Resto Druid 12.1.5 Guide: Wildstalker, Keeper, Tier 36 and BiS

Patch 12.1.5, The Promise of Tomorrow, goes live on October 13, 2026 and touches exactly one Restoration line: Nature’s Bounty now makes Regrowth heal up to 3 allies with your Rejuvenation for 15 percent of its healing, lowest health first. Everything else carries over from 12.1. Play Wildstalker in raid, Mythic+ and arena, stack Haste and Mastery, catalyze into the 4-piece Bark of the Enigmatic Dreamwatcher, and pour your first 10 Ascendant Venomstones into a Myth 6/6 weapon the week of October 20.

This resto druid 12.1.5 guide is built for the mid-season player: the single-boss Unbinding of Kith’ix raid, the nine-chamber Labyrinth of Kindo’jan, hourly Aqir Invasions in Eversong Woods and Zul’Aman, and a Season 2 keystone that still wants you dead. Talents, tier and the Mythic+ pool are unchanged from 12.1 unless stated.

What Patch 12.1.5 Changes for Restoration Druid

Blizzard called the old Nature’s Bounty rotational friction. Translation: nobody enjoyed chaining Regrowth onto people who already had Regrowth.

System	12.1	12.1.5
Nature’s Bounty	Regrowth heals all other allies with Regrowth for 10 percent	Regrowth heals up to 3 allies with Rejuvenation for 15 percent, lowest health first
Ascendant Venomstones	Not available	Unlocked week of October 20, raise item level of weapon, trinket or necklace
Nebulous Voidcore	Great Vault and weekly sources	One extra per week from Orin Straylight, starting week of October 6
Crest cap	Weekly cap	Lifted week of October 20
New raid	None	Kith’ix, single boss, Story to Mythic, Mythic flexes 15 to 25 players
Mythic+ title	None	3600 rating awards the Venomous Contender title

The redesign welds Nature’s Bounty to Abundance. You already keep 5 Rejuvenations rolling for the 60 percent cheaper, 60 percent more critical Regrowth; now those same targets eat the cleave. For restoration druid Midnight Season 2 players this is a quiet buff to a B-tier spec, not a rework.

Hero Talents: Wildstalker vs Keeper of the Grove

Pick before you read further, because every section below splits by tree.

Tree	What it does	Raid	Mythic+	PvP
Wildstalker	Symbiotic Blooms grow on Wild Growth, Regrowth and Efflorescence targets; blooming targets take more healing; Cat Form hits harder	Best	Best, 49 of the top 50 keys	Main pick, 35 of the top 50 3v3 players
Keeper of the Grove	Grove Guardians buff your healing, Dryads cast a 10 percent Tranquility, Swiftmend and Wild Growth cool down faster	Playable, behind	Viable, less damage	Niche, 15 of the top 50

Wildstalker

Thriving Growth lets Wild Growth, Regrowth and Efflorescence seed Symbiotic Blooms. Vigorous Creepers makes bloomed targets take 20 percent more healing, Root Network adds 2 percent healing per active Bloom, and Implant forces a Bloom on every Swiftmend and Wild Growth target. Recast Rejuvenation on a Bloom target and Bursting Growth heals that ally plus 3 more. A resto druid Wildstalker build wins raids because it stacks those modifiers on the Lifebloom target that Everbloom already blooms on every Swiftmend.

Keeper of the Grove

Harmony of the Grove gives 5 percent healing per active Grove Guardian, Dream Surge grows healing petals whenever a treant spawns, and Sylvan Beckoning occasionally empowers Swiftmend to summon a Dryad casting Tranquility at 10 percent effectiveness. Early Spring and Dryad’s Dance shave cooldowns. A Keeper of the Grove resto druid suffers because treants spawn from Wild Growth, the most expensive button in the kit, so the tree taxes mana for every percent it gives.

Wildstalker Talents: Raid, Mythic+, PvP

Wildstalker Raid Build

Tree	Picks
Class	Rejuvenation, Wild Growth, Ursoc’s Spirit, Verdant Heart, Improved Nature’s Cure, Killer Instinct 1/2, Improved Barkskin, Nurturing Instinct, Thick Hide, Natural Recovery, Astral Influence, Tiger Dash, Cyclone, Aessina’s Renewal, Starlight Conduit, Feline Swiftness, Well-Honed Instincts, Matted Fur, Stampeding Roar, Lingering Healing, Ursol’s Vortex, Oakskin, Perfectly-Honed Instincts, Lycara’s Teachings, Gift of the Wild, Improved Stampeding Roar, Symbiotic Relationship, Forestwalk, Heart of the Wild, Innervate
Spec	Lifebloom, Swiftmend, Nature’s Swiftness, Omen of Clarity, Prosperity, Passing Seasons, Improved Regrowth, Soul of the Forest, Efflorescence, Tranquility, Ironbark, Germination, Lifetreading, Flourish, Improved Wild Growth, Renewing Surge, Rampant Growth, Power of the Archdruid, Unstoppable Growth, Convoke the Spirits, Intensity, Master Shapeshifter, Cenarius’ Guidance, Thriving Vegetation, Abundance, Nurturing Dormancy, Photosynthesis, Reforestation
Apex	Everbloom 4/4
Hero	Thriving Growth, Hunt Beneath the Open Skies, Strategic Infusion, Wildstalker’s Power, Green Thumb, Lethal Preservation, Flower Walk, Harmonious Constitution, Bursting Growth, Root Network, Patient Custodian, Implant, Rampancy, Vigorous Creepers

Note the absence of Grove Guardians. Wildstalker raid does not want treants; it wants every point in Lifebloom, Swiftmend and Rejuvenation scaling.

Wildstalker Mythic+ Build

The resto druid mythic plus build keeps the hero tree identical and rewires the rest for crowd control and damage.

Tree	Change from raid
Class	Add Grievous Wounds, Swipe, Typhoon, Mighty Bash, Circle of the Heavens, Fluid Form; drop Killer Instinct, Astral Influence, Starlight Conduit, Perfectly-Honed Instincts, Improved Stampeding Roar, Innervate
Spec	Add Grove Guardians, Improved Ironbark, Wild Synthesis, Regenerative Heartwood, Verdancy; drop Flourish, Improved Wild Growth, Unstoppable Growth, Reforestation
Apex and Hero	Everbloom 4/4 and the full Wildstalker tree, unchanged

Wildstalker PvP Build

Start from the Mythic+ shell, since it already carries Cyclone, Mighty Bash, Typhoon and Improved Ironbark. Top 3v3 Wildstalkers run these PvP talents:

• Early Spring makes Wild Growth instant and is taken by 49 of the top 50 players.
• Forest Guardian extends your HoTs whenever you cast Wrath, Cyclone or a combo point builder, which turns cat pressure into healing.
• High Winds adds 5 yards to Cyclone, Typhoon and Entangling Roots, and fills the third slot about half the time.
• Disentanglement lets Efflorescence strip snares and is the answer to melee cleaves and Frost Mages.
• Call of Ohn’ahra makes Cyclone instant with Nature’s Swiftness at the cost of 60 extra seconds on its cooldown.
• Thorns punishes double melee when cast with Barkskin or Ironbark.

Wildstalker Swaps

• Take Incarnation: Tree of Life over Convoke the Spirits on movement-heavy fights, because instant Regrowth keeps you healing while running.
• Take Liveliness over Master Shapeshifter for roughly 3 percent healing if your mana survives the whole pull.
• Take Embrace of the Dream over Master Shapeshifter when the fight is short and spiky.
• Drop Innervate in Mythic+ only if the group never needs it, because it now restores 20 percent of a healer’s mana over 8 seconds and nothing else.

Keeper of the Grove Talents: Raid, Mythic+, PvP

Keeper of the Grove Raid Build

Tree	Picks
Class	Rejuvenation, Wild Growth, Ursoc’s Spirit, Verdant Heart, Improved Nature’s Cure, Killer Instinct 1/2, Improved Barkskin, Nurturing Instinct, Thick Hide, Natural Recovery, Astral Influence, Tiger Dash, Cyclone, Aessina’s Renewal, Starlight Conduit, Feline Swiftness, Well-Honed Instincts, Matted Fur, Stampeding Roar, Lingering Healing, Ursol’s Vortex, Oakskin, Perfectly-Honed Instincts, Lycara’s Teachings, Gift of the Wild, Improved Stampeding Roar, Symbiotic Relationship, Forestwalk, Heart of the Wild, Innervate
Spec	Lifebloom, Swiftmend, Nature’s Swiftness, Omen of Clarity, Prosperity, Passing Seasons, Improved Regrowth, Soul of the Forest, Efflorescence, Tranquility, Ironbark, Germination, Lifetreading, Grove Guardians, Flourish, Improved Wild Growth, Renewing Surge, Rampant Growth, Power of the Archdruid, Improved Swiftmend, Convoke the Spirits, Intensity, Master Shapeshifter, Cenarius’ Guidance, Thriving Vegetation, Abundance, Nurturing Dormancy, Photosynthesis, Reforestation
Apex	Everbloom 4/4
Hero	Dream Surge, Treants of the Moon, Expansiveness, Protective Growth, Sylvan Beckoning, Durability of Nature, Cenarius’ Might, Potent Enchantments, Dryad’s Dance, Early Spring, Control of the Dream, Blooming Infusion, Spirit of the Thicket, Harmony of the Grove

Keeper needs Grove Guardians to function, so it buys them with Unstoppable Growth and adds Improved Swiftmend because every treant starts with a Swiftmend or Wild Growth press.

Keeper of the Grove Mythic+ Build

Tree	Change from raid
Class	Add Grievous Wounds, Swipe, Typhoon, Mighty Bash, Circle of the Heavens, Fluid Form; drop Killer Instinct, Astral Influence, Starlight Conduit, Perfectly-Honed Instincts, Improved Stampeding Roar, Innervate
Spec	Add Improved Ironbark, Wild Synthesis, Regenerative Heartwood, Verdancy; drop Flourish, Improved Wild Growth, Improved Swiftmend, Reforestation
Apex and Hero	Everbloom 4/4 and the full Keeper tree, unchanged

Keeper of the Grove PvP Build

Start from the Mythic+ shell, since it already carries Cyclone, Mighty Bash, Typhoon and Improved Ironbark. Keeper takes the same resto druid PvP talents as Wildstalker:

• Early Spring makes Wild Growth instant, and every instant Wild Growth also spawns a treant for Harmony of the Grove.
• Forest Guardian extends your HoTs whenever you cast Wrath, Cyclone or a combo point builder.
• High Winds adds 5 yards to Cyclone, Typhoon and Entangling Roots.
• Disentanglement lets Efflorescence strip snares against melee cleaves and Frost Mages.
• Call of Ohn’ahra makes Cyclone instant with Nature’s Swiftness at the cost of 60 extra seconds on its cooldown.
• Thorns punishes double melee when cast with Barkskin or Ironbark.
• Ancient of Lore replaces Incarnation: Tree of Life with a crowd control immune form, but 1 player in the top 50 bothers.

Keeper of the Grove Swaps

• Take Incarnation: Tree of Life over Convoke the Spirits on movement-heavy fights, because instant Regrowth keeps you healing while running.
• Take Liveliness over Master Shapeshifter for roughly 3 percent healing if your mana survives the whole pull.
• Take Embrace of the Dream over Master Shapeshifter when the fight is short and spiky.
• Take Power of the Dream over Control of the Dream when your cooldowns are pre-planned to the second and never sit unused.

Wildstalker Rotation and Priority

Opener

1. Cast Symbiotic Relationship on the tank and Mark of the Wild on the group before the pull.
2. Put Lifebloom on yourself in raid or on the tank in Mythic+, and let Lifetreading drag Efflorescence under it.
3. Spread 5 Rejuvenation casts to switch on Abundance.
4. Cast Wild Growth into the first damage so Implant and Thriving Growth seed Symbiotic Blooms early.
5. Press Swiftmend on a Bloom target and spend Soul of the Forest on Rejuvenation to hit 3 allies.

Single Target

Keep Lifebloom at 100 percent uptime and refresh it in the last 4.5 seconds to keep the bloom. Press Swiftmend on cooldown for three instant Lifebloom blooms from Everbloom. Fill with Regrowth under Abundance, spending Omen of Clarity procs first since Flash of Clarity adds 40 percent to them. Emergency: Nature’s Swiftness into Regrowth, which also applies Lifebloom, Rejuvenation and Wild Growth HoTs through Overgrowth if you took it.

AoE

Rejuvenate Bloom targets first, because each recast triggers Bursting Growth. Press Wild Growth and Swiftmend as damage lands, then Regrowth for the 12.1.5 Nature’s Bounty cleave onto 3 Rejuvenated allies. In Mythic+, weave Moonfire, Sunfire and Cat Form through Rake, Shred, Rip and Ferocious Bite; Fluid Form shifts you automatically.

Cooldown Windows

• Convoke the Spirits runs on a 1 minute cooldown thanks to Cenarius’ Guidance, so use it every damage event and spend Soul of the Forest first because Convoke can overwrite it.
• Tranquility is a 3 minute channel that shields you for 60 percent of your health; ramp Regrowth first so Flourish extends them.
• Incarnation: Tree of Life comes free every 4 Swiftmend casts through Reforestation, so line the fourth one up with Convoke.
• Ironbark goes on the tank or the target of the next tank buster, not on the panicking Mage.

Never Clip

• Never let Lifebloom expire or move it, because every move resets its stacks.
• Never cancel Tranquility early, because Flourish extends your HoTs every second it channels.
• Never let Soul of the Forest expire or waste it on a lone player outside 20 yards of 2 allies.

What Wildstalker changes: Bloom targets become your Rejuvenation priority, and Strategic Infusion rewards opening Mythic+ trash with Rake from stealth. Careful, Rake stuns small mobs and scatters the pack.

Keeper of the Grove Rotation and Priority

Opener

1. Cast Symbiotic Relationship on the tank and Mark of the Wild on the group before the pull.
2. Put Lifebloom on yourself in raid or on the tank in Mythic+, and let Lifetreading drag Efflorescence under it.
3. Spread 5 Rejuvenation casts to switch on Abundance.
4. Open with Wild Growth and Swiftmend to spawn the first Grove Guardians and stack Harmony of the Grove.
5. Spend Soul of the Forest on Rejuvenation to hit 3 allies.

Single Target

Keep Lifebloom at 100 percent uptime and refresh it in the last 4.5 seconds to keep the bloom. Press Swiftmend on cooldown for three instant blooms from Everbloom and a treant. Fill with Regrowth under Abundance, spending Omen of Clarity procs first since Flash of Clarity adds 40 percent to them. Spend the Sylvan Beckoning empowered Swiftmend quickly; its Dryad casts a 10 percent Tranquility that Flourish also extends.

AoE

Pre-HoT with Rejuvenation, then Wild Growth and Swiftmend as damage lands to keep 2 to 5 treants alive, then Regrowth for the Nature’s Bounty cleave onto 3 Rejuvenated allies. In Mythic+, Keeper can skip most cat weaving for slightly more healing and less damage; Moonfire and Sunfire still go out.

Cooldown Windows

• Convoke the Spirits casts Swiftmend and Wild Growth internally, so a good Convoke spawns up to 5 treants for 25 percent bonus healing every minute.
• Tranquility is a 3 minute channel that shields you for 60 percent of your health; ramp Regrowth first so Flourish extends them.
• Incarnation: Tree of Life loses 5 seconds of cooldown each time a treant fades through Cenarius’ Guidance, so Keeper players taking it see it roughly every 100 seconds.
• Ironbark also summons a healing Dryad through Spirit of the Thicket, so it is a heal as well as a defensive.

Never Clip

• Never let Lifebloom expire or move it, because every move resets its stacks.
• Never cancel Tranquility early, because Flourish extends your HoTs every second it channels.
• Never let Soul of the Forest expire or press Convoke the Spirits while it is up.

What Keeper changes: the loop becomes treant upkeep, so a dry Wild Growth cooldown costs you 5 percent healing per missing Guardian.

Stat Priority Per Hero Tree

The resto druid stat priority is identical for both trees in PvE. No hard caps exist, but secondaries flatten at high ratings, so never dump everything into one.

Wildstalker Stats

Content	Priority	Top player average
Raid	Item level, Haste = Mastery, Crit, Versatility	No public average
Mythic+	Item level, Haste, Mastery, Versatility, Crit	32 percent Haste, 39 percent Mastery
PvP	Mastery, Versatility, Haste, Crit	40 percent Mastery, 16 percent Versatility, 13 percent Haste

Keeper of the Grove Stats

Content	Priority	Notes
Raid	Item level, Haste = Mastery, Crit, Versatility	Same as Wildstalker
Mythic+	Item level, Haste, Mastery, Versatility, Crit	In high keys, trade some Mastery for Versatility to survive
PvP	Mastery, Versatility, Haste, Crit	Same as Wildstalker

Tier 36 Set: Bonuses, Tokens, Fastest 4-Piece

The resto druid tier set is Bark of the Enigmatic Dreamwatcher. Both bonuses feed one buff, Genesis: all your HoTs heal 15 percent more, and applications overlap.

Bonus	Effect
2-piece	Rejuvenation has a 15 percent chance to grant Genesis for 8 seconds
4-piece	Nature’s Swiftness, Tranquility and Incarnation: Tree of Life or Convoke the Spirits always grant Genesis, and its duration grows by 8 seconds

Wildstalker and the Tier Set

Wildstalker spams Rejuvenation onto Bloom targets, so the 2-piece procs constantly and Symbiotic Blooms count as HoTs under Genesis. Line Convoke, Nature’s Swiftness and the Reforestation tree form up for stacked 16 second windows. Value: high, never break 4-piece for raw item level.

Keeper of the Grove and the Tier Set

Keeper casts fewer Rejuvenation per minute, so the 2-piece procs less, but the 4-piece lands on the same 1 minute Convoke the Spirits where 5 treants are already buffing you. Value: high, never break 4-piece for raw item level.

Token Drops in The Venomous Abyss

Boss	Slot	Leather token
Entombed Sentinels	Hands	Venomcured Idol
The Lost Explorers	Shoulders	Venomcured Remnant
Vashnik the Malignant	Chest	Venomcured Icon
Sszorak	Legs	Venomcured Relic
The Twin Fangs	Helm	Venomcured Effigy
Ula’tek	Any	Slumbering Coil Curio, traded to Kirana in Silvermoon City

Fastest route: clear bosses 2 to 6 of The Venomous Abyss for tokens, fill the raid Great Vault row with 6 kills, and catalyze Haste or Mastery pieces. Catalyzing now keeps secondary stats and special effects, so the BiS plan catalyzes Gaze of the Coiled Watcher, War Trial Vestments and Coiled Hex Legguards, then wears real Enigmatic Dreamwatcher’s Gauntlets. Shoulders stay crafted.

Ascendant Venomstones Per Hero Tree

The resto druid Ascendant Venomstones plan starts the week of October 20, after Orin Straylight finishes his research questline in Silvermoon City. Stones drop from Heroic and Mythic raid bosses, keystones +10 and above, Tier 11 Bountiful Delves and Nightmare Prey chests. Ten stones raise one fully upgraded Hero, Myth or max quality crafted weapon, trinket or necklace.

Do not feed stones to Mythic Jan’thrazet, the Soul Fang, Gaze of the Coiled Watcher or Aqirbane Reliquary. Mythic Coiled Altar and Ula’tek loot already sits at 344, the expected Venomstone ceiling, so you would be paying 10 stones for nothing. The crest cap also lifts the same week, so finish Myth 6/6 upgrades with Myth Mistcrest first or the stones have nothing legal to touch.

Wildstalker Venomstone Order

1. Stone a Myth 6/6 weapon first, such as Staff of the Lightning Serpent or crafted Aln’hara Cane, because the weapon carries the most Intellect per item level.
2. Stone Wavecaller’s Seastone second, because Wildstalker heals passively and the stacking Intellect never sleeps.
3. Stone Amulet of the Twin Fangs third for pure Haste and Mastery.

Keeper of the Grove Venomstone Order

1. Stone a Myth 6/6 weapon first, such as Staff of the Lightning Serpent or crafted Aln’hara Cane, because the weapon carries the most Intellect per item level.
2. Stone Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel second, because Keeper lives in 1 minute Convoke windows and an on-use shield for 5 allies lines up with them.
3. Stone Amulet of the Twin Fangs third for pure Haste and Mastery.

BiS Gear Per Hero Tree

Both trees share one list because the stats match. The resto druid BiS gear below covers raid and Mythic+ at once.

Wildstalker BiS

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Gaze of the Coiled Watcher, catalyzed	Ula’tek
Neck	Amulet of the Twin Fangs	The Twin Fangs
Shoulders	Silvermoon Agent’s Mantle	Crafted, embellished
Back	Silken Voodoo Drape	The Coiled Altar
Chest	War Trial Vestments, catalyzed	Den of Nalorakk
Wrist	Silvermoon Agent’s Deflectors	Crafted, embellished
Hands	Enigmatic Dreamwatcher’s Gauntlets	Entombed Sentinels token
Waist	Sash of the Forlorn Vessel	The Coiled Altar
Legs	Coiled Hex Legguards, catalyzed	The Coiled Altar
Feet	Breakwater Boots	Nymrissa Wavecaller, The Tidebound Grotto
Ring	Vile Alchemist’s Band	Vashnik the Malignant
Ring	Sickening Signet of Atroxus	Voidscar Arena
Trinket	Wavecaller’s Seastone	Nymrissa Wavecaller
Trinket	Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel	Nek’zali the Soulcoiler
Main Hand	Jan’thrazet, the Soul Fang	Ula’tek
Off Hand	Spine of the Hissing Abyss	Entombed Sentinels
Two-Hand	Staff of the Lightning Serpent	Temple of Sethraliss

Wildstalker alt BiS if you are behind:

• Craft Aln’hara Cane with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt instead of farming Heroic Jan’thrazet, the Soul Fang for three weeks.
• Run Aln’hara Lantern as the crafted off-hand, which 19 of the top 50 Mythic+ druids still wear.
• Use Gebbo’s Bottomless Bag, Lightspire Core or Unstable Felheart Crystal until the raid trinkets drop.
• Take Vestment of the Awakening from the first boss as a placeholder chest.
• Pull the Great Vault raid row first, since Heroic choices drop at Myth 1/6 item level 318.

Keeper of the Grove BiS

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Gaze of the Coiled Watcher, catalyzed	Ula’tek
Neck	Amulet of the Twin Fangs	The Twin Fangs
Shoulders	Silvermoon Agent’s Mantle	Crafted, embellished
Back	Silken Voodoo Drape	The Coiled Altar
Chest	War Trial Vestments, catalyzed	Den of Nalorakk
Wrist	Silvermoon Agent’s Deflectors	Crafted, embellished
Hands	Enigmatic Dreamwatcher’s Gauntlets	Entombed Sentinels token
Waist	Sash of the Forlorn Vessel	The Coiled Altar
Legs	Coiled Hex Legguards, catalyzed	The Coiled Altar
Feet	Breakwater Boots	Nymrissa Wavecaller, The Tidebound Grotto
Ring	Vile Alchemist’s Band	Vashnik the Malignant
Ring	Sickening Signet of Atroxus	Voidscar Arena
Trinket	Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel	Nek’zali the Soulcoiler
Trinket	Wavecaller’s Seastone	Nymrissa Wavecaller
Main Hand	Jan’thrazet, the Soul Fang	Ula’tek
Off Hand	Spine of the Hissing Abyss	Entombed Sentinels
Two-Hand	Staff of the Lightning Serpent	Temple of Sethraliss

Keeper of the Grove alt BiS if you are behind:

• Craft Aln’hara Cane with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt instead of farming Heroic Jan’thrazet, the Soul Fang for three weeks.
• Use Stormbound Emblem of Dazar or Hex Lord’s Dooming Idol as on-demand Haste for Convoke windows until the raid trinkets drop.
• Use Gebbo’s Bottomless Bag or Lightspire Core as passive fillers.
• Take Vestment of the Awakening from the first boss as a placeholder chest.
• Pull the Great Vault raid row first, since Heroic choices drop at Myth 1/6 item level 318.

Kith’ix adds four cantrip armor pieces in tier slots, a healer trinket and a Haste and Mastery ring, dropping at 344 on Mythic. The cantrips catalyze into tier without losing their effect and grow stronger next to a Venomcursed piece such as Gaze of the Coiled Watcher. Hold one Catalyst charge until you see them.

Consumables, Enchants, Gems, Embellishments

Nothing differs between trees. PvE wants Leech and Haste, PvP swaps to speed and Mastery for both trees.

Slot	PvE pick	PvP pick
Helm	Enchant Helm – Empowered Hex of Leeching	Enchant Helm – Empowered Blessing of Speed
Shoulders	Enchant Shoulders – Silvermoon’s Mending	Enchant Shoulders – Akil’zon’s Swiftness
Chest	Enchant Chest – Mark of the Worldsoul	Enchant Chest – Mark of the Magister
Legs	Sunfire Silk Spellthread	Arcanoweave Spellthread
Boots	Enchant Boots – Shaladrassil’s Roots	Enchant Boots – Farstrider’s Hunt
Rings	Enchant Ring – Silvermoon’s Alacrity	Enchant Ring – Zul’jin’s Mastery
Weapon	Enchant Weapon – Acuity of the Ren’dorei	Enchant Weapon – Acuity of the Ren’dorei
Gems	Indecipherable Eversong Diamond, then Flawless Masterful Peridot or Flawless Quick Amethyst	Flawless Quick Amethyst

Consumable	Pick
Flask	Flask of the Blood Knights
Food	Blooming Feast or Harandar Celebration
Potions	Lightfused Mana Potion, Light’s Potential, Concentrated Silvermoon Health Potion
Weapon oil	Thalassian Phoenix Oil

• Early season, put Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on a crafted weapon.
• Late season, run two Arcanoweave Lining pieces, usually shoulders plus wrists or boots.
• Craft every piece with Thalassian Missive of the Feverflare for guaranteed Haste and Mastery, then raise item level with Spark of Tides.

Macros, Addons and Interface

WeakAuras is dead in Midnight. Blizzard’s Cooldown Manager replaces it and since 12.1 also tracks trinkets, potions and racials. Patch 12.1.5 adds animated dispel borders on raid frames, which a Nature’s Cure healer should switch on immediately.

Macro	Text
Mouseover Rejuvenation	#showtooltip /use [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Rejuvenation
Cursor Efflorescence	#showtooltip /cast [@cursor] Efflorescence
Cursor Ursol’s Vortex	#showtooltip /cast [@cursor] Ursol’s Vortex
Instant battle res	#showtooltip Rebirth /cast Nature’s Swiftness /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Rebirth
Instant Regrowth	#showtooltip Regrowth /cast Nature’s Swiftness /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead] Regrowth
Leave form	/cancelform

• DandersFrames or the default raid frames handle healing; DandersFrames is worth it for HoT tracking.
• Plater or Platynator handles nameplates for Mythic+ cat weaving.
• Method Raid Tools handles raid notes and cooldown assignments.
• OPie puts Ursol’s Vortex, Typhoon, Stampeding Roar and forms on one radial key.
• Wildstalker only: show Symbiotic Blooms on raid frames, because Bloom targets are your Rejuvenation priority.
• Keeper of the Grove only: track the empowered Swiftmend from Sylvan Beckoning in the Cooldown Manager so the Dryad never expires.

Healing Kith’ix and the Rest of 12.1.5

• Kith’ix fights with Lady Liadrin at your side, and Phase 2 at 25 percent is a burn race against Eightfold Eclipse, so save Tranquility and Convoke the Spirits for the Stygian Howl stun.
• Abyssal Grasp is a heal absorb that drags players into darkness, so dump Swiftmend and Regrowth into it instantly.
• Digestive Juices stacks fast on Normal and above, so keep Rejuvenation pre-spread on the raid.
• Light’s Embrace cuts Extinguish damage, so herd stragglers into it with Stampeding Roar.
• The Labyrinth of Kindo’jan pairs you with Valeera Sanguinar for nine chambers of Mythic gear, and Wowhead’s delve build runs Wildstalker.
• Aqir Invasions run 10 minutes every hour in Eversong Woods or Zul’Aman, and nobody waits for a druid stuck in flight form.

Where Resto Druid Sits in 12.1.5

Wowhead ranks the spec B in both raid and Mythic+. Raid groups bring you for Mark of the Wild; keys bring you for Poison and Curse dispels, Ursol’s Vortex, Typhoon and Incapacitating Roar. The 25 percent health increase of Season 2 made HoTs feel thin, and 12.1.5 only patches that with the Nature’s Bounty redesign.

Tree	Raid	Mythic+	PvP
Wildstalker	B, the raid default	B, 49 of the top 50 keys from 3677 to 3910 rating	Strong, top 3v3 players reach 2864
Keeper of the Grove	C, mana hungry	C, safe but low damage	B, 15 of the top 50, peak 2754

Worth maining in 12.1.5? Yes if you enjoy agency, mobility and dispels; no if you want a meter crown handed to you. Roll Night Elf for Shadowmeld, or Troll for Berserking on Horde, and accept that the spec rewards people who read past the first paragraph.