The Warcraft universe is inhabited by many races of sentient and sapient beings. These races speak many different languages, have different homelands and racial traits, and can pursue different classes.
Though most races are native to the world of Azeroth, some have arrived from other worlds, such as Draenor. The armies of the Burning Legion are culled from many worlds throughout the Twisting Nether.
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In Warcraft lore, race often has the same definition as species.[1] Occasionally, within a race/species are groups called subspecies/subraces[2][3][4] Note that use of race may not always denote separate species however (and may refer to ethnicities/subraces/subspecies within species, i.e. blood elves vs. high elves).
Playable races
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Faction | Race | Priest | Rogue | Warrior | Mage | Druid | Hunter | Warlock | Shaman | Paladin | Monk | Death knight | Str | Agi | Sta | Int | Spi |
Alliance
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Human | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20† | |||||||||||
Dwarf | 25 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Night elf | 16 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Gnome | 15 | 22 | 20 | 23† | 20 | ||||||||||||
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Horde
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Orc | 23 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 22 | |||||||||||
Undead | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 25 | ||||||||||||
Tauren | 25 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Troll | 21 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 21 | ||||||||||||
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† Note that Humans receive a +5% racial bonus to Spirit and Gnomes receive a +5% racial bonus to Intellect. These bonuses are not reflected in the table above, and they are actually calculated after the class and level bonuses are added.
Base stats do not include the bonus scores from classes.? The class bonuses are:
Attribute | Priest | Rogue | Warrior | Mage | Monk† | Druid | Hunter | Warlock | Shaman | Paladin | Death Knight* |
Strength | +1 | +3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +88 | ||||
Agility | +3 | +1 | +3 | +53 | |||||||
Stamina | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +79 | |||
Intellect | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +9 | ||||
Spirit | +3 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +22 |
* Death knight bonus stats represent a level 55 character.
Burning Crusade races
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Cataclysm races
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Mists of Pandaria race
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Allied races
- Main article: Allied races
A new feature in Battle for Azeroth is the ability for players to unlock allied races. After completing certain requirements, the player will then be tasked with completing a short scenario and officially unlocking them. Allied races start at level 20 and, if the player chooses to level them to max, they will unlock a race-specific set of Heritage Armor.
"Subraces"
Subraces (aka subspecies)[3] are generally considered lesser groups within a main race/species. However, even these subgroups can be considered separate races or species themselves in some cases.
- Elf sub-races can include Blood elves and High elves. Night elves may be distinct enough to be a truly separate race or species.
- Dwarf sub-races can include Wildhammer, Ironforge, or Dark Iron dwarves.
- The various types of trolls are usually considered separate subraces, though occasionally separate races.[5][6][7] The terms appear to be interchangeable to Blizzard.
- Aesir and vanir are considered two of the titan's various subraces.[8]
See also
- Lists
- Creatures - all species (including non-sapient)
- Factions
- Languages
- Racial traits
- Mounts
- Small Pets
- Species
- Background and analysis
References
- ^ Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 38
- ^ Alliance & Horde Compendium, 22
- ^ a b World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, 50
- ^ Horde Player's Guide, 10
- ^ The Last Guardian, ??
- ^ Manual of Monsters, ??
- ^ Horde Player's Guide, 143
- ^ Shadows & Light, 107
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