Scarlet Illusion

Scarlet Illusion shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed effect parameters the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects. The client does not say what that changes in play. Instant cast.

Scarlet Illusion 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

Scarlet Illusion

Arcane school

Instant

Use to disguise yourself as a member of the Scarlet Crusade.

Disguised as a member of the Scarlet Crusade.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Scarlet Illusion

Arcane school

Instant

Use to disguise yourself as a member of the Scarlet Crusade.

Disguised as a member of the Scarlet Crusade.

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": 139, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 56, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 56, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 11054, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 139, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 4, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 56, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 56, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 11054, 15 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Scarlet Illusion changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 8, 2026 build (vs Oct 7, 2026): changed changed effect parameters the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects

Items with Scarlet Illusion

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

Questions about Scarlet Illusion

Did Scarlet Illusion change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Scarlet Illusion shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed effect parameters the tooltip never prints on 1 of its 2 effects.

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