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Priest · Discipline · row 5

Penance

New in Forever1 rankActive ability

Penance

Rank 1/1Discipline

150 Mana | Enemy: 36 yd range | Friendly: 40 yd range | Channeled | 12 sec cooldown

Requires 20 points in Discipline Talents

Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 44 Holy damage to an enemy, or 133 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.

Every rank of Penance

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing 44 Holy damage to an enemy, or 133 healing to an ally, instantly and every 1 sec for 2 sec.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Discipline, row 5, column 2. Needs 20 points in Discipline first. The earliest you can finish all 1 rank is level 30 if you put every point into this tree.
Unlocks: Power Infusion (requires Penance at full rank).
Competes with: Renewed Hope in the same row.

Classic comparison

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

Builds that take Penance

Discipline Priest healing build (31/20/0) · 1/1
Discipline Priest PvP build (31/0/20) · 1/1

Questions players ask

Where is Penance in the Priest talent tree?

Discipline tree, row 5, column 2. You need 20 points spent in Discipline before you can learn it.

Is Penance new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Penance has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.