World of Warcraft: Forever · class guide
Druid: Changes
What has changed for the Druid in the Forever beta, newest first. The rest of this guide describes the class as it plays now (client build 1.60.1.70425).
Last updated 2026-10-16, checked 2026-10-16.
- : Night Elf Quickness speed increase began stacking with other movement speed increases.
- : Wind Blessed rose from +1% to +3% haste, Walk on Air got a 90 s cooldown, and Read Ley Line became castable while moving.
- : Tauren Endurance changed from +1% hit to +2% critical damage and healing, War Stomp got a 90 s cooldown, and Plainsrunning began needing real movement to keep its effect.
- : Skysight became castable while moving.
- : Shred moved from level 22 to level 20.
- : Moonkin Form's aura became raid-wide and spell crit only, so it no longer overlaps Leader of the Pack.
- : Faerie Fire began generating threat in Bear and Dire Bear Form and stopped triggering Omen of Clarity in forms.
- : Multiple Insect Swarm instances stopped stacking the hit reduction.
- : Bear and Dire Bear Form began keeping Furor's stored energy instead of throwing it away.
- : Leader of the Pack became a raid-wide aura for melee and ranged crit only.
- : The recommended level-30 Balance build took Improved Starfire 2 in place of Vengeance 2.
- : The recommended Moonkin build changed from 33/5/13 with Heart of the Wild 5 to 38/0/13 with Improved Starfire 5.
- : Mana Potions began working in form after a bug had stopped them.
- : Wolfshead Helm's Shifting Power bonus dropped from 20 to 5 energy, and Shifting Power was blocked at full energy.
- : Bear and Dire Bear threat bonus rose from +30% to +50%, crit Rage from +75% to +100%, and Rage from damage taken was fixed after being bugged low.
- : Thorns base damage went back to Vanilla values and its spell-power share was cut from 13.3% to 6%.
- : Demoralizing Roar began putting threat on every target it hits.
- : Predatory Instincts was renamed Natural Instinct.
- : Thick Hide was implemented in code, so changing gear while shapeshifted no longer misses it.
- : Client build 70170 changed Druid abilities and talents.
- : Respawns were raised in Hillsbrad, Ashenvale, Wetlands, Duskwood and Thousand Needles.
- : Skyborne (High Order) Druids gained access to the Cure Poison quest chain.
- : Loot bugs in the Cat Form quest were fixed (also on 28 Sep).
- : Downranked spells began getting less from spell power and proccing Omen of Clarity less.
- : Tiger's Fury was removed and replaced by Shifting Power.
- : Downranked heals began getting less from healing power.
- : Swipe began gaining 3% of attack power.
- : Primal Bite threat was roughly doubled.
- : Faerie Fire stopped resetting the swing timer.
- : Wrath damage was raised by 50%.
- : Thorns began scaling with the caster's spell power.
- : Tranquility gained the ability to crit.
- : Mangle was renamed Primal Bite and lost its debuff.
- : HoTs gained the ability to crit.
- Earlier builds: Build 70205 gave party members within 45 yards +3% crit from Moonkin Form, exclusive with Leader of the Pack.
- Earlier builds: Client build 70205 removed Tiger's Fury.
- Earlier builds: Client build 70205 removed King of the Jungle.
Still open
- Feral Charge interrupt: the 70205 Bear tooltip says it interrupts for 4 s; Blizzard says Druids can't interrupt. Charge a casting mob to settle it.
- Bear threat: do the fixes (+50% threat, Rage from damage taken, crit Rage +100%) hold a 3–4 mob pull at 30? Players said no before them; nobody has reported since.
- Shifting Power and the global cooldown: not stated in the tooltip or the notes.
- Swipe tooltip: still flat damage; Blizzard says a later update fixes it.
- Frenzied Regeneration rank 1 has no trainer level in the client (rank 2 at 36). Check the trainer.
- Skyborne levelling 12–20, and Windshaper Cure Poison: no source covers them yet.
- Aura numbers: Leader of the Pack and the Moonkin aura are raid-wide and split by crit type, but the 3% value and any leftover "exclusive" tooltip text are unconfirmed until the client is re-fetched.
- Where Druids get toned down to pay for the Wrath buff, which Blizzard expects. Nothing in the changes so far reads as that nerf.
- Tauren Endurance in forms (mis-scaled): not listed in the fix notes; the fix for Cat Form lowering max health may cover Cat's part, untested.
- The Manual Crowd Pummeler: its return is a single-source claim. Druid Polearms are confirmed by the client skill data.
- Everything above level 30 is untested until the beta cap rises.