Darkness, a Shadow Priest talent in WoW Forever
Darkness is a passive talent in row 6 of the Shadow tree. It needs 25 points in Shadow, so the earliest you can take it is level 35 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Darkness
5 ranks
- Requires 25 points in Shadow
Increases your Shadow damage done by 2%.
Every rank of Darkness
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases your Shadow damage done by 2%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases your Shadow damage done by 4%. |
| Rank 3 | Increases your Shadow damage done by 6%. |
| Rank 4 | Increases your Shadow damage done by 8%. |
| Rank 5 | Increases your Shadow damage done by 10%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Shadow tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above (row 5)
- Row below (row 7)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Darkness.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
Increases your Shadow spell damage by 2%.
Increases your Shadow damage done by 2%.
Open the Priest talent calculator
All Shadow talents
- Shadow Focus
- Blackout
- Spirit Tap
- Shadow Affinity
- Improved Shadow Word: Pain
- Shadow Reach
- Improved Mind Blast
- Improved Psychic Scream
- Mind Flay
- Improved Mind Flay
- Improved Fade
- Vampiric Embrace
- Shadow Weaving
- Silence
- Devouring Contagion
- Early Demise
- Darkness
- Shadowform
The other Priest trees: Discipline and Holy. Everything that changed for the Priest 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.