Priest in WoW Forever
Racial spells become universal, Shadow Word: Death arrives baseline, and Shadowform stops being a damage-only cage.

Baseline changes — every Priest
These apply regardless of how you spend talent points.
NewShadow Word: DeathBaseline at level 32. Instant Shadow damage; if it does not kill the target, you take 10% of your maximum health.
ChangedFear WardAvailable to every Priest at level 20. Previously a Dwarf racial — one of the oldest balance complaints in vanilla, now gone.
ChangedDevouring PlagueAvailable to every Priest at level 20, no longer Undead-only.
ChangedDivine SpiritBaseline at level 30 instead of a talent.
ChangedPrayer of HealingHeals the target’s party and their pets, rather than only your own party.
ChangedRenewMultiple Priests can keep Renew on the same target simultaneously.
ChangedFadeThreat reduction doubled.
Discipline
HealerGains Penance and a shield-centred identity, with Divine Aegis turning critical heals into absorbs.
NewPenance21-point talent. Two-second channel on a 12-second cooldown; heals an ally or damages an enemy.
NewSoul Warding16-point talent. Cuts the cooldown and mana cost of Power Word: Shield. Requires Improved Power Word: Shield.
NewRenewed HopeRaises crit chance of direct heals on targets carrying Weakened Soul, and shortens that debuff.
NewTwin DisciplinesRow 1. Increases damage and healing from instant-cast spells.
ChangedDivine AegisCritical heals create a 12-second absorb shield. Does not stack.
ChangedMental StrengthMoved to row 4 and now raises Intellect by percentage rather than mana.
RemovedForce of WillGone. Unbreakable Will folded into Silent Resolve; Improved Power Word: Fortitude is baseline.
Holy
HealerPicks up Binding Heal and Prayer of Mending; Lightwell does not survive the trip.
NewPrayer of Mending31-point talent behind Spirit of Redemption. Heals when the target next takes damage, then jumps to up to five allies within 20 yards.
NewBinding Heal16-point talent. Heals you and your target at once, 1.5-second cast, no cooldown.
ChangedSearing LightRedesigned: increases all Holy damage and gives Holy Fire a chance to make your next Holy Nova free.
ChangedLitany of LightRefunds mana when your healing spell differs from the one you cast before it — a direct nudge away from spamming one button.
ChangedInspirationNow triggers from any non-periodic critical heal.
RemovedLightwellRemoved, along with Improved Prayer of Healing.
Shadow
DPSShadowform is the headline: all non-healing spells now work inside it.
NewDevouring ContagionRow 5. Cheapens Devouring Plague and makes it jump to an enemy within 5 yards when its host dies.
NewEarly DemiseRow 6. More Shadow Word: Death crit against targets under 20% health.
NewImproved Mind FlayRow 3. More damage and range, less self-imposed slow.
ChangedShadowformRedesigned. Every non-healing spell is usable in form, Shadow spells cost 50% less mana, and Shadow crit damage is doubled. The flat Shadow damage bonus comes down to pay for it.
ChangedVampiric EmbraceNow a 16-point talent in row 3; lasts 30 seconds on a 1-minute cooldown.
ChangedShadow WeavingOnly benefits the Priest who casts it, and the increase is smaller — the end of stacking multiple Shadow Priests for one raid buff.
Priest talents
All three trees with a calculator — from the beta client.
Priest spellbook
Every trainable spell by level and rank.
What changed vs Classic
New abilities, former runes and talent changes.
All classes
Every class and what changed.
Addons
What works, with versions.
Levelling
Skip the climb — market rates.
Market check · 2 October 2026
Levelling a Priest to 60
About 150 hours of play for a first character by community estimates, and Blizzard has announced no WoW Token or paid boost for Forever. If the Priest changes above are why you are rolling one, this is what skipping the climb costs on the pre-order market.
Market prices: pre-order listings on lfcarry.com, wowvendor.com, skycoach.gg, kingboost.net and others, checked 2 October 2026. Our own rates go up when realms open — no one can deliver Forever gold before 4 November.