Purification, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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PurificationA Restoration Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 6 of the Restoration tree (level 35), 5 ranks, passive. Same as Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 and 10 Nov hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
Purification opens at level 35, after 25 points in Restoration.
Same as ClassicRow 6 of 7 in the Restoration tree, column 3.
Lv 35the earliest level
5ranks, passive
13%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Restoration row 6
- Purification5 ranks · passiveRequires 25 points in Restoration Talents (level 35).Rank 1: Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 2%.Rank 2: Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 4%.Rank 3: Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 6%.Rank 4: Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 8%.Rank 5: Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 10%.Same as Classic.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 13% of Shaman buildsTaken in 13% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 0% of Elemental buildsTaken in 0% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 0% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 0% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 84% of Restoration buildsTaken in 84% of the 1,073 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.
Around it in the Restoration tree
- Row above (level 30)
Healing Way, 
Nature's Swiftness. - Row below (level 40)
Riptide. - Gone from Classic RestorationNature's Guidance, Totemic Mastery.
Every Restoration talent 16
Improved Healing Wave
Tidal Focus
Mindfulness
Natural Grace
Totemic Focus
Improved Reincarnation
Ancestral Healing
Healing Focus
Water Shield
Tidal Mastery
Restorative Totems
Mana Tide TotemHealing WayNature's SwiftnessPurificationRiptidenewchangedmoved 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
- Improved Healing Waverow 1
- Tidal Focusrow 1
- Mindfulnessrow 2
- Natural Gracerow 2
- Totemic Focusrow 2
- Improved Reincarnationrow 2
- Ancestral Healingrow 3
- Healing Focusrow 3
- Water Shieldrow 3
- Tidal Masteryrow 4
- Restorative Totemsrow 4
- Mana Tide Totemrow 4
- Healing Wayrow 5
- Nature's Swiftnessrow 5
- Purificationrow 6
- Riptiderow 7
The other two trees
Elemental talents
Enhancement talentsFrom the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 and 10 Nov server hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Purification in the Shaman calculator.