Wound Poison, a Rogue ability in WoW Forever

Wound Poison is a Rogue ability in the Poisons tab of the WoW Forever spellbook. It has 4 ranks. Its first rank is learned at level 32 and its last at level 56.

Against Classic: Changed

Ranks and levels of Wound Poison

Ranks of Wound Poison
Level	Rank	Tooltip	Text
32	Rank 1	3 sec cast Reagents: Essence of Pain, Deathweed, Leaded Vial Makes: Wound Poison	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 67 for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times on a single target. 90 charges.
40	Rank 2	3 sec cast Reagents: Essence of Pain, Deathweed x2, Leaded Vial Makes: Wound Poison II	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 92 for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times on a single target. 115 charges.
48	Rank 3	3 sec cast Reagents: Essence of Agony, Deathweed x2, Crystal Vial Makes: Wound Poison III	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 128 for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times on a single target. 135 charges.
56	Rank 4	3 sec cast Reagents: Essence of Agony x2, Deathweed x2, Crystal Vial Makes: Wound Poison IV	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 165 for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times on a single target. 160 charges.

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

Wound Poison compared with Classic

All 4 ranks changed since Classic.

How each rank of Wound 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 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 55 for 15 sec.
Rank 2	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 75 for 15 sec.
Rank 3	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 105 for 15 sec.
Rank 4	Changed	—	Coats a weapon with poison that lasts for 30 minutes. Each strike has a 30% chance of poisoning the enemy, reducing all healing effects used on them by 135 for 15 sec.

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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.