Toughness

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

Toughness is no longer a Warrior talent, and it was changed in WoW Forever: "Increases your armor value from items by 2%" in Classic Era, 10% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases your Armor value from items by 10%.", rank text Rank 1 to none. Requires level 1. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Toughness 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

Toughness

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases your armor value from items by 2%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Toughness

Physical school

Requires level 1

Increases your Armor value from items by 10%.

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
baseLevel	0	1
description	Increases your armor value from items by $s1%.	Increases your Armor value from items by $s1%.
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": 142, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 1, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 466, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 10, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
subtext	Rank 1	none

Toughness changes between Forever builds

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

Related to Toughness

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

Questions about Toughness

Is Toughness still a talent in WoW Forever?

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

Was Toughness nerfed in WoW Forever?

Toughness 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 your armor value from items by 2%" in Classic Era, 10% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases your Armor value from items by 10%.", rank text Rank 1 to none.

What changed for Toughness in WoW Forever?

"Increases your armor value from items by 2%" in Classic Era, 10% in Forever, tooltip now says "Increases your Armor value from items by 10%.", rank text Rank 1 to none. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Which class gets Toughness in WoW Forever?

Toughness is a Warrior ability in WoW Forever, in the Protection 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