News & Patch Notes
Articles from Blizzard's World of Warcraft news feed — including patch notes, content updates, and hotfixes. Use the filters to include or exclude categories.
Battle for the Darkspear Islands in World of Warcraft: Forever
Stake your claim in the Darkspear Islands, a new 15v15 battleground in World of Warcraft: Forever where teams fight to control strategic points, capture the flag, and earn reputation rewards with the Darkspear Raiders or Theramore Expeditionary Force.
How PvP Progression in World of Warcraft: Forever Works
World of Warcraft: Forever reimagines PvP (Player vs. Player) progression with an approachable system built around Honor, Rank Points, seasonal goals, and familiar original ranks. Players can earn rewards through battlegrounds, PvP quests, weekly journey tasks, and gear upgrades while working toward iconic titles such as High Warlord and Grand Marshal.
Hotfixes: October 6, 2026
Here you will find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Midnight, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, The Burning Crusade Classic, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore.
WoW: Forever Classes Take Center Stage in This Week’s Wow Weekly
A new week brings even more to discover across World of Warcraft. Explore the latest WoW: Forever class spotlights featuring the Hunter, Druid, Priest, and Warrior, and tune in for episode 2 of the WoW: Forever Podcast. Then, see what’s on the horizon for Midnight with the 12.1.5 content update. Discover it all in this week’s WoW Weekly.
12.1.5 Content Update Notes
Read all the changes that are coming in the 12.1.5 content update.
Watch Now! WoW: Forever Podcast Ep.2, Speedrunning Classes
Join Host Countdown To Classic, Senior Game Designer Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield, Principal Game Designer Kris Zierhut, and Senior Game Designer Aidan Moon, with special guest and content creator Sodapoppin.
World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior
Priests and Warriors are next in our World of Warcraft: Forever class deep dives, with updates that build on the roles, rhythms, and class-defining tools players know. This look covers new and adjusted baseline abilities, refreshed racial Priest spells, Rage and stance updates for Warriors, and talent changes across Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Arms, Fury, and Protection.
World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid
Answer the call of the wild and take on nature’s many forms in World of Warcraft: Forever. We’re sharing Development Team insights on Hunter and Druid, including how these classes are evolving through talent updates, class-defining abilities, and new ways to play.
Midnight’s 12.1.5 Content Update Arrives October 13
Midnight’s 12.1.5 content update brings the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan—a massive nine-chamber Delve-like challenge, a new single-boss raid, Season 2's mid-season refresh, the dramatic conclusion to the saga of Quel’Thalas and Zul’Aman, Aqir Invasions, and more.
Watch Holly Longdale and Clay Stone’s Keynote Presentations Live from PAX Aus 9-11 October
PAX Aus is right around the corner and World of Warcraft: Forever will be there Friday 9 October to Sunday 11 October AEDT!