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Illuminoctis
Illuminoctis runs Bind on Forever, writes and checks its articles, and makes the BoF Guide, the site's in-game leveling guide. They play WoW Forever, Hardcore above all.

How the articles are checked
Every article names the game build it was checked against. Numbers come from the game files or the server's own values, Blizzard's words are linked to the post they come from, and claims from creators or players carry their name and are labelled as theirs. When a later build changes something, the article gets an update line and a new date. The rules for every source are on our sources.
The BoF Guide
The in-game leveling guide for WoW Forever, free from level 1 to 30, on CurseForge and Wago. About the guide.
Articles (81)
- WoW Forever build 70840: an Elixir of Endless Experience, low-level Thunderfury and Sulfuras, and five dungeon maps · Change report · Nov 7, 2026
- WoW Forever class tuning on November 10: Hunter pets, Voidwalkers, Affliction's Wrack and Enhancement Shaman's Strength · News · Nov 7, 2026
- WoW Forever hotfixes, November 6: Voidwalker health, the Tanning Rack at 125, Kerlonian's horn and every other fix · News · Nov 7, 2026
- WoW Forever hotfixes, November 5: Plainsrunning in battlegrounds, Skyborne Druid training, respawns, and the known issues · News · Nov 6, 2026, updated Nov 7, 2026
- Pouch of Violet Dust in WoW Forever: how to get the Twitch drop toy before Nov 12, and what it does to your camp · News · Nov 6, 2026
- WoW Forever quest help: where to go for the 11 quests players searched most this week · Guide · Nov 6, 2026
- Taldramir, the Whispering Wood: WoW Forever's first legendary staff, and what the game files say about its questline · News · Nov 6, 2026
- The Great Outdoors in WoW Forever: where each start's camping quest is, and what Boosted Rest really does · Explainer · Nov 6, 2026
- How to get WoW Forever Legacy points fast, which alts to make, and which perks to buy · Guide · Nov 5, 2026
- Night Watchman's Torch in WoW Forever: where to get it in Duskwood, and what it lights · Guide · Nov 5, 2026
- WoW Forever launch patch notes checked: every Nov 2 class change is live, tank threat included · Change report · Nov 3, 2026, updated Nov 4, 2026
- Classic or Enhanced in WoW Forever: what each Experience Preset turns on, and how to switch later · Explainer · Nov 3, 2026
- WoW Forever build 70707: Darkmoon Faire dates are set, the zombie spells reach the client, and proc roots get their own diminishing returns · Change report · Oct 30, 2026
- Can you stack elixirs in WoW Forever? Yes: there are no Battle or Guardian slots, and only flasks limit each other · Explainer · Oct 30, 2026
- Innervate in WoW Forever: unchanged from Classic, with a 6 min cooldown, and it now replaces Skyborne's Read Leyline · Explainer · Oct 30, 2026
- A group invite won't move you any more, and the Orgrimmar gate pop-in is gone, says Blizzard's last podcast before launch · News · Oct 29, 2026
- WoW Forever Hunter nerf cuts Aspect of the Hawk and Trueshot Aura, and Ice Lance gets a cooldown · News · Oct 29, 2026, updated Nov 3, 2026
- A zombie plague is in WoW Forever's server data: the 2008 event's spells, plus new ones of Forever's own · News · Oct 29, 2026, updated Oct 30, 2026
- WoW Forever guilds: how to create one, the Guild Finder, guild banks and the Discord link · Explainer · Oct 27, 2026
- What changed for the WoW Forever Skyborne during the beta: every racial, build by build · Explainer · Oct 27, 2026, updated Oct 27, 2026
- The BoF Guide's 30-60 routes are on sale: what's in a pack, the price, and how to add it · News · Oct 26, 2026, updated Nov 1, 2026
- Classic or Enhanced mode in WoW Forever: what each changes, and why your quests aren't on the map · Explainer · Oct 26, 2026
- WoW Forever's last racial changes before launch: Human, Dwarf, Tauren, Orc, Troll, Undead and Skyborne · News · Oct 26, 2026, updated Nov 7, 2026
- How layering works in WoW Forever: familiar faces, zone caps and the 3-minute warning · Explainer · Oct 25, 2026, updated Oct 29, 2026
- The WoW Forever Legacy system: how points work, what they buy, and what carries over · Explainer · Oct 25, 2026
- WoW Forever launch checklist: everything to do before November 4 · Guide · Oct 24, 2026, updated Nov 3, 2026
- The best race for Hardcore in WoW Forever: every racial that can save a life · Explainer · Oct 24, 2026, updated Oct 27, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.84: Ctrl-click any step to see it on the world map · News · Oct 24, 2026
- Does WoW Forever have dual spec? Yes, from level 40 · Explainer · Oct 24, 2026
- Your first hour in WoW Forever: the first quests in every starting zone · Guide · Oct 24, 2026
- The WoW Forever beta ends today: what happens between now and launch on November 4 · News · Oct 23, 2026
- WoW Forever adds an RP-PvP ruleset at launch, after Blizzard said no on the podcast · News · Oct 23, 2026
- WoW Forever controller support: play with a gamepad, dungeons and healing included · Explainer · Oct 22, 2026, updated Nov 4, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.82: four fixes from your reports, from Thunder Bluff's Pools of Vision to quests that came back after login · News · Oct 22, 2026
- Level cap 60 for good, no NA and EU play together, and the first raid bosses, says Blizzard's end-of-beta podcast · News · Oct 22, 2026
- Can campfires kill you in WoW Forever? Yes, in the beta, and Blizzard says it will take another look · News · Oct 22, 2026
- WoW Forever realms explained: no realm list, but servers, regions and a language setting · Explainer · Oct 22, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.81: start the WoW Forever leveling guide partway through a zone, and it finishes your quests there first · News · Oct 21, 2026
- Were Hunter pets nerfed in WoW Forever? Fast pets stopped out-damaging slow ones, and the game files show a quiet change · News · Oct 21, 2026
- WoW Forever name reservation: when it opens in your region, the three-character limit, and how two-part names work · Explainer · Oct 21, 2026, updated Oct 29, 2026
- WoW Forever raids open December 9: Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair, with the Onyxia attunement · News · Oct 21, 2026, updated Oct 22, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.79: level with a friend from another starting zone, and your BattleTag ready to copy · News · Oct 20, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.80: every window checked, and the WoW Forever leveling guide right in your language · News · Oct 20, 2026
- Do Classic Era addons work in WoW Forever? · Explainer · Oct 20, 2026
- WoW Forever's nine new dungeons: levels, where they are, and how to get into Dalaran · News · Oct 20, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.77: group quests in a party, elites and rares on your map, and a rare alert in the WoW Forever in-game leveling guide · News · Oct 19, 2026
- WoW Forever launch time: November 4 at 3:00 p.m. PST, and the local time in every region · Explainer · Oct 19, 2026
- WoW Forever after level 30: Riverglades, Mount Hyjal and the Barrow Deeps raid, from Blizzard's new video · News · Oct 19, 2026
- WoW Forever mounts: what level, what it costs, and how riding works now · Explainer · Oct 19, 2026
- The Forever Open: what the $100K WoW Forever duel tournament showed about every class · Change report · Oct 19, 2026
- Can you switch rulesets in WoW Forever? No, except a Hardcore character that dies · Explainer · Oct 19, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.76: level with friends on any start's road in the WoW Forever in-game leveling guide · News · Oct 18, 2026
- Are WoW Forever dungeons harder than Classic? The client says enemies hit 20% harder in 22 of them · Explainer · Oct 18, 2026
- WoW Forever Invite-A-Friend codes: what they give, who gets them and when they arrive · Explainer · Oct 18, 2026, updated Nov 6, 2026
- WoW Forever stress test moved to October 21: start times, who can join, and the wipe · News · Oct 17, 2026, updated Oct 21, 2026
- WoW Forever build 70450 gives Arcane Wrath a 6-second cooldown and fixes Amplify Curse · Change report · Oct 16, 2026, updated Oct 17, 2026
- BoF Guide 0.9.73: the free WoW Forever in-game leveling guide now levels your professions to 225 · News · Oct 16, 2026, updated Oct 18, 2026
- Build 70425 checked against the files: the changes Blizzard's notes got wrong or left out · Change report · Oct 16, 2026
- Shadow Priest in build 70425: Devouring Plague and Vampiric Embrace can stay up all fight · Deep dive · Oct 16, 2026
- Less honor from Alterac Valley, no arenas and a duel arena in Hyjal, says Blizzard's PvP podcast · News · Oct 15, 2026
- A Hardcore leveling addon for WoW Forever has one job: warn you before the pull · Guide · Oct 14, 2026
- How to install addons in WoW Forever, leveling guides included · Guide · Oct 14, 2026, updated Nov 7, 2026
- In-game leveling guide, a guide on the web, or play blind: picking how to level in WoW Forever · Guide · Oct 14, 2026, updated Oct 30, 2026
- Does Questie work in WoW Forever? Yes, and the game has its own quest helper too · Explainer · Oct 14, 2026
- RestedXP in WoW Forever: what's free, what $45 buys, and the free alternatives · Explainer · Oct 14, 2026
- We checked all 1,040 lines of Blizzard's WoW Forever notes against the game files · Change report · Oct 14, 2026
- Zygor for WoW Forever: launch in November, inside Elite, maybe not all of 1 to 60 · Explainer · Oct 14, 2026
- Downranking in WoW Forever costs spell power and procs at 60, and early ranks scale better · Deep dive · Oct 12, 2026
- Call of the Ancestors is the level 30 totem set. Blizzard's post says Call of the Spirits. · News · Oct 9, 2026
- Feint and Fade shed five times their Classic threat. Blizzard announced double. · News · Oct 9, 2026
- Shield Wall stops 60% of damage, down from 75%. The class deep dives don't say so. · Change report · Oct 9, 2026
- Every racial Forever changed: 16 reworked, 14 new, 11 gone · Guide · Oct 8, 2026, updated Oct 26, 2026
- Build 70291 cuts every Penance rank, including the two Blizzard says heal more · Change report · Oct 8, 2026
- The Group Finder suggests every new dungeon 2 levels past Blizzard's range · Change report · Oct 8, 2026, updated Oct 18, 2026
- Last Stand kept Classic's tooltip and changed its heal, until build 70291 · Deep dive · Oct 8, 2026, updated Oct 8, 2026
- Dungeon kill XP up 20%, dual spec at 40 and no dungeon maps, says Blizzard's podcast · News · Oct 8, 2026
- Blizzard's notes say 5 minutes. Contingency Plan and Divine Grace say 10. · Change report · Oct 8, 2026
- Shred dropped from 225% to 155% weapon damage. Your weapon decides if it hits harder. · Explainer · Oct 8, 2026
- Trueshot Aura rank 5 gives 50 ranged attack power. Rank 4 gives 75. · News · Oct 8, 2026
- Precision is gone, and off-hand Rage is back at half · News · Oct 8, 2026
- Build 70170 quietly marks every tank stance, and Aquatic Form shrugs off disarms · Change report · Oct 8, 2026