A better sword is nice, but a pocket-sized army of mechanical chickens is more memorable. These 25 WoW Forever items give you unusual effects, from disguises to extra ways out of a bad pull. I'd save bag space for them. Some familiar Classic finds have changed, though, so check the catch before you start farming.
Before you hunt
The color doesn't matter.
If an item summons a demon, changes your appearance, or gives your class a trick it normally lacks, it's worth a look even when the tooltip has no useful stats and the name is white. That's the sort of loot we're after.
We checked Forever item descriptions, quest rewards, and recent changes. The beta stopped at level 30. Entries marked after 30 have effects listed in the database, but we'll still need to check their availability at launch.
An item's level requirement won't necessarily tell you when you can get it. A potion might say 35 while the quest that lets you buy it starts much later. Engineering gadgets also have separate crafting and use requirements.
Pick an effect from the table, then read its entry before spending gold. A soulbound quest reward takes a different sort of detour from something you can buy on the Auction House (AH).
| What you want | Start here |
|---|---|
| Change your appearance |  Replica Dartol's Rod of Transformation,  Savory Whimsyfin Delight, or  Savory Deviate Delight |
| Summon a helper |  Glowing Cat Figurine or  Dog Whistle |
| Try a new Forever effect |  Transformative Cocoon,  Satchel of Potions,  Coldflame Saber |
| Keep a useful leveling reward |  Really Sticky Glue,  Bag of Marbles,  Light of Elune |
Start with Forever
I'd start here. These are easy to miss if you're hunting the same old vanilla blues.
1. Transformative Cocoon
The cocoon absorbs 260-300 damage and stuns you for five seconds. When that stun ends, you turn into a spider and get 60% extra movement speed for eight seconds. The cooldown is five minutes.
Horde, Mulgore. Muln Earthfury in northwestern Mulgore offers The Broodmother from level 23. The target is elite, though, so bring a group if you're going as soon as the quest opens.
Want an instant sprint? This isn't one.
If several mobs are already beating on you, that self-stun could kill you before the transformation happens. I'd use it to weather some damage while there's still room to survive, then put the speed buff to work.
2. Satchel of Potions
Click the trinket and you get a random potion effect. You might recover health or mana, get a speed boost, or take damage yourself. A bit of a gamble.
It has a ten-minute cooldown.
You don't get bottles to keep in your bags.
Both factions, Wetlands Excavation Site quests from level 24. Horde characters need Changing Tastes, offered by Borstan in Orgrimmar.
For Alliance, pick up Lost in the Thicket Things before your dungeon run, find the missing herbalist inside, and return to Menethil Harbor with the follow-up Heartwoven, which you turn in to Caitlin Grassman.
I'd keep this off your regular healing potion bind. Random results stop being funny pretty quickly when you've got a sliver of health left.
3. Coldflame Saber
A Mage sword that gives you a reason to get closer.
Mages can equip it at level 21, and alongside spell power it adds 98 Fire damage to melee attacks against Frozen targets.
A slow alone doesn't count as Frozen.
Start with Blade of Silverlaine from Baron Silverlaine in Shadowfang Keep, then use 
Scroll of the Saber on it. The scroll comes from deciphering scrolls through Mage class research, so you'll need some luck.
There's no fixed number of attempts.
Frost Mages can kill things perfectly well without stepping into melee, so I'd resist chasing an extra swing when another mob is nearby and waiting for a chance to hit you in the back.
Still, a battlemage with a flaming sword? That's a fun reason to go looking.
4. 
Cursed Murloc Eye
This little trinket really dislikes murlocs. Your attacks and spells deal 2 extra Shadow damage, with that bonus multiplied by four against murlocs.
Get it from Gelihast in Blackfathom Deeps (BFD). It requires level 24 and has no class restriction.
It won't turn you into a murloc. What it does give you is a neat little effect beyond another handful of stats.
Heading out to farm murlocs? There's your excuse to take it out of the bank.
5. Replica Dartol's Rod of Transformation
Three minutes as a furbolg, with a one-minute cooldown.
This is a separate Forever toy that you keep for finishing the chain.
Alliance, Ashenvale. Start with Raene Wolfrunner in Astranaar and finish the chain through Raene's Cleansing. The permanent replica is part of that final quest's rewards.
You do hand in the original quest item, Dartol's Rod of Transformation, at the end.
That's where the old advice to leave the chain unfinished comes from. In Forever, you can finish it and keep the toy (the replica and the quest rod are different items).
6. Savory Whimsyfin Delight
New food that turns you into an Orc pirate or an Orc ninja.
The murlocs and ogres in early footage were placeholders, and Blizzard has replaced them. Don't buy a stack expecting either of those old forms.
To cook it, you'll need Cooking 85 and 
Recipe: Savory Whimsyfin Delight. The recipe drops from Redridge mobs. The ingredients are 
Whimsyfin and Mild Spices.
You can also buy the cooked food from another player without learning the profession.
There's no class buff attached to the disguise. You just get to be an Orc for a while. Fair enough.
Try a disguise
7. Savory Deviate Delight
The familiar Human pirate or ninja disguise lasts an hour.
An Orc gets to be Human for a bit. A Gnome gets a break from staring at everyone's knees. Your actual race and racial abilities stay the same.
Cooking it takes skill 85, Recipe: Savory Deviate Delight, 
Deviate Fish from the Barrens, and Mild Spices. If you just want the disguise without leveling Cooking or hunting a recipe, check the AH for the finished food.
The recipe drops in the Barrens.
Don't eat the raw fish expecting the same transformation (it has its own effects). You'll want the cooked version.
8. 
Noggenfogger Elixir
After 30. The elixir randomly shrinks you, turns you into a skeleton with underwater breathing, or gives you slow fall.
The skeleton looks suitably grim. A tiny skeleton is rather harder to take seriously. I'd keep a few bottles for either outcome.
Unlock purchases through Marin Noggenfogger in Gadgetzan. The chain starts with The Thirsty Goblin and ends with Noggenfogger Elixir.
The bottle says level 35, but the purchase quest chain starts at 44 and the elixir is soulbound, so an early trip to Tanaris won't get you a stack to take home.
Don't drink one halfway off a cliff and hope for slow fall. Get the buff first, then jump.
9. 
Orb of Deception
After 30, usable at 54. It changes your appearance to a race from the opposing faction.
Forever makes this a toy, so you don't have to give up a trinket slot. The cooldown is 30 minutes.
Look for a rare high-level world drop. The orb becomes soulbound the first time you use it. Until then, you can buy or sell it on the AH.
Will the guards let you into the other faction's capital? They won't. Your faction and reputation haven't changed, however convincing the disguise looks.
Bring some help
These summons are temporary guardians. Don't expect a Hunter's pet controls or a Warlock's demon abilities just because something follows you around. Keep an eye on your new friend near packs you haven't pulled yet.
10. Glowing Cat Figurine
Summons a ghostly saber cat for ten minutes.
There's no class restriction, so a Warrior or Priest can bring a cat along too.
Using it consumes the figurine.
Search the Ruins of Mathystra in northeastern Darkshore. Loot the cat figurines until Ghost Saber appears. The glowing figurine drops from that creature and summons your temporary helper.
If you're a Hunter visiting for a permanent pet, you'll want to tame the creature that appears. Killing it for the item gets you a temporary guardian, and that summon won't become a trainable Hunter pet with its own controls.
11. 
Spiked Collar
Summons a felhunter for ten minutes. Forever's current tooltip lists five charges and a level 27 requirement. Once you've used those charges, the collar can't summon another guardian.
Loot it from Lord Malathrom, a rare mob around Raven Hill cemetery in Duskwood. He's around level 31, so meeting the item's requirement doesn't mean you'll have an easy fight.
It looks like a Warlock's demon, but you don't get the class pet's buttons. I'd take it for extra help in a fight, without counting on a controllable dispel or interrupt.
12. Dog Whistle
A tracking hound for three minutes, ready to summon again after ten.
Forever turns the whistle into a level 25 trinket. Its current tooltip doesn't list limited charges.
Loot it from Houndmaster Loksey in Scarlet Monastery's Library (SM Lib). The boss is well above the item's level requirement, so bring a group that can actually handle the run.
Remember the old consumable whistle? This is a nice change. Once you've got it, you can keep calling the hound whenever the cooldown is ready and you're willing to spend a trinket slot.
13. 
Mechanical Yeti
After 30. A mechanical bruiser that lasts ten minutes, with three charges to spend. You don't need Engineering to use the reward.
Visit Umi Rumplesnicker in Everlook, Winterspring. Work through the chain from Are We There, Yeti? to the final Are We There, Yeti?. It starts at level 52.
First you gather materials, then you scare the inventor's friends in several locations. The quest gives you a separate item for that job. Your combat yeti comes at the end.
I'd save those three summons for something tougher than the next wolf on the road.
Engineering gets weird
Gnomish gadgets have personality. Sometimes it's a terrible personality.
Crafting the first five takes Gnomish Engineering. You can choose the specialization at level 30 with 200 skill through Tinkmaster Overspark in Ironforge or Oglethorpe Obnoticus in Booty Bay. Buying a finished gadget doesn't waive its use requirement. Our Engineering guide covers the training.
14. 
Gnomish Battle Chicken
After 30, crafted at Engineering 230. Releases a battle chicken for a minute and a half, or until it dies. The cooldown is 30 minutes.
A metal chicken picking fights in the middle of a serious encounter is already a decent selling point.
You'll have to craft it yourself through Gnomish Engineering. It binds on pickup, so another engineer can't sell you a finished chicken. Keep that in mind before you spend gold on the profession and its mats.
Using it also requires Engineering 230.
I wouldn't promise a group a reliable attack-speed buff just because old Classic guides discuss one. The item page promises a summon. Anything beyond that needs checking in the Forever client.
15. 
Gnomish Mind Control Cap
Attempts to control a humanoid for twenty seconds.
Attempts is doing some work here.
The target has to be the right creature type, and the gadget doesn't promise success when you press it. The cooldown is 30 minutes.
Craft it with Gnomish Engineering 235; use it with skill 215. It's BoE, so you can buy one from another engineer. Crafting your own comes after 30, when the next profession rank opens.
It's a cloth headpiece. You have to wear it.
If your usual helm is good, decide what you're willing to give up for the trick before the fight starts. Leaving the cap in your bags won't help.
16. 
Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector
Roots the target for ten seconds on a ten-minute cooldown. The tooltip also warns that the net can catch on your own clothing. Yes, you can root yourself.
Gnomish Engineering 210 to craft, Engineering 210 to use. You can order one from an engineer or look for it on the AH.
An extra root sounds handy for a Warrior or Paladin.
But if this is your entire escape plan and you have no other way to keep the enemy away, a backfire could leave you standing still while your pursuer catches up. Have a backup.
17. 
Gnomish Shrink Ray
Shrinks the target and cuts its attack power by 250. That's the intended result, anyway. The device can misbehave, as the tooltip cheerfully warns you. It has a five-minute cooldown.
Gnomish Engineering 205 to craft, Engineering 205 to use. You can trade the trinket before equipping it.
It's funny against a huge melee mob. Don't mistake a smaller model for an enemy that can't reach you, though. You'll still need to watch your distance.
18. 
Gnomish Death Ray
After 30, crafted at Engineering 240. The ray charges by draining your health, then fires that energy into the target.
It deals double damage to Gnomes. Yes, really. That oddly specific grudge is in the current Forever tooltip. The cooldown is five minutes.
Craft it yourself through Gnomish Engineering. It's BoP, so there's no buying a finished one on the AH. Unlike the neighboring gadgets, its tooltip doesn't list a separate Engineering skill requirement to use it.
Your health is the price of the shot.
If something is already hitting you, the trade could be pretty ugly. I'd try it on an ordinary mob from full health before relying on it in a close fight.
19. 
Parachute Cloak
Slows your fall for ten seconds.
Handy when the shortcut down turns out to be a little too short.
You'll need to activate it yourself. The cooldown is 30 minutes.
Craft it with Engineering 225 and 
Schematic: Parachute Cloak, a world-drop schematic. You don't need the Gnomish specialization. You can buy a finished cloak, but using it still takes skill 225.
Equip it and check the cooldown before jumping.
If the drop lasts longer than the buff, opening the parachute right at the top can leave you falling normally for the last stretch. Time it for the landing.
Save these for trouble
A few of these look unimpressive even by starting-zone standards. I'd still think twice before vendoring them.
20. 
Hydrocane
A staff for underwater trips. In Forever it lets you hold your breath 50% longer and requires level 27.
That means extra air. The unlimited breathing you might remember from Classic doesn't apply here.
Loot it from Viscous Fallout in Gnomeregan. Your character must be able to use staves, and the staff needs to be equipped.
Even if you're used to swimming around with this thing in other versions of WoW and ignoring the breath bar entirely, check your remaining air before you commit to a long swim along the bottom. You'll still need to come up.
21. 
Luffa
After 30. On land it takes off one bleed. While you're in or on water, it clears all bleeds, diseases, and poisons instead. The cooldown is five minutes.
Suddenly that scruffy little cloth has a good reason to take up bank space.
Get Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It from Hansel Heavyhands at Thorium Point in Searing Gorge. You'll need level 45, then twenty Incendosaur kills in the Slag Pit.
Near water, I'd give this a look before reaching for a trinket with a couple more stats. It won't clear arbitrary debuffs, though. Bleeds, diseases, and poisons are the effects listed.
22. Light of Elune
Ten seconds of immunity to damage and spells. You don't need a profession, but you get one bottle.
One use. This isn't a reusable immunity button with a two-minute cooldown.
Alliance, Ashenvale. Sentinel Velene Starstrike at Silverwind Refuge offers Mage Summoner from level 20. The quest sends you into the Barrens for a mage's head.
I'd keep it away from your usual potion bind so you don't drink it by accident.
Seen someone use it and Hearthstone out? Don't stake your last bit of health on that combination in Forever until it's been checked in the current client.
23. Really Sticky Glue
Roots an enemy for ten seconds. Sometimes the room to reach help or stop taking hits in the back is worth more than a new green sword.
It's a root, so a caster can still cast while stuck in place.
Horde, Durotar. Master Vornal in Sen'jin Village gives A Solvent Spirit. The reward includes ten uses of glue. Spend them all and you can't collect the same reward again.
I'd hold a few back for a nasty pull, especially on a class without its own root.
24. Bag of Marbles
Cuts an enemy's chance to hit with attacks by 25% for ten seconds.
The bag has ten charges.
A little Elwynn reward can outlast a surprising number of weapon upgrades.
Alliance, Elwynn Forest. Remy "Two Times" in Goldshire offers Gold Dust Exchange from level 4. Collect ten portions of Gold Dust from kobolds.
This doesn't reduce all incoming damage by a flat quarter. It gives the enemy an attack hit penalty, so their spells won't automatically get weaker too. Save the charges for something that hits hard.
25. 
Magic Dust
Puts a target to sleep for up to thirty seconds, usable from level 10. Damage wakes it, and you can have one target asleep at a time.
PvP CC duration may be shorter than the maximum shown on the item tooltip.
Farm Dust Devil in Westfall or check the AH. The dust isn't soulbound, and each use consumes one portion.
Need a breather to deal with another mob? Check for a poison or other DoT on your sleep target first. Otherwise your carefully bought time will disappear on the next tick.
Keep the odd little things. Your next weapon upgrade will probably be easier to replace.
Frequently asked questions
Which unusual items can I get before level 30?
Start with Replica Dartol's Rod of Transformation, Transformative Cocoon, Satchel of Potions, Glowing Cat Figurine, and Cursed Murloc Eye. The last two drop from creatures, while the first three have faction-specific quest requirements. An item's use requirement doesn't tell you how easy it is to farm. The boss who drops the whistle is well above the trinket's required level, for example.
Do I need Engineering for this list?
Most entries don't need a profession. The gadgets list their requirements individually. Buying a cloak or net launcher doesn't let you skip the skill needed to use it. You'll also have to craft the battle chicken and death ray yourself because they bind on pickup.
Do old Classic guides still apply to these items?
Check the Forever tooltip before following them. Hydrocane now extends your breath instead of giving unlimited air, Dog Whistle has become a reusable trinket, and Luffa clears diseases and poisons as well as bleeds in water. Old Wowhead comments sit alongside newer ones and can describe a very different version of the item.