Tauren Racials in WoW Forever
Tauren keep their four Classic classes and gain Plainsrunning, a speed bonus that keeps building while you run, up to 60% since the October 26 developer notes (it was 30%). Those notes also stop Plainsrunning from raising mounted speed, and return Endurance to 5% Health only (the October 15 beta build had given it 2% critical damage and healing in place of 1% Hit). Cultivation no longer adds Herbalism skill.
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: .
Tauren racials in WoW Forever vs Classic
| Racial | Forever (beta client) | Classic | What it changes |
|---|---|---|---|
War Stomp War Stomp Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 2 sec; 90 sec cooldown | Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 2 sec; 90 sec cooldown | Same stun; 2 min cooldown | Up more often: the October 15 beta build cut the cooldown to 90 seconds. |
Plainsrunning Plainsrunning Every 5 sec you keep moving adds 2% movement speed, up to +60%; taking damage or standing still wears it down. Does not increase mounted speed | Every 5 sec you keep moving adds 2% movement speed, up to +60%; taking damage or standing still wears it down. Does not increase mounted speed | — | Faster long runs. The October 15 beta build added 3% mounted speed and a minimum pace (stutter-stepping no longer holds it). The October 26 developer notes raise the bonus from 1% to 2% per stack (max 60%, was 30%) and remove the mounted speed. Hands-on reports from BlizzCon add that it works in Bear Form and doesn’t stack with Travel Form. |
Cultivation Cultivation Grow a copy of a nearby herb that anyone can gather without Herbalism; once per herb | Grow a copy of a nearby herb that anyone can gather without Herbalism; once per herb | +15 Herbalism skill | Herbs anyone can pick, instead of skill points for Herbalists. Blizzard’s October 15 notes cut its cooldown to 15 minutes, from 60. Since the September 24 beta build each herb needs a character level of its Herbalism requirement divided by 5, and herbs that need more than 300 skill can be grown at level 60. |
Endurance Endurance +5% maximum Health | +5% maximum Health | Same | The October 26 developer notes strip the extra modifiers: it is 5% Health only. The October 15 beta build had given it +2% critical damage and healing (and +1% Hit before that). |
Nature Resistance Nature Resistance +10 | Not in the beta client | +10 | 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
Classes Tauren can play in Forever
Each card opens what changes for that class in Forever. The icons are the Tauren racials that apply to the class.
+5% maximum Health
Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 2 sec; 90 sec cooldown
Endurance adds 5% Health; War Stomp every 90 sec. Warrior class changes → HunterEvery 5 sec you keep moving adds 2% movement speed, up to +60%; taking damage or standing still wears it down. Does not increase mounted speed
Plainsrunning. Hunter class changes → Shaman+5% maximum Health
Endurance adds 5% Health. Shaman class changes → DruidEvery 5 sec you keep moving adds 2% movement speed, up to +60%; taking damage or standing still wears it down. Does not increase mounted speed
Plainsrunning works in Bear Form. Druid class changes →Tauren in Forever's new content
Shen'dralas
New zone
Set between Mulgore and Desolace, next door to the Tauren homeland, and reached through the Valley of Bones in southern Desolace. Its story covers a war between centaur tribes and gives players reasons to return to Maraudon and Razorfen Downs.
Tauren FAQ
What does Plainsrunning do?
Every 5 seconds you keep moving adds 2% movement speed, up to 60% (1% per stack and 30% max until the October 26 developer notes). Taking damage or standing still wears the bonus down, and since the October 15 beta build so does moving too slowly: stutter-stepping no longer keeps it. It no longer increases mounted speed (it added 3% mounted speed from October 15 until October 26).
Is Cultivation still +15 Herbalism?
No. It now grows a copy of a nearby herb that anyone can gather without Herbalism, once per herb.
Can Tauren play new classes in Forever?
No. Tauren can be Warriors, Hunters, Shamans and Druids, the same as in Classic.
Still unconfirmed
- Whether Plainsrunning works in Bear Form and Travel Form: BlizzCon hands-on reports say so, the beta client's text doesn't
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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