Now learned at level 6 for all paladins (was 15 for Retribution and 32 for Holy and Protection).
Rank 2 added for Protection at level 18: Damage taken is reduced by 5% while inside your Consecration.
Rank 3 added for Protection at level 23: Cooldown reduced by 50%.
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Damage increased by 20%.
Hotfix (2018-07-20):Fixed an issue where [Consecration] occasionally failed to provide its self-buff.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Retribution now gains a +100% damage bonus to Consecration.
Hotfix (2016-07-25):Fixed a bug that was interrupting player loot windows when Consecration was active.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available to all specializations. Mana cost removed.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Base damage increased by 789%, and now scales less efficiently with attack power by approximately 11%.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Protection specialization ability. Duration reduced from 10 to 9 seconds.
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Now displays different visuals for hostile and friendly players.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Consecrate now lasts 10 seconds but has a 30-second cooldown, and works with Holy Power instead of spell power. Major talent-tree revamps have eliminated many of the talents that formerly improved Consecration's performance. Many of the items that used to affect Consecration no longer have those attributes.
Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Now properly hits large creatures.
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Corrected a tooltip typo. Low ranks of this ability being cast by high-level players are now being properly penalized.
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): No longer a talent in the Holy tree. Consecration is now available to all paladins to train starting at level 20. Additionally, the bonus damage coefficient has been increased on all ranks.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Fixed problem where occasionally repeated casts of Consecration will not deal damage.
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Consecration has been relocated to the Holy tree and is now a tier-3 talent (was in the Retribution tree as a tier-6 talent). Spell ranks have been updated accordingly. No longer displays a debuff icon on targets in the area of effect.