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WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70862 changesNovember 7, 2026 · 1.60.1.70790 → 1.60.1.70862See 37 changes →Talents: 1 changed. Items: 17 new · 14 changed. Spells: 5 changed
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70790 changesNovember 4, 2026 · 1.60.1.70532 → 1.60.1.70790See 333 changes →Patch notes for this build →Talents: 6 new · 153 changed · 4 removed. Legacy: 1 changed · 1 removed. Items: 10 new · 41 changed. Professions: 1 new · 42 changed. Spells: 6 new · 60 changed · 8 removed
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70532 changesOctober 22, 2026 · 1.60.1.70450 → 1.60.1.70532Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70450 changesOctober 17, 2026 · 1.60.1.70374 → 1.60.1.70450See 586 changes →Talents: 1 new · 85 changed · 1 removed. Legacy: 3 changed. Items: 21 new · 337 changed · 1 removed. Professions: 66 changed · 1 removed. Maps: 3 changed. Spells: 4 new · 60 changed · 3 removed
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70374 changesOctober 14, 2026 · 1.60.1.70338 → 1.60.1.70374Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70338 changesOctober 11, 2026 · 1.60.1.70245 → 1.60.1.70338See 1,023 changes →Talents: 20 changed. Legacy: 1 new · 4 changed. Items: 17 new · 324 changed. Professions: 609 changed. Maps: 13 changed. Spells: 35 changed
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70245 changesOctober 7, 2026 · 1.60.1.70235 → 1.60.1.70245Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70235 changesOctober 6, 2026 · 1.60.1.70205 → 1.60.1.70235Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70205 changesOctober 3, 2026 · 1.60.1.70170 → 1.60.1.70205Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70170 changesOctober 1, 2026 · 1.60.1.70124 → 1.60.1.70170See 365 changes →Patch notes for this build →Talents: 1 new · 37 changed. Legacy: 3 changed. Items: 1 new · 250 changed · 3 removed. Professions: 34 changed. Spells: 1 new · 34 changed · 1 removed
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70124 changesSeptember 30, 2026 · 1.60.1.70058 → 1.60.1.70124Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70058 changesSeptember 29, 2026 · 1.60.1.70009 → 1.60.1.70058Nothing changed between these two builds in the data we track (talents, Legacy, items, professions, maps and spells)
WoW Forever build 1.60.1.70009 changesSeptember 24, 2026 · 1.60.1.69977 → 1.60.1.70009See 209 changes →Patch notes for this build →Talents: 27 changed · 2 removed. Legacy: 1 changed. Items: 5 new · 102 changed · 5 removed. Professions: 17 changed · 27 removed. Maps: 4 changed. Spells: 19 changed

1.60.1.70862 · November 7, 2026

Build 1.60.1.70862

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on November 7, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

1 new64 changed0 removed

Official notes ↗ · 65 changes in this build · Client changes since 1.60.1.70790 (37 changes)

CHANGEDBug fix

Feral Charge (Cat)

Druid· Feral

Forever

Fixed: can no longer be cast on allies. Also fixed: it was not putting the Druid in combat right away.

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PCHANGEDPet

Vulgara the Insatiable and the Shrieklings of Zephras (pet family)

Hunter· General

Forever

Fixed: they now belong to the correct Hunter pet families.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Hunters (aggro from targeting)

Hunter· General

Forever

Fixed: Hunters no longer sometimes aggro enemies from very far away by targeting them.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Research

Mage· General

Forever

Fixed: Mages no longer learn the Research spell, which should not exist; after completing the relevant quest they only have the Study spell.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Power Infusion

Priest· General

Forever

Fixed: it now correctly persists when used on allies.

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CHANGEDTalent

Soul Siphon

Warlock· General

Forever

Fixed: it no longer incorrectly causes Wrack to increase its own damage.

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CHANGEDQuest

Summon Felsteed (riding skill)

Warlock· General

Forever

Completing “Summon Felsteed” now correctly grants the appropriate riding skill. Players who completed the quest before this hotfix will receive the apprentice riding skill when they summon their Felsteed once.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Incinerate (specializations)

Warlock· General

Forever

Fixed: it is no longer available to non-Destruction specializations.

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NEWSystem

Cooldown Manager

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Removed an invisible wall that was incorrectly blocking the roof of the Alliance base.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Camp Taurajo to Thunder Bluff flight path

Forever

Fixed: the flight path could unintentionally go through objects.

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CHANGEDSystem

Tanning Rack (skill requirement)

Forever

Skill requirement lowered to 125 (was 140), so it is no longer an obstacle to crafting Leatherworking patterns that require 125 skill. Tanning Rack skill-ups lowered by 15 skill points to account for this.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Player and target visibility at long distances

Forever

Improvements deployed to the visibility of other players and their targets across relatively large distances.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Zone player population

Forever

Lowered the population of players in various zones where there was significant congestion.

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CHANGEDItem

Searing Dagger

Forever

Now only activated by spells that have a damaging component.

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ICHANGEDItem

Damp Note

Forever

Drop rate increased.

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ICHANGEDItem

Heart of the Mountain

Forever

Can now be looted more than once.

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ICHANGEDItem

Pouch of Violet Dust

Forever

Fixed: it was preventing players from receiving the extra hour of Camp Benefits aura duration as intended.

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ICHANGEDItem

Waylaid Crates and Craftsman's Writs (dungeon drops)

Forever

Fixed: they were not dropping inside dungeons.

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CHANGEDItem

Berdun's Trusty Rifle

Forever

No longer has random stats and is no longer Bind-on-Equip.

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CHANGEDItem

Nifty Stopwatch

Forever

Fixed: it no longer shares a cooldown with Dash, Blink, Sprint and other movement abilities.

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ICHANGEDItem

Zephrali Greatstaff and Fallen Dragon's Scepter

Forever

Forever

Fixed: restarting the quest was much harder than intended.

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CHANGEDQuest

Bloodmaster's Ring (Jezap Jinglesprocket)

Forever

Fixed: Jezap Jinglesprocket could fail to provide players the ring.

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QCHANGEDQuest

Feathers in Flight (Hyjal Owl Nests)

Forever

Fixed: players below level 60 could not loot the Hyjal Owl Nests.

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ZCHANGEDZone

Thunder Bluff: Barbershop lighting

Forever

Fixed an issue where the Barbershop was darker than intended.

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1.60.1.70790 · November 4, 2026

Launch build 1.60.1.70790

The build WoW Forever launches with, under the full game's own product. It carries the development notes of November 2: talent changes for every class, higher class damage and more health for high-level creatures, and new abilities such as the Rogue's Shank.

23 new197 changed21 removed

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CHANGEDSpell

Primal Bite (was Mangle)

Druid· Feral

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta it was called Mangle and applied a signature debuff.

Forever

Primal Bite is now a 1-point talent on row 7, column 2, replacing Berserk, with Leader of the Pack as a pre-requisite; its ranks are reduced to 3. On row 4 it was replaced by Lacerate.

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CHANGEDSpell

Lacerate

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now a 1-point Feral talent on row 4 (replacing Primal Bite), no longer learned by all Druids. Two new ranks were added to make up for being learned earlier. Applies a Bleed over 15 seconds that stacks up to 5 times and generates high Threat.

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CHANGEDTalent

Genesis

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now increases periodic damage and healing by 2/4/6/8/10%, up from 1/2/3/4/5%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Moonkin Form

Druid· Balance

Forever

The critical strike bonus from this talent is again an increase to all types of critical strikes and is again exclusive with Leader of the Pack. All non-healing spells can be cast in the form, and while it is active Omen of Clarity has double the chance to trigger.

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CHANGEDTalent

Heart of the Wild

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Moved to the Restoration tree, swapping places with Furor.

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CHANGEDTalent

Leader of the Pack

Druid· Feral

Forever

The critical strike bonus from this talent is again an increase to all types of critical strikes and is again exclusive with Moonkin Aura.

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CHANGEDTalent

Predatory Strikes

Druid· Feral

Forever

Moved to column 1 (was column 3). Increases your critical strike damage bonus by up to 20%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Rend and Tear

Druid· Feral

Forever

Moved to column 1 (was column 3). Damage bonus increased to 3/6/9/12/15% (was 2/4/6/8/10%). Increases the damage your melee abilities deal to Bleeding targets.

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CHANGEDTalent

Subtlety

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Moved to row 3 (was row 2), swapping with Reflection. Also reduces all threat from Arcane and Nature spells, not just healing spells. Costs 3 points, for a maximum of 30% threat reduction.

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CHANGEDTalent

Reflection

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Moved to row 2 (was row 3), swapping with Subtlety. Mana regeneration while casting increased substantially.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Gift of the Earthmother

Druid· Restoration

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Swiftmend

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Now requires the Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on the target to be one placed by the casting Druid. It does not consume that effect (the tooltip wrongly says “consume” and will be fixed soon).

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CHANGEDTalent

Shifting Power

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now a 1-point talent on row 7, with Predatory Discipline as a pre-requisite. Can no longer be used while already at full Energy.

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CHANGEDTalent

Furor

Druid· Feral

Forever

Moved to the Feral tree, swapping places with Heart of the Wild. Allows the player to retain the Energy they had when they were last in Cat Form even if they go into Bear or Dire Bear Form.

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NEWTalent

Predatory Discipline

Druid· Feral

Forever

New 1-point talent on row 4, column 3, replacing Shifting Power, with no pre-requisite talents. Your Ferocious Bite ability no longer converts extra Energy into damage but still deals extra damage based on your excess Energy.

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CHANGEDTalent

Natural Instinct

Druid· Feral

Forever

Moved to column 4 (was column 1).

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TREMOVEDTalent

Berserk

Druid· Feral

Forever

Berserk talent removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Naturalist

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Now increases all damage by 2/4/6/8/10%, up from 1/2/3/4/5%. Now also reduces the cast time of Wild Growth by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds.

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NEWTalent

Bloom

Druid· Restoration

Forever

New 1-point talent in the 3rd row, replacing Gift of the Earthmother. When your Rejuvenation or Regrowth spell expires due to its duration, the target is instantly healed for an amount equal to 100% of your Spirit. If either spell expires due to being dispelled, the target is healed for 50% of your Spirit instead.

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NEWSpell

Poised

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Can now land critical hits. This effect will always overwrite an existing one from the same Hunter, even if the new effect is weaker damage per second.

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CHANGEDTalent

Pathfinding

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Moved from row 2 to row 3 in the talent tree.

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CHANGEDTalent

Trueshot Aura

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Moved from row 7 up to row 4 and is now the 21-point gold medal talent. New lower-level ranks added. Ranged Attack Power bonus increased on all ranks. New values: 20, 35, 50, 75, 100.

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CHANGEDTalent

Barrage

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Damage increase raised to 5/10/15% from 3/7/10%, and it also applies to Aimed Shot, as well as Multi-Shot and Volley.

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NEWTalent

Sniper Shot

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Bonus damage on all ranks increased by 100%. 31-point talent. It now has a 45-yard range and increases the range of your next 3 shots made within 10 seconds by 10 yards.

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CHANGEDTalent

Lightning Reflexes

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Agility bonus increased to 3/6/9/12/15% from 2/4/6/8/10%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Hunter's Mark

Hunter· General

Forever

Can no longer be applied to a target multiple times by using different ranks of the spell. Fixed an issue where Rank 4 was providing less Ranged Attack Power than Rank 3.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Explosive Trap

Hunter· General

Forever

Fixed an issue with the wording of the Explosive Trap debuff.

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SCHANGEDSpell

Traps (cooldown)

Hunter· General

Forever

All types of Hunter traps now have the same shared 30 second cooldown, instead of separate cooldowns for Fire-based and Frost-based traps.

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CHANGEDSpell

Aimed Shot

Hunter· General

Forever

Bonus damage on all ranks increased by ~110%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Arcane Shot

Hunter· General

Forever

Base damage on all ranks increased by ~30% and Attack Power coefficient raised from 0.1 to 0.15.

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CHANGEDSpell

Serpent Sting

Hunter· General

Forever

Attack Power coefficient per tick increased to 5% from 3%. Base damage on all ranks increased ~20%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Aspect of the Hawk

Hunter· General

Forever

Ranged Attack Power bonus increased on all ranks. New values: 20, 35, 50, 70, 90, 110 for ranks 1-6.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Pets (Attack Speed passives)

Hunter· General

Forever

Hunter pets should no longer lose their innate Attack Speed passives when untraining them.

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CHANGEDTalentReverted

Wake of Fire

Mage· Fire

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta it lasted 20 sec.

Forever

Reverted back to Improved Fire Blast and no longer grants a bonus when the Mage kills a target. It now increases the range of Fire Blast by 8/15 yards. Moved to the 3rd row from the 1st row.

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REMOVEDTalent

Arcane Focus

Mage· Arcane

Forever

This talent has been removed, as it is now combined into the talent Precision in the Frost tree.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Concentration

Mage· Arcane

Forever

The penalty to its chance to trigger when casting spells of a low rank is gone. Blizzard continues to have a reduced chance to trigger Arcane Concentration, Frostbite, and Fingers of Frost when casting a rank learned more than 12 levels lower than the caster’s current level.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Resilience

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Moved to the 1st row from the 2nd row (originally row 3). It now allows up to 3 talent points to be spent for a maximum armor increase of 75% of Intellect.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Blast

Mage· Arcane

Forever

New 11-point gold medal talent that grants a new spell: immediate damage with a 2.5 second cast, then increases the damage of all other Mage spells and its own Mana cost. Stacks up to 4 times and lasts 18 seconds or until any other spell is cast. Mana cost increase per stack reduced to 100% (was 175%); percent of Intellect as Spell Damage reduced from 15% to 12% per stack.

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CHANGEDTalent

Incineration

Mage· Fire

Forever

Formerly Incinerate. Moved from row 3 up to row 1. Now increases the critical strike chance of Ice Lance and Arcane Blast, in addition to Fire Blast and Scorch. Now allows spending up to 5 talent points for 10% critical chance on affected spells, up from 3 talent points for 6%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Accelerant

Mage· Fire

Forever

Renamed Accelerant. Reduces the cast time of Frostfire Bolt and now also that of Arcane Wrath, by up to 0.5 seconds.

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CHANGEDTalent

Precision

Mage· Frost

Forever

Renamed Precision and back to being a 3-point talent, granting 2/4/6% chance to hit with all spells (was 1/2/3/4/5%).

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CHANGEDTalent

Missile Barrage

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Talent moved to the second row (was the first) and costs 2 talent points. It now also grants a chance for Arcane Missiles hits to trigger Missile Barrage. Fixed: it is now consumed at the start of the Arcane Missiles channel (was consumed at the end). Clearcasting is no longer consumed on Arcane Missiles if Missile Barrage is active at the same time. Fixed: Arcane Missiles did not proc Clearcasting.

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CHANGEDTalent

Critical Mass

Mage· Fire

Forever

Reverted to a maximum of 3 talent points, instead of 5, for a total of 6% critical strike chance increase, down from 10%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Ice Lance

Mage· Frost

Forever

Now has an 8 second cooldown shared with Fire Blast. Bonus damage to Frozen targets increased back to 300%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Winter's Chill

Mage· Frost

Forever

Redesigned: no longer increases critical strike chance. It now gives your Frostbolt and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to apply Winter’s Chill, increasing the damage the target takes from your next Cone of Cold and causing it to gain an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times. Bonus to Cone of Cold damage increased to 20% per stack.

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SREMOVEDSpell

Frost Blast

Mage· Frost

Forever

This spell has been removed.

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REMOVEDTalent

Piercing Ice

Mage· Frost

Forever

The talent has been removed. This gives the player a few more talents to play around with early on in the tree.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ice Barrier

Mage· Frost

Forever

Now increases your Frost Damage dealt by 15% for 1 minute when activated and grants an additional 5% Frost Damage while the barrier holds. This gives the Mage a reason to go all the way down the tree for PvE.

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CHANGEDTalent

Frost Warding

Mage· Frost

Forever

Increases the amount of damage your Ice Barrier and Frost Wards can absorb. No longer has a chance to Reflect spells but instead has a chance to fully negate the damage of the spell without depleting the Frost Ward.

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SCHANGEDSpell

Imbue Iceknife

Mage· Frost

Forever

Its visual has been changed to better convey that it is a Root and not a Stun.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Ignite

Mage· Fire

Forever

Fixed: Ignite was not applying to Flamestrike damage past the initial instance.

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CHANGEDSpell

Righteous Fury

Paladin· General

Classic

Increases Holy damage threat by 60%.

Forever

Now grants a 33% increase to all threat generated, and an additional 90% threat from Holy damage.

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CHANGEDTalent

Holy Power

Paladin· Holy

Classic

Increases the critical strike chance of Holy spells.

Forever

Increases the critical strike healing bonus of your Holy Spells by 10/20/30/40/50% (Was Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock and Holy Strike spells by 3/6/9/12/15%, and all other spells by 1/2/3/4/5%).

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CHANGEDTalent

Vengeance

Paladin· Retribution

Classic

After a crit, +3/6/9/12/15% Physical and Holy damage for 8 sec (5 ranks).

Forever

Changed to stacking up to 5 times (Was stacking up to 3 times). Now requires Seal of Command (was requiring Sanctified Judgement).

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CHANGEDTalent

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization

Paladin· Retribution

Classic

+2/4/6% damage with two-handed weapons.

Forever

Moved to Row 4 (was Row 5). Changed to increase both Holy and Physical damage by 2/4/6% (Was just Physical damage), and to also reduce the Threat generated by the Paladin by 7/14/20% while wearing a two-handed melee weapon.

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REMOVEDTalent

Twist of Light

Paladin· Retribution

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Talent removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Champion of the Light

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Changed to increasing the Paladin's spell damage by 12/24/36/48/60% of their Intellect and also reduces the cast time of Hammer of Wrath by 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 seconds.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Improved Seal of Fury and Shield Specialization

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Improved Seal of Fury removed. Shield Specialization has its own entry.

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CHANGEDTalent

Spiritual Focus

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved to Row 1 (was Row 2). Changed to a 5-point talent (was a 2-point talent). Max rank unchanged.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Seals

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Changed to a 5-point talent (was a 3-point talent). Max rank unchanged.

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CHANGEDTalent

Unyielding Faith

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Moved to Row 3 of Retribution (was Row 2 of Holy).

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REMOVEDTalent

Voice of Truth

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Talent removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Reverence

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved to Row 2 (was Row 3). Changed to a 2-point talent (was a 3-point talent). Max rank unchanged.

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CHANGEDTalent

Purifying Power

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved to Row 2 (was Row 3).

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CHANGEDTalent

Divine Favor

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved to Row 3 (was Row 4).

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CHANGEDTalent

Toughness

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Moved to Row 3 (was Row 1).

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CHANGEDTalent

Anticipation

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Moved to Row 4 (was Row 2).

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REMOVEDTalent

One-Handed Weapon Specialization

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Talent removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Templar's Bulwark

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Moved to Row 3 (was Row 5). Now a Magic effect and dispellable.

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CHANGEDTalent

Reckoning

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Will now correctly perform its number of attacks based on stacks, and no longer gains stacks while sitting.

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CHANGEDTalent

Iron Creed

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Changed to a 3-point talent (was a 5-point talent) and increases the threat generated by Holy Strike by 10/20/30%, and grants 2/4/6% damage reduction for 6 seconds (was 5/10/15/20/25% increased threat, and 2/4/6/8/10% damage reduction).

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CHANGEDTalent

Holy Conduit

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved to the 3rd Row of the Holy Tree (was 2nd Row of Retribution).

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CHANGEDTalent

Conviction

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Moved to Row 2 (was Row 3). Changed to grant 2/4/6% critical strike chance to all spells and attacks (Was 1/2/3/4/5% to just melee attacks).

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CHANGEDTalent

Vindication

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

No longer grants an increase to Attack Power (was 1/2/3% increased Attack Power).

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CHANGEDTalent

Sanctified Judgement

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Moved to Row 2 (was Row 3).

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TREMOVEDTalent

Instrument of the Law

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Talent removed.

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SREMOVEDSpell

Blessing of Salvation and Greater Blessing of Salvation

Paladin· General

Forever

Salvation and Mass Salvation have been removed, along with Revoke.

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SREMOVEDSpell

Revoke

Paladin· General

Forever

Removed, together with Salvation and Mass Salvation.

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CHANGEDSpell

Righteous Fury (level 10)

Paladin· General

Forever

Now available to train at level 10 (was 16). This mirrors the level that other Tanks gain access to their tanking stance.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

The Quick and the Dead

Forever

Moved to Row 2 (was Row 3). No longer grants % increase to Stamina. In addition to its cooldown reduction on Divine Shield, Divine Protection and Templar's Bulwark by 30sec/1min, it now also reduces the duration of your Forbearance effect by 5/10 seconds.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Improved Seal of Fury

Priest· General

Forever

Baseline ability for all Priests at level 32. Deals instant Shadow damage; if the target is not killed by it, the Priest takes 30% of their maximum health in damage (was 10%). The Priest no longer takes damage when the spell misses. 15 second cooldown.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Binding Heal

Priest· Holy

Forever

Removed. Its slot is taken by the new Holy Binding talent.

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CHANGEDTalent

Vampiric Embrace

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Moved to row 3 as the 16-point gold medal talent. Now lasts 30 seconds with a 1-minute cooldown. Vampiric Embrace healing can no longer roll a critical effect.

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CHANGEDTalent

Devouring Contagion

Priest· Shadow

Forever

New row 5 talent. Reduces the Mana cost of Devouring Plague, and when a target dies while afflicted with Devouring Plague it jumps to a new enemy within 5 yards with the same remaining duration. It no longer spreads Devouring Plague if it is spreading from a critter.

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NEWTalent

Holy Binding

Priest· Holy

Forever

New talent in Binding Heal's slot. When the Priest heals a target other than themselves with Flash Heal, 50% of the healing done by the Flash Heal is also done to the Priest. This healing generates no threat.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Rogue· Combat

Forever

Renamed Coup de Grace. Increases the damage of Eviscerate by 7/13/20% and the damage and storage rate of Death Mark by 7/13/20%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Weapon Expertise

Rogue· Combat

Forever

Redesigned: reduces the chance for a target to Dodge or Parry your attacks. Moved to row 4 (was row 6).

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CHANGEDTalent

Opportunity

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Now also affects Mutilate. Now a 5-point talent granting 4/8/12/16/20% increased damage to Backstab, Garrote, Ambush and Mutilate (was 2 points granting 5/10%).

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CHANGEDTalent

Ghostly Strike

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Its percentage damage done is increased while a Dagger is equipped instead of another weapon. Moved to row 4 (was row 3). It also causes your next Ambush or Garrote cast within 7 seconds to not require Stealth.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Improved Distract

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Heightened Senses

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved to row 5 (was row 4).

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CHANGEDTalent

Serrated Blades

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved to row 3 (was row 4). Now ignores a specific percentage of the target's armor instead of a flat value rising per level.

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CHANGEDTalent

Dirty Deeds

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Now also allows Garrote to be used when not behind your target. Moved to row 2 (was row 5).

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NEWSpell

Poised

Rogue· General

Forever

New passive learned at level 18. When you are not in combat and have your maximum Energy, you gain Poised, which reduces the Energy cost of your next Energy ability by 10.

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Shank

Rogue· General

Forever

New spell learned at level 24. 5 Energy cost, 10 second cooldown, melee range. Instantly strikes with your off-hand weapon for 50% weapon damage and generates 15 Energy. It cannot Miss. Rank 2, learned at level 44, generates 25 Energy.

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CHANGEDSpell

Deadly Poison

Rogue· General

Forever

Attack Power coefficient increased to 0.009 (was 0.0045).

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CHANGEDSpell

Instant Poison

Rogue· General

Forever

Attack Power coefficient increased to 0.01 (was 0.005).

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CHANGEDBug fix

Slice and Dice

Rogue· Combat

Forever

Moved to row 5 (was row 4) and now a 2-point talent granting 25/50% increased off-hand weapon damage (was 5 points granting 5/10/15/20/25%).

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Flash of Steel

Rogue· Combat

Forever

New passive 5-point talent in row 6. Increases the Energy generated by your Shank by 3/6/9/12/15 and reduces its cooldown by 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2.0 seconds.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Hemorrhage

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Fixed: Hemorrhage and Ghostly Strike were dealing much more damage than intended when using a Dagger.

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CHANGEDTalent

Setup

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved to row 1 (was row 2). Now a 15/30/45% chance to add a Combo Point to your target after Dodging their attack or fully resisting one of their spells (was 33/66/100%).

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CHANGEDTalent

Camouflage

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved to row 2 (was row 1) and now a 3-point talent granting 5/10/15% increased movement speed in stealth and reducing stealth's cooldown by 2/4/6 seconds (was 5 points granting 3/6/9/12/15% and 2/3/4/5/6).

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CHANGEDTalent

Premeditation

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved to row 3 (was row 4).

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Elusiveness

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved to row 4 (was row 2).

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NEWTalent

Quick Getaway

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

New passive 2-point talent in row 4. Increases the maximum number of targets you may have Sapped by 1/1 and increases your movement speed by 15/30% for 3 seconds after sapping a target.

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CHANGEDTalent

Hemorrhage

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Now increases the damage of the caster's Rupture and Garrote by 15% (was only Rupture).

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Quietus

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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Cutthroat

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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Thousand Cuts

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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Boot Knife

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

New passive 5-point talent in row 6. Gives your Shank a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to add 2 Combo Points to the target.

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Death Mark

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

New active 1-point talent in row 7. 25 Energy cost, 20 yard range, 10 second cooldown. Curse. Finishing move that marks the target, storing a portion of the damage dealt by your attacks per Combo Point. Garrote and Rupture damage is stored at twice the rate. After 6 sec, the stored damage is dealt up to a maximum increased by Attack Power and Critical Strike chance.

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CHANGEDSpell

Lightning Bolt

Shaman· General

Classic

Classic damage on ranks 3 and 4.

Forever

Base damage of all ranks increased, with larger percentage increases on the higher ranks; the maximum rank gains 80%. Each rank's new base damage is roughly 78% of the Classic Era version's (but the cast time is lower than in Classic Era).

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Lava Burst

Shaman· Elemental

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Removed, replaced by Call of Thunder. All references to Lava Burst have been removed.

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CHANGEDSpell

Totemic Call

Shaman· General

Forever

Formerly Totemic Projection. It now teleports your totems to your own location. Its cooldown is reduced to 30 seconds.

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CHANGEDSpell

Chain Lightning

Shaman· General

Forever

Cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2). Primary target base damage increased to approximately 145% of the comparable Lightning Bolt rank's base damage. Mana cost increased to approximately 225% of the comparable Lightning Bolt rank's Mana cost.

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CHANGEDTalent

Convection

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

No longer reduces the Mana cost of Lava Burst, which has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Call of Flame

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Now also increases the damage done by Flame Shock and Fire Nova, and extends the duration of Flame Shock by 3/6/9 seconds. Lava Burst has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Eye of the Storm

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Redesigned: now grants resistance against spell pushback from damage while casting Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning. Formerly it was only effective after being hit with a critical strike.

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CHANGEDTalent

Elemental Reach

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Now also increases the range of Fire Nova by up to 6 yards and the range of Flame Shock by up to 15 yards. No longer reduces the cooldown of Totemic Call.

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Mental Dexterity

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Now increases the Shaman's Attack Power by 50/100/150% of Intellect (was 33/67/100%).

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Ghost Wolf

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Moved from row 2 to row 4. Rank 1 makes Ghost Wolf usable indoors and reduces its cast time by 1 second; Rank 2 makes Ghost Wolf instant.

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CHANGEDTalent

Maelstrom Weapon

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Chance to trigger doubled. Every melee attack has a chance to stack charges of Maelstrom, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt; with enough ranks and charges, Lightning Bolt becomes instant.

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CHANGEDTalent

Totemic Focus

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Moved from row 2 up to row 1. Now also discounts Totemic Call and the totem Call spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Lightning Overload

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Now grants a 10/20/30% chance to trigger a duplicate spell (was 3/7/10%).

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CHANGEDTalent

Call of Thunder

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Replaces Lava Burst. Increases the critical strike chance of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 5%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Stormstrike

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Now deals 150% normalized weapon damage (was 100%). Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds (was 8). Costs 8% of base Mana.

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Lightning Mastery

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Elemental Mastery renamed Lightning Mastery. Icon changed.

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Flurry

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Now increases attack speed by 6/12/18/24/30% (was 5/10/15/20/25%).

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CHANGEDSpell

Riptide

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Mana cost reduced by about 40%. Cooldown increased to 12 seconds (was 6). It no longer deals any initial healing, just healing over time.

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SCHANGEDSpell

Earth Shock, Flame Shock and Frost Shock

Shaman· General

Forever

All shock base damage reverted to match Classic Era values (higher than previous Forever Beta values).

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Windfury Weapon

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Now causes the Shaman to animate an additional weapon swing attack.

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Windfury Totem

Shaman· General

Forever

Now causes the player to animate an additional weapon swing attack.

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Spellstone

Warlock· General

Forever

Now applies a Weapon Imbue that can be stacked with other temporary enchantments like Wizard Oil. Grants increased Shadow damage (it was increasing Shadow and Fire damage) and spell haste.

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CHANGEDSpell

Wrack

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Spell damage coefficient doubled, to match the expected coefficient per cast time of 0.286 per second. Base damage per second now increases with each level by 2.5. Base damage per second at level 60 effectively increased from 36 to 86.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Drains

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Now increases Drain Mana's amount of Mana drained but no longer increases Wrack damage.

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CHANGEDTalent

Amplify Curse

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Now correctly affects Curse of Exhaustion and Bane of Agony.

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Shadow and Flame

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

The damage bonuses from this talent now increase Fire or Shadow damage by 4/8/12/16/20%, up from 2/4/6/8/10%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Drain Soul

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

The chance for this spell to grant a Soul Shard on dealing damage (not a kill) has been reduced significantly.

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Pet Health

Warlock· General

Forever

Pets now gain 2 Health per point of Master's Stamina (was 7.5 Health per point of Master's Stamina).

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Bane of Agony

Warlock· General

Forever

Fixed: Bane of Agony now correctly dynamically updates its damage.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Training costs

Warlock· General

Forever

Training costs have been adjusted for all classes: the total cost to train class abilities from 1-60 is now between 206 and 207 gold. For Warlocks, costs are reduced by the expected costs of buying Grimoires for their pets.

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Bloodthrill

Warrior· Arms

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta: 2/4/6/8/10% chance.

Forever

Now a 2-point talent (was 5) in row 5. Your main hand attacks on enemies afflicted with Rend have a 10/20% chance (was 4/8/12/16/20%) to activate Overpower for 6 seconds.

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CHANGEDSpell

Slam

Warrior· Arms

Classic

No cooldown, 1.5 sec cast time.

Forever

Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds (was 18).

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Improved Slam

Warrior· Arms

Classic

Reduces Slam cast time by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 sec.

Forever

Moved from Fury to row 6 of Arms and redesigned, with only 2 points. Reduces the cooldown (2.5/5 seconds; was 3.0/3.0), global cooldown and cast time of Slam, and Slam no longer delays or interrupts your melee auto attack swing time.

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CHANGEDSpell

Victory Rush

Warrior· General

Forever

Learned at level 20. Instant attack with a 30-second cooldown that deals damage (increased by Attack Power) and heals the Warrior for 10% of maximum health. Activated for 20 seconds every time you kill a non-trivial enemy. Fixed: its tooltip displayed the wrong amount of damage.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Tactical Mastery

Warrior· Arms

Forever

Formerly Tactical Mastery. Now a 3-point talent that retains 5/10/15 additional Rage when changing stances (was a 5-point talent with 3/6/9/12/15).

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CHANGEDTalent

Booming Voice

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Now increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 10/20/30/40/50% and reduces their Rage costs by 5/10/15/20/25%. It also reduces the Rage cost of Piercing Howl by 5/10/15/20/25%.

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Blood Craze

Warrior· Fury

Forever

No longer activates from Bloodthirst casts or when sitting, and no longer generates threat when restoring Health to the Warrior.

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Enrage

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Redesigned. Now has a chance to trigger from taking any damage. Moved to row 3 (was row 4).

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Death Wish

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Minor redesign. Now increases all damage taken while active instead of decreasing Armor and Resistances. No longer required for Flurry; it is now a required talent for Bloodthirst.

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CHANGEDTalent

Flurry

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Now a 3-point talent that grants 10/20/30% increased attack speed for 3 swings after a critical strike (was 5 points, 5/10/15/20/25%). Neither Enrage nor Death Wish is required to reach Flurry any more.

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CHANGEDTalent

Bloodthirst

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Attack Power ratio increased to 45% (was 35%). It now requires Death Wish.

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Defiance

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Forever

The Swing Timer bar will no longer fade out due to distance until the swing finishes. With the combined bag enabled, the background art of the inventory slots shows which bag each slot is from.

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ICHANGEDInterface

Nameplates: Elite status and click-through

Forever

Nameplates now display Elite enemy status, and debuff icons on the nameplate can be clicked through.

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ICHANGEDInterface

Spellbook, PvP scoreboard and keybinds

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CHANGEDRacial

Berserking (Troll)

Forever

Now lasts 15 seconds (was 10).

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CHANGEDRacial

Ruthless (Human)

Forever

Now increases critical strike chance by 1% (was 2%).

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The Human Spirit (Human)

Forever

Now increases Spirit by 10% (was 5%).

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Earth Fury (Dwarf)

Forever

Removed (it increased critical strike damage and healing by 2%).

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Artisan’s Precision (Dwarf)

Forever

New racial: increases hit chance with spells and attacks by 1%.

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Savage (Orc)

Forever

Removed (it gave 1% more critical strike chance).

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Command (Orc)

Forever

Returns: increases Warlock and Hunter pet damage by 5%.

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Priest· Discipline

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 2 and now increases your Intellect by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of increasing Mana by a percentage.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Holy Fire (Rank 5 periodic damage)

Priest· General

Forever

Fixed: Rank 5 periodic damage was higher than Rank 6.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Mind Vision

Priest· General

Forever

Fixed: casting Mind Vision caused the target to stand up and interrupt their drink.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Inner Focus

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Fixed: it is now only consumed by a single spell, even if another spell is queued into Penance's channel.

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REMOVEDTalent

Improved Fade

Priest· Shadow

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Shadow Infinity

Priest· Shadow

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Mind Blast

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 2.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Sap

Rogue· General

Forever

Correctly flags the rogue for PvP when used on PvP-flagged targets. No longer has a chance to activate weapon procs.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Rogue Poisons

Rogue· General

Forever

Fixed: poisons no longer incorrectly activate against targets that are attacking the Rogue.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Rogue specialization swap (Energy)

Rogue· General

Forever

Fixed: swapping specializations no longer keeps the Rogue's Energy full.

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Shaman· General

Forever

Fixed: it now restores Mana. Its trainer cost is also corrected to 22 silver instead of 70.

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NEWSpell

Fire Nova

Shaman· General

Forever

Fire Nova Totem is removed and replaced with a new Fire Nova spell that causes an eruption of Fire damage at the location of your current Fire Totem. It can be triggered multiple times without placing a new totem each time. Its spell power coefficient is changed to 0.143 (was 0.214); its base damage and mana cost are significantly reduced.

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CHANGEDTalent

Elemental Focus

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Reduced chance to trigger when casting low rank spells. It is no longer activated and immediately consumed when using Fire Nova, and Lightning Overload activations no longer consume it.

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CHANGEDTalent

Tidal Focus

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Now also grants increased chance to hit with all spells and attacks. Moved to row 1, swapping places with Totemic Focus.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Grounding Totem

Shaman· General

Forever

Fixed: it is now correctly destroyed after redirecting a spell.

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CHANGEDTalent

Elemental Warding

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Moved from row 2 to row 3.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Summon Incubus (Soul Shard cost)

Warlock· General

Forever

Fixed: Summon Incubus could be summoned at no Soul Shard cost with the Reagent Economy Legacy Perk.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Curse of Recklessness

Warlock· General

Forever

Fixed: multiple Curse of Recklessness debuffs can no longer be active on the same target.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Soul Link

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

Fixed: Soul Link can now be cast on your pet.

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CHANGEDSpell

Battle Shout

Warrior· General

Forever

Now affects the whole raid.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Weaponmaster’s Sword Specialization

Warrior· Arms

Forever

Fixed: it can no longer be activated by Shield Bash and Shield Slam.

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CHANGEDItem

Mystic Mushroom

Forever

Now correctly increases Spirit.

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ICHANGEDItem

Insight (enchant)

Forever

Now correctly increases Spirit.

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CHANGEDItem

Morbent's Bane

Forever

No longer causes other nearby players to play visual effects.

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ICHANGEDItem

Scrolls

Forever

Now incur a global cooldown when used.

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ICHANGEDItem

Profession-made items (vendor price)

Forever

The vendor sell price of many items created by professions has been reduced.

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ICHANGEDItem

Draught of Predatory Senses

Forever

Now a Potion on the Combat Potion cooldown, and its duration has been reduced to fit within this design space.

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ICHANGEDItem

Battleground Marks of Honor (stack size)

Forever

Now stack up to 30 (was 20).

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NEWSystem

Gamepad: new options

Classic

Classic has no official gamepad support.

Forever

Lord Melenas no longer evades at low health during the quest.

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1.60.1.70425 · October 16, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70425

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 16, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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CHANGEDSpell

Rejuvenation

Druid· General

Classic

Periodic healing cannot crit.

Forever

Can now land critical hits. Fixed: high ranks of Rejuvenation were preventing other Druids from applying Rejuvenation to the target.

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CHANGEDSpell

Faerie Fire

Druid· Balance

Forever

Castable while shapeshifted at no resource cost, though it gains a cooldown, and it no longer resets your swing timer when used. It now generates threat while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form (instead of just initiating combat at 0 threat). Fixed: multiple Faerie Fire debuffs can no longer be active on a target.

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CHANGEDSpell

Shred (Rank 1)

Druid· General

Forever

Rank 1 is now learned at level 20 (was 22).

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NEWPet

Sonic Blast

Hunter· General

Classic

Not in Classic.

Hunter· General

Forever

The Hunter can now correctly have 1 active Fire Trap and 1 active Ice Trap at the same time (was 1 Trap among all types).

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CHANGEDPet

Dismember (Crocolisk)

Hunter· General

Forever

Healing reduction reduced to 25% (was 50%), duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds), and cooldown increased to 15 seconds (was 6 seconds).

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CHANGEDPet

Mine! (Bird of Prey)

Hunter· General

Forever

Duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).

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CHANGEDRacial

Eureka (Gnome)

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Health regeneration bonuses increased to 20% (was 10%).

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SNEWSystem

Tutorial experience

Forever

Added a new tutorial experience for new players.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Elemental Convergences and Leylines spawn locations

Forever

Increased the number of spawn locations of Elemental Convergences and Leylines in most Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor zones.

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ICHANGEDInterface

Lighting Bloom Intensity option

Forever

Lighting ‘Bloom Intensity’ in options is now a slider and has moved to the ‘Advanced’ graphics section.

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INEWInterface

Auto Attack/Auto Shot setting

Forever

Forever

Night Elves no longer display their shields while in Wisp Form.

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1.60.1.70374 · October 14, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70374

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 14, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Consecration

Paladin· General

Forever

Fixed the increased damage effect not applying to some targets, the Z-axis inconsistency and the vertical pulling of targets. It is now learned by all Paladins at level 20 instead of being a Holy talent, and it has been redesigned: it deals moderate damage to the first 4 enemies to enter it and very low damage to all other enemies.

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CHANGEDSpell

Judgement

Paladin· General

Forever

No longer consumes the Paladin’s active Seal.

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SCHANGEDSpell

Fire Resistance Aura, Frost Resistance Aura and Shadow Resistance Aura

Paladin· General

Forever

These auras now affect all raid members within 30 yards.

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CHANGEDSpell

Lay on Hands

Paladin· General

Forever

Cooldown reduced to 20 minutes (from 1 hour).

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SREMOVEDSystem

Seal Twisting

Paladin· General

Forever

No longer baseline functionality as it was in Classic Era and Classic Anniversary. A new form of Seal Twisting comes from the Retribution 31-point gold medal talent Twist of Light, which is more intuitive and less strict with timing windows.

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CHANGEDTalent

Healing Light

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 2. Now also increases Holy Shock healing.

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NEWTalent

Infusion of Light

Paladin· Holy

Forever

New row 4 talent: critical hits with Holy Shock and Flash of Light reduce the cast time of your next Holy Light by up to 1 second.

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CHANGEDTalent

Holy Shock

Paladin· Holy

Forever

Moved from the 31-point gold medal talent to the 21-point gold medal. Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds (was 30 seconds in the beta).

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NEWTalent

Consecrated Ground

Paladin· Holy

Forever

New row 5 talent: your Holy spells deal up to 10% increased damage to the first 4 enemies to enter your active Consecration.

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CHANGEDTalent

Redoubt

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Redesigned: no longer requires the Paladin to be hit with a critical strike; it now grants a 10% chance when hit to gain increased Block Chance. The Block Chance increase is now up to 20% instead of 30%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Precision

Paladin· Protection

Forever

Now increases chance to hit with all spells and attacks instead of just melee weapon attacks.

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CHANGEDTalent

Deflection

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Moved from row 2 up to row 1.

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CHANGEDTalent

Benediction

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Now reduces the cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by up to 10%, instead of reducing the cost of only Seals and Judgement by up to 15%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Pursuit of Justice

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Benefit increased from a maximum of 8% movement speed to 15% movement speed, for the same number of talent points.

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CHANGEDTalent

Eye for an Eye

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Moved from row 4 down to row 5. Now works against all critical strikes, not just spells, but the damage reflected is now up to 10% of the damage taken, down from 30%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Repentance

Paladin· Retribution

Forever

Now the 21-point gold medal talent instead of the 31-point gold medal talent.

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1.60.1.70338 · October 10, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70338

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 10, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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1.60.1.70334 · October 9, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70334

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 9, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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1.60.1.70291 · October 8, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70291

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 8, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

1 new54 changed0 removed

Official notes ↗ · Patch notes for this build · 55 changes in this build

CHANGEDSpell

Thorns

Druid· General

Classic

Damage is fixed when cast.

Forever

Dynamically updates based on the caster's spell power. Base damage returned to Vanilla WoW values, and the spell power ratio is reduced to 6% (was 13.3% in the beta).

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CHANGEDTalent

Thick Hide

Druid· Feral

Forever

Redesigned: now grants increased Armor in Bear, Cat, Dire Bear or Moonkin Form, based on Defense skill bonuses from buffs and equipped items. That Armor can be further multiplied by shapeshift-specific Armor multipliers. Fixed some bugs where equipping gear while shapeshifted did not trigger it.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Shapeshift override effects

Druid· General

Forever

Effects that override shapeshifting now more closely resemble Classic. Far fewer transforms still apply, mostly those with other benefits, such as Noggenfogger Elixir, which lets you breathe underwater.

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CHANGEDTalent

Unleashed Fury

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Benefit to pet damage decreased slightly, but it now also benefits the new Hawk summons. It now correctly increases your pet's damage.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Pet health

Hunter· General

Forever

Fixed: Hunter pets no longer gain health repeatedly when at low health.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Improved Concussive Shot

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Fixed: now has the correct chance to activate.

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CHANGEDSpell

Arcane Missiles

Mage· General

Classic

Each missile checks line of sight.

Forever

Line of sight is checked once at the start of the channel. Base points and points per level of ranks 1-3 adjusted so ranks 1-4 grow more consistently and new ranks are always an upgrade.

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CHANGEDSpell

Retribution Aura

Paladin· General

Classic

Forever

Forever

Fixed: it was causing unintended lag in certain situations and could not be cancelled. It no longer shows a visible aura on the players it illuminates, only on the torch bearer.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Looting creatures with no loot

Classic

Creatures that dropped no loot can still be interacted with.

Forever

Classic looting behaviour is back: creatures that dropped no loot can still be interacted with.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Visual effects on large creatures

Forever

Fixed visual effects flickering on large creatures.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Long-distance creature pulls

Forever

Fixed creature behaviour that could cause unintended long-distance pulls.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Party experience (level penalty)

Classic

The adjustment is made individually for each party member, regardless of the highest-level party member.

Forever

Fixed: experience for killing lower-level enemies in a party was penalised based on the highest-level party member. The calculation now reverts to Classic Era behaviour, where only each player's own level matters.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

Rage from taking damage

Forever

Fixed several bugs in the Rage gained from taking damage. It used the player's health instead of an expected creature's health, giving less Rage with more Stamina gear. It did not correctly handle extra damage from critical strikes or crushing blows, and damage absorbs are now ignored.

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BCHANGEDBug fix

New armor set shoulders (visual size)

Forever

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 6, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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SNEWSystem

Comprehension

Mage· General

Forever

New Mage-only minor tradeskill to read and decipher scrolls dropped by creatures, which grant various benefits. It is used with the Comprehend Scroll ability, in the General tab of the spellbook.

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CHANGEDSpell

Cone of Cold

Mage· General

Forever

Duration decreased.

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CHANGEDSpell

Mage Armor

Mage· General

Forever

Mana regeneration bonus from Spirit increased.

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CHANGEDTalent

Wand Specialization

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Now only requires 2 talent points for the same benefit.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Subtlety

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Moved from row 1 down to row 2. Resistance-ignoring effect a little stronger and threat reduction to Arcane spells a little weaker.

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CHANGEDTalent

Magic Absorption

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Now has a 1 second cooldown on triggering the effect.

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NEWTalent

Arcane Geometry

Mage· Arcane

Forever

New row 3 talent. Increases the range of Arcane spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Shielding

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Formerly Improved Mana Shield. Bigger Mana cost reduction for Mana Shield, and now also increases the resistances granted by Mage Armor.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Counterspell

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Slight redesign: with only 1 point it now always grants a shorter-duration Silence, instead of a 50% chance of any Silence at all.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Meditation

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Mana regeneration from Spirit while casting increased. Now requires Arcane Concentration.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Mind

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Redesigned: increases Intellect instead of maximum Mana and also increases the critical strike damage bonus of Arcane spells. No longer requires Arcane Resilience.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Instability

Mage· Arcane

Forever

No longer requires Presence of Mind.

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CHANGEDTalent

Arcane Power

Mage· Arcane

Forever

Now requires Presence of Mind.

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TCHANGEDTalent

Magic Attunement

Mage· Arcane

Forever

No longer a talent; it is now a baseline ability.

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CHANGEDTalent

Burning Soul

Mage· Fire

Forever

Now requires 3 talent points for the same effect.

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CHANGEDTalent

Blast Wave

Mage· Fire

Forever

No longer requires Pyroblast as a pre-requisite.

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CHANGEDTalent

Permafrost

Mage· Frost

Forever

Minor redesign: now increases the duration of all Chill effects by 11/22/33% instead of 1/2/3 seconds.

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CHANGEDTalent

Frost Channeling

Mage· Frost

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 3.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Blizzard

Mage· Frost

Forever

Movement speed Slow reduced: now maxes out at a 40% Slow instead of 65%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ice Block

Mage· Frost

Forever

Moved from row 5 up to row 4 and is now the 16-point gold medal talent.

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CHANGEDTalent

Cold Snap

Mage· Frost

Forever

Moved from row 3 down to row 5 and is now the 21-point gold medal talent. Cooldown increased to 10 minutes (was 5 minutes).

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NEWTalent

Fingers of Frost

Mage· Frost

Forever

New row 5 talent, pre-requisite of Ice Lance. Your Chill effects have a chance to grant 1/2 charges of Fingers of Frost, which makes your spells treat the target as if it were Frozen.

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CHANGEDSpell

Expose Armor

Rogue· General

Forever

Armor reduction increased to match that of 5 applications of Sunder Armor at approximately the same level. It no longer prevents Sunder Armor from being used on the target, though Sunder Armor still won't overwrite it unless its effect is weaker.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Axes

Rogue· General

Forever

Rogues can now learn to equip one-handed axes.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Gouge

Rogue· Assassination

Forever

Moved from Combat to row 1 of Assassination.

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CHANGEDTalent

Remorseless Attacks

Rogue· Assassination

Forever

Now also affects Mutilate.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Poisons

Rogue· Assassination

Forever

Now also grants a large chance for Poisons not to consume charges when triggered.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Kidney Shot

Rogue· Assassination

Forever

Its increased damage now applies only to your own attacks and Poisons.

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CHANGEDTalent

Puncturing Wounds (formerly Improved Backstab)

Rogue· Combat

Forever

Formerly Improved Backstab. Now also increases Mutilate damage by a lesser percentage, and gives Backstab a chance to grant an additional Combo Point.

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CHANGEDTalent

Precision

Rogue· Combat

Forever

Now increases chance to hit with all spells and attacks, including Poisons, instead of just melee weapon attacks.

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NEWTalent

Hack and Slash

Rogue· Combat

Forever

New row 5 talent that combines the benefits of the removed Dagger, Mace, Sword and Fist Weapon Specialization talents and adds a bonus for Axes, which gain the same chance to make an extra attack as Swords. The Mace bonus makes attacks ignore some of the target's armor instead of providing a chance to Stun.

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REMOVEDTalent

Mace Specialization

Rogue· Combat

Forever

The talent has been removed and subsumed into the new talent Hack and Slash.

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CHANGEDTalent

Master of Deception

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Reduced from 5 talent points to 3 for the same effect. The tooltip now states the exact impact of the improvement to Stealth.

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CHANGEDTalent

Dirty Tricks (formerly Improved Sap)

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Formerly Improved Sap. Moved from row 4 up to row 2 and redesigned: since Sap never breaks Stealth baseline, it now substantially reduces the Energy cost of Sap and Blind.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Ambush

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

Moved from row 3 to row 2.

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REMOVEDTalent

Sleight of Hand

Rogue· Subtlety

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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SCHANGEDSpell

Totems (global cooldown and duration)

Shaman· General

Forever

All totems have a 1.0 second global cooldown (down from 1.5 seconds). Totems that provide persistent buffs now last 5 minutes (up from 2 minutes); shorter-duration totems are unaffected.

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CHANGEDSpell

Call of the Elements

Shaman· General

Forever

New ability learned at level 20 that unlocks the totem bar UI. It summons a pre-programmed set of 4 totems, one of each element, after a 3 second cast, costing the sum of the Mana cost of all 4 totems.

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CHANGEDSpell

Call of the Spirits

Shaman· General

Forever

New ability learned at level 30 that lets you pre-program a second set of 4 totems.

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CHANGEDSpell

Call of the Ancestors

Shaman· General

Forever

New ability learned at level 40 that lets you pre-program a third set of 4 totems.

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CHANGEDTalent

Concussion

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

No longer applies to Frost Shock or Flame Shock.

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CHANGEDTalent

Reverberation

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 2.

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CHANGEDTalent

Elemental Devastation

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 2.

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TCHANGEDTalent

Improved Fire Nova

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

Formerly Improved Fire Totems. Redesigned: now increases Fire Nova's damage and reduces its cooldown.

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NEWTalent

Earthbound

Shaman· Elemental

Forever

New 21-point gold medal talent. Earthbind Totem instantly immobilizes nearby targets for 5 seconds when cast.

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CHANGEDTalent

Thundering Strikes

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Moved from row 2 up to row 1. Now increases the critical strike chance of all spells and attacks instead of only weapon attacks.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ancestral Knowledge

Shaman· Enhancement

Forever

Now increases Intellect instead of maximum Mana.

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CHANGEDTalent

Elemental Weapons

Shaman· Enhancement

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Formerly Healing Grace. Moved from row 3 up to row 2. Now reduces all threat from spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Reincarnation

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Now also increases maximum health by a percentage.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ancestral Healing

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Moved from row 2 down to row 3.

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CHANGEDTalent

Healing Focus

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Now only requires 3 talent points for full effect instead of 5.

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NEWTalent

Water Shield

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

New 11-point gold medal talent that grants a new Shield ability; only one shield can be active at a time. Its 3 globes grant you Mana when an attack hits you or when one of your healing spells crits.

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CHANGEDTalent

Tidal Mastery

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

No longer affects Lightning spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Restorative Totems

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Bonus to Healing Stream Totem doubled.

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CHANGEDTalent

Mana Tide Totem

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Now the 16-point gold medal talent instead of the 31-point gold medal talent.

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CHANGEDTalent

Healing Way

Shaman· Restoration

Forever

Redesigned: increases the amount healed by Healing Wave by a percentage.

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CHANGEDSpell

Curse of the Elements

Warlock· General

Forever

Now applies to all magic damage.

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REMOVEDSpell

Curse of Shadow

Warlock· General

Forever

The spell has been removed.

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CHANGEDSpell

Firestone

Warlock· General

Forever

Now applies a Weapon Imbue that can be stacked with other temporary enchantments like Wizard Oil. Grants increased Fire damage and critical strike chance.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Life Tap

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Moved from row 2 up to row 1.

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CHANGEDTalent

Suppression

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Redesigned. Improves your chance to hit by up to 5% and decreases your threat by up to 20%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Corruption

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Now also increases Corruption's damage, to a maximum of 10%.

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TNEWTalent

Malediction

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

New row 2 talent. Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells, to a maximum of 5%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Fel Concentration

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Now a 3-point talent instead of 5-point, and now also applies to Wrack.

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CHANGEDTalent

Curse of Exhaustion

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Moved from row 5 up to row 4. Now the 16-point gold medal talent and reduces movement speed by 30%.

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NEWTalent

Malevolence

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

New row 4 talent. Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by up to 5%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shadow Mastery

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Damage bonus reduced.

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REMOVEDTalent

Improved Curse of Weakness

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Imp

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

No longer affects the Imp's Blood Pact spell.

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CHANGEDTalent

Demonic Embrace

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

No longer reduces your Spirit.

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CHANGEDTalent

Unholy Power

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 1, and its damage bonus to pets is decreased.

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NEWTalent

Fel Vitality

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

New row 2 talent. Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus and Felhunter by up to 15% and increases your maximum Mana by up to 15%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Fel Domination

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

Now the 16-point gold medal talent and requires Master Summoner as a prerequisite.

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CHANGEDTalent

Master Summoner

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 3.

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NEWTalent

Demonic Brand

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

New row 4 talent. Searing Pain generates less threat and brands the target, causing your pet's next 2 attacks to deal Fire or Shadow damage depending on the pet; Shadow damage is high threat.

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NEWTalent

Improved Felhunter

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

New row 5 talent. Increases the Attack Power reduction of the Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic and the detection level of its Paranoia by 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 seconds.

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Demonic Knowledge

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

New row 5 talent. Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.

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CHANGEDTalent

Master Demonologist

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

Redesigned with new bonuses per pet: Imp increases Fire damage done, Voidwalker reduces Physical damage taken, Succubus/Incubus increase Shadow damage done and Felhunter reduces Magic damage taken.

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REMOVEDTalent

Improved Healthstone

Warlock· Demonology

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Destructive Reach

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 1. Now applies to all damaging spells, not just Destruction spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Shadow Bolt

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

Now only applies to your own Shadow damage, but no longer has charges that can be consumed.

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NEWTalent

Molten Skin

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

New row 2 talent. Reduces all damage taken by up to 10%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Conflagrate

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

Moved from row 7 up to row 4. Now the 16-point gold medal talent.

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NEWTalent

Fire and Brimstone

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

New row 5 talent that requires Conflagrate. Increases the critical strike chance of Conflagrate.

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REMOVEDTalent

Improved Firebolt

Warlock· Destruction

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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1.60.1.70235 · October 6, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70235

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 6, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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1.60.1.70205 · October 3, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70205

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on October 3, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

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CHANGEDTalent

Bastion and Focused Rage

Warrior· Protection

Classic

Bastion is not in Classic.

Forever

They swap rows, as Blizzard's September 24 notes announced: Focused Rage moves to row 5 and Bastion to row 6. Bastion increases all damage done while you have a shield equipped; Focused Rage reduces the Rage cost of all offensive abilities.

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CHANGEDTalent

Iron Will

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Back in Protection, on row 1 (it was on row 2 of Fury). Reduces the duration of Stuns instead of increasing resistance to them.

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CHANGEDTalent

Unbridled Wrath

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Mage· Fire

Forever

Number of charges returned to 3 (was 4 in the beta).

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Scorch

Mage· Fire

Forever

Its Fire Vulnerability no longer rolls a second time to see if it resists.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shadow Weaving

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Can no longer fail to apply. It still benefits only the casting Priest and not other party or raid members.

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CHANGEDBug fix

Disease Cleansing Totem

Shaman· General

Forever

Fixed: it now has a 5-minute duration.

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CHANGEDPet

Incubus

Warlock· General

Forever

The pet model has been replaced with a lower resolution model.

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CHANGEDTalent

Soul Harvest (formerly Soul Harvesting)

Warlock· Affliction

Forever

Renamed from Soul Harvesting to Soul Harvest, and it now correctly grants its 50/100% increase to Mana regeneration.

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PCHANGEDPet

Aggressive Mode

Warlock· General

Forever

Brought back for Warlock pets and found under the pet tab in your spell book.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Rage generation

Warrior· General

Forever

Landing a critical strike with a basic attack generates additional Rage, now increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%).

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CHANGEDSpell

Rend

Warrior· General

Forever

Now gains significant damage scaling from Attack Power, and it now instantly taps enemies to the Warrior.

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NEWTalent

Spearing Strike

Warrior· Arms

Forever

No longer requires a two-handed weapon, but it now requires Battle Stance.

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REMOVEDTalent

Improved Cleave

Warrior· Fury

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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TREMOVEDTalent

Boundless Rage

Warrior· Fury

Forever

The talent has been removed.

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CHANGEDTalent

Anticipation

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Moved to row 2 (was row 1).

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Bloodrage

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Moved to row 1 (was row 2).

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Revenge

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Moved to row 2 (was row 3).

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Disarm

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Moved to row 3 (was row 4).

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CHANGEDBug fix

Heroic Strike

Warrior· General

Forever

Fixed: queueing Heroic Strike no longer increases off-hand hit chance.

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NEWTalent

Lingering Rage

Warrior· Fury

Forever

New talent in row 2 of Fury: increases the time before your Rage begins to decay when leaving combat by 2/4/6/8/10 seconds.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Berserker Rage

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Moved to row 5 of Fury (was row 6).

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CHANGEDSpell

Berserker Rage

Warrior· Fury

Forever

Now available at level 30 (was 32).

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Shield Bash

Warrior· Protection

Forever

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CHANGEDTalent

Blood Frenzy (was Primal Fury)

Druid· Feral

Classic

Blood Frenzy: original Classic name and icon.

Forever

The effects of the old Primal Fury and Blood Frenzy talents are combined into this single 2-point talent.

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CHANGEDSpell

Demoralizing Roar

Druid· Feral

Forever

Tuned to be approximately as effective as Demoralizing Shout, and identical to Demoralizing Shout at level 60.

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CHANGEDSpell

Enrage

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now generates 10 initial Rage.

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CHANGEDSpell

Frenzied Regeneration

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now heals the Druid for 100% of max health over the duration (given sufficient Rage).

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CHANGEDSpell

Growl

Druid· Feral

Forever

Cooldown decreased to match the Warrior's Taunt cooldown.

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REMOVEDSpell

Tiger's Fury

Druid· Feral

Forever

Removed and replaced with a new Feral-specific talent called Shifting Power.

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Revive

Druid· Restoration

Forever

New out of combat resurrection spell added at level 12.

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CHANGEDSpell

Regrowth

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Cost reduced significantly, basing its Mana cost more on the upfront heal and less on the later ticks of periodic healing.

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CHANGEDSpell

Barkskin

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now usable while shapeshifted.

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CHANGEDSpell

Entangling Roots

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now castable indoors.

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CHANGEDSpell

Hurricane

Druid· Balance

Forever

Cooldown removed.

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CHANGEDSpell

Nature's Grasp

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now baseline for the whole class, learned at level 10. Also castable while shapeshifted and indoors.

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CHANGEDSpell

Omen of Clarity

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now baseline for the whole class, learned at level 20. The Clearcasting effect is never consumed by Wrath.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Wrath

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now also reduces the Mana cost of Wrath.

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CHANGEDTalent

Moonglow

Druid· Balance

Forever

Moved from row 5 up to row 2. Now reduces the Mana cost of all damaging spells but no longer modifies healing spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Moonfire

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now costs only 2 talent points instead of 5 for the same effect.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Entangling Roots

Druid· Balance

Forever

Moved from row 2 down to row 3 and redesigned: instead of preventing interruption, it now increases the damage done significantly and reduces the chance for other damage to break the effect early.

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NEWTalent

Insect Swarm

Druid· Balance

Forever

New 16-point gold medal talent. Grants a new spell that deals Nature damage over 12 seconds and reduces the target's chance to hit.

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CHANGEDTalent

Vengeance

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now applies to all damaging spells.

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NEWTalent

Overgrowth

Druid· Balance

Forever

New talent in row 5: allows the Druid to have up to 3 targets affected by Entangling Roots at once.

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NEWTalent

Eclipse

Druid· Balance

Forever

New talent in row 5: casting Wrath reduces the cast time of your next 2 Starfire casts, stacking up to 4 charges.

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CHANGEDTalent

Moonfury

Druid· Balance

Forever

Now applies to all your damaging spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ferocity

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now also applies to the new Primal Bite talented ability.

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CHANGEDTalent

Feral Swiftness

Druid· Feral

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 2. The Cat Form movement speed bonus now works indoors and the Dodge bonus applies all the time, not just in Cat Form.

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CHANGEDTalent

Feral Instinct

Druid· Feral

Forever

No longer increases threat in Bear Form; instead it increases the damage done by Swipe. Stealth bonuses unchanged.

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CHANGEDTalent

Brutal Impact

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now also reduces the cooldown on Bash.

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CHANGEDTalent

Savage Fury

Druid· Feral

Forever

Moved from row 5 up to row 3. Now also applies to Shred, but the damage increase is lower.

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CHANGEDTalent

Sharpened Claws

Druid· Feral

Forever

Now costs 2 talent points instead of 3 for the same effect.

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NEWTalent

Natural Reaction

Druid· Feral

Forever

New Bear-oriented talent in row 6: increases Dodge chance and grants a chance to gain 5 Rage every time you Dodge.

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CHANGEDTalent

Nature's Focus

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Moved from row 2 up to row 1. Now applies to interruption while casting all Arcane and Nature spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Natural Shapeshifter

Druid· Restoration

Forever

Moved from the Balance tree to row 2 of the Restoration tree.

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CHANGEDTalent

Gift of Nature

Druid· Restoration

Hunter· General

Forever

Threat reduction effect doubled.

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CHANGEDSpell

Multi-Shot (cooldown)

Hunter· General

Forever

Now shares a cooldown with Aimed Shot.

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CHANGEDSpell

Aspect of the Beast

Hunter· General

Forever

Now also grants melee Attack Power.

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CHANGEDSpell

Scorpid Sting

Hunter· General

Forever

Now reduces the target's chance to hit by 2% instead of reducing the target's Strength and Agility.

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CHANGEDTalent

Deadly Aspects (formerly Improved Aspect of the Hawk)

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Formerly Improved Aspect of the Hawk. The talent now also gives melee attacks a chance to grant increased attack speed while Aspect of the Beast is active.

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CHANGEDTalent

Endurance Training

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

The old Thick Hide talent is merged into this one, so it now grants your pet Health and Armor.

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NEWTalent

Focused Fire

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

New talent: increases all damage you and your pet deal while your pet is active.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Mend Pet

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Now also decreases the Mana cost of Mend Pet.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ferocity

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Critical strike bonuses to pets decreased, but it now also benefits Hawk summons.

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NEWTalent

Summon Hawk

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

New 16-point gold medal talent. Deals instant damage and summons a Hawk to attack the Hunter's current target for 18 sec, with up to 2 Hawks active at once. Cooldown shared with Arcane Shot.

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CHANGEDTalent

Intimidation

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Now requires Bestial Swiftness as a prerequisite and also grants your pet 100% increased critical strike chance on its next attack.

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CHANGEDTalent

Bestial Discipline

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Now also grants the Hunter Mana regeneration from Spirit while casting spells (or spending Mana).

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REMOVEDTalent

Improved Eyes of the Beast

Hunter· Beast Mastery

Forever

Removed from the Beast Mastery tree: Improved Eyes of the Beast is now a baseline ability.

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CHANGEDTalent

Hawk Eye

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 1 in the talent tree.

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CHANGEDTalent

Lethal Attacks (formerly Lethal Shots)

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Formerly Lethal Shots. Moved from row 2 up to row 1 and now grants increased critical strike chance to all attacks.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Stings (formerly Improved Serpent Sting)

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Formerly Improved Serpent Sting. Moved from row 4 up to row 2, gives a larger increase to Serpent Sting damage, and now also shortens the cooldown of Viper Sting and increases the duration of Scorpid Sting.

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CHANGEDTalent

Efficiency

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Moved from row 1 down to row 2. Grants a larger Mana discount that now applies to Stings and melee abilities as well as Shots.

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NEWTalent

Careful Aim

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

New talent: increases melee and ranged Attack Power by 20/40/60/80/100% of the Hunter's Intellect.

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NEWTalent

Rapid Killing

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

New talent: reduces the cooldown of Rapid Fire and grants Rapid Killing when you kill an enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting. Rapid Killing increases the damage of your next Shot.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Arcane Shot

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Now reduces the cooldown of Arcane Shot by up to an extra 0.5 seconds.

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CHANGEDTalent

Mortal Shots

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

Now requires Careful Aim as a prerequisite.

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NEWTalent

Rapid Recuperation

Hunter· Marksmanship

Forever

New talent with Rapid Killing as a prerequisite: grants Mana regeneration from Spirit while casting after hitting a target with Serpent Sting, and even more during Rapid Killing.

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NEWTalent

Improved Tracking

Hunter· Survival

Forever

New talent that combines Monster Slaying and Humanoid Slaying: the Hunter deals increased damage to any creature type currently being tracked.

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CHANGEDTalent

Entrapment

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Slight redesign: it now always triggers when the Hunter's trap triggers, and extra talent points increase the duration instead of the chance.

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CHANGEDTalent

Savage Strikes

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Redesigned: now increases all melee damage by 2/4% instead of Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite by 10/20%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Survivalist

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 2 in the talent tree.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Wing Clip

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Now only takes 3 talent points to reach the maximum 20% chance.

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CHANGEDTalent

Surefooted

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 3. Its hit chance now applies to all attacks and it reduces the duration of movement impairing effects instead of increasing their chance to miss the Hunter.

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CHANGEDTalent

Survival Tactics (formerly Trap Mastery)

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Formerly Trap Mastery. Now also increases the chance for Feign Death to hit, in addition to Traps.

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CHANGEDTalent

Counterattack

Hunter· Survival

Forever

Moved from row 5 up to row 4 and is now the 16-point gold medal talent.

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CHANGEDSpell

Blessing of Kings (baseline)

Paladin· General

Forever

No longer comes from a talent: it is now baseline for the class.

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CHANGEDSpell

Renew

Priest· General

Classic

Cannot crit.

Forever

Can now land critical hits, and Renew from multiple Priests can be active on the same target.

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CHANGEDRacial

Confounding Flash (Gnome)

Priest· General

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Learned at level 10. Confuses up to 5 nearby enemies for 3 seconds; taking damage breaks the effect. 0.5 second cast time, 2-minute cooldown.

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CHANGEDRacial

Starshards (Night Elf)

Priest· General

Classic

No spell pushback resistance.

Forever

Still learned at level 10. Damage increased substantially, but it now has a 30 second cooldown.

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CHANGEDSpell

Fear Ward

Priest· General

Forever

Available to all Priests at level 20, regardless of race.

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CHANGEDRacial

Chastise (Dwarf)

Priest· General

Forever

Dwarf Priest racial learned at level 20. Damages and immobilizes a target for 2 seconds. Only usable on Humanoids. Instant cast, 2-minute cooldown.

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CHANGEDRacial

Divine Grace (Human)

Priest· General

Forever

Human Priest racial learned at level 10. Instantly heals a friendly target below 50% health and removes Weakened Soul from them. Cannot be cast on self. 5-minute cooldown.

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CHANGEDSpell

Fade

Priest· General

Forever

Threat reduction effect doubled.

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CHANGEDSpell

Prayer of Healing

Priest· General

Forever

Instead of healing the Priest's own party, it now heals all the members of the target's party and their pets.

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CHANGEDSpell

Divine Spirit

Priest· General

Forever

Now baseline to all Priests, learned at level 30.

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NEWTalent

Power in Light

Priest· Discipline

Forever

New row 1 talent. Increases Smite and Penance damage done to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.

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NEWTalent

Twin Disciplines

Priest· Discipline

Forever

New row 1 talent. Increases damage and healing done by instant cast spells.

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CHANGEDTalent

Silent Resolve

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Now also reduces the duration of Stun, Fear, and Silence effects on you.

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CHANGEDTalent

Holy Precision

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Increases chance to hit with Holy spells by up to 18%.

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CHANGEDTalent

Mental Agility

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 3. Now costs only 3 talent points for the same effect and also benefits Smite and Holy Fire.

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CHANGEDTalent

Meditation

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Mana benefit from Spirit increased substantially.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Inner Fire

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Benefit to armor increased, and now also increases charges.

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NEWTalent

Soul Warding

Priest· Discipline

Forever

New 16-point gold medal talent. Reduces the cooldown and Mana cost of Power Word: Shield. Requires Improved Power Word: Shield.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Mana Burn

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Reduction to the cast time of Mana Burn increased.

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NEWTalent

Penance

Priest· Discipline

Forever

New 21-point gold medal talent. Channeled over 2 seconds with a 12 second cooldown. Can target enemies to deal damage every second, or allies to heal every second.

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NEWTalent

Renewed Hope

Priest· Discipline

Forever

New talent. Requires Soul Warding. Increases the critical strike chance of Flash Heal, Binding Heal, Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal and Penance on targets with Weakened Soul, and each of those heals reduces the duration of Weakened Soul on the target.

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CHANGEDTalent

Divine Aegis

Priest· Discipline

Forever

Critical heals create an absorb shield on your target for 12 seconds based on a percentage of the amount healed. The effect does not stack.

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CHANGEDTalent

Twilight Focus

Priest· Holy

Forever

Formerly Healing Focus. Now grants pushback protection on all spellcasts, but costs 3 talent points instead of 2.

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CHANGEDTalent

Blessed Recovery

Priest· Holy

Forever

Now also triggers from any attack that deals more than 30% of your maximum health in a single hit.

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CHANGEDTalent

Inspiration

Priest· Holy

Forever

Now triggers from all non-periodic critical heals.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Healing

Priest· Holy

Forever

Now also reduces the Mana cost of Penance and Prayer of Mending.

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CHANGEDTalent

Searing Light

Priest· Holy

Forever

Redesigned. Now increases all Holy damage done, but by a lesser percentage, and grants a chance for Holy Fire damage to make your next Holy Nova cost no Mana.

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CHANGEDTalent

Litany of Light

Priest· Holy

Forever

Each time you cast a healing spell you are refunded part of its Mana cost, as long as its name is different from the previous healing spell you cast.

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CHANGEDTalent

Spiritual Guidance

Priest· Holy

Forever

Bonus to spell damage reduced to approximately one third as much as the bonus to spell healing.

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CHANGEDTalent

Spiritual Healing

Priest· Holy

Forever

Now only needs 3 talent points for the same benefit.

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NEWTalent

Prayer of Mending

Priest· Holy

Forever

New 31-point gold medal talent, requires Spirit of Redemption. 10 second cooldown. Places a 30 second effect on the target that heals them the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing, consuming a charge, then jumps to another party or raid member within 20 yards. It keeps jumping until it heals 5 times in total, and each target may only have one Prayer of Mending active.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shadow Focus

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Moved from row 2 up to row 1. Instead of reducing the target's chance to resist, it increases the chance for Shadow spells to hit.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shadow Affinity

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Threat reduction to Shadow spells increased slightly.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shadow Reach

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Moved from row 4 up to row 2. Now requires only 2 talent points for the same effect.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Psychic Scream

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Blackout is now a pre-requisite.

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NEWTalent

Improved Mind Flay

Priest· Shadow

Forever

New row 3 talent. Requires Mind Flay. Increases the damage and range of Mind Flay but reduces its movement speed slowing effect.

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CHANGEDTalent

Silence

Priest· Shadow

Forever

No longer requires Improved Psychic Scream as a pre-requisite.

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NEWTalent

Early Demise

Priest· Shadow

Forever

New row 6 talent. Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets below 20% health.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shadowform

Priest· Shadow

Forever

Now allows all non-healing spells to be cast while in Shadowform, reduces the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of Shadow spells by 100%. Bonus to Shadow damage dealt decreased.

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CHANGEDSpell

Sunder Armor

Warrior· General

Classic

Classic threat values.

Forever

Now usable even if the target has a more powerful Expose Armor effect active, and the threat it generates scales with Attack Power.

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CHANGEDSpell

Tactical Mastery

Warrior· General

Forever

Baseline ability learned at level 14. Lets the Warrior keep 10 Rage when changing Stances, and it can be further improved with Arms talents.

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CHANGEDSpell

Recklessness

Warrior· General

Forever

No longer shares a cooldown with Shield Wall and Retaliation.

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CHANGEDSpell

Retaliation

Warrior· General

Forever

No longer shares a cooldown with Recklessness and Shield Wall. Cooldown reduced to 15 minutes.

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CHANGEDSpell

Shield Wall

Warrior· General

Forever

No longer shares a cooldown with Recklessness and Retaliation. Cooldown reduced to 15 minutes.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Overpower

Warrior· Arms

Forever

Moved from row 3 up to row 2.

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CHANGEDTalent

Anger Management

Warrior· Arms

Forever

Tooltip clarified, with no functionality change.

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TNEWTalent

Precision

Warrior· Fury

Forever

New row 5 talent. Increases chance to hit.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shield Specialization

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Now has a chance on Blocks to generate 5 Rage instead of 1 Rage.

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NEWTalent

Master of Defense

Warrior· Protection

Forever

New row 3 talent. Requires Shield Specialization. Grants a chance to gain 5 Rage when the Warrior dodges or parries while a shield is equipped.

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NEWTalent

Vanguard

Warrior· Protection

Forever

New 16-point gold medal talent. Charge is now usable while in Defensive Stance.

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CHANGEDTalent

Improved Shield Wall

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Redesigned. Now reduces the cooldown on Shield Wall by a large amount.

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CHANGEDTalent

Shield Slam

Warrior· Protection

Forever

Damage scaling from Block Value increased.

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SCHANGEDSystem

Talent trees (new 16-point milestone)

Forever

Talents become available at level 10 and keep the familiar structure: the same number of rows and one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, now joined by a new 16-point milestone.

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SNEWSystem

Dual Specialization

Forever

Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.

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1.60.1.70058 · September 29, 2026

Beta build 1.60.1.70058

Build detected automatically on the Battle.net CDN on September 29, 2026. The official notes and the data extracted from the client (talents, items, maps) will follow as soon as they are available.

Official notes ↗ · Client changes since 1.60.1.70009 (0 changes)

1.60.1.70009 · September 24, 2026

Changes for all nine classes

In its notes, Blizzard cuts Holy Strike's cooldown to 10 seconds and removes Improved Holy Strike, moves Elemental Alacrity up to row 3 and lets Rejuvenation, Renew and Riptide crit. Wands no longer scale with spell damage, every Wizard Oil except Brilliant is back to its Classic value, and the Cooldown Manager is ready to test, though switched off by default.

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Official notes ↗ · Patch notes for this build · 37 changes in this build · Client changes since 1.60.1.69977 (209 changes)

Known issues in this build (10)

Banes and curses stop tracking in the Cooldown Manager after re-acquiring the target.
Healthstone cooldown cannot be tracked.
Priest tracks all spells by default.
Arcane Blast cannot be tracked.
Mana gem requires an additional spell cast for cooldown tracking.
Party composition changes may transfer you to a different world instance.
Pet cooldowns cannot be tracked.
Item enhancements (Windfury, poisons) cannot be tracked.
Stormwind minimap display issues.
Personal Resource Display does not show combo points.

CHANGEDSystem

Talent respec cost

Classic

1 gold the first time, rising to 50 gold.

Forever

During the beta it cost 1 silver: the first reset cost more, and later resets dropped to 1 silver after an hour. These are the beta’s values.

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CHANGEDSpell

Tranquility

Druid· General

Classic

Cannot crit.

Forever

Can now land critical hits.

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Wrath

Druid· General

Classic

Classic mana cost and damage.

Forever

Redesigned: costs much less mana and deals significantly less damage than in Classic (Blizzard class deep dive, September 30). The ~50% base damage increase in the September 24 notes is relative to the previous beta build, not to Classic.

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Wild Growth

Druid· Restoration

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Can now land critical hits.

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CHANGEDPet

Furious Howl

Hunter· General

Classic

Classic attack power bonus.

Forever

Attack Power bonus reduced by 40%.

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CHANGEDSpell

Tame Beast

Hunter· General

Classic

You cannot tame beasts above your level.

Forever

No longer works on beasts higher than the hunter's level (fixes beta behaviour).

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CHANGEDTalent

Lone Wolf

Hunter· Marksmanship

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

No longer causes -4% damage while your pet is active.

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CHANGEDTalent

Strider Kick

Hunter· Survival

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Increases movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.

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CHANGEDTalent

Hot Streak

Mage· Fire

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta it lasted 15 sec.

Forever

Buff duration increased to 20 seconds.

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CHANGEDTalent

Ignite

Mage· Fire

Classic

Damage modifiers apply twice (to the crit and to the periodic effect).

Forever

No longer double dips on damage increase modifiers.

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CHANGEDSpell

Holy Strike

Paladin· General

Classic

Not in Classic. In the beta: 25/25/30/30/35/35/40/40% weapon damage per rank.

Forever

Weapon damage per rank: 25/29/32/36/39/43/46/50%.

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Paladin· Retribution

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Increases Holy Strike damage by 20% (was 10%).

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CHANGEDBug fix

Flash of Light

Paladin· General

Forever

Fixed the cast animation.

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CHANGEDRacial

Contingency Plan (Gnome)

Priest· General

Classic

Not in Classic. Gnomes could not be priests.

Forever

Can now land critical hits.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDInterface

Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem

Shaman· General

Forever

Buffs display with the totem name instead of the 'Passive' or 'Effect' variant.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDTalent

Elemental Fury and Elemental Alacrity

Shaman· Elemental

Classic

Elemental Fury sits on row 5 with 1 rank. Elemental Alacrity does not exist; its spell is Lightning Mastery (row 6).

Forever

Positions swapped: Elemental Alacrity moves to row 3 and Elemental Fury to row 6, now with 5 ranks.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDTalent

Rage of the Farseer

Shaman· Enhancement

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Row 7. No longer increases the Shaman's spell casting speed.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDSpell

Riptide

Shaman· Restoration

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Can now land critical hits.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDPet

Sacrifice (Voidwalker)

Warlock· General

Classic

Absorbs a fixed amount of damage.

Forever

Scales with 10% of the warlock's spell healing.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDRacial

Will to Survive (Human)

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Visual changed to match Dispel Magic.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDRacial

Cultivation (Tauren)

Classic

+15 Herbalism skill.

Forever

Every herb now has a player-level requirement: the Herbalism skill needed to pick it, divided by 5. Herbs that need more than 300 Herbalism can be Cultivated at level 60.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDItem

Guns and bows

Forever

Ammunition consumption and use corrected.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDItem

Quest rewards

Forever

Item level adjustments to quest rewards and early caster rewards.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDItem

Wizard Oil

Classic

Minor: +8, Lesser: +16, Wizard Oil: +24 spell damage.

Forever

Values reverted to Classic: Minor 8, Lesser 16, standard 24. Brilliant unchanged.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDItem

Wands

Classic

Wands do not gain spell damage.

Forever

Wands no longer gain spell damage bonuses. Back to Classic behaviour.

Build 1.60.1.70009

NEWSystem

Gamepad: class-specific flyouts

Classic

Classic has no official gamepad support.

Forever

Flyouts for Shapeshift (Druid), pet control and spells (Hunter, Warlock), Aura (Paladin) and Stance (Warrior). The pet bar no longer replaces the bottom gamepad action bar.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDSystem

Camping: buffs while waiting

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Players may now buff each other, cast, and craft while waiting at the campfire.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDBug fix

Pet happiness

Forever

Fixed pet happiness not decreasing at max loyalty.

Build 1.60.1.70009

CHANGEDBug fix

Mail and surnames

Classic

Character names have one part.

Forever

Fixed in-game mail ignoring surnames (names have two parts in Forever).

Build 1.60.1.70009

Forever

'Exploring the Horde' completes with the Lady Sylvanas Windrunner interaction. Canal ooze brightened to intended levels.

Build 1.60.1.70009

REMOVEDQuest

Silithus: Khonsu's arrival

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Removed from the beta.

Build 1.60.1.70009

1.60.1.69977 · September 22, 2026

Stability and gamepad build

Fixes display and stability issues on Macs. Controller navigation works properly in the character selection screen, and you can now interact with quest-giving items on gamepad. Includes other fixes not testable in-game.

0 new2 changed0 removed

Official notes ↗ · 2 changes in this build

CHANGEDSystem

Gamepad: character selection and quest items

Forever

Controller navigation works in the character selection screen if you launch with the gamepad active. You can now interact with quest-giving items on gamepad.

Build 1.60.1.69977

CHANGEDBug fix

Mac stability

Forever

Fixed display and stability issues on Macs.

Build 1.60.1.69977

1.60.0 · September 17, 2026

Beta opens

The WoW Forever beta opens with a level 20 cap. Access for Skyborne Epic Pack, Warcraft Forever Collection and Collector's Edition owners. Blizzard posts the first development notes.

Official notes ↗

Updated November 7, 2026

Forever guide

World

Classic database

Launch

Guides

Community

Tools

Build history

Automatic client changes

Build 1.60.1.70862

Feral Charge (Cat)

Vulgara the Insatiable and the Shrieklings of Zephras (pet family)

Hunters (aggro from targeting)

Research

Power Infusion

Soul Siphon

Summon Felsteed (riding skill)

Incinerate (specializations)

Cooldown Manager

Dungeon creature experience

Quick and the Dead (Legacy Talent)

Maraudon: Zaetar's Spirit

Blackmaw Hold and The Drowned City (disengage)

The Drowned City (instance portal)

Dun Morogh: Gol'Bolar Quarry troggs (respawn)

Durotar: Ridgeshade Lurkers (loot)

Riverglades: Krek the Noxious (loot)

Teldrassil: Lasher Sproutlings, Blooming Lashers and Wrathvine (nature damage)

Alcaz Prison: Zarla Ober (loot)

Blackfathom Deeps (release after death)

Blackrock Depths: throne room doors

The Shaper's Terrace (loot and skinning materials)

Cinder (spawn after Archival Panel)

Stratholme (mounting)

Ivar the Foul (respawn)

Ferocitas the Dream Eater (spawn time)

Young Diemetradons (spawn level)

Malduko Cloudcrush (respawn)

Warsong Gulch (Alliance base roof)

Camp Taurajo to Thunder Bluff flight path

Tanning Rack (skill requirement)

Player and target visibility at long distances

Zone player population

Searing Dagger

Damp Note

Heart of the Mountain

Pouch of Violet Dust

Waylaid Crates and Craftsman's Writs (dungeon drops)

Berdun's Trusty Rifle

Nifty Stopwatch

Zephrali Greatstaff and Fallen Dragon's Scepter

Gloves of Holy Might

Vorsha the Lasher

The Sleeper Has Awakened

Rough Wolf Pelts

Rediscovering the Light

Ammo for Rumbleshot

Riverglades quest items (party sharing)

Never Saddle on Quality

The Monster Surfaces (quest item)

Croaky's Head

Elmpaw's Head

The Deathstalkers (Astor Hadren)

Jom-jom’s Escape

Ever After (door)

Unwelcome Guests (Terry Longdrink)

Find Bingles (category)

A Quick Grocery Run (Skonk's list)

Lonebrow's Journal (Henrig Lonebrow’s Journal)

A Recipe for Death (Berard's Journal)

Fetch ‘n’ Fletch

Mission: Possible not Probable

Bloodmaster's Ring (Jezap Jinglesprocket)

Feathers in Flight (Hyjal Owl Nests)

Thunder Bluff: Barbershop lighting

Launch build 1.60.1.70790

Primal Bite (was Mangle)

Lacerate

Genesis

Moonkin Form