Curse of Exhaustion, an Affliction Warlock talent in WoW Forever

Curse of Exhaustion is an active talent in row 4 of the Affliction tree. It needs 15 points in Affliction, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.

Curse of Exhaustion

1 rank

8% of base mana
30 yd range
Instant

Requires 15 points in Affliction
Requires Amplify Curse at 1/1

Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Every rank of Curse of Exhaustion

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Where it sits in the Affliction tree

Needs

Amplify Curse at 1/1

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

Row above (row 3)

Row below (row 5)

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

Compared with Classic Era

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

Position

Classic Era

Affliction, row 5, column 3

WoW Forever

Affliction, row 4, column 3

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Reduces the target's movement speed by 10% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

WoW Forever

Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

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All Affliction talents

The other Warlock trees: Demonology and Destruction. Everything that changed for the Warlock 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.