Undead (playable)

Core races
Human Dwarf Night elf Gnome Draenei Worgen	Pandaren Dracthyr		Orc Undead Tauren Troll Blood elf Goblin
Allied races
Void elf Lightforged draenei Dark Iron dwarf Kul Tiran Mechagnome		Nightborne Highmountain tauren Mag'har orc Zandalari troll Vulpera

This article is about the playable undead Forsaken. For information about the Forsaken in general, see Forsaken.

Undead
Icon of Torment
Character classes	Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior, Death knight, Hunter
Main language	Gutterspeak
Secondary language	Orcish
Starting zone	Deathknell, Tirisfal Glades
Racial leader	File:IconSmall Sylvanas Small.gifDark Lady Sylvanas Windrunner
Capital	Undercity, Tirisfal Glades
Racial mount	File:IconSmall SkeletalHorse Small.gif Skeletal Horse

The undead of the Undercity faction, better known as the undead Forsaken (also simply called Forsaken), is a faction of playable undead Forsaken in World of Warcraft allied with the Horde.

The undead (Forsaken) start in Deathknell, a sub-zone located in western Tirisfal Glades.

Background

Undead character creation screen.

Bound to the iron will of the tyrant Lich King, the vast undead armies of the Scourge seek to eradicate all life on Azeroth. Led by the banshee Sylvanas Windrunner, one group of undead broke away from the Scourge in a small period of time when the Lich King lost some of his power, and they freed themselves of the Lich King's domination. These renegades call themselves the Forsaken. They fight a constant battle not only to retain their freedom from the Scourge, but also to exterminate those who would hunt them as monsters.

With Sylvanas as their banshee queen, the Forsaken have built a dark stronghold beneath the ruins of Lordaeron’s former capital city. This hidden 'Undercity' forms a sprawling labyrinth that stretches beneath the haunted woods of the Tirisfal Glades. From this bastion, the Forsaken wage an unending battle against the Scourge as well as the remaining humans who still seek to reclaim their lands. For though the very land is cursed, the zealous humans of the Scarlet Crusade cling to their scattered holdings, obsessed with eradicating the undead and retaking their once-beautiful homeland.

Convinced that the primitive races of the Horde can help them achieve victory over their enemies, the Forsaken have entered an alliance of convenience with the savage orcs and the proud tauren. Harboring no true loyalty for their new allies, they will go to any lengths to ensure their dark plans come to fruition.

As one of the Forsaken, you must eliminate any who pose a threat to the new order – be they human, undead, or otherwise.

Character

As of , the undead are able to play as hunters.

Starting attributes

	Base	Mage	Priest	Rogue	Warlock	Warrior	Death Knight	Hunter
Strength	19	19	19	20	19	22	107	19
Agility	18	18	18	21	18	18	71	21
Stamina	21	21	21	22	22	23	99	22
Intellect	18	21	20	18	20	18	27	18
Spirit	25	27	28	25	27	25	47	26

Racial traits

[Will of the Forsaken] - instant - 2 min cooldown
Removes any Charm, Fear and Sleep effect. This shares a 30 second cooldown with other similar effects.
[Cannibalize] - instant - 2 min cooldown
When activated, restores 8 to 9% of total health and mana every 2 seconds for 10 seconds (40-45% in total). Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yards.
[Underwater Breathing] - passive
Underwater breath lasts 233% longer than normal. (10 min)
[Shadow Resistance] - passive
Increase resistance to harmful Shadow effects by an amount equal to the character's level.

Reasons for racial traits

Although undeath was not something any Forsaken actually chose, it brought new capabilities and immunities; [Will of the Forsaken] reflects the sheer mental will to resist the Lich King's will that every Forsaken innately possesses from the day of their dark rebirth.

As the Forsaken are physically dead, they have the ability to [Cannibalize], metabolizing the remains of humanoid corpses to regain their own strength.

The undead do not need to draw breath to fill their lungs, and can thus also stay underwater much longer than any other race.

The nature of their unnatural existence has given the Forsaken an innate resistance to shadow magic as it is what created them in the first place.

Quest directions

The undead start in Deathknell, and after the quests are finished there, they head on to Brill. While at Brill, there are many quests that involve going to the Undercity, the undead capital city. After finishing the quests in Brill, it is common to travel to The Sepulcher, Silverpine Forest to quest there. Alternatively, undead players can go to Durotar from the zeppelin tower near Brill, and then walk to The Crossroads, The Barrens rather than Silverpine Forest after completing the Brill quests, at about level 14. Although the initial walk to The Crossroads is long, following this path has some advantages:

• Quests at the Crossroads are somewhat less challenging than those in Silverpine at the same character levels, allowing more rapid level advancement.

• Several high level aggro mobs roam Silverpine, most notably Son of Arugal.

• The Barrens are customarily a much busier and larger area than Silverpine, and thus level 14+ characters are able to get an introduction to larger scale socialization within the game, and have many more quests to choose from.

• Durotar and The Barrens host two low-level instance dungeons (Ragefire Chasm under Orgrimmar and the Wailing Caverns southwest of the Crossroads) which also assists newer players in becoming familiar with that aspect of the game. Plus, there are two additional higher level dungeons in the Barrens, Razorfen Kraul and Razorfen Downs, which you will probably be ready for once once you finish Ragefire Chasm and Wailing Caverns. Silverpine only has one dungeon, Shadowfang Keep, south of The Sepulcher.

• At roughly level 14, Forsaken usually get Honored reputation standing with the Undercity, and as they start at Neutral with the other Horde races, they might want to build some reputation with them early. The exception to this is undead Death Knights. They start with Unfriendly reputation standing with Orgrimmar and progress to Friendly via the completion of a single quest.

With the The Burning Crusade expansion set, the Forsaken can also choose to do quests in Eversong Woods and Ghostlands using the Orb of Translocation, located in the Ruins of Lordaeron, to travel there.

Opinion and analysis

See Forsaken analysis.

Patch changes

• Patch 1.2.0 (2004-12-18): Undead players will no longer be invisible when they first log in after watching the intro cinematic.
  

Trivia

• In the Chinese version of WoW, a patch in 2007 covered up the bones of the Forsaken (and abominations).

• Although they are "undead" the playable undead show up as a humanoid when a hunter tracks them, and are considered "humanoids" for game play purposes, i.e. [Shackle Undead] cannot be cast on them.