WoW Forever · Spell damage

Arcane Mage

Arcane makes the next cast’s cost part of the damage decision. Arcane Blast raises its own mana cost while granting a benefit to other spells. Chaining it forever is not the only interpretation of the talent: you can build the effect and then choose a different cast that uses the benefit.

Current beta play is capped at level 30. Level 60 reference models and deeper talents are identified as later planning. Client descriptions and server updates can differ.

In this guide

What this build asks you to do

Presence of Mind offers a planned instant eligible spell, while deeper Arcane Power adds damage at an increased mana cost. Decide whether the target and encounter justify that expenditure. A stationary damage example says little about travel, interruptions or how much drinking follows the pull. Mana management is an active part of the spec, not a correction applied after its damage is measured.

A stack-building spell can support a deliberate follow-up cast.
Repeated Arcane Blast becomes more expensive; burst and endurance pull in different directions.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Choose the next action

Begin with enough safe casting time and mana for the pull. Arcane Blast changes its own cost and the benefit available to other spells, so watch the effect before deciding to repeat it.
If another damage spell is the useful follow-up, cast it with the prepared benefit and then clear the Arcane Blast state. That benefit does not remain forever after the consuming cast.
Use Presence of Mind on an eligible spell whose instant cast solves a real movement or damage need. Do not spend it on a cast that would have finished safely anyway.
A deeper Arcane Power window increases expenditure as well as damage. Reserve enough mana for the remaining fight instead of judging the window by the first large hit.
When the target will not survive another long cast, use a learned finisher or control option that actually saves time. Travel, interrupted casts and drinking are absent from the stationary reference.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Arcane Blast changes the next decision

Click through an illustrative sequence. Conditional effects require the named spells and talents; this is not a damage, resource, threat or timing simulation.

Cast Arcane Blast: With the talent learned, begin its stacking effect.
Repeat only if useful: Another Blast raises its own cost; this diagram does not assign a mana percentage.
Choose another spell: A different damage spell uses the described benefit and ends the stacked Arcane Blast effect.
Reassess the budget: Decide whether to rebuild, switch tactics or recover; a long chain is a choice, not a universal rotation.

Inspect the interaction

The scene explains this named mechanic. The saved level 60 priority reference, where present, is separate.

Arcane Blast changes the next decision Current beta · use the spells and talents you know

Arcane Blast changes the next decision

Click through an illustrative sequence. Conditional effects require the named spells and talents; this is not a damage, resource, threat or timing simulation.

This scene illustrates a named interaction. Playback does not simulate combat timing, damage, resource costs or enemy behaviour.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Build the toolkit

Check the Arcane Blast talent milestone and its actual rank before constructing a repeat-cast plan. Deep Arcane Power belongs to later points. Learn practical control and mana-support spells as well as the damage ranks you use.

Build the toolkit
Level	Decision or milestone	Scope
20	Arcane Blast is a talent-row option.	Current beta
30	Presence of Mind is an ordinary talent-row option.	Current beta
40	Arcane Power is deeper planning.	Later planning

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Understand the upgrade

Compare damage per usable cast and the cost of sustaining stacks; the mana pool alone does not rank the rotation.

Above 20 existing effective Intellect, +10 adds 150 baseline display mana; lower totals cross a different breakpoint.

These examples describe the pinned client baseline. Learned talents, buffs, attack type and actual encounter change the useful result; they are not universal stat weights. Spirit’s value must be compared through the full and casting regeneration your character reports, rather than a fixed Spirit-to-MP5 rule.

Understand the upgrade
Comparison	Meaning
+10 Intellect	+150 mana if existing effective Intellect is at least 20, before further modifiers; about +0.366 percentage points of spell crit at level 30.
+7 Intellect from 19	The first-20 breakpoint gives +91 mana, not +105.
Spell/healing power	Compare the affected spell or heal and learned rank; the coefficient and useful outcome differ.

Sources for this section

Forever class attribute coefficients Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Class baseline attack-power coefficients; form-specific branches and modifiers are separate.
Matching Forever character-stat display Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Client display basis: 14 AP per nominal ordinary weapon DPS, 2 Armor per Agility, and Cat-specific Agility branch. Not a special-attack or shapeshifted damage model.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Questing and group play

Solo Arcane needs a plan for enemies that reach you and for the recovery after each pull. Use the class’s learned control rather than expecting a damage talent to create space. In a group, preserve casts by standing safely and switching targets deliberately; an impressive opening is less useful if it exhausts the mana needed for the next pack.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.

Choose useful equipment

Spell damage changes affected casts, while Intellect supports mana capacity and spell crit. Compare an item against the sequence you actually cast, including the increasing Blast cost. A level 5 wand can be a budget solo option, but the September update removes spell-power scaling from wand attacks.

Sources for this section

TalentsForever: current beta talents and spell tooltips Forever beta report · 1.60.1.70170 · 2026-10-04
CC-BY-4.0 author-client export generated October 4. Build 70170 with dated research/hotfix annotations; client descriptions do not establish every current server effect or trainer offer.
Matching Forever attribute breakpoints Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
First 20 effective Intellect and Stamina breakpoints; Intellect above 20 has 15 mana per point in the client display. HP above the Stamina breakpoint uses a runtime getter.
Forever client regeneration evidence Client interface source · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Reported rate display and accepted class/retention evidence. No universal Spirit-to-MP5 conversion or invented server tick formula.
Forever item reference: build 70205 Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Item names and requirements; client presence does not establish a drop source or current access.

Level 60 reference priorities

Undead; saved 35/11/5 talent split; level 60; 10,000 iterations; one level 63 target; nominal 120 seconds with ±15 seconds variation.

These are the visible core spell decisions in this saved model’s effective rotation, in source priority order. Check the first usable higher-priority action; later entries can be skipped. Item, racial and other auxiliary management remains in the full report, and execute-phase percentages are encounter settings rather than proc chances. The proc-gated Arcane Missiles entry uses the engine’s carried-over Missile Barrage assumption; it is not a verified current proc rate or timing rule.

Level 60 reference priorities
Action	Condition in this saved model
Evocation	(Mana % < 15% AND fight time remaining > 20s)
Arcane Missiles	active effect: Missile Barrage (model effect)
Frostbolt	(stacks: Arcane Blast ≥ 3 OR Mana % < 40%)
Arcane Blast	No additional priority test

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Arcane Mage Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.
MythicSim engine: Missile Barrage assumption Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Identifies model aura 44404 as Missile Barrage. The source explicitly carries this effect over because its generated tables lack the rows; its chance and timing are not confirmed live-game values.

Inspect the saved opening

These timestamps show selected events from one recorded model opening. A row can be a triggered event; it is not automatically another button press. Negative times are preparation before the encounter.

Saved endgame model · later planning

Saved level 60 reference

Inspect events from this saved setup.

Level 60 single-target damage reference · later planning

Inspect the saved opening

These rows are events from one model timeline. A triggered hit or effect is not automatically an extra player cast.

Saved model event · 0 sPresence of Mind

Inspect the original setup and full report →

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Arcane Mage Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.

Equipment in this reference

The publisher describes these sets as primarily dungeon and crafted equipment, rather than optimized BiS. The Survival and Holy / Protection references have beta-gear exceptions. This is an item sample without inferred inventory slots.

Equipment in this reference
Reference item	How to use this comparison
Robe of the Archmage	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.
Gloves of Spell Mastery	Fixed reference item; verify your level, source and current access.

Sources for this section

MythicSim: Arcane Mage Model documentation · 2026-10-05
Saved level 60 reference, inspected October 5, 2026. Engine forever-f43215d07e51fc228c2e32366d7563b03d76fec8. Its priorities and events describe this model, not tested live gameplay.
Forever item reference: build 70205 Client data · 1.60.1.70205 · 2026-10-04
Item names and requirements; client presence does not establish a drop source or current access.
MythicSim: reference-model methodology Model documentation · 2026-10-04
Dated level 60 damage-model references; selected profiles are not gameplay or healer-performance evidence.