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WoW Forever tools, patch notes and dates. Sources checked.

World of Warcraft: Forever Warlock

From the beta client, build 1.60.1.70009, read 25 Sep 2026, and Blizzard's notes of 24 Sep 2026.

Warlock in Blizzard's newest notes

In the notes

2 lines under the Warlock heading of WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, Updated September 24, Blizzard's words.

  • Tooltip of Life Tap has been updated to correctly display the amount of Life converted, and only states that it scales with Spirit.
  • Voidwalker Sacrifice now correctly scales with 10% of the Warlock’s spell healing.

Talents

Plan a build

52 talents in three trees, 22 of them not in Classic Era by name.

Affliction 17

Not in Classic Era by name

  • Malediction
  • Soul Harvesting
  • Improved Drains
  • Improved Bane of Agony
  • Pandemic
  • Malevolence
  • Soul Siphon
  • Wrack

Classic Era talents not in this tree

  • Dark Pact
  • Grim Reach
  • Improved Curse of Agony
  • Improved Curse of Exhaustion
  • Improved Curse of Weakness
  • Improved Drain Life
  • Improved Drain Mana
  • Improved Drain Soul

Demonology 19

Not in Classic Era by name

  • Demonic Aegis
  • Fel Vitality
  • Demonic Energies
  • Decimation
  • Demonic Brand
  • Improved Felhunter
  • Demonic Knowledge
  • Demonic Pact

Classic Era talents not in this tree

  • Fel Intellect
  • Fel Stamina
  • Improved Firestone
  • Improved Healthstone
  • Improved Spellstone
  • Improved Subjugate Demon

Destruction 16

Not in Classic Era by name

  • Molten Skin
  • Agonizing Flames
  • Bane of Havoc
  • Fire and Brimstone
  • Shadow and Flame
  • Incinerate

Classic Era talents not in this tree

  • Devastation
  • Emberstorm
  • Improved Firebolt
  • Improved Immolate
  • Improved Lash of Pain
  • Improved Searing Pain

Abilities

Every rank by level

48 abilities and 162 ranks the class line trains.

Not in Classic Era by name

  • Incinerate level 50

Renamed from Classic Era

  • Bane of Agony was Curse of Agony
  • Bane of Doom was Curse of Doom

Tagged on the abilities page as possible Season of Discovery leftovers: Explorer Imp, Portal of Summoning.

Races that can be a Warlock

Every race

Common questions

What changed for the Warlock in World of Warcraft: Forever?

By name, in the beta client's tables, 22 of the Warlock's 52 talents and 3 of its 48 abilities are not in Classic Era's lists. Blizzard's notes of 24 Sep 2026 carry 2 lines under the Warlock heading, shown on this page.

Which races can be a Warlock in World of Warcraft: Forever?

In the beta client's tables: Human, Gnome, Orc, Undead and Troll. New pairs in Forever: Troll.

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.