New raceOnly in World of Warcraft: Forever

Skyborne

Descendants of Highborne who fled Eldre'Thalas after the War of the Ancients and made a pact with the wind spirits of Skywall. Every Skyborne starts on Zephras Isle and joins the Horde as a Windshaper or the Alliance as the High Order.

  • Starts onZephras Isle
  • Levels1 to 12
  • Racials4, all new
  • NeedsHeroic Pack or higher
Windshaper SkyborneHordeWindshaper High Order SkyborneAllianceHigh Order
Horde

Windshaper Skyborne

A new generation of Windshapers leaves Skywall to find out what became of their missing elemental mentors, to restore the wind spirits and keep their way of life.

Classes

Outlined: Shaman only on this side, Druid with its own forms

Best in slot at level 30: Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Druid and Shaman.

Its own racial
  • Skysight0.5 sec cast, 2 min cooldown

    Attempt to draw power from a convergence of elements and receive its blessing, increasing your movement and mounted movement speeds by 10%. Lasts 30 sec if no elemental convergence is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.

Windshaper Skyborne on the Races page

Alliance

High Order Skyborne

A new generation of the High Order returns to Azeroth to reclaim the arcane knowledge it lost, and to use it so the shen'dorei can stand on their own.

Classes

Outlined: Mage only on this side, Druid with its own forms

Best in slot at level 30: Warrior, Hunter, Mage, Rogue and Druid.

Its own racial
  • Read Leyline2 sec cast, 2 min cooldown

    Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 30 sec if no leyline is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.

High Order Skyborne on the Races page

A Skyborne joins the Horde as a Windshaper or the Alliance as a member of the High Order, chosen at character creation. Shaman is Horde-only for Skyborne and Mage is Alliance-only. Forever adds six other race and class pairs Classic never allowed, such as Gnome Priest and Human Hunter, each restricted to one faction the same way; more are planned later.

Racials both sides share with a faction racial, two active and two passive

  • Walk on AirInstant, 1.5 min cooldown

    Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.

  • Wind BlessedPassive

    Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 3%.

  • Elemental InsightPassive

    Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.

With its own faction racial, every Skyborne has two active and two passive racials, the same balance every race now gets, tuned to similar offensive value.

Starting on Zephras Isle

A self-contained zone for levels 1 to 12. Open it on the world map
Three groups compete for control
  • Windshapers
  • High Order
  • Al'Aketh
Quests on the isle

87 for each side, all new in Forever.

Getting to the mainland

Two airship rides link the isle with the mainland; each faction's last island quest sends it aboard.

  • Alliance
    Zephras IsleDalaran, Alterac MountainsEastern Kingdoms

    Last island quest: The Magical City of Dalaran

  • Horde
    Zephras IsleNear Thunder Bluff, MulgoreKalimdor

    Last island quest: The Earthen Ring

27 named places on the isle
  • Bandit Hideout
  • East Pylon Watchtower
  • Fairweather Stables
  • Falaath Village
  • Gustberry Lowlands
  • Nightclaw Cavern
  • Overlook Standing Stones
  • Rise of Spirits
  • Rohashi Spires
  • Ruins of Ban'aethal
  • Sanctum of Storms
  • Shadowgale Forest
  • Shen'dar Highlands
  • Shen'dar Village
  • Shriekling Den
  • Shrine of Akir
  • Skywall
  • Thendal Cave
  • Thendal Grove
  • Thendal Standing Stones
  • Thendal Village
  • Valanaar
  • Valanaar Skydocks
  • West Pylon Watchtower
  • Windfield Orchard
  • Windsong Lake
  • Windsong Standing Stones
Character creation: every option for both body types
Body type 1
  • 10Faces
  • 9Skin colors
  • 21Hairstyles
  • 11Hair colors
  • 3Ear lengths
  • 9Eye colors
  • 4Eyebrows
  • 13Facial hair styles
  • 4Face tattoos, 2 colors
Body type 2
  • 10Faces
  • 9Skin colors
  • 25Hairstyles
  • 10Hair colors
  • 3Ear lengths
  • 9Eye colors
  • 4Eyebrows
  • 6Earring styles, silver and gold

Both body types share 2 body tattoo colors across the same two named tattoo choices, Zephyr and Wayfinder. A Skyborne's look can be changed later at a barber shop in the cities, for a fee, the same as any other race.

Compare every race's racialsPlan talents in the calculatorBest in slot at level 30 for every classLegacy talents and how to earn pointsEverything new in Forever