WORLD OF WARCRAFT: FOREVER · TIER 1 SETS
Tier 1 drops in the 20-player Mount Hyjal raid that opens December 9. Nine classes, 18 sets, six pieces each with four bonuses. Tank, healer and DPS are separate sets of items — not one set whose bonus flips with your spec.
The first thing to know: there is no one-set-fits-all in this Tier 1. Warriors have a DPS set and a tank set, Druids have four (Feral, Balance, Guardian, Restoration), Shamans three, Paladins three, Priests two. Hunters, Rogues, Mages and Warlocks get one set each, shared by every spec. If you play two roles, you collect two sets.
Six classes have no tank set (Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock) and five have no healer set (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Mage, Warlock). That is as clear a statement as Blizzard has made about who tanks and who heals in Forever — clearer than any talent tree.
The 2-piece bonus is fixed by role: every tank set gives +7 Defense, every healer set +10 Spirit, and DPS sets give either 1% hit (casters) or 1% haste (physical). The 4-piece is a creature-type bonus: Demons ×4, Elementals ×3, Humanoids ×2, Beasts ×1, Undead ×1. Demons and Elementals leading the count says something about what lives in Hyjal and the raids after it.
The bonuses worth watching are the 5-piece ones: four of them lean on abilities that are new in Forever — Penance for Priests, Lava Burst and Riptide for Shamans, Berserk for Druids. None of these existed in Classic, and giving them cooldown reductions on tier says the designers expect them in your rotation. Under each bonus we mark where that ability sits in the talent tree and whether it is new, changed or unchanged; the class name links to the full tree.
Warrior
2 sets · no healer set
Increases your attack speed and casting speed by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Intimidating Shout by 30 sec.
+36 Attack Power against Humanoids.
Reduces the cooldown of your Recklessness by 30 sec.
+7 Defense.
Reduces the cooldown of your Intervene by 10 sec.
Reduces the chance your melee attacks are dodged or parried by 1.2%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall by 30 sec.
changed vs Classic · Protection tree · row 5
Paladin
3 sets
+10 Spirit.
Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 30 sec.
Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 26 and damage done by up to 9.
Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Shock by 1 sec.
changed vs Classic · Holy tree · row 5
+7 Defense.
Reduces the cast time of your Turn Undead by 1.5 sec.
Reduces the chance your melee attacks are dodged or parried by 1.2%.
Each time you gain Forbearance, its duration is reduced by 10 sec.
Increases your attack speed and casting speed by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice by 5 sec.
unchanged · Protection tree · row 4
+36 Attack Power against Demons.
Wowhead's internal bonus name says "AP vs. Undead", but the beta client's spell text reads "+36 Attack Power against Demons" — the name is a leftover; the effect is Demons.
Reduces the cooldown of your Judgement by 0.5 sec.
changed vs Classic · Retribution tree · row 2
Hunter
1 set · no tank set · no healer set
Increases your attack speed and casting speed by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Frost Trap and Freezing Trap by 3 sec.
+36 Attack Power against Beasts.
Reduces the cooldown of your Aimed Shot and Multi-Shot by 1 sec.
trainable baseline · trained · Trainable now instead of a Marksmanship talent, and quicker: 2 sec cast, 6 sec cooldown, shared with Multi-Shot (Classic was a 3 sec cast).
Rogue
1 set · no tank set · no healer set
Increases your chance to hit by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Kidney Shot by 3 sec.
changed vs Classic · Assassination tree · row 5
+36 Attack Power against Humanoids.
Reduces the energy cost of your Envenom and Eviscerate by 5.
changed vs Classic · Combat tree · row 1
Priest
2 sets · no tank set
+10 Spirit.
Reduces the cooldown of your Fear Ward by 60 sec.
trainable baseline · trained · Every Priest gets it. 3 min cooldown.
Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 26 and damage done by up to 9.
Reduces the cooldown of your Penance and Prayer of Mending by 1 sec.
new in Forever · Discipline tree · row 5
Increases your chance to hit by 1%.
Increases the duration of your Shackle Undead by 10 sec.
Increases damage done by spells and effects against Undead by up to 21.
Reduces the cooldown of your Devouring Plague by 60 sec.
trainable baseline · trained · A normal Shadow spell now, not an Undead racial. Rank 3 by 38, 1 min cooldown.
Shaman
3 sets · no tank set
Increases your attack speed and casting speed by 1%.
Increases the radius of your beneficial Air and Earth totems by 10 yards.
+36 Attack Power against Elementals.
Reduces the cooldown of your Stormstrike by 0.5 sec.
changed vs Classic · Enhancement tree · row 4
Increases your chance to hit by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Earthbind Totem by 2 sec.
Increases damage done by spells and effects against Elementals by up to 21.
Reduces the cooldown of your Lava Burst by 1 sec.
new in Forever · Elemental tree · row 7
+10 Spirit.
Increases the radius of your beneficial Fire and Water totems by 10 yards.
Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 26 and damage done by up to 9.
Reduces the cooldown of your Riptide by 1 sec.
new in Forever · Restoration tree · row 7
Mage
1 set · no tank set · no healer set
Increases your chance to hit by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Counterspell by 5 sec.
changed vs Classic · Arcane tree · row 4
Increases damage done by spells and effects against Elementals by up to 21.
Your Frostfire Bolt has a 10% higher chance to trigger Missile Barrage, a 10% higher critical strike chance while Combustion is active, and a 10% higher chance to trigger Fingers of Frost.
trainable baseline · trained · A bolt that is both Fire and Frost. Four talents reference it.
Warlock
1 set · no tank set · no healer set
Increases your chance to hit by 1%.
Reduces the cast time of your Banish by 1.5 sec.
Increases damage done by spells and effects against Demons by up to 21.
Your Life Tap generates 20% more mana without costing additional health.
moved · Affliction tree · row 1
Druid
4 sets
Increases your attack speed and casting speed by 1%.
Your Hibernate can now be cast in Cat Form, with its cast time reduced by 1.5 sec while in Cat Form, but Hibernate gains a 15 sec cooldown.
+36 Attack Power against Demons.
Reduces the cooldown of your Tiger's Fury by 3 sec.
Increases your chance to hit by 1%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Nature's Grasp by 15 sec.
trainable baseline · trained · Both trainable now, not talents. Found in the Balance tab at 38.
Increases damage done by spells and effects against Demons by up to 21.
Increases the duration of your Insect Swarm by 3 sec.
changed vs Classic · Balance tree · row 4
+7 Defense.
Your Rebirth can now be cast in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form, with its cast time reduced by 2 sec while in either form.
Reduces the chance your melee attacks are dodged or parried by 1.2%.
Reduces the cooldown of your Berserk by 15 sec.
new in Forever · Feral Combat tree · row 7
+10 Spirit.
Reduces the cooldown of your Barkskin by 10 sec.
Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 26 and damage done by up to 9.
Reduces the cooldown of your Swiftmend by 3 sec.
changed vs Classic · Restoration tree · row 4Source: New and Updated Gear Set Bonuses in WoW: Forever (2026-09-17) · bonus text verified against the beta client; Chinese names are provisional