Dwarf Racials in WoW Forever
Dwarves are the only way to play a Shaman on the Alliance in Forever. They also swap Gun Specialization and Frost Resistance for Artisan’s Precision and Big Game Hunter, and Stoneform works differently. Earth Fury replaced the mace racial in the October 15 beta build (2% more critical damage and healing, with any weapon). The October 26 developer notes remove Earth Fury and add Artisan’s Precision: 1% hit chance with spells and attacks.
Blizzard published every race’s classes and racial traits on September 23, 2026. Every racial here, including the Priest race spells, is checked against the beta client (build 1.60.1.70450). Last reviewed: .
Dwarf racials in WoW Forever vs Classic
| Racial | Forever (beta client) | Classic | What it changes |
|---|---|---|---|
Stoneform Stoneform Removes and grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10%, for 8 sec; 3 min cooldown | Removes and grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10%, for 8 sec; 3 min cooldown | Immune to Bleed, Poison and Disease; +10% Armor for 8 sec | Keeps the immunities and now also clears those effects; the defensive part cuts Physical damage by 10% instead of adding Armor, which helps more classes. |
Find Treasure Find Treasure Shows nearby treasure on the minimap and can stay active alongside other tracking abilities | Shows nearby treasure on the minimap and can stay active alongside other tracking abilities | Shows nearby treasure; replaced any other tracking | No need to turn off herb or mineral tracking to look for treasure (Blizzard’s Deep Dive recap), and since October 15 it also gives a chance to find extra items in most chests (Blizzard’s notes; the client’s tooltip reads as before). |
Artisan’s Precision Artisan’s Precision +1% hit chance with spells and attacks | +1% hit chance with spells and attacks | — | The October 26 developer notes added this in place of Earth Fury: 1% hit with spells and attacks. Earth Fury was +2% critical damage and healing from the October 15 beta build. |
Big Game Hunter Big Game Hunter +5% damage against Beasts | +5% damage against Beasts | — | Extra damage against one of the most common enemy types while leveling. |
Chastise Priest Chastise Holy damage and a root of up to 2 sec on a Humanoid, with very low threat; 2 min cooldown | Holy damage and a root of up to 2 sec on a Humanoid, with very low threat; 2 min cooldown | — | A Dwarf Priest spell. The top rank (level 60) deals 272 to 306 damage. |
Desperate Prayer Priest Desperate Prayer Instant self-heal; 10 min cooldown | Instant self-heal; 10 min cooldown | Human and Dwarf Priest spell; 1339 to 1580 at the top rank | Now a Dwarf-only Priest spell, and the top rank (level 58) heals a little less: 1284 to 1515. |
Fear Ward Priest Fear Ward A baseline spell for every Priest | A baseline spell for every Priest | Dwarf Priest spell that wards a target against Fear | The beta client teaches it to every Priest, so it's no longer a reason to pick a Dwarf Priest. |
Frost Resistance Frost Resistance +10 | Not in the beta client | +10 | No longer a racial. |
Gun Specialization Gun Specialization +5 gun skill | Not in the beta client | +5 gun skill | No longer a racial. |
Earth Fury Earth Fury +2% critical strike bonus to damage and healing (in the beta until October 26) | Not in the beta client | +2% critical strike bonus to damage and healing (in the beta until October 26) | No longer a racial. |
How these values were checked: every racial, its effect and its cooldown come from the Forever beta client's spell tables (build 1.60.1.70450), and the Classic column from the Classic Era client. Priest spell numbers are the top rank's. Beta values can still change. Classes and the new race and class combinations come from Blizzard's panel recaps. How the data is checked
Compare Dwarf racials with every race
Classes Dwarves can play in Forever
Each card opens what changes for that class in Forever. The icons are the Dwarf racials that apply to the class.
+1% hit chance with spells and attacks
Removes and grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10%, for 8 sec; 3 min cooldown
Artisan’s Precision adds 1% hit; Stoneform. Warrior class changes → PaladinRemoves and grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10%, for 8 sec; 3 min cooldown
+1% hit chance with spells and attacks
Stoneform; Artisan’s Precision for 1% hit on heals and hits. Paladin class changes → Hunter+5% damage against Beasts
Big Game Hunter adds damage against Beasts. Hunter class changes → RogueRemoves and grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10%, for 8 sec; 3 min cooldown
+1% hit chance with spells and attacks
Stoneform; Artisan’s Precision adds 1% hit. Rogue class changes → PriestHoly damage and a root of up to 2 sec on a Humanoid, with very low threat; 2 min cooldown
Instant self-heal; 10 min cooldown
+1% hit chance with spells and attacks
Chastise and Desperate Prayer; Artisan’s Precision adds 1% hit. Priest class changes → Shaman★ New for DwarvesRemoves and grants immunity to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects, and reduces Physical damage taken by 10%, for 8 sec; 3 min cooldown
+1% hit chance with spells and attacks
Stoneform; Artisan’s Precision adds 1% hit on heals and spells. Shaman class changes →Dwarf in Forever's new content
Hall of Thanes
Dungeon, levels 13–18
Beneath Ironforge in Dun Morogh. Something has broken into the dwarven royal crypt, whispers echo through the tombs, and the ancient treasure needs protecting. It leans Alliance, though the Horde can come and contest it.
Image: Blizzard Entertainment
Excavation Site: Wetlands
Dungeon, levels 26–31
Above Whelgar's Excavation, a dig the Explorer's League has its eye on, with strange lights, fog and titan constructs out of control. Kaivax’s dungeon list names it Excavation Site: Wetlands.
Dwarf FAQ
Can Dwarves be Shamans in WoW Forever?
Yes. Dwarf Shaman is new in Forever and is the only Alliance Shaman option, since Skyborne Shamans are Horde-only.
What does Stoneform do in Forever?
It still makes you immune to Bleed, Poison and Disease effects for 8 seconds and now also removes them, but the defensive bonus reduces Physical damage taken by 10% instead of adding 10% armor. Blizzard's Deep Dive recap says the change makes it useful to more classes.
Do Dwarves still have Gun Specialization?
No, it isn't a Dwarf racial in the beta client. Dwarves had Mace Specialization in its place until the October 15 beta build, which replaced it with Earth Fury: +2% critical strike bonus to damage and healing, with any weapon. The October 26 developer notes remove Earth Fury and add Artisan’s Precision: +1% hit chance with spells and attacks.
Still unconfirmed
- Whether the beta values hold at launch
Sources
- Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70450: SkillLineAbility table (wago.tools), the racials and Priest race spells
- Blizzard: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 26 (racial changes)
- Blizzard: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated October 15 (racial changes)
- Blizzard: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated September 24 (racial changes)
- Wowhead: Gnome racial heavily nerfed in the latest WoW Forever beta build (old and new Eureka! values)
- Blizzard: Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever (September 23, 2026 — every race, its classes and its racial traits)
- Blizzard: WoW: Forever — Meet the New Skyborne (September 23, 2026)
- Blizzard: World of Warcraft: Forever What's Next panel recap
- Blizzard: World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive panel recap
- Blizzard: World of Warcraft: Forever Found Photos panel recap
- Wowhead: Racials for Skyborne in Forever and racial changes
- BlizzCon 2026 demo footage (Twitch VOD)
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