Dire Bear Form

Dire Bear Form, a Druid Feral Combat ability, was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Shapeshift into Dire Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600.", buff text now says "Increases Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600." 55% of base mana, instant cast, requires level 40. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Dire 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

Dire Bear Form

Shapeshift · Physical school

55% of base mana · Instant

Requires level 40

Shapeshift into a dire bear, increasing melee attack power by 120, armor contribution from items by 360%, and health by 600. 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 120, armor contribution from items by 360%, and health by 600.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Dire Bear Form

Shapeshift · Physical school

55% of base mana · Instant

Requires level 40

Shapeshift into Dire Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600. 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 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600.

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 $9635s3, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s2.	Immune to Polymorph effects. Increases Attack Power by $9635s4, Armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and Health by $9635s3.
description	Shapeshift into a dire bear, increasing melee attack power by $9635s3, armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and health by $9635s2. 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 Dire Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by $9635s4, Armor contribution from items by $9635s1%, and Health by $9635s3. 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": [ 8, 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": [ 8, 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 } ]

Dire 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 dire bear, increasing melee attack power by 120, armor contribution from items by 360%, and health by 600." to "Shapeshift into Dire Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600.", buff text changed "Increases melee attack power by 120, armor contribution from items by 360%, and health by 600." to "Increases Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600."

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

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Questions about Dire Bear Form

Was Dire Bear Form nerfed in WoW Forever?

Dire 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 Dire Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600.", buff text now says "Increases Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600."

What changed for Dire Bear Form in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed, tooltip now says "Shapeshift into Dire Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600.", buff text now says "Increases Attack Power by 120, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and Health by 600." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Dire Bear Form in WoW Forever?

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

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