Earth Shield

Other versions of Earth Shield: all 2 versions · Shaman Restoration ability #408519

Earth Shield, a Shaman Restoration ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client removed 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 1 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. 5% of base mana, 40 yd range, instant cast.

This ability is the Earth Shield rune for the Pants, applied by Engrave Pants - Earth Shield and taught by Lithic Icon and Rune of Earth Shield. Runes and engraving in WoW Forever →

Earth Shield 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

Earth Shield

Nature school

5% of base mana · 40 yd range · Instant

Requires level 1

Protects the target with an earthen shield, reducing casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and causing attacks to heal the shielded target for an amount that scales with your level. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. 9 charges. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time.

Reduces casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and attacks heal the shielded target for 28.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Earth Shield

Nature school

5% of base mana · 40 yd range · Instant

Reduces casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and attacks heal the shielded target for 28.

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	1	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 28, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 149, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 126, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1000000, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 28, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 149, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 126, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Earth Shield changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Earth Shield

Talents that affect Earth Shield

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

Questions about Earth Shield

Did Earth Shield change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Earth Shield shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client removed 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 1 to 0).

Which class gets Earth Shield in WoW Forever?

Earth Shield is a Shaman ability in WoW Forever, in the Restoration spellbook tab.

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