Spell · Holy internal
Decay
Other versions of Decay: all 3 versions · #446393 · #450110
Decay is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 50 to 0). It is the Equip effect of a Trinket item the client lists without its name or tooltip.
Decay 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
Decay
Requires level 50
Spells and attacks sometimes leech 40 health from the target, and apply a stack of Decay. When decay reaches 5 stacks, the target takes 225 to 375 damage.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Decay
Changed: Spells and attacks sometimes leech 40 health from the target, and apply a stack of Decay. When decay reaches 5 stacks, the target takes 300 damage.
changed value added in Forever removed in Forever
Raw field diff every changed column
Decay changes between Forever builds
See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →
Questions about Decay
Did Decay change in WoW Forever?
No. Decay is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 50 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