Blizzard pushed a new WoW: Forever beta build on October 8, 2026, the start of beta Week 4. It opens the City of Dalaran dungeon, raises experience from dungeon kills by about 20%, fixes a party XP bug that starved lower-level players, and grants every tester 16 Legacy Points.
What changed in the October 8 beta build
Servers went down at 9:00 a.m. PDT for about six hours, earlier than usual, because Blizzard was also shipping behind-the-scenes fixes. Updated Development Notes followed the same day.
| Change | Details | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| City of Dalaran dungeon | Now open for testing; official range 28-33 | Official dev notes |
| Dungeon kill XP | Increased by about 20% | Official dev notes |
| Party XP bug | XP now uses each player's own level, as in Classic Era | Official dev notes, blue post |
| Legacy Points | All beta players get 16 points; cheapest respec 1s | Official dev notes |
| Enchanting wands | Vendor prices raised again, from 5c (Novice's Practice Wand) to 25s (Greater Eternal Wand) | Official dev notes |
| Truthseeker's Bow | Now requires level 40 | Official dev notes |
| Excavation Site: Wetlands | Several quest rewards lowered in rarity; a Titan Relic quest item is returned for follow-up quests | Wowhead (rarity), dev notes (relic) |
| Spirit Healer | Durability loss 25% instead of 50%; Resurrection Sickness remains | Datamined, not announced |
Dungeon experience: the main story
Dungeon XP has dominated beta feedback since the October 1 build halved extra XP from dungeon quests. On WoW: Forever Podcast episode 3, Josh Greenfield announced the 20% kill XP increase.
Aggrend added on the forums that earlier builds gave XP based on the highest-level party member. A level 20 grouped with a level 25 earned very little per kill. Now each player is measured against the mobs on their own. If someone is far above the enemy level, nobody in the party gets XP, as before.
Blizzard says perfect dungeon play should now roughly match optimal questing speed, but cleaving dungeons to 60 as the best route does not fit its design pillars. Our leveling hub covers what this means for your route.
City of Dalaran and Legacy Points
For City of Dalaran, see the City of Dalaran dungeon guide and the full Forever dungeon list.
The 16 Legacy Points match the per-character cap at launch, so testers can now try full builds across the Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness trees. Our Legacy system page explains the trees.
Smaller item and economy changes
Enchanting wands had been cut to one low vendor price earlier in the beta. The new per-wand prices partly restore the vendor flip that helps fund leveling the profession.
Truthseeker's Bow, a reward for 25 library books, could be equipped at level 30; it now requires 40 like the other two rewards. Several Excavation Site quest rewards also lost rarity and stats, Wowhead reports.
If the slower dungeon pace changes your launch plans, our leveling time and price overview shows the options. WoW: Forever launches on November 4, 2026, and all of these values may still change before then.
Frequently asked questions
Is the dungeon XP buff live in WoW: Forever?
It is in the beta build of October 8, 2026. The game launches November 4, and Blizzard says tuning continues.
Is the Spirit Healer change official?
No. Wowhead found it through datamining, and the October 8 development notes do not mention it.
Sources
- Blizzard forums: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes (updated October 8)
- Blizzard forums: Aggrend on the dungeon XP bug fix
- Wowhead: beta build downtime of about 6 hours
- Wowhead: Week 4 beta content, City of Dalaran
- Wowhead: dungeon experience buffs (Podcast Ep. 3)
- Wowhead: Spirit Healer durability penalty reduced
- Wowhead: Truthseeker's Bow restricted to level 40
- Wowhead: dungeon XP buff and 16 Legacy Points
- Wowhead: crafted wand sell prices partially restored
- Wowhead: Excavation Site quest rewards reduced in rarity
- Wowhead: 16 Legacy Points available for testing