An Elemental Convergence in World of Warcraft: Forever is a spot in the open world tied to the Windshaper Skyborne, the Horde side of Forever’s new race. Use the Windshaper racial Skysight at one and you gain Charged for an hour, which doubles Skysight’s speed boost from 15% to 30%.
Blizzard added Charged in its October 26 racial pass, repeated in the development notes it published before launch: “Using Skysight at an elemental convergence now also grants ‘Charged’ for 1 hour. While Charged, the benefit of Skysight is a 30% movement speed increase.” Below is who can use a convergence, exactly what Charged does (it is not an hour of 30% speed), where convergences appear, how to use one, and how they compare with the Ley Lines that Alliance Skyborne use. Checked November 12, eight days after launch.
Who Can Use an Elemental Convergence
Only Windshaper Skyborne get anything from one, because only they have Skysight. Blizzard’s Skyborne post describes Windshapers as “the descendants of the first shen’dorei high elves to receive the wind spirits’ gift of elemental skysight,” and a convergence is where that gift gets stronger.
| Character | What a convergence does for it |
|---|---|
| Windshaper Skyborne (Horde) | Skysight used there grants Charged for 1 hour |
| High Order Skyborne (Alliance) | Nothing: their racial, Read Ley Line, works with Ley Lines instead |
| Every other race | Nothing: Blizzard’s notes tie convergences only to Skysight |
Elemental Insight, the passive both kinds of Skyborne have, is separate. It increases damage to Elementals by 5% everywhere and needs no convergence. Our guide to every Skyborne racial covers all of them.
What Charged Does
| Skysight normally | Skysight while Charged | |
|---|---|---|
| Movement speed | 15% faster | 30% faster |
| How long each Skysight lasts | 15 seconds | 15 seconds |
Charged itself lasts an hour, but it is not an hour of 30% speed. It is an hour in which every Skysight you cast gives 30% instead of 15%, each for its usual 15 seconds. Blizzard adds that Charged “persists through death, and is removed upon entering a raid.” Blizzard has not published Skysight’s cooldown, so check the tooltip in game.
Where to Find Elemental Convergences
They appear out in the world on both continents. Blizzard’s October 15 beta notes “increased the number of spawn locations of Elemental Convergences and Leylines in most Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor zones,” so you pass them regularly while questing. Blizzard talks about spawn locations rather than fixed spots and has not published a map, so keep an eye out as you travel instead of hunting a single set of coordinates.
Windshapers begin on Zephras Isle, the Skyborne’s level 1 to 12 starting zone, and our guide to getting to Zephras Isle covers the trip back if you leave.
How to Use an Elemental Convergence
- Play a Windshaper Skyborne. Blizzard’s new player’s starter guide says Skyborne access “requires the purchase of the Heroic Pack or higher digital upgrades.” Our Skyborne unlock guide has the details.
- Find a convergence while you are out in the world.
- Use Skysight at the convergence. Since the October 15 build, Skysight can be cast while moving.
- Check your buffs for Charged. It runs for an hour.
- Keep using Skysight as normal. For the next hour, each cast gives 30% movement speed for 15 seconds.
Ley Lines: The Alliance Counterpart
High Order Skyborne have the mirror version. Their racial, Read Ley Line, “increases Mana and Health regeneration by 50%, with a 15-second duration,” and using it at a Ley Line grants Attuned for an hour, which raises the bonus to 100%. Attuned follows the same rules as Charged: it “persists through death, and is removed upon entering a raid.” Blizzard’s notes add that Read Ley Line “cannot be used while Innervate is active.”
| Elemental Convergence | Ley Line | |
|---|---|---|
| Faction | Horde (Windshaper) | Alliance (High Order) |
| Racial to use there | Skysight | Read Ley Line |
| Buff for 1 hour | Charged | Attuned |
| Effect | Skysight speed 15% to 30% | Read Ley Line regeneration 50% to 100% |
Tips for Windshapers
- Refresh Charged whenever you pass a convergence. It lasts an hour and survives death, so it pays off most while leveling and traveling.
- Do not bother charging up before a raid. Entering a raid removes it.
- Do not count on stacking. Blizzard has not said whether Skysight adds to Ghost Wolf, Travel Form or a mount.
Still choosing a class for your Skyborne? Our best class for Skyborne guide compares them. Every WoW Forever guide we have is on our World of Warcraft hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Elemental Convergence in WoW Forever? A spot in the open world where a Windshaper Skyborne can use Skysight to gain Charged.
What does Charged do? For one hour, Skysight gives 30% movement speed instead of 15%. Each Skysight still lasts 15 seconds.
Can other races use Elemental Convergences? Blizzard’s notes tie them only to Skysight, the Windshaper Skyborne racial, so other races get nothing from them.
Where are Elemental Convergences? In most Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor zones, according to Blizzard. It has not published a map of them.
What is the Alliance version of an Elemental Convergence? A Ley Line. High Order Skyborne use Read Ley Line at one to gain Attuned, which doubles that racial’s regeneration bonus for an hour.