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Badge of the Swarmguard
Badge of the Swarmguard is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 60 to 0). Channeled. It is the Use effect of a Trinket item the client lists without its name or tooltip.
Badge of the Swarmguard 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
Badge of the Swarmguard
Channeled
Requires level 60
Take on the aspect of the Swarmguard, attacking nearby enemies in a whirlwind of blades that lasts 6 sec.
Attacking all nearby enemies for normal damage.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Badge of the Swarmguard
Channeled
Take on the aspect of the Swarmguard, attacking nearby enemies in a whirlwind of blades that lasts 6 sec.
Attacking all nearby enemies for normal damage.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Raw field diff every changed column
Badge of the Swarmguard changes between Forever builds
See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →
Questions about Badge of the Swarmguard
Did Badge of the Swarmguard change in WoW Forever?
No. Badge of the Swarmguard is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 60 to 0).
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