Alliance

Night Elf

One Shadowmeld and they're gone. Night elves vanish so well, half their tabs are still open.

Last verified: 27 Oct 2026

Racial traits

  • Shadowmeld

    Instant, 10 sec cooldown. Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Using this ability in combat discourages enemies from attacking you, but increases the cooldown to 2 min.

  • Quickness

    Dodge chance increased by 1% and movement speed increased by 2%, stacking with other movement speed increases. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are harder to detect in Stealth as if they were 1 level higher.

  • Wisp Spirit

    Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.

  • Elune's Light

    Instant, 3 min cooldown. Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 10% for 15 sec.

Playable classes

Starting zone

Teldrassil · Levels 1-10

Classic data, to verifyLeveling route

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