WoW Forever Snake Form: Embrace of the Viper Set Guide

Wailing Caverns hides the best secret for druids in WoW Forever. Wear the full Embrace of the Viper set and your Cat Form becomes a snake. The set also got new bonuses, so it is worth a look for other leather wearers too.

Item stats, binding and set bonuses come from the Forever game files (build 1.60.1.70790). Drop sources and how the form behaves come from players who tested it in the beta.

How to unlock the snake form

Reach level 20 and learn Cat Form.
Collect all five Embrace of the Viper pieces in Wailing Caverns.
Equip all five and shift into Cat Form.

That’s it. There is no quest. Remove any one piece and you go back to a normal cat.

The five pieces

Item	Slot	Req. level	Binding	Drops from
Gloves of the Fang	Hands	14	Bind on Equip	Druid of the Fang (trash)
Belt of the Fang	Waist	16	Bind on Pickup	Lady Anacondra
Footpads of the Fang	Feet	17	Bind on Pickup	Lord Serpentis
Leggings of the Fang	Legs	17	Bind on Pickup	Lord Cobrahn
Armor of the Fang	Chest	18	Bind on Pickup	Lord Pythas

All five are leather. The gloves are the only piece you can buy from another player, so check the Auction House before you farm trash.

Set bonuses in Forever

Blizzard replaced the old Classic bonuses. From the game files:

Pieces	Bonus
2	+10 Intellect
3	+10 Attack Power
4	Taking damage while at or below 25% health restores 100 health and mana over 5 seconds. Once every 5 minutes.
5	Dream Venom: your melee attacks have a chance to stun the target for 1 second.

The 5-piece stun has no internal cooldown listed in its tooltip, and Method reports seeing it proc back to back. The proc chance itself is not listed.

What the snake looks like

The snake replaces your Cat Form model. Players have only reported it for Cat Form.
Each druid race has its own snake colour.
Your abilities still look and sound like cat abilities. It is a skin, not a new form.

Farming tips

The four Fang lords are spread across the whole dungeon, so a full clear is the normal way to farm. The Wailing Caverns guide has the route.
Horde get there easily from the Crossroads. Alliance usually come via the Ratchet boat from Booty Bay, or through Darkshore and Ashenvale.
Drop rates in Forever are not published. Plan for several runs.
The set is not only for druids. Rogues, hunters and shamans in the late teens can also use the Intellect, Attack Power and the stun, but only druids get the snake.

What is not confirmed yet

Transmog. We do not know if wearing the set as a transmog appearance is enough to trigger the snake. Plan to wear the real items.
Drop rates in the live game.
Changes since launch. Most testing happened in the beta. We have not seen a live hotfix that changes the set or the form.

Questions & answers

How do you get the snake form in WoW Forever?

Equip all five pieces of the Embrace of the Viper set from Wailing Caverns on a druid. While all five are on, your Cat Form turns into a snake. Take off any piece and you are a cat again.

Which bosses drop Embrace of the Viper?

Armor of the Fang from Lord Pythas, Leggings of the Fang from Lord Cobrahn, Footpads of the Fang from Lord Serpentis, Belt of the Fang from Lady Anacondra and Gloves of the Fang from Druid of the Fang trash.

Can I buy the Gloves of the Fang on the Auction House?

Yes. In the game files the gloves are Bind on Equip, so other players can sell them. The other four pieces are Bind on Pickup, so you have to loot them yourself.

Does the snake form change any abilities?

No. It is a cosmetic look for Cat Form. Your abilities, sounds and numbers stay those of Cat Form.

What level do I need?

Druids learn Cat Form at level 20. The set pieces need level 14 to 18 to equip, so you can collect the set before Cat Form and switch it on at 20.

Druid Snake Form in WoW Forever: How to Get the Embrace of the Viper Set

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