Soul HarvestAn Affliction Warlock talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Affliction tree (level 15), 2 ranks, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Affliction row 2
Blizzard's notes build by build
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
8% of Warlock buildsTaken in 8% of the 12,409 Warlock builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 1 patch (build 70170).
13% of Affliction buildsTaken in 13% of the 4,540 builds that lead in Affliction, its own tree.
6% of Demonology buildsTaken in 6% of the 4,854 builds that lead in Demonology.
2% of Destruction buildsTaken in 2% of the 3,015 builds that lead in Destruction.
How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-10-07.
Beta build history
Build 1.60.1.70170, 2026-10-01Soul Harvest is the new name of Soul Harvesting. Blizzard: "Soul Harvesting has been renamed to Soul Harvest." (notes for build 70170) Build 1.60.1.70170, 2026-10-01Ranks 1 and 2 text changed. Now: Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 50% for 10 sec and allows 50% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting. Was: You gain Soul Harvest for 10 sec if a victim is killed while afflicted with your Drain Soul. Blizzard: "Soul Harvesting has been renamed to Soul Harvest." (notes for build 70170)
Around it in the Affliction tree
Gone from Classic AfflictionImproved Curse of Weakness, Improved Drain Soul, Grim Reach, Improved Drain Mana, Improved Curse of Exhaustion, Dark Pact.
Every Affliction talent 17
Every Demonology talent 19
Every Destruction talent 16
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Soul Harvest in the Warlock calculator, read every Warlock talent in words (Demonology and Destruction too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks. Also for Warlocks: the most popular builds, the leveling order, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Warlock calculator.