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Build 70170 → 70205

Build 70205 came out on Oct 3, 2026, 27 hours after build 70170. The highlights come first; every section below shows the old and the new values.

Beta data

At a glance

Blizzard’s posts

Found in the game data

  • 2 interface files changed. In ChatFrameBase and SharedTalentUI: +3 −3 lines.

  • Launcher, crash reporter and client libraries: 17 files updated

  • Graphics shaders: 511 files updated

Found by datamining

Not confirmedFound in the game files by our tools, not announced by Blizzard. Strongest evidence first: interface code (the game already uses it), new data rows, then texts alone, which prove little: the client carries every WoW version’s texts.Datamining in the glossary

What this build’s files hint at before Blizzard says anything: new texts, interface code and game data. Datamined by us and not confirmed by Blizzard, so plans can change.

  1. RulesetsEvidence: game data

    Rulesets: new game data

    The ruleset settings table changed (1 row).

    Evidence (1)
    • DataCfg_SuperDistrict 14 · server hotfixContentSetID: – → 136 · Field_1_60_1_69876_001: – → 7

Found automatically on every new build: new client texts grouped by topic, new interface code and settings, and new game data, scored by how much they matter to players. Entries marked “Reviewed by hand” were checked and worded by us.

Game changes

Spells, items, quests and other objects whose data changed, with the old and new values.

Spells

1
  • ChangedBoosted Rest#1229451Hotfix

    1 field changed

    Technical field (1)
    Spell basics · Attributes
    -15435038720110485761048832000000000008192

First seen on the servers

137

The game downloaded these from Blizzard’s servers for the first time during this build. They are new to our data, not necessarily new to the game.

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Interface code

Commit on GitHub

Blizzard’s interface files that changed, line by line.

Show the 2 interface files (+3 −3 lines)
  • Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Shared/ChatFrameEditBox.lua +1 −1

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  • Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_SharedTalentUI/Blizzard_TalentDisplay.lua +2 −2

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Data tables

addedchangedremoved

Every game data table with changed rows, from the client files or from server hotfixes.

Show the 4 tables (4 rows)
TableSourceRows
TraitNodeTraitNode
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Realm groupsCfg_SuperDistrict · Realm groups (“super districts”) per region.
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CreatureDisplayInfoCreatureDisplayInfo
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SpellProceduralEffectSpellProceduralEffect
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Shown in Spells
Spell basics 1 changed

Client files

addedchangedremoved

542 of 1,441,790 client files changed

  • Interface code (Lua, XML)2 changed
    • interface/addons/blizzard_chatframebase/shared/chatframeeditbox.lua
    • interface/addons/blizzard_sharedtalentui/blizzard_talentdisplay.lua
  • Graphics shaders511 changed
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/animacompute.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/clusteredshading_assignlights.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/clusteredshading_froxelgrid.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/cmaa2_computedispatchargs.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/cmaa2_debugdrawedges.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/cmaa2_deferredcolorapply2x2.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/cmaa2_edgescolor2x2.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/cmaa2_processcandidates.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/fogdepth.bls
    • shaders/compute/mtl_1_1/fsr.bls
    • and 501 more
  • Launcher, crash reporter and client libraries17 changed
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandler-arm64.dll
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandler-china.dll
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandler.dll
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandlerb-arm64.dll
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandlerb.dll
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandlert-arm64.dll
    • utils/windowsexceptionhandlert.dll
    • utils/wowwindowsexceptionhandler-arm64.dll
    • utils/wowwindowsexceptionhandler-china.dll
    • utils/wowwindowsexceptionhandler.dll
    • and 7 more
  • Files without a public name2 added10 changed
    • File 8504684
    • File 8504687
    • File 4550008
    • File 4551815
    • File 4852495
    • File 5614424
    • File 5760511
    • File 5846318
    • File 6022681
    • File 6099348
    • File 6649072
    • File 6684718

Files outside the interface folder are named with the community listfile (wowdev/wow-listfile).

What Blizzard said

Blue posts and articles from this build’s window, newest first.

Blue post

  1. by KaivaxUS forums124 replies

    Warrior Updates in Today's Beta Build

    25 changes · 3 developers’ notes in 3 sections

    Of its 25 changes, 0 match a change we found in this build’s game files (linked under each one); the other 25 are Blizzard’s word only (marked “Blizzard only”): often server-side rules or fixes the client files never show.

    A number of additional updates for Warriors in WoW Forever made it into today’s new Beta build, and we just added all of the following to our Development Notes for today.

    Warrior 25

    On this site: Warrior

    • Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%). Blizzard only
    • Fixed a bug that was causing Dual Wield Specialization to grant its increase to Hit Chance to both weapons. Blizzard only

    • Developers’ notes: Because of the above bug, our tests needed some correcting, so we did another pass on Fury Warrior.

    Fury 16

    On this site: Fury

    • Developers’ notes: Our goal here is to give Fury more access to utility and meaningful choices early in the tree for leveling, and free up points later for more choices instead of being stuck placing points into Enrage to get Flurry.

    • Booming Voice is now a 10/20/30/40/50% increase area of effect to your Shouts and a 5/10/15/20/25% reduction to their Rage costs. Blizzard only
    • Unbridled Wrath no longer grants twice as much Rage to two-handed weapons. Blizzard only
    • New Talent Lingering Rage in Row 2 of Fury. Lingering Rage increases the time before your Rage begins to decay when leaving combat by 2/4/6/8/10 seconds. Blizzard only
    • Blood Craze no longer activates off of Bloodthirst casts. Blizzard only
    • The Improved Cleave talent has been removed. Blizzard only
    • The Boundless Rage talent has been removed. Blizzard only
    • New Talent Furious Precision in Row 3 of Fury. Furious Precision increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4/7/10%. Blizzard only
    • Raging Blows now reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3. Blizzard only
    • Raging Blows no longer causes your Whirlwind to strike with your offhand. Whirlwind will now always strike with both weapons without requiring a talent point. Blizzard only
    • Dual Wield Specialization no longer grants hit to your off-hand attacks. Blizzard only
    • Enrage is no longer required to reach the Flurry talent. Blizzard only
    • Death Wish is now required to reach the Flurry talent. Blizzard only
    • New Talent Gore Drinker in Row 6 of Fury, requires the Enrage talent. Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 0.5/1% of your maximum Health. Blizzard only
    • Improved Berserker Rage moved to Row 5 of Fury (Was Row 6). Blizzard only
    • Berserker Rage is now available at level 30 (Was 32) Blizzard only
    • Bloodthirst’s Attack Power ratio has been increased to 45% (Was 35%). Blizzard only
    Protection 7

    On this site: Protection

    • Developers’ notes: Our goal is to give non-shield users a clear path to the middle of the tree, where Protection could serve as a PvP tech secondary specialization, with more access to Improved Bloodrage, Iron Will, Improved Disarm, Last Stand, and Improved Shield Bash.

    • Iron Will moved to the Row 1 of Protection (Was Row 2 of Fury). Blizzard only
    • Anticipation moved to Row 2 (Was Row 1). Blizzard only
    • Toughness has been removed. Blizzard only
    • Improved Bloodrage moved to Row 1 (Was Row 2). Blizzard only
    • Improved Revenge moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3). Blizzard only
    • Improved Disarm moved to Row 3 (Was Row 4). Blizzard only
    • Improved Shield Bash moved to Row 4 (Was Row 5). Blizzard only

  2. by KaivaxUS forums78 replies

    Beta Service Issue - October 1

    We’re aware of and working to address an issue that appears to be preventing testers from logging into the WoW: Forever Beta.

    We will continue to work to fix this as swiftly as possible.

  3. by KaivaxUS forums26 replies

    Temporary Dialog Bug for Australian Testers

    With the new build of the WoW Forever Beta, we have an unexpected bug where Australian players are being presented with a dialog when they log in telling them their social features are locked down. This is not the case, of course.

    We’ll get the bug fixed as soon as possible.

News

  1. WoW: Forever Classes Take Center Stage in This Week’s Wow Weekly

    A new week brings even more to discover across World of Warcraft. Explore the latest WoW: Forever class spotlights featuring the Hunter, Druid, Priest, and Warrior, and tune in for episode 2 of the WoW: Forever Podcast. Then, see what’s on the horizon for Midnight with the 12.1.5 content update. Discover it all in…

    In the article: Watch Now! WoW: Forever Podcast Ep.2 · World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives · Hunter and Druid · Priest and Warrior · Midnight’s 12.1.5 Content Update Arrives October 13 · Watch Holly Longdale and Clay Stone’s Keynote Presentations Live from PAX Aus 9-11 October

Hotfix caches

The server data the game cached on each build, compared record by record.

Cache of build 70170
27,107 records, last written Oct 1, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC
Cache of build 70205
28,752 records, last written Oct 3, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC
New hotfix pushes
  • Push 112323 · 1 record in TraitNode
  • Push 112350 · 944 records in QuestV2, QuestV2CliTask
  • Push 112369 · 1 record in Realm groups
  • Push 112378 · 2 records in CreatureDisplayInfo, SpellProceduralEffect
  • Push 112402 · 2 records in Spell basics, Spell scripts
  • Push 112405 · 1 record in Spell scripts
Encryption keys
No new keys: no hidden content was unlocked.
Item lookups
257 item records came from the client looking items up; they are listed as “first seen”, not as changes.

Browse the server-side data