Races and the six new combinations

Nine races. Six combinations that Classic did not allow. Skyborne is the only race with its own page.

Last checked: 2026-11-12

The product page and Wowhead’s combination guide name the same six additions: Orc Mage, Troll Warlock, Undead Paladin, Human Hunter, Gnome Priest and Dwarf Shaman. The other races stay the Classic eight: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Orc, Undead, Tauren and Troll. Skyborne, the shen’dorei, is the ninth, with two faction variants. I am not drawing a full 9-by-9 grid. The Wowhead matrix did not come through as readable cells, so a cell I did not see stays off the page. The table below is the race list from the research file, with racial text where that file recorded it.

Individual race names other than Skyborne did not have their own search volume, so Human through Troll stay rows. If you need the Druid lock (Night Elf, Tauren, Skyborne) or the Shaman faction lock, those sentences live on the class pages because that is where IGN stated them.

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All races recorded on 2026-11-12. Use a column heading to sort; detail links open individual guides.

Skyborne	Horde (Windshaper) or Alliance (High Order)	Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Druid; Horde only: Shaman; Alliance only: Mage	Walk on Air (glide 10s); Skysight (Horde) or Read Leyline (Alliance); Wind Blessed (+1% haste official / +2% Wowhead); Elemental Insight (+5% damage vs Elementals)	Zephras Isle (level 1-12)	2 sources Blizzard, Wowhead
Human	Alliance			Elwynn Forest	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Dwarf	Alliance		Stoneform (immune to Bleed, Poison and Disease)	Dun Morogh	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Night Elf	Alliance		Shadowmeld (stealth while immobile); +1% dodge; +2% run speed	Teldrassil	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Gnome	Alliance		Eureka! (reduces cost and increases damage of next three spells)	Dun Morogh	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Orc	Horde		Blood Fury (+10% attack or spell power for 15s)	Durotar	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Undead	Horde		Cannibalize; Touch of the Grave; Underwater Breathing; Will of the Forsaken	Tirisfal Glades	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Tauren	Horde		Cultivation (bonus herbs); Endurance (total health); War Stomp (AoE stun)	Mulgore	2 sources Wowhead, IGN
Troll	Horde		Berserking (+10% cast and attack speed for 10s); 10% health regen in combat	Durotar	2 sources Wowhead, IGN

Official Skyborne article image: a misty floating village and a tall tower. Blizzard Entertainment.

Official key art from the Forever Now Live article: adventurers around a campfire under a world tree. Blizzard Entertainment.

SkyborneThe new race, both factions.ClassesWhich class pages exist.

Questions

What is new?

The six combinations above, and Skyborne. The Classic races are still here.

Where is the full class matrix?

I do not have a readable official grid. I publish the six named additions and the per-class race notes instead.

Sources

Product page — checked 2026-11-12
Wowhead combinations — checked 2026-11-12
IGN — checked 2026-11-12