Poisons

Poisons, a Rogue Poisons ability, shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client added 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 20 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. Instant cast.

Poisons 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

Poisons

Physical school

Instant

Requires level 20

You can create and mix poisons, with both found and storebought ingredients.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Poisons

Physical school

Instant

You can create and mix poisons, with both found and storebought ingredients.

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.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	20	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 47, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 47, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 118, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 40, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Poisons changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Poisons

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

Questions about Poisons

Did Poisons change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Poisons shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client added 1 effect, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 20 to 0).

Which class gets Poisons in WoW Forever?

Poisons is a Rogue ability in WoW Forever, in the Poisons spellbook tab.

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