Rogue poisons in WoW Forever: all Poisons, reagents and quest

In short

• You learn Poisons from level 20 through a Rogue trainer quest chain. After that, the trainer teaches you new poisons.
• You make poisons yourself: buy reagents and vials, craft them in the Poisons window, apply them to your weapon.
• For leveling, Instant Poison is enough. From level 30, add Deadly Poison.
• In PvP, Crippling Poison slows, Wound Poison weakens healers, Mind-numbing Poison slows down casters.

Learning Poisons: the quest chain

At level 20, the Rogue trainer in your capital city sends you on a quest chain. At the end you get the Poisons skill; from then on you can make poisons.

Alliance

From level 20. The quest chain starts with Master Mathias Shaw.

1. Mathias and the Defias
2. Klaven's Tower · learns Poisons
3. The Touch of Zanzil
4. The Touch of Zanzil
5. The Touch of Zanzil

Horde

From level 20. The quest chain starts with Shenthul.

1. The Shattered Salute
2. Deep Cover
3. Mission: Possible But Not Probable
4. Hinott's Assistance
5. Hinott's Assistance · learns Poisons

All quests for your class: Rogue class quests.

How to use poisons

• Open the Poisons window from your spellbook and craft the poison. The reagents must be in your bags.
• Right-click the poison, then click your weapon in the character window. Main Hand and Off Hand each get their own poison.
• The poison lasts for a limited time and a limited number of hits. Reapply it before every bigger fight.
• Each craft can raise your Poisons skill as long as the recipe isn't grey. Higher ranks need more skill.

Instant Poison

Deals extra Nature damage on hit. Simple, reliable and available from level 20.

Poison	Rank	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Instant Poison	I	20	125 / 175	1 × Dust of Decay 1 × Empty Vial
Instant Poison II	II	28	165 / 215	3 × Dust of Decay 1 × Leaded Vial
Instant Poison III	III	36	205 / 255	1 × Dust of Deterioration 1 × Leaded Vial
Instant Poison IV	IV	44	245 / 295	2 × Dust of Deterioration 1 × Crystal Vial
Instant Poison V	V	52	285 / 335	3 × Dust of Deterioration 1 × Crystal Vial
Instant Poison VI	VI	60	325 / 375	4 × Dust of Deterioration 1 × Crystal Vial

Deadly Poison

Deals Nature damage over time and stacks several times on the target. The longer the fight, the stronger it gets.

Poison	Rank	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Deadly Poison	I	30	175 / 225	1 × Deathweed 1 × Leaded Vial
Deadly Poison II	II	38	215 / 265	2 × Deathweed 1 × Leaded Vial
Deadly Poison III	III	46	255 / 305	3 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial
Deadly Poison IV	IV	54	295 / 345	5 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial
Deadly Poison V	V	60	300 / 350	7 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial

Crippling Poison

Slows the target's movement. Use it to catch fleeing enemies and opponents.

Poison	Rank	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Crippling Poison	I	20	125 / 175	1 × Essence of Pain 1 × Empty Vial
Crippling Poison II	II	50	275 / 325	3 × Essence of Agony 1 × Crystal Vial

Mind-numbing Poison

Increases the target's casting time. Strong against casters, in PvP especially against healers and mages.

Poison	Rank	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Mind-numbing Poison	I	24	150 / 200	1 × Dust of Decay 1 × Essence of Pain 1 × Empty Vial
Mind-numbing Poison II	II	38	215 / 265	4 × Dust of Decay 4 × Essence of Pain 1 × Leaded Vial
Mind-numbing Poison III	III	52	285 / 335	2 × Dust of Deterioration 2 × Essence of Agony 1 × Crystal Vial

Wound Poison

Deals extra damage and reduces the healing the target receives. Made for fights against healers.

Poison	Rank	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Wound Poison	I	32	185 / 235	1 × Essence of Pain 1 × Deathweed 1 × Leaded Vial
Wound Poison II	II	40	225 / 275	1 × Essence of Pain 2 × Deathweed 1 × Leaded Vial
Wound Poison III	III	48	265 / 315	1 × Essence of Agony 2 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial
Wound Poison IV	IV	56	305 / 355	2 × Essence of Agony 2 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial

Blinding Powder

Not a weapon poison: the powder is the reagent for Blind. Each craft makes several.

Poison	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Blinding Powder	34	170 / 220	1 × Fadeleaf

Which poison for what?

• Leveling: Instant Poison gets you through short fights quickly. Deadly Poison is worth it on the slower weapon once fights last longer.
• Dungeons and raids: damage is what counts. The fast weapon usually carries Instant Poison, the second one Deadly Poison.
• PvP: Crippling Poison keeps enemies in place, Wound Poison takes healing away from healers, Mind-numbing Poison slows spells. Which poison goes on which weapon depends on your opponent.
• You need Blinding Powder for Blind. Always keep a few in your bags.

These recommendations are based on experience from WoW Classic. Talents and stats in WoW Forever may shift them. unconfirmed

Buying ingredients

According to the game data, you get reagents from poison vendors and shady dealers. In WoW Classic they're in the capital cities, usually near the Rogue trainers. Column "from level": from this level you need the ingredient for a poison; column "Poisons": how many recipes use it.

Ingredient	from level	Poisons	Type
Essence of Pain	20	5	Reagent
Empty Vial	20	3	Vial
Dust of Decay	20	4	Reagent
Leaded Vial	28	7	Vial
Deathweed	30	9	Reagent
Fadeleaf	34	1	Herb
Dust of Deterioration	36	5	Reagent
Crystal Vial	44	10	Vial
Essence of Agony	48	4	Reagent

• Vials get better with level: Empty Vial for the first poisons, Leaded Vial from the middle ranks, Crystal Vial for the highest.
• Fadeleaf is an herb. You gather it with Herbalism or buy it at the Auction House.
• Buy reagents for several crafts at once. It saves trips back to town.
• We'll add where the poison vendors are in WoW Forever from our addon data. Until then, the Rogue class trainers page can help.

Leveling Poisons

• The skill only goes up when you craft. Orange recipes always give a point, yellow ones usually, green ones rarely, grey ones never.
• Always craft the highest rank you already know. Once the recipe is yellow, you no longer get a point every time you craft.
• The tables above show for each poison at which skill it turns yellow and grey. The highest recipes only turn grey at 375, so they give you points all the way to the cap.
• As with Lockpicking, the cap is five times your character level, at most 300.

More poisons in the game data

The game data also contains these poisons. In WoW Classic they only existed in Season of Discovery, unlocked through runes. Whether and how they can be obtained in WoW Forever is still open. unconfirmed

Poison	Level	Yellow / grey	Reagents
Occult Poison I	54	295 / 345	5 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial 5 × Essence of Agony
Occult Poison II	60	300 / 350	7 × Deathweed 1 × Crystal Vial
Sebacious Poison	60	300 / 350	4 × Essence of Agony 1 × Crystal Vial
Atrophic Poison	60	300 / 350	7 × Dust of Deterioration 1 × Crystal Vial
Numbing Poison	60	300 / 350	3 × Dust of Deterioration 1 × Crystal Vial 1 × Essence of Agony

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