Classic Era → Forever · build 1.60.1.70245
What changed for Druids
Every talent and trainer ability Druids have in Forever, set against Classic Era, from the game files of build 1.60.1.70245. Season of Discovery isn't counted as Classic.
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Talents
New talents 18
| Talent | Tree | Row |
|---|---|---|
 Genesis | Balance | 1 |
 Nature's Majesty | Balance | 2 |
 Nature's Splendor | Balance | 3 |
 Eclipse | Balance | 5 |
 Overgrowth | Balance | 5 |
 Feral Swiftness | Feral Combat | 2 |
 Shredding Attacks | Feral Combat | 3 |
 Primal Bite | Feral Combat | 4 |
 Shifting Power | Feral Combat | 4 |
 Improved Shifting Power | Feral Combat | 5 |
 Predatory Instincts | Feral Combat | 5 |
 Natural Reaction | Feral Combat | 6 |
 Rend and Tear | Feral Combat | 6 |
 Berserk | Feral Combat | 7 |
 Naturalist | Restoration | 2 |
 Gift of the Earthmother | Restoration | 3 |
 Living Spirit | Restoration | 5 |
 Wild Growth | Restoration | 7 |
Removed talents 12
| Talent | Classic tree, row | What it did in Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Improved Nature's Grasp | Balance, 1 | Increases the chance for your Nature's Grasp to entangle an enemy by 15%. |
| Natural Weapons | Balance, 2 | Increases the damage you deal with physical attacks in all forms by 2%. |
| Improved Thorns | Balance, 3 | Increases damage caused by your Thorns spell by 25%. |
| Omen of Clarity | Balance, 3 | Imbues the Druid with natural energy. Each of the Druid's melee attacks has a chance of causing the caster to enter a Clearcasting state. The Clearcasting state reduces the Mana, Rage or Energy cost of your next damage or healing spell or offensive ability by 100%. Lasts 10 min. |
| Feral Aggression | Feral Combat, 1 | Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Demoralizing Roar by 8% and the damage caused by your Ferocious Bite by 3%. |
| Feline Swiftness | Feral Combat, 3 | Increases your movement speed by 15% while outdoors in Cat Form and increases your chance to dodge while in Cat Form by 2%. |
| Improved Shred | Feral Combat, 4 | Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6. |
| Primal Fury | Feral Combat, 4 | Gives you a 50% chance to gain an additional 5 Rage anytime you get a critical strike while in Bear and Dire Bear Form. |
| Faerie Fire (Feral) | Feral Combat, 5 | Decrease the armor of the target by 175 for 40 sec. While affected, the target cannot stealth or turn invisible. |
| Improved Mark of the Wild | Restoration, 1 | Increases the effects of your Mark of the Wild and Gift of the Wild spells by 7%. |
| Improved Enrage | Restoration, 2 | The Enrage ability now instantly generates 5 Rage. |
| Improved Healing Touch | Restoration, 2 | Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec. |
Moved to another row 11
| Talent | Tree | Classic row | Forever row |
|---|---|---|---|
 Moonglow | Balance | 5 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Nature's Reach | Balance | 3 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Improved Entangling Roots | Balance | 2 | 3 ↓ later |
 Insect Swarm | Balance | 3 | 4 ↓ later |
 Heart of the Wild | Feral Combat | 6 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Savage Fury | Feral Combat | 5 | 3 ↑ earlier |
 Leader of the Pack | Feral Combat | 7 | 5 ↑ earlier |
 Nature's Focus | Restoration | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Subtlety | Restoration | 3 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Gift of Nature | Restoration | 5 | 3 ↑ earlier |
 Swiftmend | Restoration | 7 | 4 ↑ earlier |
Different number of ranks 5
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
 Feral Instinct | 5 | 3 |
 Improved Moonfire | 5 | 2 |
 Sharpened Claws | 3 | 2 |
| Subtlety | 5 | 3 |
 Thick Hide | 5 | 3 |
Moved to another tree 2
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Insect Swarm | Restoration | Balance |
 Natural Shapeshifter | Balance | Restoration |
Spellbook
New abilities 2
Talents in Classic, trainer abilities now 1
Nature's Graspwas Balance row 1 · now level 18
Gone from the trainer 1
| Ability | Classic level | What it did in Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger's Fury | 24 | Increases damage done by 40 for 6 sec. |
Different number of ranks 1
| Ability | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Frenzied Regeneration | 3 | 1 |
Blizzard's notes about Druids
36 lines across Blizzard's posts mention Druids. 2 of them don't fully match the files:
- Partly
Shapeshift flyout for Druids.
The files Flyout 262 'Shapeshift' holds Bear, Dire Bear, Aquatic, Cat, Travel and Moonkin Form. Its place on the gamepad bar is interface code.
- Partly
Furor: Cat Form portion of this redesigned. Conceptually, at 5 talent points it allows the Druid to regenerate Energy while not in Cat Form as if they were in Cat Form. But if they go to Bear Form, all that Energy is lost, to prevent “bear-weaving” gameplay we have seen in versions of Classic World of Warcraft. We realize this removed the “power shifting” gameplay some players prize, so we have re-added that gameplay in a much more approachable way with the Shifting Power talent in the Feral talent tree.
The files The tooltip matches the Cat part: at 5/5 you get back 100% of your last Cat Form Energy plus 10 Energy per second spent outside Bear, Cat and Dire Bear Form, up to 100. It doesn't say that Bear Form wipes the stored Energy, and both effects are server-scripted dummies.
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