Devouring Plague, a Priest ability in WoW Forever

Devouring Plague is a Priest ability in the Shadow tab of the WoW Forever spellbook. It has 6 ranks. Its first rank is learned at level 20 and its last at level 60. Its spell school is Shadow.

Against Classic: Changed

Ranks and levels of Devouring Plague

Ranks of Devouring Plague
Level	Rank	Tooltip	Text
20	Rank 1	215 Mana30 yd range Instant1 min cooldown	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 128 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
28	Rank 2	350 Mana30 yd range Instant1 min cooldown	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 232 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
36	Rank 3	495 Mana30 yd range Instant1 min cooldown	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 344 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
44	Rank 4	645 Mana30 yd range Instant1 min cooldown	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 488 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
52	Rank 5	810 Mana30 yd range Instant1 min cooldown	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 656 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
60	Rank 6	985 Mana30 yd range Instant1 min cooldown	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 848 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

Text and numbers are the beta client's tooltip at level 60 with no gear, unless a rank says otherwise.

Devouring Plague compared with Classic

All 6 ranks changed since Classic.

How each rank of Devouring Plague compares with Classic
Rank	Change	Classic tooltip	Classic text
Rank 1	Changed	215 Mana30 yd range Instant3 min cooldown scales with 6.3% of spell power (per tick)	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 152 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
Rank 2	Changed	350 Mana30 yd range Instant3 min cooldown scales with 6.3% of spell power (per tick)	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 272 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
Rank 3	Changed	495 Mana30 yd range Instant3 min cooldown scales with 6.3% of spell power (per tick)	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 400 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
Rank 4	Changed	645 Mana30 yd range Instant3 min cooldown scales with 6.3% of spell power (per tick)	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 544 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
Rank 5	Changed	810 Mana30 yd range Instant3 min cooldown scales with 6.3% of spell power (per tick)	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 712 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.
Rank 6	Changed	985 Mana30 yd range Instant3 min cooldown scales with 6.3% of spell power (per tick)	Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 904 Shadow damage over 24 sec. Damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster.

Talents that change Devouring Plague

These Priest talents name Devouring Plague in their rank text.

Devouring ContagionShadow, row 5

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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.