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Moonkin FormA Balance Druid talent in WoW Forever: row 7 of the Balance tree (level 40), 1 rank, active. Changed from Classic. 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.

Moonkin Form opens at level 40, after 30 points in Balance.

Changed from Classic

Row 7 of 7 in the Balance tree, column 2.

Lv 40the earliest level
1rank, active
11%of Druid builds take it
Find Moonkin Form on the Balance tree ›Every Balance talent in words

What it does Balance row 7

  • Moonkin Form1 rank · activeRequires 30 points in Balance Talents (level 40). 35% of base mana | Instant.Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party or raid members within 45 yards have their Critical Strike chance increased by 3%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and prevents the use of healing spells. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Transforms the Druid into Moonkin Form. While in this form the armor contribution from items is increased by 360% and all party members within 30 yards have their spell critical chance increased by 3%. The Moonkin can only cast Balance spells while shapeshifted. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

What changed from Classic

  • Classic rank 1Transforms the Druid into Moonkin Form. While in this form the armor contribution from items is increased by 360% and all party members within 30 yards have their spell critical chance increased by 3%. The Moonkin can only cast Balance spells while shapeshifted. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.
  • WoW Forever rank 1Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party or raid members within 45 yards have their Critical Strike chance increased by 3%. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and prevents the use of healing spells. The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

Blizzard's notes build by build

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

  • 11% of Druid buildsTaken in 11% of the 21,235 Druid builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.
  • 59% of Balance buildsTaken in 59% of the 3,890 builds that lead in Balance, its own tree.
  • 0% of Feral Combat buildsTaken in 0% of the 12,299 builds that lead in Feral Combat.
  • 0% of Restoration buildsTaken in 0% 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.

Beta build history

4 changes, newest first

  • Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70685, 2026-10-30Rank 1 text changed. Now: Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party or raid members within 45 yards have their Critical Strike chance increased by 3%. Was: Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party or raid members within 45 yards have their spell Critical Strike chance increased by 3%.
  • Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Rank 1 text changed. Now: Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party or raid members within 45 yards have their spell Critical Strike chance increased by 3%. Was: Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party members within 45 yards have their Critical Strike chance increased by 3%, exclusive with Leader of the Pack.
  • Build 1.60.1.70170, 2026-10-01Rank 1 text changed. Now: Shapeshift into Moonkin Form, increasing Omen of Clarity's chance to trigger by 100%, Armor contribution from items by 360%, and all party members within 45 yards have their Critical Strike chance increased by 3%, exclusive with Leader of the Pack. Was: Transforms the Druid into Moonkin Form.
1 earlier change
  • Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-16Rank 1 text changed.

Around it in the Balance tree

  • Row above (level 35)Moonfury.
  • 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 SplendorInsect SwarmVengeanceImproved StarfireOvergrowthNature's GraceEclipseMoonfuryMoonkin Form

newchangedmoved 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

The other two trees

From 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 Moonkin Form in the Druid calculator.