Improved Sanctuary

Improved Sanctuary, a Paladin Helm rune, was changed in WoW Forever: "increases damage done by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 20% of your shield block value" in Classic Era, 30% in Forever. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Applied by Engrave Helm - Improved Sanctuary and taught by Rune of Improved Sanctuary. Runes and engraving in WoW Forever →

Improved Sanctuary 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

Improved Sanctuary

Physical school

Increases the damage prevented by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 100%, and increases damage done by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 20% of your shield block value.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Improved Sanctuary

Physical school

Increases the damage prevented by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 100%, and increases damage done by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 30% of your shield block value.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 3, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 3, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Improved Sanctuary changes between Forever builds

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

Other client rows named Improved Sanctuary

The game client ships one more row named Improved Sanctuary (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the other keeps its own page.

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

Questions about Improved Sanctuary

Was Improved Sanctuary nerfed in WoW Forever?

Improved Sanctuary 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: "increases damage done by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 20% of your shield block value" in Classic Era, 30% in Forever.

What changed for Improved Sanctuary in WoW Forever?

"increases damage done by your Blessing of Sanctuary by 20% of your shield block value" in Classic Era, 30% in Forever. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Improved Sanctuary in WoW Forever?

Improved Sanctuary is a Paladin rune for the Helm slot in the WoW Forever client.

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