Word of Thawing

Word of Thawing 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. The client also re-filed it from Miscellaneous (Junk) to Trade Goods (Other). The client does not say what that changes in play. Item level 1 Common trade goods.

Word of Thawing 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

Word of Thawing

Item Level 1

Junk

Use: Use on a Frozen Rune to melt it free.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Word of Thawing

Item Level 1

Other

Use: Use on a Frozen Rune to melt it free.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Use spell: 5 yd range · 5 sec cast

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

Field	Classic Era	Forever
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 326, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 33, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
classId	15	7
itemClass	Miscellaneous	Trade Goods
subClassId	0	11
subclass	Junk	Other

Word of Thawing changes between Forever builds

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 Word of Thawing

Did Word of Thawing change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Word of Thawing 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. The client also re-filed it from Miscellaneous (Junk) to Trade Goods (Other).

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