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Priest · Shadow · row 4

Dark Inspiration

New in Forever5 ranks

Dark Inspiration

Rank 5/5Shadow

Requires 15 points in Shadow Talents

Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 15% for 10 sec.

Every rank of Dark Inspiration

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 3% for 10 sec.	client
2	Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 6% for 10 sec.	client
3	Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 9% for 10 sec.	client
4	Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 12% for 10 sec.	client
5	Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 15% for 10 sec.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Shadow, row 4, column 1. Needs 15 points in Shadow first. The earliest you can finish all 5 ranks is level 29 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Vampiric Embrace, Shadow Weaving in the same row.

Classic comparison

Dark Inspiration is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Priests.

Spells this talent affects

Mind Blast · 9 ranks, learned at 10
Mind Flay · 6 ranks, learned at 20

Builds that take Dark Inspiration

Shadow Priest leveling build (10–60) · 1/5
Shadow Priest endgame PvE build (20/0/31) · 1/5

Questions players ask

Where is Dark Inspiration in the Priest talent tree?

Shadow tree, row 4, column 1. You need 15 points spent in Shadow before you can learn it.

Is Dark Inspiration new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Dark Inspiration has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.