The weapon matters in form now, four talents became the class itself, and both crit auras were halved and widened in the same batch. Balance · Feral Combat · Restoration.
87 Druid changes that alter play — new and reworked abilities, mechanics and talents — each shown against its Classic Era 1.15.9 form. Not listed: tooltip-only wording, rank-count changes, and sub-threshold numeric drift.
Potions and most consumables work while shapeshifted, weapon enchantments and procs fire in form, and most doors and objects can be used without shifting out. Bear, Cat and Dire Bear auto-attack DPS now equals the equipped weapon's DPS.
[Moonkin Aura]! affects the whole raid in Forever and increases spell critical strike chance only. Balance also gains [Eclipse]!, a new row 5 talent.
[Omen of Clarity]! was a Balance talent in Classic Era. In Forever every Druid learns it at level 20.
[Berserk]! is a new Feral Combat talent at row 7 — the tree's capstone in Forever.
[Furor]! retains Cat Form Energy through Bear and Dire Bear forms in Forever — shifting no longer throws the Energy away.
[Wild Growth]! is a new Restoration talent at row 7 — an area heal the Classic Era tree does not have.
The Balance talent [Natural Weapons]! is gone; its effect is folded into [Naturalist]!, a new Restoration talent at row 2.
Every remaining change, grouped by kind. Hover a name for its tooltip; hold Shift for the Classic Era side.
Cost and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 15% of base mana | No cost |
| Text | The druid's skin becomes as tough as bark. Physical damage taken is reduced by -20%. … | Your skin becomes as tough as bark. Physical damage taken is reduced by -20%. While you… |
Cost and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 35 Energy | 35 Energy, 1 Combo Points |
| Text | …extra point of energy into [dynamic] additional damage. Damage is increased by your… | …extra point of energy into 2.7.1 additional damage. Damage is increased by your Attack… |
Duration and tooltip text changed. Ranks 3 → 2.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 10 sec | — |
| Ranks | 3 ranks | 2 ranks |
| Text | Converts up to 10 rage per second into health for 10 sec. Each point of rage is… | Converts up to 10 Rage per second into health for 10 sec. Each point of Rage is… |
Cost and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 800 Mana | 840 Mana |
| Text | …eals a friendly target for 2677. | …eals a friendly target for 2332. |
Talent in Classic Era; baseline in Forever.
Talent in Classic Era; baseline in Forever.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | until cancelled | — |
Cost, range, duration and tooltip text changed. Ranks 2 → 4.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | No cost | 15 Rage |
| Range | Anywhere | Melee Range |
| Duration | — | 15 sec |
| Ranks | 2 ranks | 4 ranks |
Duration and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 30 min | 60 min |
| Text | …friendly target's armor by 285, all attributes by 12 and all resistances by 20 for 30 min. | …friendly target's armor by 385, all attributes by 16 and all resistances by 27 for 60 min. |
Talent in Classic Era; baseline at level 10 in Forever.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Text | While active, any time an enemy strikes the caster they have a 35% chance to become… | The next [dynamic] melee [dynamic]attack:attacks; that [dynamic]strikes:strike; the… |
Cost and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 880 Mana | 525 Mana |
| Text | …eals a friendly target for 1119 and another 1064 over 21 sec. | …eals a friendly target for 1021 and another 994 over 21 sec. |
Cost and tooltip text changed. Ranks 1 → 5.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 72% of base mana | 75% of base mana |
| Ranks | 1 rank | 5 ranks |
| Text | …dead player back to life with 15% of their health and mana. Cannot be used when in… | …dead player back to life with 70 health and [dynamic] mana. Cannot be cast when in combat. |
Cost and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 30 Energy | 30 Energy, 1 Combo Points |
| Text | …Attack Power: 1 point : [dynamic] damage over 12 sec. 2 points: [dynamic] damage… | …Attack Power: 1 point : 180 damage over 12 sec. 2 points: 270 damage over 12… |
Cost, cooldown, duration and tooltip text changed. Ranks 5 → 2.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 30 Energy | No cost |
| Cooldown | 1 sec cooldown | 30 sec cooldown |
| Duration | 6 sec | — |
| Ranks | 5 ranks | 2 ranks |
| Text | Increases damage done by 10 for 6 sec. | |CFFFF2020Requires Cat Form|R Increases Physical damage done by 15% for 6 sec. |
Cost and tooltip text changed.
| Classic Era | Forever | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 180 Mana | 120 Mana |
| Text | Causes 264 Nature damage to the target. | Causes 91 Nature damage to the target. |
Not in the Forever client.
Not in the Forever client.
Not in the Forever client.
Increases melee and ranged critical strike chance only, and is raid-wide.
New talent. Restoration, row 3, 1 rank.
Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.
New talent. Restoration, row 5, 3 ranks.
New talent. Balance, row 1, 5 ranks.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
Natural Weapons is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑
Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.
New talent. Balance, row 2, 2 ranks.
New talent. Balance, row 3, 1 rank.
New talent. Balance, row 5, 2 ranks.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
Removed; its Demoralizing Roar improvement is baseline in Forever.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 2, 2 ranks.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 5, 2 ranks.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 5, 2 ranks.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 6, 5 ranks.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 4, 1 rank.
Era talent; no Forever counterpart.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 6, 5 ranks.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 4, 1 rank.
New talent. Feral Combat, row 3, 3 ranks.
Changed.
Changed.
Changed.
Max ranks 5 → 3.
Changed.
Changed.
Row 5 → 3.
Row 6 → 1.
Row 2 → 3.
Max ranks 5 → 2.
Changed.
Changed.
Changed.
Row 3 → 4 · Tree Restoration → Balance.
Row 7 → 5.
Changed.
Row 5 → 2.
Changed.
Tree Balance → Restoration.
Row 2 → 1.
Changed.
Row 3 → 2.
Changed.
Changed.
Row 5 → 3.
Max ranks 3 → 2.
Row 3 → 2 · Max ranks 5 → 3.
Row 7 → 4.
Max ranks 5 → 3.
Changed.
Not listed: 24 of 111 entries, excluded by category (tooltip-text-only: 19 · other-named: 5).
The forms themselves are the overhaul. In Classic Era a Feral Druid’s weapon was a stat stick, and form damage ignored it; in Forever, Bear, Cat and Dire Bear auto-attacks deal the equipped weapon’s DPS, with attack speed set by the form (1.0 or 2.5 sec) and weapon-damage abilities using those values (DD-HD). Upgrading your weapon now upgrades your forms.
Baseline shapeshift
Baseline shapeshift (higher level)
Baseline shapeshift
Balance 31-point talent
[Moonkin Form]!
Baseline shapeshift
Baseline shapeshift
Moonkin Aura — spell Critical Strike chance only, raid-wide within 45 yards (client tooltip: 3%). Covers casters and healers’ spells; does nothing for melee or hunters. Exclusive with Leader of the Pack (DD-HD).
Leader of the Pack — melee and ranged Critical Strike chance only, raid-wide within 45 yards (client tooltip: 3%), while in Cat, Bear or Dire Bear form. Covers physical damage dealers; does nothing for spellcasters.
Both auras were described in the Sep 30 deep dive as buffing “all spells and attacks”; the Oct 15 notes narrowed each to one half of the raid and widened both to raid-wide (BN-1015). The client tooltips above already speak the narrowed language.
Three trees, 51 points at level 60. Rows unlock every 5 points spent across the build; milestones at 11, 16, 21 and 31 points; capstones at 30. Click a node to spend — hover for its tooltip, with the next rank shown while it is unmaxed.
Click to spend · Shift-click or right-click to remove. A tier unlocks at 5 points per tier spent across the build; ◆ marks the 11/16/21/31-point milestones. Arrows show only the prerequisites present in the client TraitEdge data (12 of 52 talents here) — a prerequisite must be at max rank.
Talent-granted spells only. Trainer-taught baseline spells are not listed.
Rejuvenation and Tranquility crits were bug corrections, and Wild Growth can crit. Wrath’s base damage rose ~50% in this build — the deep dive…
Forms rebuilt around the equipped weapon; Nature’s Grasp, Omen of Clarity and Improved Mark of the Wild become baseline; Revive at 12 and Lacerate at…
Bear and Dire Bear crits generate 75% more Rage; all shapeshift forms are immune to Disarm; Primal Bite’s threat roughly doubles; King of the Jungle…
The crit Rage bonus rises to 100%; Bear/Dire Bear threat bonus goes 30% → 50%; Predatory Instincts is renamed Natural Instinct.
Moonkin Aura is narrowed to spell crit only and made raid-wide; Leader of the Pack is narrowed to melee/ranged crit only, raid-wide; Furor again…
Every batch, every reversion, every value — set against Classic Era 1.15.9.
