Arcane Mind, a WoW Forever Mage talent, in words
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Arcane MindAn Arcane Mage talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Arcane tree (level 30), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Arcane row 5
Arcane Mind5 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Arcane Talents (level 30).Rank 1: Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%.Rank 2: Increases your Intellect by 4% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 40%.Rank 3: Increases your Intellect by 6% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 60%.Rank 4: Increases your Intellect by 8% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 80%.Rank 5: Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases your maximum Mana by 2%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your maximum Mana by 2%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your Intellect by 2% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20%.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 25% of Mage buildsTaken in 25% of the 21,981 complete Mage builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 96% of Arcane buildsTaken in 96% of the 5,783 builds that lead in Arcane, its own tree.
- 0% of Fire buildsTaken in 0% of the 6,467 builds that lead in Fire.
- 1% of Frost buildsTaken in 1% of the 9,731 builds that lead in Frost.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Around it in the Arcane tree
- Same row (20 points in Arcane, level 30)Presence of Mind.
- Row above (level 25)Arcane Shielding, Improved Counterspell, Arcane Meditation, Missile Barrage.
- Row below (level 35)Arcane Instability.
- Gone from Classic ArcaneMagic Attunement.
Every Arcane talent 18
- Wand Specializationrow 1
- Arcane Focusrow 1
- Improved Channelingrow 1
- Arcane Subtletyrow 2
- Magic Absorptionrow 2
- Arcane Concentrationrow 2
- Arcane Resiliencerow 2
- Arcane Geometryrow 3
- Arcane Impactrow 3
- Arcane Blastrow 3
- Arcane Shieldingrow 4
- Improved Counterspellrow 4
- Arcane Meditationrow 4
- Missile Barragerow 4
- Presence of Mindrow 5
- Arcane Mindrow 5
- Arcane Instabilityrow 6
- Arcane Powerrow 7
Every Fire talent 17
- Wake of Firerow 1
- Incinerationrow 1
- Improved Fireballrow 1
- Igniterow 2
- Flame Throwingrow 2
- Impactrow 2
- Burning Soulrow 3
- Improved Flamestrikerow 3
- Pyroblastrow 3
- Improved Scorchrow 4
- Improved Fire Wardrow 4
- Hot Streakrow 4
- Master of Elementsrow 4
- Critical Massrow 5
- Blast Waverow 5
- Fire Powerrow 6
- Combustionrow 7
Every Frost talent 19
- Frost Wardingrow 1
- Improved Frostboltrow 1
- Elemental Precisionrow 1
- Ice Shardsrow 2
- Permafrostrow 2
- Improved Frost Novarow 2
- Frostbiterow 2
- Piercing Icerow 3
- Frost Channelingrow 3
- Ice Lancerow 3
- Improved Blizzardrow 3
- Arctic Reachrow 4
- Ice Blockrow 4
- Shatterrow 4
- Improved Cone of Coldrow 5
- Cold Snaprow 5
- Fingers of Frostrow 5
- Winter's Chillrow 6
- Ice Barrierrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Arcane Mind in the Mage calculator, read every Mage talent in words (Fire and Frost too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks. What changed for Mages since Classic tells the whole story.