Restoration Druid
Healer Heal-over-time healer. Wild Growth adds real group healing and Swiftmend no longer eats your HoTs.
Best in slot
Head Pristine Circlet Tailoring · Crafted 9
- 2 Wisdom's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Totemic Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 4 Shadow Goggles Engineering · Crafted
- 5 Stormrider's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 6 Trapper's Leather Hood Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Lakeshire Firefighter's Headband Source not listed
- 8 Green Tinted Goggles Engineering · Crafted
- 9 Solomon's Comfortable Hat Source not listed
- 10 Flying Tiger Goggles Engineering · Crafted
Neck Mark of the Pack Leader Source not listed 9
- 2 Scholarly Pendant Source not listed
- 3 Tarnished Locket Source not listed
- 4 Sorcerer Collar Rethilgore · Shadowfang Keep
- 5 Replica Crescent Necklace Source not listed
- 6 Roadwatcher's Confidence Source not listed
- 7 Ephemeral Choker Faldrim Anvilmar · Hall of Thanes
- 8 Snake Eye Kaleidoscope Lady Anacondra · Wailing Caverns
- 9 Erudite's Amulet Source not listed
- 10 Scout's Medallion Kelm Hargunth · Vendor
Shoulder Ghostly Mantle Deathstalkers in Shadowfang · Quest (Horde) 9
- 2 Magician's Mantle World drop
- 3 Tanned Shoulderpads Source not listed
- 4 Raptorclaw Shoulders Source not listed
- 5 Chestnut Mantle Allegiance to the Old Gods · Quest (Horde)
- 6 Rose Mantle Morganth · Quest (Alliance)
- 7 Reinforced Woolen Shoulders Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Talbar Mantle In Nightmares · Quest (Horde)
- 9 Silk Mantle of Gamn Uncovering the Past · Quest (Alliance)
- 10 Desert Shoulders Grimtotem Spying · Quest (Horde)
Back Prelacy Cape Researching the Corruption · Quest 9
- 2 Battle Healer's Cloak Kelm Hargunth · Vendor
- 3 Caretaker's Cape Illiyana Moonblaze · Vendor
- 4 Windsong Drape Free at Last · Quest (Horde)
- 5 Heavy Woolen Cloak Tailoring · Crafted
- 6 Pearl-clasped Cloak Tailoring · Crafted
- 7 Feyscale Cloak Deviate Faerie Dragon · Wailing Caverns
- 8 Black Whelp Cloak Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Traveler's Shawl Source not listed
- 10 High Apothecary Cloak Elixir of Agony · Quest (Horde)
Chest Wisdom's Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted 9
- 2 Filigreed Pristine Gown Tailoring · Crafted
- 3 Dro'zem's Tunic Source not listed
- 4 Corsair's Overshirt Edwin VanCleef · The Deadmines
- 5 Robe of the Moccasin Lord Cobrahn · Wailing Caverns
- 6 Bloody Apron Razorclaw the Butcher · Shadowfang Keep
- 7 Stormrider's Leather Armor Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Leftover Abomination Skin The Baron · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 9 High Robe of the Adjudicator Assault on Fenris Isle · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Barkshell Tunic Betrayal from Within · Quest (Horde)
Wrist Mindthrust Bracers Trash drop · Shadowfang Keep 9
- 2 Aetherwisp Bracers Faldrim Anvilmar · Hall of Thanes
- 3 Tabitha's Cuffs Source not listed
- 4 Drakewing Bands World drop
- 5 Witherbite Bracers Witherfang · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 6 Crystalline Cuffs Taragaman the Hungerer · Ragefire Chasm
- 7 Featherbead Bracers Returning the Lost Satchel · Quest (Horde)
- 8 Owl Bracers Source not listed
- 9 Owlbeard Bracers Earthen Arise · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Harpy Bangles Source not listed
Hands Tattered Mittens Source not listed 9
- 2 Pristine Gloves Tailoring · Crafted
- 3 Wisdom's Leather Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 4 Jutebraid Gloves Horde Presence · Quest (Horde)
- 5 Stormrider's Leather Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 6 Serpent Gloves Lord Serpentis · Wailing Caverns
- 7 Fletcher's Gloves Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Gnoll Casting Gloves Mosshide Mistweaver · Wetlands
- 9 Blight Gloves Source not listed
- 10 Windfelt Gloves The Absent Minded Prospector · Quest
Waist Pristine Sash Tailoring · Crafted 9
- 2 Warsong Sash Warsong Supplies · Quest (Horde)
- 3 Wisdom's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 4 Novice Ardent's Sash Tailoring · Crafted
- 5 Heartwood Girdle Twilight Falls · Quest (Alliance)
- 6 Stormrider's Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Novice Arcanist's Sash Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Hillman's Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Totemic Leather Belt Leatherworking · Crafted
- 10 Keller's Girdle World drop
Legs Wisdom's Leather Pants Leatherworking · Crafted 9
- 2 Filigreed Pristine Leggings Tailoring · Crafted
- 3 Ogre Loincloth Rhahk'Zor · The Deadmines
- 4 Stormrider's Leather Pants Leatherworking · Crafted
- 5 Dark Ritual Leggings Source not listed
- 6 Dreamer's Leggings Source not listed
- 7 Totemic Leather Pants Leatherworking · Crafted
- 8 Colorful Kilt Tailoring · Crafted
- 9 Wispcloth Leggings The Abandoned · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 10 Darkweave Breeches World drop
Feet Nimbus Boots Twilight Falls · Quest (Alliance) 9
- 2 Wisdom's Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 3 Black Whelp Slippers Leatherworking · Crafted
- 4 Pristine Boots Tailoring · Crafted
- 5 Spidersilk Boots Tailoring · Crafted
- 6 Stormrider's Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 7 Red Woolen Boots Tailoring · Crafted
- 8 Totemic Leather Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
- 9 Feather Padded Treads Source not listed
- 10 Moonglow Boots Leatherworking · Crafted
Finger 1 Advisor's Ring Kelm Hargunth · Vendor 9
- 2 Lorekeeper's Ring Illiyana Moonblaze · Vendor
- 3 Minor Channeling Ring WANTED: Chok'sul · Quest (Alliance)
- 4 Sludge-Stained Band Source not listed
- 5 Black Pearl Ring Lady Vespira · Darkshore
- 6 Sacred Band The Den · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Band of Purification World drop
- 8 Lavishly Jeweled Ring Gilnid · The Deadmines
- 9 Totemic Clan Ring Revenge of Gann · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Band of the Fist Allegiance to the Old Gods · Quest (Horde)
Finger 2 Lorekeeper's Ring Illiyana Moonblaze · Vendor 9
- 1 Advisor's Ring Kelm Hargunth · Vendor
- 3 Minor Channeling Ring WANTED: Chok'sul · Quest (Alliance)
- 4 Sludge-Stained Band Source not listed
- 5 Black Pearl Ring Lady Vespira · Darkshore
- 6 Sacred Band The Den · Quest (Horde)
- 7 Band of Purification World drop
- 8 Lavishly Jeweled Ring Gilnid · The Deadmines
- 9 Totemic Clan Ring Revenge of Gann · Quest (Horde)
- 10 Band of the Fist Allegiance to the Old Gods · Quest (Horde)
Trinket 1 Minor Recombobulator Engineering · Crafted 9
- 2 Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering · Crafted
- 3 Rune of Duty Source not listed
- 4 Rune of Perfection Source not listed
- 5 Lookie's Spyglass Cookie · The Deadmines
- 6 Crystal of Zin-Malor Source not listed
- 7 Greater Insignia of the Alliance Source not listed
- 8 Greater Insignia of the Horde Source not listed
- 9 Insignia of the Alliance Rank 6 · PvP Rank
- 10 Insignia of the Horde Rank 6 · PvP Rank
Trinket 2 Gnomish Universal Remote Engineering · Crafted 9
- 1 Minor Recombobulator Engineering · Crafted
- 3 Rune of Duty Source not listed
- 4 Rune of Perfection Source not listed
- 5 Lookie's Spyglass Cookie · The Deadmines
- 6 Crystal of Zin-Malor Source not listed
- 7 Greater Insignia of the Alliance Source not listed
- 8 Greater Insignia of the Horde Source not listed
- 9 Insignia of the Alliance Rank 6 · PvP Rank
- 10 Insignia of the Horde Rank 6 · PvP Rank
Main Hand Staff of Westfall The Defias Brotherhood · Quest (Alliance) 9
- 2 The Stitcher Ruins of Lordaeron Quest · Quest Reward
- 3 Living Root Verdan the Everliving · Wailing Caverns
- 4 Trogg Scepter Source not listed
- 5 Kris of Orgrimmar Hidden Enemies · Quest
- 6 Staff of the Blessed Seer Trash drop · Blackfathom Deeps
- 7 Coldspire Staff Rath'mael · Ruins of Lordaeron
- 8 Evocator's Blade Trash drop · Blackfathom Deeps
- 9 Gnarled Necromancer's Staff Ruins of Lordaeron Quest · Quest Reward
- 10 Crescent Staff Leaders of the Fang · Quest (Horde)
Off Hand Skum's Bucket Skum · Wailing Caverns 9
- 2 Dwarven Tome Halls of Thane Quest · Quest Reward
- 3 Defective Samophlange Ratchet - Honored · Reputation
- 4 Expended Apothecary Vial Source not listed
- 5 Mathystra Channeling Orb Source not listed
- 6 Onu's Patience Source not listed
- 7 Bouquet of Auberdine Flowers Source not listed
- 8 Grayson's Torch The Coastal Menace · Quest
- 9 Seer's Fine Stein World drop
- 10 Apothecary's Concoction Source not listed
Ranged Mystic Mushroom Enchanting · Crafted 2
- 2 Mark of Urs'endris Source not listed
- 3 Unbalanced Idol Source not listed
Where the list sends you
- 7 Crafted of 44 on the list
- 2 Vendor of 7 on the list
- 2 Quest (Alliance) of 7 on the list
- 1 Quest (Horde) of 19 on the list
- 1 Wailing Caverns of 6 on the list · 10 quests
- 1 Quest of 4 on the list
- 1 Shadowfang Keep of 3 on the list · 4 quests
Alternatives only: World drop, The Deadmines, Ruins of Lordaeron, PvP Rank, Quest Reward, Hall of Thanes, Darkshore, Blackfathom Deeps, Ragefire Chasm, Wetlands, Reputation.
Talents
51 points, all of them spent by level 60.
Balance
11Feral Combat
7Restoration
3321 points, which is everything the beta's level 30 cap allows.
Balance
0Feral Combat
0Restoration
21Rotation
In priority order: the first line that applies is the one you press.
- Cast
Nature's Swiftness with Healing Touch for an instant emergency heal. When activated, your next Nature spell becomes an instant cast spell. - Cast Tranquility for AoE party-wide healing. Regenerates all nearby party members within 20 yards for 91 every 2 sec for 10 sec. Druid must channel to maintain the spell.
- Cast Wild Growth for AoE party-wide healing. Heals the target and their party for 490 over 7 sec. Party members must be within 43.5 yards of target. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as Wild Growth reaches its full duration.
- Cast
Swiftmend for an instant single-target heal. Instantly heals a target with an active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of one of those spells. - Maintain Rejuvenation on as many targets as possible if large raid damage is coming. Heals the target for 32 over 12 sec.
- Maintain Rejuvenation and Regrowth on tanks. Heals the target for 32 over 12 sec.
- Cast Regrowth or Healing Touch for single-target healing. Heals a friendly target for 89 to 103 and another 91 over 21 sec.
- Cast
Nature's Swiftness with Healing Touch for an instant emergency heal. When activated, your next Nature spell becomes an instant cast spell. - Cast Tranquility for AoE party-wide healing. Regenerates all nearby party members within 20 yards for 91 every 2 sec for 10 sec. Druid must channel to maintain the spell.
- Cast
Swiftmend for an instant single-target heal. Instantly heals a target with an active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of one of those spells. - Maintain Rejuvenation on as many targets as possible if large raid damage is coming. Heals the target for 32 over 12 sec.
- Maintain Regrowth on tanks. Heals a friendly target for 89 to 103 and another 91 over 21 sec.
- Cast Regrowth or Healing Touch for single-target healing. Heals a friendly target for 89 to 103 and another 91 over 21 sec.
Races
Ranked by how many of a race's racials touch what this spec does, read out of the game's own wording and out of the weapon its gear list aims for. Those are lit; the number on the right is the count. It is a measure, not a verdict: nothing in the beta has been parsed yet, so anything stronger would be a guess.
Alliance
- 1 Skyborne Elemental Insight Read Ley Line Walk on Air Wind Blessed 1
- 2 Night Elf Elune's Light Quickness Shadowmeld Wisp Spirit 0
Horde
- 1 Skyborne Elemental Insight Skysight Walk on Air Wind Blessed 0
- 2 Tauren Plainsrunning Cultivation Endurance War Stomp 0
What Forever changed
3 new, 27 rewritten, 1 no longer taught, across the whole class. Every ability, rank by rank.
In the Restoration tree
- Wild GrowthRestoration gets a genuine group heal. Classic Druid healing was almost entirely single-target.
Elsewhere in Druid
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Omen of Clarity is baselineIt no longer costs a talent, and it now procs from spellcasting rather than melee alone. That is why it is missing from the Feral tree. -
MangleA single bleed-amplifying strike usable in both cat and bear form, which gives Feral one button that matters in either role. -
EclipseWrath and Starfire now feed each other instead of competing, turning Balance's rotation into an alternating cycle. - Damage over time can critMoonfire, Insect Swarm and Rip all benefit, which changes how Balance and Feral scale with gear.
New abilities
- LacerateLacerates the enemy target, making them bleed for 50 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.
- ReviveBrings a dead player back to life with 70 health and 135 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.
- Wild GrowthHeals the target and their party for 490 over 7 sec. Party members must be within 43.5 yards of target. The amount healed is applied quickly at first, and slows down as Wild Growth reaches its full duration.