OctoWow - Forums

Somjies wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 5:30 pm Shaman never had any connection to polearms though. Probably the most iconic weapon used by them in WC3 were claw/fist weapons (MH only, they never dual wielded.

Eh, wc3 tauren chieftain had shamanic elements (totems on his back, reincarnation) and wielded a polearm.

Wh1tehollow wrote: Wed Oct 07, 2026 7:00 am For Windows, go to: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (select "All files")
Locate the HOSTS text file and add the following to the very end, leaving a blank space:
92.114.107.56 play.octowow.st
92.114.107.56 normal.octowow.st

This temporary fix solved my issue for the time being.

I've been stuck on "Connecting" -> "Disconnected from server" for the past couple of days and I'm trying to figure out why. My IP is whitelisted according to the website (screenshot included), I'm running windows so the Linux issue/fix doesn't apply, and the vast majority of people seem to be having ...

It's a change that is fixing a problem that didn't exist. Enough of those types of changes and you get something that sounds like it makes sense on paper but doesn't feel good anymore. People liked what twow was and "fixing" all these "problems" that nobody had an issue with is inelegant and doesn ...

Please do not continue making changes in the same vein as the Tauren totemic slam change. This ability was clearly meant to be something cool and neat for them at early levels and aligning it with the level 40 racial shaman abilities feels like a change only made to satisfy someone's ADHD. Taurens ...

What does this mean, Kestrel? Totemic Mastery has nothing to do with Earth Shield.


From the data that we scraped when doing out 1.18.1 restoration, we found that Totemic Mastery on Turtle WoW 1.18.1 increased the healing of earth shield charges by a flat 15 and so we brought that ...

Kestrel wrote: Tue Oct 06, 2026 4:54 am ...
• Updated Totemic Mastery tooltip to match the true affect (increases earth shield's heal)
...

What does this mean, Kestrel? Totemic Mastery has nothing to do with Earth Shield.

Tauren Totemic Slam now taught from the level 40 quest (matching the other shaman racial abilities)

What is the name of the quest and from where should i get it? What's the name of the NPC that gives the quest?
I am lv 60 and lost my totemic slam.


Might be the quest chain that used to be for ...

Are there plans to reinstate whitelist signups? I had a brief internet outage and my IP is no longer whitelisted as a result. Since then I've not been able to log in at all, unfortunately.