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Genesis, a Balance Druid talent in WoW Forever

Genesis is a passive talent in row 1 of the Balance tree. It needs no points in Balance, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Genesis

5 ranks

Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 1%.

Every rank of Genesis

RankText
Rank 1Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 1%.
Rank 2Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 2%.
Rank 3Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 3%.
Rank 4Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 4%.
Rank 5Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 5%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Balance tree

Improved WrathGenesisMoonglowImproved MoonfireNature's MajestyNature's ReachImproved Entangling RootsNature's SplendorInsect SwarmVengeanceImproved StarfireOvergrowthNature's GraceEclipseMoonfuryMoonkin Form
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above
None: this is the first row
Row below (row 2)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Genesis.

Compared with Classic Era

Genesis has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.

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All Balance talents

  1. Improved Wrath
  2. Genesis
  3. Moonglow
  4. Improved Moonfire
  5. Nature's Majesty
  6. Nature's Reach
  7. Improved Entangling Roots
  8. Nature's Splendor
  9. Insect Swarm
  10. Vengeance
  11. Improved Starfire
  12. Overgrowth
  13. Nature's Grace
  14. Eclipse
  15. Moonfury
  16. Moonkin Form

The other Druid trees: Feral Combat and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Druid since Classic is on the changes page.

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.