Azerite trait

Azerite traits, or Azerite powers, are passive abilities found on all Azerite Armor. Each Azerite Armor item has a unique set of traits to choose from. The power of the traits scales based on the armor piece's item level; the higher the item level, the stronger each trait is.

The traits are spread into five trait categories, all found on specific rings in the Azerite interface. Only one trait can be chosen per ring, for a total of 3 to 5 active traits per Azerite Armor piece (depending, of course, on how many rings the piece has). These choices can be reset using the Azerite Reforger.

All Azerite traits become inactive while a character is in the Shadowlands.

The center is the same for every piece of Azerite Armor and offers no choice.

Defensive traits provide a survivability boost—usually in the form of healing, absorption, damage reduction, or increased mobility.

Role traits are intended to empower a specific role: damage dealer, healer, or tank. Healer and tank traits are only available to classes with a specialization that fits that role.

Location traits are thematically tied to where or how the Azerite Armor was obtained. For example, some location traits can only be found on armor obtained in Darkshore; others are found only on engineering-crafted armor; etc.

Class traits provide a boost to abilities granted by the player's class or specialization. Since there are nearly 300 of them, they won't be listed here. They can instead be found in Category:Azerite traits.

• Some location traits appear to have been part of themed sets during the testing phases of Battle for Azeroth:
• Rezan's Fury had the counterpart Rezan's Command.
• Blightborne Infusion and Ruinous Bolt originally had a third counterpart, Weeping Aura.
• A sand- and critical strike-themed pair, Embrace of the Sands and Fury of the Sands, may have been meant to go with Swirling Sands (Azerite trait).