Is Arcane Blast in WoW Forever?

Yes, as a 1-point Arcane talent unlocked at 10 points in beta build 1.60.1.70205. Tooltip at the talent's rank: “Blasts the target with energy, dealing 54 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.”

What does Fingers of Frost do?

It is a 2-rank Frost talent that needs Ice Lance maxed. At max rank: “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.”

Is Frostfire Bolt a talent?

No. The beta client lists Frostfire Bolt as a trained Mage spell from level 40 (the client's minimum spell level). Talents such as Heating Up and Missile Barrage work with it.

WoW Forever Mage Talent Calculator

The Mage capstones have not moved: Arcane Power, Combustion and Ice Barrier are still the 31-point talents. Arcane is where the work went: 6 of its talents are new, with Arcane Blast as a 1-point talent at 10 points and Missile Barrage, which makes your next Arcane Missiles faster and free. Improved Channeling and Arcane Impact reuse the spells of Classic talents under new names.

Fire adds Heating Up, which speeds up your next Pyroblast after critical strikes and needs Pyroblast, and Incineration replaces Classic's Incinerate; Impact drops from 5 ranks to 3.

Frost gets Ice Lance at 10 points and Fingers of Frost, which builds on it. Ice Block moves up to row 4 and Cold Snap down to row 5. Outside the trees, Frostfire Bolt is a trained spell from level 40. Click a talent to add a point; the page address keeps your build, so you can share it.

Talent data from the current beta, build 1.60.1.70205. See also the Mage abilities by level.

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Mage talent trees

Arcane

Fire

Frost

What's new for Mage in WoW Forever

Compared with Classic Era (build 1.15.9.70003), the Mage trees in Forever beta build 1.60.1.70205 have 11 new talents, 6 Classic talents that are gone and 6 talents with a different number of ranks. A talent counts as new when no talent of that name exists in any Classic Mage tree.

Arcane 6 new · 4 removed · 2 re-ranked

Improved Channeling 5 ranks · first rowUses the spell of Classic's Improved Arcane Missiles under a new name.
Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast.
Arcane Geometry 2 ranks · needs 10 points in ArcaneUses the spell of Classic's Magic Attunement under a new name.
Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 6 yards.
Arcane Impact 3 ranks · needs 10 points in ArcaneUses the spell of Classic's Improved Arcane Explosion under a new name.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 6%.
Arcane Blast 1 rank · needs 10 points in Arcane
Blasts the target with energy, dealing 54 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.
Arcane Shielding 2 ranks · needs 15 points in ArcaneUses the spell of Classic's Improved Mana Shield under a new name.
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%.
Missile Barrage 1 rank · needs 15 points in Arcane
Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your 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.

Removed: Improved Arcane Missiles (5 ranks; spell reused by Improved Channeling), Improved Arcane Explosion (3 ranks; spell reused by Arcane Impact), Magic Attunement (2 ranks; spell reused by Arcane Geometry) and Improved Mana Shield (2 ranks; spell reused by Arcane Shielding).

Different number of ranks: Magic Absorption: 5 → 2 ranks; Arcane Resilience: 1 → 2 ranks.

Different row: Wand Specialization: row 2 → 1; Arcane Subtlety: row 1 → 2; Arcane Resilience: row 3 → 2.

Fire 3 new · 2 removed · 2 re-ranked

Wake of Fire 2 ranks · first rowUses the spell of Classic's Improved Fire Blast under a new name.
Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 2 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 30 sec by 50%.
Incineration 3 ranks · first rowUses the spell of Classic's Incinerate under a new name.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 6%.
Heating Up 1 rank · needs 15 points 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.

Removed: Improved Fire Blast (3 ranks; spell reused by Wake of Fire) and Incinerate (2 ranks; spell reused by Incineration).

Different number of ranks: Impact: 5 → 3 ranks; Burning Soul: 2 → 3 ranks.

Different row: Impact: row 1 → 2.

Frost 2 new · 0 removed · 2 re-ranked

Ice Lance 1 rank · needs 10 points in Frost
Deals 28 Frost damage to an enemy target. Deals 300% increased damage to Frozen targets.
Fingers of Frost 2 ranks · needs 20 points 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.

Different number of ranks: Elemental Precision: 3 → 5 ranks; Shatter: 5 → 3 ranks.

Different row: Frost Channeling: row 4 → 3; Ice Block: row 5 → 4; Cold Snap: row 3 → 5.

The three 31-point talents

Each tree's bottom row opens after 30 points in that tree, so the 31st point buys its capstone.

Arcane: Arcane Power needs 30 points in Arcane · requires 1/1 Presence of Mind · also in Classic
For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
Fire: Combustion needs 30 points in Fire · requires 3/3 Critical Mass · also in Classic
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.
Frost: Ice Barrier needs 30 points in Frost · requires 1/1 Cold Snap · also in Classic
Instantly shields you, absorbing 431 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.

Mage FAQ

Is Arcane Blast in WoW Forever?: Yes, as a 1-point Arcane talent unlocked at 10 points in beta build 1.60.1.70205. Tooltip at the talent's rank: “Blasts the target with energy, dealing 54 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.”
What does Fingers of Frost do?: It is a 2-rank Frost talent that needs Ice Lance maxed. At max rank: “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.”
Is Frostfire Bolt a talent?: No. The beta client lists Frostfire Bolt as a trained Mage spell from level 40 (the client's minimum spell level). Talents such as Heating Up and Missile Barrage work with it.

More for Mage

Mage abilities by level: every spell, what is new and what changed since Classic Era.
Races that can be Mages in Forever: Human, Orc (new), Undead, Gnome, Troll, High Order Skyborne (new). See all WoW Forever races and racials.
Talent changes by beta build, for every class.

About the data

Forever talents, ranks and tooltips are read from the beta client (build 1.60.1.70205); the Classic comparison uses the Classic Era client (build 1.15.9.70003). Both come from wago.tools. Talents can still change before the November 4, 2026 launch. Last updated 2026-10-02.

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