Penance

Penance, a Priest Discipline ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 4 of 4 ranks differ from Classic Era, 3 of them new. Rank 4: 40 yd range, instant cast, requires level 60. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Spell · Holy · Rank 1 changed

Penance (Rank 1) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Penance

Holy school

16% of base mana · 40 yd range · Channeled · 12 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing level-scaled Holy damage to an enemy, or level-scaled healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Penance

Changed: Rank 1 · Holy school

Changed: 150 Mana · 40 yd range · Channeled · 12 sec cooldown

Changed: Requires level 30

Changed: Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 42 Holy damage to an enemy, or 126 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: spellLevel (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	30
categoryRecoveryTimeMs	0	12000
description	Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing ${$<damagepower>*$402284m1/100} Holy damage to an enemy, or ${$<healpower>*$402289m1/100} healing to an ally, instantly and every $402261t2 sec for $402261d.	Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing $402284s1 Holy damage to an enemy, or $402289s1 healing to an ally, instantly and every $402261t2 sec for $402261d.
powerCost	0	150
powerCostPct	16	0
rangeIndex	500	556
recoveryTimeMs	12000	0
spellLevel	1	30
subtext	none	Rank 1
descriptionVariables	$damagepower=${9.456667+0.635108*$PL+0.039063*$PL*$PL} $healpower=${38.258376+0.904195*$PL+0.161311*$PL*$PL}	none

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

Spell · Holy · Rank 2 added

Penance (Rank 2) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Penance

Rank 2 · Holy school

220 Mana · 40 yd range · Channeled · 12 sec cooldown

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 50 Holy damage to an enemy, or 200 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

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

Spell · Holy · Rank 3 added

Penance (Rank 3) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Penance

Rank 3 · Holy school

270 Mana · 40 yd range · Channeled · 12 sec cooldown

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 68 Holy damage to an enemy, or 268 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

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

Spell · Holy · Rank 4 added

Penance (Rank 4) tooltip in WoW Forever

New in Forever. There is no Classic Era record to compare.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026

Penance

Rank 4 · Holy school

40 yd range · Instant

Healing for 425 every 1 sec for 2 sec.

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What changed for Penance in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed required level increased from 1 to 30, cost changed from 16% of base mana to 150 Mana, tooltip text changed, rank text none to Rank 1, updated description variables
• Rank 2 added new in WoW Forever
• Rank 3 added new in WoW Forever
• Rank 4 added new in WoW Forever

Penance changes between Forever builds

Other client rows with this name and rank

The client ships more than one row for some ranks of Penance (an internal or triggered twin sharing the name and rank). The row with the in-game description is shown above; the others keep their own page.

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