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Shadowburn, a Destruction Warlock talent in WoW Forever

Shadowburn is an active talent in row 3 of the Destruction tree. It needs 10 points in Destruction, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.

Shadowburn

1 rank

  • 105 Mana
  • 30 yd range
  • Instant
  • 15 sec cooldown
  • Reagents: Soul Shard
  • Requires 10 points in Destruction

Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Every rank of Shadowburn

RankText
Rank 1Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

Where it sits in the Destruction tree

Destructive ReachImproved Shadow BoltBaneMolten SkinCataclysmAftermathRuinShadowburnIntensityAgonizing FlamesConflagratePyroclasmBane of HavocFire and BrimstoneShadow and FlameIncinerate
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 2)
Row below (row 4)

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

Compared with Classic Era

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

Position

Classic Era

Destruction, row 3, column 4

WoW Forever

Destruction, row 3, column 3

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Instantly blasts the target for 91 to 103 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 sec of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

WoW Forever

Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.

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All Destruction talents

  1. Destructive Reach
  2. Improved Shadow Bolt
  3. Bane
  4. Molten Skin
  5. Cataclysm
  6. Aftermath
  7. Ruin
  8. Shadowburn
  9. Intensity
  10. Agonizing Flames
  11. Conflagrate
  12. Pyroclasm
  13. Bane of Havoc
  14. Fire and Brimstone
  15. Shadow and Flame
  16. Incinerate

The other Warlock trees: Affliction and Demonology. 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.