Druid shapeshift forms

The druid's most notable capability is to shapeshift into different animal forms.

List of shapeshift forms

Form	Description	Resource	Creature type
Caster form	Also called humanoid form. The druid's default, humanoid state. Can cast healing and damaging spells.	Mana, Astral Power^[1]	Humanoid
[Cat Form]	Melee damage dealer. Increases movement speed by 30%, has a stealth ability, and deals damage with a mix of bleeds and direct damage.	Energy	Beast
[Bear Form]	Tank. Improves the druid's survivability by increasing armor, health, and healing taken. Also allows use of mitigation abilities like [Ironfur].	Rage	Beast
[Moonkin Form]	Ranged caster damage dealer. Has increased armor, as well as access to potent damaging spells like [Starsurge]. Requires Balance.	Mana, Astral Power^[1]	Humanoid
[Incarnation: Tree of Life]	Healer. Increases armor and healing done, and enhances certain druid spells. This is a temporary form with a cooldown. Requires Restoration specialization and to choose this ability as a talent.	Mana	Elemental
[Travel Form]	A form that increases the druid's speed in different ways depending on context. The base Travel Form is a stag that increases movement speed to ground mount speed. Attacking or going indoors will automatically remove Travel Form.	N/A	Beast
[Aquatic Form]	Causes Travel Form to transform the druid into a water-capable creature when they are submerged. Increases swim speed to 135% and allowing underwater breathing.	N/A	Beast
[Flight Form]	Enables Travel Form to take on the shape of a flying creature when flying is possible. Allows flight and increases movement speed to flying mount speed. Pacifies the druid, preventing them from attacking.	N/A	Beast
[Mount Form]	A passenger mount version of Travel Form's stag form. Allows one party or raid member to sit on the druid's back, and can be used even in flyable areas. Learned from [Tome of the Wilds: Mount Form].	N/A	Beast
[Treant Form]	Cosmetic; functionally the same as being in caster form. Uses the appearance of the original Tree of Life Form. Learned from [Tome of the Wilds: Treant Form].	Mana, Astral Power^[2]	Humanoid

^ ^a ^b Astral Power is only available in Balance specialization.
^ Though the Astral Power bar doesn't display in Treant Form, Balance druids in this form can still use Astral Power-based spells.

Givon, a night elf druid in bear form to the left, and a tauren druid in cat form to the right.

General info about shapeshifting:

In all forms besides caster form (and Treant Form), the druid is immune to polymorph effects. Shapeshifting from caster form to another form breaks polymorph effects.
Shapeshifting breaks most movement-impairing effects (like [Slow] or [Hamstring]) and roots ( [Frost Nova] or [Entangling Roots]). Does not break [Dazed].
Shapeshift forms can change the druid's creature type. This changes which type-based effects work on the druid, such as tracking and abilities like [Hibernate].
Shapeshift forms cannot be dispelled.
Mana regeneration continues at a normal speed while a druid is shapeshifted.

Form appearance

Each race has a distinct model for its Bear and Cat forms, with five different textures for each model. Shadowlands introduced the ability for druids can change their design at any time by visiting a barbershop to customize their forms individually amongst their race's options. Dragonflight brought a variety of forms for druids to collect and change between.

Previously, in Wrath of the Lich King (patch 3.2.0), the form's appearance solely based upon the hair color of the druid (skin color in the case of tauren), as illustrated in charts below. Before Wrath, form appearance was determined solely by race, with a single appearance each for night elves and tauren.