Heart of the Lion

Heart of the Lion, a Hunter Survival ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed effect parameters the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 1 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. 8% of base mana, instant cast. It is taught by a Consumable item the client lists without its name or tooltip.

Heart of the Lion 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

Heart of the Lion

Nature school

8% of base mana · Instant

Requires level 1

The hunter invokes the heart of a lion, increasing total stats by 10% and Attack Power by 40 for all nearby allies, and increasing total stats for the Hunter by an additional 10%.

Increases Hunter's stats by 10%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Heart of the Lion

Nature school

8% of base mana · Instant

The hunter invokes the heart of a lion, increasing total stats by 10% and Attack Power by 40 for all nearby allies, and increasing total stats for the Hunter by an additional 10%.

Increases Hunter's stats by 10%.

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	1	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 137, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ -1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 226, "auraPeriod": 14000, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 137, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ -1, 31 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 226, "auraPeriod": 14000, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Heart of the Lion changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed changed effect parameters the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

Related to Heart of the Lion

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

Questions about Heart of the Lion

Did Heart of the Lion change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Heart of the Lion shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed effect parameters the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 1 to 0).

Which class gets Heart of the Lion in WoW Forever?

Heart of the Lion is a Hunter ability in WoW Forever, in the Survival spellbook tab.

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