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Illumination, a Holy Paladin talent in WoW Forever

Illumination is a passive talent in row 4 of the Holy tree. It needs 15 points in Holy, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Illumination

5 ranks

  • Requires 15 points in Holy
  • Requires Reverence at 3/3

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

Every rank of Illumination

RankText
Rank 1After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
Rank 2After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 40% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
Rank 3After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 60% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
Rank 4After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 80% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
Rank 5After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Holy tree

Divine StrengthDivine IntellectHealing LightSpiritual FocusImproved SealsUnyielding FaithVoice of TruthReverencePurifying PowerInfusion of LightIlluminationDivine FavorDivine PrecisionHoly ShockConsecrated GroundHoly PowerLight's Vigil
Needs
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 3)
Row below (row 5)

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

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock heal spell, gives you a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to the base cost of the spell.

WoW Forever

After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 20% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.

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All Holy talents

  1. Divine Strength
  2. Divine Intellect
  3. Healing Light
  4. Spiritual Focus
  5. Improved Seals
  6. Unyielding Faith
  7. Voice of Truth
  8. Reverence
  9. Purifying Power
  10. Infusion of Light
  11. Illumination
  12. Divine Favor
  13. Divine Precision
  14. Holy Shock
  15. Consecrated Ground
  16. Holy Power
  17. Light's Vigil

The other Paladin trees: Protection and Retribution. Everything that changed for the Paladin 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.