WoW: ForeverCGN planner & guide

Leveling

Level 1 to 30 in the beta

The beta caps at level 30. This page collects what changes at each level, from Blizzard's own articles and notes, so you can plan talents, dungeons and unlocks. It is a table of facts, not a route: Blizzard has not published zone-by-zone leveling data.

Blizzard Confirmed CGN checked October 9, 2026

Level milestones

Level milestones from Blizzard
LevelWhat changesSource
1 to 12Skyborne start on Zephras Isle (levels 1 to 12). Other races start in their usual zones with new NPCs, quests and profession hooks.Blizzard
About 5Camping is introduced by a quest around this level, which also teaches the Basic Campfire (community report).Community
6Paladin: Holy Strike.Blizzard
10Talents begin: one point per level. Druid: Nature's Grasp.Blizzard
12Druid: Revive, an out-of-combat resurrection.Blizzard
13 to 18Hall of Thanes. Ruins of Lordaeron follows at 15 to 20.Blizzard
14Warrior: Tactical Mastery (keep 10 Rage when changing stance).Blizzard
20Hunter: Aimed Shot. Priest: Fear Ward and Devouring Plague for every Priest. Paladin: Consecration. Druid: Omen of Clarity. Warrior: Victory Rush.Blizzard
24 to 29 / 26 to 31Excavation Site: Wetlands. Blizzard's September 15 table says 24 to 29 and the October 1 beta notes say 26 to 31.Blizzard
25Razorfen Downs opens. A first character reaching 25 usually earns the first Legacy Point, which unlocks the Legacy System. Class level 25 is also the first of three class challenges.Blizzard
28 to 33City of Dalaran (not listed as open in the beta).Blizzard
30Uldaman opens. Priest: Divine Spirit is baseline. Warrior: Berserker Rage. Darkspear Islands battleground is for levels 30 to 60. This is the beta cap.Blizzard
32Priest: Shadow Word: Death. Past the beta cap.Blizzard
40Dual Specialization becomes available. Past the beta cap.Blizzard
42Druid: Lacerate. Past the beta cap.Blizzard

Blizzard Confirmed Blizzard, Sep 30, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 30, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 13, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 15, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Oct 1, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 23, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Oct 7, 2026 ↗

Community Observation Icy Veins, Oct 6, 2026 ↗ (camping quest level)

Talent points

  • Talents start at level 10. A level 30 character has 21 points: levels 10 to 30, one point each.
  • Milestone talents need 10, 15, 20 or 30 points already spent in the tree (the 11-, 16-, 21- and 31-point talents). At 21 points you can reach the 21-point talent but not the 31-point one.
  • Legacy: the Talented perk lets you unlock talent points up to five levels earlier. The Legacy planner shows the perk; Blizzard has not said how many ranks it has.
  • Respecs happen at a class trainer in a major city. In the beta a reset costs 1 silver if you have not reset recently. That is a beta setting, not the launch price.

Talent planner → · Level-30 meta builds →

Blizzard Confirmed Blizzard, Sep 30, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 23, 2026 ↗

Beta Build Blizzard, Sep 24, 2026 ↗

Dungeon breakpoints

Dungeon level ranges are Blizzard's. See the dungeon table for the full list. At the level 30 cap you can run Ragefire Chasm, Hall of Thanes, Ruins of Lordaeron, Wailing Caverns, The Deadmines, Shadowfang Keep, The Stockade, Blackfathom Deeps, Gnomeregan, Razorfen Kraul, Scarlet Monastery, Razorfen Downs (25 and up), Uldaman (30 and up), Excavation Site: Wetlands and, since October 8, City of Dalaran (28 to 33).

  • Dungeon quests give 50% less bonus experience since October 1.
  • Dungeon kills give about 20% more experience since October 8, and each player's own level sets the XP from a kill again, so a higher-level party member no longer cuts it for everyone.
  • Legacy: finishing the final boss of every dungeon in a level band is a challenge: 15 to 25, 26 to 45 and 46 to 60.

Beta Build Blizzard, Oct 1, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Oct 8, 2026 ↗

Experience

  • Dungeon quests: bonus experience cut by 50% in the October 1 build.
  • Dungeon kills: about 20% more experience since October 8, and the party rule is back to Classic Era: only your own level counts. If someone in the group is far above the enemy's level, nobody gets XP. Blizzard's Aggrend says dungeon leveling should now be close to, but not faster than, the best questing pace.
  • Food: Blizzard updated crafted food in Forever so it can give a small experience bonus as well as stats.
  • Rested experience: the Legacy perk Well Rested raises the rested cap and speeds accumulation. A Leatherworker's Camp Tent gives rested XP worth 5% of a level once an hour, if you have none saved (community report).
  • Combat pace: Blizzard says an ordinary solo creature should take about 10 to 15 seconds to kill, and dungeons stay tactical, with crowd control still useful.

Beta Build Blizzard, Oct 1, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Oct 8, 2026 ↗

Blizzard Confirmed Blizzard, Oct 8, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 13, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 23, 2026 ↗

Community Observation Warcraft Tavern ↗

Where to level

Blizzard has published levels for two zones: Zephras Isle (1 to 12) and the Riverglades (much of the mid-30s to mid-40s). It has not published level ranges for the Classic zones as Forever changes them, or for Mount Hyjal and Shen'dralas.

Zones and new quests →

Blizzard Confirmed Blizzard, Sep 12, 2026 ↗ · Blizzard, Sep 13, 2026 ↗

Leveling to 60

  • What is confirmed: level 60 at launch, more than 1,000 new quests across levels 1 to 60, no flying mounts, no level scaling, Legacy perks, camping and new dungeons. Leveling is meant to matter as much as the endgame.
  • What CGN will not do: copy a 2004 leveling route. Forever has new zones, changed professions and classes, and new dungeons, so an old route would send you the wrong way.
  • When a 1 to 60 route appears: after the launch build, from launch evidence.

Blizzard Confirmed Blizzard, Sep 12, 2026 ↗

What we don't know yet

  • Zone-by-zone level ranges and quest counts for the whole 1 to 60 journey.
  • Mount riding levels and costs. Blizzard says Forever uses the Burning Crusade model (the cost sits in the riding skill and you get the mount when you learn it) but has not published levels.
  • Faction-specific leveling routes.

Sources on this page

Labels: Blizzard Confirmed Beta Build Beta Data Developer Interview Press Report Community Observation Survey / Concept Only Not Yet Known