WoW Forever Cooldown Manager
Forever ships a Cooldown Manager in the default interface. Pick your class and race to see every spell it has a row for in the beta client, in the groups the game sorts them into, and paste a talent build to hide the talents you didn’t take.
The tracked spells are read from the beta client’s tables (build 1.60.1.70291); how the feature works is from Blizzard’s beta development notes. Beta data can change before launch. Last checked .
What the WoW Forever Cooldown Manager tracks
The beta client holds 31 cooldown sets with 523 rows naming 374 different spells. Each of the nine classes has one set; Paladin has the longest list with 47 spells and Rogue the shortest with 27. 130 talents of the Forever trees have an entry, either the talent itself or the buff it gives.
- Warrior46 spells tracked16 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 0
- Paladin47 spells tracked17 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 1
- Hunter40 spells tracked17 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 0
- Rogue27 spells tracked10 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 0
- Priest35 spells tracked16 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 2
- Shaman28 spells tracked11 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 4
- Mage43 spells tracked22 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 6
- Warlock33 spells tracked17 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 2
- Druid43 spells tracked11 from talents · long cooldowns without an entry: 0
- Groups: the client sorts the rows into Essential Cooldowns, Utility Cooldowns, Tracked Buffs, Group Buffs, Items. These are the game’s own names; a spell with both a cooldown and an effect worth watching sits in two groups, which is why the tool can show it twice.
- Racials: 9 sets belong to a race and 11 more to a race and class together (Priest spells only some races learn, and Eureka!, which has a version per class), 32 racial spells in all. Pick a race in the tool to add them.
- Trinkets: 2 rows name the two trinket slots instead of a spell, so the manager follows whatever trinket you equip.
- Consumables: the table already has 3 rows for shared item cooldowns, but Blizzard’s October 8 notes say consumable support comes in a later patch, so the tool leaves them out.
- Left out: rows pointing at a spell this client has no name for: 1. They are not listed.
How to turn on the Cooldown Manager
- Off by default. Blizzard’s notes say it is enabled in Options, under the Gameplay Enhancement settings. The client’s own label for the switch is “Enable Cooldown Manager”.
- What it does: in Blizzard’s words it pulls critical information from the buff bar or action bar and places it in a fully customizable location.
- September 24 beta build: first available for Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior, Warlock, without support for spell ranks.
- October 1: Rogue and racial abilities added; the duplicate entry for each spell rank was removed.
- October 8: all classes, racial abilities and trinkets are supported. Consumables follow in a later patch.
Long cooldowns the Cooldown Manager has no entry for
Checked against every trainer ability of each class: 15 abilities with a cooldown of 30 seconds or more have no row in the table, across 5 of the nine classes. The other classes have an entry for every one of theirs. Blizzard asked testers which spells they wish were tracked by default, so this list may shrink before launch.
Paladin
- Divine Shield5 min cooldownlasts 12 sec
Protects the paladin from all damage and spells for 12 sec, but reduces all damage you deal by 50%. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
Divine Shield5 min cooldown
Priest
- Lightwell10 min cooldownlasts 3 min
Creates a holy Lightwell near the priest. Members of your raid or party can click the Lightwell to restore 1600 health over 10 sec. Being attacked cancels the effect. Lightwell lasts for 3 min or 5 charges.
Lightwell10 min cooldown - Starshards30 sec cooldownlasts 6 sec
Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 1800 Arcane damage over 6 sec.
Starshards30 sec cooldown
Shaman
- Reincarnation1 hr cooldown
Allows you to resurrect yourself upon death with 20% health and mana.
Reincarnation1 hr cooldown - Astral Recall15 min cooldownAstral Recall15 min cooldown
- Totemic Projection1 min cooldownlasts 1 sec
Relocates your active totems to the specified location.
Totemic Projection1 min cooldown - Stoneclaw Totem30 sec cooldownlasts 15 sec
Summons a Stoneclaw Totem with 486 health at the feet of the caster for 15 sec that taunts creatures within 8 yards to attack it.
Stoneclaw Totem30 sec cooldown
Mage
- Portal: Stormwind1 min cooldownlasts 1 min
Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Stormwind.
Portal: Stormwind1 min cooldown - Portal: Ironforge1 min cooldownlasts 1 min
Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Ironforge.
Portal: Ironforge1 min cooldown - Portal: Orgrimmar1 min cooldownlasts 1 min
Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Orgrimmar.
Portal: Orgrimmar1 min cooldown - Portal: Undercity1 min cooldownlasts 1 min
Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Undercity.
Portal: Undercity1 min cooldown - Portal: Darnassus1 min cooldownlasts 1 min
Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Darnassus.
Portal: Darnassus1 min cooldown - Portal: Thunder Bluff1 min cooldownlasts 1 min
Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Thunder Bluff.
Portal: Thunder Bluff1 min cooldown
Warlock
- Ritual of Doom1 hr cooldownlasts 1 min
Begins a ritual that sacrifices a random participant to summon a doomguard. The doomguard must be immediately subjugated or it will attack the ritual participants. Requires the caster and 4 additional party members to complete the ritual. In order to participate, all players must right-click the portal and not move until the ritual is complete.
Ritual of Doom1 hr cooldown - Portal of Summoning2 min cooldownlasts 2 min
Begins a ritual that creates a summoning portal. The summoning portal can be used by 2 party or raid members to summon a targeted party or raid member. The ritual portal requires the caster and 2 additional party or raid members to complete. In order to participate, all players must be out of combat and right-click the portal and not move until the ritual is complete.
Portal of Summoning2 min cooldown
Plan the rest of your character
- Decide which of the tracked talents you take: WoW Forever talent calculator. Its share link is what the tool above reads.
- What each class gains and loses, with its trainer abilities against Classic: WoW Forever classes.
- Every racial of every race, including the Skyborne: WoW Forever races.
- Put the cooldowns you watch on one button: WoW Forever macros.
- The other interface additions Classic never had: WoW Forever vs Classic.
Still unconfirmed
- The final list of tracked spells: these are beta rows and Blizzard is still collecting feedback on them
- What the flags on each row do; the page doesn’t use them
- When consumables are added, and which ones
- Whether a player can add spells that have no row