Rat Cage

Rat Cage was changed in WoW Forever: now teaches Summon Whiskers, text changed. Item level 1 Common miscellaneous. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Rat Cage tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Rat Cage

Item Level 1

Binds when picked up

Junk

Use: Right Click to summon and dismiss Whiskers the rat.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Rat Cage

Item Level 1

Binds when picked up

Holiday

Use: Right Click to summon and dismiss Whiskers the rat.

Use: Learning

"Teaches you how to summon this companion."

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	none	Teaches you how to summon this companion.
effects	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": -1, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": -1, "spellId": 28740, "spellName": "Summon Whiskers", "trigger": 0 } ]	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": -1, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": -1, "spellId": 28740, "spellName": "Summon Whiskers", "trigger": 6 }, { "categoryCooldownMs": -1, "charges": -1, "cooldownMs": -1, "spellId": 55884, "spellName": "Learning", "trigger": 0 } ]
subClassId	0	3
subclass	Junk	Holiday

Rat Cage changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Rat Cage

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Rat Cage

Was Rat Cage nerfed in WoW Forever?

Rat Cage is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown, range, durability or bag size moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: now teaches Summon Whiskers, text changed.

What changed for Rat Cage in WoW Forever?

Now teaches Summon Whiskers, text changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value