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Guardian Effect

Guardian Effect shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 35 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. Instant cast.

Guardian Effect 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
Guardian Effect
Physical school
Instant
Requires level 35
Increases Armor by 350.
Increased armor.
Forever Oct 22, 2026
Guardian Effect
Physical school
Instant
Increases Armor by 350.
Increased armor.
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 35 0
effects [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 349, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ] [ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 350, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Guardian Effect changes between Forever builds

What triggers Guardian Effect

Guardian

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

Questions about Guardian Effect

Did Guardian Effect change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Guardian Effect shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 35 to 0).

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