The Races of the World of Warcraft
There are two main races in the World of Warcraft. There are the Alliance who are considered aligned with “Good” and the Horde that are aligned with “Evil”. There are also Allied races, but to play these races you must first unlock them within the game. Different races can have different “racial abilities” such as Night Elves that can Shadowmeld into the shadows and disappear from sight. Different races can also play different classes of characters. Not all character classes are available for all races.
There are eight different Alliance races to choose from. Those include Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren, and Dracthyr. These races call major cities like Stormwind, Ironforge, and the Exodar home. They fight together against the Horde and other threats to Azeroth.
There are eight different Horde races to choose from. Those include Orc, Undead, Tauren, Troll, Blood Elf, Goblin, Pandaren, and Dracthyr. These races call major cities like Ogrimmar, The Undercity, and Thunder Bluff home. They fight together against the Alliance and other threats to Azeroth.
Each faction has six Allied races that can be unlocked. For the Alliance that includes Void Elf, Lightforged Draenei, Dark Iron Dwarf, Kul Tiran, Mechagnome, and Earthen. For the Horde the races that can be unlocked are Nightborne, Highmountain Tauren, Mag’har Orc, Zandalari Troll, Vulpera, and Earthen. To unlock these classes usually requires completing a series of quests.