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Permafrost

Permafrost was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%." Mage Frost talent, 3 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 3 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

Permafrost rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Permafrost
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 sec and reduces the target's speed by an additional 4%.

WoW Forever
Permafrost
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%.

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2 points spent changed

Permafrost rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Permafrost
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 2 secs and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%.

WoW Forever
Permafrost
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 22% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%.

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3 points spent changed

Permafrost rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Permafrost
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 3 secs and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.

WoW Forever
Permafrost
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%.

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Permafrost changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 3 1
rankTexts [ "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 1 sec and reduces the target's speed by an additional 4%.", "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 2 secs and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%.", "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 3 secs and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%." ] [ "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%.", "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 22% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 7%.", "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%." ]
rankValues [ [ 1, 4 ], [ 2, 7 ], [ 3, 10 ] ] [ [ 11, 3 ], [ 22, 7 ], [ 33, 10 ] ]

Questions about Permafrost

Was Permafrost nerfed in WoW Forever?

Permafrost 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: "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%."

What changed for Permafrost in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 11% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 3%." 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