elves & Beta Access — the pack structure, pricing, and what beta actually requires
- Race and Class Combinations — every new option, including Forsaken Paladin and Skyborne’s faction-split casters
New Content
- New Zones Guide — Mount Hyjal, Riverglades, Shen’dralas, and Zephras Isle
- New Dungeons Guide — all nine, with level ranges
- New Raids Guide — Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, and the returning Onyxia’s Lair
- Darkspear Islands Battleground Guide — the new 15v15 PvP format
New Systems
- Legacy System Explained — the account-wide progression system built for alt-lovers
- Camping System Explained — the new social system built on the old Cooking Fire
- Realmless Servers Explained — no more realm list, and how the four rulesets actually work
- Professions and Itemization Changes — 600+ new recipes, unified hit/crit stats, and reworked dungeon drops
- Racial Abilities Guide — every race’s new 2-active/2-passive kit
- Leveling Changes: Questing, Dungeon XP & 1-60 — the dungeon XP rework and what’s confirmed about the path to 60
Looking Ahead
- WoW Forever Roadmap — everything confirmed beyond launch, through summer 2027
- Every Class Change in WoW Forever — universal talent changes, the Paladin rework, and what’s still unconfirmed
This covers everything confirmed as of BlizzCon 2026. We’ll add new pieces and update this list as Blizzard reveals more — particularly around the Spring and Summer 2027 waves — so check back rather than assuming this is the final word
Related Reading
- What Exactly Is Classic Plus? — the original explainer and everything that led to this announcement