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Thick Hide, a Feral Combat Druid talent in WoW Forever

Thick Hide is a passive talent in row 2 of the Feral Combat tree. It needs 5 points in Feral Combat, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Thick Hide

3 ranks

  • Requires 5 points in Feral Combat

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

Every rank of Thick Hide

RankText
Rank 1While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.
Rank 2While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 2 additional base Armor per level and another 1.33 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.
Rank 3While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 3 additional base Armor per level and another 2.00 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Feral Combat tree

FerocityHeart of the WildFeral SwiftnessFeral InstinctBrutal ImpactThick HideShredding AttacksSavage FuryFeral ChargeSharpened ClawsShifting PowerPrimal BitePredatory StrikesBlood FrenzyImproved Shifting PowerLeader of the PackNatural InstinctNatural ReactionRend and TearBerserk
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 1)
Row below (row 3)

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

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text, its position and its rank count.

Position

Classic Era

Feral Combat, row 2, column 3

WoW Forever

Feral Combat, row 2, column 4

Ranks

Classic Era

5 ranks

WoW Forever

3 ranks

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases your Armor contribution from items by 2%.

WoW Forever

While in Bear Form, Cat Form, Dire Bear Form, or Moonkin Form, you gain 1 additional base Armor per level and another 0.67 base Armor for each point of defense skill beyond five times your level. This amount can be further increased by multipliers from those forms.

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All Feral Combat talents

  1. Ferocity
  2. Heart of the Wild
  3. Feral Swiftness
  4. Feral Instinct
  5. Brutal Impact
  6. Thick Hide
  7. Shredding Attacks
  8. Savage Fury
  9. Feral Charge
  10. Sharpened Claws
  11. Shifting Power
  12. Primal Bite
  13. Predatory Strikes
  14. Blood Frenzy
  15. Improved Shifting Power
  16. Leader of the Pack
  17. Natural Instinct
  18. Natural Reaction
  19. Rend and Tear
  20. Berserk

The other Druid trees: Balance 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.