Mage specialization

Frost Mage in WoW Forever

Ice spells and enemy control.

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.

Frost’s own loop, from level 13. Before that every Mage plays the same loop.

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

Keep up:

Arcane Intellect

Frostbolt Rank 3 Filler

Cast it whenever nothing above is ready.

93% of your damage
Wand Wand

When your mana runs out.

8% of your damage

How MaxDPS works this out

Default stat priorities

Wand DPS +13.49.2
Frost spell power +77.0
Spell power +22.0
Intellect +31.3
Spell damage +11.0
Stamina +20.4

Adjust stat priorities Calculated defaults

Stamina Intellect Spirit Spell power Spell damage Frost 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 Frostbolt 5/5 · levels 10–12 and 14–15 +19% damage
Precision 1/3 · level 13 +2.1% damage

Every Mage talent

Preliminary item rankings · Dungeons

Frost Mage gear rankings

Frost spell damage · Level 15 · Calculated defaults

Hunt list

SoloingDungeons

Materials: . Each reagent counts at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout.

Head items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank	Item	Score (pts)	Where to get it
1 in this filtered list	Flying Tiger Goggles Cloth · iLvl 20 · Req. 15* · Crafted · Profession required Key stats: 4 Stamina4 Spirit27 Armor	1.02	EngineeringCrafted None on the auction house Materials about
Score breakdown Stamina: 4 × 0.18 = 0.72 pts Spirit: 4 × 0.0625 = 0.25 pts Armor: 27 × 0.0018 = 0.05 pts Uncommon · Profession required — check item requirements Source EngineeringCrafted
2 in this filtered list	Red Winter Hat Cloth · iLvl 1 · Req. 1 · Other drop Key stats: 2 Armor	0.00	War Master VooneBoss drop · 16% · Blackrock Spire
Score breakdown Armor: 2 × 0.0018 = 0.00 pts Uncommon 62 sources War Master VooneBoss drop · 16% · Blackrock Spire Emperor Dagran ThaurissanBoss drop · 14% · Blackrock Depths Cannon Master WilleyBoss drop · 11% · Stratholme High Protector TarsenNPC drop · <0.1% · Western Plaguelands Suffering VictimNPC drop · <0.1% · Scarlet Monastery Thaurissan AgentNPC drop · <0.1% · Burning Steppes Forsaken IntruderNPC drop · <0.1% · Ashenvale Foulweald ShamanNPC drop · <0.1% · Ashenvale Sickly RefugeeNPC drop · <0.1% · Silverpine Forest Firegut OgreNPC drop · <0.1% · Burning Steppes All 62 sources
3 in this filtered list	Green Winter Hat Cloth · iLvl 1 · Req. 1 · Other drop Key stats: 2 Armor	0.00	Darkmaster GandlingNPC drop · 8.4% · Scholomance
Score breakdown Armor: 2 × 0.0018 = 0.00 pts Uncommon 67 sources Darkmaster GandlingNPC drop · 8.4% · Scholomance Goraluk AnvilcrackNPC drop · 5.9% · Blackrock Spire Prince TortheldrinBoss drop · 3.8% · Dire Maul Kenata DabyrieNPC drop · <0.1% · Arathi Highlands Scarlet MageNPC drop · <0.1% · Western Plaguelands Gelkis StamperNPC drop · <0.1% · Desolace Cavalier DurgenNPC drop · <0.1% · Western Plaguelands Razormane ScoutNPC drop · <0.1% · Durotar Splinter Fist WarriorNPC drop · <0.1% · Duskwood Tortured DruidNPC drop · <0.1% · Silithus All 67 sources
4 in this filtered list	Crown of the Fire Festival Cloth · iLvl 1 · Req. 1 · Quest Key stats: 2 Armor	0.00	A Thief's RewardQuest reward
Score breakdown Armor: 2 × 0.0018 = 0.00 pts Common 2 sources A Thief's RewardQuest reward A Thief's RewardQuest 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

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New spell interactions