# Druid class changes
Scope and deduplication: This is the Druid-only gameplay/class changeset from the archived Turtle WoW team posts in forum-63, including historical class updates and later Team hotfixes. Discussion-only replies and class-agnostic changes are excluded. Repeated copies of the same change are consolidated; later numerical or functional revisions are recorded under their own stated/effective date. A date is the explicitly labeled update/revision date when the archive provides one; otherwise it is the source post date (the 1.18.0 and 1.18.1 headings were labeled `TBD`, so their post dates are used).
## 2022-07-24 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 251#p20251)
### Spells and talents
- **Wrath:** New ranks of Wrath were added as books in various vanilla end-game dungeons. _Note: The post announces the class-change patch and explicitly lists new Wrath ranks._
- **Shred:** New ranks of Shred were added as books in various vanilla end-game dungeons.
- **Natural Weapons:** Natural Weapons was reduced to 3 ranks; it increases physical damage in all forms by 3/6/10% and melee/spell hit chance by 1/2/3%.
- **Omen of Clarity:** Omen of Clarity can proc from melee attacks and direct-damage spell casts; Clearcasting makes the next damage/healing spell or offensive ability cost 100% less and lasts 30 minutes.
- **Primal Fury:** Primal Fury combines the prior Primal Fury and Blood Frenzy effects: 50/100% chance for +5 Rage on Bear/Dire Bear critical strikes and 50/100% chance for Cat Form combo-point critical abilities to add an extra combo point.
- **Thick Hide:** Thick Hide was reduced from 5 ranks to 3 ranks; it increases item armor contribution by 3/6/10%.
- **Feral Instinct:** Feral Instinct was reduced from 5 ranks to 3 ranks; it increases Bear/Dire Bear threat by 5/10/15% and reduces enemy detection while Prowling. _Note: The source typo is normalized from PRowling to Prowling._
- **Blood Frenzy:** New Row 4, 2-rank Blood Frenzy increases Tiger's Fury duration by 3/6 seconds, makes Enrage instantly restore 5/10 Rage, and makes Tiger's Fury and Enrage increase attack speed by 6/12% for 6/12 seconds.
- **Berserk:** New Row 5 Berserk has a 6-minute cooldown; it removes Fear, doubles Cat Form energy regeneration, or increases Bear Form total health by 20% for 20 seconds, after which the extra health is lost.
- **Swiftmend:** Swiftmend moved from Row 7 to Row 3, replacing Insect Swarm.
- **Tranquil Spirit:** Tranquil Spirit is no longer a prerequisite for the Row 7 major talent.
- **Improved Rejuvenation:** Improved Rejuvenation became a prerequisite for Improved Regrowth.
- **Improved Enrage:** Improved Enrage was removed from Restoration and integrated into the new Blood Frenzy talent.
- **Subtlety:** Subtlety now also reduces threat generated by Balance spells, reducing Healing and Balance spell threat by 4/8/12/16/20%.
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Moonkin Form:** Moonkin Form increases item armor contribution by 360%, reduces Balance spell mana costs by 20%, and grants party members within 30 yards 3% spell critical chance; while shapeshifted it permits Balance spells, Innervate, and Remove Curse.
- **Tree of Life Form:** New Row 7 Tree of Life Form increases healing received by 20% of total Spirit for party members within 30 yards, reduces movement speed by 20%, prevents damaging spells and Healing Touch, and reduces mana costs of those spells by 20%; shifting frees the caster from Polymorph and movement impairing effects.
## 2022-08-07 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 351#p21351)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Remove Curse:** Remove Curse became usable in Tree of Life form.
### Spells and talents
- **Natural Weapons:** Fixed the hit chance provided by Natural Weapons.
## 2022-08-10 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 701#p21701)
### Spells and talents
- **Omen of Clarity:** Fixed Omen of Clarity not proccing from spells.
## 2022-08-16 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 582#p22582)
### Spells and talents
- **Blood Frenzy:** Fixed Blood Frenzy functionality.
- **Berserk:** Fixed Berserk duration and health gain.
- **Savage Bite; Swiftmend:** Savage Bite and Swiftmend now benefit from Omen of Clarity.
## 2022-08-24 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 112#p24112)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tauren Druid base mana:** Corrected the base mana value for Tauren Druids. _Note: The topic title is a date range, so the post date is used._
- **Remove Curse:** Remove Curse became usable in Moonkin Form; the tooltip awaited the next client patch. _Note: The topic title is a date range, so the post date is used._
## 2022-09-27 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 292#p26292)
### Spells and talents
- **Omen of Clarity:** Increased the Omen of Clarity proc rate because it was lower than intended in practice. _Note: No numeric new proc rate is given._
## 2022-10-04 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 723#p26723)
### Spells and talents
- **Frenzied Regeneration:** Fixed the stamina bonus of Frenzied Regeneration.
- **Moonfury:** Fixed Moonfury not increasing Wrath damage.
## 2022-10-18 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 514#p27514)
### Spells and talents
- **Enrage:** Druid's Enrage now correctly reduces armor.
## 2022-11-07 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 636#p28636)
### Spells and talents
- **Insect Swarm:** Fixed Insect Swarm ranks and trainers; a client update was required.
## 2022-11-15 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 281#p29281)
### Spells and talents
- **Nature's Swiftness; Spirit Link:** Spirit Link now works as intended in combination with Nature's Swiftness.
## 2023-01-17 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 681#p32681)
### Spells and talents
- **Savage Bite:** Savage Bite can benefit from Clearcasting.
## 2023-01-21 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 868#p32868)
### Spells and talents
- **Emerald Blessing:** New raid buff acquired through an Emerald Sanctum questline: at the cost of one Bright Dream Shard, it grants raid members within 80 yards 10% movement speed, 1% spell hit, and 5% in-combat mana regeneration.
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tree of Life aura:** Tree of Life's aura now increases healing power instead of increasing healing by a flat value.
- **Glyph of the Ice Bear:** Both Alliance and Horde Glyph of the Ice Bear versions received appearance updates with additional animations, including dancing and sitting.
## 2023-01-29 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 498#p33498)
### Spells and talents
- **Wrath of Cenarius:** Fixed Wrath of Cenarius; the linked bug report is cited but the corrected behavior is not stated in the Team post. _Note: Do not infer mechanics absent from the authoritative post._
## 2023-04-04 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 307#p40307)
### Spells and talents
- **Swiftmend:** Removed incorrect aura-state requirements from Swiftmend.
- **Savage Bite:** Removed the global cooldown from Savage Bite.
## 2023-04-08 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 776#p40776)
### Spells and talents
- **Moonfury:** Moonfury's damage bonus now applies after spell power.
## 2023-04-26 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 089#p43089)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Idol of the Moon:** Idol of the Moon now increases total damage.
## 2023-05-09 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 215#p45215)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Moonkin Form:** Corrected the misleading Moonkin Form description.
### Spells and talents
- **Savage Bite:** Removed the description from the trainer's Savage Bite spell entry.
## 2023-05-30 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 093#p48093)
### Spells and talents
- **Moonkin aura; Atiesh aura:** The Atiesh aura can now stack with the Moonkin aura.
## 2023-08-08 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 424#p56424)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tree of Life aura:** Reduced the Tree of Life aura healing bonus to 20% of Spirit.
### Spells and talents
- **Omen of Clarity:** Faerie Fire now triggers Omen of Clarity.
## 2023-10-17 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 678#p71678)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Feral Attack Power:** Fixed the Feral Attack Power bonus on Grand Marshal's Glaive and High Warlord's Pig Sticker.
### Spells and talents
- **Idol of Evergrowth:** Corrected the duration of Idol of Evergrowth so it no longer adds 60 seconds to Tiger's Fury.
## 2023-10-25 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 511#p73511)
### Spells and talents
- **Emerald Blessing:** Fixed Emerald Blessing incorrectly decreasing mounted speed.
## 2023-10-30 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 752#p74752)
### Spells and talents
- **Wrath of Cenarius:** Damaging Paladin spells can now proc Wrath of Cenarius.
## 2023-11-08 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 368#p76368)
### Spells and talents
- **Predatory Strikes:** Predatory Strikes now affects only the intended forms.
## 2024-01-16 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 934#p84934)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Idol of Evergrowth:** Idol of Evergrowth now works on other players too.
## 2024-03-30 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 709#p91709)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Serpent's Shoulders:** Lady Anacondra's Serpent's Shoulders were upgraded to Rare.
- **Bear Druid staff:** Added a new staff tailored for Bear Druids to Lady Anacondra's loot.
## 2024-04-09 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 466#p92466)
### Spells and talents
- **Natural Shapeshifter; Tree of Life:** Fixed Natural Shapeshifter not reducing the mana cost of Tree of Life.
- **Berserk:** Fixed the Berserk aura being removed when switching between Cat and Bear forms.
## 2024-06-11 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 794#p96794)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tree of Life aura:** Resolved an exploit related to the Tree of Life aura. _Note: The source confirms the exploit fix but does not describe the exploit's mechanics._
## 2024-07-09 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 050#p99050)
### Spells and talents
- **Enrage:** Canceling the Druid Enrage buff also cancels its armor-reduction component.
## 2024-07-23 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 14#p100214)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tree of Life:** Tree of Life now removes Polymorph and movement-impairing effects when shapeshifting, like the other Druid forms.
## 2024-08-27 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 99#p100299)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tree of Life:** Fixed an exploit with Tree of Life. _Note: The source confirms the exploit fix but does not describe the exploit's mechanics._
## 2024-10-12 — Class Changes 2
Source: Post ID 102966 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 66#p102966)
### Baseline
- **Swift Travel Form:** Druids can learn it through the expensive questline beginning with `Mount Hyjal In Turmoil` from Loganaar in Moonglade. It has a fixed appearance, functions like an epic mount (not usable in combat or indoors), and grants 100% movement speed.
- **Manual Crowd Pummeler / Battery-Powered Crowd Pummeler:** Swing-speed increase is 20% instead of 50% attack speed; it no longer works in shapeshift forms; cooldown is 20 minutes. Weapon attack speed changes from 2.0 to 2.9 while DPS is unchanged.
- **Tranquility:** All ranks are reworked. Rank 4, for example, heals all raid members within 30 yards for 87 every second for 10 seconds while channeled. Cooldown increases from 5 to 30 minutes; mana cost doubles; ticks occur every 1 second instead of every 2; baseline threat is removed; it affects the entire raid rather than only the group; ranks 1–4 last 4/6/8/10 seconds.
- **Ferocious Bite:** New Rank 1 at level 24. It is a combo-point finisher that converts each extra Energy into 1 additional damage, scales with Attack Power, and deals 35–51 / 67–83 / 99–115 / 131–147 / 163–179 damage at 1–5 combo points. All existing ranks are increased by one number.
- Cat Form combo points persist when changing targets and reset only when combo points are applied to a new target.
- **Regrowth:** Mana cost of every rank reduced by 20%.
- **Owlkin Frenzy:** Removed as a baseline ability; acquired through a Balance talent instead.
- **Hurricane:** No longer increases the time between attacks by default; cooldown reduced to 30 seconds; spell-power scaling increased to 9.6% per damage tick.
- **Swipe:** Every rank gains 8% of the Druid's Attack Power as scaling.
- **Savage Bite:** Damage threat modifier increased from 175% to 350%.
- **Frenzied Regeneration:** All three ranks convert 10 Rage per second into health, with each Rage point equal to 6/7/8% of total Stamina. Cooldown increased to 6 minutes.
- Consumables can be used in Cat and Bear forms.
- **Barkskin (Feral):** New spell learned at level 44, with ranks at 52 and 60; requires Bear, Dire Bear, or Cat Form. It reduces damage from the next 5/10/15 melee attacks by 50%, reduces movement speed by 20%, lasts 12 seconds, and has a 10-minute cooldown.
- **Moonfire:** Ranks 2–10 last 18 seconds, adding two DoT ticks.
- **Insect Swarm:** All ranks last 18 seconds, adding three DoT ticks.
- **Wrath:** Base damage and spell-power coefficient increased by 5%.
- **Enrage:** Armor reduction is now a physical debuff separate from the Rage-gain buff.
- **Tiger's Fury:** Rank 3 damage bonus increased to 35 and Rank 4 to 50.
- **Rake:** Every rank scales 12% of its initial damage and 3% of its bleed with Druid Attack Power.
### Balance
- **Sylvan Blessing (Row 1, 2 ranks):** 50/100% chance after killing a target worth experience or honor to allow mana to regenerate at 100% while casting for 15 seconds.
- **Improved Moonfire:** Costs 2 talent points instead of 5.
- **Guidance of the Dream (Row 2, 3 ranks):** 23/46/70% chance to avoid damage interruption while casting Balance spells.
- Improved Thorns and Improved Entangling Roots removed.
- **Moonfury:** Moved to Row 3; reduced from 5 to 3 ranks; now includes Hurricane and Insect Swarm.
- **Vengeance** and **Moonglow:** Moved to Row 4; Moonglow now includes Hurricane and Insect Swarm.
- **Moonkin Form:** Armor increase reduced from 360% to 180%. The talent moves to Row 5 and becomes available at level 30; an improved version learned at level 40 restores the 360% armor increase.
- **Owlkin Frenzy (Row 5, 3 ranks):** Now a talent rather than a baseline ability. Pushback protection reduced from 100% to 30%; it regenerates 1% maximum mana per second for 10 seconds; can trigger once per 25 seconds.
- Improved Starfire moved to Row 5.
- **Balance of All Things (Row 6, 5 ranks):** Insect Swarm damage has a 6/12/18/24/30% chance to reduce the next Starfire cast time by 0.5 seconds; Moonfire damage has the same chance to reduce the next Wrath mana cost by 50%. Each effect stacks up to 3 times.
- **Gale Winds (Row 6, 2 ranks):** Hurricane reduces enemy attack speed by 12/25%.
- **Eclipse (Row 7 capstone):** Starfire critical strikes increase Nature damage by 25%; Wrath critical strikes increase Arcane damage by 25%. Each effect lasts 15 seconds, has a separate 30-second cooldown, and the two effects cannot be active simultaneously.
- **Omen of Clarity:** Passive when learned.
- Nature's Grace and Improved Wrath tooltips corrected; Improved Wrath now correctly displays its global-cooldown reduction rather than attributing it to Nature's Grace.
### Restoration
- **Efflorescence:** New level-60 passive requiring Tree of Life Form. When Regrowth or Rejuvenation would be replaced, it instantly heals for part of the remaining duration.
- Improved Rejuvenation removed.
- Gift of Nature moved to Row 3.
- **Genesis (Row 4, 3 ranks):** Increases damage and healing of periodic spells/effects by 5/10/15%.
- Tranquil Spirit now includes Regrowth.
- **Aessina's Bloom (Row 5, 2 ranks):** Healing Touch has a 30/60% chance to instantly heal a friendly target for an amount equal to 6 seconds of Regrowth when that target has Regrowth; Regrowth from any Druid qualifies.
- **Preservation (Row 5, 3 ranks):** Increases Regrowth periodic healing by 10/20/30% when the target has Rejuvenation.
- **Improved Tranquility:** Moved to Row 6; increases Tranquility healing by 20/40%.
### Feral Combat
- **Open Wounds (Row 2, 3 ranks):** Claw damage increases by 10/20/30% against a target affected by Rake; Rip increases Claw damage by 3/4/5% per combo point spent for 15 seconds.
- **Feline Swiftness:** Renamed Feral Swiftness; its dodge bonus now also applies in Bear and Dire Bear forms.
- **Blood Frenzy:** Attack-speed bonus increased from 12% to 30%; Enrage now correctly generates 10 Rage rather than the former doubled amount.
- **Feral Adrenaline (Row 5, 3 ranks):** Taking a physical critical strike in Bear, Dire Bear, or Cat Form grants 15/30/45% dodge chance until the next physical attack is dodged; once per 30 seconds.
- **Ancient Brutality (Row 6, 3 ranks):** Dodging in Bear/Dire Bear returns 5/10/15% of damage dealt as healing and generates 1/2/3 Rage per second for 5 seconds; once per 6 seconds.
## 2024-10-21 — Druid follow-up
Sources: Post ID 102966 (embedded October 21 update) — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 66#p102966); Post ID 104207 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 07#p104207)
- **Insect Swarm:** Applications of the same rank stack when cast by two or more Druids; the reduced-hit-chance component does not stack.
- **Mighty Rage Potion:** Can now be used by Druids.
## 2024-11-01 — Druid follow-up
Sources: Post ID 102966 (embedded November 1 update) — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 66#p102966); Post ID 105804 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 04#p105804)
- **Blood Frenzy:** Attack-speed increase reduced from 30% to 20%; duration increased from 12 to 18 seconds.
- **Swipe:** Attack-Power scaling reduced from 8% to 6% for all ranks.
- **Swipe:** Damage threat modifier reduced from 175% to 140%.
- **Savage Bite:** Damage threat modifier reduced from 350% to 225%.
- **Improved Shred:** Also increases Shred damage by 5/10% for 5 seconds after entering Cat Form.
- **Open Wounds:** Claw damage increase from Rip combo points changed from 3/4/5% to 2/4/6% per combo point.
## 2024-11-05 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 99#p106599)
### Spells and talents
- **Omen of Clarity:** Omen of Clarity's proc chance was adjusted. _Note: The Team changelog supplies no numeric before/after chance; wording is preserved exactly._
## 2024-11-12 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 24#p107724)
### Spells and talents
- **Efflorescence:** Fixed Efflorescence to function as intended.
- **Wrath:** Corrected Wrath's spell-power scaling.
## 2024-11-19 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 46#p108746)
### Spells and talents
- **Efflorescence:** Efflorescence no longer triggers from the caster's own healing-over-time effects.
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Eclipse:** Updated Druid Eclipse visuals and added an Eclipse trigger sound effect.
## 2024-11-20 — Druid follow-up
Source: Post ID 108776 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 76#p108776)
- **Barkskin (Feral):** No longer a magic effect; only direct physical damage consumes its charges.
- **Improved Shred:** Buff duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds.
## 2024-11-26 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 47#p110047)
### Spells and talents
- **Tranquility:** Tranquility is no longer canceled when a single player leaves its radius.
- **Great Rage Potion; Rage Potion:** Druids can use Great Rage Potion and Rage Potion.
## 2024-12-03 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 30#p111130)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Genesis Harness 5-piece:** Genesis Harness's 5-piece bonus now correctly increases the periodic damage of Rake. _Note: A later Dec 11 post repeats this correction; earlier post retained as the initial source._
## 2024-12-10 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 26#p112126)
### Spells and talents
- **Flametongue Totem; Feral Form:** Flametongue Totem damage now scales correctly for Druids in Feral Form.
- **Guidance of the Dream:** Guidance of the Dream now stacks correctly with the Druid Balance Tier 1 5-piece set bonus.
## 2024-12-20 — Druid follow-up (revised December 22)
Sources: Post ID 113460 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 60#p113460); revision notice Post ID 113785 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 85#p113785)
### Feral Combat
- **Open Wounds:** Reworked: Claw damage increases by 10/20/30% and Ferocious Bite damage by 3/4/5% for each active bleed on the target.
- **Feral Aggression** and Open Wounds now increase Ferocious Bite's total damage rather than its base damage.
- **Ancient Brutality:** Bleed ticks restore 2/3/4 Energy in Cat Form. In Bear/Dire Bear, dodging regenerates 1/2/3 Rage per second for 5 seconds; effect can occur once every 9 seconds. The former dodge-triggered vampirism is removed.
- **Feral Adrenaline:** Dodge bonus increased from 15/30/45% to 20/40/60%.
- **Swipe:** Attack-Power scaling reduced from 6% to 4%.
- **Frenzied Regeneration:** Cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 minutes.
- **Savage Bite:** Damage reduced from 100% weapon damage + 61 to 80% weapon damage + 30.
- **Grizzled Hide (Feral Tier 3, 8-piece):** Duration increased to 15 seconds; maximum stacks reduced from 10 to 4; damage reduction per stack increased from 1% to 2%.
- Rip no longer replaces Pounce when applied to the same target.
### Balance
- **Balance of All Things:** Starfire cast-time reduction increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds.
- **Eclipse:** Adds a corresponding 30-second debuff when an Eclipse triggers, showing which Eclipse is on cooldown.
## 2024-12-22 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 82#p113782)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Glyph of the Penguin:** Added Glyph of the Penguin; while active, Aquatic Form appears as a penguin.
## 2024-12-31 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 21#p115021)
### Spells and talents
- **Open Wounds:** Corrected the damage bonus for Claw provided by Open Wounds.
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Restoration Dreamwalker 4-piece:** Restoration Dreamwalker 4-piece now correctly reduces the mana cost of Healing Touch, Rejuvenation, and Regrowth.
## 2025-01-07 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 95#p115795)
### Spells and talents
- **Elemental Sharpening Stones:** Elemental Sharpening Stones now work while shapeshifted.
## 2025-01-28 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 68#p118168)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Genesis Helmet:** Added 14 Stamina and reduced Spirit from 26 to 16.
- **Genesis Treads:** Added 12 Stamina and reduced Intellect from 18 to 10.
- **Cenarion Girdle:** Replaced 1% Haste with 1% Physical Crit.
- **Stormrage Girdle:** Replaced 1% Physical Crit with 1% Dodge and increased Stamina from 16 to 19.
- **Dreamwalker Girdle:** Reduced Strength from 18 to 14.
- **Dreamwalker Wristbands:** Increased Spellpower from 24 to 26.
- **Dreamwalker Sash:** Added 1% Spell Hit, reduced Spellpower from 46 to 36, and removed 10 Spell Penetration.
- **Dreamwalker Mantle:** Added 12 Stamina and reduced Spellpower from 32 to 26.
## 2025-02-21 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 15#p120615); [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 90#p120590)
### Spells and talents
- **Druid non-mana-form mana bar:** Added a second mana bar displaying current and maximum mana while Druids are in non-mana forms. _Note: The post is dated Feb 21 despite a later-dated expansion title; post date is used._
- **Swipe:** Fixed Swipe chaining to targets positioned behind the caster.
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Moonkin Form:** Fixed visual issues with the Scythe of Elune while in Druid Moonkin Form.
- **Moonkin Form:** Moonkin Form can now use the Mighty Foot.
- **Moonkin Form:** Added /danceSpecial emote support for Moonkin Form.
- **Moonkin Form:** Moonkin Form has a chance to attempt flying while jumping.
- **Aessina's Bloom set bonus:** Fixed the Aessina's Bloom set bonus so it functions correctly.
### Other verified changes
- **Genesis:** Clarified the tooltip for the Druid talent Genesis. _Note: The source topic heading is dated Apr 3, but the post itself is Feb 21; post date used._
## 2025-03-11 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 65#p122265)
### Spells and talents
- **Tranquility:** Fixed desynchronized periodic area-of-effect ticks on different targets when players moved in and out of the area.
## 2025-04-01 — Druid follow-up
Sources: Post ID 124504 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 04#p124504); [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 67#p124967)
### Baseline and general
- Forms can be changed directly while already shapeshifted, without first shifting out.
- **Ancient Brutality:** Reduced to 2 talent points; Energy gain increased from 2/3/4 to 5/10; dodge Rage gain changed from 1/2/3 to 2/4.
- **Claw:** Rank 5 weapon damage +5%.
- **Shred:** Rank 6 weapon damage +5%.
- **Rake:** Rank 4 base and periodic damage +5%.
- **Predatory Strikes:** Now increases total Attack Power by 3/6/10% instead of granting Attack Power equal to 50/100/150% of level.
- Mark and Gift of the Wild can be cast in Moonkin Form.
- **Balance Tier 3 (6-piece):** Can no longer be resisted.
- **Owlkin Frenzy:** Pushback reduction is always 30% rather than scaling by rank; trigger cooldown now scales to once per 30/25/20 seconds rather than a flat 25 seconds.
- **Hurricane:** Cooldown reduced from 30 to 10 seconds.
- **Nature's Focus:** Wrath removed from the description because it never affected Wrath; the redundant tooltip text is removed.
- **Feral Tier 2.5 (3-piece):** Also reduces Shred Energy cost by 3.
### Balance
- **Eclipse:** Arcane and Nature damage bonuses increased from 25% to 30%.
### Additional verified changes
- **Glyph of the Forest Stag:** Glyph of the Forest Stag no longer changes the look of Swift Travel Form.
## 2025-04-16 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 087#p49087)
### Spells and talents
- **Improved Starfire:** Limited Invulnerability Potion no longer disables the Improved Starfire talent.
## 2025-04-22 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 53#p128053)
### Spells and talents
- **Natural Weapons:** Fixed Natural Weapons not providing the correct spell-hit increase.
## 2025-04-29 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 28#p129028)
### Spells and talents
- **Wrath of Cenarius:** Wrath of Cenarius can now trigger from successful harmful or helpful spell casts instead of requiring direct damage/healing to land.
## 2025-05-06 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 34#p129934)
### Spells and talents
- **Wrath of Cenarius:** Wrath of Cenarius can trigger multiple times from a single cast, such as when an area-of-effect spell hits multiple targets.
- **Improved Shred:** Fixed Improved Shred not providing its expected bonus damage.
- **Shapeshifting:** Druids can no longer switch shapeshift forms while affected by Involuntary Transformation during the Nefarian encounter.
## 2025-06-03 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 47#p134147)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Moonkin Aura:** Fixed changing into Moonkin Form from another form not granting Moonkin Aura.
## 2025-06-10 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 77#p135177)
### Spells and talents
- **Rip:** Rip now refunds Energy when it misses.
## 2025-06-17 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 87#p136087)
### Spells and talents
- **Rake:** Rake now scales fully with Tiger's Fury.
## 2025-07-25 — 1.18.0 update (heading labeled TBD)
Source: Post ID 141159 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 59#p141159). The archive's 1.18.0 section is labeled `UPDATES | Dated: TBD (1.18.0) 2025`; this section therefore uses the post date.
### Baseline
- **Tome of the Wild Ride:** Druids with Swift Travel Form can learn to transport party members on their back; the Green Dragonflight determines eligibility.
- **Reshift:** New level-60 spell. Cancels and reapplies the current shapeshift form; costs 35% base mana and requires a non-Swift-Travel-Form shapeshift.
- Jujus, Gift of Arthas, Lucidity Potion, and Bandages can be used in Cat and Bear/Dire Bear forms.
- **Tiger's Fury:** All ranks also generate 10 Energy every 3 seconds.
- **Ferocious Bite:** Each extra Energy point increases damage by 0.5% instead of a flat amount.
- **Rip:** Duration now depends on combo points: 1 point 10 seconds (was 12), 2 points 12 seconds, 3 points 14 seconds, 4 points 16 seconds, 5 points 18 seconds. Tick damage and Attack-Power scaling are unchanged, yielding up to 50% more damage per cast.
- **Rejuvenation and Regrowth:** HoTs tick every 2 seconds rather than every 3; total healing and healing-power scaling remain roughly the same. Regrowth duration reduced from 21 to 20 seconds.
- **Efflorescence:** Fixed a bug causing it to heal for less than intended.
### Balance
- **Nature's Reach:** Also increases the range of Abolish Poison and Remove Curse.
- **Balance of All Things:** Starfire cast-time reduction reduced from 0.8 to 0.5 seconds.
- **Gale Winds:** Also reduces Hurricane mana cost by 10/20%; its attack-speed-reduction duration is 2 seconds rather than 10 when a target leaves Hurricane's area (the debuff is continually reapplied while inside).
- **Eclipse:** Reworked: Wrath damage has a 30% chance to grant Arcane Eclipse, increasing Arcane damage; Starfire damage has a 50% chance to grant Natural Eclipse, increasing Nature damage. The damage bonus is 10% plus 60% of critical spell-strike chance; each effect lasts 15 seconds, has its own 30-second cooldown, and only one Eclipse can be active at a time.
### Feral Combat
- **Open Wounds:** Moved from Row 2 to Row 5; no longer increases Ferocious Bite per active bleed; instead increases Rip damage by 5/10/15% and increases Claw damage by 10/20/30% for each active bleed. New description: “Increase the damage of Rip by 5/10/15%. Additionally, increase the damage of Claw by 10/20/30% for each of your active Bleed effects on the target.”
- **Improved Shred:** Always increases Shred damage by 5/10%; no longer requires entering Cat Form to activate.
- **Primal Fury:** Moved from Row 4 to Row 3.
- **Savage Fury:** Removed; its effect is integrated into Predatory Strikes.
- **Predatory Strikes:** In addition to total Attack Power, increases Claw, Rake, Maul, Savage Bite, and Swipe damage by 7/14/20%.
- **Ancient Brutality:** Moved from Row 6 to Row 5; bleed-tick Energy gain reduced from 5/10 to 3/5. The removed healing component is replaced by Carnage.
- **Feral Adrenaline:** Removed.
- **Carnage (Row 6, 2 points):** Maul, Swipe, and Savage Bite return 5/10% of damage as healing. Ferocious Bite has a 10/20% chance per combo point to refresh active Rake and Rip and add one combo point.
### Restoration
- **Aessina's Bloom:** Now requires Improved Healing Touch rather than Swiftmend. Healing a Regrowth- or Rejuvenation-affected target with Healing Touch reduces the next Healing Touch cast time by 0.15/0.3 seconds and refunds 5/10% of its mana cost within 20 seconds.
- **Genesis:** Moved from Row 4 to Row 3.
- **Nature's Swiftness:** Swapped locations with Aessina's Bloom and now requires Genesis rather than Swiftmend.
- **Improved Regrowth:** Now requires Gift of Nature rather than Genesis.
- **Gift of Nature:** Moved from Row 3 to Row 4; increases total healing rather than base healing, so it benefits from healing power and other healing-increase effects.
- **Tree of Life Form:** Increases armor contribution from items by 180%.
## 2025-08-13 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 31#p145131)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Feral Combat Tier 2.5 5-piece:** Updated the description of the Feral Combat Tier 2.5 5-piece bonus to accurately reflect its effect.
## 2025-08-14 — 1.18.0 revision
Source: Post ID 141159 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 59#p141159). The archive also has a revision pointer in Post ID 145249 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 49#p145249).
- **Improved Balance of All Things (Balance Tier 3.5, 5-piece):** Bonus increased from 33% to 50%.
- **Open Wounds:** Moved back to Row 2.
- **Enrage:** Its armor-reduction debuff is no longer removed when the Rage-generation portion is canceled early.
## 2025-08-15 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 22#p145822)
### Spells and talents
- **Carnage:** Fixed Carnage incorrectly refreshing the bleed component of Pounce.
- **Molten Emberstone:** Molten Emberstone is now usable in Feral Form.
## 2025-08-26 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 54#p148454)
### Spells and talents
- **Ride of the Wild:** Druids can no longer use Ride of the Wild while an Illusion is active.
- **Ride of the Wild:** Ride of the Wild now requires both the Druid and passenger to stand still and cannot be used on shapeshifted players.
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Idol of the Moon:** Fixed Idol of the Moon not increasing Moonfire damage.
- **Idol of the Forgotten Wild Sproutling:** Fixed Idol of the Forgotten Wild Sproutling so it heals allies correctly and scales with the Druid's healing power.
## 2025-09-02 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 60#p149960)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Idol of the Forgotten Wild Sproutling:** Increased the proc chance to 15% and duration to 12 seconds.
## 2025-09-23 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 65#p152865)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Stormrage Handwraps:** Reduced Spellpower from 30 to 23.
## 2025-10-03 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 68#p154168)
### Spells and talents
- **Grandstaff of the Shen'dralar Elder; Rejuvenation:** Fixed the Grandstaff of the Shen'dralar Elder not proccing from helpful spells such as Rejuvenation. _Note: Retained as a concrete Druid spell interaction from a cross-class hotfix._
## 2025-11-11 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 21#p159221)
### Spells and talents
- **Rip; Ferocious Bite:** Rip and Ferocious Bite now correctly scale with Attack Power bonuses against specific creature types.
## 2025-11-19 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 94#p159994)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Idol of Evergrowth:** Added an effect: Demoralizing Roar deals Nature damage equal to the active Thorns effect to all nearby enemies.
## 2025-11-25 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 00#p160700)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Glyph of the Moon:** Fixed the ghost visual remaining permanently when Glyph of the Moon is canceled in Moonkin Form.
### Spells and talents
- **Reshift:** Reshift can no longer be used with Involuntary Transformation or another temporary/debuff form.
## 2025-12-09 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 51#p162251)
### Spells and talents
- **Hurricane:** Periodic persistent auras such as Hurricane now correctly register all ticks in the combat log; previously missed/resisted ticks are shown.
## 2025-12-16 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 43#p162943)
### Spells and talents
- **Omen of Clarity:** Next-melee spells/abilities reduced to zero cost by Clearcasting are no longer unqueued due to insufficient power.
## 2026-01-23 — 1.18.1 update (heading labeled TBD)
Source: Post ID 166071 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 71#p166071). The archive's update heading is labeled `UPDATES | Dated: TBD (1.18.1) 2026`; this section uses the post date.
- **Maul:** Threat modifier reduced by 15%.
- **Savage Bite:** Threat modifier reduced by 12%.
- **Balance of All Things:** Reduced from 5 to 3 points and reworked: damaging a target affected by Insect Swarm with Wrath returns 10/20/30% of Wrath's mana cost; Starfire has 2/4/6% increased critical chance against targets affected by Moonfire.
## 2026-01-26 — 1.18.1 revision
Source: Post ID 166071 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 71#p166071)
- **Moonfury:** Bonus increased to 4/8/12%.
- **Balance of All Things:** Starfire critical-chance bonus increased to 3/6/9%.
## 2026-02-17 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 52#p168652)
### Spells and talents
- **Efflorescence:** Fixed Efflorescence healing excessive amounts when used in quick succession.
## 2026-02-25 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 50#p169350)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Tree of Life aura:** Tree of Life aura healing bonus now periodically updates from the caster's Spirit instead of snapshotting forever.
## 2026-03-04 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 65#p169965)
### Spells and talents
- **Ride of the Wild:** Ride of the Wild can no longer mount a player who is ignoring the Druid.
## 2026-03-18 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 13#p171113)
### Spells and talents
- **Ride of the Wild:** Ride of the Wild again properly allows riders.
## 2026-03-19 — 1.18.1 revision
Source: Post ID 166071 — [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 71#p166071)
- **Eclipse:** Wrath now has a 40% chance (up from 30%) and Starfire a 60% chance (up from 50%) to proc their beneficial effects.
## 2026-03-21 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 08#p171608)
### Spells and talents
- **Fang of Alichos:** Fang of Alichos is now usable in shapeshift forms.
## 2026-03-24 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 39#p172139)
### Spells and talents
- **Abolish Poison; Abolish Disease:** Abolish Poison and Abolish Disease can now be cast on demon pets.
## 2026-03-31 — Druid historical Team updates
Sources: [forum permalink](https://forum.turtlecraft.gg/viewtopic. ... 90#p173490)
### Forms, glyphs, items, and sets
- **Glyph of the Moon:** Corrected the visual effect of Glyph of the Moon.