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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><id>https://foreveratlas.com/feed.xml</id><title>ForeverAtlas news</title><subtitle>WoW Forever news and discoveries from Azeroth.</subtitle><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news"/><author><name>ForeverAtlas</name></author><updated>2026-10-24T18:02:40.000Z</updated><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-soundtrack-listen</id><title>Listen to the WoW Forever soundtrack outside the beta</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-soundtrack-listen"/><published>2026-10-13T23:15:15.151Z</published><updated>2026-10-13T23:15:15.151Z</updated><summary>Open Blizzard’s full soundtrack video, choose a music service, or jump straight to Zephras Isle, Riverglades and Hyjal.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-final-stand-rp-pvp-october-16</id><title>Past event: Forever’s Final Stand — October 16–17</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-final-stand-rp-pvp-october-16"/><published>2026-10-11T16:50:04.913Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:03:51.157Z</updated><summary>Historical guide to ARPC’s October 16 beta event. October 22 correction: Blizzard has since announced RP-PvP for launch; current planning advice is linked inside.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-outlaw-sabre-thrash-blade-clarification</id><title>Outlaw Sabre and Thrash Blade: check the October 9 corrections</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-outlaw-sabre-thrash-blade-clarification"/><published>2026-10-11T04:45:47.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T12:07:45.206Z</updated><summary>Moon says Outlaw Sabre remains blue; he also rejects the non-rare Thrash Blade image. Check these dated clarifications before changing a weapon plan.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-greenhouse-herb-seeds</id><title>Herb seeds in WoW Forever: check the Greenhouse blueprint before you wait</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-greenhouse-herb-seeds"/><published>2026-10-08T16:35:39.928Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T06:05:01.384Z</updated><summary>Blueprint: Greenhouse points Herbalists toward Shadetooth and skill 140. New hands-on reporting explains the growing time and why a camp break is the moment to try a seed.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-rogue-warlock-dungeon-preparation</id><title>Rogue and Warlock in WoW Forever: prepare control, curses and weapon effects</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-rogue-warlock-dungeon-preparation"/><published>2026-10-08T10:31:17.005Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:31:51.084Z</updated><summary>Sap preserves Stealth, poisons and stones can coexist, and Warlock Banes have a per-target limit. Agree on control and utility before the first pull.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-mage-shaman-dungeon-preparation</id><title>Mage and Shaman in WoW Forever: what to prepare before the pull</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-mage-shaman-dungeon-preparation"/><published>2026-10-08T04:24:09.247Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T06:01:48.839Z</updated><summary>Elemental Mastery is back, raid buffs reach beyond your party, and Grace of Air can accompany a weapon totem. Recheck your tree and preset before the next dungeon.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-class-deep-dives-dungeon-choices</id><title>Four Classic habits to reconsider before your next Forever dungeon</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-class-deep-dives-dungeon-choices"/><published>2026-10-07T19:33:38.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T12:07:45.206Z</updated><summary>Shield the Warrior? Pick a Priest race for Fear Ward? Ignore a Feral weapon’s damage? Blizzard’s first four class deep dives give familiar dungeon decisions a different answer.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-pax-aus-dungeon-preview</id><title>WoW Forever at PAX Aus: watch the keynote recording</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-pax-aus-dungeon-preview"/><published>2026-09-30T06:54:01.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-09T04:12:48.689Z</updated><summary>Missed the PAX Aus keynote? The recording is available on Warcraft’s channel. Find the replay, the original stream times and the hands-on dates.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-gold-buying-beta-rules</id><title>WoW Forever economy holds: what trading restrictions mean</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-gold-buying-beta-rules"/><published>2026-09-30T06:54:01.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z</updated><summary>Blizzard’s temporary holds restrict trade, mail, guild banks and the Auction House during an RMT investigation. A hold alone is separate from a later account penalty.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-open-100k-duel-tournament</id><title>Warlockguy wins The Forever Open: the final and the builds</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-open-100k-duel-tournament"/><published>2026-09-29T19:50:37.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-19T05:34:15.983Z</updated><summary>Warlockguy beat Neepzen 3–1 after coming through the lower final. The organiser’s bracket links both warlocks’ builds, but their shared 5/21/0 totals hide different allocations.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-what-to-try-first</id><title>Beyond the queue: what to try first in WoW Forever</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-what-to-try-first"/><published>2026-09-18T20:02:43.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:06:57.643Z</updated><summary>The beta gives you a chance to try the character you usually talk yourself out of playing. Here is where we would start.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-zephras-isle-first-quests</id><title>Inside Zephras Isle: a new home in the clouds, and trouble on the ground</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-zephras-isle-first-quests"/><published>2026-09-18T18:48:59.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:04:25.800Z</updated><summary>A closer look at the Skyborne starting zone: its island map, blue-canvas camps and two early quests worth picking up together.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-mac-crashes</id><title>Mac players are reporting hard crashes in the WoW Forever beta</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-mac-crashes"/><published>2026-09-18T03:47:10.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-19T09:18:00.000Z</updated><summary>Apple Silicon players are hitting freezes and WindowServer crashes while entering the world. Setting Secondary Lighting to Fair is helping many players, but it is not a universal fix.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-known-issues</id><title>WoW Forever beta known issues: check these before comparing builds</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-known-issues"/><published>2026-09-18T02:07:45.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:03:51.157Z</updated><summary>Before changing a build or reinstalling: check the October 15 fixes for Bear threat, Hunter pets, shields, gamepad layouts and quest hand-ins against older reports.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-live-queues-disconnects</id><title>Blizzard explains WoW Forever beta launch queues and disconnects</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-live-queues-disconnects"/><published>2026-09-17T21:42:59.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:03:51.157Z</updated><summary>The opening night was rough. Blizzard has now detailed three separate problems behind it: a Battle.net connection limit, slow PTR database queries and a WORLD-server resource leak.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-opens-after-qa</id><title>WoW Forever beta opens after the September 17 Q&amp;A</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-opens-after-qa"/><published>2026-09-17T18:58:10.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:03:51.157Z</updated><summary>Blizzard’s Q&amp;A leads into beta day. Here are the stream times and where to check access.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-hidden-item-stats-first-drops</id><title>WoW Forever plans to hide item stats until players find the loot</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-hidden-item-stats-first-drops"/><published>2026-09-17T18:58:10.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-17T18:58:10.000Z</updated><summary>Josh Greenfield wants the first raid discoveries to come from actual drops, rather than a finished shopping list.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-pvp-honor-ranks-darkspear-islands</id><title>WoW Forever PvP: spend Honor, earn ranks and prepare for Darkspear Islands</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-pvp-honor-ranks-darkspear-islands"/><published>2026-09-17T18:58:10.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T00:07:39.478Z</updated><summary>Honor buys gear; ranks unlock upgrades; Darkspear reputation has its own rewards. Use the announced systems to prepare for launch after the October 23 beta closure.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-datamined-raid-dungeon-set-bonuses</id><title>WoW Forever set bonuses now include a hidden Druid Serpent Form</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-datamined-raid-dungeon-set-bonuses"/><published>2026-09-17T18:58:10.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z</updated><summary>Raid-set datamining points to role-specific bonuses, while a Wailing Caverns set has produced a hidden Druid transformation in beta.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-mcdonalds-australia</id><title>Past offer: McDonald’s Australia’s WoW Forever beta keys</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-mcdonalds-australia"/><published>2026-09-16T20:15:51.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:03:51.157Z</updated><summary>The MyMacca’s beta-key promotion ended on October 20, and the beta is closed. This article preserves the original redemption instructions.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-itemization-quest-rewards</id><title>WoW Forever reworks gear stats and adds new caster quest rewards</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-itemization-quest-rewards"/><published>2026-09-16T20:15:51.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-16T20:15:51.000Z</updated><summary>Combined hit and crit, better healing gear for questing, and new rewards from familiar quests change what’s worth equipping.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-forsaken-paladin-epic-mount-quest</id><title>Forsaken Paladins get their own level-60 epic mount quest</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-forsaken-paladin-epic-mount-quest"/><published>2026-09-16T20:15:51.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-16T20:15:51.000Z</updated><summary>An undead Paladin means more than a new character-creation option: a local story in Tirisfal and a mount quest built around Retribution.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-adjacent-timeline-class-roles-gilneas</id><title>WoW Forever is an adjacent timeline — and Blizzard is already talking about the roads not taken</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-adjacent-timeline-class-roles-gilneas"/><published>2026-09-16T00:49:32.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-16T00:49:32.000Z</updated><summary>A fresh developer interview gives us a much clearer read on Forever’s boundaries: familiar Azeroth first, more quest choices, no wild new class roles at launch, full controller support, and plenty of tempting ideas that are explicitly not promises.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-dungeon-levels-kroldok-correction</id><title>Krol’dok is level 40–45: Blizzard clarifies all nine new dungeon ranges</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-dungeon-levels-kroldok-correction"/><published>2026-09-15T22:53:33.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T00:03:21.668Z</updated><summary>Check the nine dungeon ranges, start Dalaran’s attunement in Southshore or Tarren Mill, and bring Un’Goro crystals for Shaper’s Terrace.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-missing-diplomat-quest-interview</id><title>Josh Greenfield teases more for The Missing Diplomat in WoW Forever</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-missing-diplomat-quest-interview"/><published>2026-09-15T22:53:33.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</updated><summary>An old mystery may have another chapter. Greenfield also points to new quests in Wetlands, Azshara and the early leveling zones.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-leveling-dungeon-xp-questing</id><title>WoW Forever leveling: is another dungeon run worth it?</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-leveling-dungeon-xp-questing"/><published>2026-09-15T09:22:30.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T18:02:40.000Z</updated><summary>Prepare a dungeon route by separating kills, quest turn-ins, loot and group time. The beta closed October 23; its XP changes are dated evidence, not final launch values.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-quests-riverglades-leveling</id><title>WoW Forever questing: new routes through familiar Azeroth</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-quests-riverglades-leveling"/><published>2026-09-15T09:22:30.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-09T22:15:48.000Z</updated><summary>New stories can give familiar roads another purpose. Find a reported Torch quest in Duskwood, then plan around the latest dungeon-XP changes.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/why-wow-forever-skyborne-are-elves</id><title>Why another elf? The Skyborne answer is more interesting than it sounds</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/why-wow-forever-skyborne-are-elves"/><published>2026-09-15T09:22:30.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-20T13:30:38.886Z</updated><summary>A fresh developer interview adds the practical answer — players like elves — while Blizzard&apos;s own lore gives the Skyborne a much stranger foundation in Eldre’Thalas, Skywall and a home literally falling apart.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-level-caps</id><title>Level 30 beta: Dalaran testing and dungeon XP changes</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-beta-level-caps"/><published>2026-09-15T01:32:50.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T18:02:40.000Z</updated><summary>The beta closed October 23. Keep its level-30 cap, dungeon XP changes and Legacy testing grant separate from launch planning.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-qa-september-17</id><title>WoW Forever Q&amp;A: regional GDKP rules, raid sizes and PvP</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-qa-september-17"/><published>2026-09-15T01:32:50.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-09T16:17:11.000Z</updated><summary>The September 17 Q&amp;A set out raid and PvP plans. Clay Stone’s October 8 interview adds the regional limit to the GDKP ban.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-no-token-boost-plans</id><title>WoW Forever: no current plans for Tokens or paid boosts</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/wow-forever-no-token-boost-plans"/><published>2026-09-15T01:32:50.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-15T01:32:50.000Z</updated><summary>Interview coverage says Blizzard wants the level 1–60 journey to matter. “No plans” is the wording to keep in mind.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/found-photographs-stormwind-harbor-zephras</id><title>New routes through old Azeroth: Stormwind Harbor, Riverglades and Zephras</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/found-photographs-stormwind-harbor-zephras"/><published>2026-09-14T00:44:40.245Z</published><updated>2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated><summary>Blizzard’s Found Photos panel opens more paths through Azeroth, from new ship routes and expanded old zones to the Skyborne’s island in the clouds.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/forever-revealed-launch-and-beta</id><title>WoW Forever launches November 4 — beta comes first</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/forever-revealed-launch-and-beta"/><published>2026-09-13T14:36:40.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-23T18:04:25.800Z</updated><summary>Blizzard’s next Azeroth adventure runs alongside modern and Classic WoW. Here are the launch plans, beta window and subscription details.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/new-world-dungeons-and-raids</id><title>WoW Forever’s new regions, dungeons and raids</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/new-world-dungeons-and-raids"/><published>2026-09-13T14:36:40.000Z</published><updated>2026-10-21T11:48:58.028Z</updated><summary>Four named regions, more than 1,000 new quests and nine new dungeons expand the original world. The first new raids have a separate opening date.</summary></entry><entry><id>https://foreveratlas.com/news/skyborne-and-new-class-combinations</id><title>Skyborne, Forsaken Paladins and Dwarf Shamans announced</title><link href="https://foreveratlas.com/news/skyborne-and-new-class-combinations"/><published>2026-09-13T14:36:40.000Z</published><updated>2026-09-13T14:36:40.000Z</updated><summary>The original announcement introduced new character options for both factions. The maintained race and class guide now brings the confirmed choices together.</summary></entry></feed>