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Restoration Druid guide

Healer · our guide of 13 Oct 2026 Recommendation

Talent trees, every tier list's rating and the sim: the Restoration tab.

In short

  • A healer who works with heals over time and can shift into an animal form to escape.
  • No sim result: the sim engine has no healing spells.
  • An instant answer to spikes: Swiftmend instantly heals a target that has your Rejuvenation or Regrowth on it, for what that spell would heal over its full duration. Sourced: Talent database
  • Weak spot: Wild Growth, the group heal at the bottom of the tree, is out of reach until well past level 30. Sourced: Talent database Source pending

How it plays

Up to level 30. Rejuvenation on the tank, Regrowth when health drops, and Healing Touch when Regrowth is already on; Rejuvenation can crit since 24 Sep. Thorns on the tank helps it hold threat. Furor, Naturalist and Natural Shapeshifter come first: Naturalist makes Healing Touch's cast time 0.5 sec shorter at 5 of 5, and Natural Shapeshifter makes shifting cost 30% less mana, so shifting out of a root is cheap. At 30 the build adds Gift of the Earthmother, Swiftmend and Improved Rejuvenation, and your 21st point buys Nature's Swiftness, which makes your next Nature spell instant: use it with Healing Touch in an emergency.

Sourced: Guide · 2 Oct, Dev notes · 24 Sep, Talent database

At level 60. Theory Wild Growth on cooldown: it heals an ally and each party member within 43 yards of them over 7 sec, fast at first. Rejuvenation on the tank, Regrowth, Swiftmend for spikes, Healing Touch with Nature's Swiftness in an emergency, and Innervate. Gift of the Earthmother makes Rejuvenation, Swiftmend and Wild Growth trigger a global cooldown 0.5 sec shorter, and Wild Growth needs Living Spirit 3 of 3. The 17 Feral points buy Brutal Impact for a longer Bash, and Feral Charge, which roots an enemy and interrupts its spellcasting for 4 sec.

Sourced: Talent database Source pending

Talents at a glance

  • Level 20: Furor 5, Naturalist 3, Natural Shapeshifter 3

    Furor for full Rage/Energy on shift, Naturalist, Natural Shapeshifter — the shapeshift-escape core.

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  • Level 30: Furor 5, Naturalist 5, Natural Shapeshifter 3, Gift of Nature 2, Gift of the Earthmother 1, Swiftmend 1, Improved Rejuvenation 3, Nature's Swiftness 1

    Naturalist 5/5 (Nature's Swiftness's prerequisite), Gift of the Earthmother, Swiftmend (row 4 at 15), Improved Rejuvenation, Nature's Swiftness with the 21st point (row 5 at 20).

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  • Level 60: Furor 5, Nature's Focus 3, Naturalist 5, Natural Shapeshifter 3, Subtlety 3, Gift of Nature 5, Gift of the Earthmother 1, Swiftmend 1, Improved Rejuvenation 3, Nature's Swiftness 1, Living Spirit 3, Wild Growth 1, Heart of the Wild 5, Ferocity 4, Feral Swiftness 2, Thick Hide 3, Brutal Impact 2, Feral Charge 1

    Wild Growth requires Living Spirit 3/3; Nature's Swiftness requires Naturalist 5/5. Feral: Heart of the Wild, Thick Hide, Feral Swiftness, Brutal Impact (longer Bash), Feral Charge — flag-carrier durability and a charge-interrupt.

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Rotation at level 30

Recommendation

Single target

Open with Thorns, Mark of the Wild.

  1. Rejuvenation
  2. Regrowth
  3. Swiftmend (talent, row 4) for spikes
  4. Healing Touch (Naturalist = faster)
  5. Nature's Swiftness + Healing Touch emergency

Groups

  • Tranquility (30) for group damage — can crit since 24 Sep

Tip

PvP: HoT-and-run, shapeshift out of roots (Natural Shapeshifter).

Stats

Each guide's stat order as it gives it, the sim's stat weights, then ours. Guides dated before the last big tuning are shown but not counted.

One guideOnly one guide ranks the stats.

WhereStat order
Guide · 18 Sep PvE, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedIntellect › Healing power › Spirit › Mana per 5 sec › Crit › Haste
Guide · 1 Oct PvE, level 20 · read 12 OctSpell power › Intellect › Spirit › Crit › Haste
Guide · 22 Sep leveling, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedNot ranked
Ours RecommendationHealing power › Spirit › Intellect › Mana per 5 sec › Spell crit › Stamina for PvP

Ours adds Mana per 5 sec and Stamina for PvP, which the guide doesn't list.

Where ours differs: ours puts Spirit before Intellect, which the guide ranks higher.

Race

Each guide's race picks for Restoration, then our pick for the Druid.

Alliance

  • Guide · 18 Sep PvE, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedNot given
  • Guide · 1 Oct PvE, level 20 · read 12 OctNot given
  • Guide · 22 Sep leveling, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedNight Elf
  • Ours, for the Druid RecommendationNight Elf S

Horde

  • Guide · 18 Sep PvE, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedNot given
  • Guide · 1 Oct PvE, level 20 · read 12 OctNot given
  • Guide · 22 Sep leveling, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedTauren
  • Ours, for the Druid RecommendationTauren S

Professions

One guideOnly one guide names professions.

  • Guide · 18 Sep PvE, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedSkinning, Leatherworking
  • Guide · 1 Oct PvE, level 20 · read 12 OctSkinning, Leatherworking
  • Guide · 22 Sep leveling, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not countedNot given
  • Ours, for the Druid RecommendationHerbalism + Alchemy; or Skinning + Leatherworking

What changed for Restoration

  • Thorns base damage back to Vanilla values, spell power ratio 6% (was 13.3%); Wrath ranks 1–5 retuned so each new rank is an upgrade; Mana Potions now work in Bear, Dire Bear and Cat Form.

    Sourced: Dev notes · 8 Oct

  • Wrath base damage +~50%; Thorns scales with the caster's spell power.

    Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep

  • Rejuvenation, Tranquility and Wild Growth can now crit (bug fixes).

    Sourced: Dev notes · 24 Sep

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