Portal of Summoning

Portal of Summoning, a Warlock Demonology ability, was nerfed in WoW Forever: cost increased from 12% to 100%, cooldown increased from 2 min to 60 min, required level increased from 1 to 60. Now 100% of base mana, 30 yd range, channeled, 60 min cooldown, requires level 60. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Portal of Summoning 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

Portal of Summoning

Shadow school

12% of base mana · 30 yd range · Channeled · 120 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

Begins a ritual that creates a summoning portal. The summoning portal can be used by 2 party or raid members to summon a targeted party or raid member. The ritual portal requires the caster and 2 additional party or raid members to complete. In order to participate, all players must be out of combat and right-click the portal and not move until the ritual is complete.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Portal of Summoning

Shadow school

100% of base mana · 30 yd range · Channeled · 3600 sec cooldown

Requires level 60

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: maxLevel, 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	60
maxLevel	0	60
powerCostPct	12	100
recoveryTimeMs	120000	3600000
spellLevel	1	60

Portal of Summoning changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): nerfed cost increased from 12% to 100%, cooldown increased from 2 min to 60 min

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Questions about Portal of Summoning

Was Portal of Summoning nerfed in WoW Forever?

Yes. Portal of Summoning was nerfed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: cost increased from 12% to 100%, cooldown increased from 2 min to 60 min, required level increased from 1 to 60.

What changed for Portal of Summoning in WoW Forever?

Cost increased from 12% to 100%, cooldown increased from 2 min to 60 min, required level increased from 1 to 60. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Portal of Summoning in WoW Forever?

Portal of Summoning is a Warlock ability in WoW Forever, in the Demonology 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