The Skyborne

The High Order and the Windshapers

High Order Skyborne

Alliance - Arcane legacy

The High Order is called back to Azeroth to win back the arcane knowledge it has lost.

Classes

• Warrior
• Hunter
• Mage
• Rogue
• Druid

Racials only the High Order Skyborne have

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  Read Leyline

  Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 30 sec if no leyline is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.

  Cooldown 2 min

All racials of the High Order Skyborne

Windshaper Skyborne

Horde - Elemental tradition

The Windshapers leave Skywall to find out what became of their missing elemental mentors.

Classes

• Warrior
• Hunter
• Rogue
• Druid
• Shaman

Racials only the Windshaper Skyborne have

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  Skysight

  Attempt to draw power from a convergence of elements and receive its blessing, increasing your movement and mounted movement speeds by 10%. Lasts 30 sec if no elemental convergence is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.

  Cooldown 2 min

All racials of the Windshaper Skyborne

What both races share

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  Elemental Insight

  Damage dealt versus Elementals increased by 5%.

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  Walk on Air

  Glide downward through the air for 10 sec while controlling your direction of travel.

  Cooldown 1.5 min
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  Wind Blessed

  Increases your spellcasting, melee, and ranged Haste by 3%.

Both races can be Druids, Hunters, Rogues and Warriors; the High Order add Mages and the Windshapers add Shamans. Read from the beta client; Blizzard’s post on the race gives the same split. Meet the Skyborne (opens in a new tab)

Zephras Isle

The starting island of both Skyborne races. Blizzard describes it as levels 1 to 12, and the quest list holds 110 quests here, from level 1 to 13, all new in Forever. They are the same for both factions.

1. Level 1Coming of Age
2. Level 1Harmony in Balance
3. Level 1Welcome!
4. Level 2Falling With Style
5. Level 2Infestation Investigation
6. Level 2The Anchors of Zephras
7. Level 3Agitators
8. Level 3Elemental Unrest
9. Level 3The Cirrusfly Queen
10. Level 4Aetheen of the Gales
11. Level 4Aggressive Encroachment
12. Level 4Call of Earth
13. Level 4Harvesting Windstones
14. Level 4Reading the Ley Lines
15. Level 4Return to Rorian
16. Level 4The Gift of Skysight
17. Level 5Al'Aketh Thugs
18. Level 5Foul Matriarch

All 110 quests of Zephras IsleLeveling 1 to 10

Creating a Skyborne

HD and SD Skyborne: visual updates

Standard Definition Skyborne characters are planned for early 2027, which is after the 4 November launch. Blizzard has shown an early work-in-progress image and says more details will come closer to release.

• Blizzard is reworking the High Definition (HD) Skyborne Druid forms so they fit the look of the rest of the game: crisper edges, more detailed fur and adjusted color saturation.
• The Skyborne come from a more exotic setting, but the team wants their Druid forms to match the visual style of the other creatures in the world.
• Blizzard agrees with the feedback that the HD Skyborne can look out of place next to the Standard Definition (SD) models and environments.
• Standard Definition Skyborne player characters, with SD Druid forms, are in development for players who prefer the SD look.

Blizzard’s post on Skyborne visual updates (opens in a new tab)