WoW Forever Restoration Druid Guide

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3 new, 1 renamed or reworked, 8 changed and 0 removed talents since Classic; the 31-point talent is new: Wild Growth.

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“Restoration Druid” means most of your 51 talent points go into Restoration. Forever keeps Classic’s three open trees, so you can mix them.

Archived community build

Restoration: “The Reflective”

Level 20 · 11 of 11 points in Restoration

Restoration 11

Talents it takes

  • Nature's Focus5/5
  • Naturalist5/5
  • Reflection1/3

Nature’s Focus limits spell pushback, five points in Naturalist shorten Healing Touch and increase all damage by 10%, and one point in Reflection keeps some Mana regeneration while casting. Naturalist also shortens Wild Growth’s cast time once you learn it.

Posted by Frankensteak on Wowhead, .

31-point talent · level 40

Wild Growth

Key abilities

  • 1
  • 4
  • 12
  • 30

Historical beta examples, checked for valid points against the current tree. They have not been revalidated as live leveling or endgame recommendations.

Leveling a Restoration Druid: 1 to 60

When each tier opens with every point in Restoration, when the build takes its talents, when the trainer teaches the key abilities, the best weapon to pick up every few levels, and what the world opens at each level: camping, the new dungeons, Dual Specialization and the raids.

Restoration Druid: what each level brings

Drag the level: trainer ranks, the talent point, the best gear, mounts and dungeons of that level, for the race and professions picked above.

Next milestones
  1. Soothe AnimalStormwind Stockades
  2. Ferocious BiteRakeRemove CurseExcavation Site: WetlandsGnomereganRazorfen Kraul
  3. Tier 4 of Restoration opens

Trainer at level 20

Healing TouchRank 4Mark of the WildRank 3Demoralizing RoarRank 2Cat FormNew abilityClawNew abilityOmen of ClarityNew abilityProwlNew abilityRebirthNew abilityRipNew abilityShredNew abilityStarfireNew ability

Coming up

Level 22
WrathRank 4MoonfireRank 4RejuvenationRank 4Soothe AnimalNew ability

All Druid abilities in WoW Forever

Talent points

11 of 51 points to spend

Following Restoration: “The Reflective” by Frankensteak, Wowhead (posted for level 20).

The source gives this build without a pick order, so none is made up here. By level 20 it holds:

Nature's Focus5/5Naturalist5/5Reflection1/3

Open this build in the WoW Forever Talent Calculator

Next tier of Restoration opens at level 25 with every point in the tree.

Best gear at level 20

  • Crescent StaffWeapon · from level 19
  • Pristine CircletHead · from level 20
  • Sylvan CloakBack · from level 19
  • Wisdom's Leather ArmorChest · from level 15
  • Owl BracersWrist · from level 20
  • Pristine GlovesHands · from level 15
  • Pristine SashWaist · from level 17
  • Wisdom's Leather PantsLegs · from level 20
  • Wisdom's Leather BootsFeet · from level 17
  • Minor Channeling RingFinger · from level 19

Top pick per slot by the BiS list's default weights for this path.

Restoration Druid BiS list at level 20 · WoW Forever Druid weapons by level

World at level 20

Dungeons opening now

Dungeons in your range

Racials

Pick a race above to see its racials.

Camp objects of your professions

Pick up to 2 professions above.

Trainer levels: current Forever client, build 1.60.1.70888. Gear: the BiS list's weights and the weapon planner's upgrade path, with quests, dungeons, vendors and crafted items only. Training costs and the level a profession tier opens at are not in the client data, so neither is shown.

  1. Levels 1–9

    1. 1
      Healing Touch
    2. 4
      RejuvenationFirst camp quest
    3. 8
      Balanced Quarterstaff
  2. Levels 10–19

    1. 10
      First talent pointNature's Focus
    2. 12
      Regrowth
    3. 13
      Staff of OrgrimmarDungeon: Hall of Thanes
    4. 14
    5. 15
      Tier 2 opensNaturalistDungeon: Ruins of Lordaeron
    6. 19
      Crescent Staff
  3. Levels 20–29

    1. 20
      Tier 3 opensReflection
    2. 24
    3. 25
      Tier 4 opens
    4. 27
      Fallen Dragon's Scepter
    5. 28
  4. Levels 30–39

    1. 30
      Tier 5 opensTranquility
    2. 35
      Tier 6 opensGreatstaff of the NecrokhansDungeon: The Drowned City
  5. Levels 40–49

    1. 40
    2. 45
      Radiant Staff
    3. 48
  6. Levels 50–60

    1. 55
    2. 56
      Guiding Stave of Wisdom
    3. 58
    4. 60
      Atiesh, Greatstaff of the GuardianThe first three raidsAll 51 points spent

This page gives the talents level by level, not the quests to do; two paid addons plan leveling routes inside the game, compared in Zygor vs RestedXP for WoW Forever (the comparison contains affiliate links).

Key Restoration Druid abilities

Trainer abilities a Restoration Druid leans on, with the level they’re taught and what the client snapshot changed.

  • Healing TouchLevel 1 Changed
  • RejuvenationLevel 4 Changed
  • RegrowthLevel 12 Changed
  • TranquilityLevel 30 Changed

Restoration Druid weapons by level

The top Caster pick in each band of ten levels, from quests, dungeons, vendors and crafting.

  1. Levels 1–10

    • Balanced Quarterstaff+4 stats · Lv ~8NewQuest Return to Valanaar
  2. Levels 11–20

    • Crescent Staff+21 stats · Lv 19Quest Leaders of the Fang · Wailing Caverns · lv 22
  3. Levels 21–30

    • Fallen Dragon's Scepter+24 stats · Lv ~27NewQuest Stopping the Cycle
  4. Levels 31–40

    • Greatstaff of the Necrokhans+34 stats · Lv 35NewQuest Khan Jehn
  5. Levels 41–50

    • Radiant Staff+38 stats · Lv 45NewCrafted Enchanting
  6. Levels 51–60

    • Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian+383 stats · Lv 60ChangedQuest Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian · Tanaris · lv 60

Plan every level in the weapon planner (Caster) →

Races for a Restoration Druid

No racial works with a Restoration talent in particular, so any race that can be a Druid is fine.

Restoration in Forever vs Classic

16 talents in Forever, 15 in Classic.

New 3

  • Bloom
  • Living Spirit
  • Wild Growth

Renamed or reworked 1

  • NaturalistReworked from Improved Healing Touch and Natural Weapons

Changed 8

  • Nature's FocusMoved from tier 2
  • Heart of the WildMoved from Feral Combat
  • ReflectionMoved from tier 3
  • Natural ShapeshifterMoved from Balance
  • SubtletyNew spot, same tier; Max rank 5 → 3
  • Gift of NatureMoved from tier 5
  • Improved RejuvenationNew spot, same tier
  • SwiftmendMoved from tier 7

Removed 0

None

Kept another way 3

  • Improved Healing TouchNow Naturalist
  • Improved Mark of the WildBaseline now, no talent point needed
  • Improved EnrageBaseline now, no talent point needed

Still unconfirmed

  • Talents and class abilities use the current calculator data. Weapons and other supporting datasets retain the source builds shown below.
  • The community examples below are historical level-30 beta builds, not complete level-60 or live leveling guides.

Sources

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