Toughness, a WoW Forever Paladin talent, in words
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ToughnessA Protection Paladin talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Protection tree (level 20), 5 ranks, passive. Moved since Classic, same effect (was Protection row 2). Its spot, arrow or text here is the server's 30 Oct hotfix over the client's files, read from the game's hotfix data and checked against Blizzard's notes or Wowhead's tooltips.
What it does Protection row 3
Toughness5 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Protection Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Increases your armor value from items by 2%.Rank 2: Increases your armor value from items by 4%.Rank 3: Increases your armor value from items by 6%.Rank 4: Increases your armor value from items by 8%.Rank 5: Increases your armor value from items by 10%.Moved, same effect (was Protection row 2). Classic rank 1: Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
- Alsowas Protection row 2.
Beta build history
- Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70685, 2026-10-30Moved from Protection row 1 to Protection row 3.
Around it in the Protection tree
- Same row (10 points in Protection, level 20)Templar's Bulwark, Improved Hammer of Justice, Shield Specialization.
- Row above (level 15)Precision, Guardian's Favor, Sacred Duty.
- Row below (level 25)Swift Judgement, Improved Righteous Fury, Anticipation.
- Gone from Classic ProtectionImproved Devotion Aura, Blessing of Kings, Improved Concentration Aura, Blessing of Sanctuary, One-Handed Weapon Specialization.
Every Protection talent 17
- Divine Intellectrow 1
- Redoubtrow 1
- Precisionrow 2
- Guardian's Favorrow 2
- Sacred Dutyrow 2
- Templar's Bulwarkrow 3
- Improved Hammer of Justicerow 3
- Shield Specializationrow 3
- Toughnessrow 3
- Swift Judgementrow 4
- Improved Righteous Furyrow 4
- Anticipationrow 4
- Stoicismrow 5
- Holy Shieldrow 5
- Reckoningrow 5
- Iron Creedrow 6
- Shieldswornrow 7
The other two trees
From the WoW Forever beta client, with the 30 Oct server hotfixes on the Paladin trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Toughness in the Paladin calculator.