Frostbite

Frostbite, a Mage Frost ability, was changed in WoW Forever: Rank 1 chance 5% in Classic Era, 15% in Forever. Rank 1 differs from Classic Era. Rank 1: requires level 1 (chance 5% in Classic Era, 15% in Forever, tooltip now says "Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.", rank text Rank 1 to none). Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Mage talent Frostbite. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Frost · Rank 1 changed

Frostbite tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Frostbite

Rank 1 · Frost school

Gives your Chill effects a 5% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbite

Changed: Frost school

Requires level 1

Changed: Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.

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
baseLevel	0	1
description	Gives your Chill effects a $s1% chance to freeze the target for $12494d.	Gives your Chill effects a $s1% chance to Freeze the target for $12494d.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 109, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 12494, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 42, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 15, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 12494, "variance": 0 } ]
procChance	101	100
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Frost · Rank 2 unchanged

Frostbite (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2: same text.

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Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Frostbite

Rank 2 · Frost school

Gives your Chill effects a 10% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbite

Frost school

Requires level 1

Gives your Chill effects a 10% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.

Shown at rank 2 of 3.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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Spell · Frost · Rank 3 unchanged

Frostbite (Rank 3) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 3 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 3: same text.

Change rank

Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3

of 3

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Frostbite

Rank 3 · Frost school

Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to freeze the target for 5 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Frostbite

Frost school

Requires level 1

Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.

Shown at rank 3 of 3.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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

What changed for Frostbite in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed chance 5% in Classic Era, 15% in Forever, tooltip now says "Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec.", rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 unchanged rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it reads the same as Classic Era
• Rank 3 unchanged rank 3 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it reads the same as Classic Era

Frostbite changes between Forever builds

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