Penance, a Discipline Priest talent in WoW Forever
Penance is an active talent in row 5 of the Discipline tree. It needs 20 points in Discipline, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.
Penance
1 rank
- 150 Mana
- Enemy: 36 yd range
- Friendly: 40 yd range
- Channeled
- 12 sec cooldown
- Requires 20 points in Discipline
Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 44 Holy damage to an enemy, or 133 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.
Every rank of Penance
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 44 Holy damage to an enemy, or 133 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec. |
Where it sits in the Discipline tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- That talent needs Penance at 1/1.
- Same row
- Row above (row 4)
- Row below (row 6)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Penance.
Compared with Classic Era
Penance has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.
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All Discipline talents
- Power in Light
- Wand Specialization
- Twin Disciplines
- Silent Resolve
- Holy Precision
- Improved Power Word: Shield
- Martyrdom
- Mental Agility
- Inner Focus
- Meditation
- Improved Inner Fire
- Mental Strength
- Soul Warding
- Improved Mana Burn
- Penance
- Renewed Hope
- Divine Aegis
- Power Infusion
The other Priest trees: Holy and Shadow. 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.