Alliance
Gnome
Gnomes get Eureka!, a class-specific burst that also makes abilities cheaper, and Expansive Mind now raises your maximum mana, energy or rage. Escape Artist remains one of the best escape buttons in PvP.
- Faction
- Alliance
- Starting zone
- Dun Morogh
- Capital
- Ironforge
- Classes
- 5+1 New
Racial abilities
From the WoW Forever client, with values at level 60. Hover or tap an icon for the in-game tooltip.
Escape Artist
Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
Removes every snare and root and makes you immune to them for 3 sec, on a 2 min cooldown. One of the best escape buttons in PvP.
Classic Era: Escape the effects of any immobilization or movement speed reduction effect.
Eureka!
Rogue: Your non-periodic damaging abilities have their Energy cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
Warlock: Your non-periodic damaging abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
Priest: Your non-periodic damaging or healing abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage or healing for 8 sec.
Mage: Your damaging abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
Warrior: Your non-periodic damaging abilities have their Rage cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
For 8 sec, your direct damage abilities cost 10% less and deal 10% more (priests: heals too), on a 2 min cooldown. A burst window that pays for itself.
Engineering Specialization
Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
Engineering devices fail or backfire 20% less often. Only matters if you take Engineering, which many PvP players do.
Classic Era: Engineering skill increased by 15.
Expansive Mind
Priest, Mage, Warlock: Maximum Mana increased by 5%.
Rogue: Maximum Energy increased by 5%.
Warrior: Maximum Rage increased by 5%.
5% more maximum mana, energy or rage, depending on the class. Longer fights for casters and healers, a bigger opener for rogues.
Classic Era: Intelligence increased by 5%.
Removed since Classic
These Classic racials are no longer in the WoW Forever client.
Arcane Resistance · Arcane Resistance increased by 10.
Classes
Gnome can play 5 classes in WoW Forever.
Best for
Mages, warlocks and rogues, plus the new Gnome Priest, whose Eureka! also boosts heals.
Specs that get the most from these racials
- Discipline Priest Eureka! · Expansive Mind · Escape Artist
- Holy Priest Eureka! · Expansive Mind · Escape Artist
- Arms Warrior Eureka! · Escape Artist · Expansive Mind
- Fury Warrior Eureka! · Escape Artist · Expansive Mind
- Assassination Rogue Eureka! · Escape Artist · Expansive Mind
Race description from the game
Though small in stature, the gnomes of Khaz Modan have used their great intellect to secure a place in history. Indeed, their subterranean kingdom, Gnomeregan, was once a marvel of steam-driven technology. Even so, due to a massive trogg invasion, the city was lost. Now its builders are vagabonds in the dwarven lands, aiding their allies as best they can.