Build 1.60.1.70425: what changed in the game files

Mage, Shaman, Paladin and Priest talent tree paintings from the WoW Forever client

2026-10-16 · ForeverDB

Beta build 1.60.1.70425 landed on 16 October, replacing 1.60.1.70374. The files carry big Mage, Shaman and Priest talent reworks, Paladin's Salvation rebuilt into new trainer abilities, and a wave of tooltips reworded to read party or raid members.

Beta client build 1.60.1.70425 went up on 16 October 2026, replacing 1.60.1.70374. The files list 639 spells changed and 70 added, 35 abilities changed and 5 added, 63 talents changed and 1 removed, and 326 items changed with 20 removed. The biggest reworks sit in the Mage Arcane and Fire trees, a full shuffle of the Shaman Elemental tree, new Paladin Salvation abilities in place of the old Blessings, and Priest Shadow and Discipline talents. Many group buffs now read party or raid members where they used to say party members.

From the game files. This is what the beta client's data says changed in build 1.60.1.70425 (since 1.60.1.70374), compared by ForeverDB. It shows the files, not how things play: the server can change numbers the client doesn't show.

The short version

Mage: Arcane Blast Arcane Blast reworked, two new spells Arcane Wrath Arcane Wrath and Frost Blast Frost Blast, Critical Mass Critical Mass now 5 ranks, Missile Barrage Missile Barrage moved to tier 1.
Shaman: the Elemental tree is reshuffled with several talents renamed and moved, Chain Lightning Chain Lightning and Fire Nova Fire Nova cost less mana, and every totem now reads party or raid members.
Paladin: Blessing of Salvation and Greater Blessing of Salvation become Salvation Salvation and Mass Salvation Mass Salvation (the same spells, renamed and no longer exclusive with Blessings), and Revoke Revoke is a new trainer ability to remove them.
Priest: Devouring Plague Devouring Plague cooldown is 24 sec instead of 1 min, and Shadow and Discipline talents were renamed and reworked.
Items: five fireworks added, Blade of Hanna Blade of Hanna gains an equip effect, and two Tinkerbox items removed.
Two new zones in the files: Dalaran Skycuter and Mulgore Skycuter.

This will be a maintenance period that includes deploying and testing a new build of the game, and that build has quite a few changes and fixes. Kaivax, Community Manager

Class changes

Mage

Arcane Wrath Arcane Wrath is new, learned from the trainer at level 25 (4 ranks).
Frost Blast Frost Blast is new, learned from the trainer at level 24 (3 ranks).
Arcane Blast Arcane Blast now deals 30 to 34 Arcane damage instead of 50 to 58, grants 15% of your Intellect as Spell Damage instead of raising all other spell damage by 10%, lasts 15 sec, cast time 1.5 sec instead of 2.5 sec, coefficient 0.429 instead of 0.714. Higher ranks Arcane Blast, Arcane Blast and Arcane Blast match.
Critical Mass Critical Mass is now 5 ranks instead of 3, adding 8% at rank 4 and 10% at rank 5. Combustion Combustion now requires Critical Mass at 5/5 instead of 3/3.
Fire Power Fire Power is now 3 ranks instead of 5, reworded to scale per Fire effect on the target up to 12%.
Missile Barrage Missile Barrage moved to tier 1, column 4, needs level 10 instead of 25, and is now 2 ranks.
Improved Fire Blast renamed from Wake of Fire to Improved Fire Blast; it now reduces Fire Blast cooldown and adds range instead of a crit proc.
Winter's Chill Winter's Chill now raises Cone of Cold damage by 40% per stack instead of Ice Lance and Frostbolt crit chance.
Cone of Cold Cone of Cold now slows the first 4 targets by an extra 10% for an extra 3 sec. Ice Lance Ice Lance deals 200% increased damage to frozen targets instead of 300%.
Arcane Barrage Arcane Barrage now has a 50% chance to trigger Missile Barrage instead of 25%. Also touched: Arctic Reach Arctic Reach, Frostbite Frostbite, Heating Up Heating Up, Improved Channeling Improved Channeling and Improved Frostbolt Improved Frostbolt.

Shaman

Chain Lightning Chain Lightning costs 145 Mana at rank 1 instead of 225, scaling down through rank 4 at 315 instead of 485.
Fire Nova Fire Nova deals 30 to 36 fire damage at rank 1 instead of 48 to 56 and costs 65 Mana instead of 95, with the same pattern up to rank 5.
The Elemental tree is reshuffled: Call of Thunder leaves the tree and Earthbound Earthbound moves up from tier 5 into its tier 4 slot, Lava Burst Lava Burst moves from tier 7 to tier 5, Elemental Mastery Elemental Mastery takes the tier 7 slot, and Elemental Alacrity Elemental Alacrity (now tier 2) and Elemental Warding Elemental Warding (now tier 3) swap tiers.
Totemic Focus and Tidal Focus swapped names between Totemic Focus and Tidal Focus, and Trial by Fire renamed Improved Fire Nova to Trial by Fire. Call of Flame Call of Flame now also adds Flame Shock duration.
Stormstrike Stormstrike now costs 8% of base Mana instead of 125 Mana. Mana Tide Totem Mana Tide Totem's level field in the files changed from 25 to 1, but it is still a tier 4 talent, so you take it at level 25 as before.
New ranks in the files: Lava Burst Lava Burst Rank 4 and Mana Tide Totem Mana Tide Totem Rank 4. Lava Burst Lava Burst Rank 2 now deals 143 to 185 instead of 171 to 221 and costs 165 Mana instead of 230.
Every totem tooltip now reads party or raid members: Fire Resistance Totem Fire Resistance Totem, Flametongue Totem Flametongue Totem, Grace of Air Totem Grace of Air Totem, Strength of Earth Totem Strength of Earth Totem and Windfury Totem Windfury Totem. Sentry Totem Sentry Totem and Water Shield Water Shield had wording tidied.

Paladin

Salvation Salvation is new from the trainer at level 26, reducing a party member's threat by 30% for 1 hour. Revoke Revoke is new at level 26 to remove it.
Mass Salvation Mass Salvation is new from the trainer at level 60 (above the beta cap).
Righteous Fury Righteous Fury now increases Holy threat by 90% instead of 60%.
Seal of Righteousness Seal of Righteousness now scales with Holy spell power in its tooltip. Seal of Fury Seal of Fury rank 3 is learned at level 26 instead of 25.
Sense Undead Sense Undead no longer lists a class quest or a level. Judgement of Fury Judgement of Fury and Judgement of Righteousness Judgement of Righteousness now use a 0.429 coefficient.
Talents: Champion of the Light Champion of the Light now scales Intellect to spell damage by up to 10/20/30% instead of 20/40/60%; Reckoning Reckoning now stores up to 4 extra attacks; Shield Specialization Shield Specialization restores 4% of maximum Mana on block instead of 6%.

Priest

Devouring Plague Devouring Plague cooldown is now 24 sec instead of 1 min across all ranks. Vampiric Embrace Vampiric Embrace cooldown is 30 sec instead of 1 min.
Holy Fire Holy Fire rank 5 now adds 45 Holy damage over 10 sec instead of 65. Shadow Word: Death Shadow Word: Death cooldown is 18 sec instead of 15.
Dark Inspiration renamed Improved Fade to Dark Inspiration, now 5 ranks and a Spirit buff. Improved Mind Blast Improved Mind Blast moves up from tier 3 (level 20) to tier 2 (level 15) in place of Shadow Affinity, still 5 ranks reducing Mind Blast cooldown.
Improved Mind Flay Improved Mind Flay reworded to stack damage per instance. Devouring Contagion Devouring Contagion now jumps to 2 nearby enemies.
Divine Aegis Divine Aegis now triggers from non-periodic critical heals and shields up to 600. Mental Strength Mental Strength moved to tier 2 and now gives 2% Intellect per rank instead of 3%.
Power in Light Power in Light now counts Holy Fire or Shadow Word: Pain. Silent Resolve Silent Resolve now reduces threat from all spells. Also touched: Improved Mana Burn Improved Mana Burn, Shadow Weaving Shadow Weaving and Improved Power Word: Shield Improved Power Word: Shield.

Druid

Shred Shred is now learned at level 20 instead of 22; rank 1 adds 22 damage instead of 54, up to 80 instead of 180 at rank 5.
Moonkin Aura Moonkin Aura tooltip now reads Increases spell Critical Strike chance by 3%.
Leader of the Pack Leader of the Pack now says melee and ranged Critical Strike chance for party or raid members and drops the exclusive-with-Moonkin wording. Moonkin Form Moonkin Form now reads spell Critical Strike chance for party or raid members.
Furor Furor now restores Energy per second spent outside Bear Form or Dire Bear Form instead of outside Cat Form.

Hunter

Multi-Shot Multi-Shot is now instant instead of a 0.5 sec cast.
Dismember Dismember now reduces healing by 25% for 6 sec instead of 50% for 10 sec. Mine! Mine! now disarms for 3 sec instead of 4.
Resourcefulness Resourcefulness now gives a 50% then 100% chance in place of the old unset ?% value. Also reworded: Expose Prey Expose Prey, Predator's Edge Predator's Edge and Rapid Recuperation Rapid Recuperation.
Trueshot Aura Trueshot Aura and its higher ranks Trueshot Aura, Trueshot Aura and Trueshot Aura now read party or raid members.

Warlock

Portal of Summoning Portal of Summoning cooldown is now 1 hr instead of 2 min and costs 100% of base Mana instead of 12% (level 60, above the beta cap).
Grim Reach renamed Malediction to Grim Reach, now 2 ranks adding Affliction spell range. Shadow Mastery Shadow Mastery now adds 2% per rank instead of 1%.
Soul Link Soul Link's level field in the files changed from 40 to 1, but it is still a tier 5 talent, so you take it at level 30 as before. Destructive Reach Destructive Reach now reads Destruction spells, and Amplify Curse Amplify Curse had a value unset to ?%.

Warrior

Battle Shout Battle Shout now reads party or raid members across all ranks.
Bloodthrill Bloodthrill reworded to allow an activation of Overpower.

Items and sets

Blade of Hanna Blade of Hanna (Epic Sword) now has an equip effect: melee hits build Improving Form, and at 30 stacks inflict 490 Physical damage and raise all stats by 20 for 20 sec.
Don Julio's Band Don Julio's Band is now item level 60 instead of 65, requires level 55 instead of 60, and lists +10 Stamina and +14 Attack Power instead of +11 and +16. Don Rodrigo's Band Don Rodrigo's Band is now item level 60 instead of 65 with +6 Stamina and +5 Spell Penetration instead of +7 and +6.
Cloak of Flames Cloak of Flames now deals 7 Fire damage to attackers instead of 5. The legendary Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros likewise now deals 7 Fire instead of 5 on its equip effect (item level 80, requires level 60).
New fireworks: Blue Firework Blue Firework, Green Firework Green Firework, Red Firework Red Firework, Red Streaks Firework Red Streaks Firework and Yellow Rose Firework Yellow Rose Firework.
Set: the Violet Sorcerer's Vestments (5 pieces, level 30) had its 4-piece Mana regeneration wording tidied.

Places, dungeons and quests

Two new zones appear in the files: Dalaran Skycuter and Mulgore Skycuter.

Professions

Enchant Bracer - Lesser Intellect Enchant Bracer - Lesser Intellect now gives 3 Intellect instead of 5. Enchant Cloak - Defense Enchant Cloak - Defense now gives 30 armor instead of 60.
Recipe renames: Blue Suede Shoulders Blue Suede Shoulders, Charged Scorpid Shoulders Charged Scorpid Shoulders and Gray Leather Boots Gray Leather Boots.

Removed from the client

Paladin: only the names Blessing of Salvation and Greater Blessing of Salvation. The spells stay in the files as Salvation Salvation and Mass Salvation Mass Salvation (level 60, above the beta cap).
Priest: Shadow Affinity Shadow Affinity. Improved Mind Blast Improved Mind Blast moves up from tier 3 into its tier 2 slot.
Items: Tinkerbox: Magnetic Displacement and Tinkerbox: Nitro Boosts.

That covers the headline moves. For every change, rank by rank, including the rest of the 326 item changes, the professions and the spells, see the full changelog.