World of Warcraft: Forever Mage
From the beta client, build 1.60.1.70338, read 11 Oct 2026, and Blizzard's notes of 8 Oct 2026.
Mage in Blizzard's newest notes
In the notes4 lines under the Mage heading of WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, Updated October 8, Blizzard's words.
- Fixed an issue where Impact could proc off of Flamestrike’s periodic damage.
- Frostbolt: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-5 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-6 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
- Fireball: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-5 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-6 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
- Arcane Missiles: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-3 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-4 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
Talents
Plan a build54 talents in three trees: 11 not in Classic Era by name, and 26 worded differently from Classic Era.
Arcane 18
Not in Classic Era by name
Worded differently from Classic Era
- Arcane Focus
- Arcane Subtlety
- Magic Absorption
- Arcane Resilience
- Improved Counterspell
- Arcane Meditation
- Arcane Mind
- Arcane Instability
- Arcane Power
Classic Era talents not in this tree
- Improved Arcane Explosion
- Improved Arcane Missiles
- Improved Mana Shield
- Magic Attunement
Fire 17
Not in Classic Era by name
Worded differently from Classic Era
Classic Era talents not in this tree
- Improved Fire Blast
- Incinerate
Frost 19
Not in Classic Era by name
Worded differently from Classic Era
Abilities
Every rank by level56 abilities and 185 ranks the class line trains.
Not in Classic Era by name
- Ice Lance level 28
- Arcane Blast level 30
- Frostfire Bolt level 40
- Teleport: Dalaran level 50
Tagged on the abilities page as possible Season of Discovery leftovers: Felfire, Expanded Intellect.
Races that can be a Mage
Every raceCommon questions
What changed for the Mage in World of Warcraft: Forever?
By name, in the beta client's tables, 11 of the Mage's 54 talents and 4 of its 56 abilities are not in Classic Era's lists, and 26 of the 43 talents we could compare with Classic Era are worded differently. Blizzard's notes of 8 Oct 2026 carry 4 lines under the Mage heading, shown on this page.
Which races can be a Mage in World of Warcraft: Forever?
In the beta client's tables: Human, Gnome, High Order Skyborne, Orc, Undead and Troll. New pairs in Forever: High Order Skyborne and Orc.
Talents and abilities are the beta client's own tables, read through the wago.tools mirror; the notes are Blizzard's words from its forum. World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.