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Bear Form

Spell

Bear Form

Nature

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Instant cast30 sec cooldownSelf Only

Shapeshifts into a bear, increasing armor and hit points, as well as allowing the use of various bear abilities.

Bear Form

Tooltip

Shapeshifts into a bear, increasing armor and hit points, as well as allowing the use of various bear abilities. Lasts until cancelled.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 36.

What it does

Bear Form is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 30 sec cooldown and an effect that lasts until cancelled. 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
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldownNone
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 36
Misc value: 14, 2

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

Bear Form sounds

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

SPELL_Nature_PreCastHigh_LoopSoundKit 27

  1. Precastnaturemagichigh4.1s · ID 568291 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

BearAttacksSoundKit 5735

  1. Mbearattacka0.8s · ID 544953 · creature/bear
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Mbearattackb0.8s · ID 544951 · creature/bear
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Mbearattackcriticala1.0s · ID 544955 · creature/bear
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Mbearattackd1.4s · ID 544954 · creature/bear
    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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 39 separate Spell records named "Bear Form". This page is record #18309. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#5487used by: Druid; school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#7090duration: 5 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#17057used by: Druid; school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Energize, Apply AuraA different owner
#19030duration: 5 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#19179school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Learn Spell, Learn Spell, Learn SpellA different effect setup
#27543duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31792effect types: noneA different effect setup
#32357effect types: noneA different effect setup
#48368effect types: noneA different effect setup
#74504effect types: noneA different effect setup
#83093effect types: noneA different effect setup
#99114effect 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 sighted1 effect rows 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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