WoW Forever patch notes 24 Sep: 21 changes

Each row paraphrases one line of Blizzard’s development notes for this post and links to it. Curated: quest-by-quest, audio and visual notes are not listed.

• 24 SepRespec costs 1 silver if you have not changed talents lately; Beta only.Quality of lifeEveryoneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepCooldown Manager is testable for Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior and Warlock; off by default.NewEveryoneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepMinor, Lesser and plain Wizard Oil are back to 8, 16 and 24 spell power.NerfEveryoneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepWands no longer gain damage from your spell damage.NerfEveryoneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepDalaran got faction adjustments, with spawns outside the city entrance.Direction not statedEveryoneBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepRejuvenation, Tranquility and Wild Growth can now land critical hits.BuffDruidBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepWrath base damage is up about 50%.BuffDruidBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepMangle is now called Primal Bite and its signature debuff is gone.Direction not statedDruidBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepFurious Howl’s Attack Power bonus is 40% lower.NerfHunterBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepTame Beast no longer works on beasts above your level.NerfHunterBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepStrider Kick now also gives 30% movement speed for 3 seconds.BuffHunterBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepWake of Fire lasts 30 seconds (was 20); Hot Streak 20 seconds (was 15).BuffMageBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepArcane Missiles checks line of sight once, when the channel starts.BuffMageBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepHoly Strike weapon-damage share is 25% to 50% by rank (was 25% to 40%).BuffPaladinBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepRighteous Fury Holy threat increase is 60% (was 90%).NerfPaladinBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepRenew can now land critical hits.BuffPriestBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepFlametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon or Windfury Totem.NerfShamanBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepTranquil Air, Windfury and Grace of Air Totems no longer stack together.NerfShamanBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepSlam cooldown is 18 seconds (was 15).NerfWarriorBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepBloodthrill triggers on 4% to 20% (was 2% to 10%), main-hand melee only.Direction not statedWarriorBetaBlizzard ↗
• 24 SepEureka is now a 10% discount on Mana, Rage or Energy abilities for every class.Direction not statedGnomeBetaBlizzard ↗

• Blizzard · WoW Forever Beta Development Notes ↗ — The four “new build” posts of Sep 24, Oct 1, Oct 8 and Oct 15, the racial pass of Oct 26 and its Oct 27 additions, and the final Nov 2 update (thread titled “Updated November 2”); read 2026-11-04.
• Warcraft Wiki · Public client builds (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗ — Forever Beta client 1.60.1, build 70532, dated 2026-10-20; Blizzard’s own posts state no build number; read 2026-11-04.

Beta numbers, read on 4 Nov from before launch on 4 Nov— they can differ from the live game.