Taldramir, the Whispering Wood, Is WoW: Forever's First Legendary

Blizzard has officially confirmed that the mysterious staff teased around World of Warcraft: Forever is a legendary weapon called Taldramir, the Whispering Wood. The reveal came through a livestream on the Warcraft Twitch channel, where the prop studio Weta Workshop built a full-scale replica of the weapon on camera. The stream was titled Camelot_revealv2_final.mp4, a nod to Forever's development codename, and Twitch promoted it as a major reveal before it went live.

On stream, builders worked with 3D printers and hand tools to finish the staff. Its design had already been appearing in the game's promotional material for some time. A skyborne Druid carrying a nearly identical staff shows up in the Warpath animated music video, and new Forever artwork on Battle.net features the same weapon in the hands of a Druid. Fans also noticed a night elf phrase on a board in the background of the latest WoW: Forever podcast. Players have loosely translated it as something close to "The Hidden Blade is the guiding light," and many believe it ties into the staff's night elf theme.

Blizzard has not yet said how players will earn Taldramir or which classes can wield it. Druid seems the most likely fit, but other staff-using classes could also get access. Forever's raids do not unlock until December 9, and two of them, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Downs, have strong night elf lore connections, so the weapon may be tied to one of them. Given how involved legendary questlines have been in WoW Classic, players should expect a long and demanding quest rather than a quick grab.

Forever launched on PC today. Its controller support has led to speculation that the game could come to other platforms later. Blizzard also teased new class and race combinations that could arrive in the future. We will update this story as more details about Taldramir and its questline emerge.