WoW Forever Gnome guide | WoW Forever Guides

Quick facts

New in Forever1

Content or rules with no counterpart in original WoW.

More combinations: 2 more unnamed class and race combinations listed for spring; timing may changePlannedView source

Changed1

Exists in original WoW, but Forever does it differently.

Forever class list: Demo build showed Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior, with Priest marked newReportedView source

Same as original4

Carried over from original WoW; no change announced.

New class options: None named for Gnome. Blizzard names only Dwarf Shaman and Forsaken PaladinConfirmedView source
Faction: Alliance, and playable as one of the eight returning racesConfirmedView source
Original classes: Warrior, Rogue, Mage, WarlockConfirmedView source
Do you need a pack?: No. Only Skyborne is gated, behind the Skyborne Heroic Pack or higherConfirmedView source

Change unknown2

Nothing checked says whether this differs from original WoW.

Racials: Demo build listed Escape Artist, Eureka!, Expansive Mind, Engineering SpecializationReportedView source
Forever Gnome changes: Not announced. No Gnome racials, customizations, or start-zone change publishedNot announcedView source

At a glance

Question	Answer	Status
Which faction are Gnomes?	Alliance	Confirmed
Is Gnome playable in WoW Forever?	Yes; Gnome is one of eight returning races	Confirmed
Which Gnome classes are confirmed?	None. Blizzard has not published a Forever class list	Not announced
What did the floor demo show?	Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, and Warrior; Priest was marked new	Reported
What racials did the demo show?	Escape Artist, Eureka!, Expansive Mind, and Engineering Specialization	Reported
Are Forever Gnome names or a starting location published?	No	Not announced

WoW Forever Gnome evidence

This WoW Forever Gnome guide separates confirmed Alliance access from details that remain unpublished. Current first-party material describes updates across all specializations, not a Gnome-specific ruleset.

Claim	Source	Status
Gnome is Alliance; original WoW classes were Warrior, Rogue, Mage, and Warlock	Blizzard Gnome page	Confirmed
Forever names Dwarf Shaman and Forsaken Paladin as new combinations; it does not name Gnome	Battle.net product page	Confirmed
No Gnome-specific traits, lore, voices, naming or customization details, or start-zone changes are listed	Battle.net product page, panel recap	Not announced
Two more class/race combinations are listed for Spring 2027, without names	What's Next: roadmap	Planned

Reported demo details

Warcraft Tavern's floor-demo report lists Gnome Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, and Warrior, with Priest marked new. Its racial-ability report lists Escape Artist, Eureka!, Expansive Mind, and Engineering Specialization. A Reddit list repeats Gnome Priest beside Dwarf Shaman and Undead Paladin, but is unverified.

Treat Gnome Priest and the other demo entries as reported access, not a Blizzard launch announcement. The Priest guide and class list use the same boundary.

What remains unknown

Whether the demo row is the launch list, and whether Gnome Priest ships.
Whether Eureka! is real, what it does, or whether Arcane Resistance remains.
Whether either Spring 2027 combination includes Gnome; the roadmap gives only a count.
Whether Forever changes Gnome names, customization, voices, lore, or the starting zone. No Forever names list, naming rules, or location update is published in the Battle.net product page or panel recap. That absence is an evidence gap, not proof no change exists.