Mechanical Dragonling

Mechanical Dragonling was changed in WoW Forever: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip drops "It requires an hour to cool down before it can be used again." Instant cast, 60 min cooldown. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Mechanical Dragonling 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

Mechanical Dragonling

Physical school

Instant · 3600 sec cooldown

Activates your Mechanical Dragonling to fight for you for 1 min. It requires an hour to cool down before it can be used again.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Mechanical Dragonling

Physical school

Instant · 3600 sec cooldown

Activates your Mechanical Dragonling to fight for you for 1 min.

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	Activates your Mechanical Dragonling to fight for you for $d. It requires an hour to cool down before it can be used again.	Activates your Mechanical Dragonling to fight for you for $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 28, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2678, 5121 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 28, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 2678, 6853 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Mechanical Dragonling changes between Forever builds

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

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Questions about Mechanical Dragonling

Was Mechanical Dragonling nerfed in WoW Forever?

Mechanical Dragonling 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: effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip drops "It requires an hour to cool down before it can be used again."

What changed for Mechanical Dragonling in WoW Forever?

Effect type changed behind the tooltip, tooltip drops "It requires an hour to cool down before it can be used again." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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