We're opening the WoW Forever Beta today with the following known issues.
Known Issues September 18, 2026
- Barber Chairs cause a LUA error.
- Character friends in Beta disabled.
- The minimap may be partially off the screen.
- Waylaid Crates do not function on items with a maximum stack size smaller than the quantity required. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
- Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Curiosities does not accept Greater Magic Essence, and incorrectly allows you to target Lesser Magic Essence. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
- ~~Teldrassil - During the quest "Escaping Ban'ethil", Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom runs a bit too fast and spams her Strike ability. This is fixed in the next Beta build.~~
- Starshards (Night Elf Priest Racial) does not benefit from the Twilight Focus talent. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
- Vengeance (Retribution Paladin Talent) can activate off of periodic critical strikes. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
- Ranking up Holy Strike doesn't feel great per rank. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
- Character pane does not display Level, Class or Titles (work in progress)
- Create Firestone Ranks 3 and 4 do not display the conjured item tooltip portion of these abilities. This is fixed in the next Beta build.
- Warlock pets do not display Mana as a resource on the character sheet, and do not mention the scaling from their master (work in progress).
- Warlock pets do not display the correct scaling for Health from Stamina on the character sheet (work in progress).
- Pet Hit chance for both Hunters and Warlocks do not display the master's scaling coefficient (work in progress).
- Pet Expertise is not displayed for both Hunters and Warlocks (work in progress).
- Pet Movement Speed's information on the character sheet is not displaying the correct base values in yards per second (work in progress).
- The Glancing Blow chance for casters is incorrect at all levels, and the damage reduction of a glancing blow is also incorrect (work in progress).
- The Glancing Blow damage reduction penalty for Melee is incorrect on targets that are higher level than themselves.
- The chance a Glancing Blow occurs is correct for all levels for melee characters, and the damage reduction penalty for Glancing Blows for equal-level targets is correct. It is only the damage reduction penalty against higher level targets that is incorrect (work in progress).
- Because of the above, the Glancing Blow chances displayed on the character sheet are not accurate (work in progress).
- You can open the Legacy System with the hotkey "Y" before reaching level 25. Doing so results in LUA errors on tab 1 and 3.
- Player's may find they are unable to sign guild charters. To alleviate this, we have temporarily made it possible to hand-in a guild charter with no signatures. (work in progress)
- Coldridge Valley does not reveal on the map when explored. This will be fixed in the next Beta build.
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- The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class.
- Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses.
- Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell queue window.
- Taking damage while channeling Arcane Missiles will fire off a full damage bolt instead of a bolt with truncated damage.
- Resurrection sickness's duration is not correct at lower levels.
This post will be updated as issues are resolved and/or added to this list.
KaivaxCommunity Manager
Added to the list above:
- The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class.
- Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses.
- Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell queue window.
- Taking damage while channeling Arcane Missiles will fire off a full damage bolt instead of a bolt with truncated damage.
- Resurrection sickness's duration is not correct at lower levels.
KaivaxCommunity Manager
Resolved Issues
- ~~Teldrassil - During the quest "Escaping Ban'ethil", Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom runs a bit too fast and spams her Strike ability. This is fixed in the next beta build.~~
- ~~Loch Modan - "Snowbound" gives more XP than intended. This is adjusted in the next beta build.~~
Known Issues - New September 24
- Banes and Curses do not properly track if you drop your target and re-acquire a target with an existing bane or curse.
- Healthstone cooldown cannot be tracked.
- Priest tracks all spells by default.
- Arcane Blast cannot be tracked.
- Mana gem requires an additional spell to be cast by the mage to properly begin tracking its cooldown.
- Creating or changing party composition may transfer players to a different world instance. We’re working on improvements and will provide an update soon.
- Pet cooldowns cannot be tracked.
- Item enhancements (such as Windfury or rogue poisons) cannot be tracked
- The minimap in Stormwind has display issues and will be fixed in a later build.
- Personal Resource Display doesn’t show combo points.
KaivaxCommunity Manager
Known Issues - New October 1
- Chaining Spells together does not play the precast spell effects and sounds of the next cast until the first cast finishes.
- For example: When you cast Fireball and cast another Fireball right away, you finish your Fireball cast, your hands won't glow or make the crackling sound of the new Fireball you're casting, and then once your hand comes down from the first Fireball cast, you then begin the precast animation of the next Fireball spell.
- Enemies can Parry and Block from behind if the player is close to them. Until this is fixed, it can be avoided by not being too close to targets.
- The size of the total installation of WoW: Forever is larger than intended. We're working to reduce it in a future Beta update.
- Switching to or from Gamepad UI mode resets the active edit mode layout to the default preset.
- Scroll of Liminal Passage does not function correctly.
- Dwarf player-characters do not have updated splash sounds in water. This is fixed in a later build.
- Eureka does not affect every Damaging Spell or Healing Spell for some classes. This is fixed in a later build.
- Multiple debuffs like Faerie Fire and Demoralizing Shout don't cause threat.
- Mages who learn Research can be prevented from accessing it.
- Warriors’ Dual Wield Specialization is granting both your Main hand and Off-hand 2/4/6/8/10% hit chance. It should only be granted to your Off-hand.
- Retribution Aura uses the target's spell power instead of the Paladin's.
- The Taillasher Eggs for the quest "Break A Few Eggs" do not respawn as quickly as intended. This will be fixed in a later build.
- Anduin Wrynn - and many other children – unintentionally have hats. We’re in the process of removing them, but they keep giggling and running away, so this is going to take a while.