Aberration

For the worgen racial, see [Aberration]. For the mob found in Blackwing Descent, see Aberration (mob).

Aberrations describe a wide range of creatures. Many are related to the Void or the Old Gods, but not all. Previously, many of these were uncategorized, while others like voidwalkers were commonly categorized as demons.

While aberration is often used to describe a few specific races with similar characteristics, it does not mean that they are related or share any traits.

In World of Warcraft

The aberration category was added in Patch 5.1. Primarily uncategorized creatures were retroactively changed to aberrations, but has since become the primary category of voidwalkers and similar creatures.

Besides various consistent categories (See below), aberrations include many unique creatures, such as Durumu and Il'gynoth.

Creatures named aberrations in the game are not always categorized as such, and more often than not are actually other types of creatures like undead or elemental, such as Mindless Aberration and Arcane Aberration.

Characteristics

• Most cannot be skinned.
  • A few select aberrations can be skinned.^[1][2][3]
• Capable of being banished by warlocks.
• Capable of being feared by paladins.
• Like uncategorized creatures, aberrations cannot be tracked.
• Some are summons of shadow priests and warlocks can summon them.

List of known aberrations

• Beastmen
• Beholders
  • Beholder eyes
• Blood abominations
• Blood elementals
• Boggarts
• Consumers of souls
• Devourers
• Eyeball jellyfish
• Fleshbeasts
• Forgotten ones
• Haunts
  • Mawfiends
• Manifestations
• Maw creatures
• Merciless ones
• N'raqi
  • C'Thrax
  • K'thir
• Old Gods
• Oozes
  • Sludge beasts
  • Slime giants
• Psyfiends
• Serpents of N'Zoth
• Sha
• Spawns of G'huun
• Tentacles
  • Eye stalks
• Void beings
  • Void lords
  • Voidwalkers
    • Voidlords
    • Voidcallers
    • Voidwraiths
  • Void Gods
  • Void revenants
• Void hounds
• Void wolves
• Wicker contructs

In the RPG

An aberration has a bizarre anatomy, strange abilities, an alien mindset, or any combination of the three. They all eat, breathe and sleep.^[4] Aberrations can also be either ghostly, skeletal or withered.^[5]

Forgotten ones, nerubians, nerubian spiderlords, silithid and spiderling swarms are all aberrations.^[6]

Notes

• Despite nerubians being repeatedly called aberrations in the Warcraft RPG, still-living nerubians are consistently uncategorized, whereas the undead variant is classified as undead in World of Warcraft.
• In garrison missions, Aberration is an enemy type describing "creatures of the Void". It can be countered by the traits Voidslayer and Apex Predator.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): Aberration is now used as a classification, alongside others like Humanoid, Beast, Undead, etc.
  

References

v e Creatures Creature group Aberration Beast Critter Demon Dragonkin Elemental Giant Humanoid Mechanical Undead Uncategorized creature Aberration creatures Beastman Beholder Beholder eye Blood abomination Blood elemental Boggart Consumer of souls Devourer Eyeball jellyfish Fleshbeast Haunt Mawfiend Manifestation Maw creature Merciless one N'raqi C'Thrax K'thir Ooze Sludge beast Slime giant Psyfiend Serpent of N'Zoth Spawn of G'huun Tentacle Eye stalk Void beings Voidwalker Voidlord Voidcaller Voidwraith Void god Void revenant Void hound Void wolf Wicker construct Unique Fetid Devourer Forgotten one G'huun Il'gynoth Old Gods