WoW: Forever Beta News: Stress Test Moved, Vendor Prices Cut, and a $100K Tournament Takes Shape

Published October 17, 2026 · Updated October 17, 2026

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Blizzard rescheduled the next WoW: Forever stress test, kept adjusting beta item balance and vendor prices, and shared new details about the upcoming $100K tournament.

Stress Test Rescheduled

Blizzard has pushed back the next WoW: Forever stress test from October 19th to October 21st.

Beta Balance Changes Continue

The latest beta build changed several Common-quality item drops in starting zones to Uncommon quality. Separately, Blizzard reduced more vendor prices in the beta, continuing a pattern of repeated price cuts that reportedly have been hitting gold-makers as apparent collateral from the broader effort against gold-sellers and bots. A report also asked whether vendor shuffles are dead in WoW: Forever given these repeated adjustments.

Bug Fix for Druids

Blizzard announced a hotfix addressing a bug that had prevented players from completing the Druid Cat Form quest in WoW: Forever.

New Art Assets and Blizzard's Response

Players discovered new mounts, pets, toys, and transmog sets in a recent WoW: Forever beta build. Blizzard subsequently released a statement clarifying these newly found art assets.

Missing Animations Noted

A YouTube video raised the point that WoW: Forever is missing animations considered important to Classic WoW.

$100K Tournament Details

In the WoW: Forever podcast, Senior Game Designer Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield announced that Blizzard will provide an official dueling arena on the second day of the Forever Open $100k dueling tournament. Separately, this week's Pull10 podcast episode featured Tips Out, one of the organizers of major Classic WoW tournaments and of the WoW Forever Beta Tournament, discussing the $100K event.

Patch Notes and Guides

Mobalytics published a rundown of the October 15 beta patch notes. A separate YouTube video offered a guide to pets in World of Warcraft Forever.

GDKP Allowed in Korea

Inven Global reported that World of Warcraft: Forever will allow GDKP in Korea.