Gift of Stone

Gift of Stone was changed in WoW Forever: armor 1000 in Classic Era, 4000 in Forever. Instant cast. It is the Use effect of a Staff item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Gift of Stone 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

Gift of Stone

Physical school

Instant

Requires level 55

Increases armor by 1000 for 10 sec but cannot cast spells or attack for the duration of the spell.

Increased armor by 1000 but cannot attack or cast spells.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Gift of Stone

Physical school

Instant

Increases armor by 4000 for 10 sec but cannot cast spells or attack for the duration of the spell.

Increased armor by 4000 but cannot attack or cast spells.

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	55	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 999, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 60, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4000, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 60, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 127, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Gift of Stone changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed changed the effect type on 1 of its 2 effects

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

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

Questions about Gift of Stone

Was Gift of Stone nerfed in WoW Forever?

Gift of Stone 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: armor 1000 in Classic Era, 4000 in Forever.

What changed for Gift of Stone in WoW Forever?

Armor 1000 in Classic Era, 4000 in Forever. 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