WOW FOREVER · PvP

PvP and battlegrounds

Updated October 30, 2026

PvP in WoW Forever blends the classic formula with new ideas: Ranks 1 to 14 and the old battlegrounds are back, but now there are seasons, two currencies (Honor and Rank Points) and a brand-new 15v15 battleground, Darkspear Islands. This page covers what is confirmed, what we saw in the beta and what we only know from Classic so far. Every section is tagged so you know how much to trust it.

15 vs 15 · levels 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 Confirmed in Forever

A set of islands off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh. The Horde fights as the Darkspear Raiders (based at Merchant Coast in The Barrens) and the Alliance as the Theramore Expeditionary Force (based at Northwatch in The Barrens). There are four capture points: the more you hold, the faster you score. A flag spawns in the middle; carry it to a point your team controls for extra points. First team to 2,000 points wins. It plays a lot like Eye of the Storm from The Burning Crusade.

• Holding two points properly beats owning four for a minute and losing them all. Always leave someone on guard.
• The flag only scores at a point you own: before you pick it up, check the map and agree where you'll take it.
• Escort the flag carrier with heals and crowd control; a lone carrier is an easy kill.
• Turn in your Marks of Honor at your Barrens base: they give reputation, and at Exalted there's a short quest chain for the faction tabard. They now stack to 30.
• Pick up the battleground quests at your base: they add reputation with the quartermaster, who sells trinkets, rings, cloaks and weapons.

10 vs 10 · levels 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 Seen in the beta

Capture the flag. Get into the enemy base, take their flag and bring it back to yours while your own flag is still at home. First team to three captures wins.

• Split the team: some attack, some guard your flag and someone holds the middle. If everyone goes for the enemy flag, yours gets stolen.
• The best carrier is tough and fast: a Druid in Travel Form, a well-armored Warrior or anyone with a healer at their side.
• If both flags are out, nobody can score: you have to kill the enemy carrier to return yours.
• Call out where the carrier is going (tunnel, ramp, graveyard) in chat: it saves a lot of deaths.

15 vs 15 · levels 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 Seen in the beta

Resource control. There are five bases: Stables, Blacksmith, Lumber Mill, Gold Mine and Farm. Every base you hold builds resources over time, and the more bases you hold, the faster they come. In Classic the first team to 2,000 resources won (the Forever number isn't confirmed yet). In the beta you could enter from level 20, and the zone quests gave 200 reputation with The League of Arathor or The Defilers.

• Three well-defended bases wins the game. Don't chase a fourth if it leaves one of yours empty.
• A flag takes a while to turn: any hit resets it. Always interrupt whoever is capping.
• At the start, the Blacksmith in the middle matters a lot: whoever holds it reaches everything faster.
• Never leave one person alone on a base against a Rogue or Druid: put two there and call out as soon as someone shows up.

40 vs 40 · levels 51-60 Classic data, unconfirmed

The big 40v40 battle. Each side has reinforcements that drop when a player dies and when they lose towers, bunkers or captains. You win by killing the enemy general (Drek'Thar or Vanndar Stormpike) or by draining the other side's reinforcements. These are the Classic rules: it couldn't be tested in the beta because the level cap was 30.

• In Forever it doesn't pay to only play Alterac: Blizzard has rebalanced Honor so the other battlegrounds give as much or more. Rotate between them.
• Towers and bunkers take a big chunk of the enemy's reinforcements: burning them is usually worth more than brawling mid-road.
• Defend the graveyards near your general: lose them and you respawn far away while the enemy gets there first.
• Before pulling the general, deal with his guards and captains; otherwise the fight drags on and you lose it.

• On the PvP ruleset anyone can attack you in contested zones without warning. On Normal you only fight if you turn PvP on yourself (or attack someone who has it on).
• Blizzard won't protect low-level characters from level 60s on PvP rulesets, whether someone kills them over and over or camps their corpse: they'll only step in for cheating (confirmed on the official podcast). If you pick PvP, expect some rough encounters while leveling.
• Killing enemy players gives Honor, but according to Blizzard Rank Points only come from battlegrounds and PvP quests. To climb ranks, world PvP alone won't do it.
• Layering splits players into groups, and the game tries to keep you with your guild and friends. After the huge fights in the beta (Orgrimmar, Ashenvale), Blizzard is looking at letting the servers detect those battles and give them more capacity.
• Watch what flags you: in the beta Sap was fixed to flag the Rogue when used on a flagged target. In Dalaran (Alterac) the guards attack the Horde on sight, though the dungeon is still open to both factions.
• There's a duel arena in a crater on Mount Hyjal (it was used for the tournament), but Blizzard says it isn't ready yet. Regular duels work anywhere.

• Rank no longer decays every week or depends on competing with the rest of the server: you climb with Rank Points, up to a weekly cap, and start over each season.
• Honor no longer climbs your rank: it's a currency to buy gear, with a cap (25,000 in the beta).
• Seasons of about 4 months with weekly tasks, plus Legacy points for ranks, battleground reputations and season weeks (12 PvP challenges in total, which don't count on Hardcore).
• Two-step gear: a blue set for Honor and an epic version through Emboldened Seals and rank tokens. There are new sets for specs that had none.
• New 15v15 battleground, Darkspear Islands (30-60), with capture points and a flag.
• Honor is rebalanced so Alterac Valley isn't the only option worth playing.
• Premades face premades, and battlegrounds mix players from different rulesets (but not Hardcore).
• Critical strikes no longer have reduced effect in PvP (beta change).
• No arenas: Blizzard prefers 10v10 and 15v15 fights, though it hasn't ruled them out entirely.

PvP techniques for each class: Gameplay techniques

Sources: Notas de la beta de Blizzard (resumen traducido) · Blizzard: WoW Forever llega el 4 de noviembre (es-es) · Blizzard: el Legado de WoW Forever · Novedades del 29 de octubre (entrevista y pódcast oficial) · Warcraft Tavern: PvP Progression in WoW Forever · Icy Veins: WoW Forever PvP Overview · Method: New PvP Ranking System Explained · AccountShark: PvP progression y Darkspear Islands · Guild Order: PvP ranks, battlegrounds and the Field of Honor · Kami Labs: Arathi Basin en el cliente de la beta.