Save Gold on Repairs with Weapon Durability Changes in Patch 12.0.7

Patch 12.0.7 is putting an end to combat durability loss on weapons and shields on the PTR — meaning your repair bill just got a lot cheaper. In testing, 20 minutes of auto-attacking a dummy on live servers cost 73 gold in repairs (12 durability lost across armor, 10 on weapons). The same test on PTR dropped to 37 gold, with weapons sitting at a clean 100% the entire time.

The bigger win is for Protection Warriors, whose infamous Block Tax is effectively dead. In a two-minute test on live, a Prot Warrior racked up 40 gold in repairs — 13 durability lost on their shield alone, plus 11 spread across armor. On PTR? Zero shield damage, one point across all armor, and roughly 3 gold total. Fury Warriors and Demon Hunters also see outsized savings thanks to dual-wield weapon costs. Deaths and spirit resurrections still trigger durability loss as normal — only the combat wear-and-tear on weapons and shields is going away.