Mining

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Mining shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects (0 to 1). The client does not say what that changes in play. 5 yd range, 3.2 sec cast.

Mining 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

Mining

Expert · Physical school

5 yd range · 3.2 sec cast

A more advanced level of mining. Gives a potential mining skill of 225.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Mining

Expert · Physical school

5 yd range · 3.2 sec cast

A more advanced level of mining. Gives a potential mining skill of 225.

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.

How to learn Mining: Mining recipe

Learned as a Mining recipe. The recipe row changed in WoW Forever; its own changes are listed below. Source: trainer.

Recipe changes every changed column on the recipe row

Field	Classic Era	Forever
supercedesSpell	2576	none

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 33, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 3, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 5, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 118, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 186, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 33, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 3, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 5, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 118, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 186, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Mining changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Mining

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

Questions about Mining

Did Mining change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Mining shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed a value the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects (0 to 1).

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