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Revision as of 04:37, 19 September 2026

TALENT SOURCES & COVERAGE

The current reference uses a licensed community export of Forever beta-client data. Its build and source labels distinguish it from the earlier BlizzCon demo transcription.

Current beta coverage

The 18 September 2026 export from Talents Forever, reviewed here on 19 September, supplies 468 class talents across nine classes and 27 trees, plus 21 named Legacy perks. Every named record has an article. Six additional Legacy slots are unnamed placeholders and have no invented names or effects. Start at Talents or Legacy perks.

The source identifies client build 1.60.1.69876. Its build history reports no talent, spell, or Legacy table changes in subsequent builds 69893 and 69913. That is the source's comparison; this wiki has not independently extracted those clients.

Rank evidence

The export contains all 1,322 class-talent ranks and 69 named Legacy ranks. The source marks these records as beta data. Articles label this Source reports beta-client data, which means the import matches the supplied record, not that a wiki editor has tested each rank in combat. No missing rank has been filled through interpolation.

A client tooltip describes data, not necessarily correct live behavior. Read Beta known issues before interpreting test results. A rank above the current playable level cap can exist in the client without being available for a beta test today.

Earlier records

The retained September 16 demo snapshot contained 470 class talents and 20 named Legacy perks. Its rank confirmations referred to footage, with incomplete and estimated descriptions. Those statuses must not be read as beta verification.

The new snapshot replaces Restless Blades with Flawless Execution and Drain Hope with Wrack. Vitality and Balance of Nature are absent from the active beta catalog. These four old pages retain their historical evidence in Category:Historical talents; they do not count toward the active total.

Naming and relationships

Shared talent names use class-qualified titles, with a selection page at the shared name. All 69 active prerequisite links resolve within their class and tree. Row and column positions are one-based. Legacy names use “(Legacy)” to distinguish them from ordinary spells; their articles include supplied allocation gates, prerequisites, and rank text.

Spellbooks, racial abilities, and class-ability summaries are separate fields in the source. Their presence in the same export does not automatically give them the same evidence status as talent records. Older demo summaries and Classic fallback descriptions are not silently promoted to current beta mechanics.

Attribution and reuse

Data adapted and reformatted from Talents Forever by Chris Baldwin, JSON export dated 2026-09-18, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The wiki reformats records into articles, indexes, rank tables, and semantic properties. Game names, icons, and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment; the dataset license does not license Blizzard artwork. Neither source authors nor Blizzard endorse this wiki.

The original export is retained with SHA-256 f33cc4d400612f88f1281a789b302d045533e54635689216716214f91dd3e386. The checksum identifies source bytes, not gameplay accuracy. Source links lead to a living site that may change after this snapshot.

Corrections

Cite the exact client build, source, and affected rank when proposing a change. Preserve the distinction between a tooltip, a known issue, and an observed result. Project:Beta verification provides a compact evidence form; Project:Data policy defines review statuses.

Publication compares existing revisions with the retained baseline and uses revision guards, so a conflicting contributor edit stops replacement for review.

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 <div class="fw-hub-intro"><span class="fw-eyebrow">TALENT SOURCES &amp; COVERAGE</span>
-<p>The talent reference is a dated import of community-transcribed BlizzCon demo data. It is intended to be useful while keeping the limits of that evidence visible.</p></div>
+<p>The current reference uses a licensed community export of Forever beta-client data. Its build and source labels distinguish it from the earlier BlizzCon demo transcription.</p></div>
-== Coverage ==
+== Current beta coverage ==
-The '''16 September 2026''' export from [https://talentsforever.com/ Talents Forever] contains '''470 class talents''' across nine classes and 27 trees, plus '''20 named Legacy perks''' across three trees. Every one has a dedicated page here. Start at [[Talents]] or [[Legacy perks]].
+The '''18 September 2026''' export from [https://talentsforever.com/ Talents Forever], reviewed here on '''19 September''', supplies '''468 class talents''' across nine classes and 27 trees, plus '''21 named Legacy perks'''. Every named record has an article. Six additional Legacy slots are unnamed placeholders and have no invented names or effects. Start at [[Talents]] or [[Legacy perks]].
-Removed Classic talents, baseline spellbook abilities, racial abilities, and unnamed future-content placeholders are outside this import. A talent page does not establish that its demo values will be unchanged in beta or at release. The export does not identify an exact client build.
+The source identifies client build '''1.60.1.69876'''. Its [https://talentsforever.com/builds build history] reports no talent, spell, or Legacy table changes in subsequent builds 69893 and 69913. That is the source's comparison; this wiki has not independently extracted those clients.
 == Rank evidence ==
-The class talents allow 1,332 rank slots. The export supplies text for 733 ranks and explicitly flags 103 of those as confirmed from footage. Its metadata describes other ranks as estimates, so the remaining 630 supplied descriptions are conservatively labeled unconfirmed / estimated. Two additional explicit estimates are included for Meditation ranks 2 and 3. The remaining 597 rank slots are left undocumented. No interpolation or automatic scaling has been used to fill them.
+The export contains all '''1,322 class-talent ranks''' and '''69 named Legacy ranks'''. The source marks these records as beta data. Articles label this '''Source reports beta-client data''', which means the import matches the supplied record, not that a wiki editor has tested each rank in combat. No missing rank has been filled through interpolation.
-{| class="wikitable fw-data-table"
+A client tooltip describes data, not necessarily correct live behavior. Read [[Beta known issues]] before interpreting test results. A rank above the current playable level cap can exist in the client without being available for a beta test today.
-! Label !! What it means
-|-
-| Source reports footage confirmation || The export explicitly lists this rank in its confirmation markers. The wiki has checked the import against that record, not independently repeated the observation.
-|-
-| Unconfirmed / estimated || The export has no explicit confirmation marker for this rank. Its metadata calls unconfirmed ranks estimates; the wiki preserves supplied text without upgrading its evidence status. This also includes two separately supplied estimates for Meditation. A complete list of descriptions alone is not treated as confirmation.
-|-
-| Not documented || This export does not supply the rank text. The wiki has not guessed it.
-|}
-The Legacy export contains one description per perk and its maximum rank count; it does not give a complete rank-by-rank record. Unless the description specifies a rank, the wiki does not assign one. Source notes about clipped or inferred tooltip wording are retained on the affected pages.
+== Earlier records ==
+The retained September 16 demo snapshot contained 470 class talents and 20 named Legacy perks. Its rank confirmations referred to footage, with incomplete and estimated descriptions. Those statuses must not be read as beta verification.
+The new snapshot replaces [[Restless Blades]] with [[Flawless Execution]] and [[Drain Hope]] with [[Wrack]]. [[Vitality]] and [[Balance of Nature]] are absent from the active beta catalog. These four old pages retain their historical evidence in [[:Category:Historical talents]]; they do not count toward the active total.
 == Naming and relationships ==
-Thirteen class talent names are shared by multiple classes. Each variant uses a class-qualified title, with a selection page at the shared name. All 71 recorded prerequisite relationships link to the corresponding talent within the same class and tree. Row and column values are one-based positions from the source.
+Shared talent names use class-qualified titles, with a selection page at the shared name. All '''69''' active prerequisite links resolve within their class and tree. Row and column positions are one-based. Legacy names use “(Legacy)” to distinguish them from ordinary spells; their articles include supplied allocation gates, prerequisites, and rank text.
-Legacy pages use the suffix “(Legacy)” so their names remain distinct from ordinary abilities and class talents.
+Spellbooks, racial abilities, and class-ability summaries are separate fields in the source. Their presence in the same export does not automatically give them the same evidence status as talent records. Older demo summaries and Classic fallback descriptions are not silently promoted to current beta mechanics.
 == Attribution and reuse ==
-Data adapted and reformatted from '''Talents Forever by Chris Baldwin''', [https://talentsforever.com/data.json data export dated 2026-09-16], under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0]. The wiki reformats the records into articles, indexes, rank tables, and semantic properties. The source's license and attribution apply to the imported material. Game names, icons, and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Neither source authors nor Blizzard endorse this wiki.
+Data adapted and reformatted from '''Talents Forever by Chris Baldwin''', [https://talentsforever.com/data.json JSON export dated 2026-09-18], under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0]. The wiki reformats records into articles, indexes, rank tables, and semantic properties. Game names, icons, and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment; the dataset license does not license Blizzard artwork. Neither source authors nor Blizzard endorse this wiki.
-The project retains the original export and its SHA-256 checksum so this snapshot can be reproduced. Source links lead to a living website that may have changed since the import date.
+The original export is retained with SHA-256 <code>f33cc4d400612f88f1281a789b302d045533e54635689216716214f91dd3e386</code>. The checksum identifies source bytes, not gameplay accuracy. Source links lead to a living site that may change after this snapshot.
 == Corrections ==
-When improving a talent, cite the exact game build or source and identify the affected rank. Update the article and semantic fields together. If a beta or release value differs, distinguish the versions instead of silently presenting demo data as current. See [[Project:Data policy]] and [[Help:Editing]].
+Cite the exact client build, source, and affected rank when proposing a change. Preserve the distinction between a tooltip, a known issue, and an observed result. [[Project:Beta verification]] provides a compact evidence form; [[Project:Data policy]] defines review statuses.
-The import process checks existing revisions before publishing. It stops on conflicting edits, allowing contributor changes to be reviewed before a later dataset is applied.
+Publication compares existing revisions with the retained baseline and uses revision guards, so a conflicting contributor edit stops replacement for review.