Dwarf in WoW Forever: racials, classes and what's new

What are the Dwarf racials in WoW Forever?

Dwarves have four racial traits in WoW Forever, two active and two passive: Stoneform and Find Treasure, which you activate, and Earth Fury and Big Game Hunter, always on. Compared with Classic Era: 2 new, 1 changed and 1 unchanged. The texts and numbers below come from the game files of the Forever beta (build 1.60.1.70532), the old ones from Classic Era 1.15.9.70003.

• Stoneform

  Changed

  Active, instant, 3 min cooldown

  Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects, and reduces all Physical damage taken by 10% for 8 sec.

  New effect

  In Classic Era: While active, grants immunity to Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects. In addition, Armor increased by 10%. Lasts 8 sec.

  In practice: Removes bleeds, poisons and diseases and cuts Physical damage for a few seconds: a defensive cooldown for every role, tanks included.

• Find Treasure

  Unchanged

  Active, instant

  Allows the dwarf to sense nearby treasure, making it appear on the minimap. Lasts until cancelled.

  In practice: Shows treasure on the minimap; Blizzard says it now runs alongside another tracking, such as herbs or minerals.

• Earth Fury

  New

  Passive

  Increases your critical strike bonus to damage and healing by 2%.

  In practice: Bigger critical strikes, for damage and healing alike, always on, for every dwarf class.

• Big Game Hunter

  New

  Passive

  Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.

  In practice: More damage against beasts, for every class and role.

What changed for dwarves since Classic?

Dwarves trade their two Classic passives, Frost Resistance and Gun Specialization, for Earth Fury, which raises the bonus damage and healing of critical strikes by 2%, and Big Game Hunter, +5% damage against beasts. Stoneform now reduces Physical damage taken by 10% instead of adding 10% armor, and Find Treasure works as before.

Which classes can dwarves play in WoW Forever?

Dwarves can play six of the nine classes in WoW Forever: warrior, paladin, hunter, rogue, priest and shaman. Shaman is new for the race: Classic Era did not allow it. Dwarves are the only Alliance race that can be shamans, according to Blizzard. Each class links to its page and to its talent calculator, with the talent trees of the Forever beta.

• Warrior

  Class pageWarrior talents

• Paladin

  Class pagePaladin talents

• Hunter

  Class pageHunter talents

• Rogue

  Class pageRogue talents

• Priest

  Class pagePriest talents

• ShamanNew on Forever

  Class pageShaman talents

Where do dwarves start in WoW Forever?

Dwarves start in Dun Morogh, as in Classic: Blizzard keeps the original starting zones and adds new characters, quests, profession hooks and recipes to them. The Group Finder of the beta lists it for levels 1 to 14. They share it with gnomes. Our leveling tool then shows which zones and dungeons fit each level.

Which priest racial spells do dwarves get?

Dwarf priests keep Desperate Prayer from level 10, an instant self-heal that Blizzard calls unchanged, and get Chastise from level 20: Holy damage that roots a humanoid for up to 2 seconds, with a 2-minute cooldown. Fear Ward, their Classic racial spell, is now learned by every priest at level 20, according to Blizzard.

• Desperate Prayer

  Changed

  Level 10, 7 ranks, active, instant, 10 min cooldown

  Instantly heals the caster for 149.

  New values

  In Classic Era: Instantly heals the caster for 170.

• Chastise

  New

  Level 20, 5 ranks, active, instant, 2 min cooldown

  Chastise the target, causing 46 Holy damage and immobilizing them for up to 2 sec. Only works against Humanoids. This spell causes very low threat.

Now learned by every priest, according to Blizzard: Fear Ward.