Scarlet Bulwark

Scarlet Bulwark shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 2 effects. The client does not say what that changes in play. Instant cast.

Scarlet Bulwark tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Scarlet Bulwark

Physical school

Instant

Increase Defense by 20 and Armor by 750 for 10 sec.

Defense increased by 20. Armor increased by 750.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Scarlet Bulwark

Physical school

Instant

Increase Defense by 20 and Armor by 750 for 10 sec.

Defense increased by 20. Armor increased by 750.

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
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 30, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 95, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 22, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 750, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 30, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 20, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 95, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 674, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 750, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Scarlet Bulwark changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 16, 2026 (70425) build (vs Oct 14, 2026): changed changed the effect type on 1 of its 2 effects

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

Questions about Scarlet Bulwark

Did Scarlet Bulwark change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Scarlet Bulwark shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed the effect type on 1 of its 2 effects.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Sep 29, 2026 (1.15.9.70003) ·synced Oct 22, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value