Soul of the Forest

Soul of the Forest
Soul of the Forest Row 7 Balance druid talent Row 9 Feral druid talent Row 6 Guardian/Restoration druid talent Passive Solar Eclipse increases Wrath's Astral power generation by 60% and Lunar Eclipse increases Starfire's damage and Astral Power generation by 20% for each target hit beyond the first, up to 60%. Your finishing moves grant 5 Energy per combo point spent and deal 5% increased damage. Mangle generates 5 more Rage and deals 25% more damage. Swiftmend increases the healing of your next Regrowth or Rejuvenation by 150%, or your next Wild Growth by 50%.
Properties
Class	Druid
Talents
Talent required	Balance: [Celestial Alignment] or [Starlord] Feral: [Frantic Momentum] or [Cat's Curiosity] Guardian: [Vulnerable Flesh] or [Layered Mane] Restoration: [Efflorescence]
Other information
Affects	Balance: [Eclipse] Guardian: [Mangle] Restoration: [Swiftmend]
Related buff
Magic Soul of the Forest Healing of your next Regrowth or Rejuvenation increased by 150%, or your next Wild Growth by 50%. Duration: 15 seconds

Soul of the Forest is a druid talent appearing in all four specialization trees.

Trivia

• Soul of the Forest is a common Druid spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: ""Reforestation" is suddenly a terrifying word."

Patch changes

• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Position adjusted on row 6 for Guardian.
  
• Hotfix (2023-05-08): Now increases [Wrath]'s Astral Power generation while in Solar [Eclipse] by 60% (up from 30%).
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Balance: Now increases Wrath Astral Power gain by 30% (was 50%) and [Starfire]'s damage and Astral Power generation during Eclipse by 20% for each target hit beyond the first, up to 60% (was 150% bonus to Starfire's area-of-effect damage).
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-21):
  • Fixed an issue that caused [Regrowth]'s healing to not be increased properly by Soul of the Forest while using the [Undergrowth] and [Rampant Growth] talents.
  • Fixed an issue that caused [Overgrowth] to not consume Soul of the Forest.
    
• Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Soul of the Forest is now after the 8 point gate for Guardian (was row 9).
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 7 Balance talent, row 9 Feral/Guardian talent, and row 6 Restoration talent (was a level 40 talent).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
  • Now available at level 40 (was 75).
  • Balance effect redesigned – Eclipse increases Wrath's Astral power generation by 50% and increases Starfire's damage to all other enemies by 150%.

  Old: Increases the damage bonus from Lunar and Solar Empowerment by 30%. Reduces the Astral Power cost of Starfall by 10.
  

• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Soul of the Forest now causes your finishing moves to deal 5% increased damage and grant 5 Energy per combo point.
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-25): Soul of the Forest will maintain its damage increase at 1, 2, and 3 stacks of Lunar and Solar Empowerments.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10):
  • Balance: Now increases Empowerments by 20% (was 15%) and reduces Starfall cost by 20 (was 10).
  • Guardian: Now causes [Mangle] to generate 7 more rage (was 5) and deal 25% additional damage (was 15%).
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available at level 75 (was 60).
  • Feral: energy gain increased from 4 to 8 per combo point.
  • Restoration: no longer reduced the cast time of [Healing Touch]. [Regrowth] or [Rejuvenation] healing increased from 100% to 200%. [Wild Growth] healing increased from 50% to 75%.
    
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Soul of the Forest (Guardian) now increases Mangle's Rage generation by 5 (down from 10).
  • Soul of the Forest (Balance) has been redesigned. Now increases the damage bonus from Lunar and Solar Empowerment by an additional 15%.
    Old: Your Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge casts have a 8% chance to cause your next Astral Communion to instantly grant 100 Lunar or Solar Power.
  • Soul of the Forest (Restoration) has been redesigned. When casting Swiftmend, the Druid gains Soul of the Forest. Soul of the Forest reduces the cast time of the next Healing Touch by 50%, or increases the healing of the next Regrowth or Rejuvenation by 100%, or increases the healing of the next Wild Growth by 50%.

  Old: You gain 100% haste for your next spell when you cast Swiftmend.
  

• Hotfix (2014-01-21): Soul of the Forest (Restoration) should no longer incorrectly grant a haste effect from failed attempts to cast Swiftmend on targets that are under a Cenarion Ward's healing effect.
  
• Hotfix (2013-11-25): Soul of the Forest's effect for Restoration Druids that gives 100% haste for the next spell no longer modifies the cast speed of Revive.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Partially redesigned to make it more attractive to Balance, Guardian, and Restoration Druids.
  • Balance: [Wrath], [Starfire], and [Starsurge] casts have a 8% chance to cause [Astral Communion] to grant 100 Lunar Power or Solar Power instead of activating the next [Eclipse].
  • Guardian: Increases Rage generation from [Mangle (Bear)] by 30% instead of an additional 3 Rage, and this talent now also applies to the Rage generated by Mangle (Bear) when it triggers [Primal Fury].
  • Restoration: Now causes the Druid to gain 100% haste (up from 75%) on their next spell after casting [Swiftmend].
    
• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05):
  • Balance: Now generates 40 Lunar or Solar energy upon leaving [Eclipse].
  • Feral: Unchanged.
  • Guardian: Generates 3 additional Rage per [Mangle].
  • Restoration: Now grants 75% Haste on the next spell cast after the Druid casts [Swiftmend].
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

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