The new playable race of WoW Forever. The Skyborne descend from Highborne exiles who made a pact with elemental wind spirits and built a home in Skywall. They start on Zephras Isle, where the air spirits that once protected the island have vanished and the people are in trouble.
Alliance - Arcane legacy
The High Order is called back to Azeroth to win back the arcane knowledge it has lost.
Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby ley line, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 15 sec if no ley line is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
Cooldown 2 min
Horde - Elemental tradition
The Windshapers leave Skywall to find out what became of their missing elemental mentors.
Attempt to draw power from a convergence of elements and receive its blessing, increasing your movement and mounted movement speeds by 10%. Lasts 30 sec if no elemental convergence is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.
Cooldown 2 minDamage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.
Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.
Cooldown 2 minIncreases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 1%.
Both races can be Druids, Hunters, Rogues and Warriors; the High Order add Mages and the Windshapers add Shamans. Read from the beta client; Blizzard’s post on the race gives the same split. Meet the Skyborne (opens in a new tab)
The starting island of both Skyborne races. Blizzard describes it as levels 1 to 12, and the quest list holds 110 quests here, from level 1 to 13, all new in Forever. They are the same for both factions.
Barber shops let you change the look later. Blizzard’s post (opens in a new tab)
Blizzard lists the Skyborne race and the Zephras Isle starting experience in its Skyborne upgrade packs. Blizzard’s post on character creation does not say more about who can make one.
The editions and what is in them Launch details (opens in a new tab)
Game client tables, Forever beta against Classic EraRead from the Forever beta client (1.60.1.70205) and set against the Classic Era client (1.15.9.70003) through wago.tools. Spell names and tooltips are Blizzard Entertainment content, shown for comparison.
