Waymark Atlas

Independent fan notes for World of Warcraft: Forever. Not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment, and not an official guide.

Horde

Windshaper Skyborne in WoW Forever

Horde Skyborne. Blizzard also calls the people the shen'dorei, the hidden people. They start on Zephras Isle. Shaman is the class this faction line adds. Mage is not on their row.

Researched 6 November 2026. Combination facts come from Blizzard’s hero article. Racial numbers are printed only when a source states them, and disagreements are left in place.

Which classes can Windshaper Skyborne play in WoW Forever?

  • Druid — new in Forever, as Blizzard uses that word for this pairing or for the Skyborne race.
  • Hunter — new in Forever, as Blizzard uses that word for this pairing or for the Skyborne race.
  • Rogue — new in Forever, as Blizzard uses that word for this pairing or for the Skyborne race.
  • Shaman — new in Forever, as Blizzard uses that word for this pairing or for the Skyborne race.
  • Warrior — new in Forever, as Blizzard uses that word for this pairing or for the Skyborne race.

Leveling implications that are sourced

Blizzard text Home and starting zone: Zephras Isle, levels 1–12. You choose Horde or Alliance at character creation. Horde-aligned Skyborne take up elemental traditions and can be shamans. Both factions can be warriors, hunters, rogues, and druids, with druid forms made for the race.

Blizzard text The Skyborne Heroic Pack, or a higher digital upgrade, is what Blizzard says includes the race and the Zephras starting experience. A subscription covers Forever itself. A Wowhead guide updated 22 October 2026 adds that other characters can travel to the island without the pack. That visit line is a database report, not the pack article.

Blizzard text Walk on Air, as Blizzard published it, is a 10-second downward glide. That is a movement tool while leveling. The same article's haste and run-speed numbers are in the racial list, next to a conflicting database report. This page does not tell you which number is live.

Racial abilities

Walk on Air (active)

Blizzard text Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds.

Sources disagree Glide downward for 10 seconds while controlling direction. 1.5 minute cooldown. The Blizzard article does not print the cooldown or the steering line.

Skysight (active)

Blizzard text Receive an Elemental Blessing, increasing run speed by 10%.

Sources disagree Elemental Blessing, 15% movement speed for 15 seconds. Used at an elemental convergence, it also grants Charged for 1 hour and raises the bonus to 30%. Charged persists through death and is removed on entering a raid. None of those extra conditions are in the Blizzard article.

Wind Blessed (passive)

Blizzard text 1% increased melee, ranged, and spellcasting haste.

Sources disagree 2% increased melee, ranged, and spellcasting haste.

Elemental Insight (passive)

Blizzard text Damage to elementals increased by 5%.

Database report Damage to elementals increased by 5%.

Related notes

Every Horde race · Zone notes · 1–60 index

Sources for this page

  1. WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne
    Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Source for the published Skyborne racial wording. A later database guide disagrees on several numbers.
  2. Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever
    Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Source for the faction race-and-class tables and the named new combinations.
  3. Return to Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Forever
    Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Restates the new combinations and says Skyborne access requires the Heroic Pack or a higher digital upgrade.
  4. Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever
    Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Pre-launch announcement. Launch time is given as 4 November 2026, 3:00 p.m. PST. Edition contents are from this page.
  5. World of Warcraft: Forever Now Live!
    Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Launch article, retrieved the day after the 4 November 2026 global launch.
  6. Zephras Isle Zone Overview
    Wowhead. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Their page says updated 22 October 2026. Byline updated 22 October 2026, before launch. Coordinates, trainers, boats, and reward notes stay provisional.
  7. All Racials and Available Class-Race Combinations
    Wowhead. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Their page says updated 5 November 2026. Updated 5 November 2026. Skyborne numbers differ from Blizzard's Skyborne article. Comments on the same page dispute other tooltips. The combination matrix on this atlas comes from Blizzard, not from this guide's table.