What changed in each Forever beta build
One page per beta build: what Blizzard announced, what shows up in the client, and where the trackers disagree. Talent changes are computed from our own snapshots, not copied from anyone.
We read the trees eight times: off the BlizzCon preview, out of build 1.60.1.70009, out of 1.60.1.70170, out of 1.60.1.70291, out of 1.60.1.70425, out of 1.60.1.70630, out of 1.60.1.70753 and out of 1.60.1.70755. Twenty-two builds we did not read - 69893, 69913 and 69977 before the first, 70094, 70058 and 70124 between the first two, 70178, 70205, 70235 and 70245 between the next two, 70334, 70338 and 70374 between the two after that, 70450 and 70532 before 70630, 70634, 70658, 70685 and 70707 between 70630 and 70753, and the live clients 70790, 70840 and 70862 after the last - and no snapshot of them exists here. Everything this page says about them is other people's reporting, marked as such. That is also why the talent diff on the 70009 page covers everything that happened since BlizzCon rather than that build alone. The 70170, 70291, 70425 and 70630 diffs are cleaner than that sounds: for the clients in between, the reporting is the strongest kind available without a snapshot - a machine that regenerates from the CDN and found nothing to commit, or a file diff without a single data table - so what each diff shows is that build's own. The 70753 diff is not: the four clients before it changed data tables, so it covers everything since 70630. Three more exceptions: the 70630 snapshot also carries the server hotfixes of 28 and 30 October for six classes, which are not in the client's files, and the 70753 snapshot follows Blizzard's notes of 2 November for 67 talents where the game data does not show their numbers yet, and the 70755 snapshot carries the server hotfixes of 3 and 4 November, which rearranged three trees without a note from Blizzard.
1.60.1.70862
November 7, 2026
The third live client, and loot that only shows up once someone loots it
On Blizzard's CDN under the live product wowf at 04:43 UTC on 7 November, two hours after 70840. We have not read its trees. What arrives on top of it through the hotfix cache is mostly items becoming visible as players loot them - Matriarch's Prowlers, Fury Visor, Razorsteel Shoulders, Diamond Flask - which fits what Blizzard said about raid and dungeon loot being kept out of the client until it drops.
not read by us
1.60.1.70840
November 7, 2026
A client in the middle of the first hotfix days
On Blizzard's CDN under the live product wowf at 02:28 UTC on 7 November, one and a half hours after Blizzard posted the final version of its first hotfix list for 5 and 6 November. We have not read its trees; the snapshot of 70755 already carries the talent hotfixes of 3 and 4 November.
not read by us
1.60.1.70790
November 4, 2026
The client the game launched with
On Blizzard's CDN under the live product wowf at 18:08 UTC on 4 November, during the maintenance before launch and five hours before the servers opened at 3:00 p.m. PST. We have not read its trees. Talent changes from the days around launch came through the hotfix cache rather than the client, and those are in the snapshot of 70755.
not read by us
1.60.1.70755
November 3, 2026
Three trees rearranged by hotfix the day before launch
On Blizzard's CDN under the live product wowf at 18:16 UTC on 3 November, a day after 70753. Our snapshot reads its trees from talentsforever.com, which lays the server hotfixes of 3 and 4 November over the client. Those hotfixes are datamined, not announced: no Blizzard note covers the row changes below, so everything here is a rumor until the game itself confirms it.
18 talent changes read
1.60.1.70753
November 2, 2026
The rogue rebuilt, and Blizzard's notes for launch
On Blizzard's CDN under the product wowf at 21:35 UTC on 2 November, hours before Blizzard posted the development notes for everything since 15 October on the evening of the same day, Pacific time. Those notes belong to this state, and they also confirm the paladin and druid rebuild that 70630 already showed. Our snapshot reads the trees of this client from talentsforever.com; for 67 talents in eight classes that source already sets the numbers of the notes where the game data does not show them yet.
57 talent changes read
1.60.1.70707
October 30, 2026
Weaker hunter auras that did not last
On Blizzard's CDN under the product wowf, recorded at 03:20 UTC on 30 October. Against 70685 it changes 240 files and adds 126. We have not read its trees; the snapshot of 70630 already carries the server hotfixes of 28 and 30 October, and the next one we read is 70753.
not read by us
1.60.1.70685
October 28, 2026
A small client between two hotfixes
On Blizzard's CDN under the product wowf, recorded at 22:57 UTC on 28 October, with 62 changed files against 70658. We have not read its trees, and Blizzard has published no notes for it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70658
October 28, 2026
381 files a day after the first live client
On Blizzard's CDN under the product wowf, recorded at 00:57 UTC on 28 October, with 381 changed files against 70634. We have not read its trees, and Blizzard has published no notes for it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70634
October 27, 2026
29 files on the day of the first live client
On Blizzard's CDN under the product wowf, recorded at 15:26 UTC on 27 October, half a day after 70630, with 29 changed files. We have not read its trees, and Blizzard has published no notes for it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70630
October 27, 2026
Paladin and druid rebuilt a week before launch
The first live client after the beta, on Blizzard's CDN under the product wowf at 01:44 UTC on 27 October, with 1,254 changed files against 70532. Our snapshot reads the trees of this client and adds the server hotfixes of 28 and 30 October for six classes - read from the hotfix cache, not from the client's files. Blizzard has published no notes for any of it.
88 talent changes read
1.60.1.70532
October 21, 2026
The first client under the live product
On Blizzard's CDN at 16:45 UTC on 21 October as the live product wowf, and on the 22nd for the beta too. Against 70450 only shaders change; no data table is touched, so no talents either. It was the last client of the beta, which closed on 23 October.
not read by us
1.60.1.70450
October 17, 2026
Pets, mounts and outfits that are not meant for Forever
On Blizzard's CDN at 22:29 UTC on 16 October, not a day after 70425, and recorded at 00:56 UTC on the 17th. It adds 22 spells and 23 items and changes nothing that was there before; talents and spells are those of 70425. Blizzard has published no notes for it, but has said something about its contents.
not read by us
1.60.1.70425
October 16, 2026
Four trees rebuilt, and races without weapon specializations
On Blizzard's CDN at 00:50 UTC on 16 October, 35 minutes after Blizzard posted the development notes for the build of the 15th, and recorded at 06:42 UTC. With 2,780 changed rows in the tracker's count it is the largest client since the beta opened, and the first since 70291 whose trees we have read. What the notes promise for the mage, priest, shaman and warlock trees is in it.
37 talent changes read
1.60.1.70374
October 14, 2026
Mostly sounds, among them the demon hunters
On Blizzard's CDN at 23:25 UTC on 13 October, three and a half days after 70338, and recorded at 00:56 UTC on the 14th. It reworks some 420 sound files and drops the map images of a Battle for Azeroth raid; the only data tables it touches are two indexes. Blizzard has published no notes for it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70338
October 10, 2026
New shaders, the same game
On Blizzard's CDN at 05:05 UTC on 10 October, six hours after 70334, and recorded at 06:43 UTC. It changes graphics shaders and the game's loader, no data table. Blizzard has published no notes for it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70334
October 10, 2026
A companion called Azurky, and two items for eternal explorers
On Blizzard's CDN at 22:49 UTC on 9 October, a day after 70291, and recorded at 01:08 UTC on the 10th. The client's own files change only the loader, the crash handlers and the list of item icons. With its hotfix data the tracker counts nine new or changed rows - a companion pet and two items nobody had announced at the time. Six days later Blizzard named all three as the Forever bonus of a subscription offer.
not read by us
1.60.1.70291
October 9, 2026
The warrior rework arrives, a week after the notes
Recorded at 01:10 UTC on 9 October; wago.tools lists it on Blizzard's CDN on the evening of the 8th, before Blizzard posted that day's development notes. It is the first client since 70170 that changes the data tables - 1,600 rows in the tracker's count - and the first since then whose trees we have read. The Fury and Protection rework that the notes of 1 October put "in today's build" is in them now.
18 talent changes read
1.60.1.70245
October 7, 2026
One more client without the warrior
Recorded at 01:08 UTC on 7 October, a day after 70235. The tracker that regenerates from Blizzard's CDN found no change in its tables, and Blizzard posted nothing for it. The development notes of 8 October came with the next client, 70291.
not read by us
1.60.1.70235
October 6, 2026
A new program, the same game
Recorded at 01:05 UTC on 6 October, under two hours after Blizzard restarted the beta realms. The files that changed are the game's loader and its crash handlers - nothing the game reads its talents, spells or items from. Blizzard has published no notes for it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70205
October 3, 2026
Shaders and two interface files, and the fixes came without a build
The third client after the level 30 update, recorded at 06:49 UTC on 3 October. It changes graphics shaders and two interface files, no data table. Both bugs Blizzard reported fixed in the days that followed were fixed while this client stayed in place.
not read by us
1.60.1.70178
October 2, 2026
Half a day later, and nothing in the tables
The second client after the level 30 update, recorded at 12:41 UTC on 2 October. The tracker that regenerates from Blizzard's CDN found no change in its tables against 70170, and Blizzard has posted nothing about it.
not read by us
1.60.1.70170
October 1, 2026
Level 30, and the Feral tree Blizzard had promised
The build that came back from maintenance on 1 October: level cap 30, the Excavation Site, Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, and the longest development notes of the beta so far. In the talent trees it is a small build - one Feral talent gone, two new, one moved up a row, two renamed. The large warrior rework in the notes is not in the trees we read.
7 talent changes read
1.60.1.70124
September 30, 2026
On the CDN a day early
The third client in two days, recorded at 06:46 UTC on 30 September - and again no change in the tracker's tables. It was not the build the beta came back with on 1 October; that one was 70170, a day later.
not read by us
1.60.1.70058
September 29, 2026
The build number that went down
Twelve hours after 1.60.1.70094 the beta branch was pointed at a client with a lower number, and again nothing in the data tables moved. Blizzard published nothing for either, which is why the first thread about this build is a player asking where the notes are.
not read by us
1.60.1.70094
September 29, 2026
The first client in five days, and nothing in it
For five days 1.60.1.70009 was the client while the data changed underneath it through the hotfix cache. Then a new client arrived and the relationship reversed: the number moved, the tables did not.
not read by us
1.60.1.70009
September 24, 2026
The first build that moves talents
The build that came with Blizzard's first full development notes - and the first one whose talent trees no longer match the BlizzCon stage. Four talents are gone, two were renamed, two were replaced by different abilities in the same slot, and six moved - five of them into a different row, which changes what they cost.
14 talent changes read
1.60.1.69977
September 22, 2026
Mac and controller fixes, no game content
A client update with three named fixes and nothing that touches the game itself. Blizzard said so, and both build trackers that read the client agree: nothing they read had changed.
not read by us
1.60.1.69913
September 18, 2026
The first update after the doors opened
Less than a day after the beta servers went live the client was updated, and then sat unchanged across the whole weekend. Blizzard posted no notes for it. What is known about it comes from datamining, and this is the build most of our dungeon data is labelled with.
not read by us
1.60.1.69893
September 16, 2026
The build the beta opened on
Pushed the evening before the doors opened on 17 September. This is the build every tracker started reading from, which is also why the numbers from that week do not line up: what one tracker calls the state before the first patch, another calls the first patch.
not read by us
BlizzCon build
September 14, 2026
The BlizzCon preview build
Not a beta build, but the baseline everything is measured against. The nine trees on this page are the ones the talent calculator showed until 25 September: 470 talents, read off the BlizzCon preview rather than out of a client anybody could install.
not read by us
One page per beta build. What sits under "read from the client" comes from our own talent snapshots in data/talent-snapshots - the same files the calculator is built from. What sits under "reported" comes from other people's builds and is labelled as such, including where those reports disagree with each other.