Crystal Ward

Crystal Ward shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect. The client does not say what that changes in play. 30 yd range, instant cast.

Crystal Ward 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

Crystal Ward

Nature school

30 yd range · Instant

Increases the target's Armor by 200 for 30 min.

Increases armor by 200.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Crystal Ward

Nature school

30 yd range · Instant

Increases the target's Armor by 200 for 30 min.

Increases armor by 200.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: 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
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 199, "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": 200, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Crystal Ward changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect

Items with Crystal Ward

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

Questions about Crystal Ward

Did Crystal Ward change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Crystal Ward shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect.

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