WoW Forever Hides Over 12,500 Items From Dataminers

Blizzard is keeping almost 40 percent of World of Warcraft: Forever's item database away from dataminers. Of nearly 32,000 items found in the files, more than 12,500 have hidden statistics, according to Icy Veins. Datamining tools can confirm those items exist and point to where many of them come from, but the numbers attached to them stay encrypted. Many are believed to be new, while others look like modified versions of gear from WoW Classic. The beta already contains new dungeons, abilities and a playable race. That gap is deliberate, and it is designed to keep the expansion's surprises intact for launch.

Players have uncovered more than 4,400 of the hidden items so far, and once an item is found the game's backend reveals it. A large share of the unknowns come from raids and dungeons, including tier sets; early low-level dungeon sets and full loot tables for Wailing Caverns, Ragefire Chasm, Shadowfang Keep and the Deadmines are already known. The beta's level cap sits at 20 and will rise to 30 before it ends, which should expose considerably more dungeon loot as testers push further into the game. Dataminers note that some remaining entries may never ship at all.

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Where this story ran: one outlet on 30 September 2026. The summary above is written by GamersGuild; the links go to the original reports.

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