WoW Forever PvP Buffs and Consumables

These are the consumables to carry into battlegrounds. The level each one needs is in the potion table below.

From level 48, carry Free Action Potion, Swiftness Potion, Major Healing Potion and a Major Healthstone into every battleground. Add Limited Invulnerability Potion against melee. Below level 48, pick the healing items your level can use. Warlocks make healthstones, so ask one for yours. A healthstone is your second heal: use it right after a potion.

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  Free Action Potion

  Makes you immune to stuns and movement slowing effects for 30 seconds. It does not clear one that is already on you, so drink it before you engage.

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  Living Action Potion

  Lasts only 5 seconds, but it also clears a stun or slow that is already on you. Save it for the moment you get caught.

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  Limited Invulnerability Potion

  Immune to physical attacks for 6 seconds. It wastes a Rogue or Warrior burst window.

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  Swiftness Potion

  +50% run speed for 15 seconds. Use it to carry a flag, reach a capture point first or get away.

Flasks, elixirs and food work in battlegrounds too. Stamina and armor buy you time, and the potions below decide the fight.

PvP potions

Buff	Effect	Lasts	Use level
Free Action Potion	Effect Immune to stuns and movement slowing effects	Lasts 30 sec	Use level Level 20
Living Action Potion	Effect Immune to stuns and movement slowing effects	Lasts 5 sec	Use level Level 47
Limited Invulnerability Potion	Effect Immune to physical attacks	Lasts 6 sec	Use level Level 45
Swiftness Potion	Effect +50% movement speed	Lasts 15 sec	Use level Level 5
Major Healing Potion	Effect Restores 1,050 to 1,750 health	Lasts Instant	Use level Level 45
Major Healthstone	Effect Restores 1,440 health	Lasts Instant	Use level Level 48
Major Rejuvenation Potion	Effect Restores 1,440 to 1,760 health and mana	Lasts Instant	Use level Level 50
Magic Resistance Potion	Effect +50 all resistances	Lasts 3 min	Use level Level 32
Greater Fire Protection Potion	Effect Absorbs 1,950 to 3,250 Fire damage	Lasts 2 min	Use level Level 48
Greater Frost Protection Potion	Effect Absorbs 1,950 to 3,250 Frost damage	Lasts 2 min	Use level Level 48
Greater Shadow Protection Potion	Effect Absorbs 1,950 to 3,250 Shadow damage	Lasts 2 min	Use level Level 48
Greater Nature Protection Potion	Effect Absorbs 1,950 to 3,250 Nature damage	Lasts 2 min	Use level Level 48
Greater Arcane Protection Potion	Effect Absorbs 1,950 to 3,250 Arcane damage	Lasts 2 min	Use level Level 48
Greater Stoneshield Potion	Effect +2,000 armor	Lasts 2 min	Use level Level 46
Major Frenzy Potion	Effect +80 attack power	Lasts 30 sec	Use level Level 55
Major Spellblasting Potion	Effect +47 spell damage	Lasts 30 sec	Use level Level 55

Longer buffs for a battleground session

Buff	Effect	Lasts	Use level
Flask of the Titans	Effect +1,200 maximum health	Lasts 2 hours	Use level Level 50
Elixir of Greater Fortitude	Effect +400 maximum health	Lasts 30 min	Use level Level 55
Elixir of the Phalanx	Effect +400 maximum health and +500 armor	Lasts 30 min	Use level Level 55
Elixir of Wicked Regeneration	Effect 9 health every 5 sec and 10 mana every 5 sec	Lasts 30 min	Use level Level 55
Savory Turtle Stew	Effect +20 Stamina	Lasts 15 min	Use level Level 45

Natural flasks give +30 Stamina in battlegrounds. Their 2% bonus works only in Mount Hyjal, Hyjal Summit and the Barrow Deeps, and their recipe source is not confirmed. Choose Flask of the Titans for PvP.

Several Legacy perks switch off in battlegrounds, including Iron Stomach (shorter potion cooldown) and Mount Up (faster mounts). Plan your potions around the full 2-minute cooldown. The full list of flasks and elixirs is in the consumables guide.

The new Darkspear Islands battleground has Berserking, Restoration and Speed power-ups, but their spawn spots and respawn times are unconfirmed. Warsong Gulch power-ups are not confirmed in WoW Forever, so treat their listed spots as possible ones.

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  Berserking (Darkspear Islands)

  Darkspear Islands

  Available

  +30% damage dealt and +10% damage taken

  Grab it before a fight at a capture point. The extra damage is worth the extra damage you take for one minute.

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  Restoration (Darkspear Islands)

  Darkspear Islands

  Available

  Restores health and mana over 10 sec

  Use it after a fight to top up health and mana without sitting down to drink.

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  Speed (Darkspear Islands)

  Darkspear Islands

  Available

  +100% movement speed

  Doubles your run speed for a few seconds. Use it to rush the central flag or reach a point before the other team.

Darkspear Islands is a 15 vs 15 battleground for levels 30 to 60, fought between the Darkspear Raiders (Horde) and the Theramore Expeditionary Force (Alliance). Hold capture points to earn points, and carry the central flag to a point your team controls for bonus points. The first team to 2000 wins. It also has its own rations and bandages that only work inside it.

Stay out of deep water on Darkspear Islands: Darkspear Sharks bite for 20% of your health.

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  Speed (Warsong Gulch)

  Warsong Gulch

  Not confirmed

  +100% movement speed

  Reported by one guide so far

  In the tunnel by each team's flag room. Use it to run the flag home.

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  Berserking (Warsong Gulch)

  Warsong Gulch

  Not confirmed

  +30% damage dealt and +10% damage taken

  Reported by one guide so far

  In the side huts of the middle field.

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  Restoration (Warsong Gulch)

  Warsong Gulch

  Not confirmed

  Restores health and mana over 10 sec

  Reported by one guide so far

  In the side huts near the graveyards.

• Warsong Gulch power-ups are reported in their usual spots, but that is not confirmed in WoW Forever yet.
• Arathi Basin power-ups and the Alterac Valley battle standards and captain buffs are not confirmed in WoW Forever yet.
• Alterac Valley gives a little less Honor than it did in the original game.

Drink a potion, then use a healthstone or Battle Standard right after it. These are the stacking rules that change a battleground fight.

Battleground stacking rules

Buff type	At once	Stacks with	Does not stack with	Confirmed
Potions Flask, elixir and food rules are in the consumables stacking guide.	At once One potion every 2 minutes	Stacks with A healthstone, rune or Battle Standard right after it	Does not stack with Every other potion: they all share one cooldown	Confirmed Confirmed
Battle Standards	At once One healthstone, rune or Battle Standard every 2 minutes	Stacks with	Does not stack with Major Healthstone, Demonic Rune and Dark Rune: they share one cooldown with the Standard	Confirmed Confirmed
Tauren Plainsrunning Changed by a launch-week hotfix.	At once Builds extra run speed while you keep moving	Stacks with	Does not stack with The preparation phase before the gates open, and carrying a flag: its stacks drop while you hold one	Confirmed Confirmed

Two PvP rank rewards are consumables: Combat Potions at Rank 5 and the Battle Standard at Rank 7.

PvP rank reward consumables

Buff	Effect	Lasts	Faction	Status
Alliance Battle Standard	Effect +15% maximum health	Lasts 2 min	Faction Alliance	Status Available
Horde Battle Standard	Effect +15% maximum health	Lasts 2 min	Faction Horde	Status Available
Combat Healing Potion	Effect Restores 700 to 900 health	Lasts Instant	Faction Both factions	Status Not confirmed Blizzard lists Combat Potions at Rank 5; the item names come from third-party lists
Combat Mana Potion	Effect Restores 900 to 1,500 mana	Lasts Instant	Faction Both factions	Status Not confirmed Blizzard lists Combat Potions at Rank 5; the item names come from third-party lists

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  Battle Standard

  Reach PvP Rank 7 to unlock the Battle Standard. Plant it in a battleground to give party members within 45 yards +15% maximum health for 2 minutes. It has a 10 minute cooldown and works only in battlegrounds.

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  Combat Potions

  Combat Potions unlock at Rank 5. Blizzard has not named the exact potions, so Combat Healing Potion and Combat Mana Potion are not confirmed. Do not plan around them. Both share the normal potion cooldown.

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  Holiday weeks

  During each battleground's holiday week it gives more Honor than usual, and Rank Points get an extra boost.

Set up for PvP with the PvP macros, the PvP addons and the PvP tier list.

World buffs work in open-world PvP but do nothing inside raids. Players disagree on whether they work in battlegrounds, and Blizzard has not said, so do not plan around them there.

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  World PvP

  World buffs work in the open world, so the Dire Maul buffs such as Fengus' Ferocity, Mol'dar's Moxie and Slip'kik's Savvy still help when you fight other players outside instances.

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  Battlegrounds

  Players disagree on whether world buffs work in battlegrounds, and Blizzard has not said, so do not farm them for a battleground session.

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  World PvP objectives

  Blizzard has not said whether the Eastern Plaguelands towers or the Silithus objective are active in WoW Forever, so their buffs are not listed here.

How to get every world buff, and where each one works, is in the world buffs guide.

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