Naturalist
Druid · Restoration · opens at 5 points spent · 5 ranks
Naturalist works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Naturalist ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Reduces the cast time of your Healing Touch spell by 0.1 sec and increases all damage you deal by 1%.
- Rank 2 Rank 2 values not yet captured from footage.
- Rank 3 Rank 3 values not yet captured from footage.
- Rank 4 Rank 4 values not yet captured from footage.
- Rank 5 Rank 5 values not yet captured from footage.
Forever adds a damage bonus per rank. Only rank 1 seen.
Where Naturalist sits in the Restoration tree
Naturalist is a Restoration talent for Druid. You need 5 points in Restoration before the row it sits on opens. Taking it opens Nature's Swiftness.
- Unlocks: Nature's Swiftness
- Same row: Subtlety, Natural Shapeshifter
How often people take Naturalist
70 of the 142 public Druid builds saved here — 49% — put at least one point in Naturalist. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Sodapoppin VOD 2872274770 @4:26:11 (rank 1 tooltip)