WoW Forever beta buffs and nerfs: October 2026 so far

The experience earned from killing creatures in dungeons has been increased by approximately 20%.

Developers' notes: Previously, we were balancing Rage gained around Warriors having 50% Armor. While this was appropriate for a tank, it was not appropriate for questing Warriors. We have rebalanced Rage gains based on appropriate values per level in the 20% to 40% range, varying by level.

Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (Was 75%).

Bear Form and Dire Bear Form: Threat bonus increased to 50% from 30%.

Disengage: Threat reduction was intended to be doubled but was missed. Now implemented.

Expose Prey now lasts 10 sec (was 5).

Healing done by Penance has been increased on Penance ranks 2 and 4.

Damage from Discolored Healing Potions no longer breaks Crowd Control effects.

Critical strikes in PvP no longer have reduced efficacy.

The base damage of Thorns has been returned to the Vanilla WoW values and the spell power ratio has been reduced to 6% (was 13.3%).

Shifting Power can no longer be used while already at Full Energy.

The base damage of Retribution Aura has been returned to the Vanilla WoW values (about a 33% reduction) and the spell power ratio has been reduced to 6% (was 13.3%).

Reckoning: Now has a 1.5 second cooldown on how often it can be triggered.

Improved Seal of Fury and Shield Specialization no longer generate threat when restoring Mana.

• Developers' notes: Paladins restoring enough Mana to sustain combat while tanking was causing more threat to be generated than intended.

Reduced Penance spell damage and healing to resolve a bug where it was being treated like a 3-second channel instead of a 2 -second channel.

Adjusted Penance mana costs so that it has a consistent advantage in mana efficiency over the Heal/Greater Heal family of spells. Rank 1 mana cost was increased by 50%.

Various Dungeon Quest Rewards have had their rarity lowered to Uncommon from Rare. Stats have been updated to reflect the change in rarity.

Booty Bay Bruiser's Buckshot no longer has a knockback effect.

The new quests for the Gelkis and the Magram beginning with "Valley of Bones" now require a minimum level of 35 (was 30).

• The power of these rewards have been adjusted. See Items section for more details.

Bear Form and Dire Bear Form now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a Critical Strike.

All Shapeshift Forms are now IMMUNE to Disarm effects.

• Developers' notes: 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.

Faerie Fire no longer resets your swing timer when used.

Improved Scorch's Fire Vulnerability will not roll a second time to see if it resists.

Winter's Chill's application does not roll to see if it is resisted, since the original spell needed to hit.

Holy Shield's chance to Block changed to 30% (was 20%).

Shadow Weaving can no longer fail to apply.

Hellfire can now critically strike.

Players now generate 75% increased Rage when landing a critical strike with a basic attack.

Additional Rage generated from landing Critical Strikes increased to 100% increased Rage (was 75%).

Berserker Rage is now available at level 30 (Was 32)

Bloodthirst's Attack Power ratio has been increased to 45% (Was 35%).

Deflection's Parry increase changed to 1/2/3/4/5% (Was 2/4/6/8/10%).

The number of charges of Combustion has returned to 3 (was 4).

Redoubt's chance to Block changed to 4/8/12/16/20% (was 6/12/18/24/30%).

Champion of the Light's Intellect to Spell Damage ratio changed to 20/40/60% (Was 33/66/100%).

• Developers' notes: Champion of the Light had a tooltip issue saying it increased Healing; it did not. This tooltip has been removed.

Inner Focus no longer applies its Critical Strike increase to Periodic Effects.

Queueing Heroic Strike will no longer increase off-hand hit chance.

Dual Wield Specialization no longer provides a 20/40/60/80/100% increase to your Off-Hand weapon's Rage generation.

Unbridled Wrath no longer grants twice as much Rage to two-handed weapons.

Blood Craze no longer activates off of Bloodthirst casts.

Dual Wield Specialization no longer grants hit to your off-hand attacks.

Honor costs for PvP gear and upgrade tokens have been adjusted, with most item costs increasing by approximately 50% to better align with gear acquisition targets.

Creatures can once again only be skinned a single time before disappearing.

Dungeon quests now reward 50% less extra experience beyond normal quest values.

• Developers' notes: We appreciate the feedback on leveling speed as we continue ongoing discussions about the Beta. As part of those discussions, we've decided to reduce the amount of XP granted from dungeon quests with this release. Certain quest rewards have also been recalibrated.

Eureka! no longer benefits periodic effects at all. Channeled spells do not count as periodics.

Cannibalize cannot be used if the caster is immune to Physical damage.