WoW Forever Fire Mage Guide

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2 new, 1 renamed or reworked, 4 changed and 1 removed talents since Classic; the 31-point talent stays Combustion.

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

Archived community build

Fire

Level 30 · 19 of 21 points in Fire

Fire 19Frost 2

Talents it takes

  • Accelerant5/5
  • Ignite5/5
  • Flame Throwing1/2
  • Burning Soul3/3
  • Pyroblast1/1
  • Improved Scorch3/3
  • Heating Up1/1
  • Precision2/3

Nineteen points in Fire and two in Frost for Precision, which adds hit to Fire spells as well. Accelerant, Ignite and Pyroblast; Burning Soul against pushback and threat; Improved Scorch to stack a Fire vulnerability on the target; a point of Flame Throwing for range. Heating Up, new in Forever, makes crits with Fireball, Fire Blast and Scorch shorten your next Pyroblast cast.

Posted by Foolipe on Wowhead, .

31-point talent · level 40

Combustion

Key abilities

  • 1
  • 6
  • 16
  • 22

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

Leveling a Fire Mage: 1 to 60

When each tier opens with every point in Fire, 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.

Fire Mage: 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. Razorfen Downs
  2. Mage Armor
  3. Tier 6 of Fire opensThe Drowned City

Trainer at level 30

FireballRank 6Conjure WaterRank 4Fire BlastRank 4Arcane ExplosionRank 3Amplify MagicRank 2Fire WardRank 2Ice ArmorNew abilityTeleport: DarnassusNew ability · some racesTeleport: Thunder BluffNew ability · some races

Coming up

Level 32
FrostboltRank 6Conjure FoodRank 4Arcane MissilesRank 4FlamestrikeRank 3Frost WardRank 2

All Mage abilities in WoW Forever

Talent points

21 of 51 points to spend

Following Fire by Foolipe, Wowhead (posted for level 30).

The source gives this build without a pick order, so none is made up here. By level 30 it holds:

Accelerant5/5Ignite5/5Flame Throwing1/2Burning Soul3/3Pyroblast1/1Improved Scorch3/3Heating Up1/1Precision2/3

Open this build in the WoW Forever Talent Calculator

Next tier of Fire opens at level 35 with every point in the tree.

Best gear at level 30

  • Fallen Dragon's ScepterWeapon · from level 27
  • Filigreed Flame CircletHead · from level 25
  • Stygian Bone AmuletNeck · from level 29
  • Moonlit AmiceShoulder · from level 30
  • Windsong DrapeBack · from level 26
  • Flame GownChest · from level 22
  • Spidertank OilragWrist · from level 29
  • Flame GlovesHands · from level 15
  • Warsong SashWaist · from level 24
  • Flame LeggingsLegs · from level 25
  • Fiery SlippersFeet · from level 30
  • Minor Channeling RingFinger · from level 19

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

Fire Mage BiS list at level 30 · WoW Forever Mage weapons by level

World at level 30

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
      Fireball
    2. 4
      First camp quest
    3. 6
      Fire Blast
    4. 8
      Balanced Quarterstaff
  2. Levels 10–19

    1. 10
      First talent pointAccelerant
    2. 13
      Staff of OrgrimmarDungeon: Hall of Thanes
    3. 14
    4. 15
      Tier 2 opensIgniteDungeon: Ruins of Lordaeron
    5. 16
      Flamestrike
    6. 19
      Crescent Staff
  3. Levels 20–29

    1. 20
      Tier 3 opensFlame Throwing
    2. 21
      Burning Soul
    3. 22
      Scorch
    4. 24
      PyroblastDungeon: Excavation Site: Wetlands
    5. 25
      Tier 4 opensImproved Scorch
    6. 27
      Fallen Dragon's Scepter
    7. 28
  4. Levels 30–39

    1. 30
      Tier 5 opens
    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
      Spire of TwilightThe 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 Fire Mage abilities

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

  • FireballLevel 1 Changed
  • Fire BlastLevel 6 Changed
  • FlamestrikeLevel 16 Changed
  • ScorchLevel 22 Changed

Fire Mage 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

    • Spire of Twilight+315 stats · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Thaddius · 20%

Plan every level in the weapon planner (Caster) →

Races for a Fire Mage

Racials that work with Fire talents, and why.

  • OrcHorde
    • Blood FuryWorks with Combustion

      use it together with Arcane Power or Combustion for one bigger burst window.

  • TrollHorde
    • BerserkingWorks with Combustion

      use it together with Arcane Power or Combustion for one bigger burst window.

Fire in Forever vs Classic

17 talents in Forever, 16 in Classic.

New 2

  • Accelerant
  • Heating Up

Renamed or reworked 1

  • IncinerationFormerly Incinerate; Moved from tier 3; Max rank 2 → 5

Changed 4

  • ImpactMoved from tier 1; Max rank 5 → 3
  • Burning SoulNew spot, same tier; Max rank 2 → 3
  • Improved Fire BlastMoved from tier 2; Max rank 3 → 2
  • Fire PowerMax rank 5 → 3

Removed 1

  • Improved FireballClassic tier 1 · max rank 5

Kept another way 1

  • IncinerateNow Incineration

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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