Instant Poison, a Rogue ability in WoW Forever

Instant Poison is a Rogue ability in the Poisons 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 Nature.

Against Classic: Changed

Ranks and levels of Instant Poison

Ranks of Instant Poison
Level	Rank	Tooltip	Text
20	Rank 1	3 sec cast Reagents: Dust of Decay, Empty Vial Makes: Instant Poison	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 13 to 17 Nature damage. 60 charges.
28	Rank 2	3 sec cast Reagents: Dust of Decay x3, Leaded Vial Makes: Instant Poison II	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 20 to 26 Nature damage. 85 charges.
36	Rank 3	3 sec cast Reagents: Dust of Deterioration, Leaded Vial Makes: Instant Poison III	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 29 to 37 Nature damage. 105 charges.
44	Rank 4	3 sec cast Reagents: Dust of Deterioration x2, Crystal Vial Makes: Instant Poison IV	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 45 to 57 Nature damage. 130 charges.
52	Rank 5	3 sec cast Reagents: Dust of Deterioration x3, Crystal Vial Makes: Instant Poison V	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 62 to 80 Nature damage. 150 charges.
60	Rank 6	3 sec cast Reagents: Dust of Deterioration x4, Crystal Vial Makes: Instant Poison VI	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 76 to 100 Nature damage. 175 charges.

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

Instant Poison compared with Classic

All 6 ranks changed since Classic.

How each rank of Instant Poison compares with Classic
Rank	Change	Classic tooltip	Classic text
Rank 1	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 19 to 25 Nature damage. 40 charges.
Rank 2	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 30 to 38 Nature damage. 55 charges.
Rank 3	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 44 to 56 Nature damage. 70 charges.
Rank 4	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 67 to 85 Nature damage. 85 charges.
Rank 5	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 92 to 118 Nature damage. 100 charges.
Rank 6	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 20% chance of poisoning the enemy which instantly inflicts 112 to 148 Nature damage. 115 charges.

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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.