WoW Forever Warlock Guide: Changes, Mount, Leveling and Best Race

Blizzard reworked all 9 classes for Forever. The only full class write-up published so far is the Paladin.

The Warlock kit is not published as of 2026-09-23. Blizzard says more class posts follow in videos and articles.

Troll Warlock is 1 of the 6 named new race and class combos. The others are Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Orc Mage and Undead Paladin.

Spell, melee and ranged hit are 1 merged stat. Crit is merged the same way. Weapon skill on items is lower per piece. Caster weapons grant spell damage.

Talent trees keep Classic shape with gold milestones at 11, 16, 21 and 31 points. Every confirmed class line sits on class changes.

The 9-class shelf is on classes.

Caster weapons grant spell damage. That line matters for a Warlock.

More class posts are planned. Until the Warlock article lands, treat damage trees as Classic-shaped and keep racial picks as the firm decisions.

Blizzard has not published a Warlock-specific class mount quest or model as of 2026-09-23.

Forever mount rules are game-wide. There are no flying mounts. Mount cost moves into riding training. A mount is granted when you learn the riding skill.

The Cerulean Prideclaw from the Skyborne Heroic Pack is a ground mount. You still buy riding skill in-game before you can use it.

Undead Paladin is the class Blizzard named with its own level-60 epic mount quest. That line does not name Warlock.

Until a Warlock post lands, plan on the shared riding skill for travel. Full travel rules sit on mounts.

Wait for a Warlock class article before planning any Felsteed timeline or gold budget around a class charger.

5 races can be Warlock. Skyborne cannot. Tauren, Dwarf and Night Elf cannot. The Create the Hero matrix is the source.

Race	Faction	Racial hooks for Warlock
Troll	Horde	New combo. Berserking (+10% cast/attack speed 10s), Rapid Regeneration, Beast Slaying, Regeneration
Orc	Horde	Blood Fury (+10% AP/SP 15s), Shatter Curse, Hardiness (−20% stun), Axe Spec
Undead	Horde	Will of the Forsaken, Cannibalize (Health and Mana), Touch of the Grave, Underwater Breathing
Gnome	Alliance	Escape Artist, Eureka!, Expansive Mind (+5% Mana), Engineering Spec
Human	Alliance	Will to Survive, Perception, Sword Spec, The Human Spirit (+5% Spirit)

Every race has 2 active and 2 passive racials. Blizzard reworked them to feel stronger and more distinct than Classic.

Troll is the headline Horde pick because the combo is new. Berserking is a short cast-speed window for openers and drains.

Orc Blood Fury still feeds spell power for 15 seconds. Shatter Curse clears curse and bane effects and adds magic damage reduction for 8 seconds.

Undead keeps Will of the Forsaken for Charm, Fear and Sleep clears. Cannibalize now restores Mana as well as Health.

Gnome Expansive Mind raises maximum Mana by 5%. Eureka! cuts cost and adds 10% damage or heal on the next 3 spells.

Human Spirit adds 5% Spirit. Will to Survive clears stuns. Full racial text is on racials.

Faction choice still locks dungeon and raid groups. Horde and Alliance do not group together.

On the PvP ruleset an account picks 1 faction only. Normal and Roleplaying allow both factions on the same account.

Hardcore arrives after launch. It is not a launch-day ruleset. Plan the Warlock on Normal, PvP or Roleplaying at launch.

This Horde combo is 1 of the 6 new race and class pairs Blizzard named at reveal. It was not legal in Classic 1.12.

The race stays Horde. Starting zones follow the Durotar path, then join the shared Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms routes.

Berserking raises cast and attack speed by 10% for 10 seconds. Rapid Regeneration restores 50% of maximum Health over time.

Beast Slaying adds 5% damage versus Beasts. Regeneration keeps 10% health regen active in combat.

Blizzard has not published a Troll Warlock story quest or special mount. The value of the combo today is the legal race plus those 4 racials.

More Horde caster context sits next to Orc Mage on classes.

Pair Troll Warlock with Berserking today. Wait on Blizzard for any charger art.

Warlock trees keep 3 trees and 7 rows. Gold 1-point milestones sit at 11, 16, 21 and 31 spent points.

Blizzard has not published Warlock talent names as of 2026-09-23. Affliction, Demonology and Destruction labels from Classic are absent from Forever posts.

The beta runs 17 September to 21 October 2026. Cap starts at 20, then rises to 30. Early golds are the 1st live test.

How to read the milestones is on the talent calculator page. Spec ranks without names sit on the tier list.

Beta progress does not carry to the live realms. Rebuild the tree at launch from whatever Blizzard has posted by then.

Forever caps at 60. Blizzard frames 1,000+ new quests across the 1 to 60 journey. There is no level scaling and no flying mounts.

Warlock has no Skyborne cell. Starts are Classic: Durotar for the 2 Horde starter races, Tirisfal for Forsaken, Dun Morogh for Gnome, Elwynn for Human.

The Riverglades is the mid-30s to mid-40s frontier with 150+ new quests. Shen'dralas and Mount Hyjal are named adventure regions.

Exact level bands for Hyjal and Shen'dralas are not published as of 2026-09-23. Legacy Challenges band dungeons as 15 to 25, 26 to 45 and 46 to 60.

Plan 1 clear per dungeon for quest XP, then return to the open world.

Raids unlock on 9 December 2026: Barrow Deeps for 10 players and Hyjal Summit for 20. Onyxia is a Legacy Raid challenge.

Name reservation runs 27 October to 3 November 2026 for upgrade buyers. Details sit on name reservation.

Routes sit on leveling and power leveling. Dungeons are on dungeons. Raids are on raids.

Pets stay Classic-shaped until a Warlock kit post lands.

LFCarry runs Forever leveling as a pre-order at $299 with 1 booster or $420 with 2 boosters. Regular rates are $399 and $599.

You pick Troll, Orc, Undead, Gnome or Human before the 1st session. Full refund before work starts. The goal is 60 before the 9 December raid unlock.

Coaching sits on /wow-forever/coaching when you want a Pro to set openers from published racials only.

We do not invent Warlock talent names or a class mount Blizzard has not posted. The coach stays on racials, hit merge and the 1 to 60 route.

Shelf page for the order is /wow-forever/leveling.

Pre-order price locks at the rate you pay. It does not rise after you place the order.