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Barkskin

Spell

Barkskin

Nature

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Druid

Instant cast1 min cooldownSelf Only

Your skin becomes as tough as bark.

Barkskin

Tooltip

Your skin becomes as tough as bark. Physical damage taken is reduced by 20%. While you are protected, damaging attacks will not cause spellcasting delays. Lasts 15 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Barkskin is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 149. Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -20.

What it does

Barkskin is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 149
Value: 100
Misc value: 127, 15
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -20
Misc value: 1

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Barkskin sounds

The sounds the game plays when Barkskin is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Divine ShieldSoundKit 39

  1. Divineshield3.0s · ID 569738 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Nature_CastSoundKit 2561

  1. Naturecast0.7s · ID 569767 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

How to learn

How to learn Barkskin

Learned at
Level 44
From
Druid trainer
Who can learn it
Any Druid

Visit a Druid trainer once you reach level 44 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Druid trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Druid trainers

TrainerZoneMap
DenatharionDruid TrainerDarnassus Capital34.8, 7.4
Fylerian NightwingDruid TrainerDarnassus Capital33.5, 8.3
Mathrengyl BearwalkerDruid TrainerDarnassus Capital35.4, 8.4
MaldrynDruid TrainerStormwind City Capital34.4, 65.2
Sheldras MoontreeDruid TrainerStormwind City Capital35.8, 67.4
TheridranDruid TrainerStormwind City Capital36.1, 64.4
3 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Golhine the HoodedDruid TrainerFelwood61.9, 24.5
KalDruid TrainerTeldrassil55.9, 61.6
Mardant StrongoakDruid TrainerTeldrassil58.6, 40.3

Horde Druid trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Kym WildmaneDruid TrainerThunder Bluff Capital77.1, 29.8
Sheal RunetotemDruid TrainerThunder Bluff Capital77.1, 27.0
Turak RunetotemDruid TrainerThunder Bluff Capital76.5, 27.2
3 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Jannos LighthoofDruid TrainerFeralas76.0, 42.3
Gennia RunetotemDruid TrainerMulgore47.5, 63.0
Gart MistrunnerDruid TrainerThe Barrens28.5, 66.4

Neutral Druid trainers

TrainerZoneMap
LoganaarDruid TrainerMoonglade52.5, 40.6

Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Barkskin appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Druid, learned automaticallySkill line

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Barkskin". This page is record #22812. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#20655duration: 1 min; effect values: 3000, 1000 (this record: 100, -20); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#173558effect types: noneA different effect setup
#182872effect types: noneA different effect setup
#368364effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 44 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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