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WoW: Forever Warlock changes
Every Warlock change in Blizzard's official WoW: Forever beta development notes, newest build first. 19 lines across 4 builds. Each line links to the official post.
What changed for Warlocks, in brief
- Pets: Voidwalker Sacrifice scales with 10% of your spell healing (Sep 24). Aggressive Mode is back (Oct 1). Your current pet is stunned while you summon a new one (Oct 8). Soul Link can target your pet again (Oct 15).
- Talents (Oct 15): Malediction becomes Grim Reach (+10/20% Affliction range). Destructive Reach becomes +10/20% Destruction range. Shadow Mastery is 2–10% Shadow damage (was 1–5%).
- Spells: Hellfire can crit, Drain Soul is interrupted properly, and Soul Harvest's Mana regen works (Oct 1). Shadow Bolt low ranks are smoothed (Oct 8).
Summary written by Friday from the official notes below. The full verbatim list follows. See also: all beta changes by class · what to test in the Oct 19 stress test.
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Beta build notes — October 15, 2026 (6 changes)
Full build notes · Blizzard source post
General Warlock changes
- Fixed an issue where Summon Incubus was available to summon at no Soul Shard cost with the Reagent Economy Legacy Perk.fix source
- Fixed an issue allowing multiple Cure of Recklessness debuffs to be active on a target.fix source
Affliction
- Malediction replaced with Grim Reach, which increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10/20%. source
- Shadow Mastery changed to increasing your Shadow spell damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (Was 1/2/3/4/5%). source
Demonology
- Fixed an issue where you couldn’t cast Soul Link on your pet.fix source
Destruction
- Destructive Reach changed to Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10/20%. source
Beta build notes — October 8, 2026 (3 changes)
Full build notes · Blizzard source post
General Warlock changes
- A Warlock’s current pet will now be stunned while summoning a new pet. source
- Shadow Bolt: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-4 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-5 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade. source
Demonology
- Demonic Brand bonus pet damage now only does high threat when it deals Shadow damage. source
Beta build notes — October 1, 2026 (5 changes)
Full build notes · Blizzard source post
General Warlock changes
- Drain Soul is now correctly interrupted if the Warlock begins casting another spell. source
- The Incubus pet model has been replaced with a lower resolution model. source
- Hellfire can now critically strike. source
Affliction
- Soul Harvesting has been renamed to Soul Harvest. It now correctly grants its 50/100% increase to Mana regeneration. source
Pets
- Aggressive Mode is back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book. source
Beta build notes — September 24, 2026 (5 changes)
Full build notes · Blizzard source post
General Warlock changes
- Tooltip of Life Tap has been updated to correctly display the amount of Life converted, and only states that it scales with Spirit. source
- Voidwalker Sacrifice now correctly scales with 10% of the Warlock’s spell healing. source
- Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior, and Warlock are available for testing the Cooldown Manager.uncertain source
- Pet control and pet spell flyouts for Hunters and Warlocks.uncertain source
- The pet bar no longer replaces the bottom gamepad action bar for Hunters and Warlocks.uncertain source
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