Race

The World of Warcraft is inhabited by many races of intelligent beings. These races speak different languages, have different homelands and racial traits, and can pursue different classes.

Though most races in WoW come from the world of Azeroth, some come from other worlds, such as Draenor, and the armies of the Burning Legion are culled from many worlds throughout the Twisting Nether!

Playable Races
Base stats do not include the bonus scores from classes. The class bonuses are:

Burning Crusade Updates

 * 5/5/2006 WoW General - Eyonix - I believe the current plan is to allow the Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock and Warrior as available character classes for the Blood Elves upon the release of the Burning Crusade. Much can change between now and then, however. 
 * 5/10/2006, New York Times article What classes will be available to the Draenei? Warrior, Priest, Paladin, Mage and Hunter. We might change that, however, maybe add or remove a class. 

Other Races
Below are listed the major, generally sentient, races featuring in World of Warcraft, as well as some tribes and clans that differ physically from their playable counterparts, like the Dark Iron dwarves and the Grimtotem Tauren.


 * Player controlled Dwarves are considered to be members of the Bronzebeard Clan, while player controlled Trolls are Jungle Trolls.
 * For the full list see the Creatures category.