Dwarves are a people of stone halls, great forges and old questions. The search for where they came from has turned them into explorers across the whole world.
Faction
Alliance
Class choices
6 in the client, new: Shaman
Home in lore
Dun Morogh, Ironforge
Forever start
Not yet published by Blizzard
First choices
Class choices
From the published client snapshot, build 1.60.1.69977. A class marked new is one Blizzard names as a new combination for Forever.
✓ Client build 1.60.1.69977 matches Blizzard’s 22 September class table for this race.
Racial traits
What the dwarves bring
Names and descriptions are read from the client build 1.60.1.69977. Blizzard says some traits were updated for Forever, and its own wording from 22 September is shown underneath where the names match. Neither has been checked in game.
Find TreasureClient and announcement
Allows the dwarf to sense nearby treasure, making it appear on the minimap. Lasts 0 sec.
Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Bleed, Poison, and Disease effects, and reduces all Physical damage taken by 10% for 8 sec.
Blizzard, 22 September: “Immunity to Bleeds, Poisons, and Diseases and reduce Physical damage taken for 8 seconds.”
Mace SpecializationClient and announcement
Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 1% while you have a mace or two-handed mace equipped.
Blizzard, 22 September: “Maces increase spell and ability critical chance by 1%.”
Big Game HunterClient and announcement
Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
Blizzard, 22 September: “Damage to Beasts increased by 5%.”
Place and people
Who the dwarves are
“Driven to learn more, the dwarves devoted themselves to the pursuit of lost artifacts and ancient knowledge.”
Blizzard’s Forever introduction tells how the dwarves once cared only for riches taken from deep in the earth. Then records surfaced of a god-like race said to have given them life, and an enchanted birthright. Dwarven archaeologists have been scattered across the globe ever since.
In long-standing lore, their home is Ironforge, carved into the snowy mountains of Khaz Modan around a great forge that keeps the city warm.
Blizzard’s 2020 Classic introduction calls them bold, adventurous and hardy, a people who relish battle and exploration alike.
Blizzard’s 22 September article lists Dwarf Shamans among the new combinations. In its Alliance table, the dwarf is the only race that can choose the shaman class.
The article does not describe how dwarven shamans are introduced in the world, and we have not verified a trainer or a first quest. Those details stay off this page until a source describes them.
Hall of ThanesBlizzard’s 12 September recap places this new dungeon beneath Ironforge.
Blizzard has not named a Forever starting area for the dwarves in the sources we follow, so we do not name one. The maps below show the homeland in lore, not a confirmed first step.
Home in lore
Ironforge, in the mountains of Dun Morogh in Khaz Modan, is the dwarven capital in long-standing lore.
