World of Warcraft: Forever Priest
From the beta client, build 1.60.1.70338, read 11 Oct 2026, and Blizzard's notes of 8 Oct 2026.
Priest in Blizzard's newest notes
In the notes6 lines under the Priest heading of WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, Updated October 8, Blizzard's words.
- Smite: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-4 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-5 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
- Lesser Heal and Heal: The base points of ranks 1-3 of Lesser Heal and ranks 1-2 of Heal have been adjusted to make the growth rate of this family of spells up to Heal Rank 3 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
Discipline
- Developers’ notes: Penance has received multiple updates to bring it more in line with powerful spells that have a cooldown.
- Reduced Penance spell damage and healing to resolve a bug where it was being treated like a 3-second channel instead of a 2 -second channel.
- Adjusted Penance mana costs so that it has a consistent advantage in mana efficiency over the Heal/Greater Heal family of spells. Rank 1 mana cost was increased by 50%.
- Healing done by Penance has been increased on Penance ranks 2 and 4.
Talents
Plan a build53 talents in three trees: 14 not in Classic Era by name, and 29 worded differently from Classic Era.
Discipline 18
Not in Classic Era by name
Worded differently from Classic Era
- Wand Specialization
- Silent Resolve
- Improved Power Word: Shield
- Martyrdom
- Mental Agility
- Inner Focus
- Meditation
- Improved Inner Fire
- Mental Strength
- Improved Mana Burn
- Power Infusion
Classic Era talents not in this tree
- Divine Spirit
- Force of Will
- Improved Power Word: Fortitude
- Unbreakable Will
Holy 17
Not in Classic Era by name
Worded differently from Classic Era
- Holy Nova
- Blessed Recovery
- Inspiration
- Improved Healing
- Searing Light
- Spirit of Redemption
- Spiritual Guidance
- Spiritual Healing
Classic Era talents not in this tree
- Healing Focus
- Improved Prayer of Healing
- Lightwell
Shadow Magic 18
Not in Classic Era by name
Worded differently from Classic Era
- Shadow Focus
- Spirit Tap
- Shadow Affinity
- Shadow Reach
- Mind Flay
- Vampiric Embrace
- Shadow Weaving
- Silence
- Darkness
- Shadowform
Classic Era talents not in this tree
- Improved Vampiric Embrace
Abilities
Every rank by level54 abilities and 234 ranks the class line trains.
Not in Classic Era by name
- Confounding Flash level 10
- Divine Grace level 10
- Chastise level 20
- Contingency Plan level 20
- Dark Sacrifice level 20
- Binding Heal level 32
- Shadow Word: Death level 32
- Penance level 40
- Prayer of Mending level 50
Tagged on the abilities page as possible Season of Discovery leftovers: Shadowfiend, Increased Fortitude.
Races that can be a Priest
Every raceCommon questions
What changed for the Priest in World of Warcraft: Forever?
By name, in the beta client's tables, 14 of the Priest's 53 talents and 9 of its 54 abilities are not in Classic Era's lists, and 29 of the 39 talents we could compare with Classic Era are worded differently. Blizzard's notes of 8 Oct 2026 carry 6 lines under the Priest heading, shown on this page.
Which races can be a Priest in World of Warcraft: Forever?
In the beta client's tables: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Undead and Troll. New pairs in Forever: Gnome.
Talents and abilities are the beta client's own tables, read through the wago.tools mirror; the notes are Blizzard's words from its forum. World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.