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Spend up to 51 talent points across the Mage's three trees, Arcane, Fire, Frost, exactly as the WoW: Forever talent window allows. Every talent, rank, row requirement and tooltip comes from the game client's own data (build 1.60.1.70532, October 21, 2026), not from Classic or beta guesses.
How the Mage talent calculator works
You get 51 points at level 60, one per level from 10. Rows unlock at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 points in that tree, and an arrow means the talent above must be at max rank. The Mage's one-point gold medal talents are Ice Barrier, Cold Snap, Ice Lance, Ice Block, Combustion, Blast Wave, Heating Up, Pyroblast, Arcane Power, Presence of Mind, Arcane Blast. The bar shows the level your build needs, including the Legacy perk Talented. More on the rules on the WoW Forever talent calculator page.
Mage Arcane talents
| Talent | Ranks | Needs | At max rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wand Specialization | 2 | – | Increases your damage with Wands by 25%. |
| Arcane Focus | 5 | – | Improves your chance to hit with Arcane spells by 5%. |
| Improved Channeling | 5 | – | Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast or Arcane Wrath. |
| Missile Barrage | 2 | – | Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, your Arcane Missile hits a 10% chance, and your Arcane Wrath, Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec. |
| Arcane Subtlety | 2 | 5 in Arcane | Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 15 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 30%. |
| Magic Absorption | 2 | 5 in Arcane | Increases all your resistances by 10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec. |
| Arcane Concentration | 5 | 5 in Arcane | Gives you a 10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%. |
| Arcane Resilience | 2 | 5 in Arcane | Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 50% of your Intellect. |
| Arcane Geometry | 2 | 10 in Arcane | Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards. |
| Arcane Impact | 3 | 10 in Arcane | Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%. |
| Arcane Blast | 1 | 10 in Arcane | Blasts the target with energy, dealing — Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, you gain 15% of your Intellect as Spell Damage and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 15 sec from time of initial application. |
| Arcane Shielding | 2 | 15 in Arcane | Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%. |
| Improved Counterspell | 2 | 15 in Arcane | Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 4 sec. |
| Arcane Meditation | 3 | 15 in Arcane | Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| Arcane Wrath | 1 | – | Launches a projectile of pure Arcane energy at the enemy target, causing — Arcane damage. This spell gains additional Spell Damage equal to 5% of your maximum Mana. |
| Presence of Mind | 1 | 20 in Arcane | When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell. |
| Arcane Mind | 5 | 20 in Arcane | Increases your Intellect by 10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 100%. |
| Arcane Instability | 3 | 25 in Arcane | Increases the damage done by your spells by 3% and your critical strike chance by 3%. |
| Arcane Power | 1 | 30 in Arcane | For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast. |
Mage Fire talents
| Talent | Ranks | Needs | At max rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Fire Blast | 2 | – | Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec and increases its range by 15 yards. |
| Incineration | 3 | – | Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 6%. |
| Improved Fireball | 5 | – | Reduces the casting time of your Fireball and Frostfire Bolt spells by 0.5 sec. |
| Ignite | 5 | 5 in Fire | Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec. |
| Flame Throwing | 2 | 5 in Fire | Increases the range of your Fire spells by 6 yards. |
| Impact | 3 | 5 in Fire | Gives your Fire spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 2 sec. |
| Burning Soul | 3 | 10 in Fire | Gives your Fire spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage and reduces the threat caused by your Fire spells by 30%. |
| Improved Flamestrike | 3 | 10 in Fire | Increases the critical strike chance of your Flamestrike spell by 15%. |
| Pyroblast | 1 | 10 in Fire | Hurls an immense fiery boulder that causes — Fire damage and an additional 44 Fire damage over 12 sec. |
| Improved Scorch | 3 | 15 in Fire | Your Scorch spell has a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Fire damage. This vulnerability increases all Fire damage you deal to your target by 3% and lasts 30 sec, stacking up to 5 times. |
| Improved Fire Ward | 2 | 15 in Fire | Causes your Fire Ward to have a 20% chance to reflect Fire spells while active. |
| Heating Up | 1 | 15 in Fire | Non-periodic critical strikes with Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Fire Blast, and Scorch reduce the cast time of your next Pyroblast cast within 20 sec by 25%, stacking up to 3 times. Fire Blast grants an additional stack every time it deals damage. |
| Master of Elements | 3 | 15 in Fire | Your Fire and Frost critical strikes will refund 30% of their base mana cost. |
| Critical Mass | 5 | 20 in Fire | Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire spells by 10%. |
| Blast Wave | 1 | 20 in Fire | A wave of flame radiates outward from the caster, damaging all enemies caught within the blast for — Fire damage, and Dazing them for 50% reduced movement speed for 6 sec. |
| Fire Power | 3 | 25 in Fire | Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 3% per your Fire effects on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Effects which mix multiple schools of magic do not qualify. |
| Combustion | 1 | 30 in Fire | When activated, this spell causes each of your Fire damage spell hits to increase your critical strike chance with Fire damage spells by 10%. This effect lasts until you have caused 3 non-periodic critical strikes with Fire spells. |
Mage Frost talents
| Talent | Ranks | Needs | At max rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Warding | 2 | – | Increases the Armor and resistance given by your Frost Armor and Ice Armor spells by 30%. In addition, gives your Frost Ward a 20% chance to reflect Frost spells and effects while active. |
| Improved Frostbolt | 5 | – | Reduces the casting time of your Frostbolt and Frost Blast spells by 0.5 sec. |
| Elemental Precision | 5 | – | Improves your chance to hit with Frost and Fire spells by 5%. |
| Ice Shards | 5 | 5 in Frost | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Frost spells by 100%. |
| Permafrost | 3 | 5 in Frost | Increases the duration of your Chill effects by 33% and reduces the target's speed by an additional 10%. |
| Improved Frost Nova | 2 | 5 in Frost | Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Nova spell by 4 sec. |
| Frostbite | 3 | 5 in Frost | Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to Freeze the target for 5 sec. |
| Piercing Ice | 3 | 10 in Frost | Increases the damage done by your Frost spells by 6%. |
| Frost Channeling | 3 | 10 in Frost | Reduces the mana cost of your Frost spells by 15% and reduces the threat caused by your Frost spells by 30%. |
| Ice Lance | 1 | 10 in Frost | Deals — Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 200% increased damage to Frozen targets. |
| Improved Blizzard | 3 | 10 in Frost | Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec. |
| Arctic Reach | 2 | 15 in Frost | Increases the range of your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Blizzard spells and the radius of your Frost Nova and Cone of Cold spells by 20%. |
| Ice Block | 1 | 15 in Frost | You become encased in a block of ice, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 10 sec, but during that time you cannot attack, move, or cast spells. |
| Shatter | 3 | 15 in Frost | Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells against Frozen targets by 50%. |
| Improved Cone of Cold | 3 | 20 in Frost | Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%. |
| Cold Snap | 1 | 20 in Frost | Finishes the remaining cooldown on all your other Frost spells. |
| Fingers of Frost | 2 | 20 in Frost | Gives your Chill effects a 15% chance to grant you the Fingers of Frost effect, which treats your next 2 spells cast as if the target were Frozen. Lasts 15 sec. |
| Winter's Chill | 5 | 25 in Frost | Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the damage done by your Cone of Cold spell to the target by 40%, stacking up to 5 times. |
| Ice Barrier | 1 | 30 in Frost | Instantly shields you, absorbing — damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage. |
About this data
Talent trees, ranks, row requirements, prerequisites and tooltip numbers are read from the WoW: Forever client tables for build 1.60.1.70532. Where a tooltip number depends on your character, for example a percentage of your attack power, we show the formula instead of a made-up number. Blizzard can still change talents in hotfixes; when a new build ships we regenerate the calculator from the new data.
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