Restoration Druid Healing Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)
Welcome to our Restoration Druid guide for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.5). Here, you will learn how to heal as a Restoration Druid in both raids and Mythic+ dungeons. We cover everything from the basics all the way to min-maxing techniques to optimize your output.
If you were looking for Cataclysm Classic content, please refer to our Cataclysm Classic Restoration Druid guide.
Restoration Druid Overview
Restoration Druids specialize in maintaining a steady stream of healing on a few targets in the raid and offer strong bursts of healing after using cooldowns. Restoration Druids also do well when healing a small number of targets for a prolonged period (such as players with debuffs).
Restoration Druids generally suffer when they have to react to damage for which they were not prepared and when they did not have the time to set up their HoTs. Tranquility, Incarnation: Tree of Life, and Flourish offer decent burst healing when needed.
To properly play a healing role, you will need more than just class-specific information. To better understand healing in general, we recommend that you read our healing guide.
Strengths and Weaknesses
- Good burst healing on short cooldown in raids.
- Good survivability.
- Good healing on the move.
- Good active damage output both in raids and Mythic+.
- Good constant healing in Mythic+.
- No raid wide damage reduction.
- Need to do damage to not go OOM.
- Low healing outside of cooldowns in raid.
- Very few healing cooldowns for Mythic+.
- Mediocre passive damage output.
Patch 11.0.5 Changes for Restoration Druid
- Mark of the Wild now costs 1% base Mana (was 4%).
- New Talent: Twinleaf – Nature's Swiftness now has 2 charges.
- New Talent: Wildwood Roots – Abundance now also reduces the cast time of Regrowth by 5% per stack. Cenarion Ward's cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds and its duration is increased by 2 seconds.
- New Talent: Renewing Surge – The cooldown of Swiftmend is reduced by up to 40%, based on the current Health of the target. Cooldown is reduced more when cast on a lower health target.
- New Talent: Forest's Flow – Consuming Clearcasting now causes your Regrowth to also cast Nourish onto a nearby injured ally at 60% effectiveness, preferring those with your heal over time effects.
- Dream of Cenarius has been redesigned – Wrath and Shred transfer 50% of their damage and Starfire and Swipe transfer 33% of their damage into healing onto a nearby ally. This effect is increased by 200% while Heart of the Wild is active.
- Omen of Clarity is now a passive ability learned at level 12 (was a talent).
- Harmonious Blooming is now a 1-point talent.
- Flourish now affects Symbiotic Blooms (Wildstalker HoT).
- Reforestation now requires 4 casts of Swiftmend (was 3).
Renewing Surge might seem very strong, but most of the time it will provide barely any cooldown reduction. It scales linearly with your target's Health, which means that they need to be at 1% Health for you to gain 6-second reduction. On average it will give around 2-3 seconds of reduction, which is still very powerful (especially with Wildstalker in Mythic+). It might also help with timings for Reforestation in raids.
Reforestation nerf is pretty severe for raiding. There are multiple bosses which require you to proc it every minute, meaning that you will have to either spec into Renewing Surge or risk not proccing it in time.
Wildwood Roots is the biggest change for raids. It not only reduces the cast time, but also global cooldown of Regrowth. The global cooldown cap of 0.75 seconds exists, but this is still a massive increase to the number of Regrowths you can fit after Flourish.
Wildwood Roots is also great for Mythic+. It makes Cenarion Ward even stronger. For tier 1 talent, this is pretty powerful.
Forest's Flow is only going to be viable for Mythic+. It is a much weaker version of our tier set from Dragonflight. The target selection on it is still bad, it competes with all the best talents in the last third, and does not have the other part of our tier which made it cleave. This still makes it good for Mythic+, although not as strong as some people might expect.
Dream of Cenarius change is inconsequential. It is still a bad healing talent competing with our best talents in the tree.
Most Notable Restoration Druid and Guide Changes for the War Within
Restoration has seen significant changes to the class tree, which has made it easier for us to acquire some talents like Feline Swiftness, Renewal, and some defensive options because the number of required talent points was reduced significantly. We have lost access to Moonkin Form (and therefore Flap and Wild Charge disengage). Finally, and most importantly, Astral Influence has been changed to only work on spells, which means Cat Form abilities and auto-attacks no longer have increased range.
In terms of the spec tree, the top and the middle of the tree were left basically unchanged. All the changes were to the bottom part. We are losing Adaptive Swarm completely. Luxuriant Soil is also gone, but the raw power of Rejuvenation is increased to compensate. There have also been a few new talents and reshuffles.
- New Talent: Call of the Elder Druid — When you shift into a combat shapeshift form or cast Starsurge, you gain Heart of the Wild for 10 seconds, once every 60 seconds. This talent replaces Adaptive Swarm. This talent is very bad unless you spend most of your time doing damage, which is generally not the case in any content that matters.
- New Talent: Dream of Cenarius — While Heart of the Wild is active, Wrath and Shred transfer 150% of their damage and Starfire and Swipe transfer 100% of their damage into healing onto a nearby ally. This talent replaces Unbridled Swarm (the improved Adaptive Swarm part). Unfortunately, it is not very good because Heart of the Wild's uptime is not very high.
- New Talent: Thriving Vegetation — Rejuvenation instantly heals for 15/30% of its periodic healing, and Regrowth's duration is increased by 3/6 seconds. This talent replaces Luxuriant Soil (Rejuvenation spread). It is actually decently strong, doing around 5-8% for 2 talent points.
- New Talent: Prosperity — Swiftmend now has 2 charges. This talent replaces Flourish in the choice node with Verdant Infusion. It is very strong for both Mythic+ and Raids. You will waste less of Swiftmend cooldown, which means your Reforestation uptime goes up.
- Grove Guardians' healing reduced by 15%. Wild Synthesis Wild Growth healing reduced by 15%.
- Verdant Infusion now extends the duration of heal over time effects by 8 seconds (was 12 seconds).
- Nurturing Dormancy is now capped at a 4-second extension (was 6 seconds).
- Abundance now increases the Critical Strike chance of Regrowth by 8% and decreases its Mana cost by 8% per stack (was 5%). This is a significant buff to both throughput and Mana efficiency for us, especially in raids.
- Photosynthesis and Flourish now share a choice node in the same place Photosynthesis used to be. This means we will no longer use Photosynthesis in raids, and therefore, Lifebloom goes back to tanks. In Mythic+, this does not change much. A lot of players were already running without Flourish there.
To summarise these changes, we can pick all the healing talents we want much easier in the class tree, which leaves more points available to be invested into utility, defense, or damage. Healing in raids will remain the same, nothing changes there. Healing in Mythic+ is significantly nerfed due to the loss of Adaptive Swarm.
The biggest change by far is the reduction of Grove Guardianss' power. They will do a lot less healing, and their healing was moved to other spells, namely Rejuvenation and Regrowth. Especially in raids, although we play with Keeper of the Grove Hero Talents, the treants are now mainly used as buffs to your healing instead of a throughput option on their own. Just popping them and expecting them to contribute a lot of healing is no longer a thing. You need to set up a lot of HoTs before popping them, and then keep healing while they are up. For Mythic+, you need to heal more actively than before because treants heal for so much less, and Regrowth heals for so much more.
Leveling and Getting Started as a Restoration Druid
Before you start leveling your Druid, we suggest you take a look at our Addons page, as setting up your UI before you begin will allow you to get more comfortable with playing your character on max level.
Unfortunately, leveling as a Restoration Druid is only optimal if you have a group and plan on doing it in dungeons. But if you decide to do it anyway, refer to our leveling guide:
Restoration Druid is all about using your abilities strategically. Rather than a fixed rotation, you will be using your flexible spell kit to adapt and overcome whatever the game throws at you.
Two abilities require constant maintenance throughout the combat: Efflorescence and Lifebloom. Wild Growth has a relatively low cooldown, high Mana efficiency, and high group-wide healing. Using these 3 spells often is one of the basic things to learn as a Restoration Druid. Rejuvenation will be used as a filler spell for as much as your Mana will allow, but preferably concentrated around heavy group damage and coupled with your cooldowns such as Incarnation: Tree of Life, Innervate, Flourish.
If you are an absolute beginner to the spec but would like to learn the fundamentals of the class, recommend looking through the Spell Summary first, as well as the Easy Mode page linked below.
If you are familiar with Restoration Druid, go to the Talents and Rotation pages for more detailed information.
How to Gear Up a Restoration Druid
Gearing can get complicated as a healer due to many variables and multiple available group sizes. You can find information on how best to gear a Restoration Druid on the gearing page, which includes Best in Slot recommendations from this tier.
After acquiring gear, you will want to ensure you have the best consumables, gems, and enchants. You can also find more information about the role of each stat for a Restoration Druid, which one you should be stacking and why.
Restoration Druid End-Game
End-game content can be very daunting right after leveling. Our Mythic+ Dungeon, Raiding, and PvP guides can guide you to perform as well as possible, regardless of your content preference.
Another important aspect of the end game as a Restoration Druid is dealing damage. You can check the in-depth guide here.
Improving as a Restoration Druid
If you find your performance lacking and are trying to figure out what you are doing wrong, you can check out the pages below that will help you improve.
Changelog
- 21 Oct. 2024 (hero talents): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (Leveling): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (how to improve page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (gear page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Updated some boss recommendations and talent builds.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (talents page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (spells page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 18 Sep. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Updated the guide with cooldown advice.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (hero talents): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (FAQ page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (gear page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (enchants page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (Nerub-ar Palace page): Guide added.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (DPS guide): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (talents page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for TWW Season 1.
- 29 Aug. 2024 (hero talents): Minor updates.
- 29 Aug. 2024 (enchants page): Minor updates.
- 29 Aug. 2024 (talents page): Added Wildstalker dungeon build and added clarifications on some talents.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (hero talents): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (FAQ page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (how to improve page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (gear page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (addons page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (enchants page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (stats page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (DPS guide): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (talents page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (spells page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for The War Within.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within.
- 20 Aug. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for The War Within.
- 02 Aug. 2024 (hero talents): Page added.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (MoP Remix): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (Leveling): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (FAQ page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (how to improve page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (simulations page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (gear page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (addons page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (enchants page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (stats page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (DPS guide): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (talents page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (spells page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 20 Jul. 2024 (The War Within): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 20 Jul. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 19 Jun. 2024 (The War Within): Page added.
- 14 May 2024 (MoP Remix): Page added.
- 14 May 2024 (gear page): Updated Mythic+, embellishment and trinket recommendations.
- 07 May 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (gear page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (DPS guide): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (FAQ page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (gear page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (rotation page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 26 Mar. 2024 (Leveling): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 24 Mar. 2024 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (DPS guide): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 20 Mar. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (gear page): Updated trinket list with Spark of Hope and updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 02 Dec. 2023 (Leveling): Updated the talent tree.
- 26 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Updated BiS list and trinket recommendations for raids.
- 21 Nov. 2023 (addons page): Added Efflorescence WeakAura.
- 21 Nov. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated talent recommendations.
- 21 Nov. 2023 (talents page): Updated talent recommendations.
- 11 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Updated gear recommendations for Amirdrassil.
- 07 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Updated embellishment and trinket recommendations.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (how to improve page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (addons page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (stats page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (DPS guide): Updated for Patch 10.2
- 06 Nov. 2023 (rotation page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (spells page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 04 Sep. 2023 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (how to improve page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 04 Sep. 2023 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (stats page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (spells page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 31 Aug. 2023 (rotation page): Updated for Patch 10.1.7.
- 12 Jul. 2023 (gear page): Updated trinket recommendations.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (addons page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (DPS guide): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (talents page): Updated pathing and talent choice recommendations for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (spells page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 07 May 2023 (gear page): Updated trinket recommendations.
- 01 May 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (stats page): Updated Leech values for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (talents page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (spells page): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 01 May 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 01 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 28 Apr. 2023 (addons page): Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 28 Apr. 2023 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Patch 10.1.0.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (gear page): Updated Onyx Annulet recommendations.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Updated Onyx Annulet recommendations.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (rotation page): Changed rotation recommendations for raiding.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (talents page): Updated raid talent recommendations.
- 24 Mar. 2023 (easy mode page): Changed build recommendations.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (Leveling): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (Legendaries): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (FAQ page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (enchants page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (DPS guide): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (spells page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 20 Mar. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (Leveling): Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (simulations page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (addons page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (enchants page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (stats page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (mythic+ page): Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (rotation page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (talents page): Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (spells page): Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (easy mode page): Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (FAQ page): Updated Mythic+ analysis.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (enchants page): Adjusted some enchant and consumable advice.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (mythic+ page): Changed talent build advice.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (DPS guide): Changed spell priorities and Convoke the Spirits advice.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (rotation page): Minor fixes.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (talents page): Adjusted talent advice for both Mythic+ and Raids.
- 29 Dec. 2022 (easy mode page): Adjusted recommended talent builds.
- 12 Dec. 2022 (enchants page): Fixed food and gem advice.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (Leveling): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (FAQ page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (how to improve page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (simulations page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (gear page): Updated with Vault of the Incarnates and Mythic+ loot.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (gear page): Updated with crafting recommendations and tier set analysis.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (addons page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (enchants page): Added advice for boots enchant.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (stats page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (mythic+ page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (DPS guide): Adjusted DPS rotations.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (rotation page): Small updates to Mythic+ rotation and tier set advice.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (talents page): Added more Mythic+ build options.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (spells page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (easy mode page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (Leveling): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (FAQ page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (how to improve page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (simulations page): Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (addons page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (enchants page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (stats page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (DPS guide): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (rotation page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (talents page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (spells page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (easy mode page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 28 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 30 Oct. 2022 (mythic+ page): Changed talent build recommendation. .
- 30 Oct. 2022 (talents page): Updated Regenesis advice.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Leveling): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Legendaries): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Torghast): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Covenants and Soulbinds): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (FAQ page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (how to improve page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (simulations page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (addons page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (enchants page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (stats page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Castle Nathria page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Sanctum of Domination page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (Sepulcher of the First Ones page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (mythic+ page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (rotation page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (talents page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (spells page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (easy mode page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 25 Oct. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 31 May 2022 (DPS guide): Page reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 23 Apr. 2022 (Patch 9.2 Analysis): Updated with live data.
- 18 Feb. 2022 (DPS guide): Updated for Patch 9.2.
- 10 Feb. 2022 (Patch 9.2 Analysis): Updated for latest PTR builds.
- 21 Jan. 2022 (Patch 9.2 Analysis): Updated with changes from latest PTR build.
- 15 Jan. 2022 (Patch 9.2 Analysis): Page added with initial thoughts and information.
- 01 Nov. 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Updated for 9.1.5.
- 29 Oct. 2021 (DPS guide): Updated for Patch 9.1.5.
- 08 Aug. 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Updated information.
- 28 Jun. 2021 (DPS guide): Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 21 May 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Updated some information after recent PTR patch.
- 19 May 2021 (Patch 9.1 Analysis): Page created with initial information.
- 09 Mar. 2021 (DPS guide): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 23 Nov. 2020 (DPS guide): Updated with Balance affinity rotations.
- 12 Oct. 2020 (Ny'alotha page): Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 12 Oct. 2020 (DPS guide): Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 17 Sep. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Updated recommendations. .
- 09 Aug. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Updated recommendations.
- 25 Jul. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Updated recommendations for the first 3 bosses.
- 08 Jul. 2019 (The Eternal Palace page): Page added.
- 25 Jun. 2019 (Uldir page): This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 25 Jun. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 25 Jun. 2019 (Crucible of Storms page): This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 18 Apr. 2019 (Crucible of Storms page): Updated tips for both bosses. .
- 15 Apr. 2019 (Uldir page): This page has been reviewed and no changes are necessary for the release of the Crucible of Storms raid.
- 15 Apr. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): This page has been reviewed and no changes are necessary for the release of the Crucible of Storms raid.
- 15 Apr. 2019 (Crucible of Storms page): Guide added.
- 23 Feb. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): Added Mythic Jaina advice, clarified Stormwall Blockade Phase 2. .
- 07 Feb. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): Added some clarification to all encounters. .
- 21 Jan. 2019 (Battle of Dazar'alor page): Page created.
- 10 Dec. 2018 (Uldir page): Updated for Patch 8.1.
- 21 Sep. 2018 (Uldir page): Added some suggestions for Mythic versions of the bosses. .
- 07 Sep. 2018 (Uldir page): Updated recommendations for Fetid Devourer. .
- 01 Sep. 2018 (Uldir page): Updated talents.
- 11 Aug. 2018 (Uldir page): Page added.
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This guide has been reviewed and approved by Torty, one of the main Restoration Druid theorycrafters. He is an author of the Twig It spreadsheet and DPS action priority list. He currently raids in Pure.
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