Gold medal talents are the single-point talents at 11, 16, 21 and 31 points in a tree. The 16-point slot is new in Forever. This table lists every one Blizzard has named, updated for its 3 November notes, which changed many of them. Beta data: check against your own talent window.
A dash means Blizzard hasn't named one for that slot in anything we've read. That isn't the same as there being none.
| Spec | 11 points | 16 points | 21 points | 31 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arms Warrior | – | Spearing Strike | – | – |
| Fury Warrior | – | Raging Blows | – | – |
| Protection Warrior | – | Vanguard | – | – |
| Holy Paladin | Divine Favor | – | Holy Shock | Light's Vigil |
| Protection Paladin | Templar's Bulwark | Swift Judgement | Holy Shield | Shieldsworn |
| Retribution Paladin | – | Sacred Arbiter | Repentance | Unsealed Wrath |
| Beast Mastery Hunter | – | Summon Hawk | – | – |
| Marksmanship Hunter | Lone Wolf | – | Trueshot Aura | Sniper Shot |
| Survival Hunter | – | Counterattack | Strider Kick | Lacerating Strikes |
| Assassination Rogue | – | Cold Blood | Venom | Mutilate |
| Combat Rogue | – | Flawless Execution | – | – |
| Subtlety Rogue | Premeditation | – | – | Death Mark |
| Discipline Priest | – | Soul Warding | Penance | – |
| Holy Priest | – | Holy Binding | – | Prayer of Mending |
| Shadow Priest | – | Vampiric Embrace | – | – |
| Elemental Shaman | – | Earthbound | Call of Thunder | Lightning Mastery |
| Enhancement Shaman | Shamanistic Focus | Stormstrike | – | Rage of the Farseer |
| Restoration Shaman | Water Shield | Mana Tide Totem | – | Riptide |
| Arcane Mage | Arcane Blast | Arcane Wrath | – | – |
| Fire Mage | – | – | – | – |
| Frost Mage | Ice Lance | Ice Block | Cold Snap | – |
| Affliction Warlock | – | Curse of Exhaustion | – | Wrack |
| Demonology Warlock | Demonic Sacrifice | Fel Domination | Soul Link | Demonic Pact |
| Destruction Warlock | – | Conflagrate | Bane of Havoc | Incinerate |
| Balance Druid | Nature's Splendor | Insect Swarm | – | – |
| Feral Druid | Feral Charge | Lacerate / Predatory Discipline | Leader of the Pack | Primal Bite / Shifting Power |
| Restoration Druid | Bloom | Swiftmend | – | Wild Growth |
How the points work
You get your first point at level 10 and one per level after, so the earliest you can reach each slot is:
- 11 points: level 20
- 16 points: level 25
- 21 points: level 30
- 31 points: level 40, which is also when dual spec arrives
What changed on 3 November
Several talents here moved or replaced older ones. Lava Burst, Berserk, Twist of Light, Thousand Cuts, Binding Heal, Voice of Truth and Improved Seal of Fury are all gone. The rest of the list is in what changed on 3 November.
How sure we are
Where Blizzard moved a talent by row rather than naming its point cost, we worked out the slot from the row, using five points per row. It's a reasonable reading but it isn't Blizzard's wording, so these may be wrong: Divine Favor, Templar's Bulwark, Holy Shield, Shieldsworn, Premeditation, Venom, Mutilate, Death Mark, Call of Thunder and Lightning Mastery.
Feral Druids have two options at 16 points and two at 31, one for Bear and one for Cat. Blizzard hasn't named a Fire Mage gold medal talent in any post we've read.
Full trees load into our talent calculator from the live client. The basics are in how talents work.