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Patch notes
What each beta build changed, class by class, newest first. Open a class to see its buffs, nerfs and other changes.
Blizzard postsOct 2 · Warrior Updates in Today's Beta Build14 posts
- Warrior Updates in Today's Beta Build (opens in a new tab)19 replies
- Beta Service Issue - 2 October (opens in a new tab)2 replies
- Legacy Points for Beta Testing (opens in a new tab)13 replies
- Beta Update Maintenance - Evening of 1 October (opens in a new tab)239 replies
- Beta Realm Restarts Incoming - 25 September (opens in a new tab)9 replies
- Beta is Up - Development Notes Posted (opens in a new tab)8 replies
- WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated 1 October (opens in a new tab)1 replies
- Beta Realm Maintenance is Underway - 24 September (opens in a new tab)66 replies
- Auto-shoot Bug and Fix Incoming (opens in a new tab)2 replies
- Beta Client Update - 23 September (opens in a new tab)11 replies
A quiet build. Talents, spells, racials and items are exactly as in 1.60.1.70170, so any plan you made still holds. Nothing for classes or gear moved in the game files.
A hotfix with 9 buffs, 5 nerfs and 13 other changes; only Warrior is touched.
Warrior9 buffs5 nerfs13 other changes
- BuffAdditional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%).Blizzard’s notes
- Change
Dual Wield SpecializationFixed a bug that was causing Dual Wield Specialization to grant its increase to Hit Chance to both weapons.Developers’ note: Because of the above bug, our tests needed some correcting, so we did another pass on Fury Warrior.Blizzard’s notes - Fury
- Buff
Raging BlowsRaging Blows now reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.Blizzard’s notes - Buff
EnrageEnrage is no longer required to reach the Flurry talent.Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Improved Berserker RageImproved Berserker Rage moved to Row 5 of Fury (Was Row 6).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
BloodthirstBloodthirst’s Attack Power ratio has been increased to 45% (Was 35%).Blizzard’s notes - Change
Lingering RageNew Talent Lingering Rage in Row 2 of Fury. Lingering Rage increases the time before your Rage begins to decay when leaving combat by 2/4/6/8/10 seconds.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeImproved CleaveThe Improved Cleave talent has been removed.Blizzard’s notes
- ChangeBoundless RageThe Boundless Rage talent has been removed.Blizzard’s notes
- Change
Furious PrecisionNew Talent Furious Precision in Row 3 of Fury. Furious Precision increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4/7/10%.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Death WishDeath Wish is now required to reach the Flurry talent.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Gore DrinkerNew Talent Gore Drinker in Row 6 of Fury, requires the Enrage talent. Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 0.5/1% of your maximum Health.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeBerserker RageBerserker Rage is now available at level 30 (Was 32)Blizzard’s notes
- Nerf
Booming VoiceBooming Voice is now a 10/20/30/40/50% increase area of effect to your Shouts and a 5/10/15/20/25% reduction to their Rage costs.Blizzard’s notes - Nerf
Unbridled WrathUnbridled Wrath no longer grants twice as much Rage to two-handed weapons.Blizzard’s notes - Nerf
Blood CrazeBlood Craze no longer activates off of Bloodthirst casts.Blizzard’s notes - NerfRaging BlowsRaging Blows no longer causes your Whirlwind to strike with your offhand. Whirlwind will now always strike with both weapons without requiring a talent point.Blizzard’s notes
- NerfDual Wield SpecializationDual Wield Specialization no longer grants hit to your off-hand attacks.Blizzard’s notes
- Protection
- Buff
Improved BloodrageImproved Bloodrage moved to Row 1 (Was Row 2).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Improved RevengeImproved Revenge moved to Row 2 (Was Row 3).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Improved DisarmImproved Disarm moved to Row 3 (Was Row 4).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Improved Shield BashImproved Shield Bash moved to Row 4 (Was Row 5).Blizzard’s notes - Change
Iron WillIron Will moved to the Row 1 of Protection (Was Row 2 of Fury).Blizzard’s notes - Change
AnticipationAnticipation moved to Row 2 (Was Row 1).Blizzard’s notes - ChangeToughnessToughness has been removed.Blizzard’s notes
- Talents
- Change
Focused RageMoved from tier 6 to tier 5.Sent by the server after the build - Change
BastionMoved from tier 5 to tier 6.Sent by the server after the build
Blizzard’s post: Warrior Updates in Today's Beta Build (opens in a new tab)
- Buff
An update with 13 buffs, 4 nerfs and 27 other changes; 9 classes are touched, most of all Druid, Hunter and Mage. Items: 3 new and 105 changed. Blizzard's notes also cover cooldown manager, gamepad support, player versus player, professions and quests.
- Players can now level up to a maximum of level 30.
- New Dungeon - Excavation Site: Wetlands (26-31).
- There are now barbershops in Darnassus and Thunder Bluff, all barbershops now have barbers working at them, and city guards will give directions to barbershops.
Druid3 buffs8 other changes
- Buff
Bear FormBear Form and Dire Bear Form now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a Critical Strike.Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Faerie FireFaerie Fire no longer resets your swing timer when used.Blizzard’s notes - Change
SwipeFixed a bug causing Swipe to not scale with Attack Power. It will now correctly gain 3% of the Druid’s attack power.Developers’ note: The tooltip will not update correctly until a future update.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeTiger’s FuryTiger’s Fury has been removed.Blizzard’s notes
- ChangeAll Shapeshift Forms are now IMMUNE to Disarm effects.Developers’ note: This is a gameplay adjustment to match how it felt in original WoW. If a Druid gets disarmed before entering a form, their form will not remove the Disarm effect, and they will also deal reduced damage for the duration of the disarm effect, so disarming a Druid before they shift will result in them dealing reduced damage.Blizzard’s notes
- Feral
- Buff
Primal BitePrimal Bite: Threat generated by this ability has been roughly doubled.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeKing of the JungleThe King of the Jungle talent has been removed.Blizzard’s notes
- ChangeTiger’s FuryTiger’s Fury has been removed.Blizzard’s notes
- Change
Shifting PowerConnected to Shredding Attacks in the 4th row is a new talent - Shifting Power. Cat Form Only. 16 second cooldown. Costs 55% of Base Mana. Instantly convert 55% of Base Mana into 40 Energy. Shifting Power’s cost is reduced by effects that reduce the cost of Shapeshifting. Shifting Power costs the same amount of Mana as Cat Form.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Improved Shifting PowerConnected to Shifting Power in the 5th row is a new talent - Improved Shifting Power. Reduces the cooldown of your Shifting Power spell by 4/8 seconds.Blizzard’s notes - Feral Combat
- ChangeTiger's FuryRemoved from the spellbook.Seen in the game files
Hunter2 buffs3 other changes
- Marksmanship
- Buff
Sniper ShotThe 31st talent Sniper Shot now has a 45-yard Range and increases the range of your next 3 shots made within 10 seconds by 10 yards.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Improved StingsIcon for Improved Stings changed to be more Vanilla feeling.Blizzard’s notes - Survival
- Buff
DeflectionDeflection’s Parry increase changed to 1/2/3/4/5% (Was 2/4/6/8/10%).Blizzard’s notes - ChangeIcon for Predator’s Edge changed to be more Vanilla feeling.Blizzard’s notes
- Pets
- ChangeAggressive Mode has been brought back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.Developers’ note: There were some tameable beasts with ranks of pet abilities that were too high level for that creature. They have all been fixed. This could result in a bug where your pet “forgot” the pet ability which should not happen after this fix.Blizzard’s notes
Mage2 buffs3 other changes
- BuffAll Mage scrolls from comprehension have had an additional balance pass and can no longer be cast while moving.Blizzard’s notes
- Fire
- Buff
Improved ScorchImproved Scorch’s Fire Vulnerability will not roll a second time to see if it resists.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeHot StreakHot Streak has been renamed to Heating Up, since it is no longer dependent on having a ‘streak’.Blizzard’s notes
- Change
CombustionThe number of charges of Combustion has returned to 3 (was 4).Blizzard’s notes - Frost
- ChangeWinter’s Chill’s application does not roll to see if it is resisted, since the original spell needed to hit.Blizzard’s notes
Warlock1 nerfs4 other changes
- Change
Drain SoulDrain Soul is now correctly interrupted if the Warlock begins casting another spell.Blizzard’s notes - Change
HellfireHellfire can now critically strike.Blizzard’s notes - NerfThe Incubus pet model has been replaced with a lower resolution model.Blizzard’s notes
- Affliction
- ChangeSoul HarvestingSoul Harvesting has been renamed to Soul Harvest. It now correctly grants its 50/100% increase to Mana regeneration.Blizzard’s notes
- Pets
- ChangeAggressive Mode is back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.Blizzard’s notes
Priest2 buffs2 other changes
- Change
Devouring PlagueDevouring Plague can now correctly critically strike.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Shadow Word: DeathFixed an issue where Shadow Word: Death was always benefitting from the Early Demise talent regardless of the target’s health %.Blizzard’s notes - Discipline
- Buff
Inner FocusInner Focus no longer applies its Critical Strike increase to Periodic Effects.Blizzard’s notes - Shadow
- Buff
Shadow WeavingShadow Weaving can no longer fail to apply.Blizzard’s notes
Shaman2 buffs2 other changes
- Buff
Ghost WolfGhost Wolf should now be more visible while in well-lit areas.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Disease Cleansing TotemFixed an issue where Disease Cleansing Totem wasn’t a 5-minute duration.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Totemic RecallFixed an issue where Totemic Recall was not restoring Mana.Blizzard’s notes - Enhancement
- Buff
Flametongue Weapon32.44 to 100.92 instead of 31.44 to 99.92. (rank 6)Seen in the game files
Warrior2 buffs1 nerfs1 other changes
- BuffPlayers now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a critical strike with a basic attack.Blizzard’s notes
- Change
RendRend and Sunder Armor will now instantly tap enemies to the Warrior.Blizzard’s notes - Nerf
Heroic StrikeQueueing Heroic Strike will no longer increase off-hand hit chance.Blizzard’s notes - Arms
- Buff
Spearing StrikeSpearing Strike no longer requires a 2handed weapon. Spearing Strike requires Battle Stance.Blizzard’s notes
Paladin1 nerfs1 other changes
- Retribution
- Change
Champion of the LightChampion of the Light’s Intellect to Spell Damage ratio changed to 20/40/60% (Was 33/66/100%).Developers’ note: Champion of the Light had a tooltip issue saying it increased Healing; it did not. This tooltip has been removed.Blizzard’s notes - Talents
- Nerf
Holy Shield30% instead of 20%.Seen in the game files
Rogue2 other changes
- Change
Expose ArmorFixed an issue where Expose Armor missing would cause you to lose all of your combo points.Blizzard’s notes - Subtlety
- ChangeSetupSetup will now only add combo points to your current target if they are the one you dodged or resisted a spell from.Blizzard’s notes
Gnome1 nerfs- Nerf
Eureka!Eureka! no longer benefits periodic effects at all. Channeled spells do not count as periodics.Blizzard’s notes
Undead1 other changes- ChangeCannibalizeCannibalize cannot be used if the caster is IMMUNE to Physical damage.Blizzard’s notes
Items 3 new items, 105 changed items
Blizzard’s post: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated 1 October (opens in a new tab)
A quiet build. Talents, spells, racials and items are exactly as in 1.60.1.70058, so any plan you made still holds. Nothing for classes or gear moved in the game files.
A quiet build. Talents, spells, racials and items are exactly as in 1.60.1.70009, so any plan you made still holds. Nothing for classes or gear moved in the game files.
An update with 30 buffs, 9 nerfs and 27 other changes; 9 classes are touched, most of all Paladin, Shaman and Druid. 1 talent gone. Items: 66 new and 248 changed. Blizzard's notes also cover cooldown manager, gamepad support and items.
- If you have not recently changed your talents, the cost is now 1 silver to re-spec. This is temporary for the Beta only. After your first talent reset, the subsequent cost will be much higher, but it will drop to 1 silver after 1 hour has passed.
Paladin7 buffs1 nerfs8 other changes
- Buff
Righteous FuryRighteous Fury: Holy threat increase increased to 60% (was 90%).Blizzard’s notes - Change
Retribution AuraRetribution Aura will now dynamically update its values based on the caster’s spell power.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Flash of LightFixed a bug causing the Flash of Light cast animation to not play at the end of the spell cast.Blizzard’s notes - Change
ConsecrationFixed various issues with Consecration. Fixed an issue where Consecration would fail to apply its increased damage effect to some targets. Fixed an issue where Consecration’s Z axis wasn’t functioning consistently. Fixed an issue where Consecration could pull targets vertically above or below the caster.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Holy StrikeHoly Strike’s % of weapon damage per rank changed to 25%/29%/32%/36%/39%/43%/46%/50% (was 25%/25%/30%/30%/35%/35%/40%/40%). Developers’s notes: This increases Holy Strike’s damage at all points while leveling, and increases how much it contributes to your rotation. Early ranks of Holy Strike didn’t always feel like an upgrade when purchasing a new rank, and we wanted to adjust that.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeFixed a bug with Echo of Justice, causing it to have a higher than intended chance to activate.Blizzard’s notes
- Holy
- BuffHoly StrikeHoly Strike’s cooldown lowered to 10 seconds (was 12 seconds).Blizzard’s notes
- BuffImproved Holy StrikeImproved Holy Strike removed from the Talent Tree.Developers’ note: Even though there are sometimes cases where talents feel ‘required’ by classes, like Relentless Strikes for Rogues, having one that reduces the cooldown of a core ability so early on in a healing talent tree made this feel like a talent that was required. So we’ve removed it and made its behavior baseline.Blizzard’s notes
- Buff
Holy PowerHoly Power now increases the Critical Strike chance of Holy Strike by 15% and retains all of its old effects.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeLight’s Vigil’s tooltip has been reorganized to make it more clear that the damage component is the only version that returns some of the Mana cost.Blizzard’s notes
- Retribution
- Buff
Two-Handed Weapon SpecializationTwo-Handed Weapon Specialization’s damage increase reduced to 2/4/6% (was 3/6/9%).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Sacred ArbiterSacred Arbiter now increases the damage of Holy Strike by 20% (was 10%).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Twist of LightTwist of Light now additionally reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%.Blizzard’s notes - Change
VengeanceVengeance now activates off of non-periodic critical strikes.Blizzard’s notes - NerfVengeanceVengeance’s maximum stacks lowered to 3 (was 5).Blizzard’s notes
- Talents
- ChangeCrusadeRemoved from the tree.Seen in the game files
Shaman5 buffs4 nerfs3 other changes
- Buff
Lightning BoltLightning Bolt: Damage on ranks 3 and 4 increased to make these spells always upgrades over previous ranks (despite changing cast times).Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Flametongue TotemFlametongue Totem no longer has a duration and is instantly replaced when placing another totem.Blizzard’s notes - BuffFlametongue TotemFlametongue Totem is no longer able to be stacked by repeatedly casting Flametongue Totem.Blizzard’s notes
- Change
Windfury TotemWindfury Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as “Windfury Totem” instead of “Windfury Totem Passive”.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeFlametongue TotemFlametongue Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as “Flametongue Totem” instead of “Flametongue Totem Effect”.Blizzard’s notes
- NerfFlametongue TotemFlametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon.Blizzard’s notes
- NerfFlametongue TotemFlametongue Totem no longer stacks with Windfury Totem.Blizzard’s notes
- NerfWindfury TotemTranquil Air Totem, Windfury Totem, and Grace of Air Totem no longer stack together even if used by different Shamans in the same group.Blizzard’s notes
- Elemental
- Buff
Lava BurstLava Burst damage on ranks 1 and 2 increased to be about 10% more base damage than the Lightning Bolt rank learned around the same level.Blizzard’s notes - Change
Elemental FurySwapped the positions of the Elemental Fury (Row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (Row 6) talents.Developers’ note: Critical Strike damage increases early on in trees are exciting for other specializations, but its not as exciting for the core specialization while leveling, since they don’t have enough critical strike chance to really appreciate it. So we’re moving one of the better talents for Elemental Shaman functionality, earlier in the tree, to allow them to feel like they’re hitting important progression moments (something Elemental has lacked in the early levels). We understand that this affects Enhancement Shaman’s critical strike damage with spells, but we will use this room created to add more to Enhancement Shaman in the future.Blizzard’s notes - Enhancement
- NerfRage of the Far Seer (Row 7) no longer increases the Shaman’s Spell Casting Speed.Developers’ note: Rage of the Far Seer’s spell casting speed was not necessary to include for the core functionality of this ability. So we removed it.Blizzard’s notes
- Restoration
- Buff
RiptideCorrected an issue and now Riptide can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes
Druid4 buffs4 other changes
- Buff
RejuvenationCorrected an issue and now Rejuvenation can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes - Buff
TranquilityCorrected an issue and now Tranquility can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes - Buff
WrathWrath base damage increased ~50%.Blizzard’s notes - Change
ThornsThorns will now dynamically update its values based on the caster’s spell power. If the caster cannot be found or is too far away, Thorns reverts to its base values.Blizzard’s notes - Feral
- ChangeMangleMangle has been renamed Primal Bite. Its signature debuff has been removed, so the former name no longer accurately represented the ability. All talents referencing Mangle now reference Primal Bite.Blizzard’s notes
- ChangePrimal FuryThe Primal Fury talent has been renamed and the icon replaced with the original Blood Frenzy name and icon.Blizzard’s notes
- Change
Feral ChargeFixed a bug where Feral Charge (Cat) could be cast on allies.Blizzard’s notes - Restoration
- Buff
Wild GrowthCorrected an issue and now Wild Growth can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes
Priest4 buffs3 other changes
- Buff
RenewCorrected an issue and now Renew can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes - ChangePower WordPower Word: Shield can now always overwrite an existing Power Word: Shield on a target that does not have Weakened Soul.Blizzard’s notes
- Gnome
- Buff
Contingency PlanCorrected an issue and now Contingency Plan can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes - Buff
Confounding FlashConfounding Flash now has a cast visual. The casting visual is now more Holy oriented than Arcane and the sounds have been updated to match.Blizzard’s notes - Night Elf
- Change
StarshardsStarshards now correctly gains resistance to spell pushback from the Twilight Focus talent.Blizzard’s notes - Undead
- Buff
Dark SacrificeDark Sacrifice no longer breaks Crowd Control that breaks on damage.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeDark SacrificeDark Sacrifice’s tooltip now correctly displays that the Mana gained from the ability scales with Spirit.Blizzard’s notes
Hunter3 buffs2 nerfs1 other changes
- Pets
- Buff
Tame BeastTame Beast no longer works on Beasts that are higher than the Hunter’s level.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeSonic Blast ability now properly available to Bat pets.Blizzard’s notes
- NerfFurious Howl Attack Power bonus reduced 40%.Blizzard’s notes
- Marksmanship
- Nerf
Lone WolfTalenting out of Lone Wolf will no longer cause the Hunter to have -4% damage while their pet is active.Blizzard’s notes - Survival
- BuffLacerating StrikesCorrected an issue and now Lacerating Strikes can land critical hits.Blizzard’s notes
- Buff
Strider KickStrider Kick now increases movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.Blizzard’s notes
Warrior2 buffs2 nerfs1 other changes
- Buff
Sunder ArmorSunder Armor: Corrected the threat values on all ranks, including a small increase to threat generated from Attack Power.Blizzard’s notes - Arms
- Buff
BloodthrillBloodthrill’s chance to activate increased to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 2/4/6/8/10%).Blizzard’s notes - ChangeBloodthrillBloodthrill only activates off of Main Hand melee attacks. This includes Cleave and Heroic Strike.Blizzard’s notes
- Nerf
SlamSlam’s cooldown has been increased to 18 seconds (was 15 seconds).Blizzard’s notes - NerfImproved SlamImproved Slam now reduces the cooldown of Slam by 1.5/3 seconds.Blizzard’s notes
Mage4 buffs
- Buff
Arcane MissilesArcane Missiles no longer checks line of sight on each missile, just once at the beginning of the channel. So targets moving out of line of sight during the channel will not prevent the missiles.Blizzard’s notes - Fire
- Buff
Wake of FireWake of Fire buff duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).Developers’ note: Wake of Fire was difficult to make proper use of while leveling, due to the Mage needing to restore mana between combat. The increased duration should help smooth out the experience.Blizzard’s notes - BuffHot StreakHot Streak buff duration has been increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).Blizzard’s notes
- BuffIgniteIgnite no longer double dips on % damage increase modifiers.Blizzard’s notes
Warlock4 other changes
- Change
Life TapTooltip of Life Tap has been updated to correctly display the amount of Life converted, and only states that it scales with Spirit.Blizzard’s notes - ChangeVoidwalker Sacrifice now correctly scales with 10% of the Warlock’s spell healing.Blizzard’s notes
- Demonology
- ChangeMetamorphosis : Demon ChargeRemoved from the spellbook.Seen in the game files
- ChangeMetamorphosis : Demonic HowlRemoved from the spellbook.Seen in the game files
Gnome1 buffs1 other changes- ChangeChanged Eureka on every class to a 10% discount on Mana, Rage, or Energy abilities.Blizzard’s notes
- Racial
- BuffEureka!10% instead of 40%.Seen in the game files
Rogue1 other changes
- ChangeSap now correctly flags the Rogue for PvP when used on a target that is PvP flagged.Blizzard’s notes
Human1 other changes- Change
Will to SurviveChanged the Will to Survive visual to match Dispel Magic instead of Will of the Forsaken.Blizzard’s notes
Items 66 new items, 248 changed items
Blizzard’s posts: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated 1 October (opens in a new tab), Beta is Up - Development Notes Posted (opens in a new tab)
A quiet build. Talents, spells, racials and items are exactly as in 1.60.1.69913, so any plan you made still holds. Nothing for classes or gear moved in the game files.
- Fixed some display issues and stability issues on Macs.
- Controller navigation should now work more properly in the character selection screen if you launch with gamepad active.
- You can now interact with items that give you quests on gamepad.
Blizzard’s post: Beta Client Update - 23 September (opens in a new tab)
A quiet build. Talents, spells, racials and items are exactly as in 1.60.1.69893, so any plan you made still holds. Nothing for classes or gear moved in the game files.
The first complete client: it adds 441 spells and racials that the earlier files lacked.
The first beta client files this site has. It is the starting point the later builds are compared with.
The data of this site is read from Forever beta 1.60.1.70205. A line marked “Seen in the game files” is the difference between two client builds, one marked “Sent by the server” is a hotfix read from the game client’s own cache; the buff and nerf labels are this site’s reading of the numbers.