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The Undead in World of Warcraft: Forever: Will of the Forsaken without immunity, Cannibalize, Underwater Breathing, Touch of the Grave on a 15-second internal cooldown since Oct 26, 2026, six classes, and the new Forsaken Paladin at Bandarion Keep.
The Undead in World of Warcraft: Forever are a Horde race whose launch racials are Will of the Forsaken, Cannibalize, Underwater Breathing and Touch of the Grave, the last on a 15-second internal cooldown since Blizzard's launch pass of Oct 26, 2026. At the BlizzCon Deep Dive Blizzard said Will of the Forsaken "was a little bit too strong": it now simply breaks charm, fear and sleep, without immunity afterwards. Forever's biggest change for the race is a new class, the Undead Paladin, which Blizzard calls the Forsaken Paladin.
Quick facts
| Faction | Horde |
| Classes | Mage, Paladin (new), Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior |
| Active racials | Will of the Forsaken, Cannibalize |
| Passive racials | Underwater Breathing, Touch of the Grave |
| Touch of the Grave | 30% chance on casters, 20% on Paladins, Rogues, Warriors, 15-second internal cooldown |
| Changed Oct 15, 2026 | Touch of the Grave chance and cooldown reworked; no Will of the Forsaken under Scatter Shot |
| Changed Oct 26, 2026 | Internal cooldown 15 seconds (was 25) |
| Priest spells | Touch of Weakness, Dark Sacrifice |
| Starting zone | Tirisfal Glades |
| Paladin base | Bandarion Keep, Whispering Wood |
Racials at launch
Blizzard's notes of Oct 15, 2026, which call it Touch of the Dead in places, set a 30% chance for casters and 20% for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors, with a 25-second internal cooldown, and stop it scaling with Shadow increases (Blizzard). The launch pass cut the internal cooldown to 15 seconds (Blizzard). Another note stopped it breaking crowd control or firing from spells with no damage, so Shadow Word: Pain activates it on cast but not on its periodic damage (Blizzard).
Other notes: Cannibalize cannot be used while immune to physical damage, and Will of the Forsaken works while asleep or charmed after a fix of Oct 8, 2026, but not under Scatter Shot (Blizzard).
Classes
Blizzard's table lists Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Warlock and Warrior (Blizzard). Undead Priests keep Touch of Weakness unchanged and gain Dark Sacrifice at level 20, which spends the Priest's own health for mana over time, increased by Spirit (Blizzard); it no longer breaks crowd control that breaks on damage (Blizzard).
The Forsaken Paladin
At the start of Forever, Forsaken Paladins are deeply mistrusted by other Forsaken, who know paladins only through groups like the Scarlet Crusade. Channeling the Light is "almost maddeningly painful" for the undead.
They are sent around level 10 to Bandarion Keep in the Whispering Wood, a formerly unreachable north-western part of Tirisfal Glades, and get most of their class quests there. Beta notes raised the level of the quests around Shadowvale and Bandarion Keep because they could be green by arrival (Blizzard). At level 60 they have their own epic mount quest. The class is on Paladin.
Tirisfal Glades
Blizzard's leveling video says new stories in the Undead starting zone "explain how Paladins have emerged among the Forsaken". The Ruins of Lordaeron, the Horde's first new dungeon, sits above the Undercity for levels 15 to 20. See Starting Zones.
What players say
Sodapoppin, on Sep 24, 2026, named removing fear as the reason a Rogue facing a Warlock wants Undead. Crix at Mobalytics puts the race at the top for PvP on Will of the Forsaken, and near the bottom in PvE, in text that still cites the 25-second cooldown. See Best Race for Each Class.
What is not known yet
Blizzard's Oct 26 post gives no new proc chance for Touch of the Grave, so the Oct 15 percentages are the latest published as of Oct 31, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Can Undead be Paladins in WoW Forever? Yes. Forsaken Paladins train at Bandarion Keep in Tirisfal Glades.
Does Will of the Forsaken give immunity? No. It breaks charm, fear and sleep without immunity afterwards.
What is the Touch of the Grave cooldown? A 15-second internal cooldown, cut from 25 on Oct 26, 2026.
Can Undead use Will of the Forsaken in Scatter Shot? No, since the beta build of Oct 15, 2026.
Does Cannibalize restore mana? Yes. Blizzard said at BlizzCon it restores mana as well as health. Every race is on Races and Racials.
Sources
- WoW Forever Beta Development Notes - Updated October 26, Blizzard Entertainment (Kaivax), World of Warcraft forums, Oct 26, 2026, with additions on Oct 27, 2026
- WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, Blizzard Entertainment (Kaivax), World of Warcraft forums, Sep 24 to Oct 15, 2026
- Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard Entertainment, Sep 22, 2026
- World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives - Priest and Warrior, Blizzard Entertainment, 2026
- WoW Forever Racial Tier List: Best Races for PvE and PvP, Crix, Mobalytics, updated Oct 30, 2026
- World of Warcraft: Forever - Deep Dive | BlizzCon 2026, World of Warcraft, Sep 13, 2026 (video)
- World of Warcraft: Forever - Found Photographs | BlizzCon 2026, World of Warcraft, Sep 15, 2026 (video)
- World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins, World of Warcraft, Oct 9, 2026 (video)
- I Switched to Horde in WoW Forever... Here's Why, Sodapoppin, Sep 24, 2026 (video)
Moments
World of Warcraft: Forever - Deep Dive | BlizzCon 2026
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World of Warcraft: Forever - Found Photographs | BlizzCon 2026
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World of Warcraft: Forever - Your Adventure Begins
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I Switched to Horde in WoW Forever... Here's Why
Sodapoppin
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Alliance vs HordeAlliance vs Horde in World of Warcraft: Forever: five races each, Paladin and Shaman on both factions, the PvP ruleset's one-faction rule and balance limits, faction dungeons, and what Blizzard says about the differences.
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Night ElfThe Night Elf in World of Warcraft: Forever: Elune's Light, Shadowmeld, Quickness and Wisp Spirit, unchanged by the Oct 26, 2026 launch pass, five classes, its Priest spells Starshards and Elune's Grace, Teldrassil and the new ship to Stormwind.
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See also
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PaladinThe Paladin in World of Warcraft: Forever, the class Blizzard used to show its class redesign: Holy Strike, Seals kept after Judgment, Seal of Fury for tanks, new talents in all three trees, Blizzard's Paladin deep dive of Oct 15, 2026, the gaps it keeps, and the new Forsaken Paladin.
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Ruins of LordaeronThe Ruins of Lordaeron is a World of Warcraft: Forever dungeon for levels 15 to 20 in the ruined capital above the Undercity, where the Forsaken fight the Scourge and a necromancer, Rath'mael, the final boss. Almost all of it is outdoors; the Horde walks in, the Alliance has to sneak through Tirisfal Glades.
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Best Race for Each ClassWhich race fits each class in World of Warcraft: Forever after Blizzard's final racial pass of Oct 26, 2026: each class's races, what the racials favor, the attributed picks of Icy Veins and Mobalytics, and how Blizzard meant the differences to work.
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Races and RacialsThe playable races of World of Warcraft: Forever and their reworked racial abilities: two active and two passive per race, Blizzard's Dwarf and Undead examples, the list from the BlizzCon demo, the beta build of Oct 15, 2026 that replaced the weapon racials and retuned most races, and Blizzard's launch tuning pass of Oct 26 and 27.