Datamined: everything the beta client says about Forever

Updated 2026-09-18

The beta client installs 30 GB of Blizzard's own data, and most of it is readable without playing a minute. This guide is what we found in build 1.60.1.69893 — the executable itself and its database tables — and what it means. Everything here is beta data and can change; nothing is announced unless we say so. Names are the client's English strings.

The method, briefly: the Forever client is built on the same engine as retail, on top of a Classic Era table set. Comparing its text against the Classic Era, TBC Anniversary and retail clients leaves only what is Forever's own; comparing its tables row by row against Classic Era 1.15.9 does the same for the data. (Half the client is Season of Discovery leftovers — a second copy of every Naxxramas set, for instance — so that comparison matters.)

Unannounced content

• Battle for Gilneas — a battleground map, with its own description: "As the Greymane wall collapses, the inevitable conflict between the Forsaken and Worgen reaches a new climax." A Ruins of Gilneas zone comes with it: Gilneas City, Emberstone Village and Mine, Tempest's Reach, The Blackwald, Hayward Fishery.
• Hyjal Crater — an arena map. Nothing else about it yet.
• Warsong Gulch (Winter) — a second Warsong Gulch, presumably seasonal.
• Half-Pint Tavern — a dungeon tuned to level 32–36, two encounters so far (Deathulus and Crushfist Bloodbreaker). Its map is already up.
• Manor Mistmantle — a dungeon map in Duskwood, no encounters yet.
• Archimonde's Fall — an instance map with an area of its own, nothing more.
• Stormwind Harbor and an Ironforge Submarine Facility (Dun Morogh, next to a new Tidegear Coast flight point) appear as areas in the old zones.

The announced Darkspear Islands battleground reads "Off the coast of Kalimdor is the ceremonial islands of the Darkspear tribe"; its two factions are the Darkspear Raiders and the Theramore Expeditionary Force, and it gets its own Call to Arms weekend alongside Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch.

The new zones, place by place

Every zone map now lists its subzones, flight points and reputations, in your language, read from the client — open Zephras Isle, Riverglades, Mount Hyjal or Shen'dralas. The short version:

• Zephras Isle, the Skyborne starting zone: 27 named places, among them Skywall, the Valanaar Skydocks, the Sanctum of Storms, Shadowgale Forest, Shen'dar Village, the Rohashi Spires and the Ruins of Ban'aethal. The two Skyborne peoples are reputations: the Windshapers ("shamanistic spiritual leaders … they honor the elements") and the High Order ("Skyborne descendants of the Highborne magisters of Eldre'Thalas, having spent the past 10,000 years in the realm of Skywall"), plus the Nightclaw Druids of Shadowgale Forest. The client's character templates list Skyborne warriors, hunters, mages, shamans and druids.
• Riverglades, on the eastern coast of the Eastern Kingdoms: 19 places — Powderfuse Port (a Steamwheedle harbour), Farholde Keep, Rog'mar, Bolder'ok, Krol'dok Stronghold, Twilight's Shroud, The Forbidding Sea — and three flight points (Powderfuse Port for both factions, Farholde Keep for the Alliance, Rog'mar for the Horde). Reputations: the Brotherhood of the Horse ("outcast members of Stormwind's cavalry" who "started anew in the unexplored lands along the eastern coast"), Powderfuse (the port) and the Bolder'ok Clan (exiles from the Twilight's Hammer).
• Mount Hyjal: Summit of Eternity and Tainted Foothills (both flight points), the Shrine of Aviana, Malorne's Retreat, the Felblood Scar, Elderwild. Reputations: the Guardians of Hyjal (a Cenarion Circle splinter) and Barkskin Burrow (an uncorrupted furbolg tribe). Two hidden "Hyjal Attunement" factions suggest an attunement chain for the raid.
• Shen'dralas: Magram Front, Outcast Hideaway, Bristleback Retreat, Evenshade's Overlook, Forlorn Gardens.
• Dalaran is a hub: a Dalaran City world map, a Kirin Tor reputation, a translocation path and a Skyborne "Portal to Dalaran". The Watchers — "jailers and marshals of night elf society" with an "extensive underground network" — are the Barrow Deeps faction, whose entrance is the new Stormrage Barrow Dens area in Moonglade.

Dungeons and raids

Blizzard's own dungeon pages on this site now show each instance's level and boss list where the client has them: City of Dalaran (nine encounters, from the Arcane Anomaly to the Mana Wraith), Ruins of Lordaeron (seven, ending with Viktor the Vile and Bjork), Excavation Site: Wetlands (four) and The Hall of Thanes (four, level 13 — the Alliance counterpart to Ragefire Chasm, which the achievements treat as one and the same).

The raids have no encounter table yet, but their achievements list every boss:

• Hyjal Summit (13): Bandalar, Ancient of Decay, Time-Lost Battalion, Sylvestris Dusksong, Old Gloomlurker, Gharalis the Abyssal, Kathris the Haunted, Anara Chillwind, Elder Minderel, Tracker Stillwind, Council of Thorns, Nythus the Dreambound and The Wild King.
• Barrow Deeps (8): Deepscar Matriarch, Elder Tangleclaw, Khalith the Dreadspinner, Well of Sorrow, Amethrax, Del'lynar Songwood, Ravus and Darlissa, Sonya Darkhallow.

The in-game names of the other new dungeons are The Drowned City, Krol'dok Stronghold, Alcaz Prison, Blackmaw Hold and The Shaper's Terrace; the dungeon achievements sort them into three tiers (Novice, Experienced, Master Spelunker) together with the classic dungeons.

Legacy: the exact 65 points

Blizzard said you can earn up to 65 Legacy points and spend 16 per character. The client has the list, one point each, every one an achievement whose reward text reads "Earn 1 Legacy Point.":

• 27 — reach level 25, 45 and 60 for the first time on each of the nine classes.
• 18 — reach 150, 225 and 300 skill in Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Leatherworking and Tailoring.
• 3 — the dungeon tiers: Novice, Experienced and Master Spelunker.
• 3 — Hyjal Summit, Barrow Deeps and Onyxia's Lair.
• 5 — PvP ranks 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14.
• 4 — exalted with the Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Warsong Gulch and Darkspear Islands factions.
• 3 — weeks 4, 7 and 10 of the Field of Honor journey (below).
• 1 — Explorer: a character with the Explore Azeroth achievement (every zone map, including Riverglades, Mount Hyjal and Shen'dralas).
• 1 — Lord Valthalak Laid to Rest: the questline from An Earnest Proposition to Saving the Best for Last.

The whole list exists twice, once per "super-district set" — that is Hardcore's own pool. The Legacy reward track ("Renown – Legacy Rank") goes to 90. Two hidden counters track your recent class and Legacy talent resets, which is what a respec cost that climbs with recent resets looks like.

Talent points are still one per level to 51; the client also carries sources for levels 5–9, which is the Legacy perk that hands you your first point earlier.

PvP

A Rank Points currency, "gained by completing tasks given in Gadgetzan or participating in battlegrounds", drives the honor rank, which is stored as a 14-step renown. The Field of Honor is a weekly "Season Journey" with achievements at weeks 4, 7 and 10. Every rank has its title back (Private to Grand Marshal, Scout to High Warlord), and rank 14 gets "Premier" weapons at item level 65 — Premier High Warlord's Blade, Cleaver, Recurve, Tome of Mending, Right and Left Claw, a Premier Grand Marshal's Longsword — while every old rank set gained six named "Premier" pieces. Two "Training Grounds" flags exist for a practice battleground and arena.

The engine, addons and the things it changes

Forever runs on the modern engine with Classic mechanics put back: defense skill, resistances, spell ranks, weapon skills, hunter pet feeding and training points, temporary weapon enchants. Its codename inside the client is Camelot. Consequences worth knowing:

• Addons work. The full addon loader and API are there; the TOC game type is camelot, so existing Classic addons will need a Forever build. Our addon page tracks them.
• A built-in swing timer, with a range check and an Edit Mode setting.
• An SD/HD toggle for the character models, in the client itself.
• Surnames are native: character creation takes a name and a surname, the client generates random surnames, and there is a "show surname over head" option.
• Super districts are the realm model. Guilds and mail stay inside a super district; paid transfers between them exist, including a Hardcore transfer; Self-Found is a character mode.
• Achievements exist (160 of Forever's own): zone exploration for every zone, PvP ranks, the Legacy sources above, and a hidden "Well Equipped (Tier 1)" that completes six quests — the Tier 1 pieces come through quests.

Camps, professions, collectables

• Camps come in tiers — Basic, Journeyman, Expert and Welcoming Campfire — with a Camp Tent, a Camp Chair and "Camp Benefits". A "Comprehension" skill handles languages.
• Profession titles: "the Alchemist", "the Blacksmith", "the Enchanter", "the Engineer", "the Leatherworker", "the Tailor" — plus "Master Angler", "of the Nightclaw", "of the Magram" and "of the Gelkis". About a thousand new recipes, Leatherworking (294) and Blacksmithing (208) first.
• Mounts: the Skyborne Galestriders in four colours (with swift versions; hunters can tame one too), a Swift Hyjal Stag, Devilsaur mounts in five colours, Druid Moose in four, Warden Sabers, Prideclaws, Pack and Caravan Kodos, a Forsaken Charger for paladins.
• Companions: furbolg and ent pets, a Galestrider Chick, a Spectral Bear Cub, a Shadowgale Squirrel, Pachimari, a Minfernal. Hunters get two new pet families, Fox and Bat.
• Toys: Shen'dorei Windwell, Everlasting Silvermoon Shimmerwine, a Holstered Replica Ironforge Air Rifle, tradeskill signposts. Transmog sets for the Shen'dorei (Magister's, Peacekeeper's, Skyseer's Garb), the Al'Aketh Zealot's Garb and Veteran Adventurer's Outdoor Wear.

All of them, with the item that teaches each, are on the new Collections page.

What this is not

The client holds no quest text, no NPC levels and no loot tables — those are server-side. What it does hold changes with every build; we re-read the tables on each one, and this guide's date is the build it describes.