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Pick a build, then drag the level to watch it fill in point by point, in the order to take them. Hover, focus or tap any talent for its tooltip. The trees show the Sept 24 layout; the full Mage reference, with a free calculator, is on the Mage talents page.

Build complete: all 51 points spent.

Mage Talents · Arcane Points 47 / 4 / 0
Arcane 47
Fire 4
Frost 0

About this build

Arcane became a standalone leveling spec with Blizzard's Oct 15 beta build: Arcane Blast now casts in 1.5 sec and stacks spell damage from Intellect, Missile Barrage moved to the first row, and a new 16-point talent, Arcane Wrath, was added (Official). The first 21 points follow Mobalytics' level-30 beta build: Improved Channeling, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Impact, Arcane Blast, Arcane Focus, Arcane Meditation, Missile Barrage and Presence of Mind. Everything after that is analysis: Arcane Mind, Arcane Instability and Arcane Power for damage, the utility rows, then Incineration and Wake of Fire in Fire for crit. The tree shown here predates the Oct 15 build (no Mage has been read from the game client yet), so Arcane Wrath and the new Missile Barrage position are missing; the build is re-checked in game at launch.

Milestones

  1. Lv 14Improved Channeling · maxed 5/5
  2. Lv 19Arcane Concentration · maxed 5/5
  3. Lv 22Arcane Impact · maxed 3/3
  4. Lv 23Arcane Blast
  5. Lv 28Arcane Meditation · maxed 3/3
  6. Lv 29Missile Barrage
  7. Lv 30Presence of Mind
  8. Lv 35Arcane Mind · maxed 5/5
  9. Lv 38Arcane Instability · maxed 3/3
  10. Lv 41Arcane Power
  11. Lv 43Arcane Geometry · maxed 2/2
  12. Lv 45Arcane Shielding · maxed 2/2
  13. Lv 52Arcane Focus · maxed 5/5
  14. Lv 54Improved Counterspell · maxed 2/2
  15. Lv 59Incineration · maxed 3/3

Point order

LevelTalentRank
10 1/5
11 2/5
12 3/5
13 4/5
14 5/5
15 1/5
16 2/5
17 3/5
18 4/5
19 5/5
20 1/3
21 2/3
22 3/3
23 1/1
24 1/5
25 2/5
26 1/3
27 2/3
28 3/3
29 1/1
30 1/1
31 1/5
32 2/5
33 3/5
34 4/5
35 5/5
36 1/3
37 2/3
38 3/3
39 1/2
40 2/2
41 1/1
42 1/2
43 2/2
44 1/2
45 2/2
46 1/2
47 2/2
48 1/2
49 2/2
50 3/5
51 4/5
52 5/5
53 1/2
54 2/2
55 1/2
56 2/2
57 1/3
58 2/3
59 3/3
60 1/2
Talent data Reported The Mage trees come from community transcriptions (talentsforever.com, cross-checked with foreverchanges.pro and classicwowforever.com) made before the Oct 15 build; no Mage client data has been read yet, so Missile Barrage still sits on its old row and Arcane Wrath is missing. The Arcane build's first 21 points follow Mobalytics' level-30 beta build; the rest is analysis Analysis.
Tree check at launch. The Oct 15 build moved Missile Barrage to the first row as a 2-point talent and added Arcane Wrath at 16 points; neither is in the tree data yet because no Mage has been read from the game client. Re-read both trees in game before spending points.
The Arcane build is the plan for leveling and 60. Its first 21 points follow Mobalytics' level-30 beta build; the rest (47/4/0, with Incineration and Wake of Fire in Fire for crit) is analysis until a tested level-60 Arcane build is published. The tree shown here predates the Oct 15 build.

Talents taken, build by build

Arcane47/4/0· Leveling · level 60 · dungeon DPS

Arcane became a standalone leveling spec with Blizzard's Oct 15 beta build: Arcane Blast now casts in 1.5 sec and stacks spell damage from Intellect, Missile Barrage moved to the first row, and a new 16-point talent, Arcane Wrath, was added (Official). The first 21 points follow Mobalytics' level-30 beta build: Improved Channeling, Arcane Concentration, Arcane Impact, Arcane Blast, Arcane Focus, Arcane Meditation, Missile Barrage and Presence of Mind. Everything after that is analysis: Arcane Mind, Arcane Instability and Arcane Power for damage, the utility rows, then Incineration and Wake of Fire in Fire for crit. The tree shown here predates the Oct 15 build (no Mage has been read from the game client yet), so Arcane Wrath and the new Missile Barrage position are missing; the build is re-checked in game at launch.

TreeRowTalentRanksWhat it does
Arcane1Wand Specialization2/2Increases your damage with Wands by 13/25%.
Arcane1Arcane Focus5/5Increases your chance to hit with your Arcane spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Arcane1Improved Channeling5/5Gives you a 20% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 14% chance while casting Arcane Blast. (rank 1 of 5 value; other ranks not transcribed)
Arcane2Arcane Subtlety2/2Reduces your target's resistance to all your spells by 8/16 and reduces the threat caused by your Arcane spells by 15/30%.
Arcane2Magic Absorption2/2Increases all your resistances by 5/10 and causes all spells you fully resist to restore 1/2% of your total mana. Cannot trigger more often than 1 time per sec.
Arcane2Arcane Concentration5/5Gives you a 2/4/6/8/10% chance of entering a Clearcasting state after any damage spell hits a target. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
Arcane2Arcane Resilience2/2Increases your Armor by an amount equal to 25/50% of your Intellect.
Arcane3Arcane Geometry2/2Increases the range of your Arcane spells by 3/6 yards.
Arcane3Arcane Impact3/3Increases the critical strike chance of your Arcane spells by 2/4/6%.
Arcane3Arcane Blast1/1122 Mana, 30 yd range, 2.5 sec cast. Blasts the target with energy, dealing 95 to 104 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the damage of all your other spells is increased by 10% and the mana cost of Arcane Blast is increased by 175%. Effect stacks up to 4 times and lasts 8 sec or until any other damage spell is cast.
Arcane4Arcane Shielding2/2Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 17% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 25%. (rank 1 of 2 value; other ranks not transcribed)
Arcane4Improved Counterspell2/2Your Counterspell also Silences the target for 2/4 sec.
Arcane4Arcane Meditation3/3Allows 17/33/50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Arcane4Missile Barrage1/1Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles will fire every 0.5 sec.
Arcane5Presence of Mind1/1Instant, 3 min cooldown. When activated, your next Mage spell with a casting time less than 10 sec becomes an instant cast spell.
Arcane5Arcane Mind5/5Increases your Intellect by 2/4/6/8/10% and increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Arcane spells by 20/40/60/80/100%.
Arcane6Arcane Instability3/3Increases the damage done by all your spells by 1% and your critical strike chance with all attacks by 1%. (rank 1 of 3 value; other ranks not transcribed)
Arcane7Arcane Power1/1Instant, 3 min cooldown. For the next 15 sec, your spells deal 30% more damage while costing 30% more mana to cast.
Fire1Wake of Fire1/2Reduces the cooldown of your Fire Blast spell by 1/2 sec. Killing a non-trivial target increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Blast cast within 20 sec by 25% (rank 1 value).
Fire1Incineration3/3Increases the critical strike chance of your Fire Blast, Ice Lance, Arcane Blast, and Scorch spells by 2/4/6%.