WoW Forever patch notes 26 Oct: 11 changes

Each row paraphrases one line of Blizzard’s development notes for this post and links to it. Curated: quest-by-quest, audio and visual notes are not listed.

• 26 OctFinal racial pass: racial identity over generic traits; weapon-type racials stay replaced.Direction not statedEveryoneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctRuthless is 1% critical chance (was 2%); Human Spirit is 10% Spirit (was 5%).Direction not statedHumanBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctEarth Fury is removed; the new Artisan’s Precision gives 1% hit chance with spells and attacks.Direction not statedDwarfBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctPlainsrunning gives 2% speed per stack (was 1%), 60% at most (was 30%), and no longer helps mounts.Direction not statedTaurenBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctEndurance is only 5% more Health now: no hit chance or critical damage bonus.Direction not statedTaurenBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctSavage is removed; Command returns and raises Warlock and Hunter pet damage by 5%.Direction not statedOrcBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctWind-Blessed haste bonus is 2% (was 3%).NerfSkyborneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctRead Leyline gives 50% Mana and Health regeneration (was 100%) for 15 seconds; Innervate overrides it.NerfSkyborneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctRead Leyline at a Ley Line also grants Attuned for 1 hour: 100% regeneration, lost on entering a raid.BuffSkyborneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctSkysight is 15% movement speed (was 10%) for 15 seconds.BuffSkyborneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 26 OctSkysight at an elemental convergence also grants Charged for 1 hour: 30% speed, lost on entering a raid.BuffSkyborneBetaBlizzard ↗

• Blizzard · WoW Forever Beta Development Notes ↗ — The four “new build” posts of Sep 24, Oct 1, Oct 8 and Oct 15, the racial pass of Oct 26 and its Oct 27 additions, and the final Nov 2 update (thread titled “Updated November 2”); read 2026-11-04.
• Warcraft Wiki · Public client builds (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗ — Forever Beta client 1.60.1, build 70532, dated 2026-10-20; Blizzard’s own posts state no build number; read 2026-11-04.

Beta numbers, read on 4 Nov from before launch on 4 Nov— they can differ from the live game.