Bear Form

Bear Form, a Druid Feral Combat ability, was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180.", buff text now says "Increases Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180." 55% of base mana, instant cast, requires level 10. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Bear Form 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

Bear Form

Shapeshift · Physical school

55% of base mana · Instant

Requires level 10

Shapeshift into a bear, increasing melee attack power by 30, armor contribution from items by 180%, and health by 20. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by 30, armor contribution from items by 180%, and health by 20.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Bear Form

Shapeshift · Physical school

55% of base mana · Instant

Requires level 10

Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases melee attack power by $1178s3, armor contribution from items by $1178s1%, and health by $1178s2.	Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases Attack Power by $1178s4, Armor contribution from items by $1178s1%, and Health by $1178s2.
description	Shapeshift into a bear, increasing melee attack power by $1178s3, armor contribution from items by $1178s1%, and health by $1178s2. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.	Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by $1178s4, Armor contribution from items by $1178s1%, and Health by $1178s2. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 36, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 17, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 36, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 5, 7 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 17, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 668, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 110, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 4, "miscValue": [ 3, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Bear Form changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed added 1 effect
In the Oct 2, 2026 build (vs Sep 30, 2026): changed effect values changed, tooltip changed "Shapeshift into a bear, increasing melee attack power by 30, armor contribution from items by 180%, and health by 180." to "Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180.", buff text changed "Increases melee attack power by 30, armor contribution from items by 180%, and health by 180." to "Increases Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180."

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

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Questions about Bear Form

Was Bear Form nerfed in WoW Forever?

Bear Form 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: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180.", buff text now says "Increases Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180."

What changed for Bear Form in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed, tooltip now says "Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180.", buff text now says "Increases Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Bear Form in WoW Forever?

Bear Form is a Druid ability in WoW Forever, in the Feral Combat spellbook tab.

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