Spells /Thick Hide

Spell · Druid · Feral Combat · Physical · Ranks 1-3

Thick Hide

Thick Hide, a Druid Feral Combat ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 3 of 3 ranks differ from Classic Era. Rank 1: requires level 1 (effect values changed, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none). Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Druid talent Thick Hide. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Thick Hide tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

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

Change rank

of 3

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Thick Hide

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 2%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Thick Hide

Physical school

Requires level 1

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 additional base Armor per level and another 1.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects, maxLevel, spellLevel (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
baseLevel	not in this client	1
description	Increases your Armor contribution from items by $s1%.	While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain $s2 additional base Armor per level and another ${$m1/100}.2 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 142, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 3, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
maxLevel	not in this client	60
spellLevel	not in this client	1
subtext	Rank 1	none

"not in this client" means that build's client table has no such column at all, which is not the same as a value of none. See the build page for every column each client is missing.

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 changed

Thick Hide (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2, changes marked.

Change rank

of 3

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Thick Hide

Rank 2 · Physical school

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 4%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Thick Hide

Physical school

Requires level 1

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 2 additional base Armor per level and another 1.33 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

Shown at rank 2 of 3.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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Spell · Physical · Rank 3 changed

Thick Hide (Rank 3) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 3 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 3, changes marked.

Change rank

of 3

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Thick Hide

Rank 3 · Physical school

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 6%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Thick Hide

Physical school

Requires level 1

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 additional base Armor per level and another 2.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

Shown at rank 3 of 3.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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What changed for Thick Hide in WoW Forever

Rank 1 changed effect values changed, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none
Rank 2 changed rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 2 additional base Armor per level and another 1.33 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms."
Rank 3 changed rank 3 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 additional base Armor per level and another 2.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms."

Thick Hide changes between Forever builds

In the Oct 8, 2026 build (vs Oct 7, 2026)
- Rank 1 changed effect values changed

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

Related to Thick Hide

Questions about Thick Hide

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 for Thick Hide in WoW Forever?

Rank 1: effect values changed, tooltip text changed, rank text Rank 1 to none. Rank 2: rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 2 additional base Armor per level and another 1.33 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms." Rank 3: rank 3 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 additional base Armor per level and another 2.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms." Each rank's 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 Druid ability in WoW Forever, in the Feral Combat spellbook tab.

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