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Mage · Fire · row 2

Ignite

Same as Classic5 ranks

Ignite

Rank 5/5Fire

Requires 5 points in Fire Talents

Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

Every rank of Ignite

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	client
2	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 16% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	client
3	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 24% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	client
4	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 32% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	client
5	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 40% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Fire, row 2, column 1. Needs 5 points in Fire first. The earliest you can finish all 5 ranks is level 19 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Flame Throwing, Impact in the same row.

Classic comparison

	Classic 1.12	WoW Forever
Name	Ignite	Ignite
Position	Fire row 2, col 1	Fire row 2, col 1
Ranks	5	5
Rank 1 text	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.	Your critical strikes from Fire damage spells cause the target to burn for an additional 8% of your spell's damage over 4 sec.

Builds that take Ignite

Fire Mage endgame PvE build (20/31/0) · 5/5

Questions players ask

Where is Ignite in the Mage talent tree?

Fire tree, row 2, column 1. You need 5 points spent in Fire before you can learn it.

Is Ignite new in WoW Forever?

No. Ignite works the same as in Classic 1.12, where it was in Fire row 2 with 5 ranks.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.