Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after 10 sec. Effect negated by long distance or death.
Altering Time. Returning to past location and health when duration expires.
Duration: 10 seconds
Alter Time is a mage class talent. It allows the caster to set a point in time and then return to it once, resetting their health and location to the set point.
Patch changes[]
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 4 class talent (was learned at level 19 for Arcane, and level 58 for Fire and Frost).
Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Now learned by Fire and Frost mages level 58.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Re-added as a level 19 ability for Arcane (was a level 30 talent for all specs).
Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Now has a 1-minute cooldown (down from 1.5 minutes).
Hotfix (2014-10-30):Should now work correctly for characters below level 77.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Redesigned as a level 30 talent (was a level 87 ability). Alter the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after 10 sec. Effect negated by long distance or death.
Old: Alter the fabric of time, causing the caster to return to their current location, health, mana, buffs, and debuffs, when cast a second time, or after 6 sec.