For returning players first
If you remember Molten Core but not why Thrall and Jaina trust each other, this is for you.
Warhogy World of Warcraft: Forever
Warcraft, explained for returning players
Forever brings the original Azeroth back with new stories, a new elven people and new dungeons. These are the reads I wish I had when I came back.
The series
Stories
Story 01
Lore primer
Welcome Back to Azeroth
The whole story from the titans to Forever's launch, in twelve short chapters: why the Alliance and Horde fight, who the Forsaken and Skyborne are, what your class means, why you enter dungeons and raids, and where every expansion fits.
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Story 02
Leveling guide
Leveling Up in Forever
How experience really works in Forever, the bonuses that stack, why every dungeon is worth exactly one clear, and zone-by-zone routes for Alliance, Horde and Skyborne characters. Beta-tested to 30, marked as planned above it.
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Chapters 1, 5 and 10 take you from zero to your first quest. Add 6 and 7 if you are making a character tonight.
01
Welcome to Azeroth
What the game is about, where Forever fits, and the faction, race and class choices.
05
Alliance and Horde
Whose home you are defending, people by people, and how to pick a perspective.
10
Forever's additions
New zones, dungeons, raids, the battleground, the Legacy System, and your first steps.
06
The elves and the Skyborne
Highborne to blood elves, and the new race that can join either faction.
07
Your map, magic and class
The nine classes, what the schools of magic mean, and places worth remembering.
12
Timeline and glossary
Every Warcraft game in story order, the expansion list, and the words you will hear in a group.
How these are written
About the series
Sourced, not remembered
Every chapter ends with its references, and each illustration links to where it was published.
Forever's era, not Modern WoW
The stories stay in the level 1 to 60 world Forever expands. Later expansions sit in one optional, marked chapter.