WoW Forever is already giving old set collecting a new reason to matter. The first wave came from datamining that points to more role-specific raid sets and more frequent dungeon-set bonuses. Beta players have now found a much stranger reward in Wailing Caverns: a hidden Druid transformation tied to the full Fang set.
A hidden Serpent Form from Wailing Caverns
A beta player reports that equipping the complete Embrace of the Viper / “of the Fang” set from Wailing Caverns transforms a Druid into a serpent.
Icy Veins embeds the original gameplay discovery and links follow-up from WoW Classic developers. Senior Game Designer Aidan “Zirene” Moon says the snake uses a different color for each Druid race, while Prowl lowers the form into a slithering stealth posture.
This is a reported player discovery. We have not reproduced the unlock in-game.
Role-specific raid sets in the datamine
Wowhead’s WoW Forever datamine points to raid sets tailored to different class roles. Warrior damage and tank bonuses have separate entries, while Druids have entries for healing, tanking, Balance and Feral damage.
Among the Druid names are Grovekeeper Raiment for Restoration and Grovekeeper Eclipse for Balance.
More milestones for dungeon sets
The familiar Tier 0 and Tier 0.5 dungeon sets also appear to be changing. Wowhead’s breakdown shows bonus thresholds at two, three, four, five and six pieces, rather than only two, four, six and eight.
That could make each new piece between the second and sixth more interesting to equip.
The datamined entries can still change before launch.
For changes Blizzard has already outlined directly, see the gear stats and quest rewards overview.