Petrification

Petrification is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 4 to 0; spell level 4 to 0). Instant cast.

Petrification 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

Petrification

Nature school

Instant

Requires level 4

You turn to stone, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 1 min, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells. You can only have the effect of one flask at a time.

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Immune to all attacks and spells. Cannot attack, move or use spells.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Petrification

Nature school

Instant

You turn to stone, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 1 min, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells. You can only have the effect of one flask at a time.

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Immune to all attacks and spells. Cannot attack, move or use spells.

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: spellLevel (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Petrification changes between Forever builds

Items with Petrification

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

Questions about Petrification