Blizzard's September 24 Forever beta development notes describe a new build with broad stability fixes, class tuning, interface experiments, and a refreshed known-issues list. The post is first-party and does not identify a new build number.
The player-facing fixes include a memory leak that caused gradual performance degradation, Mac water and display artifacts, caster pre-cast animations, Campfire restrictions, mail ignoring surnames, incorrect quest rewards, and several smaller bugs. A first talent reset now costs 1 silver during the beta; later resets cost more until an hour has passed.
Class changes are substantial. The notes list a roughly 50 percent increase to Druid Wrath base damage, the Feral rename from Mangle to Primal Bite, a 40 percent reduction to Hunter Furious Howl's Attack Power bonus, Paladin Holy Strike rank and cooldown changes plus the removal of Improved Holy Strike, Fire Mage buff-duration increases, early Shaman spell and totem-stacking changes, and Warrior adjustments including a Slam cooldown of 18 seconds. These are current beta values, not launch balance promises. The beta build guide has the class-by-class read with exact rank values.
Three racial values change. Gnome Eureka! becomes a flat 10 percent discount on Mana, Rage or Energy abilities for every class, replacing the earlier class-scaled read, so the September 22 hub value is superseded. Tauren Cultivation now requires a character level equal to one fifth of each herb's Herbalism requirement. Undead Touch of the Grave no longer breaks crowd control and no longer procs from abilities without a damage component, so Distract, Pick Pocket and Polymorph cannot trigger it.
Blizzard also added a limited Cooldown Manager for Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior, and Warlock. It is disabled by default, and spell-rank support is still pending. New gamepad options include class-specific flyouts, Compact Action Bar, party-targeting controls, and revised targeting modifiers.
Item and quest changes affect early progression. Wizard Oils revert to Classic Era values, wands no longer gain damage from the user's spell damage, several guns and bows now consume ammunition correctly, and some quest rewards were moved to the correct item level. Dungeon quests are no longer shareable, which closes a loophole that handed the receiving player a free quest item, and quest fixes span eleven zones. Khonsu's Silithus arrival is pulled from the beta phase and will return to Azeroth later.
The new known-issues list includes party-composition changes that can move players to another world instance, untracked pet cooldowns and item enhancements, a Stormwind minimap display problem, and missing combo-point information in the Personal Resource Display. The notes do not fix the confirmed auto-shot and wand cast bug, and they still do not announce a Server Slam date or a level-30 activation date.
SOURCES: Kaivax's official development notes, posted September 24, 2026.