Heart of the Wild, a WoW Forever Druid talent, in words
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Heart of the WildA Restoration Druid talent in WoW Forever: row 1 of the Restoration tree (level 10), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Feral Combat row 6, no longer requires Predatory Strikes). Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 Nov hotfixes on the Druid trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
Heart of the Wild opens at level 10, with the first talent point.
Changed from ClassicRow 1 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 3.
Lv 10the earliest level
5ranks, passive
84%of Druid builds take it
What it does Restoration row 1
- Heart of the Wild5 ranks · passiveLevel 10.Rank 1: Increases your Intellect by 2%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 4% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 2%.Rank 2: Increases your Intellect by 4%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 8% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 4%.Rank 3: Increases your Intellect by 6%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 12% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 6%.Rank 4: Increases your Intellect by 8%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 16% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 8%.Rank 5: Increases your Intellect by 10%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 20% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 10%.Changed from Classic (was Feral Combat row 6, no longer requires Predatory Strikes). Classic rank 1: Increases your Intellect by 4%. In addition, while in Bear or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 4% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 4%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your Intellect by 4%. In addition, while in Bear or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 4% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 4%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your Intellect by 2%. In addition, while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form your Stamina is increased by 4% and while in Cat Form your Strength is increased by 2%.
- Alsowas Feral Combat row 6; no longer requires Predatory Strikes.
Blizzard's notes build by build
- Heart of the WildHeart of the Wild: The talent has moved to the Restoration tree, swapping with Furor. Blizzard's development notes for build 70753, 2 Nov 2026.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 84% of Druid buildsTaken in 84% of the 21,235 Druid builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.
- 55% of Balance buildsTaken in 55% of the 3,890 builds that lead in Balance.
- 95% of Feral Combat buildsTaken in 95% of the 12,299 builds that lead in Feral Combat.
- 78% of Restoration buildsTaken in 78% of the 5,046 builds that lead in Restoration, its own tree.
- How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.
Beta build history
1 change, newest first
- Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70685, 2026-10-30Moved from Feral Combat row 1 to Restoration row 1.
Around it in the Restoration tree
- Same row (level 10)
Nature's Focus. - Row below (level 15)Naturalist,
Reflection, 
Natural Shapeshifter. - Gone from Classic RestorationImproved Mark of the Wild, Improved Enrage.
Every Restoration talent 16
Nature's FocusHeart of the WildNaturalistReflectionNatural Shapeshifter
Subtlety
Gift of Nature
Bloom
Tranquil Spirit
Improved Rejuvenation
Swiftmend
Nature's Swiftness
Living Spirit
Improved Tranquility
Improved Regrowth
Wild Growthnewchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Restoration talents as a list row by row
- Nature's Focusrow 1
- Heart of the Wildrow 1
- Naturalistrow 2
- Reflectionrow 2
- Natural Shapeshifterrow 2
- Subtletyrow 3
- Gift of Naturerow 3
- Bloomrow 3
- Tranquil Spiritrow 4
- Improved Rejuvenationrow 4
- Swiftmendrow 4
- Nature's Swiftnessrow 5
- Living Spiritrow 5
- Improved Tranquilityrow 5
- Improved Regrowthrow 6
- Wild Growthrow 7
The other two trees
Balance talents
Feral Combat talentsFrom the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 Nov server hotfixes on the Druid trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Heart of the Wild in the Druid calculator.