https://restokins.com/whats-new/ Every change to the Restokins guides, field notes, addons and videos, newest first, corrections included, with filters, search and an RSS feed. en Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-10-stopwatch-feral-fixes.html https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-10-stopwatch-feral-fixes.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New post Natural Instinct reaches Lacerate and Pounce, the Nifty Stopwatch no longer shares a cooldown with Dash, and the Alliance roof in Warsong Gulch is open. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-matchups.html https://restokins.com/guides/druid-matchups.html Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide How a druid fights each of the other eight classes and the mirror in WoW Forever PvP, what changed at launch, and a printable cheat sheet for duels. https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-launch-week-patches.html https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-launch-week-patches.html Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New post Bloom now heals, Night Elf druids lose their Shadowmeld opener and Tauren flag carriers lose Plainsrunning. Launch week’s Forever hotfixes, read for a druid. https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-plainsrunning-tested.html https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-plainsrunning-tested.html Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New post Tested in game: Plainsrunning builds in Prowl and in forms, but doesn’t add to Travel Form or Feral Swiftness until it passes them, and does nothing on a flag. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Stack Nameplates is now Untested, to match the console variables guide, and so are the Shift binds on Action Page 1 to 6 in the text, as the table already had them, and what the ! in a form macro does. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Corrected two things, the Ground Clutter slider writing over the grass settings is from the beta and now Untested, and the nameplateMotion row no longer offers a command for a variable the client doesn’t have. https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I made the page agree with itself, so snare removal rests on Travel Form’s live tooltip throughout, a shift breaking a root and whether Plainsrunning builds again on a carrier are labelled Untested, War Stomp in a form is credited to Blizzard’s druid deep dive, and the Balance card’s balcony carries the label the body gives it. https://restokins.com/guides/darkspear-islands-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/darkspear-islands-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I’ve made the page agree with itself, so snare removal rests on Travel Form’s live tooltip, and Moonkin Form, at 40 at the earliest, is out of reach for the whole 30s bracket. https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I corrected the places where the page disagreed with itself, so snare removal rests on Travel Form’s live tooltip with only roots Untested, War Stomp in a form rests on Blizzard’s druid deep dive and is no longer Untested, Plainsrunning’s 2% is credited to the 26 October notes, and the five, five and five premade adds up. https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I’d counted eight classes a side, but Forever has nine (the Horde get Paladins and the Alliance get Shamans), so it’s three or so other druids in a raid, not four, and a snare now goes with a shift by Travel Form’s live tooltip. https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-08-dash-rank-one https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-08-dash-rank-one Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Dash adds 50% at its first rank in Forever, by its live tooltip, the same as Classic. The guide had given 40% as Classic’s figure, which was wrong, and its five-minute cooldown is now confirmed by the same tooltip. https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Corrected five things, six shifts cost about 22 untalented Wraths, not five or six, Starfire is a 3.5 second cast, not two, Charge range means walking out to 26 yards, not 25, the launch client does have a focus target, and the DeadZone measurement shows the beta client kept the old Hunter rule, not Forever. https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-08-reads-easier Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction One label fix, leaving Moonkin for free is now marked Untested in How it plays and the heal cycle figure, as it already was in the numbers. https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-launch-week-patches.html#update-2026-11-08 https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-launch-week-patches.html#update-2026-11-08 Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Post updated This note now sticks to what changed, why it matters and what people are saying. An earlier version carried a pick I hadn’t yet written myself, so I’ve taken it out until I have. The status labels came off the same day, so the numbers read only from the game client now say so in the sentence. Later that day the note was reworded to read more plainly, and nothing in it changed. Later still, I carried the flag in Warsong Gulch myself, and Plainsrunning did nothing whilst I held it, which the Plainsrunning test covers. https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-plainsrunning-tested.html#update-2026-11-08 https://restokins.com/notes/2026-11-08-plainsrunning-tested.html#update-2026-11-08 Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Post updated Aquatic Form builds and keeps Plainsrunning’s stacks, but they don’t make you swim any faster. Stealth and forms now says so. https://restokins.com/guides/fishing-druid.html https://restokins.com/guides/fishing-druid.html Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide Fishing 1 to 300 for the Horde in WoW Forever, Cooking 225 to 300 on the same fish, and what it all buys a druid in PvP, with a printable cheat sheet. https://restokins.com/guides/fishing-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-reference-first https://restokins.com/guides/fishing-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-reference-first Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Rewrote the guide to be shorter and reference first, so the route, a fish lookup, the gear, the food and what each fish becomes now come before the reasoning, with a redrawn map and two new charts for getaways and catches. None of the earlier facts changed, and the fish and food tables add Deviate Fish, Raw Redgill and Hot Smoked Bass from the same research. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game against the launch client’s code. The Cooldown Manager’s menu name is settled, the character models have moved to the new Preset category and apply across your account, and anything I haven’t tried on live is now marked Untested. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game, with every name, default and saved location checked against the launch client’s code, which settled the player nameplate distance, nameplateOverlapV, stopAutoAttackOnTargetChange and mana in form on the Personal Resource Display. What still needs a live test now carries one Untested label and sits in Still to test. https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game. Warsong Gulch is open, what Blizzard’s notes and hotfixes back is now stated plainly, Wowhead’s live tooltips settle Bear’s Feral Charge, War Stomp and Travel Form, and every map rule nobody has tested live yet carries one Untested label with its test at the end. https://restokins.com/guides/darkspear-islands-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/darkspear-islands-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game. Darkspear Islands is open (I’ve seen it in the PvP tab), Blizzard’s 5 November hotfix now cancels a Tauren carrier’s Plainsrunning the moment they pick up the flag, and everything a live match hasn’t settled yet is marked Untested. The launch week hotfixes note covers the hotfix. https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game, so Arathi Basin is no longer a draft and the druid changes Blizzard published are stated plainly, whilst every map rule a live match still has to settle is marked Untested. Wowhead’s live tooltips now settle Travel Form, War Stomp and Dash, and the guide covers the 5 November Plainsrunning hotfix and the PvP vendors being down. The launch week hotfixes note covers the hotfix. https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game, with Alterac Valley open alongside the other three battlegrounds and the druid spells from Blizzard’s notes standing as written. The old four labels are gone, and every map rule nobody has tested in a live match now carries a single Untested label and a line in Still to test. https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game, with one Untested label replacing the old four, which puts most of the engine rules back on the test list, whilst the live tooltips settled Dash, Barkskin, War Stomp, Overgrowth and what each shift costs. Since launch, a Tauren loses Plainsrunning on picking up a flag (Kaivax’s 5 November hotfixes), and the PvP vendors are temporarily down, so nobody can buy the Rank 2 trinket yet. The launch week hotfixes note covers the hotfix. https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-07-live https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-07-live Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Updated for the live game. The live tooltips settle Swiftmend (it no longer says consume), Entangling Roots and Moonkin Form’s cost, the Moonkin aura is back to Untested because its live tooltip says spell crit only, and everything else carries one Untested label until I’ve read the talents and run the roots test at 60. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-07-interact-racials-fog https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-07-interact-racials-fog Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Interact On Left Click only covers objects and friendly NPCs, so it was never about starting a fight with a mob, and racials joined the Cooldown Manager on 1 October, not 8 October. Blizzard’s fog note doesn’t name volumeFog, which form gets a bar page isn’t in the client code, and Contrast sits under Graphics > Advanced. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-07-form-mana https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-07-form-mana Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction The Personal Resource Display does show your mana in Cat and Bear Form in the launch client’s code, so I’ve corrected the section that told you to plan for it not to. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-07-water-actioncam-fog https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-07-water-actioncam-fog Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I had cameraWaterCollision backwards. 1 is the value that takes the camera under the water with you, and 0 keeps it above. ActionCam is saved on this computer, not your account, and Blizzard’s 24 September note doesn’t name volumeFog, so what 0 does now is Untested. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-07-mana-in-form https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html#change-2026-11-07-mana-in-form Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction The Personal Resource Display shows a mana bar in Cat and Bear on the live client, so your mana is only hidden in form when it’s off, and the Low Mana warning row now says so. https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-plainsrunning-flag https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-plainsrunning-flag Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I said a Tauren carrier could build 10 to 15% from Plainsrunning on a run, but Blizzard’s 5 November hotfix cancels the stacks when you carry a flag, so a carrier gets nothing from it now. The launch week hotfixes note covers the hotfix. https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-dash https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-dash Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Dash is 50% faster at Rank 1 and 60% at Rank 2 in Forever, by the live tooltips, the same as Classic. I’d given Classic as 40 and 50%, which was wrong. https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-plainsrunning https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-07-plainsrunning Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction I said a Tauren can build Plainsrunning to 60% on the road, but Blizzard’s 5 November hotfixes say it can no longer stack and stop it building before the gates open, so that line is now Untested until I’ve ridden it. The launch week hotfixes note covers the hotfix. https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-07-natures-grasp https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-07-natures-grasp Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Nature’s Grasp has no proc chance in Forever - the live tooltip roots the next melee attacker for certain, so the 35% is gone and the Warrior fight now plans around it landing. Hunter traps don’t share one cooldown either, Frost and Fire traps each have their own, with one of each down at a time. https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-07-wrath-cost https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-07-wrath-cost Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Correction Wrath’s top rank costs 120 mana in Forever, not Classic’s 180, so the talented cost is now 30 to 45 mana and a thousand mana buys 22 to 33 Wraths rather than 14 to 22. The picks don’t change. https://restokins.com/notes/druid-talent-changes.html#update-2026-11-07 https://restokins.com/notes/druid-talent-changes.html#update-2026-11-07 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Post updated Forever went live on 5 November (AEST), and this note stays as I wrote it, as a read of the talents before launch. The talents as they play live are in the Restokin build , which marks anything still untested. https://restokins.com/notes/final-notes-druid-pvp.html#update-2026-11-07 https://restokins.com/notes/final-notes-druid-pvp.html#update-2026-11-07 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Post updated Forever went live on 5 November (AEST), and this note stays as I wrote it, as a read of the final notes before launch. The one change since that touches PvP is the 5 November hotfix that stops Plainsrunning stacking and cancels it on a flag carrier, and what the live game settles goes into the Restokin build and Balance druid PvP mechanics . https://restokins.com/notes/datamined-druid-changes.html#update-2026-11-07 https://restokins.com/notes/datamined-druid-changes.html#update-2026-11-07 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Post updated Forever went live on 5 November (AEST), and this note stays as I wrote it, as a read of the datamine before launch. What the live game settles about Bloom, Swiftmend and the rest goes into the Restokin build , which marks anything still untested. https://restokins.com/notes/cat-weaving.html#update-2026-11-07 https://restokins.com/notes/cat-weaving.html#update-2026-11-07 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Post updated Forever went live on 5 November (AEST), and this note stays as I wrote it, as a read of the moment before launch. What the live game settles about Omen and weaving goes into Balance druid PvP mechanics , which marks anything still untested. https://restokins.com/guides/darkspear-islands-druid.html https://restokins.com/guides/darkspear-islands-druid.html Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide Every druid role on Darkspear Islands in WoW Forever, from base defence to the flag, the reputation judged for PvP, and a printable cheat sheet. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide The options to change on a fresh druid in WoW Forever, in the order you need them, from level 1 to battlegrounds at 60, for Balance, Feral and Restoration. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html https://restokins.com/guides/druid-console-variables.html Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide Console variables for a druid in WoW Forever, grouped by purpose, with what each does, its default, what to set it to and how to reset it. https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide Every druid job in Warsong Gulch for WoW Forever, from carrying the flag to defending it, updated for the live game with each Classic rule named. https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide Every druid role in Arathi Basin for WoW Forever, from node defence to the back-cap, with the resource maths, five nodes and a printable cheat sheet. https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 New guide Every druid job in Alterac Valley for WoW Forever, Balance, Feral and Restoration, with what the live game has settled and what a match still has to test. https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version https://restokins.com/guides/druid-settings.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Added the short version at the top, the fourteen settings that matter most with the reason for each, a spec filter and a print button, for anyone who wants the answer before the detail. https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version https://restokins.com/guides/warsong-gulch-druid.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Added the short version at the top, the fourteen calls the map turns on with the reason for each and a link to the detail. The masthead now says plainly that this is a draft and that Warsong Gulch isn’t confirmed for launch day. https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version https://restokins.com/guides/arathi-basin-druid.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Added the short version at the top, the thirteen calls the map turns on with the reason for each and a link to the detail. The masthead now says plainly that this is a draft and that Arathi Basin isn’t confirmed for launch day. https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version https://restokins.com/guides/alterac-valley-druid.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Added the short version at the top, the fourteen calls the map turns on with the reason for each and a link to the detail. The masthead now says plainly that this is a draft and that Alterac Valley’s queue isn’t confirmed for launch day. https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version https://restokins.com/guides/balance-druid-pvp-mechanics.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Added the short version at the top, fifteen of the seventeen skills with what to do and why it wins fights, for anyone who wants the answer before the detail. https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version https://restokins.com/guides/restokin-build.html#change-2026-11-04-short-version Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +1000 Major update Added the short version at the top, the whole build on one printable sheet with the reason for each call in a line and a link to the detail, for anyone who wants the answer before the working.