Improved Moonfire, a WoW Forever Druid talent, in words
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Improved MoonfireA Balance Druid talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Balance tree (level 15), 2 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was 5 ranks, now 2). 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.
Improved Moonfire opens at level 15, after 5 points in Balance.
Changed from ClassicRow 2 of 7 in the Balance tree, column 2.
Lv 15the earliest level
2ranks, passive
31%of Druid builds take it
What it does Balance row 2
- Improved Moonfire2 ranks · passiveRequires 5 points in Balance Talents (level 15).Rank 1: Increases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 5%.Rank 2: Increases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 10%.Changed from Classic (was 5 ranks, now 2). Classic rank 1: Increases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 2%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 2%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases the damage and critical strike chance of your Moonfire spell by 5%.
- Alsowas 5 ranks, now 2.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 31% of Druid buildsTaken in 31% of the 21,235 Druid builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.
- 97% of Balance buildsTaken in 97% of the 3,890 builds that lead in Balance, its own tree.
- 5% of Feral Combat buildsTaken in 5% of the 12,299 builds that lead in Feral Combat.
- 46% of Restoration buildsTaken in 46% of the 5,046 builds that lead in Restoration.
- 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.
Around it in the Balance tree
- Unlocks
Vengeance: it needs Improved Moonfire at max rank. - Same row (5 points in Balance, level 15)
Moonglow, 
Nature's Majesty, 
Nature's Reach. - Row above (level 10)
Improved Wrath, 
Genesis. - Row below (level 20)
Improved Entangling Roots, 
Nature's Splendor. - Gone from Classic BalanceNature's Grasp, Improved Nature's Grasp, Natural Weapons, Improved Thorns, Omen of Clarity.
Every Balance talent 16
Improved WrathGenesisMoonglowImproved MoonfireNature's MajestyNature's ReachImproved Entangling RootsNature's Splendor
Insect SwarmVengeance
Improved Starfire
Overgrowth
Nature's Grace
Eclipse
Moonfury
Moonkin Formnewchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Balance talents as a list row by row
- Improved Wrathrow 1
- Genesisrow 1
- Moonglowrow 2
- Improved Moonfirerow 2
- Nature's Majestyrow 2
- Nature's Reachrow 2
- Improved Entangling Rootsrow 3
- Nature's Splendorrow 3
- Insect Swarmrow 4
- Vengeancerow 4
- Improved Starfirerow 4
- Overgrowthrow 5
- Nature's Gracerow 5
- Eclipserow 5
- Moonfuryrow 6
- Moonkin Formrow 7
The other two trees
Feral Combat talents
Restoration 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 Improved Moonfire in the Druid calculator.