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The Warcraft Universe is inhabited by many races of sentient and intelligent beings. These races speak many different languages, have different homelands and racial traits, and can pursue different classes.

Though most races come from the world of Azeroth, some come from other worlds, such as Draenor, and the armies of the Burning Legion are culled from many worlds throughout the Twisting Nether.

Currently there are two playable factions in World of Warcraft, the Alliance and the Horde, and each comprise of five very different races who can play a variety of different classes.

Playable races

												Base Stats
Faction	Race		Priest	Rogue	Warrior	Mage	Druid	Hunter	Warlock	Shaman	Paladin	Str	Agi	Sta	Int	Spi
Alliance	Human	<imagelink>IconSmall_Human_Female.gif|Human</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Human_Male.gif|Human</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>	Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>	Mage</imagelink>			Warlock</imagelink>		Paladin</imagelink>	20	20	20	20	21
	Dwarf	<imagelink>IconSmall_Dwarf_Female.gif|Dwarf</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Dwarf_Male.gif|Dwarf</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>	Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>			Hunter</imagelink>			Paladin</imagelink>	22	16	23	19	19
	Night Elf	<imagelink>IconSmall_NightElf_Female.gif|Night Elf</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_NightElf_Male.gif|Night Elf</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>	Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>		Druid</imagelink>	Hunter</imagelink>				17	25	19	20	20
	Gnome	<imagelink>IconSmall_Gnome_Female.gif|Gnome</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Gnome_Male.gif|Gnome</imagelink>		Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>	Mage</imagelink>			Warlock</imagelink>			15	23	19	24	20
	Draenei	<imagelink>IconSmall_Draenei_Female.gif|Draenei</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Draenei_Male.gif|Draenei</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>		Warrior</imagelink>	Mage</imagelink>		Hunter</imagelink>		Shaman</imagelink>	Paladin</imagelink>	21	17	19	21	22
Horde	Orc	<imagelink>IconSmall_Orc_Female.gif|Orc</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Orc_Male.gif|Orc</imagelink>		Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>			Hunter</imagelink>	Warlock</imagelink>	Shaman</imagelink>		23	17	22	17	23
	Undead	<imagelink>IconSmall_Undead_Female.gif|Forsaken</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Undead_Male.gif|Forsaken</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>	Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>	Mage</imagelink>			Warlock</imagelink>			19	18	21	18	25
	Tauren	<imagelink>IconSmall_Tauren_Female.gif|Tauren</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Tauren_Male.gif|Tauren</imagelink>			Warrior</imagelink>		Druid</imagelink>	Hunter</imagelink>		Shaman</imagelink>		25	15	22	15	22
	Troll	<imagelink>IconSmall_Troll_Female.gif|Troll</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_Troll_Male.gif|Troll</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>	Rogue</imagelink>	Warrior</imagelink>	Mage</imagelink>		Hunter</imagelink>		Shaman</imagelink>		21	22	21	16	21
	Blood Elf	<imagelink>IconSmall_BloodElf_Female.gif|Blood elf</imagelink> <imagelink>IconSmall_BloodElf_Male.gif|Blood elf</imagelink>	Priest</imagelink>	Rogue</imagelink>		Mage</imagelink>		Hunter</imagelink>	Warlock</imagelink>		Paladin</imagelink>	17	22	18	24	19

Base stats do not include the bonus scores from classes. The class bonuses are:

Other races

Below are listed the major, generally sentient, races in the Warcraft Universe.

v • d • e Playable races  Alliance  Ironforge dwarf ·  Gnomeregan Exiles gnome ·  Stormwind human ·  Darnassus night elf  Exodar draenei  Gilneas worgen  Tushui pandaren  Horde  Orgrimmar orc ·  Thunder Bluff tauren ·  Darkspear troll ·  Forsaken undead  Silvermoon blood elf  Bilgewater Cartel goblin  Huojin pandaren

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