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Bear Form

Spell

Bear Form

Physical

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Druid

Instant castSelf Only

Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180.

Bear Form

Tooltip

Shapeshift into Bear Form, increasing Attack Power by 30, Armor contribution from items by 180%, and Health by 180. Also protects the caster from Polymorph effects and allows the use of various bear abilities.

The act of shapeshifting frees the caster of Polymorph and Movement Impairing effects.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Bear Form is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 36.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 77.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 668.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 110. Its base value is -100.

What it does

Bear Form is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 36
Misc value: 5, 7
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 77
Misc value: 17
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 668
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 110
Value: -100
Misc value: 3

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.

How to learn

How to learn Bear Form

Learned at
Level 10 (Shapeshift)
From
Druid trainer
Who can learn it
Any Druid

Visit a Druid trainer once you reach level 10 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?

Bear Form appears in: 1 skill line and 1 teaching spell.

Skill lines

  • Druid, learned automaticallySkill line

Teaching spells

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

Related

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Blood FrenzyBlood Frenzy
Brutal ImpactBrutal Impact
Cat FormCat Form
Cat Form (Passive)Cat Form (Passive)
Challenging RoarChallenging Roar
ClawClaw

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 39 separate Spell records named "Bear Form". This page is record #5487. 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
#7090school: Nature; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17057duration: 3 sec; effect types: Energize, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#18309school: Nature; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19030school: Nature; duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19179duration: none; effect types: Learn Spell, Learn Spell, Learn SpellA different effect setup
#27543school: Nature; duration: 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 sighted5 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 10 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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