Druid races Alliance . Night elf druids . Night elven druidic traditions extend back further than most races have existed . The demigod Cenarius taught the druidic arts to the kaldorei early in their history , and the most devout of night elf druids honor and pass on his original teachings . A few were there when Cenarius provided his tutelage and learned directly from the demigod . The iconic night elf druid is a spiritual creature with powers that tap into worlds beyond most mortal knowledge . Green energy plays around his feet , and he moves unhindered through secret forest paths . Night elf druids have always guarded their people against the Burning Legion , and over the ages they developed methods to strike past the demons ’ defenses . Night elf druids claim that they can still hear the voice of Cenarius , warning them when danger is imminent and giving them gentle urgings as to the best way to avoid attacks . Perhaps this voice is nature itself , protecting those who protect it . The night elf druid can drop into a deep slumber . While hibernating , he does not need to eat or drink , and he barely needs to breathe — others must be careful to determine that he still lives . When the druid enters hibernation , any poisons working within him are suspended , and he does not bleed . His breathing is so shallow that he does not suffer effects from inhaled toxins or other dangers , and he can survive for a year on the amount of air he would normally need in a day . He heals at twice the normal rate . When the night elf druid enters hibernation , he sets the conditions to awaken . He can choose a specific amount of time ( “ twenty - four hours ” ) or some other event , such as , “ When the sun strikes my eyes ” or “ When I hear the call of the horn of Cenarius . ” Golden eyes . Among night elves , gold - colored eyes , as opposed to the traditional silver , are a sign of inherent druidic potential . Among the class - obsessed night elves who lived prior to the War of the Ancients , gold eyes were rare , and thus viewed as a sign of underlying greatness . Queen Azshara and Illidan Stormrage , both extremely powerful sorcerers , had golden eyes . The night elves became vastly more egalitarian since the War ' s end , and thus , gold eyes are now far more common . In addition , druidism spread throughout night elven society , and many night elves develop gold eyes after birth if they practice the art . Though gold eyes are a sign that the individual has a natural ability for druidic magic , it does not mean that all gold - eyed night elves become druids , or that silver - eyed night elves cannot . Malfurion Stormrage himself was born with silver eyes , and developed golden eyes after studying druid magic . Worgen druids . Gilnean druids were known as harvest witches , but had very limited abilities before the curse and contact with the Night Elves . Worgen already possess the ability to shapeshift between their human and worgen forms , so shapeshifting into additional forms may come more easily to the species . However , the worgen starting zone quests imply ( when rolling a druid ) that the people of Gilneas were druids before the night elves encountered them after the fall of the city . Horde . Tauren druids . According to the tauren lore , Cenarius instructed them first in druidism , as recounted in their myth " Forestlord and the First Druids " . It was in fact Malfurion Stormrage who was the first mortal druid , and Cenarius ' greatest student . It is likely though that Cenarius may have met and befriended the tauren . The night elf druids were recently joined in the Cenarion Circle by the tauren . During the war , Malfurion had befriended Hamuul Runetotem and taught him of druidism . Hamuul later became the first tauren to join the Cenarion Circle and later the archdruid of the tauren race . Troll druids . Unknown to the loa priests , Zalazane was slowly cutting them off from the spirits . When they were powerless to stop Zalazane he started to take control of the Isles . Vol ' jin , wanting to prevent more of his people from being controlled , gave the order to flee the Echo Isles . Many trolls , including the loa priests , witch doctors , felt they had failed their people and took towards the untamed jungles of the southern islands . It was here that Zen ' tabra had a vision . In this vision Zen ' tabra saw the Emerald Dream and spoke to the ancient raptor loa , Gonk . Able to reach across and bring Zen ' tabra ' s spirit to him , he tasked her and her people to save the life on the isles and revealed a new way to connect with " all " the spirits of nature , instead of serving just one at a time . Since then the once witch doctors were taught directly from the Emerald Dream and the spirits themselves . And although the spirits are not keen on teaching more of her kind , they will help so long as the Echo Isles continue to flourish with life . Other Troll Druids . It was rumored that , long ago , a tribe of troll druids once called the Echo Isles home . However this was later said by Zen ' tabra to be a myth made up to confuse Zalazane . After joining the Horde , the Darkspear trolls ( or at least some ) began to live in the future . As such they starting to pursue the path of druid , shaman , and witch doctor . They most likely learned druidism from the tauren of Thunder Bluff , since they have the knowledge and are among the Horde already . Given the trolls only fairly recently joined the Horde , the path to learning the ways of the druid would have taken time , apparently more time than shamanism . Other druidic races . Furbolg druids . Furbolg leaders are shaman or druids — which furbolgs usually also call shaman , making little distinction between the two practices . Centaur druids . Like all of Cenarius ' s children , centaur favor druidism over other divine arts . However , centaur druids are not in the least respectable . Rather than striving for a balance with nature , centaur druids control nature , using it to further their own ambitions . If an animal or plant refuses to subject itself to the centaur ' s rule , then the creature finds itself either enslaved or , more commonly , destroyed . It takes weeks for night elf or tauren druids to correct the damage a centaur druid inflicts on any territory it comes across . Human druids . Druidism is more difficult for human s , because it involves quiet contemplation and a sense of one ’ s own inferiority compared to the needs of the whole ; but some humans have the necessary concentration , consideration and calm and have become exemplary wardens of the wild . High elven and blood elven druids . High elves have also practiced druidism ; they had elven druid . The Elven Ranger s have practiced it , too . It is also assumed that blood elves have also been trained in the art of the druid . Lost One druids . Some tribes of the draenei Lost Ones are known to practice druidism . For an example , the Feralfen tribe . It is probably something that happened after the separation from the draenei , as neither draenei nor Broken draenei are known to practice druidism .