Height

==Playable races==
===Official lore heights===
The following represents the lore height of playable races in World of Warcraft. 
These values come from either Blizzard's own internal height chart or from official novels, making them the most canonical data available and thus take priority over other sources.
Race 	Gender 	Feet & Inches 	Inches 	Centimeters
Orc 	MaleFemale	7'Archive lore tweets from loreology6' - 6'6" 	84"72" - 78"	213.36 cm182.88 cm - 198.12 cm
Tauren 	MaleFemale	10'9' 	120"108" 	304.8 cm274.32 cm
Night elf	MaleFemale	7'The Sundering, chapter 1"Night elves aged very slowly, but the young Malfurion looked much older than his few decades. He still stood as tall as any of his people—roughly seven feet..."The Demon Soul, chapter 3"Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest stood in front of the high, stone chair where he usually held court and faced the assembled commanders. A tall figure even among the seven-foot-high night elves."7'	84"84" 	213.36 cm213.36 cm
*The War of the Ancients Trilogy, as well as other sources, broadly refer to night elf height in general, placing it at 7' without making any specific distinction for either of the two genders. 
**Player model heights for night elves are not far off and do in fact even out at 7' due to females being 6'9" and males being 7'3", both are 3" away from 7' in either direction.
*Zandalari at large in Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde are described to stand "at least a head taller" than a male jungle troll.Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde, pg. 110"Then he [Vol'jin] laughed. He was too tall for pandaren armor but too short for Zandalari. He'd dealt with them before. They stood at least a head taller than he did, and twice that if one measured arrogance." And some are even taller than that.Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde, pg. 118"He [Vol'jin] faced a Zandalari even taller than most and decidedly wider."
**Male Zandalari considered short for a Zandalari troll are still taller than male jungle trolls.Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde, pg. 235"On the hour, two Zandalari warriors started to the north post. One, the smaller of the two — which still made him taller than Vol'jin — kicked Vol'jin's hip."
**Female Zandalari stand taller than most non-Zandalari trolls.Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde, pg. 83"One needed to look no further than physiology to prove it: she [Khal'ak] stood taller than any other troll she'd met who was not pureblood Zandalari."
**A female Zandalari standing "at least a head taller" than a male jungle troll would make them roughly 9'6" tall, making male Zandalari roughly 10' tall.
====Internal height chart====
On Twitter, Sean Copeland had in the past mentioned the internal height chart and also said that Blizzard was working on making said chart publicly available, however, the only sources we actually have archived of the internal height chart are for orcs and tauren, all other mentions of the internal height chart have been part of tweets that have been removed since and weren't archived in time, which sadly leaves no reliable source to be used.
:"Blizzard is working to make their internal height values publicly available.Sean Copeland on Twitter (2014-04-25) Sean Copeland suspects the game models being shorter is due to a game limitation.Sean Copeland on Twitter (2014-05-24)"
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===Player model heights===
The following represents the latest player model height of playable races in World of Warcraft, used as substitutes for lore height due to most races having no official values mentioned by Blizzard regarding their height in lore or the internal height chart.
The accuracy of these values may or may not be correct for every race. However, they are likely not far off, as it is important that a race's in-game appearance—including height—matches what it would be in lore. An example we have are orcs; their internal chart height matches the player model closely, giving credence to the below values being more or less correct. With exceptions being made for the tallest races (e.g. tauren and Zandalari) to prevent them from getting stuck in doorways not made with tall races in mind.
Race(s) 	Gender	Feet & Inches	Inches	Centimeters
Blood elf / Void elf 	 	 	 	
Draenei / Lightforged draenei	 	 	 	
Dwarf / Dark Iron dwarf 	 	 	 	
Undead 	 	 	 	
Gnome / Mechagnome 	 	 	 	
Goblin 	 	 	 	
Human 	 	 	 	
Kul Tiran 	 	 	 	
Night elf / Nightborne 	 	 	 	
Orc / Mag'har orc 	 	 	 	
Pandaren 	 	 	 	
Tauren / Highmountain tauren 	 	 	 	
Troll 	 	 	 	
Vulpera 	 	 	 	
Worgen 	 	 	 	
Zandalari troll 	 	 	 	
;Notes and trivia
*Goblins are the only playable race with females taller than males.
*The measuring unit within World of Warcraft is "yards", as can be seen on the tooltips of spells and abilities. Knowing that, creature models can then be imported into Blender to have the height of the model's highest vertex measured. 
**The base unit in Blender is the same as in World of Warcraft, and for a male human specifically, the topmost vertex on a male human's head in T-pose is 2.02343 yards tall, which can easily be converted into more recognizable numbers:
***Inches: 2.02343 (yards) × 3 (feet) × 12 (inches) = 72.84348" / 6'0.8435"
***Centimeters: 2.02343 (yards) × 91.44 = 185.0224392 cm
===Patch changes===
*
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:::Goblin female
::::4'1.2512" (~4'1") → 4'1.1573" (~4'1")
::::49.2512 → 49.1573 = 0.0939" shorter
::::125.0981496‬ → 124.8594912 = 0.2386584 cm shorter
:::Goblin male
::::3'10.9058" (~3'11") → 3'10.849" (~3'11")
::::46.9058 → 46.849 = 0.0568" shorter
::::119.1408336‬ → 118.9963584 = 0.1444752 cm shorter
:::Worgen female
::::6'10.0832" (~6'10") → 6'11.4005" (~6'11")
::::82.0832 → 83.4005 = 1.3173" taller
::::208.4914296‬ → 211.8372192 = 3.3457896 cm taller
:::Worgen male
::::7'8.624" (~7'9") → 7'8.7615" (~7'9")
::::92.624 → 92.7615 = 0.1375" taller
::::235.2650616 → 235.6143624 = 0.3493008 cm taller
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:::Gnome male
::::3'5.589" (~3'6") → 3'5.5886" (~3'6")
::::41.589 → 41.5886 = 0.0004" shorter
::::105.63606 → 105.6351456 = 0.0009144 cm shorter
:::Tauren male
::::9'0.9976" (~9'1") → 9'0.9979" (~9'1")
::::108.9976 → 108.9979 = 0.00036" taller
::::276.8538024 → 276.8547168 = 0.0009144 cm taller
==Non-playable races==
The following represents the lore height of non-playable races in World of Warcraft. 
These values come from official novels, making them the most canonical data available and thus take priority over other sources.
Race 	Child 	Adolescent 	Female 	Male
Annihilan	- 	- 	- 	16'The Well of Eternity, chapter 17
Dryad 	- 	5'3"Traveler: The Spiral Path, pg. 121 	- 	-
Felguard 	- 	- 	- 	9'The Well of Eternity, chapter 14The Sundering, chapter 2
Gnoll 	- 	5'4"World of Warcraft: Traveler, pg. 268	5'7"World of Warcraft: Traveler, pg. 10 	5'10"Traveler: The Spiral Path, pg. 52
Kobold 	- 	- 	4'Stormrage, chapter 4 	4'
Mogu 	- 	- 	- 	9'4"Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde, pg. 280
Murloc 	- 	- 	3'2"World of Warcraft: Traveler, pg. 167 	3'
Ogre 	5'4"World of Warcraft: Traveler, pg. 263	- 	7' - 10'Traveler: The Spiral Path, pg. 85	6'Traveler: The Spiral Path, pg. 24 - 25 - 12'
===Trivia===
*Female murlocs tend to be slightly larger than males.World of Warcraft: Traveler, pg. 276, 277
===Unconfirmed===
*According to concept art where a female vrykul is compared to a female night elf, vrykul women are roughly 10'4" tall.
**If the above turned out to be correct, male vrykul would likely be around 11' give or take.
===References===
 
==BradyGames==
This section represents the height of playable races taken from works published by BradyGames such as the World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide. 
The legitimacy of these values should be taken with a grain of salt as BradyGames' guides have been found to contain wrong and inconsistent information on multiple occasions.The two height tables below have inconsistencies and are not recommended for use.
*These values come from the guides' race-specific pages.
Race 	Height
Blood elf	Blood Elves are 5-6 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 38-39World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 94-95
Draenei 	Draenei are 7-8 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 24-25World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 82-83
Dwarf 	Dwarves are 4-5 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 26-27World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 84-85
Undead 	Forsaken are 5-6 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 48-49World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 104-105
Gnome 	Gnomes are approximately 3 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 28-29World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 86-87
Goblin 	No height mentioned.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 40-41World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 96-97
Human 	Humans are 5-6 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 30-31World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 88-89
Night elf	Night Elves are approximately 7 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 32-33World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 90-91
Orc 	Orcs are approximately 6 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 42-43World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 98-99
Pandaren 	Pandaren are generally between 5 and 6 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 36-37World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 106-107
Tauren 	Tauren are 7-8 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 44-45Tauren are 6-7 feet tall.World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 100-101
Troll 	They are 7-8 feet tall, the tallest race in Azeroth.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 46-47World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 102-103
Worgen 	No height mentioned.World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide, pg. 34-35World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Signature Series Guide, pg. 92-93
*These values are approximations based on the height chart of player models included in the guides.
Race 	Female height	Male height
Blood elf	~7' 	~7'6"
Draenei 	~7' 	~8'
Dwarf 	~4' 	~4'6"
Undead 	~6' 	~6'
Gnome 	~3' 	~3'
Goblin 	~4' 	~4'
Human 	~6' 	~6'
Night elf	~7' 	~7'6"
Orc 	~6'6" 	~6'6"
Pandaren 	~6' 	~6'
Tauren 	~7' 	~8'
Troll 	~7'6" 	~7'
Worgen 	~7' 	~7'
===References===
*Published in 2011.
 
*Published in 2014.
 
==In the RPG==
This section represents the range of height taken from the vital statistics for various races given in the RPG. These more or less represent the most healthy members of the race, the ones that may become heroes. The base height represents the lowest possible height for a healthy adult individual in the race.
===Core races===
Race 	Base Height	Male 	Female 	Average
Forsaken human* 	?? 	4'10" - 6'6"	4'5" - 6'1" 	-
Forsaken high elf*	?? 	5'1" - 6'1" 	4'9" - 5'9" 	-
Goblin 	?? 	2'9" - 3'3" 	2'7" - 3'1" 	3 feet[1]
Gnome 	?? 	3'2" - 3'8" 	3' - 3'6" 	-
High elf 	?? 	5'3" - 6'1" 	4'11" - 5'9"	Little over 6 feet[2]
Human 	?? 	5' - 6'6" 	4'7" - 6'1" 	6 feet[3]
Ironforge dwarf 	?? 	3'11" - 4'5"	3'9" - 4'3" 	4-5 feet[4]
Jungle troll 	?? 	6'3" - 7'1" 	5'11" - 6'9"	7 feet[5]
Night elf 	?? 	6'8" - 7'6" 	6'4" - 7'2" 	7 feet (males)[6]
Orc 	?? 	6'8" - 8' 6"	6'2" - 8' 	6-7 feet[7]
Tauren 	?? 	7'2" - 9' 	6'10" - 8'8"	7 1/2 feet[8]
:1 Goblins are slight and wiry, averaging 3 feet in height.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 42 ...average goblin is 3 feet...Dark Factions, pg. 116
:2 A high elf is usually a little over 6 feet in height.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 36
:3 Humans average 6 feet in height.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 43
:4 The average dwarf stands between 4 feet and 5 feet in height.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 34
:5 Jungle trolls are lean and wiry, averaging 7 feet tall.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 49
:6 Males are on average 7 feet tall.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 38
:7 Orcs average between 6 to 7 feet in height.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 45
:8 Males average 7 1/2 feet tall.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 47
* Forsaken tend to have heights closer to human or high elf.
All height ranges above from page 174 of World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game unless otherwise noted.World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 174
===Other races===
Race 	Base Height 	Male 	Female 	Average
Wildhammer dwarf[1]	3'9" - 4'5" 	3'7" - 4'3" 	[2] 	
Furbolg[1] 	?? 	7' - 8'4" 	6'8" - 8' 	7 to 10 feet[3]
Half-elf[1] 	?? 	4'7" - 5'11" 	4'5" - 5'9" 	-
Dryad 	?? 	- 	5' - 6'6"[4]	-
Keeper of the Grove	?? 	6'10" - 8'[4]	- 	-
Half-ogre 	?? 	7'4" - 9'4" 	7'1" - 9"1" 	[5]
Half-orc[5] 	?? 	5'8" - 7'8" 	5'1" - 7'1" 	6-1/2 feet[6]
Forest troll[5] 	?? 	6'1" - 7'1" 	5'9" - 6'9" 	[7]
Centaur 	?? 	6'8" - 8' 	6'5" - 7'9" 	[8]
Ogre and Ogre magi 	?? 	6'5" - 7'5" 	6'2" - 7'2" 	[9]
Dragon whelps[10] 	4' - 4'2" 	?? 	?? 	??
Flamewaker[10] 	6'8" - 6'10"	?? 	?? 	??
Nerubian[10] 	2'10" - 3' 	?? 	?? 	??
Sea giant[10] 	7' 	?? 	?? 	??
:1 Table 1-6Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 13
:2 Slightly taller and leaner than Ironforge dwarves.Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 6
:3 Furbolgs average 7 to 10 feet in height and 3 feet in width. Many furbolgs continue to grow even after they reach maturity, adding layers of muscle.Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 10
:4 Table 2-6Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 33
:5 Horde Player's Guide, pg. 11
:6 Half-orcs are a bit taller than humans, standing around 6-1/2 feet in height. Males are noticeably taller than females.Horde Player's Guide, pg. 9
:7 Forest trolls resemble their jungle troll cousins, but are taller and more muscled.Horde Player's Guide, pg. 10
:8 Horde Player's Guide, pg. 29
:9 At adulthood, but continue to grow. A fully grown ogre would be between 8 feet and 25 feet, the average for the larger ogres is 15 feet. Though some ogres are small barely larger than 6 or 7 feet.Horde Player's Guide, pg. 214
:10 Table 2-8Dark Factions, pg. 49
===Undefined genders===
Race 	Base Height	Height 	Average
Abomination 	?? 	??[1] 	-
Mountain giant 	?? 	7'2" - 8'4"[2]	-
Ancient Protector	?? 	7'2" - 8'4"[2]	-
:1 At construction, but continue to grow.
:2 At adulthood, but continue to grow.Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 33
==Gallery==
WoW Manual - height chart.png|Height chart of player models from the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade game manual.Note that some models are from the World of Warcraft alpha, most obvious being the male human and female troll.
World of Warcraft Beginners Guide Height Chart.png|Height chart of player models included in the World of Warcraft: Beginner's Guide. 
==See also==
*Weight
*Age
==References==
Category:Vital statistics
Category:Alliance Player's Guide
Category:Horde Player's Guide
Category:World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game