Does Durable improve the Con of a Wild Shape form?

Question

I am Durable.

Durable. Hardy and resilient, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Constitution score by +1, to a maximum of 20.
• When you roll a Hit Die to regain hit points, the minimum number of hit points you regain from the roll equals twice your Constitution modifier (minimum of 2). (PHB p.166)

I can wild shape, which means (among other things):

You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. (PHB p.67)

When wild shaped, do I have the base CON score of my beast form, or that CON +1? We know that some aspects of feats carry over into Wild Shape; does the ability score bump? My form is capable of having its Constitution raised by +1....

Answer 1

You have the Con score of your beast form.

Increase your Constitution score by +1, to a maximum of 20.

This is a one-time benefit you receive when you take the feat. You level up, select Durable, and your Con score goes up by 1. For contrast, take a look at the other half of Durable:

When you roll a Hit Die to regain hit points, the minimum number of hit points you regain from the roll equals twice your Constitution modifier (minimum of 2).

This is an ongoing benefit that is triggered whenever you roll a hit die to regain hit points.

So Durable increases your Con by 1, but when you Wild Shape,

Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast.

and your Con becomes that of the beast form.

This does open the game up to potential shenanigans around leveling up while Wild Shaped, but that issue already existed, and this is one of the least problematic examples.