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Zierhut interview: Auction House deposit dropping to 1 copper, Shaman talents revisited early next year

The Shaman Restoration talent tree painting from the WoW Forever client

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In an interview with the content creator Crix, Principal Game Designer Kris Zierhut said the Auction House minimum deposit will drop from 1 silver back to 1 copper soon, and that Shaman talents will be looked at again no sooner than early next year. Both reach us through Wowhead.

Principal Game Designer Kris Zierhut sat down with the content creator Crix and talked about two things players have been asking about: the Auction House deposit, and the state of Shaman. Wowhead wrote up both from that interview.

These are Zierhut's words from an interview with Crix, quoted by Wowhead. They aren't a Blizzard blue post or development notes, and nothing in the game files has changed yet. We quote him as Wowhead's write-ups show it.

Auction House deposit dropping to 1 copper

When Forever launched, the minimum deposit for listing an item on the Auction House was 1 silver. On cheap goods that was a lot: in Classic Era many items cost a few copper to list, so a failed sale cost you almost nothing. At 1 silver a failed listing stings, and it adds up early on when money is tight. Asked about it, Zierhut said it's being changed back:

In substance, Kris Zierhut, Principal Game Designer (in an interview with Crix, reported by Wowhead) said (source): Maybe the minimum price on the Auction House should be 1 Copper, and not 1 Silver for deposits. We were just talking about that one earlier today and after talking about it with people more, yes, we're changing it…

Wowhead's quote cuts off there, but the point is clear: the minimum deposit is going from 1 silver to 1 copper, soon. No date was given. For players this means low-value items (cheap greens, stacks of early mats) are far cheaper to list, so a listing that doesn't sell barely costs you anything.

Shaman talents revisited early next year

Earlier this week, before launch, the Shaman Classic Discord shut down in protest over how the developers are handling Shaman specs in Forever, as Wowhead reported. Zierhut addressed the shutdown in the same interview:

In substance, Kris Zierhut, Principal Game Designer (in an interview with Crix, reported by Wowhead) said (source): I think some of their issues are legitimate and some of them are that they're mad they can't have improved Ghost Wolf.

Ghost Wolf is the Shaman's travel form, and a talent to improve it (so it's faster to get into) is one of the things players wanted. Wowhead reports Zierhut went on to say they're looking hard at Enhancement in particular, and that Shaman talents will be revisited, but no sooner than early next year. That's early 2027. Nothing is coming in the short term. More on the class on our Shaman page.

No dev notes or timeline for a Shaman talent pass have been posted. The "early next year" wording and the Enhancement point are Zierhut's, quoted and paraphrased by Wowhead from the Crix interview, not a Blizzard change log.

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