Flag carrier and arena heals: /guides/wow-forever-restoration-druid-pvp.

WoW Forever Resto Druid PvE: Talents, BiS, Races, Profs

Q: Which racial helps on Hyjal damage windows?

Night Elf Elune's Light for an emergency crit heal window. Tauren Endurance keeps you alive if you get cleaved.

Q: Should Restoration splash Balance?

Community trees show a small mana / Innervate-style dip. Treat it as optional and provisional (beta, 24 September 2026).

Q: What stats matter before 9 December?

Spirit, mp5 and +healing. Crit is 2nd. Exact weights wait on the kit.

Q: Alchemy or Engineering for Resto lockouts?

Alchemy + Enchanting is the Ultimate Restoration PvE pair on the live offer.

Q: Where are forms explained?

Published form art and Skyborne cells live on the Druid hub.

Restoration on 10-man, 20-man and 40-man

10-manBarrow Deeps

20-manHyjal Summit

40-manOnyxia

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 risk. Hub for forms: Druid hub. Flag and arena heals: Resto PvP. Caster DPS: Balance PvE.

Restoration spend for raid throughput

Point-by-point talent names stay provisional (beta, 24 September 2026). Shared milestone math lives on the calculator and the Druid hub. This page only covers how Restoration plays in groups.

RejuvenationTank pre-hot

RegrowthSpike fills

Healing TouchBig climaxes

InnervateMana, beta path

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, then the Forever gold row. Do not invent a Classic 51-point total. Recheck after each beta build, since the Druid kit posted on 30 September.

Spirit and mp5 into the 9 December raids

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. Raid carries.

Flasks for Restoration lockouts

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.

UltimateTop for you

PvE Basic

Alchemy
Herbalism

Your own pots, flasks, and mana oils
Herbs while questing feed every flask
Raid consumable gold sink avoided
Forever First Aid pots stack with this

Levels with you on the route
No gatherer partner required

Open Starter Pack

Balanced

PvE Max

Alchemy
Enchanting

Flasks plus enchants for resto kit
Travel Form makes herb loops fast
Two crafts after banking herb stacks
LW stays the feral-first alt path

Mats bought or a gatherer partner
Both crafts levelled on the route

Open Starter Pack

Alternative

Gold farming

Herbalism
Mining

Travel Form herbs without dismounting
Both nodes sell well at launch
Pays for riding and raid consumables
Drop one later if you pick a craft

Nodes while you quest
Stack for the launch AH

Open Starter Pack

pvp_basic

PvP Basic

Engineering
Mining

Engineering is the PvP profession
Mining feeds bombs, scopes, gadgets
Self-sufficient on a contested realm
Grenades and nets decide world PvP

Levels with you on the route
No gatherer partner required

Open Starter Pack

pvp_max

PvP Max

Engineering
Enchanting

Gadgets plus permanent enchants
Partner gathers ore; buy greens for dust
Gadgets plus lasting weapon enchants
Worth it if you live in world PvP

Mats bought or a gatherer partner
Both crafts levelled on the route

Open Starter Pack

Raid frames for 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.

Leveling hours and the 2 speeds

Restoration quests on HoTs still finish 1 to 60 on the 150-hour board. 1 booster is $299 in about 14 days. 2 boosters in shifts is $420 in about 7 days. Preselect Night Elf or Tauren. Route. Skip the grind.

FAQ

How many Restoration Druids does a 40-man want? −

Classic-shaped raids often bring more than 1 HoT healer. Exact Forever counts wait on the kit and the 9 December lockouts.

Which racial helps on Hyjal damage windows? +

Should Restoration splash Balance? +

What stats matter before 9 December? +

Alchemy or Engineering for Resto lockouts? +

Where are forms explained? +

Link to Resto PvP? +

What changed

Sep 30Druid kit published 30 September; recheck line updated.
Sep 29Rewrote mode-specific overview, talents, addons, FAQ and leveling for uniqueness vs sibling megas.
Sep 29Published the WoW Forever Resto Druid PvE mega: boards, provisional talents, BiS by week, profession tiers from professionPackages(), addons and leveling hours.