WoW Forever Resto Druid PvE Guide

• October 15, 2026 patch notes. Several Druids can now keep Rejuvenation on the same target. Leader of the Pack and Moonkin Aura now reach the whole raid. Since the 2 November notes, both raise all types of critical strike. They do not stack with each other. Full list: October 15 patch notes. On our tier list Restoration Druid holds S for healers.

Restoration is the HoT Druid for Forever instances. You pre-hot tanks and blanket the raid on damage windows. Mana on long Hyjal Summit pulls is the real test. Hub for forms: Druid hub. Flag and arena heals: Resto PvP. Caster DPS: Balance PvE.

Blizzard named the Restoration talents on 30 September. Bloom is the 11-point gold. It replaces Gift of the Earthmother. When Rejuvenation or Regrowth expires, the target is healed for 100% of your Spirit. Swiftmend is the 16-point gold and no longer consumes your Rejuvenation or Regrowth, so it is an instant save on top of rolling HoTs. It needs a Rejuvenation or Regrowth that you placed yourself. Wild Growth at 31 points heals a whole party over 7 seconds, with a cooldown of 6 seconds. Its cast time is 3 seconds. Naturalist cuts that cast by up to 0.5 seconds and raises all damage by up to 10%. Omen of Clarity is baseline at level 20, Revive is an out-of-combat resurrection from level 12, Improved Mark of the Wild is baseline, and potions work in form without dropping it. Point-by-point Restoration spends follow the beta and the 2 November notes. Shared milestone math lives on the calculator and the Druid hub. This page only covers how Restoration plays in groups.

Early levels: Rejuvenation and Regrowth while questing. Stay in Restoration. Travel Form is between pulls.

Mid levels: blanket HoTs on dungeon packs. A tiny Balance dip for Innervate-style mana tools shows up in community trees. Call it optional and provisional.

At 60: finish Restoration down to Wild Growth, the 31-point gold, then spend the rest where the live game settles. Do not invent a Classic 51-point total. Recheck after each patch: the Druid kit posted on 30 September and Blizzard’s Druid highlight video followed on 6 October.

Restoration wants Spirit, mp5 and spell healing on leather or cloth hybrids. Week 1 quest blues, then dungeons sets, then raid.

Week 1. Swap healing pieces every 5 levels. Week-1 healer gear.

Weeks 2 to 3. 1 full dungeons clear for quests, then open world. Pre-raid healer set.

From 9 December. Walk Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia. Replace slots from lockouts. Blizzard has not published the raid loot tables yet, so the dungeon healer set is BiS until then. Raid carries.

Every other spec, and the 18 tier 1 sets: BiS lists for every spec.

Restoration raid nights want Alchemy flasks and Enchanting on the weapon. The live Ultimate / Balanced / Alternative cards below are the same packages the Starter Pack charges. Open any card to land on Druid Restoration.

Healer raid tools. Battleground UI lives on Resto PvP.

• Grid / VuhDo-style frames: HoT icons on the raid.
• Clique-style click bindings: Rejuvenation without targeting lag.
• DBM / BigWigs: damage windows from 9 December.
• Mana tracker: Innervate timing on long Hyjal pulls.

Threat meters belong on Feral PvE. Quest helpers belong on the leveling guide.

Restoration quests on HoTs still finish 1 to 60 on the 150-hour board. 1 booster is $399 in about 14 days. 2 boosters in shifts is $599 in about 7 days. Since the 1 October beta build dungeon quests pay 50% less bonus XP. Since 8 November, dungeon kills pay 50% more XP, so repeat runs pay more than at launch. A human Pro plays your Druid in our own gaming hubs, on a PC dedicated to your account and a residential IP address in your city, so it looks exactly like you playing from home. Preselect Night Elf or Tauren. Route. Skip the grind.