Frost Protection

Other versions of Frost Protection: all 2 versions · From Greater Frost Protection Potion

Frost Protection was changed in WoW Forever: frost damage 1350 to 2250 in Classic Era, printed 1800 in Forever (the same 1350 to 2250 roll), buff text now says "Absorbs 1800 frost damage.", duration 60 min to 2 min. Instant cast, 1 sec cooldown. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Frost Protection 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

Frost Protection

Rank 5 · Frost school

Instant · 1 sec cooldown

Requires level 40

Absorbs 1350 to 2250 frost damage. Lasts 60 min.

Absorbs 1350 to 2250 frost damage.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frost Protection

Rank 5 · Frost school

Instant · 1 sec cooldown

Absorbs 1800 frost damage. Lasts 2 min.

Absorbs 1800 frost damage.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Absorbs $s1 frost damage.	Absorbs $w1 frost damage.
baseLevel	40	0
durationIndex	42	4
durationMs	3600000	120000
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1349, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 901, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 16, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 69, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1800, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 16, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.5 } ]

Frost Protection changes between Forever builds

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

Items with Frost Protection

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

Questions about Frost Protection

Was Frost Protection nerfed in WoW Forever?

Frost Protection 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: frost damage 1350 to 2250 in Classic Era, printed 1800 in Forever (the same 1350 to 2250 roll), buff text now says "Absorbs 1800 frost damage.", duration 60 min to 2 min.

What changed for Frost Protection in WoW Forever?

Frost damage 1350 to 2250 in Classic Era, printed 1800 in Forever (the same 1350 to 2250 roll), buff text now says "Absorbs 1800 frost damage.", duration 60 min to 2 min. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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