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Freeze, burn or blast enemies from range, then Blink away.
The Mage in WoW Forever is a pure damage class. Frost is the pick for leveling, dungeons and PvP. Humans, Gnomes and Skyborne play it for the Alliance, Orcs, Undead and Trolls for the Horde. You wear Cloth and use daggers, one-handed swords, staves and wands. 6 of the 54 talents are new.
You fight from range with Frost, Fire and Arcane spells and keep enemies away with slows, Frost Nova and Blink. You conjure your own food and water, turn one enemy into a sheep with Polymorph and hit whole packs with area spells in dungeons. Cloth armor means you drop fast when something reaches you, so control is part of every fight.
Best to level: FrostFrostbolt slows everything you hit, Frost Nova buys time and Ice Lance at 20 punishes frozen enemies, so most mobs die before they reach you. Also good: Fire.
Damage
You stack Arcane Blast to power up your next spell, then cash in with fast, free Arcane Missiles when Missile Barrage triggers. It burns through mana and levels slowly, so most Mages switch to it later for dungeons and burst.
Damage
You cast Fireball and Fire Blast, and your critical hits add Ignite burns and speed up your next Pyroblast through Heating Up. It kills single targets quickly while leveling and grows stronger as your gear adds crit chance.
Damage
You slow enemies with Frostbolt, freeze them with Frost Nova and hit frozen targets with Ice Lance for heavy bonus damage. Ice Block and later Ice Barrier keep you alive, which makes Frost the safest way to level a Mage.
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Class quests30Journey to the Marsh → Choice of Icefury Wand, Nether Force Wand or Ragefire Wand
Your Talent Path 10–60The right talent at every level, with new abilities and tipsThese races can play a Mage. Hover a racial icon for the details.
Human
Alliance
Will to Survive breaks any stun the instant you need to Blink or reposition, and The Human Spirit adds Spirit for both your regeneration and Arcane Meditation.
GnomeTop Alliance pick
Alliance
Eureka! makes your next three hits 10% cheaper and 10% stronger. Periodic effects no longer gain from it, channeled spells like Arcane Missiles still do. Expansive Mind and Escape Artist round out a strong all-purpose kit.
Skyborne
Alliance
Read Ley Line doubles your mana and health regeneration and is always active in the Skyborne starting zone, making this the easiest race to level a Mage with, even if Wind Blessed's haste stays modest later on.
OrcTop Horde pick
Horde
Blood Fury now grants Spell Power as well as Attack Power, a straight damage cooldown for a caster, and Hardiness shortens every stun you eat.
UndeadTop PvP pick
Horde
Will of the Forsaken is usually called the strongest Mage PvP racial in the game, breaking or preventing Charm, Fear and Sleep, while Cannibalize restores mana as well as health between pulls.
Troll
Horde
Berserking speeds up your casting for 10 seconds on demand, and the reworked Rapid Regeneration channels back half your health, a real defensive tool Mages otherwise lack.
Your class trainer teaches new abilities and ranks and resets your talents, and a second talent set opens at level 40. Weapon skills you do not have yet you buy from a Weapon Master in a capital. After that the skill goes up as you fight with the weapon.
Orc mages, new in Forever, use the Orgrimmar trainers. High Order Skyborne mages start in Thendal Village and later find Jessa Weaver in Dalaran in the Alterac Mountains. Darnassus has no mage trainer.
Class trainersBeta
Weapon MastersBeta
As of Oct 10, 2026. NPCs and places as in the beta database, things can still change until launch.
Rotation Trainer
See every button with the reason behind it, your Mana live and all presses on a timeline. Play it on your own keys and compare your damage, or watch it with Autoplay.
Start trainingPlay yourself or AutoplayThe builds players plan for level 60, under the names you hear in chat. One click opens the full build in the talent calculator.
Damage·Raid and dungeon damage with strong control
Arcane 16Fire 0Frost 35
5/5
2/3
2/2
Winter's Chill and Fingers of Frost keep Ice Lance hitting like a Frozen target even on bosses, while Missile Barrage from the Arcane side adds free Arcane Missiles between casts.
Damage·Raid damage that scales hard with gear
Arcane 12Fire 34Frost 5
5/5
3/3
3/3
3/3Improved Scorch stacks a Fire vulnerability debuff, Heating Up shortens your Pyroblast casts, and Combustion raises your Fire crit chance with every hit until you land 3 crits, all backed by Master of Elements.
Damage·Raid burst damage for guilds that manage mana breaks
Arcane 32Fire 19Frost 0
3/3
5/5
3/3You stack Arcane Blast and cash it in with Arcane Missiles, then use Arcane Power and Presence of Mind together for the single biggest burst window a Mage has.
Damage·Battlegrounds and world PvP control
Arcane 20Fire 0Frost 31
4/52/32/2
Ice Barrier keeps your casts alive under focus fire, Improved Counterspell punishes anyone who tries to heal or reset through your silence, and Fingers of Frost keeps Ice Lance dangerous even without a Frost Nova.
Damage·Battleground burst on a single target
Arcane 31Fire 0Frost 20
3/35/5Presence of Mind turns your next spell instant and Arcane Power adds 30% damage on top, a burst combo few targets survive, backed by a Frost half for Ice Block and Shatter when things go wrong.
Level 60 is not open in the beta yet, so these builds can still change. Builds as published on wowforeverbuilds.com.
Rare and epic armor (Cloth) and weapons you can use, dungeon by dungeon by level. Armor and weapon types as in Classic. Getting to 60 takes many evenings of quests and dungeons. If you would rather spend yours elsewhere, a WoW Forever leveling boost for your Mage takes over those levels.
Aetherwisp BracersWrist
Fang of MagmatusMain Hand
Golemheart StaveTwo-Hand
Robes of the Disgraced ThaneChest
Cursed FelbladeMain Hand
Crystalline CuffsWrist
Robe of EvocationChest
Chanting BladeOne-Hand
Searing DaggerMain Hand
Rotmender's TreadsFeet
Coldspire StaffTwo-Hand
Rotmender's LeggingsLegs
Vileblood ScimitarOne-Hand
Tuskwrap BeltWaist
Meathook SlicerOne-Hand
Leftover Abomination SkinChest
Segmented Spider LegTwo-Hand
Slime-encrusted PadsShoulder
Serpent GlovesHands
Living RootTwo-Hand
FirebelcherRanged
Robe of the MoccasinChest
Slither CordWaist
Tail SpikeOne-Hand
Skum's BucketHeld In Off-hand
Cruel BarbOne-HandBuzz SawOne-Hand
Ogre LoinclothLegs
Gold-flecked GlovesHandsThief's BladeOne-Hand
Emberstone StaffTwo-Hand
Corsair's OvershirtChest
Cookie's Stirring RodRanged
Buzzer BladeMain HandFeline MantleShoulder
Belt of ArugalWaistMeteor ShardOne-Hand
Robes of ArugalChest
Blade of SilverlaineMain Hand
Odo's Ley StaffTwo-Hand
Eerie Stable LanternHeld In Off-handBloody ApronChestButcher's SlicerOne-Hand
Rod of the SleepwalkerTwo-Hand
Leech PantsLegs
Gaze Dreamer PantsLegsBite of Serra'kisOne-Hand
Ghamoo-ra's BindWaist
Darkwater TalwarMain HandDebt CollectorMain HandKam's Walking StickTwo-Hand
Bridgebreaker BindingsWrist
Prison ShankOne-HandGlinteye SlippersFeet
Raptor's GazeHeld In Off-hand
Violet Sorcerer's MantleShoulder
Ponderous OrbHeld In Off-handBlightleaf RopeWaistSpine of the DevourerTwo-HandTendonscraper DaggerMain Hand
Ephemeral GripsHands
Violet Sorcerer's RobesChest
Wand of Mana ConcentrationRanged
Graveweave BindingsWrist
Electrocutioner LegMain Hand
Spidertank OilragWristAcidic WalkersFeet
HydrocaneTwo-Hand
Toxic RevengerOne-HandSwinetusk ShankMain HandBatwing MantleShoulder
Wind Spirit StaffTwo-HandThornspikeOne-Hand
Death Speaker MantleShoulder
Death Prophet SpineTwo-Hand
Death Speaker RobesChest
Orb of the Forgotten SeerHeld In Off-handBloodmage MantleShoulder
Necrotic WandRanged
Blighted LeggingsLegs
Embalmed ShroudHead
Torturing PokerOne-HandIllusionary RodTwo-Hand
Hypnotic BladeMain HandLoksey's Training StickTwo-Hand
Coldrage DaggerOne-HandRobes of the LichChestDeathmage SashWaist
Sang'thraze the DeflectorOne-Hand
The Chief's EnforcerTwo-Hand
Jang'thraze the ProtectorMain Hand
Bad Mojo MaskHead
Zum'rah's Vexing CaneTwo-HandGahz'rilla FangOne-Hand
Charstone DirkMain Hand
Eye of TheradrasHead
Inventor's Focal SwordMain HandRotgrip MantleShoulderNoxious ShooterRangedVinerot SandalsFeet
Nature's EmbraceChestSatyrmane SashWaistOmnicast BootsFeet
Lord General's SwordMain HandSenior Designer's PantaloonsLegsPyric CaduceusRangedKindling StaveTwo-Hand
Magister's CrownHeadDevout CrownHead
Dreadmist MaskHead
Dreadmist MantleShoulder
Magister's MantleShoulder
Magister's GlovesHands
Dreadmist WrapsHands
Magister's LeggingsLegs
Devout SkirtLegsDreadmist LeggingsLegsDreadmist SandalsFeetDevout SandalsFeet
Magister's RobesChest
Devout RobeChest
Dreadmist RobeChestDevout MantleShoulderSeen in the beta, unless it says otherwise.
Frost gets Ice Lance, an instant spell that hits frozen enemies much harder, and later Fingers of Frost, which makes your next spells treat the target as frozen, even bosses that cannot be frozen.
Arcane is a real damage spec now. Arcane Blast at 20 makes your next spell hit harder, and Missile Barrage later makes Arcane Missiles fast and free.
Frostfire Bolt is a new spell at level 40. It counts as both Fire and Frost, slows the target, takes the higher of your Fire and Frost spell damage bonuses and checks the lower of the target's two resistances.
Not tested yetHeating Up, called Hot Streak until October 1, works differently from Hot Streak in later versions. Each direct crit from Fireball, Fire Blast or Scorch adds a stack that makes your next Pyroblast cast faster, not instant, and Ignite and Improved Scorch now only boost your own damage. Combustion ends after 3 critical hits again instead of 4.
Not tested yetImproved Blizzard slows far less than before, so large area farming pulls are harder than in Classic.
Comprehension is a new skill only Mages have. From level 6 you read the untranslated scrolls that enemies drop with Comprehend Scroll and turn them into buffs, weapon enchants or consumables, and in a library Study turns a Light Feather into a Bundle of Scrolls once an hour. Detect Magic is gone. The spells from these scrolls can no longer be cast while moving.
On October 8 the low ranks of Frostbolt, Fireball and Arcane Missiles were evened out, so every new rank you train is an upgrade over the last.
6 of 54 talents are new
Arcane3 new, 13 changed, 18 in total
Fire1 new, 10 changed, 17 in total
Frost2 new, 11 changed, 19 in total
Tier listWhere your specs rank right now. Best spot: Frost, tier S (Leveling 1 to 20).
Legacy CalculatorYour 16 Legacy Points planned, with the ready build and the tip for the Mage.
Addons and built-in UIBuilt in for you: Cooldown Manager. Plus 2 addons for the Mage, each with its Forever status.
PvP gearOne spec line (Regalia), each with a Rare Premier set and its Epic upgrade for Alliance and Horde.
Sets and transmogMagister's Regalia and Sorcerer's Regalia from the dungeons, 1 new Tier 1 set and the Classic raid sets in the client, every piece with its source.Your class in our tier lists
Best PvP class and specEvery spec in battlegrounds, world PvP and duels.Frost MageA
Best class for dungeonsDamage specs, tanks and healers for dungeons, ranked with the reason.Frost MageA
Best class for raidsEvery damage spec ranked for raids at 60, with the raid sim.Frost MageB
Best tank and healerEvery tank and healer spec for dungeons and raids.
Best class for levelingWhich class and spec levels fastest in the beta.Frost MageS
Best class for solo and HardcoreWho farms alone best and who survives a Hardcore run.Frost MageAFor your class
Sets13
Achievements3
Built-in feature1
Frost. Frostbolt slows everything you hit, Frost Nova buys time and Ice Lance at 20 punishes frozen enemies, so most mobs die before they reach you. Also good: Fire.
Frost. Frost controls a pack with Frost Nova, Cone of Cold and Blizzard, and Ice Block saves you when a pull goes wrong. The one public dungeon list puts Frost in S.
Frost. Frost survives what kills other Mages: Ice Block comes at level 25 and saves a lost fight, Shatter turns Frost Nova into crits, Ice Barrier comes at 40. Ice Lance is a new baseline spell from level 20, and Fingers of Frost at 30 turns it into the burst on a frozen target. Polymorph lasts 50 sec in the client with no PvP cap, Blink frees you from stuns and roots.
Gnome for the Alliance, Orc for the Horde, Undead for PvP. Gnome: Eureka! makes your next three hits 10% cheaper and 10% stronger. Periodic effects no longer gain from it, channeled spells like Arcane Missiles still do. Expansive Mind and Escape Artist round out a strong all-purpose kit. Races that can play it: Human, Gnome, Skyborne, Orc, Undead and Troll.
Daggers, One-Handed Swords, Staves, Wands. In the beta you buy the weapon skills you do not have yet from a Weapon Master in the capitals: Stormwind, Ironforge and Darnassus for the Alliance, Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff and Undercity for the Horde. Your skill with a weapon goes up as you fight with it.
Orc mages, new in Forever, use the Orgrimmar trainers. High Order Skyborne mages start in Thendal Village and later find Jessa Weaver in Dalaran in the Alterac Mountains. Darnassus has no mage trainer.
A new skill only Mages have. From level 6 you read the scrolls that enemies drop and turn them into buffs, weapon enchants or consumables. The skill goes up to 300, and in a library Study makes a Bundle of Scrolls once an hour.
For example Frost at level 60: open with Frostbolt, Frost Nova, Ice Lance, Frostbolt. Then your main buttons are Ice Lance, Frost Nova and Frostbolt. The Rotation Trainer shows every button with the reason behind it and lets you play it yourself.
The Mage is medium to start with. Your rotation stays short, but you wear cloth, drink often and have to keep enemies at range with slows and Frost Nova.
6 of 54 talents are new and 34 changed. Frost gets Ice Lance, an instant spell that hits frozen enemies much harder, and later Fingers of Frost, which makes your next spells treat the target as frozen, even bosses that cannot be frozen.
As of Oct 10, 2026. Beta values, things can still change until launch. Talent tree data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0)
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The PvP answer names Ice Lance, a new baseline spell from level 20 that Fingers of Frost turns into the burst at level 30.
Dungeon loot for your class now includes the City of Dalaran boss drops.
The road to 60 shows your class quests at their level, such as the totems, the demons, poisons at 20 or Cat Form at 20.
First published Every change on the guides
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Inquisitor's Shawl
Grimlok's Tribal Vestments
Stoneweaver Leggings
Kilt of the Atal'ai Prophet
Spire of Hakkar
Dawnspire Cord
Devout Gloves
Magister's Boots
