Toughness
Paladin · Protection · available from the first tier · 5 ranks
Toughness works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Toughness ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
- Rank 2 Increases your armor value from items by 4%.
- Rank 3 Increases your armor value from items by 6%.
- Rank 4 Increases your armor value from items by 8%.
- Rank 5 Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
Slot corrected from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.
Where Toughness sits in the Protection tree
Toughness is a Protection talent for Paladin. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.
- Same row: Redoubt
How often people take Toughness
70 of the 212 public Paladin builds saved here — 33% — put at least one point in Toughness. 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
- Joardee VOD 2872476433 @2:16:04 (rank 1 tooltip)