Shaman specializationHealer

Restoration Shaman

Restoration is one of the three Shaman talent trees in WoW Forever. Its tree has 16 talents: 3 new, 3 changed, 8 moved and 2 same as in Classic. Forever removes 2 Classic talents from this tree. Our best-in-slot (BiS) list treats it as a healing spec.

Class: Shaman
Talents: 16
New in Forever: 3
Abilities: 16

Restoration talents

The 16 talents of the Restoration tree in the beta, row by row. Each one opens its own page: what every rank does, its requirements and what changes from Classic.

Try Restoration in the calculator

What changes in Forever

What is new and changed for Restoration compared with Classic Era: our change list, its talent tree and its abilities.

In our change list

CHANGEDSpell

Riptide

· Restoration

Classic

Not in Classic.

Forever

Can now land critical hits.

Build 1.60.1.70009

BCHANGEDBug fix

Disease Cleansing Totem

· General

Forever

Fixed: it now has a 5-minute duration.

Auto-updated from official notes on October 1, 2026Official note ↗

Build 1.60.1.70170

Class-wide changes

They affect every Shaman, whatever tree they play:

New talents

Mindfulness
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Water Shield
The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's healing spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
Riptide
Heals a friendly target for 480, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

Changed or moved talents

Totemic FocusChanges: position, text.
Natural GraceChanges: position, text, name.
Tidal FocusChanges: position, text, numbers.
Improved ReincarnationChanges: position, text, numbers.
Ancestral HealingChanges: position, text, numbers.
Healing FocusChanges: ranks, text, numbers.
Tidal MasteryChanges: position, text.
Restorative TotemsChanges: text, numbers.
Mana Tide TotemChanges: position, text, numbers.
Healing WayChanges: position, text, numbers.
PurificationChanges: text, numbers.

Removed talents

New abilities

Changed abilities

Healing WaveChanges: tooltip.
Tremor TotemChanges: tooltip.
Healing Stream TotemChanges: tooltip.
Lesser Healing WaveChanges: tooltip.
Poison Cleansing TotemChanges: tooltip.
Mana Tide TotemChanges: level, cost, tooltip.
Mana Spring TotemChanges: tooltip.
Disease Cleansing TotemChanges: tooltip.
Chain HealChanges: tooltip.

Removed abilities

Tranquil Air Totem

Restoration abilities

The 16 abilities the beta spellbook groups under Restoration, by the level they are learned at. Each one opens its own page with its ranks, cost and changes.

See Restoration in the spellbook →

Restoration best-in-slot (BiS) gear

The site’s suggestion, not an official list: we score the beta items with our stat weights for each level. The beta is capped at level 30.

Full list by levelLevel 20 Level 30beta Level 40 Level 50 Level 60

Top picks at level 60

Main hand
1. Hammer of the Twisting Netheritem level 89 · Drops from Kel'Thuzad · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. The Widow's Embraceitem level 81 · Drops from Grand Widow Faerlina · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Head
1. Don Rigoberto's Lost Hatitem level 81 · Drops from Ouro · Ahn'Qiraj (Classic data)
2. Earthshatter Headpieceitem level 88 · Quest: Earthshatter Headpiece · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Chest
1. Robes of the Guardian Saintitem level 77 · Drops from Fankriss the Unyielding · Ahn'Qiraj (Classic data)
2. Earthshatter Tunicitem level 92 · Quest: Earthshatter Tunic · Naxxramas (Classic data)

The two highest-scoring pieces in three slots. It is a forecast: until the beta reaches 60, items and their sources may change.

Full Restoration list at level 60 →

Why these weights

Restoration heals with Healing Wave and Lesser Healing Wave: healing and spell power first, mana per 5 s with a heavy weight since shaman spirit regen is poor, and intellect for total mana. Crit is worth a bit thanks to Ancestral Healing. Shield or off-hand item, whichever adds up higher.