Hardiness

Hardiness, an Orc racial, was changed in WoW Forever: "Chance to resist Stun effects increased by an additional 25%" in Classic Era, "Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%" in Forever. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Hardiness 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

Hardiness

Racial Passive · Physical school

Chance to resist Stun effects increased by an additional 25%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Hardiness

Racial Passive · Physical school

Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%.

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
description	Chance to resist Stun effects increased by an additional $s1%.	Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 117, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 24, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 12, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 232, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 12, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Hardiness changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Hardiness

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

Questions about Hardiness

Was Hardiness nerfed in WoW Forever?

Hardiness 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: "Chance to resist Stun effects increased by an additional 25%" in Classic Era, "Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%" in Forever.

What changed for Hardiness in WoW Forever?

"Chance to resist Stun effects increased by an additional 25%" in Classic Era, "Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%" in Forever. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which race has Hardiness in WoW Forever?

Hardiness is an Orc racial in WoW Forever.

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