Sanctified Orb

Sanctified Orb was nerfed in WoW Forever: cooldown increased from 0 sec to 60 sec, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Restores 340 Mana." and "This effect is doubled in Wasteland and Haunted areas.", buff text removed: "Critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks increased by 3%.", duration changed. Now instant cast, 60 sec cooldown. It is the Use effect of a Trinket item the client lists without its name or tooltip. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Sanctified Orb 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

Sanctified Orb

Holy school

Instant

Increases your critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks by 3%. Lasts 25 sec.

Critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks increased by 3%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Sanctified Orb

Holy school

Instant · 60 sec cooldown

Restores 340 Mana. This effect is doubled in Wasteland and Haunted areas.

Removed in Forever

Critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks increased by 3%.

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
auraDescription	Critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks increased by $s1%.	none
categoryRecoveryTimeMs	0	60000
description	Increases your critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks by $s1%. Lasts $d.	Restores $s1 Mana. This effect is doubled in Wasteland and Haunted areas.
durationIndex	63	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 52, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 57, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 340, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 30, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.125 } ]

Sanctified Orb 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 Sanctified Orb

Was Sanctified Orb nerfed in WoW Forever?

Yes. Sanctified Orb was nerfed in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era: cooldown increased from 0 sec to 60 sec, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Restores 340 Mana." and "This effect is doubled in Wasteland and Haunted areas.", buff text removed: "Critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks increased by 3%.", duration changed.

What changed for Sanctified Orb in WoW Forever?

Cooldown increased from 0 sec to 60 sec, not graded: effect values changed, tooltip now says "Restores 340 Mana." and "This effect is doubled in Wasteland and Haunted areas.", buff text removed: "Critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks increased by 3%.", duration changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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