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WoW Forever Restoration Druid Build Guide

Every Restoration talent by row, what it does at max rank, and how the tree spends 51 points.

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Restoration holds exactly 51 points, so your whole budget fits in one tree if you want it to. Wild Growth is the capstone at 31, and Bloom now pays you when your heals run out.

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TL;DR

A Restoration build spends 31 points to reach Wild Growth; the tree holds all 51, and Living Spirit is the required talent before it.

  • CapstoneWild Growth is the row 7 Restoration talent, and it needs Living Spirit.
  • Tree sizeRestoration has 16 talents holding 51 points.
  • BloomNew 1-point talent in row 3, replacing Gift of the Earthmother.

Next: Read the Restoration guide

The Evidence3 facts

  • Bloom hotfixBlizzard's November 6 hotfixes say Bloom "will now correctly heal the target."
  • SwiftmendRequires your own Rejuvenation or Regrowth on the target, and does not consume it.
  • Wild GrowthBase cast time is now 3 seconds.
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Every Restoration Talent by Row

The layout is the live client tree for build 1.60.1.70862.Source: wago.tools: TraitNode, build 1.60.1.70862, checked Nov 8, 2026. Max-rank effects come from WoW Forever Talents' client read and Blizzard's later notes.Source: WoW Forever Talents: Druid, checked Nov 8, 2026. The order inside a row is the client's column order, not a ranking.

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RowTalentRanksEffect at max rank
1Nature's Focus570% chance to avoid interruption on Arcane and Nature casts
1Heart of the Wild5Intellect up 10%, Bear Stamina up 20%, Cat Strength up 10%
2Naturalist5Healing Touch and Wild Growth cast 0.5 sec faster, all damage up 10%
2Reflection350% of Mana regeneration continues while casting
2Natural Shapeshifter3Shapeshifting costs 30% less Mana
3Subtlety3Nature and Arcane threat down 30%
3Gift of Nature5All healing up 10%
3Bloom1Healed for 100% of Spirit when your Rejuvenation or Regrowth expires
4Tranquil Spirit5Healing Touch and Tranquility cost 10% less Mana
4Improved Rejuvenation3Rejuvenation effect up 15%
4Swiftmend1Instant heal based on your Rejuvenation or Regrowth
5Nature's Swiftness1Next Nature spell is instant
5Living Spirit3Spirit up 15%
5Improved Tranquility2Tranquility threat down 100%, cooldown down 60%
6Improved Regrowth5Regrowth crit chance up 50%
7Wild Growth1Party heal over 7 sec, front loaded

Nature's Swiftness needs Naturalist, Improved Regrowth needs Improved Rejuvenation, and Wild Growth needs Living Spirit.Source: wago.tools: TraitEdge, build 1.60.1.70862, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Point Math in Restoration

Rows 1 through 6 hold 50 points, and you need 30 of them before Wild Growth opens.Source: wago.tools: TraitCond, build 1.60.1.70862, checked Nov 8, 2026. With talents starting at level 10, your 31st point lands at level 40.Source: Blizzard: Hunter and Druid class deep dive, checked Nov 8, 2026. The client's Wild Growth rows also list ranks at levels 40, 50 and 60.Source: wago.tools: SpellLevels, build 1.60.1.70862, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Restoration is the one Druid tree that can hold all 51 points. You could stay in it entirely and fill every talent, or take the 20 points after Wild Growth and spend them in Balance or Feral. Blizzard's notes and the client don't favor one of those paths.

Three one-point milestones come before the capstone:

Group Your Talents by Job

These groups are based on the tooltips, not on any throughput test. Decide which jobs your group needs from you.

Throughput

Mana

Safety and control

Talents That Changed Since Earlier Notes

Bloom is the talent most worth reading twice. When your Rejuvenation or Regrowth expires on its own, the target heals for 100% of your Spirit, or 50% if the effect was dispelled.Source: Blizzard: Development Notes, November 2, checked Nov 8, 2026. It replaced Gift of the Earthmother, whose global cooldown reduction is gone.

moved up to row 4 and no longer eats your heal-over-time. Blizzard says the word "consume" in its tooltip was wrong, and the November 6 hotfixes corrected the tooltip.Source: Blizzard: Development Notes, November 2, checked Nov 8, 2026.Source: Blizzard: Hotfixes, November 6, checked Nov 8, 2026. The stored client text in build 1.60.1.70862 still reads "consumed spell," so go by Blizzard's description of how the spell works.Source: wago.tools: Spell, build 1.60.1.70862, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Wild Growth targets a party or raid member and places a heal over time on that player's party. It heals every second for 7 seconds, stronger at the start, with a 6 second cooldown and a high Mana cost.Source: Blizzard: Hunter and Druid class deep dive, checked Nov 8, 2026. The November 2 notes added a 3 second base cast, and Naturalist can shorten it by up to 0.5 seconds.

also doubled its damage bonus to 10%, which matters when you do damage while questing.Source: Blizzard: Development Notes, November 2, checked Nov 8, 2026. arrived in this tree from Feral in the same update.

Before You Commit

Blizzard's class note says Druid healers rely on heal-over-time spells that need more planning, and that their toolkit is more limited than a Priest's.Source: Blizzard: Hunter and Druid class deep dive, checked Nov 8, 2026. That shapes what a good build has to cover, and the Restoration rotation shows the spells in use.

Blizzard says the Legacy perk Talented unlocks talent points up to 5 levels lower than normal, and the client text keeps the 51-point maximum.Sources: Blizzard: Get to Know the Legacy System; wago.tools: Spell, build 1.60.1.70862, checked Nov 8, 2026. Dual Specialization at level 40 lets you keep a healing spec beside a questing one.Source: Blizzard: Hunter and Druid class deep dive, checked Nov 8, 2026.

Use the talent calculator to lay out your points, or see the Druid build overview to compare trees. RestedXP's WoW Forever guide covers the leveling route.

Not Announced or Unresolved

  • Stat priorityThe checked Blizzard posts and client tables do not state one for Restoration.

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Sources

  1. Blizzard: World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives, Hunter and DruidBlizzard
  2. Blizzard: WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, updated November 2Blizzard
  3. Blizzard: WoW Forever Hotfixes, November 6, 2026Blizzard
  4. wago.tools: TraitNode, build 1.60.1.70862wago.tools
  5. wago.tools: TraitNodeEntry, build 1.60.1.70862wago.tools
  6. wago.tools: TraitEdge, build 1.60.1.70862wago.tools
  7. wago.tools: TraitCond, build 1.60.1.70862wago.tools
  8. wago.tools: SpellLevels, build 1.60.1.70862wago.tools
  9. wago.tools: Spell, build 1.60.1.70862wago.tools
  10. WoW Forever Talents: DruidWoW Forever Talents
  11. Blizzard: Get to Know the World of Warcraft: Forever Legacy SystemBlizzard
  12. Community · Blizzard: Development Notes, November 2