Penance

Priest · Discipline · opens at 20 points spent · 1 rank

Penance does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.

100 Mana · Enemy: 36 yd range / Friendly: 40 yd range · Channeled · 12 sec cooldown

Penance ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 96 Holy damage to an enemy, or 233 healing to an ally. Instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

Where Penance sits in the Discipline tree

Penance is a Discipline talent for Priest. You need 20 points in Discipline before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Mental Strength first. Taking it opens Power Infusion.

Requires: Mental Strength
Unlocks: Power Infusion
Same row: Renewed Hope

How often people take Penance

83 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 46% — put at least one point in Penance. 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

New in Forever.

BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage