Arcane Protection

Arcane Protection was changed in WoW Forever: arcane damage 1950 to 3250 in Classic Era, printed 2600 in Forever (the same 1950 to 3250 roll), buff text now says "Absorbs 2600 arcane damage.", duration 60 min to 2 min. Instant cast, 1 sec cooldown. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Arcane Protection 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

Arcane Protection

Fire school

Instant · 1 sec cooldown

Requires level 35

Absorbs 1950 to 3250 arcane damage. Lasts 60 min.

Absorbs 1950 to 3250 arcane damage.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Arcane Protection

Fire school

Instant · 1 sec cooldown

Absorbs 2600 arcane damage. Lasts 2 min.

Absorbs 2600 arcane damage.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Absorbs $s1 arcane damage.	Absorbs $w1 arcane damage.
baseLevel	35	0
durationIndex	42	4
durationMs	3600000	120000
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1949, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1301, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 64, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2600, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 64, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.5 } ]

Arcane Protection changes between Forever builds

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

Items with Arcane Protection

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Questions about Arcane Protection

Was Arcane Protection nerfed in WoW Forever?

Arcane Protection is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: arcane damage 1950 to 3250 in Classic Era, printed 2600 in Forever (the same 1950 to 3250 roll), buff text now says "Absorbs 2600 arcane damage.", duration 60 min to 2 min.

What changed for Arcane Protection in WoW Forever?

Arcane damage 1950 to 3250 in Classic Era, printed 2600 in Forever (the same 1950 to 3250 roll), buff text now says "Absorbs 2600 arcane damage.", duration 60 min to 2 min. 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