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Earthbound, an Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever

Earthbound is a passive talent in row 5 of the Elemental tree. It needs 20 points in Elemental, 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.

Earthbound

1 rank

  • Requires 20 points in Elemental

Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.

Every rank of Earthbound

RankText
Rank 1Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.

Where it sits in the Elemental tree

ConvectionConcussionElemental WardingReverberationCall of FlameElemental DevastationElemental FocusElemental AlacrityImproved Fire NovaEye of the StormCall of ThunderElemental ReachLightning OverloadEarthboundElemental FuryLava Burst
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
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 Earthbound.

Compared with Classic Era

Earthbound has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.

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All Elemental talents

  1. Convection
  2. Concussion
  3. Elemental Warding
  4. Reverberation
  5. Call of Flame
  6. Elemental Devastation
  7. Elemental Focus
  8. Elemental Alacrity
  9. Improved Fire Nova
  10. Eye of the Storm
  11. Call of Thunder
  12. Elemental Reach
  13. Lightning Overload
  14. Earthbound
  15. Elemental Fury
  16. Lava Burst

The other Shaman trees: Enhancement and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Shaman 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.