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Nature's Prophet changes

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Change record

56 patches with recorded changes · 118 of 118 listed patches readable.

Coverage: Feb 1, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026. This feed does not include every patch in Dota’s lifetime.

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Jun 4, 2026

Nature's Prophet in 7.41d

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Sprout Damage increased from +220 to +240
  • Spirit of the ForestTreants that are alive now always contribute to the bonus damage, even if they are out of range

May 6, 2026

Nature's Prophet in 7.41c

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Sprout Damage increased from +170 to +220
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Wrath of Nature Cooldown Reduction increased from 15s to 20s
  • Nature's CallMana Cost decreased from 100 to 85/90/95/100
  • Nature's CallTreant Bonus Hero Damage increased from 4/8/12/16 to 6/10/14/18

Mar 24, 2026

Nature's Prophet in 7.41

  • Minimum Base damage increased by 4
  • ContextDamage spread decreased from 10 to 6
  • Damage at level 1 increased from 40–50 to 44–50
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from facet specific to +100 Teleportation Barrier
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent 3x Treant HP/Damage no longer affects Spirit of the Forest Multiplier
  • Spirit of the ForestNo longer levels with Wrath of Nature
  • Spirit of the ForestTree Radius rescaled from 300/400/500/600 to 300 + 10 per level
  • Spirit of the ForestMultiplier per treant increased from 1x to 2x
  • Spirit of the ForestTreants also have Spirit of the Forest and gain bonus damage for each nearby tree and treant
  • SproutVision increased from 250 to 400
  • Nature's CallTreant Movespeed rescaled from 305/310/315/320 to 300/315/330/345
  • Nature's CallTreant Health decreased from 550 to 450
  • Nature's CallTreants now have 25% Magic Resistance
  • Nature's CallTreants now deal 4/8/12/16 bonus damage to enemy Heroes
  • Nature's CallThis bonus is also affected by the Treant Damage multiplying talent
  • Nature's CallTreants now have free pathing through trees

Dec 15, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.40

  • Agility gain decreased from 3 to 2.6
  • Damage gain per level decreased from 4.1 to 3.9
  • Spirit of the ForestBonus damage per tree decreased from 3% to 2%
  • Nature's CallMana Cost decreased from 120 to 100
  • Nature's CallTreant attack range increased from 100 to 125
  • Nature's CallTreant damage increased from 15/23/31/39 to 16/24/32/40
  • Nature's Call · ContextFrom 13–17/21–25/29–33/37–41 to 14–18/22–26/30–34/38–42
  • Nature's CallTreant movement speed increased from 300 to 305/310/315/320
  • Curse of the OldgrowthCurse radius decreased from 1200 to 900

Aug 5, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.39d

  • Soothing Saplings · SproutHeal per second decreased from 14/26/38/50 to 10/15/20/25
  • Agility gain decreased from 3.2 to 3.0
  • SproutDamage decreased from 70/135/200/265 to 70/130/190/250

Jun 24, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.39c

  • Soothing Saplings · TalentsLevel 15 Talent Sprout Heal Per Second decreased from +30% to +20%
  • Curse of the OldgrowthDPS per Tree decreased from 20 to 15

May 29, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.39b

  • Soothing Saplings · SproutTree enchant radius decreased from 1200 to 900
  • Nature's ProfitGold Per Hero Level increased from 1.5 to 2
  • Wrath of NatureBase Damage decreased from 100/140/180 to 90/130/170

May 22, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.39

  • Soothing Saplings · TalentsLevel 15 Talent +100 Teleportation Barrier replaced with +30% Sprout Heal Per Second
  • Soothing Saplings · SproutHealing mechanic reworked. Now enchants all trees in a 1200 AoE around the Sprout. Each enchanted tree emits a 175 radius healing aura. No longer heals buildings
  • Soothing Saplings · SproutHeal per second increased from 10/20/30/40 to 14/26/38/50
  • Nature's ProfitWhenever an enemy hero is killed by Nature's Prophet or dies within 750 range of him, 2 seconds later a money tree grows in their place. Each tree spawns 2 gold bags every second, which can be picked up by any hero. Each gold bag grants gold equal to 1.5x of the killed hero's level. Each money tree has a lifespan of 3s
  • Nature's ProfitGold bags are created in 200-250 radius from the tree and disappear after 15s of lying on the ground. Gold Bags are automatically picked up by heroes within 50 range from them. Money tree provides 2x Tango healing similarly to Ironwood Tree
  • Nature's Profit · TalentsLevel 15 Talent +100 Teleportation Barrier replaced with +1 Nature's Profit Gold Bags Per Tick
  • Attack Range decreased from 620 to 600
  • Removed Ironwood Treant facet
  • SproutDamage decreased from 70/140/210/280 to 70/135/200/265
  • TeleportationBarrier decreased from 100/150/200/250 to 70/130/190/250

Mar 27, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.38c

  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant Health decreased from 800/1050/1300/1550 to 750/950/1150/1350
  • Spirit of the ForestBonus damage per tree decreased from 4% to 3%

Mar 4, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.38b

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Wrath of Nature Base Damage bonus decreased from +30 to +25
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Sprout Leashes replaced with -15s Wrath of Nature cooldown
  • Wrath of NatureAghanim's Scepter no longer reduces cooldown by 25s

Feb 18, 2025

Nature's Prophet in 7.38

  • Soothing Saplings · SproutAllied Tangos provide double the heal duration when consuming a tree created by Sprout, similar to when targeting Iron Branch trees
  • Ironwood Treant · Spirit of the ForestTreant Multiplier rescaled from x2/x3/x4/x5/x6 to x4
  • Is now a Universal Hero
  • Base Damage decreased by 2
  • Damage at level 1 unchanged (40-50)
  • Damage gain per level increased from +3.5 to +4.2
  • Damage at level 30 increased by 25 (from 155-165 to 180-190)
  • Spirit of the ForestNow scales with Wrath of Nature instead of Nature's Call
  • Spirit of the ForestBonus damage per tree rescaled from 2/3/4/5/6% to 4%
  • Spirit of the ForestRadius increased from 300 to 300/400/500/600

Nov 19, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.37e

  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant gold bounty rescaled from 18-24 on all levels to 16/24/32/40
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant XP bounty increased from 30 to 30/40/50/60

Oct 1, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.37d

  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant Damage decreased from 28-32/44-48/60-64/76-80 to 22-26/40-44/58-62/76-80
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant Movespeed decreased from 350 to 335/340/345/350

Aug 28, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.37c

  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant's Base Attack Time increased from 1.4s to 1.6s
  • Wrath of NatureBase Damage decreased from 120/155/190 to 100/140/180

Jul 31, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.37

  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallNow also increases Treant vision. Daytime Vision from 500 to 1200. Nighttime Vision from 500 to 800
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallNow requires a single target tree to be selected to cast
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant Movespeed increased from 300 to 350
  • Wrath of NatureNow hits all visible targets. Does not increase damage past the 16th bounce
  • Wrath of NatureAghanim's Scepter min/max entangle duration decreased from 2/3.8s to 1.5/3s
  • Curse of the OldgrowthNow uses the same Treant multiplier as Spirit of the Forest when calculating damage from Treants

Jun 24, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.36c

  • Soothing Saplings · SproutSprout Heal per second rescaled from 12/20/28/36 to 10/20/30/40
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant Damage increased by 4 on each level, from 22-30/38-46/54-62/70-78 to 28-32/44-48/60-64/76-80
  • Nature's CallTreant Damage increased by 2 on each level, from 11-15/19-23/27-31/35-39 to 13-17/21-25/29-33/37-41

Jun 6, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.36b

  • Ironwood Treant · Spirit of the ForestMultiplier rescaled from 3 to 2/3/4/5
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallTreant Health increased from 750/950/1150/1350 to 800/1050/1300/1550
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Treant movement speed increased from +45 to +50
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Sprout Damage increased from +160 to +170
  • TeleportationBarrier increased from 50/100/150/200 to 100/150/200/250
  • Nature's CallCooldown rescaled from 37/35/33/31s to 45/40/35/30s

May 26, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.36a

  • Ironwood TreantTreant Health increased from 550/750/950/1150 to 750/950/1150/1350
  • Ironwood TreantTreant Max Damage increased from 22/34/46/58 to 30/46/62/78
  • SproutDamage increased from 60/120/180/240 to 70/140/210/280

May 22, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.36

  • Innate Ability · Spirit of the ForestNew Innate ability. Passive, levels up with Nature's Call
  • Innate Ability · Spirit of the ForestNature's Prophet gains 2/3/4/5/6% bonus base damage for each tree within 300 distance of him. Also gains multiplied amount of this bonus per Nature's Call treant within 1200 range
  • Soothing Saplings · SproutHeals 12/20/28/36 health per second for allied units and buildings near the trees. Healing for buildings is reduced by 50%
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's CallSummons 1 Treant with 550/750/950/1150 health, a 50% increased damage (22.5/34.5/46.5/58.5) and a Reinforced property
  • Ironwood Treant · Nature's Call · ContextReinforced units deal 50% more damage to other Reinforced Units and Buildings and take less attack damage from other units. Reinforced units are: Towers, Barracks, Base Buildings and Statues, Siege Lane Creeps and Fountains
  • Ironwood Treant · Spirit of the ForestTreant Multiplier is increased from 1 to 3
  • Base Damage decreased by 6
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Nature's Call Cooldown Reduction increased from 8s to 10s
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +4 Teleportation Stacks replaced with +100 Teleportation Barrier
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +5 Treants Summoned replaced with +45 Treant Movement Speed
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +100% Sprout Miss Chance replaced with +160 Sprout Damage
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent 2.5x Treant HP/Damage replaced with 3x Treant HP/Damage/Spirit of the Forest Multiplier
  • Talents · ContextIncreases only the per-treant multiplier. Stacks with Ironwood Treant Facet, increasing it to 9
  • SproutNo longer deals damage over time
  • SproutNow immediately deals 60/120/180/240 damage to enemies in a 275 radius
  • Sprout · ContextRadius is unchanged, making some space outside of the circle still deal damage
  • SproutDuration decreased from 3/4/5/6s to 2.5/3/3.5/4s
  • SproutMana Cost decreased from 70/90/110/130 to 70/80/90/100
  • SproutCooldown decreased from 15/13/11/9s to 14/12/10/8s
  • TeleportationNo longer grants Damage/Armor stacks
  • TeleportationNow grants a 50/100/150/200 HP Barrier for 15s
  • TeleportationCooldown decreased from 75/60/45/30s to 65/50/35/20s

Feb 21, 2024

Nature's Prophet in 7.35c

  • Base Damage decreased by 3
  • SproutSprout Damage per second rescaled from 28/40/52/64 to 25/40/55/70
  • SproutDamage aura no longer lingers for 0.5s after leaving the AoE
  • TeleportationCooldown increased from 60/50/40/30s to 75/60/45/30s

Oct 4, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.34d

  • Base Strength decreased from 21 to 19
  • SproutCooldown increased from 12/11/10/9s to 15/13/11/9s

Sep 8, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.34c

  • Base Agility decreased from 20 to 14
  • SproutAdded visual effects for the damage area
  • SproutTrees created by Sprout now provide 1x healing when consumed with a Tango

Aug 8, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.34

  • Consuming a tree spawned from Sprout with a Tango no longer grants healing
  • SproutNow deals 14/20/26/32 damage every 0.5s for the duration. Damage is dealt in a 275 radius, affecting enemies close to the trees both inside and outside of the ring

Jun 15, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.33d

  • Attack Range increased from 600 to 620
  • Nature's CallMana Cost decreased from 150 to 120
  • Nature's CallCooldown decreased from 37s to 37/35/33/31s
  • Curse of the OldgrowthDPS per tree increased from 15 to 20

May 13, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.33c

  • TeleportationCooldown decreased from 65/55/45/35s to 60/50/40/30s
  • TeleportationMax Stacks increased from 3/6/9/12 to 6/8/10/12
  • Wrath of NatureDamage increased from 105/145/185 to 120/155/190

Apr 20, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.33

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +25 Attack Speed replaced with +4 Teleportation Max Stacks
  • SproutCooldown increased from 11/10/9/8s to 12/11/10/9s
  • TeleportationMana Cost increased from 50 to 50/60/70/80
  • TeleportationCooldown increased from 62/48/34/20s to 65/55/45/35s
  • TeleportationAfter teleporting, Nature's Prophet now gains 3/6/9/12 stacks of bonus attack damage (6 damage per stack). Every attack turns a stack of attack damage into a stack granting 1 armor. Duration: 15s
  • Nature's CallTreant Duration decreased from 60s to 50s
  • Nature's CallTreant Damage decreased from 15-18/21-25/28-32/35-39 to 11-15/19-23/27-31/35-39
  • Wrath of NatureNo longer provides bonus damage per unit killed

Mar 6, 2023

Nature's Prophet in 7.32e

  • Agility decreased from 22+3.6 to 20+3.4
  • Intelligence gain decreased from 3.7 to 3.5
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Sprout Leashes no longer pierces Spell Immunity
  • Wrath of NatureBase Damage decreased from 115/150/185 to 105/145/185

Nov 29, 2022

Nature's Prophet in 7.32d

  • TeleportationCooldown decreased from 65/50/35/20s to 62/48/34/20s
  • Curse of the OldgrowthDuration increased from 6s to 7s

Sep 27, 2022

Nature's Prophet in 7.32c

  • Wrath of NatureMana Cost decreased from 150/175/200 to 130/160/190
  • Curse of the OldgrowthCooldown decreased from 20s to 18s

Aug 23, 2022

Nature's Prophet in 7.32

  • Curse of the OldgrowthReworked Shard. Grants new ability: Curse of the Oldgrowth. Applies a curse on all non-invisible enemy heroes within 1200 range, revealing them in fog of war, slowing them, and causing damage over time based on how many trees there are within 250 radius. Treants count as trees for this purpose. Each tree reduces movement speed by 7% and deals 15 damage per second. Duration: 6s. Cooldown: 20s. Mana Cost: 80.

Feb 23, 2022

Nature's Prophet in 7.31

  • Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.9
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +20 damage replaced with -8s Nature's Call cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +75% Sprout miss chance increased to +100%
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +8 armor replaced with Sprout leashes
  • Nature's CallMana cost rescaled from 130/140/150/160 to 150
  • Nature's CallTreant Base damage reduced from 16-20/24-28/32-36/40-44 to 15-18/21-25/28-32/35-39
  • Wrath of NatureMana cost reduced from 175/225/275 to 150/175/200

Aug 17, 2021

Nature's Prophet in 7.30

  • Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5
  • TalentsLevel 20 talent 20% Cooldown Reduction replaced with 75% Miss Chance for Sprouted units
  • SproutFixed multiple instances where destroying Shard Sprout trees wouldn't spawn Greater Treants
  • SproutVision range reduced from 500 to 250
  • Nature's CallTreant base HP regen per second increased from 0.5 to 2.5
  • Wrath of NatureDamage per kill increased from 4/5/6 to 6

Apr 16, 2021

Nature's Prophet in 7.29b

  • Movement speed increased from 290 to 295
  • Nature's CallTreant attack damage increased from 18/24/30/36 to 18/26/34/42

Apr 9, 2021

Nature's Prophet in 7.29

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +25 Wraith of Nature Base Damage to +30
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent increased from 2x Treant HP/Damage to 2.5x
  • Nature's CallAttack damage rescaled from 22/26/30/34 to 18/24/30/36
  • TeleportationCooldown increased from 50/40/30/20 to 65/50/35/20
  • Wrath of NatureBase damage increased from 110/140/170 to 115/150/185
  • Wrath of NatureIncrement per bounce reduced from 11% to 10%
  • Wrath of NatureScepter root duration increased from 1.6/3.4 to 2.0/3.8

Jul 15, 2020

Nature's Prophet in 7.27b

  • Base armor reduced by 2
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent reduced from +25 Damage to +20
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +15 Wrath of Nature Base Damage to +25
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent changed from +8 Armor to +25 Attack Speed
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from +30 Attack Speed to +8 Armor
  • Nature's CallTreants gold/xp bounty reduced from 16/20 to 8/12

May 2, 2020

Nature's Prophet in 7.26c

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent changed from +20 Movement Speed to +15 Wrath of Nature Base Damage
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent increased from +3 Treants Summoned to +4

Mar 17, 2020

Nature's Prophet in 7.25

  • Attack backswing reduced from 0.77 to 0.6
  • Wrath of NatureCooldown increased from 60 to 85
  • Wrath of NatureNow provides you with +4/5/6 damage per unit killed for 50 seconds.

May 24, 2019

Nature's Prophet in 7.22

  • Base damage reduced by 2
  • Nature's CallAttack damage reduced from 27/30/33/36 to 24/28/32/36

Jan 29, 2019

Nature's Prophet in 7.21

  • Using tango on a sprout tree will 2x regen (like eating a branch tree)
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent changed from -4s Sprout Cooldown to +25% Cooldown Reduction

Nov 30, 2018

Nature's Prophet in 7.20d

  • Agility gain increased from 2.8 to 3.3
  • Wrath of NatureS max targets increased from 16 to 18

Nov 19, 2018

Nature's Prophet in 7.20

  • Treants experience bounty reduced from 30 to 20
  • Treants gold bounty reduced from 21 to 16

Mar 1, 2018

Nature's Prophet in 7.10

  • Talent: Level 10 Talent increased from +30 Movement Speed to +40
  • Talent: Level 15 Talent increased from +8 Armor to 10
  • Wrath of NatureCooldown reduced from 70/65/60 to 60

Source: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).