Cursed Blade

Cursed Blade shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 4 effects, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 11 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. 5 yd range, instant cast.

Cursed Blade 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

Cursed Blade

Shadow school

5 yd range · Instant

Requires level 11

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Cursed Blade

Shadow school

5 yd range · Instant

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
baseLevel	11	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 138, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 52, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 33, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -15, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 53, "auraPeriod": 3000, "basePoints": 40, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 319, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 52, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 33, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -15, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 53, "auraPeriod": 3000, "basePoints": 40, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Cursed Blade changes between Forever builds

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

What triggers Cursed Blade

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

Questions about Cursed Blade

Did Cursed Blade change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Cursed Blade shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 4 effects, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 11 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