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Talents / Druid / Thick Hide
Talent · Druid · Feral Combat changed

Thick Hide

Thick Hide was changed in WoW Forever: 3 ranks (Classic had 5), rank 1 reworked: "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms." Now Druid Feral Combat talent, 3 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 3 ranks in WoW Forever (Classic Era had 5), 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

Thick Hide rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thick Hide
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 2%.

WoW Forever
Thick Hide
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

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2 points spent changed

Thick Hide rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thick Hide
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 4%.

WoW Forever
Thick Hide
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

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.

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3 points spent changed

Thick Hide rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thick Hide
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 6%.

WoW Forever
Thick Hide
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

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.

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4 points spent · not in WoW Forever removed

Thick Hide rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thick Hide
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 8%.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever has no rank 4: this talent now has 3 ranks.

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5 points spent · not in WoW Forever removed

Thick Hide rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thick Hide
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 10%.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever has no rank 5: this talent now has 3 ranks.

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Thick Hide changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 2 3
rankSpellIds [ 16929, 16930, 16931, 16932, 16933 ] [ 16929, 16930, 16931 ]
rankTexts [ "Increases your Armor contribution from items by 2%.", "Increases your Armor contribution from items by 4%.", "Increases your Armor contribution from items by 6%.", "Increases your Armor contribution from items by 8%.", "Increases your Armor contribution from items by 10%." ] [ "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.", "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.", "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." ]
rankValues [ [ 2 ], [ 4 ], [ 6 ], [ 8 ], [ 10 ] ] [ [ 1, 0.67 ], [ 2, 1.33 ], [ 3, 2 ] ]

Questions about Thick Hide

Was Thick Hide nerfed in WoW Forever?

Thick Hide is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: 3 ranks (Classic had 5), rank 1 reworked: "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms."

What changed for Thick Hide in WoW Forever?

3 ranks (Classic had 5), rank 1 reworked: "While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms." 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