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Beta build history: what each build changed in the game files. Below: Blizzard's WoW Forever beta development notes, class lines only. Each line is quoted as written and sorted into buff, nerf, change or fix.

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Most buffed

PriestShadow · 2 buffs, 1 nerf+1score
  1. Devouring Plague cooldown reduced to 24 seconds (was 1 minute).
    Buff 1 minute to 24 seconds
  2. Vampiric Embrace
    Vampiric Embrace cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 1 minute).
    Buff 1 minute to 30 seconds
  3. Shadow Word: Death cooldown increased to 18 seconds (was 12 seconds).
    Nerf 12 seconds to 18 seconds
All 26 Priest lines
  1. Power in Light now increases Smite and Penance if the target is afflicted by Holy Fire or Shadow Word Pain.
    Changed
  2. Silence Resolve threat reduction now applies to all spells.
    Changed
  3. Mental Strength moved to Row 2 from Row 4 and changed to increase your intellect by 2/4/6/8/10%.
    Changed
  4. Improved Power Word: Shield moved to Row 3 from Row 2.
    Changed
  5. Vampiric Embrace
    Changed Vampiric Embrace so that it can’t be resisted.
    Changed
  6. Fade
    Improved Fade removed.
    Changed
  7. Shadow Infinity removed.
    Changed
  8. Improved Mind Blast moved from Row 3 to Row 2.
    Changed
  9. New talent (Row 4): Dark Inspiration – Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party’s Spirit by 3/6/9/12/15% for 10 seconds.
    Changed
  10. Improved Mind Flay changes to: Each instance of damage of Mind Flay deals 10/20% more damage than its previous instance of damage.
    Changed
  11. Devouring Contagion now spreads to 2 targets.
    Changed
  12. Fixed an issue where high ranks of Renew were preventing other Priests from applying Renew to the target.
    Fix
  13. Fixed an issue causing Holy Fire Rank 5 periodic damage to be higher than Rank 6.
    Fix
  14. Power Word: Shield will now correctly tell the player they can’t replace a Power Word: Shield on a target if the Power Word: Shield they have is stronger.
    Fix
  15. Fixed an issue where casting Power Word: Shield would say SHIELDED twice in your scrolling combat text.
    Fix
  16. Fixed an issue where casting Mind Vision would cause the target to stand up and interrupt drinks.
    Fix
  17. Inner Focus will now correctly only be used on a single spell, even if you spell queue another spell into Penance’s channel.
    Fix
  18. Added to the tooltip for Divine Aegis explicitly that it is activated by Non-Periodic critical heals.
    Fix
  19. Added to the tooltip for Divine Aegis what the maximum value for the shield is.
    Fix
  20. Twin Disciplines now correctly benefits Shadow Word: Death, Mind Flay, Starshards and Penance.
    Fix
  21. Fixed an issue where Shadow Word: Death was not benefitting from Shadowform’s increase to critical strike damage.
    Fix
  22. Fixed an issue where Devouring Contagion was causing the bounced Devouring Plague to cost Mana, perform a cast animation, and put the caster’s Devouring Plague back on full cooldown.
    Fix
  23. Fixed an issue with Shadow Weaving’s Tooltip. It now correctly states that it causes the target to take increased damage from you.
    Fix
WarlockAffliction · 1 buff+1score
  1. Shadow Mastery changed to increasing your Shadow spell damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (Was 1/2/3/4/5%).
    Buff 1/2/3/4/5% to 2/4/6/8/10%
  2. Malediction replaced with Grim Reach, which increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10/20%.
    Changed
  3. Destructive Reach changed to Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10/20%.
    Changed
All 6 Warlock lines
  1. Fixed an issue where Summon Incubus was available to summon at no Soul Shard cost with the Reagent Economy Legacy Perk.
    Fix
  2. Fixed an issue allowing multiple Cure of Recklessness debuffs to be active on a target.
    Fix
  3. Soul Link
    Fixed an issue where you couldn’t cast Soul Link on your pet.
    Fix

Most nerfed

HunterEvery spec · 8 nerfs-8score
  1. Pets › Dismember (Crocolisk)
    Healing reduction reduced to 25% (was 50%).
    Changed 50% to 25% Same numbers in the game data
  2. Pets › Dismember (Crocolisk)
    Duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).
    Nerf 10 seconds to 6 seconds
  3. Pets › Dismember (Crocolisk)
    Cooldown increased to 15 seconds (was 6 seconds).
    Nerf 6 seconds to 15 seconds
All 23 Hunter lines
  1. Pets › Sonic Blast (Bat)
    Cast speed reduction reduced to 30% (was 60%).
    Changed 60% to 30% Same numbers in the game data
  2. Pets › Sonic Blast (Bat)
    Duration reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).
    Nerf 30 seconds to 20 seconds
  3. Pets › Sonic Blast (Bat)
    Cooldown increased to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).
    Nerf 30 seconds to 60 seconds
  4. Pets › Mine! (Bird of Prey)
    Duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
    Nerf 4 seconds to 3 seconds
  5. Pets › Mine! (Bird of Prey)
    Cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).
    Nerf 60 seconds to 90 seconds
  6. Auto Shot now requires you to stand still for 0.5 seconds before shooting, matching early versions of World of Warcraft.
    Changed
  7. Summon Hawk
    Summon Hawk will now stick your Hawk to the target that it was summoned on.
    Changed
  8. Trueshot Aura
    Trueshot Aura is now Raid wide.
    Changed
  9. Strider Kick
    Strider Kick can now be used while disarmed or while no weapon is equipped in your Main Hand.
    Changed
  10. Arrows should now be visible when a character has their bow drawn back.
    Fix
  11. Pets now correctly benefit from Expertise.
    Fix
  12. The Hunter’s Fire traps now correctly scale with Attack Power.
    Fix
  13. The Hunter may now correctly have 1 active Fire Trap and 1 active Ice Trap (was 1 Trap among all types).
    Fix
  14. Pets
    Fixed an issue where pets were only ever inheriting the player’s Melee Critical Strike chance instead of whichever is higher, melee or ranged.
    Fix
  15. Summon Hawk
    Summon Hawk will now correctly cause the Hawk to spawn at the target the spell was cast on.
    Fix
  16. Fixed an issue causing the Improved Mend Pet talent to increase the Mana cost of Mend Pet instead of decrease.
    Fix
  17. Sniper Shot
    Fixed an issue where Sniper Shot was not benefitting from a few Marksmanship talents.
    Fix
  18. Resourcefulness now correctly reduces the Mana cost of Strider Kick.
    Fix
  19. Resourcefulness now correctly activates when landing a critical strike, but it has been changed to only activating on melee and ranged ability critical strikes to prevent spamming.
    • Developers’ notes: Is not activated by Traps.
    Fix
  20. Updated the tooltip for Predator’s Edge changed to better convey that it only increases the critical strike damage of your abilities.
    Fix
Patch notesWoW Forever beta build of 16 October 2026: every class line143 class lines: 6 buffs, 15 nerfs, the rest changes and fixes.Since thenWoW Forever racial changes of 26 October 202617 racial lines from Blizzard's development notes, no class lines.

A line counts as a buff or a nerf only when Blizzard gives the old and new number, or a plain direction for cost, cooldown, damage, healing or duration. Fixes and reworks never count. Score: buffs minus nerfs. Quotes: Blizzard Entertainment, 16 October 2026.

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