The Warlock's Manual

Party XP rule

Each of you earns kill XP by your own level, but nobody gets kill XP if a party member is "vastly" higher than the mob (Blizzard, Oct 8). No numeric cutoff published as of Nov 9 3:20 PM CT. Working rule: Classic grey-mob band; keep Pepper and Thot within 4 levels. Dungeon kill XP +50% (Nov 8). Official + working rule

Gold at 60

Level-60 quests give no gold for unused XP, unlike Classic; fixed quest gold still pays. World-first Jokerd found it and says a developer called it intentional; Wowhead and Icy Veins both reported it; Blizzard has not posted. Week-one AH: mid-level materials fell 50–67%, and Mageweave slid again from about 13s (Nov 7) to about 7s (Nov 9). Minimum deposit is 1 silver. High enchanting mats (Small Brilliant Shard about 8g) hold value. Sell raw early. Fan site (Wowhead, Icy Veins; TimeSaver AH sweep)

Known issues (Nov 5)

PvP vendors offline, a Razorfen Kraul cauldron you can get stuck in, bank tab problems, Stormwind Keep flicker. Official

Ban reports

Forum players report false-positive RMT bans; one low-trust site says some were reversed with an apology. Play both heroes by hand and never buy gold. Unverified

Forever changes Official

• DoTs can crit.
• Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom are now Banes: one Bane per Warlock per target, separate from Curses.
• Curse of the Elements covers all magic damage. Curse of Shadows removed.
• Pets scale with your stats, but pet health per point of your Stamina is now 2 (was 7.5) since Nov 3. Summoning a new demon stuns the current one. Pets have a new Move command.
• The Succubus is now the Sayaad (Succubus or Incubus).
• Life Tap scales with Spirit.
• Drain Soul: a kill always gives a shard; the chance from damage alone was cut "significantly" on Nov 3.
• Firestone/Spellstone are weapon imbues that stack with oils; Spellstone (36/48/60) adds +1/2/2% spell haste and up to +14/17/21 Shadow damage; its damage is Shadow only since Nov 3. Firestone (28) adds Fire damage and crit. Lasts until you are logged out 15 minutes. Fan site (WowCalc, WoW Forever DB, Wowhead)
• Wands ignore spell damage and need you to stand still 0.5 s.
• Talents from 10; milestone talents at 11, 16, 21, 31 points. Dual spec at 40: 50g once at the class trainer, then swaps are free out of combat. Talent resets cost 1g, then 5g. Players + fan sites
• New spells are not added to your bars automatically; drag them from the spellbook after training. Fan site
• Wrack (31-point talent): coefficient doubled Nov 3; Soul Siphon stopped boosting it Nov 6. Leveling builds skip it (see The Grimoire).

Duo pull, step by step

1. Lock A sends the Voidwalker in; let it hit first (Torment for threat).
2. Both: Bane of Agony, Corruption. Immolate last (its hit draws threat).
3. Second mob: Lock B Fears it (20 yd range; never near other packs) or Lock B's pet takes it.
4. Wand or Shadow Bolt until dead; skip DoTs when a few wand shots finish it.
5. Low health: Drain Life. Lowest mob: whoever is free finishes with Drain Soul for a shard.
6. After the pull: Life Tap, then eat. Do not swap demons mid-fight.

Soul shards

• Finish one mob in three with Drain Soul once you need shards; a kill during the channel is guaranteed.
• Starting any other cast ends Drain Soul (Oct 1).
• Keep 2 shards each for a Voidwalker resummon and a Healthstone; from 20 keep 2 more for a summon (Wowhead tip).
• Bags: Small Soul Pouch at 20 (Sayaad quest), Box of Souls (16) at 30 (Felhunter quest from Krom Stoutarm, Ironforge), then Lock A's Tailoring Soul Pouch (24) at skill 215.
• Legacy perk Reagent Economy removes vendor reagents for class spells.

Looking after each other

• Healthstones from 10: tradeable (no bind; you can carry one each), 2-minute cooldown separate from potions. Forever's Major Healthstone heals 1,440 (Classic 1,200). Make one for your partner between pulls. Fan site (client tooltips: Codex, ForeverDB, Bind on Forever)
• Soulstone from 18: 30-minute cooldown, lasts 30 minutes, cannot be traded, so each of you makes your own and casts it on the other before an elite or a risky pull. Fan site (client tooltips: ForeverDiff, ForeverDB)
• Health Funnel from 12 keeps the Voidwalker alive.
• Ritual of Summoning from 20; meeting stones do not summon in Forever (Wowhead). It is the only way to summon, and it needs the Warlock plus two other party members at the spot, so the two of you cannot summon each other alone. Bring 1–2 shards for dungeon groups. Fan site (Wowhead, ForeverGuide, Warcraft Tavern)
• Portal of Summoning at 60 (new): 5 shards, 1-hour cooldown, and it also needs you plus two others, so it is for raid groups, not the duo. Fan site (three client-data sites)
• Curses: one of you holds Curse of the Elements; the other uses Weakness or Recklessness (rank 1 Recklessness brings back a feared runner).
• Pets until Nov 10: drain-tank from 30 and pull two mobs at a time, not three or four. Fan site

Points per level

One point per level from 10, so 51 points at 60; the 31-point row opens at 40. Maxroll, Wowhead and the Timesaver calculator all build on it. Fan site The Legacy perk Talented starts points at level 5. Official

Second opinion: Warcraft Tavern

(Older, Nov 4.) Warcraft Tavern's Affliction build (40/7/4) agrees on Improved Corruption first, then goes Suppression 5/5, Unholy Power 5/5 and Demonic Energies 2/2 (20–26), Improved Drains and Amplify Curse (27–30), Improved Bane of Agony, Improved Life Tap, Pandemic and Soul Siphon (31–40), then Malevolence, Shadow Mastery, Siphon Life, Fel Concentration, Nightfall and Improved Shadow Bolt. Kalamazi's verdict: any sensible build works; Improved Corruption first matters most. Fan site Grim Reach replaced Malediction on Oct 15.

Option for Lock A: Demonology pet tank

Blizzard's Demonology talents include Demonic Brand (Voidwalker's branded attacks are high threat), Fel Vitality, Demonic Aegis and Demonic Knowledge. ConquestCapped calls Demonology the safer leveling spec: Demonic Brand at 26 makes the Voidwalker hold threat, Soul Link at 30. No site has a tested duo order. Consider it at dual spec (40), or sooner if the Voidwalker keeps dying before Nov 10. WoW Forever DB rates Affliction + Affliction the best pairing and Affliction + Demonology "sturdier but slower." Unverified

Why skip Wrack?

Blizzard's own Nov 10 note says the DoTs should be "always worthwhile" with Wrack, which admits that right now Wrack crowds them out. The leveling guides take Siphon Life and the DoT talents instead. If Nov 10 changes this, the order above may change at 40. Fan site

Every pull

• Pepper's Voidwalker in first (Torment); pets Defensive/Passive — Aggressive walks into the next pack.
• Both Corruption → Bane on long fights → Immolate last. Pull two until the Nov 10 pet fix.
• Fear the spare mob only with clear space; never Shadow Bolt a feared target. Banish (28) demons and elementals and leave them alone.
• One Curse of the Elements, one Weakness/Recklessness; Soulstone each other; Healthstones trade.
• Ritual needs the Warlock + two others — the duo alone cannot summon each other.

Duo vs pug

• Duo OK: Hall of Thanes 15+, Deadmines 17+, Stockade, SM GY/Lib 32+.
• Duo hard: Excavation Site, Dalaran full clear, Drowned City, BFD, SFK, Gnomeregan, RFK.
• Need pug (tank+healer): Krol'dok 42+, Alcaz, Blackmaw, Shaper's Terrace, RFD/ZF/Mara, Strat/Scholo/LBRS.
• Lock+Lock rates C for dungeons (DuoForever) — list LF3M … 2 Affliction Locks, have ritual, need tank + healer.

Stat order (decided)

1. Spell damage. Shadow damage counts the same for Affliction. Healing-only gear is worth nothing; Fire, Frost and Arcane damage too.
2. Stamina: no healer, and Life Tap spends health.
3. Spirit: Life Tap scales with it in Forever; Humans get +10%.
4. Intellect.
5. Wands: DPS only (spell damage doesn't touch them).

At 60: spell power, then hit up to the cap, then crit and haste. Spell hit cap: 17% against raid bosses (level 63), only 4% against your own level. Suppression 5/5 gives 5%, so you need 12% from gear and buffs; past that, hit is worth nothing. Forever drops Classic's "1% always misses" floor, which is why it is 17%, not 16%. Blizzard hasn't published the table. Fan site (Wowhead Forever stat guide, Method, SixtySim)

Who gets what: the rules

1. Slot rule: Lock A's bind-on-pickup Shadow set fills head, chest, waist, hands, legs and feet from about 15 to 30, so cloth drops in those slots go to Lock B.
2. Other slots (weapon, off-hand, neck, rings, trinkets, back, shoulders, wrists): the bigger upgrade wins. If it's close, alternate: Lock B takes the first contested drop each run, Lock A the next; the turn carries over.
3. Wands: Lock A makes two of each, so wand drops go to whoever is behind.
4. Crafted bind-on-equip gear: Lock A makes hers first, then Lock B's. Lock B pays for the materials.
5. Leftovers: Lock B mails spare bind-on-equip greens to Lock A, who disenchants. Bind-on-pickup junk gets vendored.
6. In groups with strangers, agree loot rules first: until the Nov 10 fix, Enhancement Shamans also want caster gear. Official

Materials split

• All cloth goes to Lock A. You both level First Aid on potions first, so you don't need cloth for bandages.
• Peacebloom, Briarthorn, Bruiseweed: half each, for your own First Aid potions.
• Silverleaf, Earthroot, Mageroyal, Light and Medium Leather: fill Waylaid Crates and mail them to Lock A. Crates aren't bound and Favor is per character, so Lock A turns them in for her patterns.
• Rugged Leather goes to Lock A (4 per Runecloth Gloves). Pristine Leather: Lock A keeps 4 for Black Sandals; sell the rest.
• Frilled Lichen, Rosecap, Stranglevine: sell on the AH (dye-makers pay).
• Lock B's gold pays for both characters' training first, then Lock A's dyes, Shadowgems, rods and Elixirs of Wisdom, then Lock B's AH upgrades.

Who makes which consumables

• Healthstone: each of you makes one for yourself and one for the other (tradeable, one each).
• Soulstone: each casts one on the other (can't be traded).
• Healing Potions: both, through First Aid, from Lock B's herbs.
• Mana and Wizard Oils: Lock A makes them for both (Minor Mana Oil 151, Lesser Wizard Oil 201, Wizard Oil 275); they stack with Spellstone.
• Bags and Soul Pouch: Lock A, for both. Unverified (Soul Pouch binding, one wiki)
• Elixirs: buy them with Lock B's gold; neither of you has Alchemy.

Bind on pickup: Lock A only

• Shadow set, Black Sandals (needs 4 Pristine Leather, 14 Black Pearl and a Spinning Wheel), Robe of the Void (40 Felcloth, 20 Demonic Rune and a Loom), Orb of Souls.
• Correction: the Orb of Souls binds on pickup and gives only +4 spell damage, so don't make one for Lock B. Raptor's Gaze (+8) and Orb of the Forgotten Seer are better.
• Skip Ruins of Lordaeron: it's in Horde land above Undercity, and the gear planners count it as Horde-only.

Lock A: Tailoring + Enchanting

• "Almost all of the Best in Slot for Warlocks right now come from Tailoring" (published verdict quoted by Null Ossuary, Nov 3).
• Cloth drops from humanoids; no gathering needed.
• Enchanting makes Lesser/Greater Magic Wand and disenchants greens neither of you uses. Enchanting wands now vendor for only a few copper or silver (beta), so use or disenchant them.
• Crafted bags at every tier. A Felblood Soul Bag (30 slots) at skill 300 is listed in client data. Unverified
• Mooncloth and Classic specializations have no Forever source yet. Unverified
• Trainers: Eldrin (Eastvale, Elwynn) or Lawrence Schneider (Stormwind) to 75; Sellandus (Stormwind; skill 50, level 10) to 150; Georgio Bolero (Stormwind; skill 125, level 20) to 225; Timothy Worthington, Theramore (skill 200, level 35). Fan site
• Route to 240: Linen bolts, Linen Belt (30), Woolen bolts (55), Woolen Cape (80), Silk bolts (100), Gloves of Meditation (120; needs Elixir of Wisdom), Mageweave bolts (140), Crimson Silk Vest and Pantaloons (150–190), Black Mageweave Shoulders (190), Mageweave Bag (215), Runecloth Belt (225). Fan site
• Route 210–300 (decided Nov 9): Forever recipes go grey 20–45 points early, so: Runecloth Belt to ~243, Runecloth Gloves (pattern from Qia, Everlook; Lock B's Rugged Leather) to ~265, then Runecloth Cuffs to ~293: a vendor pattern from Pexmit, Mount Hyjal (59.2, 45.5), skill 250, no reputation; 5 Runecloth bolts + 1 Ironweb Spider Silk each. The cuffs bind on equip (+11 spell, +10 Int, level 52), so the spares suit both of you. Hyjal is a level-60 zone: Lock A makes one trip for the pattern. Last points: Mooncloth Shoulders, then Argent Shoulders. The Runecloth Headband and Shoulders patterns are rare world drops (level 54–62 mobs, Kazzak, chests); price trackers saw one on one EU auction house and none in the Americas, so they are out of the plan. Buy one only if it shows up cheap. Save Runecloth from your late 40s. Fan site (ForeverDB, WoW Forever Info, WoW Forever BE, Forever Mastery, Bind on Forever, Warcraft Forever Wiki)
• Make these for yourselves: Felcloth Pants (230), Black Sandals (235, Favor), Robe of Winter Night (245), Felcloth Gloves (280), Robe of the Void and Belt of the Archmage (295); Soul Pouch (215) for both. Fan site
• Lock A's Soul Pouch (24-slot soul bag) at 215 from a vendor pattern (Vizzklick, Tanaris, or a Riverglades vendor). It binds on equip (four client-data sites and Wowhead agree), so Lock A makes one for each of you. Faction Banner at 20.
• Tailoring has 471 recipes; patterns are needed past about 254, and the Runecloth Bag is now a pattern. The Artisan trainer is in Theramore (character level 35). Fan site
• The Shadow pieces (Gown, Gloves, Sash, Boots, Leggings) are Warlock leveling best-in-slot; they bind on pickup, so they are Lock A's alone (see Our Picks). Fan site
• Enchanting adds Dust to Motes, the Novice's Practice Wand, necklace enchants and Warlock off-hands (Orb of Souls, Soulstaff). Expert: Kitta Firewind (Tower of Azora). Artisan: Annora (Uldaman). Fan site
• Enchanting trainers: Betty Quin, Stormwind Mage Quarter (no trainer in Elwynn); Lucan Cordell (Stormwind; skill 50, level 10); Kitta Firewind (skill 125, level 20); Annora appears only after her area of Uldaman is cleared (skill 200, level 35), and recipes from 230 are taught nowhere else, so learn them all in one visit. Rods past copper are Blacksmith-made: buy them. Fan site
• Start: Runed Copper Rod, then Enchant Bracer – Inferior Stamina to 20 using Motes of Magic from the vendor, then Chest – Inferior Stamina with Strange Dust. Fan site
• Enchanting route (decided Nov 9): Inferior Stamina bracers 1–25 → Minor Deflect 25–40 → Chest Minor Absorption to 100 → Minor Impact, Cloak Minor Agility, Bracer Lesser Stamina to 160 → Boots Lesser Agility to 210 → Gloves Agility to 265 → Chest Superior Stamina, Wizard Oil → Cloak Superior Defense to 300. Fan site (ForeverDB, WoW-Professions)
• Enchanting money: sell dust, essences and shards; crafted wands and oils vendor for nearly nothing. Sell enchants in trade chat, and hold top weapon and chest enchants for the weeks before the Dec 9 raids. The Orb of Souls (140) binds on pickup and adds only +4 spell damage: Lock A can use it for skill points, but Lock B can't wear it (see The Armory). Fan site (WarcraftMaps, ForeverDB; bind type from two item wikis)

Lock B: Herbalism + Skinning

• Our pick for the gatherer: only Herbalism uses tracking, so Find Herbs stays on, and skinning happens on kills you make anyway. Unverified (our recommendation)
• Gathering is available in the starter zones (Wowhead, Sep 30).
• Sell raw early in launch week; keep a few herbs for First Aid potions.
• Legacy perk Bountiful Harvest adds scarce materials per rank.
• Trainers: Herbalist Pomeroy (Elwynn) and Helene Peltskinner (Goldshire); the Northshire/junior trainers (Riley Peltskinner, Nancy Songflower) stop at 75. Skinning needs 5 × the mob's level from level 20. Fan site
• Where to level: Herbs: Elwynn, then Loch Modan (70), Hillsbrad (115), Arathi/Stranglethorn (170), Tanaris (205), Hinterlands (230), Felwood (270). Skins: Loch Modan (75), Wetlands (125), Duskwood or Hillsbrad yetis (150), Feralas (225), Un'Goro (280). Both follow the Alliance road. Fan site
• Mail Lock A the herbs and leather a pattern or Waylaid Crate needs before selling the rest.
• Scarce finds: Frilled Lichen, Rosecap, Stranglevine (become dyes Tailoring needs) and Pristine Leather / Hide / Scale. Leatherworking has 271 new recipes, so leather sells. Fan site

First Aid (both)

• Bandages from the cloth you loot; Lock A takes the rest for Tailoring.
• First Aid also makes Healing Potions (Minor, Lesser, Healing) from Peacebloom, Briarthorn and Bruiseweed (Wowhead, Oct 23; ForeverSpec). Lock B supplies the herbs for both. Fast start: 81 Minor Healing Potions (Peacebloom + Mild Spices + Empty Vial) take you from 1 to 75. Fan site
• Trainers: Michelle Belle upstairs in the Goldshire inn, or Shaina Fuller (Stormwind). Artisan comes from the Triage quest, Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen, Theramore (skill 225, level 35). Fan site
• Route: Linen Bandages, then potions from about 30 to 167, then Silk Bandages (about 200 Silk), then Mageweave and Runecloth. The Expert book Under Wraps is sold by Deneb Walker in Stromgarde. Fan site

Camp buffs (1 hour, from skill 20)

• Tailoring: Spirit (feeds Life Tap).
• Enchanting: all stats and armor.
• Herbalism: Intellect.
• Skinning: 2% crit.
• First Aid: Stamina.
• Camp buffs do not stack with the matching class buff (Wowhead). All camp objects share a 1-hour cooldown.
• Tier-2 blueprints drop from dungeon bosses only (no vendor), don't bind, and need skill 140 to learn. Ours: Spinning Wheel (Tailoring; Unstable Sentinel, City of Dalaran, about 10%), Arcane Salvager (Enchanting; Shade of the Archmage, Dalaran, about 7%; building it needs a Runed Truesilver Rod, Enchanting 200), Greenhouse (Herbalism; Shadetooth, Excavation Site, about 8%), Field Guide (Skinning; Lady Anacondra, Wailing Caverns, under 1%, so buy it on the AH). Trapper's Workbench (Skinning 300): Houndmaster Loksey, Scarlet Monastery, under 0.1%. Expert Campfire: no known source. Fan site (Wowhead Forever drop data via MMONerds and WowCamp)

Merchant's Favor

• Fill Waylaid Crates (they drop from mobs and chests and are not bound, so the AH sells them) with one listed material, and turn them in to Marcy Baker, Azeroth Commerce Authority, Three Corners, Redridge (9.6, 71.0). No mailbox there. The Tailoring Favor patterns are sold by Mivin Shadowweave in the same camp.
• Your first crate gives a Shipping Label quest worth 50 Favor. Crates pay 5/10/15 Favor for raw goods and 10/20/30 for crafted goods (Apprentice/Journeyman/Expert; Expert confirmed by three guides Nov 9). Artisan values aren't published anywhere yet. Legacy Performance Bonus can double it. Fan site
• Lock B's raw goods fill crates directly: Apprentice Herbs = 20 Peacebloom or 20 Silverleaf or 10 Earthroot/Mageroyal/Briarthorn; Apprentice Textiles = 40 Linen or 20 Light Leather. Lock A's Strange Dust fills Curiosities crates. Favor is per character (not shared with alts), so Lock B mails crates to Lock A, who turns them in for the Tailoring patterns. Fan site
• Favor buys recipes: 67 for Tailoring (from skill 60), 39 for Enchanting (from 130).
• Legacy points come from crafting skill 150, 225 and 300 (Lock A only; gathering and First Aid give none).

Fan site (Oracle News Network; TheWoWDB; Method; Forever Mastery; WowCamp)

Confirmed Official

• Fernmelder, @everyone, Nov 4 8:59 AM: Americas, Normal (PvE), Alliance.
• The guild wants Humans. Two Human Warlocks fit.
• Fernmelder, #announcements, Nov 4 4:58 PM CT: log on Alliance PvE as a Human and start farming to join Olympus.
• Knight rank or higher as of midnight Nov 4: direct invite plus the in-game Veteran rank.
• Tithe: 1g per week per verified member; the first 14 days are exempt.
• Not posted yet: charter requirements, meeting spot, official coin collector. Officers will post them.
• No Warlock or Soul Shard requirements and no raid leaders have been announced.

Launch-day asks

1. Do the starter quests.
2. Loot as you go.
3. Vendor grays.
4. Save copper and silver.
5. Trade spare coin only to the designated collector officers will name in official channels.
6. Ignore any whisper asking for coin.
7. Send no gold until staff give written instructions (Stockades server).

Verification, once per hero

1. Asmongold Discord: discord.gg/asmongold.
2. #olympus-verify: press "Get my code".
3. In game, whisper only the code to the officer the instructions name.
4. Wait for the invite; "My status" shows progress. Ignore "Olympus" invites you did not ask for.
5. #olympus-notices and #olympus-info may stay hidden until you are verified.

Making a good impression

• Be ready: add-ons installed, keybinds set, both on the right ruleset.
• Be friendly and brief in guild chat.
• Follow the rules above; read pins before asking.