Scroll of Protection III

Scroll of Protection III shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but its Use spell changed behind it: the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 40 to 0; filled in its cooldown columns, no cooldown on either side). The client also re-filed it from Consumable to Scrolls. The client does not say what that changes in play. Item level 40 Common consumable, requires level 30.

Scroll of Protection III 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

Scroll of Protection III

Item Level 40

Consumable

Requires Level 30

Use: Increases the target's Armor by 180 for 30 min.

Sell Price: 1s

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Scroll of Protection III

Item Level 40

Scrolls

Requires Level 30

Use: Increases the target's Armor by 180 for 30 min.

Sell Price: 1s

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Use spell: 30 yd range · Instant

Use buff: Armor increased by 180. · Lasts 30 min

Use spell changes every changed column on the spell this item casts

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	40	0
categoryRecoveryTimeMs	not in this client	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 179, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 180, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
recoveryTimeMs	not in this client	0

"not in this client" means that build's client table has no such column at all, which is not the same as a value of none. See the build page for every column each client is missing.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
subClassId	0	4
subclass	Consumable	Scrolls

Scroll of Protection III changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed Use spell: changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (filled in its cooldown columns, no cooldown on either side)

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

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

Questions about Scroll of Protection III

Did Scroll of Protection III change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Scroll of Protection III shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but its Use spell changed behind it: the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 40 to 0; filled in its cooldown columns, no cooldown on either side). The client also re-filed it from Consumable to Scrolls.

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