Classes

LEVELING GUIDE

WoW Forever Restoration Druid Leveling Guide

Restoration handles dungeon healing comfortably at 20. The HoTs from and are strong, leaving plenty of time to regenerate mana, and direct heals are only needed now and then. Solo, talents that also boost damage let you quest quickly with .

Recommended talents

Level 20 · Restoration0/0/11

Recommended professions

  • Leatherworking
    Craft the Wisdom's healing leather line (, , , , , ) and . Its adds rested experience at camp.
  • Skinning
    Gathers the materials for Leatherworking yourself. Its adds critical strike chance at camp.

ROUTELevel-by-level route

  1. 5

    Levels 1–5

    One target at a time with Wrath

    • Pull with from range and fight one enemy at a time.
    • Keep up and top yourself off with between fights.
    • Pick up Skinning and Leatherworking right away. Cooking, First Aid and Fishing don't use your two profession slots, so level them too.

    Gear to pick up

    New abilities

  2. 9

    Levels 6–9

    Thorns and roots

    • Keep up at all times. It scales with spell power, so cast it with your spell power gear on.
    • At 8, hold the enemy at range with and cast . Recast roots when it breaks free.

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (6) · (8)

  3. 12

    Levels 10–12

    Nature's Focus and Regrowth

    • Start your talents with . Taking damage rarely pushes back your or your heals.
    • From level 10, caster weapons carry spell power. Swap to a spell power staff, dagger or mace from dungeon drops or quest rewards. You learn at 12.
    • At 12, craft with Leatherworking. Switch your food to .

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 10–123/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (10) · (10) · (10)

  4. 16

    Levels 13–16

    Healing your first dungeons

    • The Hall of Thanes and Ragefire Chasm open at 13, Ruins of Lordaeron at 15 and The Deadmines at 16.
    • In dungeons, let the and HoT ticks heal the damage. Save direct heals for when someone is low enough to take the full heal; the long gaps let the five-second rule lapse so your mana comes back fast.
    • Keep on the active tank.
    • From 15, take . It shortens and increases all your damage, helping both healing and solo questing.
    • Craft , and at 15 with Leatherworking.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 13–145/5
    • Lv 15–162/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (14) · (14) · (14) · (16) · (16)

    Dungeons for this range

  5. 19

    Levels 17–19

    Wailing Caverns and Shadowfang Keep

    • Wailing Caverns opens at 17 and Shadowfang Keep at 18. Healing chest pieces like , and drop here.
    • from Wailing Caverns restores mana when used while seated.
    • With enough healing power on your gear, even rank 2 becomes strong enough to carry your healing.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 17–195/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (18) · (18) · (18) · (18)

    Dungeons for this range

  6. 20

    Level 20

    Omen of Clarity and Reflection

    • You learn at 20. Run in and melee between casts to trigger it more often; the free cast doesn't break the five-second rule, so your mana keeps regenerating.
    • Your last point goes into . Part of your mana regeneration continues while casting, which helps in hard fights where you can't stop casting.
    • Craft and with Leatherworking.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 201/3
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    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (20) · (20) · (20)

ROTATIONHow to fight

  1. 1Solo: → , and heal up with between fights.
  2. 2Dungeons: keep up on the tank.
  3. 3When there's nothing to heal, stop casting and wait so your mana regenerates.
  4. 4When the tank drops low enough to need a direct heal, cast . If their HoT is already running, cast .
  5. 5Melee when you can to trigger , and spend the proc on a max rank or .
  6. 6If a damage dealer needs healing, give them a rank of that heals them just to full. If they're in real danger, add a low rank .
  7. 7When mana isn't a concern, join in on the main target with → .

GEARLevel-20 target gear

Dungeon drops, quest rewards and crafted items worth chasing at level 20 for this spec, by slot, best stats for the spec first.

Head

Neck

Shoulder

Back

Chest

Wrist

Hands

Waist

Legs

Feet

Finger

  • BestQuest
    Quest “WANTED: Chok'sul”
  • BestQuest
    Quest “Raene's Cleansing”

Trinket

Two-Hand

Main Hand

Held In Off-hand

CLASS QUESTSClass quests

  • Level 10 — Bear Form

    Learned from a class quest; the name differs by race.

  • Level 14 — Cure Poison

    Learned from a class quest; the name differs by race.

  • Level 16 — Aquatic Form

    Learned from a class quest; the name differs by race.

  • Level 20 — Cat Form

    Everything happens in Moonglade. A statue outside the cave grants you the ability to prowl; sneak inside and pick up 3 idols without being seen by the patrols.

CAMPINGCamping

  • Skip Enchanting's — its buff overlaps with .
  • Camp bonuses worth getting: Alchemy's (mana regeneration), Fishing's (stats), Herbalism's (Intellect), and Skinning's (critical strike).