What changed in Forever
A data-driven comparison of the Forever client (1.60.1.70245) with Classic Era (1.15.9.70003), plus Blizzard-announced system changes. Every number links to the full list.
Forever moved items to a stat-budget system and reworked many of them: 1,634 items that exist in both games have different stats. Every item page shows its exact Forever values and a field-by-field comparison.
World
New zones
- Mount Hyjal Kalimdor
- Riverglades Eastern Kingdoms
- Shen'dralas Kalimdor
- Zephras Isle Skywall (Elemental Plane of Air)
New dungeons, raids & battlegrounds
- Hall of Thanes dungeon · 13–18
- Ruins of Lordaeron dungeon · 15–20
- Excavation Site: Wetlands dungeon · 26–31
- City of Dalaran dungeon · 28–33
- Darkspear Islands battleground · 30–30
- The Drowned City dungeon · 35–40
- Krol'dok Stronghold dungeon · 40–45
- Alcaz Prison dungeon · 48–53
- Blackmaw Hold dungeon · 55–60
- Shaper's Terrace dungeon · 58–60
- Barrow Deeps raid
- Hyjal Summit raid
Returning dungeons also have new level bands. See dungeons by level.
Characters
New race
High Order Skyborne (Alliance) and Windshaper Skyborne (Horde).
New race/class combinations
Systems
- Legacy Official
- Camping Community reported
- Collections & Transmog Community reported
- First and last names Official
- Rulesets (realmless megaservers) Community reported
- Hardcore Official
- SD/HD model toggle Community reported
- Addon API Community reported
- Seasonal PvP ranks Community reported
- GDKP ban Community reported
- Unified hit/crit itemization Community reported
- Skyborne packs (monetization) Community reported
Not visible in client data
10,181 item IDs from Classic Era aren’t in the Forever client. That includes items Blizzard deliberately hid from dataminers until they drop (reported as ~12,500 at beta start), encrypted content, and items removed from the game. We don’t publish Classic data for these. They’ll appear once they’re revealed in game.
Comparison pair: Classic Era 1.15.9.70003 → Forever 1.60.1.70245 (beta). Snapshot 2026-10-09.