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Talent · Druid · Restoration changed

Naturalist

Naturalist (Improved Healing Touch in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%." Druid Restoration talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Naturalist rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Naturalist
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec.

WoW Forever
Naturalist
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%.

of 5
2 points spent changed

Naturalist rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Naturalist
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.2 sec.

WoW Forever
Naturalist
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.2 sec and increases all damage you deal by 2%.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Naturalist rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Naturalist
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.3 sec.

WoW Forever
Naturalist
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.3 sec and increases all damage you deal by 3%.

of 5
4 points spent changed

Naturalist rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Naturalist
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.4 sec.

WoW Forever
Naturalist
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.4 sec and increases all damage you deal by 4%.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Naturalist rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Naturalist
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.5 sec.

WoW Forever
Naturalist
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.5 sec and increases all damage you deal by 5%.

of 5

Naturalist changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
name Improved Healing Touch Naturalist
rankTexts [ "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.2 sec.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.3 sec.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.4 sec.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.5 sec." ] [ "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.2 sec and increases all damage you deal by 2%.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.3 sec and increases all damage you deal by 3%.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.4 sec and increases all damage you deal by 4%.", "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.5 sec and increases all damage you deal by 5%." ]
rankValues [ [ 0.1 ], [ 0.2 ], [ 0.3 ], [ 0.4 ], [ 0.5 ] ] [ [ 0.1, 1 ], [ 0.2, 2 ], [ 0.3, 3 ], [ 0.4, 4 ], [ 0.5, 5 ] ]

Questions about Naturalist

Was Naturalist nerfed in WoW Forever?

Naturalist is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%.", renamed from Improved Healing Touch.

What changed for Naturalist in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%.", renamed from Improved Healing Touch. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

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