The Tauren are huge, bestial creatures, (males average 7.5 feet), who live in the grassy, open barrens of central Kalimdor. They live to serve nature and maintain the balance between the wild things of the land and the restless spirit of the elements and heed the will of their goddess, the Earth Mother. She is the harmony of nature itself. Some conjecture that she may be a manifestation of the legendary Alextrassa, the red dragon Aspect of life.

Despite their enormous size and brute strength, the remarkably peaceful Tauren cultivate a quiet, tribal society. However, when roused by conflict, Tauren are implacable enemies who will use every ounce of their strength to smash their enemies under hoof.

Under the leadership of their ancient chief, Cairne Bloodhoof, the Tauren allied themselves with the Orcs of Durotar during the invasion of the Burning Legion. The two races have remained steadfast allies ever since. Like the Orcs, the Tauren struggle to retain their sense of tradition and noble identity. Their new home is Thunder Bluff atop a flat mesa-life peak in Mulgore. The tauren revel in their new city and enjoy the peace and security of a standing military.

Massive. Fierce. And yet, these tribal warriors are unlike the “standard large race”. They have a strong sense of self and their affinity with the world is prevalent throughout all of their tribes.

• Each class available to this race will start with different attribute stats and proficiencies.
• Points are not awarded for you to allocate to the following stats, they increase as you level up and can be augmented with items worn and buffs on your character.
• There are no differences in attributes between the genders or between characters created on a PvE, PvP or RP server.

Strength - Increases your attack power with melee weapons

Agility - Increases your attack power with both melee and ranged weapons, and improves your chance to score a critical hit with all weapons. Increases your armor and your chance to dodge attacks.

Stamina - Increases health points.

Intellect - Increases mana points and your chance to score Critical Hit with spells. Increases the rate at which you improve weapon skills.

Spirit - Increases health and mana regeneration rates.

Melee Attack - Damage with melee weapons.

Ranged Attack - Damage with ranged weapons.

Damage - Weapon Damage.

Armor - Decreases the amount of damage you take from physical attacks. The amount of reduction is influenced by the level of your attacker. 

	Druid	Hunter	Shaman	Warrior
Starting Attributes
Strength	26	25	26	28
Agility	15	18	15	15
Stamina	22	23	23	24
Intellect	17	15	16	15
Spirit	24	23	24	22
Armor	35	38	44	32
Melee Attack	1	1	1	1
Power	32	25	34	39
Damage	9 - 12	4 - 7	5 - 8	11 - 14
Ranged Attack	N/A	1	N/A	N/A
Power	N/A	18	N/A	N/A
Damage	N/A	4 - 8	N/A	N/A
Class Skills
Arms
Balance
Elemental
Marksmanship
Survival
Restoration
Weapon Skills
Axes
Defence
Guns
One-handed Maces
Staves
Two-handed Maces
Unarmed
Armour Proficiencies
Cloth
Leather
Mail		*
Shield
Languages
Orcish
Taurahe
	Druid	Hunter	Shaman	Warrior
Note: * At level 40 All resistances start at zero apart from Nature which starts at +10 Other weapon skills can be learnt from NPC Trainers

Patch History

The history of the changes made to the Tauren race during the beta and beyond are detailed below with the most recent at the top.

Patch 1.7.0 (13 September 2005)

• Tauren can now ride wolves if they learn the wolfriding ability.

Patch 1.3.0 (22 March 2005)

• Deathcharger’s Reins can now be used by Tauren.

Beta Patch (7 November 2004)

• War Stomp: Activate to stun opponents
• Endurance: Max Health increased
• Cultivation: Increase skill bonus to Herbalism
• Nature Resistance: Increase Nature Resistance
• New Kodo mounts. Tauren players will no longer have the Plainsrunning ability, due to the availability of Kodo mounts