Mage specialization

Arcane Mage in WoW Forever

Mana management and Arcane spells.

Your role: Ranged spell damage
Advice for every level to 60
Class notes checked Nov 4, 2026

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Level 15 · Damage in a group

How to play dungeons at level 15

Your combat loop

Press the first one that is ready.

Every Mage plays this loop at level 15. Arcane’s own loop starts at level 20.

Own loop from: Fire level 13Frost level 13Arcane level 20

Keep up:

Arcane Intellect

Arcane Missiles Rank 1 Filler

Cast it whenever nothing above is ready.

93% of your damage
Wand Wand

When your mana runs out.

7% of your damage

How MaxDPS works this out

Default stat priorities

Wand DPS +13.49.2
Arcane spell power +77.0
Spell power +22.0
Intellect +31.2
Spell damage +11.0
Stamina +20.4

Adjust stat priorities Calculated defaults

Stamina Intellect Spirit Spell power Spell damage Arcane spell power Critical strike Hit Haste Mana per 5 sec Armor Bonus armor Wand DPS

Talents at level 15

6 points at level 15: the first at level 10, then one every level.

The MaxDPS build at this level, in the game’s talent frame. Click a talent to learn it and right click to unlearn it, as in the game.

Talents

Unspent Talents

Point order: when each point goes in

Improved Channeling 5/5 · levels 10–14 not counted here
Missile Barrage 1/2 · level 15 not counted here

Every Mage talent

Preliminary item rankings · Dungeons

Arcane Mage gear rankings

Arcane spell damage · Level 15 · Calculated defaults

Hunt list

SoloingDungeons

Shoulders items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank	Item	Score (pts)	Where to get it
1 in this filtered list	Canvas Shoulderpads Cloth · iLvl 20 · Req. 15 · Other drop Key stats: 23 Armor	0.04	Armor CrateObject loot · 3.4% None on the auction house
Score breakdown Armor: 23 × 0.0019 = 0.04 pts Poor 247 sources Armor CrateObject loot · 3.4% Shrieking BansheeNPC drop · 2.5% · Ruins of Lordaeron Kolkars' BootyObject loot · 2.5% · The Barrens Kolkar's BootyObject loot · 2% · The Barrens Kolkar's BootyObject loot · 2% · The Barrens Alliance ChestObject loot · 1.5% Battered ChestObject loot · 1.4% Haren SwifthoofNPC drop · 1.4% · Loch Modan Mo'grosh BruteNPC drop · 1.1% · Loch Modan Shadowfang WhitescalpNPC drop · 1.1% · Shadowfang Keep All 247 sources
2 in this filtered list	Mantle of the Fire Festival Cloth · iLvl 1 · Req. 1 · Quest Key stats: 2 Armor	0.00	Wild Fires in the Eastern KingdomsQuest reward
Score breakdown Armor: 2 × 0.0019 = 0.00 pts Common Source Wild Fires in the Eastern KingdomsQuest reward

Item stats from the WoW Forever game files; sources from data collected from the live game. Auction prices are the lowest buyout on the Americas · Normal auction houses, read from Blizzard every hour; pick another region or ruleset under Filters. Which house is which ruleset is matched by size and still being confirmed in game.

New in Forever

New spell interactions

Blizzard: Mage and Shaman changes · Blizzard’s Deep Dive · What’s Next

Read the current Mage updates

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Score breakdown

247 sources

Score breakdown

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New spell interactions