Swiftmend: WoW Forever Restoration Druid talent

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SwiftmendA Restoration Druid talent in WoW Forever: row 4 of the Restoration tree (level 25), 1 rank, active. Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 7, no longer requires Tranquil Spirit). 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.

Swiftmend opens at level 25, after 15 points in Restoration.

Changed from Classic

Row 4 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 4.

Lv 25the earliest level

1rank, active

40%of Druid builds take it

Find Swiftmend on the Restoration tree ›Every Restoration talent in words

What it does Restoration row 4

Swiftmend1 rank · activeRequires 15 points in Restoration Talents (level 25). 20% of base mana | 40 yd range | Instant | 15 sec cooldown.Instantly heals a target with your active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of the consumed spell.Changed from Classic (was Restoration row 7, no longer requires Tranquil Spirit). Classic rank 1: Consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on a friendly target to instantly heal them an amount equal to 12 sec. of Rejuvenation or 18 sec. of Regrowth.

What changed from Classic

Classic rank 1Consumes a Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on a friendly target to instantly heal them an amount equal to 12 sec. of Rejuvenation or 18 sec. of Regrowth.
WoW Forever rank 1Instantly heals a target with your active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of the consumed spell.
Alsowas Restoration row 7; no longer requires Tranquil Spirit.

Blizzard's notes build by build

SwiftmendSwiftmend: Now requires the Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect on the target to be one placed by the casting Druid. Blizzard's development notes for build 70753, 2 Nov 2026.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

40% of Druid buildsTaken in 40% of the 21,235 Druid builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.
43% of Balance buildsTaken in 43% of the 3,890 builds that lead in Balance.
16% of Feral Combat buildsTaken in 16% of the 12,299 builds that lead in Feral Combat.
97% of Restoration buildsTaken in 97% 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, 2026-10-30Rank 1 text changed. Now: Instantly heals a target with your active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of the consumed spell. Was: Instantly heals a target with an active Rejuvenation or Regrowth effect for an amount equal to the full duration of the periodic effect of one of those spells.

Around it in the Restoration tree

Same row (15 points in Restoration, level 25)Tranquil Spirit, Improved Rejuvenation.
Row above (level 20)Subtlety, Gift of Nature, Bloom.
Row below (level 30)Nature's Swiftness, Living Spirit, Improved Tranquility.
Gone from Classic RestorationImproved Mark of the Wild, Improved Enrage.

Every Restoration talent 16

Improved Rejuvenation

Swiftmend

newchangedmoved 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

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 Swiftmend in the Druid calculator.