World of Warcraft: Forever Adds New Raids and 1,000 Quests

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Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Forever is a Classic+ iteration that returns players to an updated vanilla Azeroth with new zones, dungeons, raids, and other content. Announced at BlizzCon 2026, the game launches November 4.

In comments following the announcement, Principal Designer Kris Zierhut and Lead Encounter Designer Mike Nuthals explained why they believe Forever makes a separate World of Warcraft sequel unnecessary. Their comments reflect the developers' view of the project rather than a formal Blizzard product-strategy announcement.

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Zierhut pointed to the long-running development of WoW's world, design, engine, and server infrastructure. He said the team has continued improving elements including graphics, rendering, lighting, server performance, and systems that handle players, spells, and combat. He also said the team remains invested in the current WoW story and sees Forever as an opportunity to explore its beginning in new ways.

What's confirmed for launch

• Raids: Barrow Deeps is a 10-player raid, Hyjal Summit is a 20-player raid, and Onyxia is a 40-player raid.
• Content: The game includes more than 1,000 new quests, new race and class combinations, a new Skyborne race, updated world visuals and lighting, and itemization passes for dungeons and raids.
• Camping feature: The former cooking fire becomes a basic campfire that can bring passing players together while they wait, chat, and potentially form groups.
• Story approach: Zierhut said the team does not intend to make massive lore changes, but can present a somewhat different sequence of events without contradicting Classic.

Nuthals said the team's design pillars remain rooted in the core experience of playing Classic WoW. He highlighted the varied raid sizes as a way for players to find social groups and friends, while also pointing to new items and updated dungeon and raid loot for players to discover.

Further reading: IGN's full report on World of Warcraft: Forever

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