AllianceGnomes are small in stature and enormous in ambition, the builders of a steam-driven marvel beneath the mountains. That city was lost to invasion, and its builders now live as wanderers in the dwarven lands.
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.
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.
Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
Blizzard, 22 September: “Brief Immunity to Roots and Snares.”
Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
Blizzard, 22 September: “Maximum Mana, Rage, or Energy increased by 5%.”
Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
Blizzard, 22 September: “More reliable engineering devices.”
Your next 3 damaging abilities have their Energy cost reduced by 20% and deal 10% more damage.
Blizzard, 22 September: “Reduced cost and 10% increased damage or healing on next 3 spells or abilities.”
“Indeed, their subterranean kingdom, Gnomeregan, was once a marvel of steam-driven technology.”
Blizzard’s Forever introduction tells how the gnomes of Khaz Modan used their great intellect to secure a place in history. A massive trogg invasion cost them Gnomeregan, and its builders now aid their allies as best they can.
Blizzard’s 2020 Classic introduction calls them clever and eccentric: tinkerers, trailblazers and technological geniuses. Their race page adds what makes them good company, an optimism that holds even in calamity.
In long-standing lore, the gnomes live alongside the dwarves of Ironforge while Gnomeregan remains lost.
Sources: Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever (opens in a new tab), 22 September 2026; Taking Your First Steps in World of Warcraft Classic (opens in a new tab), 27 February 2020; Blizzard's Gnome race page (undated, read 29 September 2026) (opens in a new tab).
Blizzard’s 22 September article lists Gnome Priests among Forever’s new combinations. It is a new path for a people best known for their engineering.
The article does not describe how gnome priests are introduced in the world, and we have not verified a trainer or first quest.
Sources: Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever (opens in a new tab), 22 September 2026.
Blizzard has not named a Forever starting area for the gnomes in the sources we follow, so we do not name one. The maps below show the homeland in lore, not a confirmed first step.
Gnomeregan was their capital until the trogg invasion. In long-standing lore the gnomes now live in the dwarven lands of Khaz Modan.
