Reduced Riptide Cost

Reduced Riptide Cost (Reduced Reincarnation Cooldown in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Reduces the Mana cost of Riptide by 5%." It is the Equip effect of a Relic item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Reduced Riptide Cost 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

Reduced Reincarnation Cooldown

Physical school

Reduces the cooldown of Reincarnation by 10 minutes.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Reduced Riptide Cost

Physical school

Reduces the Mana cost of Riptide by 5%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: 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
description	Reduces the cooldown of Reincarnation by $/60000;s1 minutes.	Reduces the Mana cost of Riptide by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -600001, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Reduced Reincarnation Cooldown	Reduced Riptide Cost

Reduced Riptide Cost changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

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

Questions about Reduced Riptide Cost

Was Reduced Riptide Cost nerfed in WoW Forever?

Reduced Riptide Cost is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Reduces the Mana cost of Riptide by 5%.", renamed from Reduced Reincarnation Cooldown.

What changed for Reduced Riptide Cost in WoW Forever?

Effect values changed, tooltip now says "Reduces the Mana cost of Riptide by 5%.", renamed from Reduced Reincarnation Cooldown. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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