Alliance
Official announcement artwork © Blizzard Entertainment
Choose Horde or Alliance when you create your character. Both offer Warriors, Hunters, Rogues and Druids. Your faction decides whether Mage or Shaman is also available.
Blizzard’s race announcementChoose your faction. Then your class.
Officially announced
Warrior
Hunter
Rogue
Mage
Druid
Horde
An elemental tradition.
Shaman
Zephras Isle · Levels 1–12
Start above familiar roads.
The Skyborne begin on their own island, with architecture inspired by Skywall. Blizzard also announced new druid forms, voices, dances and customization options.
Official preview imagery © Blizzard EntertainmentRacial abilities
Community beta reference · Both factionsWalk on Air
A controlled downward glide for 10 seconds.
Skysight
A 10% movement and mounted-speed bonus. Nearby elemental convergences extend its duration.
Read Ley Line
Double Health and Mana regeneration, with a longer duration near a ley line.
Elemental Insight
5% increased damage against Elementals.
Wind Blessed
1% spellcasting, melee and ranged Haste.
Which path would you take?
Alliance Mage or Horde Shaman? Or would the new druid forms be the reason to start again?
Sources & scope
Blizzard’s September 12 What’s Next recap establishes Skyborne as a race, its factions, eligible classes and starting zone. The racial descriptions are adapted from Talents Forever’s September 17 dataset, whose site identifies its racial data as beta client 1.60.1.69876. Effects have not been independently tested in game.
Dataset compilation: CC BY 4.0. Selection and summaries by WoW Scroll. Game artwork, icons and tooltip text © Blizzard Entertainment. Beta values can change.