Camping & professions
Campfires become shared stopping places, with crafted objects adding benefits and services. Professions receive more than 600 recipes. This is a social system, not simply a replacement button for food buffs.
Legacy progression
Challenges award points shared across alternate characters, while each character allocates points separately. The announced launch limits are 16 spent and 65 earned. Professions, Adventure and Resourcefulness are the starting trees.
Choosing your ruleset
Players select Normal, PvP or Roleplaying rather than a traditional realm list. Hardcore is planned after launch. Cross-ruleset and cross-faction groups are not supported. Two-part character names are part of this design.
Combat, appearances & classes
Control and threat remain important. Players can disable transmog visibility. Six added combinations are Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock and Undead Paladin.
Blizzard’s Deep Dive — Official source; checked 21 September 2026.
How to use this overview
These are announced design details, not our own client tests. A later build can change mechanics or limits. Check the source before making a permanent character decision; we do not publish a class ranking without reproducible testing.
For where these systems sit in the adventure, explore the world guide. For access, start with the beta guide.