WoW Forever Priest FAQ, answered from the data

The Priest questions first, then the game's. Every answer names its source, and the pages linked under each have the detail.

Priest questions

What are the three Priest talent trees in WoW Forever?

Discipline, Holy and Shadow, 53 talents in all. Discipline: 18 talents, Power Infusion at the bottom (row 7, 30 points in; level 40, or 35 with the Legacy perk Talented at max rank); 17,081 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points (41%) lead there. Holy: 17 talents, Prayer of Mending at the bottom (row 7, 30 points in; level 40, or 35 with the Legacy perk Talented at max rank); 7,754 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points (19%) lead there. Shadow: 18 talents, Shadowform at the bottom (row 7, 30 points in; level 40, or 35 with the Legacy perk Talented at max rank); 16,382 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points (40%) lead there. Every Priest talent in words.

Which Priest spec do most people play in WoW Forever?

Discipline. 17,081 of the 41,217 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here (41%) lead in Discipline, 16,382 in Shadow and 7,754 in Holy, counted Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026. The build ranked first by what people did with it (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed) is Shadow Priest 14/3/34. Counted by this site's own counter, no identities, last on 7 Oct 2026. The most popular Priest builds.

What is the Priest leveling build in WoW Forever?

42.7% of the 82,770 Priest builds with a recorded order lead in Discipline, starting with Twin Disciplines, Wand Specialization and Improved Power Word: Shield at levels 10 to 19. The Priest leveling page has the order level by level, from the builds made between 18 Sep and 6 Oct 2026. The Priest leveling order.

What races can be a Priest in WoW Forever?

6: Undead, Troll, Human, Dwarf, Night Elf and Gnome. The Priest races page has every racial in full. The Priest races.

When do Priests get Power Infusion, Prayer of Mending and Shadowform?

At level 40 with points from level 10, or 35 with the Legacy perk Talented at max rank: each is row 7 of its tree, 30 points in. Later ranks of Prayer of Mending are trained at 50 and 60 (spellbook, build 70170). Every Priest talent in words.

The game's questions

How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?

51 at level 60: one a level from level 10 to 60, the count the calculator starts from. The account-wide Legacy perk Talented moves the first points earlier (5 ranks: You gain talent points every level starting at level 5 instead of starting at level 10, but you still may not have more than 51 total talent points.)

What level is the WoW Forever beta capped at?

Level 30, which is 21 talent points; the cap at 30 came with beta build 70170 on 1 October 2026 (the site's changelog).

When does WoW Forever release?

4 November 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST, in Blizzard's pre-purchase post. The beta opened on 17 September 2026 and runs until 21 October 2026. Blizzard's post.

What time does WoW Forever launch?

On 4 November 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST, which is 6:00 p.m. Eastern and 23:00 UTC, one global launch for every region (Blizzard News, the Collector's Edition post updated 24 September 2026). Blizzard's post.

When does the WoW Forever beta end?

21 October 2026, two weeks before the game launches on 4 November 2026 (Blizzard's pre-purchase post). Today the beta is capped at level 30. Blizzard's post.

When do you get your first talent point in WoW Forever?

At level 10, as in Classic, and then one every level to 60. With the Legacy perk Talented at max rank the first point comes at level 5.

How do you respec talents in WoW Forever?

At a class trainer in one of the major cities, and Legacy talents are changed there too (Blizzard's class deep dive, 30 September 2026). In the beta: If you have not recently changed your talents, the cost is now 1 silver to re-spec. This is temporary for the Beta only. After your first talent reset, the subsequent cost will be much higher, but it will drop to 1 silver after 1 hour has passed. That is Blizzard's development note for build 70009 (24 Sep 2026). Neither post gives the price at launch. Blizzard's class deep dive. The note.

What level is dual spec in WoW Forever?

Level 40. Blizzard's class deep dive for Priest and Warrior (30 September 2026) says Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40. The beta is capped at level 30, so no beta character can reach it yet; the talent window's locked Secondary tab was seen at BlizzCon (the site's changelog, 13 September 2026). Blizzard's post.

How do you share or save a build?

In any class calculator, Copy link puts the build in the address bar (the ranks and the order you placed the points in travel with it), Save keeps it on your device under a name, up to 500 builds, and every build on the popular and leveling pages opens with one click. Open a calculator.

Is there a WoW Forever leveling addon that follows a build in game?

Yes. The free Talents Forever addon shows a build from this site in the game's talent window and follows it as you level, with a plan kept per class. It is on CurseForge; the addon page says how to install it. The addon page.

Where is the leveling order for each class?

On each class's leveling page: the order people place their talent points in, level by level, read from the builds planned on this site. The leveling hub links all nine. Leveling builds for every class.

Last checked against beta build 1.60.1.70245 on 6 Oct 2026. Trees and talents from the beta client; the spec split and the leveling lean from this site's own counter, no identities; points, the cap and the dates from the calculator, the changelog and the About block; the respec rule from Blizzard's notes; dual spec at level 40 from Blizzard's 30 September class deep dive for Priest and Warrior.

Also for Priests: the most popular builds, the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, and the Priest calculator. The game's questions for every class.