The same 6 forms as in Classic, with new rules: what you can cast in each one, what it gives you and which appearances the beta client has for each race.
Data from the beta client (build 1.60.1.70205), compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. What the client does not show comes from Blizzard’s official texts, linked where they are quoted.
Client values for each form and its passive effects. Struck through: the Classic Era value when it changed.
| Form | Level | Cost | Resource | Attack speed | Bonuses | Immune to |
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 Bear Form | 10 | 55% of base mana | Rage | 2.5 sec |
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 Aquatic Form | 16 | 20% of base mana | Mana | — |
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| Cat Form | 20 | 55% of base mana | Energy | 1.0 sec |
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 Travel Form | 30 | 20% of base mana | Mana | — |
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| Dire Bear Form | 40 | 55% of base mana | Rage | 2.5 sec |
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 Moonkin Form | 40talent | 35% of base mana | Mana | — |
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Each row is an active druid ability and each column a form. It comes from the form restrictions of each spell in the client, compared with Classic Era.
| Ability | No form | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form | Aquatic Form | Cat Form | Travel Form | Moonkin Form |
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| Balance | ||||||
 Wrath | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Moonfire | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Thorns | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Entangling Roots | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Nature's Grasp | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: New in Forever | Aquatic Form: New in Forever | Cat Form: New in Forever | Travel Form: New in Forever | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic |
 Teleport: Moonglade | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Faerie Fire | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: New in Forever | Cat Form: New in Forever | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||
 Hibernate | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Omen of ClarityNow passive | No form: Cast in Classic, passive now | Moonkin Form: Cast in Classic, passive now | ||||
 Starfire | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Soothe Animal | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Insect SwarmTalent | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Hurricane | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic | ||||
 Barkskin | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: New in Forever | Aquatic Form: New in Forever | Cat Form: New in Forever | Travel Form: New in Forever | Moonkin Form: You can use it, as in Classic |
| Feral Combat | ||||||
 Demoralizing Roar | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Growl | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Maul | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Enrage | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Bash | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Swipe | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Claw | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Feral ChargeTalent | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | Cat Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Prowl | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Rip | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Shred | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Rake | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Tiger's FuryRemoved | Cat Form: Possible in Classic, not anymore | |||||
 Primal BiteNewTalent | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: New in Forever | |||||
 Shifting PowerNewTalent | Cat Form: New in Forever | |||||
 Dash | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Challenging Roar | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Cower | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
| Faerie Fire (Feral)Removed | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: Possible in Classic, not anymore | Cat Form: Possible in Classic, not anymore | ||||
 Ferocious Bite | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Ravage | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Track Humanoids | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Frenzied Regeneration | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Pounce | Cat Form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Berserk*NewTalent | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: New in Forever | Cat Form: New in Forever | ||||
 LacerateNew | Bear Form / Dire Bear Form: New in Forever | |||||
| Restoration | ||||||
 Healing Touch | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Mark of the Wild | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Rejuvenation | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Regrowth | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 ReviveNew | No form: New in Forever | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Cure Poison | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Rebirth | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Remove Curse | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 SwiftmendTalent | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Abolish Poison | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Nature's SwiftnessTalent | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Tranquility | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | |||||
 Innervate | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
 Wild GrowthNewTalent | No form: New in Forever | |||||
| Gift of the Wild | No form: You can use it, as in Classic | Moonkin Form: New in Forever | ||||
| Total | 28Classic: 27 | 15Classic: 10 | 2Classic: 0 | 17Classic: 13 | 2Classic: 0 | 21Classic: 13 |
No ability matches these filters.
These are server rules the client does not show; here they are in our own words, with Blizzard’s official text linked. When the client data agrees, we say so.
You can use all potions and almost all similar consumables without leaving your form, and druids can now use rage potions and Thistle Tea. The exception is most Engineering bombs: only some new recipes (SAF-T and EZ-Thro) work in form.
Weapon enchantments and procs work in form, such as weightstones, the Crusader enchantment or Windfury Totem.
In Bear, Cat and Dire Bear Form your auto attack deals the damage per second of your equipped weapon, at a fixed speed of 1.0 or 2.5 sec depending on the form. Abilities that deal weapon damage use the same values.
You can open most doors and use most objects without leaving your form.
Racial abilities work in form, such as Shadowmeld, War Stomp or Walk on Air.
Every form is immune to Disarm.
Development notes, 1 OctoberThe client confirms it
If you are disarmed before you shift, the form does not remove the Disarm and you deal less damage while it lasts.
Nature's Grasp and Barkskin can be cast in any form.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms it
You generate 75% more rage from critical strikes.
Faerie Fire can be cast in this form at no cost, with a 6 sec cooldown.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms it
Faerie Fire no longer resets your auto attack timer.
Faerie Fire can be cast in this form at no cost, with a 6 sec cooldown.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms it
Faerie Fire no longer resets your auto attack timer.
The Feral Charge talent grants a Cat Form version with a 30 sec cooldown that does not interrupt or immobilize.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms the forms
Shifting Power (talent) works in Cat Form only: 16 sec cooldown, costs 55% of base mana and gives you 40 energy instantly.
Development notes, 1 OctoberThe client confirms the forms
You generate 75% more rage from critical strikes.
Faerie Fire can be cast in this form at no cost, with a 6 sec cooldown.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms it
Faerie Fire no longer resets your auto attack timer.
You can cast every non-healing spell, not only Balance spells.
The client still blocks in this form: Healing Touch, Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Swiftmend, Nature's Swiftness, Tranquility, and Wild Growth.
The party critical strike bonus applies to all spells and attacks, not only spells.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms it
The party critical strike bonus does not stack with the one from Leader of the Pack.
Omen of Clarity has double the chance to trigger.
Blizzard’s deep diveThe client confirms it
Items and set bonuses in the client that change what you do in form, new in Forever or with a different effect.
Reduces the mana cost of shapeshifting spells by 40.
You gain an additional 5 Rage from activating Enrage and an additional 20 Energy from activating Shifting Power.
When shapeshifting into Cat form the Druid gains 20 energy, when shapeshifting into Bear form the Druid gains 5 rage.
Your Hibernate spell is now castable in Cat Form and its cast time is reduced by 1.5 sec while you are in Cat Form, but Hibernate gains a cooldown of 15 sec.
Your Rebirth spell is now castable in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form and its cast time is reduced by 2.0 sec while you are in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form.
The appearance options the beta client defines for each form, with their colour. There are no images of the models.
According to Blizzard, the Skyborne have druid forms created for them: WoW: Forever Meet the New Skyborne.
Bear FormAquatic FormCat FormTravel FormMoonkin FormThe client does not say how each appearance is unlocked or where you choose it.
Not in the beta client: it has the same druid forms as the Classic Era client. What is new are the rules of each form and the appearances for each race, the Skyborne ones among them.
You still learn it at level 20. The beta client also has a new spell, also called Cat Form, that teaches Cat Form, Prowl, Claw, and Rip at once. The client does not say who or what gives it to you.
Yes. According to Blizzard, all potions and almost all similar consumables can be used in form without losing it; the exception is most Engineering bombs.
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