Thick Hide

This is one of several client rows named Thick Hide, not the player ability. Looking for the spell you cast? See Thick Hide →

Thick Hide is no longer a Hunter talent, and it was changed in WoW Forever: "Increases the Armor rating of your pets by 10%" in Classic Era, "Increases the Armor of your pets by 30%" in Forever, rank text Rank 1 to none. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Thick Hide 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

Thick Hide

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases the Armor rating of your pets by 10%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Thick Hide

Physical school

Increases the Armor of your pets by 30%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Increases the Armor rating of your pets by $s1%.	Increases the Armor of your pets by $s1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 9, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 30, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 8, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
subtext	Rank 1	none

Thick Hide changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Thick Hide

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

Questions about Thick Hide

Is Thick Hide still a talent in WoW Forever?

No. Thick Hide is a Hunter talent in Classic Era and is not on the WoW Forever Hunter talent tree. The WoW Forever client still has the spell, shown on this page.

Was Thick Hide nerfed in WoW Forever?

Thick Hide 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: "Increases the Armor rating of your pets by 10%" in Classic Era, "Increases the Armor of your pets by 30%" in Forever, rank text Rank 1 to none.

What changed for Thick Hide in WoW Forever?

"Increases the Armor rating of your pets by 10%" in Classic Era, "Increases the Armor of your pets by 30%" in Forever, rank text Rank 1 to none. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Thick Hide in WoW Forever?

Thick Hide is a Hunter ability in WoW Forever, in the Beast Mastery 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