Draught of Tongues

Draught of Tongues (Elixir of Tongues in Classic Era) was buffed in WoW Forever: cast time reduced from 3 sec to instant, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip text added: "Allows you to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction for 60 min.", buff text added: "Able to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction.", duration changed, and 2 more changes. Now instant cast. It is the Use effect of a Consumable item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Draught of Tongues 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

Elixir of Tongues

Physical school

3 sec cast

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Draught of Tongues

Physical school

Instant

Allows you to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction for 60 min.

Able to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: the displayed icon was reassigned, and 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	none	Able to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction.
castTimeMs	3000	0
castingTimeIndex	14	1
description	none	Allows you to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction for $d.
durationIndex	0	42
durationMs	not in this client	3600000
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 24, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 244, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 244, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 299, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
iconFileId	136235	134743
name	Elixir of Tongues	Draught of Tongues

"not in this client" means that build's client table has no such column at all, which is not the same as a value of none. See the build page for every column each client is missing.

Draught of Tongues changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Draught of Tongues

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

Questions about Draught of Tongues

Was Draught of Tongues nerfed in WoW Forever?

No. Draught of Tongues was buffed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: cast time reduced from 3 sec to instant, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip text added: "Allows you to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction for 60 min.", buff text added: "Able to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction.", duration changed, and 2 more changes.

What changed for Draught of Tongues in WoW Forever?

Cast time reduced from 3 sec to instant, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip text added: "Allows you to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction for 60 min.", buff text added: "Able to comprehend the common language of the opposite faction.", duration changed, and 2 more changes. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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