Blue post · Kaivax
Forever beta notes: racials reworked
KaivaxA large beta build reworks the racial abilities of nine races and changes many class talents and spells. It also adds a new player tutorial and a 
Frost Blast spell for 
Mages.
Highlights
- Weapon specialization racials replaced:
Human 
Ruthless, 
Orc 
Savage and 
Dwarf 
Earth Fury give critical bonuses instead - Orc
Blood Fury cooldown 3 minutes (was 2); 
Troll 
Regeneration 20% (was 10%) - Mages learn Frost Blast at level 24
- Wands need 0.5 seconds of standing still before shooting
- New player tutorial; the Auction House shows an equippable-level column
What this means for players
Recheck your race choice: Human, Orc and Dwarf weapon racials became critical bonuses, Orc Blood Fury has a longer cooldown and Troll Regeneration is stronger. Wand users must stand still for half a second before shooting, and Mages get Frost Blast at 24. These are beta notes and may change.
The build
A large beta build that reworks racial abilities and gives many class talents, spells and bug fixes. It also adds a new player tutorial and a Frost Blast spell for Mages, and carries long lists of gamepad, item, quest and interface fixes.
Druid
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rejuvenation | High ranks no longer stop other  Druids from applying Rejuvenation to the same target. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Omen of Clarity |  Faerie Fire in Cat, Bear or  Dire Bear Form could trigger it; that no longer happens, as Faerie Fire costs no resource in those forms. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Faerie Fire | Now generates threat in Bear or Dire Bear Form instead of only starting combat at 0 threat. | Buff | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Faerie Fire | Several Faerie Fire debuffs could be active on one target at once; that is fixed. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Shred | Rank 1 is learned earlier, because Shredding Attacks could be obtained before knowing Shred or  Lacerate. | level 22 | level 20 | Changed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Heart of the Wild | The bonus failed to take effect properly for characters upon login; this is fixed. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Feral Swiftness | The bonus failed to take effect properly for characters upon login; this is fixed. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Thick Hide | The bonus failed to take effect properly for characters upon login; this is fixed. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Leader of the Pack | The bonus failed to take effect properly for characters upon login; this is fixed. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Druid: Balance
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Insect Swarm | Multiple instances no longer keep stacking the target's hit chance reduction. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Moonkin Aura | Now only increases Spell Critical Strike chance, and affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Druid: Feral
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Pack | It now raises only melee and ranged critical strike chance, and it covers the whole raid. | Changed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Shred | The flat damage in the tooltip now scales with the damage increase from  Savage Fury. This was only a display bug and the damage itself is unchanged. | Fixed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Furor | Lets the player keep the Energy they had in  Cat Form when switching to Bear or Dire Bear Form. Those forms still prevent Energy regeneration. | Changed | Our Druid guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Hunter
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auto Attack/ Auto Shot setting | A new setting lets  Hunters switch between auto attack and Auto Shot automatically. Gamepad play supports it too. | New | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Auto Shot | Now needs 0.5 seconds of standing still before firing, matching early versions of the game. You still fire it while casting spells like  Aimed Shot or  Sniper Shot. | Changed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Arrows | A drawn bow should now show its arrow. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Fire traps | Fire traps now scale correctly with Attack Power. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Trap limit | A Hunter can have one active Fire Trap and one active Ice Trap at once. | 1 trap among all types | 1 Fire Trap and 1 Ice Trap | Buff | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Hunter: Beast Mastery
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Summon Hawk | The Hawk now appears on whichever target you cast the spell on. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Summon Hawk | The Hawk now stays stuck to the target it was summoned on. | Changed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
 Improved Mend Pet | The talent was raising the Mana cost of Mend Pet instead of lowering it; fixed. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Hunter: Marksmanship
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Trueshot Aura | Now affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Sniper Shot | Was not benefiting from a few  Marksmanship talents; fixed. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Hunter: Pets
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expertise | Pets now correctly benefit from Expertise. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide | ||
| Pet critical strike inheritance | Pets inherited only the player's melee critical strike chance; they now take whichever of melee or ranged is higher. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide | ||
| Dismember | Healing reduction is lower (Crocolisk). | 50% | 25% | Nerf | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Dismember | Duration is shorter (Crocolisk). | 10 seconds | 6 seconds | Nerf | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Dismember | Cooldown is longer (Crocolisk). | 6 seconds | 15 seconds | Nerf | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Sonic Blast | Cast speed reduction is lower (Bat). | 60% | 30% | Nerf | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Sonic Blast | Duration is shorter (Bat). | 30 seconds | 20 seconds | Nerf | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Sonic Blast | Cooldown is longer (Bat). | 30 seconds | 60 seconds | Nerf | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Mine! | Duration is shorter (Bird of Prey). | 4 seconds | 3 seconds | Nerf | Our Hunter guide |
| Mine! | Cooldown is longer (Bird of Prey). | 60 seconds | 90 seconds | Nerf | Our Hunter guide |
Hunter: Survival
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Strider Kick | Can now be used while disarmed or with no weapon in the Main Hand. | Changed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
 Resourcefulness | Now correctly reduces the Mana cost of Strider Kick. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Resourcefulness | Now activates when landing a critical strike, but only on melee and ranged ability crits, to prevent spamming. Traps do not activate it. | Changed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Predator's Edge | The tooltip is reworded to make clear that the talent boosts only the crit damage dealt by your abilities. | Fixed | Our Hunter guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Mage
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Blast | New spell learned at level 24. It deals damage, slows movement by 40% and has a 1.5 second cast time. Frost Blast is affected by all talents that affect  Frostbolt. It gives back what Rank 1 Frostbolt used to offer despite down-ranking penalties, costing more Mana and dealing a little more damage. | New | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Frost Channeling | Now correctly reduces the Mage's threat. | Fixed | Our Arcane Mage guide |
 Ice Block | Ice Block looked too transparent; fixed. | Fixed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Clearcasting | Fixed several issues: it no longer rolls for every target a spell hits, no longer can activate from  Dampen Magic or  Amplify Magic, and no longer can activate from abilities cast out of combat. | Fixed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Mage: Arcane
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Presence of Mind | It was not being consumed by spell casts; fixed. | Fixed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Missile Barrage | A second  Arcane Missiles cast could have its cost and duration lowered by it; fixed. | Fixed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Missile Barrage | Moved to the first row and made a 2-point talent. Arcane Missiles hits now also have a chance to trigger it. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Arcane Blast | Redesigned: a 1.5 second cast that gives the Mage 15% of their Intellect as extra Spell Damage each cast, stacking up to 4 times and lasting 15 seconds from first application. It still raises the spell's cost as before. Mana cost is unchanged, while damage and Spell Damage coefficients are both reduced by 40%. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Arcane Wrath | New 16-point gold medal talent: a 3.5 second cast with base damage similar to  Fireball, plus damage as if the Mage had extra Spell Power equal to 5% of maximum Mana. 6 second cooldown. | New | Our Arcane Mage guide |
Mage: Fire
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Heating Up | No longer consumed when Presence of Mind is also active for the  Pyroblast cast. It also always gains an extra charge on each  Fire Blast cast, so Fire Blast critical strikes give 2 charges. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Wake of Fire | Reverted to  Improved Fire Blast and no longer gives a bonus when the Mage kills a target. It now increases the range of Fire Blast by 8/15 yards. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Critical Mass | Mages can now spend up to 5 points, for 10% total critical strike increase. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Fire Power | Redesigned to take only 3 talent points. It increases Fire spell damage by 1/2/3% per Fire effect on the target, to a maximum of 12%, and spells mixing several schools do not grant the bonus. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Mage: Frost
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Frostbite | It can now activate from your  Ice Armor and Frost Armor spells. | Fixed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Fingers of Frost | It can now activate from your Ice Armor and Frost Armor spells. | Fixed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Ice Lance | Damage bonus against Frozen targets reduced. | 300% increase | 200% increase | Nerf | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Cone of Cold | The first 4 targets hit are slowed by an additional 10% and for 3 seconds longer. It can control large numbers of targets, so this is limited to 4 or fewer. | Buff | Our Frost Mage guide | ||
 Winter's Chill | Redesigned: no longer increases critical strike chance, and instead makes Cone of Cold deal 40% increased damage per stack on the target, consumed by the next Cone of Cold. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Cone of Cold | The spell visual's positioning is slightly changed. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Winter's Chill | Frostbolt, Frost Blast and Ice Lance empowered by Fingers of Frost get a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to apply it. Each stack, up to 5, adds 5% to the damage taken from your next Cone of Cold and a further 7% of your spell damage. | Changed | Our Mage guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Paladin
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Seal of Fury | It is no longer overwritten by  Power Word: Shield. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 | ||
 Salvation | Blessing of Salvation and Greater Blessing of Salvation are replaced by Salvation and  Mass Salvation. They are applied the same way but are no longer exclusive with blessings. | Changed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Revoke | New spell learned along with Salvation that removes a party or raid member's Salvation or Mass Salvation, giving the  Paladin finer control over who has it. | New | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Judgement of Righteousness | Instant cast versions now use the proper spell power coefficients. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 | ||
| Judgement of Righteousness | Its spell damage coefficient was wrong and is now correct. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 | ||
| Judgement of Fury | Instant cast versions now use the proper spell power coefficients. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 | ||
 Seal of Righteousness | It was gaining almost twice as much benefit from Spell Damage as intended; fixed. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 | ||
 Consecration | Spell Power Coefficient per tick lowered. | 0.095 | 0.042 | Nerf | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 |
 Righteous Fury | Holy damage threat generation increased. | 60% | 90% | Buff | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Seal of Fury | Rank 3 is now trainable at level 26; it had been offered at level 25 by mistake. | level 25 | level 26 | Fixed | Our Protection Paladin guide |
Paladin: Holy
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Light's Vigil | Using a focus macro to cast it sent it to the wrong target; fixed. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 |
 Infusion of Light | Fixed an issue that made it give  Holy Shock 50% increased damage against enemies. | Fixed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-09-24 |
Paladin: Protection
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shield Specialization | Mana restored to the Paladin reduced, with the 3 second internal cooldown unchanged. | 6% | 4% | Nerf | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Reckoning | Each trigger now adds a charge, up to 4. Your next melee swing then triggers all stored charges as one extra attack each. This restores Classic Era behavior and stops instant attacks resetting the auto attack timer. | Changed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Paladin: Retribution
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champion of the Light | Spell damage bonus from Intellect reduced. | 20/40/60% | 10/20/30% | Nerf | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Sanctified Judgement | Its Mana restore effect no longer generates threat. | Changed | Our Paladin guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Priest
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Renew | High ranks no longer stop other  Priests from applying Renew to the same target. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Holy Fire | Rank 5 periodic damage was higher than Rank 6; fixed. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Power Word: Shield | Now correctly tells the player they cannot replace a target's shield when theirs is stronger. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Power Word: Shield | Casting it no longer shows SHIELDED twice in scrolling combat text. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Devouring Plague | Cooldown shortened. | 1 minute | 24 seconds | Buff | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Shadow Word: Death | Cooldown lengthened. | 12 seconds | 18 seconds | Nerf | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Mind Vision | Casting it no longer makes the target stand up and interrupt drinks. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Priest: Discipline
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inner Focus | Now correctly applies to a single spell, even if you queue another spell into  Penance's channel. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
 Divine Aegis | Tooltip now says explicitly that it is activated by non-periodic critical heals. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Divine Aegis | Tooltip now states the maximum value of the shield. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Power in Light | Now increases  Smite and Penance when the target is afflicted by Holy Fire or  Shadow Word: Pain. | Changed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
 Silent Resolve | Threat reduction now applies to all spells. | Changed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Mental Strength | Moved from Row 4 to Row 2 and changed to increase Intellect by 2/4/6/8/10%. | Changed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Improved Power Word: Shield | Moved from Row 2 to Row 3. | Changed | Our Discipline Priest guide |
 Twin Disciplines | Now correctly benefits Shadow Word: Death,  Mind Flay,  Starshards and Penance. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Priest: Shadow
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Word: Death | Was not benefiting from  Shadowform's increase to critical strike damage; fixed. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Devouring Contagion | The bounced Devouring Plague cost Mana, played a cast animation and put the caster's own Devouring Plague on full cooldown; fixed. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Vampiric Embrace | Can no longer be resisted. | Buff | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Vampiric Embrace | Cooldown shortened. | 1 minute | 30 seconds | Buff | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Improved  Fade | Talent removed. | Removed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Shadow Infinity | Talent removed. | Removed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Improved Mind Blast | Moved from Row 3 to Row 2. | Changed | Our Shadow Priest guide | ||
 Dark Inspiration | New Row 4 talent. Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay increase your and your party's Spirit by 3/6/9/12/15% for 10 seconds. | New | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Improved Mind Flay | Changed so each damage instance of Mind Flay deals 10/20% more damage than the one before. | Changed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Devouring Contagion | Now spreads to 2 targets. | Changed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Shadow Weaving | Tooltip now correctly says it makes the target take increased damage from you. | Fixed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Rogue
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Poisons |  Rogue poisons no longer wrongly activate against targets that are attacking the Rogue. | Fixed | Our Rogue guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Sap | Sap can no longer trigger weapon procs. | Changed | Our Rogue guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Specialization swapping | Switching specializations could be used by Rogues to refill their energy; that exploit is closed. | Fixed | Our Rogue guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Rogue: Assassination
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cold Blood | A  Mutilate critical strike now properly uses up the buff. | Fixed | Our Rogue guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Shaman
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Totemic Recall | Trainer price was 70 silver instead of the intended 22 silver; fixed. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Grounding Totem | Is now correctly destroyed after redirecting a spell. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Windfury Weapon | Its attacks now show as white hits in scrolling combat text. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Grace of Air Totem | No longer exclusive with  Windfury Totem and  Flametongue Totem, which keep their exclusivity with each other. | Changed | Our Shaman guide | ||
| Grace of Air Totem | Now affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Shaman guide | ||
 Strength of Earth Totem | Now affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Shaman guide | ||
| Windfury Totem | Now affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Shaman guide | ||
| Flametongue Totem | Now affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Shaman guide | ||
 Chain Lightning | Mana cost drops by about 35% across all four ranks. | Buff | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Fire Nova | Spell Power Coefficient lowered. | 0.214 | 0.143 | Nerf | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Fire Nova | Base damage is significantly reduced. | Nerf | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Fire Nova | Mana cost is significantly reduced. | Buff | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Flametongue Totem | Now correctly affects only players. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide | ||
| Windfury Totem | Now correctly affects only players. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide | ||
 Chain Heal | Its visual gets a little green added without overpowering the original effect. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Shaman: Elemental
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Elemental Focus | The Clearcasting it grants can no longer be used up by the very Fire Nova that triggered it. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-08 |
| Elemental Mastery | Back as the new 31-point gold medal talent. It cuts 0.5 seconds from  Lightning Bolt and  Lava Burst cast times, and lifts the Chain Lightning cooldown for 15 seconds. It has a 3-minute cooldown and needs Lava Burst first. | New | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Lava Burst | Relocated from row 7 to row 5, where it becomes the 21-point gold medal talent. A fourth rank is added with the ranks reflowed, and the prerequisite is dropped. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Elemental Fury | Now has  Lightning Overload as a prerequisite. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Lightning Overload | Now has  Elemental Alacrity as a prerequisite. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Elemental Alacrity | Moved from the 3rd row to the 2nd row. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Elemental Warding | Moved from the 2nd row to the 3rd row. | Changed | Our Elemental Shaman guide |
| Call of Thunder | Talent removed. | Removed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Earthbound | Relocated to row 4 and becomes the 16-point gold medal talent. | Changed | Our Elemental Shaman guide |
 Elemental Reach | Now also reduces the cooldown of  Totemic Projection by 10/20 seconds. | Buff | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Call of Flame | Now also extends the duration of  Flame Shock by 3/6/9 seconds. | Buff | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Clearcasting | Is no longer consumed by Lightning Overload activations. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
| Fire Nova | Tooltip now increases correctly when points are placed in Trial by Fire (formerly Improved Fire Nova). | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Shaman: Enhancement
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stormstrike | A spell that fails to land no longer uses up the debuff. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
| Stormstrike | Players or pets other than the casting  Shaman could use up the debuff; fixed. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
| Stormstrike | Cost is now a percentage of Base Mana instead of a flat amount at all points in the game. | 125 Mana | 8% of Base Mana | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Shaman: Restoration
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mana Tide Totem | An extra rank is added, learned at level 38. | levels 25, 48, 58 | levels 25, 38, 48, 58 | New | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Restorative Totems | Now correctly increases the effect of the whole  Healing Stream Totem instead of only its base value. | Fixed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-16 | ||
 Tidal Focus | Swapped places with  Totemic Focus: Tidal Focus is now in the 1st row and Totemic Focus in the 2nd. | Changed | Our Shaman guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Water Shield | Any critical spell from the Shaman can now set it off. | critical heals only | any critical spell | Buff | Our Restoration Shaman guide |
Warlock
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Summon Incubus | With the Reagent Economy Legacy Perk it could be summoned at no Soul Shard cost; fixed. | Fixed | Our Warlock guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Curse of Recklessness | Several of its debuffs could be active on a target at once; fixed. | Fixed | Our Warlock guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Warlock: Affliction
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grim Reach | Replaces Malediction and increases the range of your  Affliction spells by 10/20%. | Changed | Our Warlock guide, changes of 2026-10-15 | ||
 Shadow Mastery | Shadow spell damage bonus doubled. | 1/2/3/4/5% | 2/4/6/8/10% | Buff | Our Warlock guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Warlock: Demonology
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Soul Link | You could not cast it on your pet; fixed. | Fixed | Our Warlock guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Warlock: Destruction
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Destructive Reach | Changed to increase the range of your  Destruction spells by 10/20%. | Changed | Our Warlock guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Warrior
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Battle Shout | Now affects the whole raid. | Changed | Our Warrior guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Slam | No longer subject to spell pushback. | Buff | Our Warrior guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Overpower | Could not activate against significantly lower level enemies; fixed. | Fixed | Our Warrior guide, changes of 2026-10-16 |
Warrior: Arms
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Weaponmaster | Its Sword Specialization could be activated by  Shield Bash and  Shield Slam; fixed. | Fixed | Our Warrior guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Warrior: Fury
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lingering Rage | No longer stops the player's Health Regeneration after combat. | Fixed | Our Warrior guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
 Improved Berserker Rage | It was not removing Movement Impairing Effects; fixed. | Fixed | Our Warrior guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
Races: Dwarf
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Fury | Replaces Mace Specialization with a bonus to critical damage and healing: 2% increased critical damage and healing. | Changed | Our Dwarf guide |
 Find Treasure | Also gives a chance of extra items from most chests. | Changed | Our Dwarf guide |
Races: Gnome
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Eureka! | Reworked into a buff lasting 8 seconds that has no charges. The damage and ability cost effects stay as they were, and Power Word: Shield now benefits as well. | Changed | Our Priest guide, changes of 2026-10-15 |
| Eureka! | A fix to how it behaves in stealth or invisibility; the post's wording leaves unclear whether it can now be used there. | Changed | Our Gnome guide |
Races: Human
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruthless | Replaces Sword Specialization with 2% increased critical strike chance. | Changed | Our Human guide |
Races: Night Elf
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Quickness | The speed boost now adds on top of other movement speed increases. | Buff | Our Night Elf guide |
| Wisp Form |  Night Elves no longer display their shields while in Wisp Form. | Changed | Our Night Elf guide |
Races: Orc
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savage | Replaces Axe Specialization with 1% increased critical strike chance. | Changed | Our Orc guide | ||
| Blood Fury | Cooldown lengthened. | 2 minutes | 3 minutes | Nerf | Our Orc guide |
 Shatter Curse | Now dispels Curses and  Banes instead of giving immunity, and the magic damage reduction is smaller. | 15% magic damage reduction | 5% magic damage reduction | Changed | Our Orc guide |
Races: Skyborne
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wind Blessed | Haste bonus raised. | 1% | 3% | Buff | Our Skyborne (High Order) guide |
 Skysight | Can now be cast while moving. | Changed | Our Skyborne (Windshaper) guide | ||
 Read Leyline | Can now be cast while moving, and its minimum duration is longer. | 20 seconds | 30 seconds | Changed | Our Skyborne (High Order) guide |
 Walk on Air | Cooldown shortened. | 2 minutes | 90 seconds | Buff | Our Skyborne (High Order) guide |
| Elemental Convergences and Leylines | More of them spawn in most Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor zones. | Changed | Our Skyborne (Windshaper) guide |
Races: Tauren
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Endurance | Now grants increased critical damage and healing in place of hit chance. | 1% hit chance | 2% increased critical damage and healing | Changed | Our Tauren guide |
 Plainsrunning | Adds extra mounted movement speed, which stacks with other mounted speed bonuses. | Buff | Our Tauren guide | ||
| Plainsrunning | Keeping the effect now takes a minimum amount of movement each second, so stutter-stepping no longer works. The minimum allows for movement speed penalties. | Changed | Our Tauren guide | ||
 Cultivation | Cooldown shortened. | 60 minutes | 15 minutes | Buff | Our Tauren guide |
 War Stomp | Cooldown shortened. | 2 minutes | 90 seconds | Buff | Our Tauren guide |
Races: Troll
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regeneration | Health regeneration bonuses increased. | 10% | 20% | Buff | Our Troll guide |
Races: Undead
| Change | What changed | Kind | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|
 Touch of the Grave | Proc chance and cooldown are adjusted so the benefit is more consistent, and the visuals are improved. | Changed | Our Undead guide |
 Will of the Forsaken | Is no longer available while the  Undead is under the effects of  Scatter Shot. | Changed | Our Undead guide |
| Touch of the Grave | Activation chance is 30% for casters and 20% for Paladins, Rogues and  Warriors, plus a 25 second internal cooldown. | Changed | Our Undead guide |
| Touch of the Grave | Shadow bonuses on the target or the caster no longer scale it. | Changed | Our Undead guide |
| Touch of the Grave | Using a lower ranked spell no longer shrinks its multiplier, since a racial should not follow class spell rules. | Changed | Our Undead guide |
Classes
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Wands | Shooting a wand now requires standing still for 0.5 seconds first, as in early versions of the game. | Changed |
World and quests
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Kirin Tor reputation | Horde players could earn this reputation by mistake; that is blocked. | Fixed |
| Multi-drop quest items | Several quest items that wrongly dropped more than once no longer do. | Fixed |
| Raene's Cleansing | More Bloodtooth Guards are available during the Ashenvale quest. | Changed |
| Dalaran Horde access | Horde players are no longer welcome in Dalaran and are attacked on sight. Access to the City of Dalaran dungeon is unaffected, but the Horde questline for the Dalaran Sewer Key no longer grants unrestricted open-world access to the city. | Changed |
| How Big a Threat? | Many furbolg camps in Darkshore did not grant quest credit; fixed. | Fixed |
| For Love Eternal | Cerellian Whiteclaw will accept the quest hand-in whenever you arrive. | Fixed |
| Body and Heart | Cenarion Moondust is no longer used up when sprinkled on the stone, so you can come back and re-summon Lunaclaw if you need to try again. | Changed |
| Sparring Match | The Novice Warriors in Mulgore stop turning players PvP-flagged while the quest is under way. | Fixed |
| The Attack! | No longer an escort quest, and it can be shared even with the event running. Talk to Tyrion to start the event if it is idle. | Changed |
| Twisted Hatred | During the Teldrassil quest, Lord Melenas stays in the fight instead of evading when low on health. | Fixed |
| Wetlands respawn rates | Several areas have faster, more even respawns, including Dragonmaw Orcs, Gnolls and Incendicite Ore. | Changed |
| The Anchors of Zephras | Fixed an issue that could stop players using Halaan's Gift to scry on the anchors and progress the quest. | Fixed |
PvP
| Change | What changed | Was | Now | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleground Marks of Honor | Stack size increased. | 20 | 30 | Changed |
Items
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Night Watchman's Torch | Several Horde characters were wrongly shown holding this torch; that is corrected. | Fixed |
| Drink tooltips | Some drinks showed the wrong total Mana regeneration in their tooltips. | Fixed |
| Mystic Mushroom | Now correctly increases Spirit. | Fixed |
| Insight enchant | Now correctly increases Spirit. | Fixed |
| Morbent's Bane | No longer makes other nearby players play visual effects. | Fixed |
| Scrolls | Using a scroll now triggers a global cooldown. | Changed |
| Profession-crafted items | Many items created by professions have a lower vendor sell price. | Changed |
| Draught of Predatory Senses | Is now a Potion on the Combat Potion cooldown, with a shorter duration to fit that design. | Changed |
Legacy
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Bartering | It was discounting training and repairing; fixed. | Fixed |
| Master Chef and Luremaster perks | Both perks shift one row left on screen. They could already be had with just 5 points spent, so nothing functional changes. | Changed |
| The Quick and the Dead | Should now affect more Priest spells. | Changed |
Cooldown Manager
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Spell ranks | Spells with different ranks now act as a single entry. | Changed |
Gamepad
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Swing timer | A swing timer is added to the center reticle. | New |
| Voice Channel Transcription bindings | New bindings turn Voice Channel Transcription on and off via the Chat Channels menu. | New |
 Fishing bobber | Your own fishing bobber is now always targetable. | Fixed |
| Ground-targeted items | Using them a second time now confirms the placement. | Fixed |
| Gamepad action bar | It was invisible after relogging when a custom Edit Mode layout was created and selected; fixed. | Fixed |
| Cast bar | The cast bar was not properly customizable with Edit Mode; fixed. | Fixed |
| Class flyouts | Activating actions from class-specific flyouts was difficult; fixed. | Fixed |
| Quest reward selection | A problem prevented completing certain quests; fixed. | Fixed |
| Interactive quest givers | Quests handed out by objects and other quest givers that are not characters can now be completed with a gamepad. | Fixed |
| Press and Hold Casting | The setting is now compatible with gamepad. | Changed |
| Trade confirmation dialog | Now usable with a gamepad. | Changed |
| Guild & Communities dialogs | Now usable with a gamepad. | Changed |
| Chat Channels menu | Now usable with a gamepad. | Changed |
| Transmog frame | Now usable with a gamepad. | Changed |
User interface
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| New player tutorial | A new tutorial experience is added for new players. | New |
| Unit Frames | The display is updated. | Changed |
| Minimap header | The display is updated. | Changed |
| Auction House level column | The Auction House now shows a column for equippable level. | New |
| Auction House item suffixes | Equipment stats from items with suffixes, such as of the Monkey, now display properly. | Fixed |
| Scrolling Combat Text options | Detailed options are added under Options > Gameplay > Combat > Scrolling Combat Text for Self, in Text on Me and Text on Target. | New |
| Options search | Searching for Threat now brings up the Aggro Display option. | Changed |
| Nameplate visibility | Distance visibility for enemy and NPC nameplates above and below the player is adjusted to reduce clutter. Your current target's nameplate is unaffected. | Changed |
| Level-up messages | Level-ups once again announce the stat gains and talent points you earned. | New |
| In-game tutorials | The in-game tutorials are updated. | Changed |
| Looking For Group eligibility | When party members are at different levels, the dungeon list now updates eligibility statuses properly. | Fixed |
| Show All Level Ranges | The Group Finder checkbox now updates the dungeon list properly. | Fixed |
| Professions UI panel | Art assets were misplaced on the panel; fixed. | Fixed |
| Who List search | Search now supports subzones, so characters in Northshire Valley appear for both /who northshire and /who elwynn. | New |
| Refresh world prompt | Players can no longer accept it while in combat. | Changed |
Audio and graphics
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Fog brightness | Fog no longer looks overly bright at lower shadow settings. | Fixed |
| Bloom Intensity | Lighting bloom is now a slider in the Advanced graphics section of the options. | Changed |
General fixes
| Change | What changed | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Creature health regeneration | Creatures now heal back up properly once out of combat. | Fixed |
Guides this affects
- Mage
- Human
- Orc
- Dwarf
- Troll
- Restoration Druid
- Druid
- Balance Druid
- Feral Bear Druid
- Feral Cat Druid
- Marksmanship Hunter
- Hunter
Beast Mastery Hunter
Survival Hunter- Frost Mage
- Arcane Mage
- Fire Mage
Protection Paladin- Discipline Priest
- Paladin
Retribution Paladin
Holy Paladin
Holy Priest- Priest
- Shadow Priest
- Rogue
- Assassination Rogue
- Shaman
- Enhancement Shaman
- Elemental Shaman
Restoration Shaman
Demonology Warlock
Warlock- Affliction Warlock
- Destruction Warlock
- Warrior
Fury Warrior
Arms Warrior
Protection Warrior
Gnome- Night Elf
Skyborne (High Order)- Skyborne (Windshaper)
Combat Rogue
Tauren- Undead
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