WoW Forever beta patch notes, every build and hotfix, checked the day it lands

Hotfixes to beta build 1.60.1.70685, checked 2026-10-30: Druid and Paladin hotfixes before launch

On 30 Oct the launch realms sent a second round of hotfixes that no build's files carry and Blizzard's notes do not mention yet. Druids: Berserk leaves the Feral tree and is gone. Primal Bite takes its place in row 7 (42 to 77 bonus damage, was 26 to 59) and Shifting Power moves beside it with an 8 sec cooldown (was 16). Lacerate, a trained spell until now, becomes a Feral talent in row 4 (the talent teaches a new rank 1, trainers a new rank 2 at level 34), Predatory Discipline is new beside it, and Bloom is new in Restoration row 3, where Gift of the Earthmother was. Improved Shifting Power is gone. Furor and Heart of the Wild trade trees, Subtlety and Reflection trade rows, Genesis and Naturalist give twice as much, Leader of the Pack covers all critical strikes, Swiftmend uses your own heal over time, and Wild Growth has a 3 sec cast. Paladins: Holy gets Oath of Light and Boundless Light, Protection gets Stoicism and Shieldsworn, Retribution gets Turn Evil. Voice of Truth leaves the tree and trainers teach it at level 20; Improved Seal of Fury, One-Handed Weapon Specialization and Instrument of Law are gone. Divine Intellect moves to Protection, Holy Conduit to Holy and Unyielding Faith to Retribution, Twist of Light is now Unsealed Wrath with a new effect, most talents change places and eight change their rank count. Holy Shield moves to row 5 and deals 75, 110 or 153 damage per block, and Righteous Fury is learned at level 10 and raises all threat by 33%. Hunters: Pathfinding moves to row 3 of Beast Mastery. Mages: Arcane Resilience gains a third rank, Arcane Blast stacks 12% of your Intellect for 18 sec, Ice Barrier adds 15% Frost damage, Winter's Chill 20%, and every rank of Ice Lance deals 300% to frozen targets with an 8 sec cooldown. Priests: Holy Binding replaces Binding Heal in Holy row 4 (trainers still teach Binding Heal), and Shadow Word: Death backlash is 30% of your maximum health. Warlocks: Improved Drains now covers Drain Mana. Warriors: Revenge adds 25% of your Attack Power at every rank. Points a link or saved build had on a gone talent, a moved talent its row no longer allows or a cut rank come back to you, with a card saying why.

134 changes on the site.

• Paladin: Boundless Light. New talent in Holy, row 5: Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 15% when cast on allies not affected by your Oath of Light.
• Paladin: Oath of Light. New talent in Holy, row 4: Swear an Oath to protect target ally for 5 min, increasing the healing of your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock on them. Only one Oath of Light may be sworn by the Paladin at any one time.
• Paladin: Shieldsworn. New talent in Protection, row 7: Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec. Additionally, Holy Strike now strikes with your shield, triggering your active Holy Shield and Shield Specialization talents without consuming their charges or triggering their cooldowns, and allowing you to Block spells for 6 sec.
• Paladin: Stoicism. New talent in Protection, row 5: Reduces the duration of Stun and Charm effects on you by 10%.
• Paladin: Turn Evil. New talent in Retribution, row 5: Reduces the cast time of your Turn Undead spell by 0.5 sec, its cooldown by 5 sec, and allows it to affect Demons.
• Paladin: Unsealed Wrath. Unsealed Wrath is the new name of Twist of Light.
• Paladin: Voice of Truth. Gone from Holy.
• Paladin: Improved Seal of Fury. Gone from Protection.
• Paladin: One-Handed Weapon Specialization. Gone from Protection.
• Paladin: Instrument of Law. Gone from Retribution.
• Paladin: Consecrated Ground. Moved along row 5 in Holy.
• Paladin: Divine Favor. Moved from Holy row 4 to Holy row 3.
• Paladin: Divine Precision. Moved from Holy row 5 to Holy row 4.
• Paladin: Divine Strength. Moved along row 1 in Holy.
• Paladin: Holy Conduit. Moved from Retribution row 2 to Holy row 3.
• Paladin: Illumination. Moved from Holy row 4 to Holy row 3.
• Paladin: Infusion of Light. Moved along row 4 in Holy.
• Paladin: Purifying Power. Moved from Holy row 3 to Holy row 2.
• Paladin: Reverence. Moved from Holy row 3 to Holy row 2.
• Paladin: Spiritual Focus. Moved from Holy row 2 to Holy row 1.
• Paladin: Anticipation. Moved from Protection row 2 to Protection row 4.
• Paladin: Divine Intellect. Moved from Holy row 1 to Protection row 1.
• Paladin: Holy Shield. Moved from Protection row 7 to Protection row 5.
• Paladin: Improved Hammer of Justice. Moved from Protection row 4 to Protection row 3.
• Paladin: Improved Righteous Fury. Moved from Protection row 3 to Protection row 4.
• Paladin: Sacred Duty. Moved from Protection row 3 to Protection row 2.
• Paladin: Templar's Bulwark. Moved from Protection row 5 to Protection row 3.
• Paladin: Toughness. Moved from Protection row 1 to Protection row 3.
• Paladin: Champion of the Light. Moved along row 6 in Retribution.
• Paladin: Conviction. Moved along row 2 in Retribution.
• Paladin: Repentance. Moved along row 5 in Retribution.
• Paladin: Sacred Arbiter. Moved along row 4 in Retribution.
• Paladin: Sanctified Judgement. Moved from Retribution row 3 to Retribution row 2.
• Paladin: Two-Handed Weapon Specialization. Moved from Retribution row 5 to Retribution row 4.
• Paladin: Unyielding Faith. Moved from Holy row 2 to Retribution row 3.
• Paladin: Vengeance. Moved along row 5 in Retribution.
• Paladin: Divine Precision. 3 ranks before, 2 now.
• Paladin: Improved Seals. 3 ranks before, 5 now.
• Paladin: Reverence. 3 ranks before, 2 now.
• Paladin: Spiritual Focus. 2 ranks before, 5 now.
• Paladin: Iron Creed. 5 ranks before, 3 now.
• Paladin: Shield Specialization. 3 ranks before, 2 now.
• Paladin: Champion of the Light. 3 ranks before, 5 now.
• Paladin: Conviction. 5 ranks before, 3 now.
• Paladin: Divine Precision. No longer needs Holy Shock.
• Paladin: Holy Shield. No longer needs Templar's Bulwark.
• Paladin: Swift Judgement. Now needs Templar's Bulwark maxed first.
• Paladin: Unsealed Wrath. Now needs Repentance maxed first.
• Paladin: Vengeance. Now needs Seal of Command maxed first.
• Hunter: Improved Revive Pet. Moved along row 2 in Beast Mastery.
• Hunter: Pathfinding. Moved from Beast Mastery row 2 to Beast Mastery row 3.
• Priest: Holy Binding. Replaces Binding Heal in Holy: Each time you heal a target other than yourself with Flash Heal, you are healed for 50% as much. This healing generates no threat.
• Mage: Arcane Resilience. 2 ranks before, 3 now.
• Druid: Lacerate. New talent in Feral Combat, row 4: Lacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for 20 damage over 15 sec plus 10% weapon damage per existing application of Lacerate on the target. Causes a high amount of threat. This effect stacks up to 5 times on the same target.
• Druid: Predatory Discipline. New talent in Feral Combat, row 4: Your Ferocious Bite ability no longer converts extra Energy into damage, but still deals extra damage based on your excess Energy.
• Druid: Bloom. Replaces Gift of the Earthmother in Restoration: When your Rejuvenation or Regrowth spell expires due to its duration, the target is instantly healed for an amount equal to 100% of your Spirit. If either spell expires due to being dispelled, the target is healed for 50% of your Spirit instead.
• Druid: Berserk. Gone from Feral Combat.
• Druid: Improved Shifting Power. Gone from Feral Combat.
• Druid: Furor. Moved from Restoration row 1 to Feral Combat row 1.
• Druid: Natural Reaction. Moved along row 6 in Feral Combat.
• Druid: Predatory Strikes. Moved along row 4 in Feral Combat.
• Druid: Primal Bite. Moved from Feral Combat row 4 to Feral Combat row 7.
• Druid: Rend and Tear. Moved along row 6 in Feral Combat.
• Druid: Shifting Power. Moved from Feral Combat row 4 to Feral Combat row 7.
• Druid: Heart of the Wild. Moved from Feral Combat row 1 to Restoration row 1.
• Druid: Reflection. Moved from Restoration row 3 to Restoration row 2.
• Druid: Subtlety. Moved from Restoration row 2 to Restoration row 3.
• Druid: Primal Bite. Now needs Leader of the Pack maxed first.
• Druid: Shifting Power. Now needs Predatory Discipline maxed first.

Hotfixes to beta build 1.60.1.70630, checked 2026-10-28: Hunter and Mage hotfixes before launch

On 28 Oct, with name reservations open, the launch realms started sending hotfixes over build 70630 that no build's files carry and Blizzard's notes do not mention yet. Hunters: Aspect of the Hawk ranks 1 to 5 give 15, 22, 30, 38 and 47 Ranged Attack Power (were 20, 35, 50, 70 and 90), and Trueshot Aura ranks 1 to 4 give 15, 22, 30 and 40 (were 30, 40, 50 and 75). Mages get a tree pass. Arcane Focus is gone, Improved Channeling and Arcane Resilience move into row 1 of Arcane and Missile Barrage down to row 2, Improved Fire Blast moves to row 3 of Fire, Incineration has 5 ranks (up to 10%) and Critical Mass 3 (up to 6%). Improved Fireball is called Accelerant and also speeds up Arcane Wrath, Elemental Precision is called Precision and its 2, 4 or 6% hit now counts for all spells, the Ice Lance from the Frost talent has an 8 sec cooldown, and Frost Blast is no longer trained. Points a link or saved build had on Arcane Focus, a moved talent its row no longer allows or the last two ranks of Critical Mass come back to you, with a card saying why.

16 changes on the site.

• Mage: Accelerant. Accelerant is the new name of Improved Fireball.
• Mage: Precision. Precision is the new name of Elemental Precision.
• Mage: Arcane Focus. Gone from Arcane.
• Mage: Arcane Resilience. Moved from Arcane row 2 to Arcane row 1.
• Mage: Improved Channeling. Moved along row 1 in Arcane.
• Mage: Missile Barrage. Moved from Arcane row 1 to Arcane row 2.
• Mage: Improved Fire Blast. Moved from Fire row 1 to Fire row 3.
• Mage: Critical Mass. 5 ranks before, 3 now.
• Mage: Incineration. 3 ranks before, 5 now.

Beta build 1.60.1.70630, checked 2026-10-26: Game build 70630

Blizzard pushed build 70630 to the WoW Forever client on 26 Oct. Arcane Wrath now needs 15 points in Arcane like the rest of its row. The calculator already asked for 15, so no build changes. The hotfixes since build 70425 are now in the game files, with the same text. The Gnome's Eureka! tooltip now says it lasts 8 sec, as it always did, and the Bountiful Harvest Legacy perk is reworded. No class spell changed.

1 changes on the site.

Hotfixes to beta build 1.60.1.70425, checked 2026-10-20: Mage hotfix after the sixteenth build

By 20 Oct the beta serves a Frost Mage change that no build's files carry and Blizzard's notes do not mention. Piercing Ice is gone from row 3. Frost Channeling and Improved Blizzard close up to columns 1 and 2 of that row, and Frostbite and Permafrost trade places in row 2. Elemental Precision drops from 5 ranks to 3, at 2, 4 and 6% chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells. Points a link or saved build had on Piercing Ice or the last two ranks of Elemental Precision come back to you, with a card saying why.

36 changes on the site.

• Mage: Piercing Ice. Gone from Frost.
• Mage: Frost Channeling. Moved along row 3 in Frost.
• Mage: Frostbite. Moved along row 2 in Frost.
• Mage: Improved Blizzard. Moved along row 3 in Frost.
• Mage: Permafrost. Moved along row 2 in Frost.
• Mage: Elemental Precision. 5 ranks before, 3 now.
• Dwarf: Artisan's Precision. New: Increases hit chance with spells and attacks by 1%.
• Orc: Command. New: Damage dealt by Hunter and Warlock pets increased by 5%.

Beta build 1.60.1.70425, checked 2026-10-15: Sixteenth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70425 on the evening of 15 Oct with its development notes. On the trees: Shaman's Elemental tree is rebuilt, with Elemental Mastery back as the 31-point talent, Lava Burst moved to row 5, Elemental Fury now behind Lightning Overload, Call of Thunder gone and Improved Fire Nova renamed Trial by Fire. Mage gets Arcane Wrath in row 4 and Missile Barrage in row 1 at 2 ranks, Fire Power drops to 3 ranks, Critical Mass goes to 5 and Wake of Fire is Improved Fire Blast again. Priest gains Dark Inspiration and loses Improved Fade and Shadow Affinity, and Warlock's Malediction is now Grim Reach. Three racials are replaced (Earth Fury, Ruthless and Savage), Read Ley Line is now Read Leyline, Eureka! is an 8 second buff, Touch of the Grave procs more often on a 25 second cooldown and eight more racials changed. Points a link or saved build had on a talent that moved, shrank or left come back to you, with a card saying why.

128 changes on the site.

• Priest: Dark Inspiration. Replaces Improved Fade in Shadow: Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 3% for 10 sec.
• Priest: Shadow Affinity. Gone from Shadow.
• Priest: Improved Mana Burn. Moved along row 4 in Discipline.
• Priest: Improved Power Word: Shield. Moved from Discipline row 2 to Discipline row 3.
• Priest: Mental Strength. Moved from Discipline row 4 to Discipline row 2.
• Priest: Improved Mind Blast. Moved from Shadow row 3 to Shadow row 2.
• Shaman: Elemental Mastery. New talent in Elemental, row 7: Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.
• Shaman: Trial by Fire. Trial by Fire is the new name of Improved Fire Nova.
• Shaman: Call of Thunder. Gone from Elemental.
• Shaman: Call of Flame. Moved along row 2 in Elemental.
• Shaman: Earthbound. Moved from Elemental row 5 to Elemental row 4.
• Shaman: Elemental Alacrity. Moved from Elemental row 3 to Elemental row 2.
• Shaman: Elemental Devastation. Moved along row 2 in Elemental.
• Shaman: Elemental Focus. Moved along row 3 in Elemental.
• Shaman: Elemental Warding. Moved from Elemental row 2 to Elemental row 3.
• Shaman: Lava Burst. Moved from Elemental row 7 to Elemental row 5.
• Shaman: Lightning Overload. Moved along row 5 in Elemental.
• Shaman: Tidal Focus. Moved from Restoration row 2 to Restoration row 1.
• Shaman: Totemic Focus. Moved from Restoration row 1 to Restoration row 2.
• Shaman: Elemental Fury. Now needs Lightning Overload maxed first.
• Shaman: Lava Burst. No longer needs Lightning Overload.
• Shaman: Lightning Overload. Now needs Elemental Alacrity maxed first.
• Mage: Arcane Wrath. New talent in Arcane, row 4: Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing 122 to 146 Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana.
• Mage: Improved Fire Blast. Improved Fire Blast is the new name of Wake of Fire.
• Mage: Missile Barrage. Moved from Arcane row 4 to Arcane row 1.
• Mage: Missile Barrage. 1 ranks before, 2 now.
• Mage: Critical Mass. 3 ranks before, 5 now.
• Mage: Fire Power. 5 ranks before, 3 now.
• Warlock: Grim Reach. Replaces Malediction in Affliction: Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%.
• Dwarf: Earth Fury. New: Increases your critical strike bonus to damage and healing by 2%.
• Human: Ruthless. New: Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 2%.
• Orc: Savage. New: Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and abilities by 1%.
• Skyborne (High Order): Read Leyline. New: 2 sec cast, 2 min cooldown. Attempt to tap into the power of a nearby leyline, increasing your Health and Mana regeneration by 100%. Lasts 30 sec if no leyline is nearby, and 15 min if one is found.

Beta build 1.60.1.70374, checked 2026-10-13: Fifteenth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70374 on the evening of 13 Oct. Compared file by file with 70338: 1,229 client files changed and none were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them. Two data tables did change, the interface file manifest and the item icon manifest. The trees, the spellbooks, the racials and the Legacy perks stand as build 70291 left them on 8 Oct, so a build you planned since then needs no second look.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70338, checked 2026-10-10: Fourteenth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70338 just after midnight on 10 Oct, US Central time. Compared file by file with 70334: 491 client files changed and none were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them, no data table at all. The trees, the spellbooks, the racials and the Legacy perks stand as build 70291 left them on 8 Oct, so a build you planned since then needs no second look.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70334, checked 2026-10-09: Thirteenth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70334 on 9 Oct. Compared file by file with 70291: 18 client files changed and none were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them. One data table did change, the item icon manifest. The trees, the spellbooks, the racials and the Legacy perks stand as build 70291 left them.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70291, checked 2026-10-08: Twelfth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70291 on 8 Oct, and its own files now carry the 1 to 2 Oct Warrior hotfixes, node for node as the site already showed them. On the trees: Impale needs Deep Wounds, and Predatory Instincts is called Natural Instinct, same spot, and also gives 12 or 25% of your Intellect as spell healing. Penance deals and heals far less and costs more Mana, Water Shield has no cooldown, Reckoning can give an extra attack once every 1.5 sec at most, Expose Prey lasts 10 sec (was 5), Spearing Strike dismounts mounted targets, Demonic Brand's high threat is for Shadow damage only, and Furor is reworded. In the spellbooks the first ranks of Fireball, Frostbolt, Arcane Missiles, Lesser Heal, Shadow Bolt and Lightning Bolt hit a little softer and the ranks after them harder, the low ranks of Wrath, Smite and Heal hit a little softer, Thorns and Retribution Aura deal less, and Mana Tide Totem is learned at 25 in the files too. Points a link or saved build had on Impale without 3 in Deep Wounds come back to you.

29 changes on the site.

• Warrior: Impale. Now needs Deep Wounds maxed first.
• Druid: Natural Instinct. Natural Instinct is the new name of Predatory Instincts.

Beta build 1.60.1.70245, checked 2026-10-06: Eleventh beta build

Blizzard pushed 70245 on the evening of 6 Oct. Compared file by file with 70235: 17 client files changed and none were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them, no data table at all. The trees, the spellbooks and the Warrior hotfixes stand as they were.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70235, checked 2026-10-05: Tenth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70235 on the evening of 5 Oct. Compared file by file with 70205: 17 client files changed and none were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them, no data table at all. The Warrior trees keep the 1 to 2 Oct hotfixes, which this build does not fold into its files either.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70205, checked 2026-10-02: Ninth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70205 on the evening of 2 Oct. Compared file by file with 70170: 519 client files changed and 2 were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them, no data table at all. The Warrior trees keep the 1 to 2 Oct hotfixes, which this build does not fold into its files either.

No data changes.

Hotfixes to beta build 1.60.1.70170, checked 2026-10-02: Warrior hotfixes after the eighth build

Blizzard's 1 Oct notes describe a Fury and Protection Warrior pass, and build 70170's own files do not carry it: the game serves it as server hotfixes, applied on 1 to 2 Oct over that build. This entry is that pass. Fury gains Lingering Rage in row 2 (your Rage starts to decay 2 to 10 sec later after combat), Furious Precision in row 3 (4/7/10% chance to hit with off-hand attacks) and Gore Drinker in row 6 behind Enrage (after Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish or Bloodthirst your next 3 melee attacks restore 0.5 or 1% of your maximum Health). Gone from Fury: Improved Cleave, Boundless Rage, Precision (which the notes never mention) and Iron Will, which sits in row 1 of Protection now. Improved Berserker Rage moves up to row 5, Flurry moves along row 6 and its arrow comes from Death Wish instead of Enrage. Booming Voice is 10 to 50% more area and 5 to 25% off the Rage cost of your Shouts, Unbridled Wrath no longer gives two-handed weapons 2 Rage instead of 1, Blood Craze no longer triggers off Bloodthirst, Raging Blows takes 3 Rage off Cleave and Whirlwind, Whirlwind always strikes with both weapons, Bloodthirst deals 45% of your Attack Power (was 35%) and Berserker Rage is learned at 30 (was 32). Dual Wield Specialization reads 5 to 25% off-hand damage and 10 to 50% off-hand Rage: the notes said the Rage part was removed and the hotfix keeps it at half its old numbers. Protection loses Toughness. Improved Bloodrage moves to row 1, Anticipation and Improved Revenge to row 2, Improved Disarm to row 3, Improved Shield Bash to row 4, Vanguard along row 4, and Focused Rage and Bastion swap rows as the 24 Sep notes promised. The trees here were not read from the client's files, which do not have this pass. They come from the beta's hotfix cache as three independent readers held it on 2 Oct, checked against Blizzard's notes where the notes speak. Some lines are not in the notes and rest on those readers: Bloodthirst no longer needs Death Wish and Last Stand no longer needs Improved Bloodrage (two of the readers saw these arrows go), Flurry and Vanguard slide along their rows, Piercing Howl and Intimidating Shout now say within 10 and 8 yds, and Improved Slam takes 3 sec off Slam's cooldown at rank 1 where the 24 Sep notes said 1.5 (a reader's in-game recording of 2 Oct backs those three). Points a link or saved build had on the gone talents come back to you, and Fill it in for me offers the new ones.

32 changes on the site.

• Warrior: Furious Precision. Replaces Improved Cleave in Fury: Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4%.
• Warrior: Gore Drinker. New talent in Fury, row 6: Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 0.5% of your maximum Health.
• Warrior: Lingering Rage. New talent in Fury, row 2: Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 2 sec.
• Warrior: Boundless Rage. Gone from Fury.
• Warrior: Precision. Gone from Fury.
• Warrior: Toughness. Gone from Protection.
• Warrior: Flurry. Moved along row 6 in Fury.
• Warrior: Improved Berserker Rage. Moved from Fury row 6 to Fury row 5.
• Warrior: Anticipation. Moved from Protection row 1 to Protection row 2.
• Warrior: Bastion. Moved from Protection row 5 to Protection row 6.
• Warrior: Focused Rage. Moved from Protection row 6 to Protection row 5.
• Warrior: Improved Bloodrage. Moved from Protection row 2 to Protection row 1.
• Warrior: Improved Disarm. Moved from Protection row 4 to Protection row 3.
• Warrior: Improved Revenge. Moved from Protection row 3 to Protection row 2.
• Warrior: Improved Shield Bash. Moved from Protection row 5 to Protection row 4.
• Warrior: Iron Will. Moved from Fury row 2 to Protection row 1.
• Warrior: Vanguard. Moved along row 4 in Protection.
• Warrior: Bloodthirst. No longer needs Death Wish. Two readers of the hotfix cache saw this arrow go, and build 70291's own files confirm it; Blizzard's notes do not mention it.
• Warrior: Flurry. Now needs Death Wish maxed first.
• Warrior: Last Stand. No longer needs Improved Bloodrage. Two readers of the hotfix cache saw this arrow go, and build 70291's own files confirm it; Blizzard's notes do not mention it.

Beta build 1.60.1.70170, checked 2026-10-01: Eighth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70170 on 1 Oct with development notes and the level cap at 30. On the trees: Hot Streak is called Heating Up and Soul Harvesting is Soul Harvest, same spots. Feral Druids lose King of the Jungle and gain Shifting Power in row 4, under Shredding Attacks, which moves up to row 3, with Improved Shifting Power in row 5 and Predatory Instincts moved along its row. The Hunter's Deflection and the Paladin's Redoubt, Holy Shield and Champion of the Light have new numbers, Sniper Shot is reworked, Dual Wield Specialization loses its off-hand Rage, and Spearing Strike works with any melee weapon (it needed a two-hander before) and only in Battle Stance. In the spellbooks Tiger's Fury is gone, Hunter bats get Sonic Blast, Furious Howl, Trueshot Aura, Combustion and Disease Cleansing Totem change, and a run of texts are reworded. Shifting Power's text in the files carries two tokens the client cannot fill, so the site shows the numbers from Blizzard's notes. The notes also describe a Fury and Protection Warrior rework (Lingering Rage, Furious Precision and Gore Drinker added, Improved Cleave, Boundless Rage and Toughness removed, Iron Will and six others moved rows) and say Undead Cannibalize cannot be used while immune to Physical damage; none of that is in this build's files (the three new talent names do not exist in its spell table), so the site shows the trees and racials as the client has them. The Warrior rework reached the game as server hotfixes on 1 to 2 Oct: see the 1.60.1.70170 hotfixes entry.

61 changes on the site.

• Mage: Heating Up. Heating Up is the new name of Hot Streak.
• Warlock: Soul Harvest. Soul Harvest is the new name of Soul Harvesting.
• Druid: Improved Shifting Power. New talent in Feral Combat, row 5: Reduces the cooldown of your Shifting Power spell by 4 sec.
• Druid: Shifting Power. New talent in Feral Combat, row 4: Instantly convert 55% of base Mana into 40 Energy. Shifting Power's cost is reduced by effects that reduce the cost of Shapeshifting.
• Druid: King of the Jungle. Gone from Feral Combat.
• Druid: Predatory Instincts. Moved along row 5 in Feral Combat.
• Druid: Shredding Attacks. Moved from Feral Combat row 4 to Feral Combat row 3.

Beta build 1.60.1.70124, checked 2026-09-29: Seventh beta build

Seen on the evening of 29 Sep. Compared file by file with 70058: 18 client files changed and 3 were added, and none of the tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them. One data table did change, the item icon manifest.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70058, checked 2026-09-29: Sixth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70058 on 29 Sep. Compared file by file with 70009: 79 client files changed, shaders, loaders and a few interface files, and no data table at all.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.70009, checked 2026-09-24: Fifth beta build

Blizzard pushed 70009 on the afternoon of 24 Sep with development notes. The first build since 69876 that changes talents and spells: two talents gone, two Druid talents renamed, two Shaman talents swapped rows, and a run of number changes. Blizzard's notes also say Bastion and Focused Rage swap rows for Protection Warriors, but this build's files still have them where they were, so the site shows them as the files have them.

41 changes on the site.

• Paladin: Improved Holy Strike. Gone from Holy.
• Paladin: Crusade. Gone from Retribution.
• Shaman: Elemental Alacrity. Moved from Elemental row 6 to Elemental row 3.
• Shaman: Elemental Fury. Moved from Elemental row 3 to Elemental row 6.
• Shaman: Call of Thunder. Now needs Elemental Alacrity maxed first.
• Shaman: Elemental Alacrity. No longer needs Call of Thunder.
• Shaman: Elemental Fury. Now needs Call of Thunder maxed first.
• Druid: Blood Frenzy. Blood Frenzy is the new name of Primal Fury.
• Druid: Primal Bite. Primal Bite is the new name of Mangle.

Beta build 1.60.1.69977, checked 2026-09-22: Fourth beta build

Blizzard pushed 69977 on the evening of 22 Sep. Compared file by file with 69913: 25 client files changed, and none of the 73 tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them. Two settings tables did change: the game rules table gained eight rows (the files do not name them) and three region dates shifted.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.69913, checked 2026-09-18: Third beta build

Compared file by file with 69893: 407 client files changed, and none of the 73 tables that hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data is among them. One game rules table (cfg_gamerules) did change.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.69893, checked 2026-09-16: Second beta build

Blizzard pushed 69893 on the evening of 16 Sep. Compared file by file with 69876: 18 client files changed and none of them hold talent, spell, racial or Legacy data.

No data changes.

Beta build 1.60.1.69876, checked 2026-09-16: First beta build

The first beta client. Everything the site showed before this came from BlizzCon demo footage; these are the places where the client's own files differ from what the demo showed. A number the demo read at its character's level 38 and the site shows at level 60 is not counted as a change.

118 changes on the site.

• Warrior: Vitality. Gone from Protection.
• Warrior: Bastion. Moved from Protection row 6 to Protection row 5.
• Warrior: Focused Rage. Moved along row 6 in Protection.
• Rogue: Flawless Execution. Replaces Restless Blades in Combat: Reduces the Energy cost of your Eviscerate ability by 10.
• Rogue: Aggression. No longer needs Hack and Slash.
• Shaman: Tidal Mastery. Moved from Restoration row 1 to Restoration row 4.
• Shaman: Totemic Focus. Moved from Restoration row 4 to Restoration row 1.
• Warlock: Wrack. Replaces Drain Hope in Affliction: Tears the target apart from within, dealing 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.
• Warlock: Conflagrate. No longer needs Shadowburn.
• Druid: Balance of Nature. Gone from Balance.
• Legacy: Bartering. New perk in Professions: Reduces the gold price of items from all vendors by 5%.
• Legacy: Performance Bonus. 5 ranks before, 3 now.