Forever Calc

Spirit Tap, a Shadow Priest talent in WoW Forever

Spirit Tap is a passive talent in row 1 of the Shadow tree. It needs no points in Shadow, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Spirit Tap

5 ranks

Gives you a 20% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.

Every rank of Spirit Tap

RankText
Rank 1Gives you a 20% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.
Rank 2Gives you a 40% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.
Rank 3Gives you a 60% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.
Rank 4Gives you a 80% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.
Rank 5Gives you a 100% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Shadow tree

Shadow FocusBlackoutSpirit TapShadow AffinityImproved Shadow Word: PainShadow ReachImproved Mind BlastImproved Psychic ScreamMind FlayImproved Mind FlayImproved FadeVampiric EmbraceShadow WeavingSilenceDevouring ContagionEarly DemiseDarknessShadowform
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above
None: this is the first row
Row below (row 2)

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

Compared with Classic Era

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

Position

Classic Era

Shadow, row 1, column 2

WoW Forever

Shadow, row 1, column 3

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Gives you a 20% chance to gain a 100% bonus to your Spirit after killing a target that yields experience. For the duration, your Mana will regenerate at a 50% rate while casting. Lasts 15 sec.

WoW Forever

Gives you a 20% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.

Open the Priest talent calculator

All Shadow talents

  1. Shadow Focus
  2. Blackout
  3. Spirit Tap
  4. Shadow Affinity
  5. Improved Shadow Word: Pain
  6. Shadow Reach
  7. Improved Mind Blast
  8. Improved Psychic Scream
  9. Mind Flay
  10. Improved Mind Flay
  11. Improved Fade
  12. Vampiric Embrace
  13. Shadow Weaving
  14. Silence
  15. Devouring Contagion
  16. Early Demise
  17. Darkness
  18. 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.