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Summary info on the 2024 hotfixes.

Additional info:

  • For information on specific patches, please see Patches.
  • For info on known bugs and other issues which may be fixed in the upcoming patch see the Known issues page.
  • For official Blizzard descriptions of types of patches, see Patch § Types of patches.
  • For articles related to patches, see Patches category.
  • Unless stated otherwise, all official announcements of hotfixes can be found in a Hotfixes blog post - the link for which is found at the top of every month's hotfixes.

May 2024

Hotfixes: May 7-16 | 2024-05-16 by Blizzard Entertainment
Hotfixes: May 1-6 | 2024-05-06 by Blizzard Entertainment

May 16

Non-Player Characters
  •  [Jenafur] has managed to wash off the strange grey paint that also changed her eye color. Jenafur is now once again a properly striped feline, allegedly.
  • Melsysra fell back asleep and found their way back to the Central Encampment in the Emerald Dream, allowing players to continue with their Renown quests.
  • Newsy was slow retrieving mail but has had a successful trip to the postmaster in Dalaran, allowing players to return to Loamm and continue with their Renown quests.
  • Alleria and Umbric are now always present as expected for quest completion.
Quests
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Trolls from unlocking the " [Loa's Blade-Blessing]" cosmetic sword appearance if they finished the heritage questline with a character who couldn't use it. Players will find the sword in their collection after logging into the character who completed the questline.
Trading Post
  • Fixed an issue where multiple completions of a Timewalking dungeon would not count toward the associated Trading Post activity.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Cataclysm Classic
  • Hunter
    • The [Ancient Hysteria] effect from Hunter Corehound pets will now clear properly after encounters end.

May 15

Items
  • Fixed an issue that caused Conquest and War Mode gear to incorrectly display PvP item level increases in the upgrade UI.
Cataclysm Classic
  • Darkmoon Faire Island is now set to open on May 26 through June 1.
  • The Stratholme Main Gate entrance should now place you in the correct location when queued through Random Dungeon Finder.
  • Exhaustion, Sated, and Temporal Displacement will now be cleared from pets when they are cleared from their masters.
  • Mage
    • Fixed an issue where dispelled [Ignite] effects were increasing the damage done by future Ignites. Dispels from the  [Glyph of Polymorph] and duels ending will also now clear the damage done.
  • Rogue
    • Fixed an issue with [Deadly Momentum] that caused its increased critical chance to be consumed by auto attacks that did not benefit from that increased chance. This is a true-to-reference 14-year-old bug, but was clearly unintended, so we fixed it.
  • Shaman
  • Warlock
    • Fixed a problem with the values shown in the Warlock [Molten Core] talent. It will now correctly state that it reduces cast time by 10/20/30% at 1/2/3 talent points.
  • Warrior
    • [Deep Wounds] damage will now be reduced by effects that reduce damage taken by a percentage.

May 14

Dungeons
  • Azure Vault
    • Fixed an issue causing the time requirement reaching two and three chests on Mythic Keystone difficulty was lower than intended.
Items
  • Veteran and Champion track items obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst. This fix is retroactive.
  • Veteran and Champion track rings, necklaces, and armor obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive.
Mounts
Non-player Characters
Cataclysm Classic
  • Fixed missing text in guildmaster's Rank Permissions panel so that it is clear that the checkbox controls whether the guild rank is considered an officer rank.
  • Fixed an issue that would cause Cockroach Cabins to be uninteractable, preventing the daily "H Cooking [10-70 Daily] Roach Coach" quest from being completed.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from interacting with the objects required to complete the "H Cooking [10-70 Daily] Would You Like Some Flies With That?" daily quest.
  • Mage
    • Fixed a problem with [Focus Magic] being useable while not talented into it.
    • [Living Bomb] critical strikes will no longer trigger [Ignite]. It did not trigger Ignite in original Cataclysm, as even its final detonation was considered periodic damage.
  • Shaman
  • Warlock
    • [Drain Life] will no longer turn its target permanently green until they log out.

May 10

Classes
  • Warlock
    • Fixed an issue where the scaling of [Inferno] would become reduced when [Rain of Fire] affected more than 5 targets.
Dungeons
Mounts
  • Taivan awoos when summoned, like a good boy.
Non-player Characters
  • Kessa, the Personal Tabard Vendor located in Valdrakken should now be available to all alts after completing the questline to unlock the personal tabard.
Professions
  • Tailoring
    • Fixed a bug where  [Blue Silken Lining] was not granting more mastery for equipping a second item embellished with Blue Silken Lining while the buff was already active.
Quests
  • Fixed a bug preventing the completion of "A [15-35] Lotus Tea" after completing "A [15-35] The Pools of Youth".
  • Fixed an issue preventing progress on the quest "H [15-35] Get My Results!".
  • Players can now call for aid while mounted on the quest "A [50-70] At the Source".

May 8

Items
Quests
  • "N [70W] Blooming Dreamseeds" now require 3 planted seeds instead of 5 as the text originally states.
Cataclysm Classic
Season of Discovery
  • Fixed an issue with [Efflorescence] generating frequent immune messages on totems.

May 7

Classes
  • Demon Hunter
    • Vengeance
      • [Sigil of Silence] duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
      • Sigil of Silence cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).
      • [Cycle of Binding] now reduces Sigil cooldowns by 2 seconds per trigger (was 3 seconds).
      • [Soul Cleave] damage reduced by 8%.
  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Season 4 (2) Set Bonus now increases the damage of your next Wrath or Starfire by 50% (was 30%).
      • Season 4 (2) Set Bonus new reduces the Astral Power cost of your next Starsurge or Starfall by 30 (was 15) and increases the damage it does by 60% (was 40%).
  • Monk
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Ability and auto-attack damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Assassination Rogue Season 3/Season 4 bonus to do slightly less damage than intended.
  • Warlock
  • Warrior
    • Fury
      • All ability damage increased by 3%.
      • Season 4 Set Bonus (2): Rampage damage and critical strike chance increased by 15% (was 12%).
      • Season 4 Set Bonus (4): Bloodthirst bonus damage increased to 35% per stack (was 30%).
    • Protection
      • Developers' notes: Our goal for these changes is to reduce Protection Warrior deaths to the dangers that are most likely to kill them, like burst or magic damage. There are some talents that warriors have for protection against these threats, like Disrupting Shout, Bolster, or Battle-Scarred Veteran, but it can be difficult to find the talent points for them. To provide more build flexibility we are reducing the power of the Battering Ram talent and moving its damage and defensive benefits into core abilities. We're also increasing damage across the board and buffing some defensive talent options.
      • All ability damage increased by 5%.
      • [Devastator] damage increased by 30%.
      • [Ignore Pain] healing increased by 6%.
      • [Disrupting Shout]'s cooldown reduced to 75 seconds (was 90 seconds).
      • [Enduring Alacrity] increases Stamina and Armor by 10% (was 5%) and Haste by 2% (was 1%).
      • [Battering Ram] now increases your auto-attack damage and speed by 10% for 20 seconds (was 20%).
Items
Player versus Player
  • Death Knight
    • Frost
    • Unholy
      • [Death Coil] damage increased by 75% in PvP combat (was 60%).
      • Festering Wound damage increased by 190% in PvP combat (was 180%).
      • Frost Fever damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
  • Druid
  • Evoker
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • [Rapid Fire] damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
      • [Aimed Shot] damage increased by 55% in PvP combat (was 40%).
      • [Sniper Shot] now deals 15% of the target's health (was 20%).
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • [Clouded Focus] increases healing and reduces mana cost by 20% per stack in PvP combat (was 15%).
  • Paladin
  • Priest
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • [Kingsbane] instant damage reduced by 32% in PvP combat (was 20%).
      • Kingsbane damage over time reduced by 8% in PvP combat (was 20%).
      • [Improved Garrote] damage bonus now reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Outlaw
      • [Between the Eyes] damage is no longer increased by 12% in PvP combat.
      • [Ace Up Your Sleeve] now has 4% chance to trigger per combo point spent and grants 4 combo points in PvP combat (base 5% chance and 5 combo points).
  • Shaman
    • Enhancement
    • Restoration
      • [Riptide] healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • [Oblivion] damage increased by 25%.
      • [Drain Soul] damage increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 15%).
      • [Shadow Bolt] damage increased by 90% in PvP combat (was 60%).
      • [Agony] damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 40%).
    • Demonology
      • Shadow Bolt damage increased by 90% in PvP combat (was 60%).
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • The Arms Season 4 2-piece and 4-piece class set bonuses are no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
    • Fury
      • [Rampage] damage is now increased by 50% in PvP combat (was 40%).
      • [Raging Blow] damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 15%).
      • [Execute] damage is now increased by 80% in PvP combat (was 65%).
Cataclysm Classic
  • Legendary appearances may now be added to your Transmogrification collection. In anticipation of community response to this change, we have also added a pitchfork.
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the Monstrous Clams in the quest "H Fishing [10-70 Daily] Clammy Hands" to be non-interactive.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Naralex and his discipline from correctly spawning in the Southern Barrens.
  • Druid [Thrash] now benefits from and consumes the Clearcasting effect from [Omen of Clarity].
  • Fixed an issue where [Blessing of Kings] and [Mark of the Wild] were incorrectly stacking their stat increases.
  • Fixed an issue where level 80 boosted characters were not properly learning their class and spec's Mastery abilities.
  • [Prayer of Mending] now scales by the intended amount from spell power.
  • [Conflagrate] will no longer consume lower-rank Immolates belonging to other Warlocks.
  • Player versus Player
    • Fixed a bug causing Resilience to do much less mitigation than intended.
    • Fixed an issue where crowd control effects were breaking at a lower damage threshold than intended.

May 6

Cataclysm Classic
  • Account wide achievements that reward titles now grant them at an account level.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving daily Random Battleground rewards.
  • [Smoke Bomb] will now properly cancel [Stealth], [Prowl], and [Shadowmeld] from enemy players.
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent Warden Stillwater from spawning during the "N [7-30] Lawn of the Dead" quest.
  • Fixed an issue where Death Knights in [Blood Presence] could be incorrectly, critically hit by all melee attacks.
  • Reduced the cost of all honor and arena gear from Wrath of the Lich King, to better match honor gain while at level 80 compared to level 85.
  • Holidays
  • Warlock
    • The Warlock [Demon Soul] ability will now work with the Incubus pet.
    • Fixed an issue where Warlock Demonology pets were not properly updating from Mastery.
    • Fixed an issue with the incorrect tooltip on [Demonic Pact]. It should correctly read that it grants the Warlock 2% increased personal spell damage.

May 3

Cataclysm Classic
  • Fixed a bug causing Hunters to do trap dropping animations twice.
  • Account wide pet collection achievements now correctly grant rewards.
  • Fixed an issue preventing [Bloodlust] and [Heroism] from working as intended.
  • Mounting the Violet Proto Drake now grants Master Riding to players who are at least level 80 and have Artisan Riding trained.
  • Heal-over-time and damage-over-time ticks should now behave as intended in Cataclysm when refreshed.
    • Developers' notes: Previously, refreshing a DoT just before it finished its last tick could cause it to miss out on a tick. That was the correct behavior in Wrath of the Lich King, but not Cataclysm.
  • Holidays

May 2

Classes
Dungeons and Raids
  • Algeth'ar Academy
    • Echo of Doragosa
      • Arcane Rift now spawns Uncontrolled Energy 20% less frequently.
      • Overwhelming Power now spawns Arcane Rift at 4 stacks (was 3).
    • The Nokhud Offensive
      • Addressed an issue where the rim visual on Static Spear and Crackling Upheaval can disappear under certain situations.
Items
  • Fixed an issue that prevented  [Eye of Awakening] from functioning on rings purchased from  [Antique Bronze Bullion] vendors.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented  [Tiered Medallion Setting] from functioning on necklaces purchased from Antique Bronze Bullion vendors.
  • Rings and necklaces purchased from Bullion vendors should now be eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive.
Non-player Characters
Quests
Cataclysm Classic
  • Paladin
    • If a Paladin misplaces the  [Symbol of Faith] during the quest "A Paladin [50] Materials of Significance", they may now buy a replacement from the Lost and Found vendor in Booty Bay.
    • Fixed the Children's Week quest "A [10-70] Cruisin' the Chasm" so that it can now be completed.
    • Boosted Paladins should now have Collective Book of Healing or Secondhand Book of Healing as expected.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Worgen from being eligible for some daily quests.
  • Mage
    • [Ignite] damage will no longer be counted double toward [Combustion].
    • Refreshed Ignite that now has 3 ticks over 6 seconds will do the same amount of damage on each tick.
    • Ignite spread by [Impact] and [Fire Blast] will no longer have a missing 2nd or 3rd tick that adds damage to future Ignites.

May 1

Dungeons and Raids
  • Aberrus (Awakened)
    • Fixed an issue that caused Thadrion to continually cast Unstable Essence after the encounter had concluded.
  • Nokhud Offensive
    • Addressed a Primalist Thunderbeast issue where Thunderstrike's target is not correctly reflected in the unit frame.
Items
  •  [Amber Skitterfly] should now appear in the Mount Collection for players who purchased it from the Trading Post.
  • Legendary items can now be upgraded as intended on the Awakened track.
  • Fixed a bug preventing legendary item upgrades from receiving appropriate stone/crest discounts.
Quests
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the world quest "N [70EEWQ] Zaqali Elders" to fail to start.
Cataclysm Classic
Season of Discovery

April 2024

Hotfixes: April 1-29 | 2024-04-29 by Blizzard Entertainment

April 29

Dungeons and Raids
Items
  • Libergo, Head Librarian of the Azure Archives Annex in Valdrakken, has been watching your actions closely and now offers to reacquaint you with your legendary weapon if you happened to misplace it.
  • PvP staves now properly filter for Warlocks on vendors.
Season of Discovery

April 26

Classes
Dungeons and Raids
  • Raid Finder now required item level 463 if the raid is Awakened.
  • Brackenhide Hollow
    • Addressed an issue where Stinkbreath can turn while casting Stinkbreath.
    • Addressed an issue where Wilted Oak's Necrotic Breath visual can be out of sync with the creature’s facing.
Items
  • Veteran track items or items obtained from Awakened Outdoor Activities should now properly be able to be converted into Class Set items at the Revival Catalyst.
  • Resolved multiple issues with Dragonflight Season 4 tier set items not functioning after equipping certain Season 3 set items.
  • Dreambound gear caches from the Dreamsurge Coalesence vendor will now correctly award Season 4 Explorer 1/8 (item level 454 gear) and tokens will properly display the correct item level of its contents.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Tiered Medallion Setting from functioning on Season 4 necklaces.
  • Fixed an issue preventing Season 4 crests from properly converting to their lower-tier currency.
Quests
Season of Discovery

April 23

Items
  • Season 3 (Dreaming) crests are now correctly removed from players' currency tabs. Players have received a small amount of gold for their unused Dreaming Crests.
  • Players can now earn up to 120 crests of each type per week in Dragonflight Season 4 (was a maximum of 90 per week in Season 3). This will allow for up to 8 upgrades per week, per crest type (was 6 in Season 3).
    • Developers' notes: For players who don't reach their maximum crest earnings in a given week, we've implemented the increasing-seasonal-cap system from previous seasons. Please note that this increase is likely applicable to Season 4 only. We expect the weekly maximum to return to 90 for The War Within Season One.
Quests
Cataclysm Classic
  • The dates for Children's Week have been adjusted so that the holiday begins and ends three days later than previously scheduled.
Season of Discovery
  • Players who have completed the quest "N [40R] Warranty Claim" but have misplaced their  [Pristine G-7 C.O.R.E. Processor] before handing in the quest "N [40R] Salvaging the Salvagematic" may now speak with the Lost and Found vendor Rix Xizzix in Booty Bay to recover the misplaced quest item.
  • Fixed a Sunken Temple issue where the Atal'ai Defenders encounter would not reset properly.
  • Druid
    • The [Natural Weapons] talents now increases all damage done by druids in Season of Discovery, instead of just physical damage.
    • The [Gale Winds] rune now reduces the mana cost of [Hurricane] by 60%.
    • [Swiftmend] no longer consumes a [Rejuvenation] or [Regrowth] effect on the target when used.
    • Developers' notes: Please note that it does still require Rejuvenation or Regrowth to be on the target to be used.
  • Hunter
  • Paladin
    • [Seal of Righteousness] damage can now be critical hits.
    • [Sacred Shield]'s duration is extended to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).
    • [Crusader Strike] has now gained an additional effect: Crusader strike now refreshes all judgement effects active on the target to a 30 second remaining duration.
    • [Seal of Martyrdom] can now “twist” with other seals, including Seal of Command.
    • Developers' notes: Seal twisting was an interesting emergent effect that became popular during the original Burning Crusade, that utilized the slower server messaging system used in early versions of WoW to slightly extend the duration of the paladin's active seal for a short time whenever a second seal was cast. This effectively allowed paladins to momentarily gain the benefit of two seals at once if they timed the application of a new seal to line up perfectly just before their weapon swing. We recreated this playstyle in Burning Crusade Classic and since then it's been a popular request in other versions of original WoW, including Season of Discovery. As the game matures and we continue to listen to player feedback however, we recognize that for some, this is part of the charm and uniqueness of playing a paladin during those early eras of WoW's history. We consider this change to be experimental and we will watch the performance and behavior of Retribution closely after this change.
  • Priest
    • [Shadowform] now increases all shadow damage done by 25% (was 15%).
  • Rogue
    • [Saber Slash] bleed now stacks up to 5 times.
    • Saber Slash bleed now also increases the impact damage done by [Sinister Strike] and Saber Slash by 15% per stack for the rogue who applied the bleed.
    • Saber Slash bleed now deals 3% of the rogue's Attack Power in damage per tick (was 5%).
  • Shaman
    • [Mental Dexterity] now only triggers from dealing damage with [Stormstrike] and [Lava Lash], and it now lasts 30 seconds (was 10 seconds).
    • [Burn] now increases [Flame Shock] Damage by 100% and flame shock DoT duration by 6 seconds, and causes Flame Shock to strike up to 5 targets (was 3 targets).
    • Developers' notes: We've received a lot of feedback about the overall usability of mental dexterity, particularly for Elemental Shamans. This ability was not intended to be used by elemental, so the adjustments we've made are to help ensure its usage is a bit more enhancement-centric. To compensate, we've increased the output and usability of the Burn rune, with a slight quality-of-life improvement in the form of a Flame Shock duration increase which allows two Lava Burst casts to be used within a single Flame Shock duration.

April 16

Items
Season of Discovery
  • There are now Emerald Warden guard NPCs present near Nightmare Incursion questgivers and quartermasters.
  • The Atal'ai Mojo consumables are now Unique (2), allowing two to be carried and used.
  • There is now a 2.60 speed version of the off-hand weapon  [Serpent's Striker], available from Zalgo the Explorer on Yojamba Isle in exchange for the 1.50 speed version of the item.
  • The drop rate of Nightmare Seed (Season of Discoverys in Sunken Temple has been increased by roughly 50%.
  • Sigil of Living Dreams no longer requires a Nightmare Seed.
  • Players should no longer occasionally gain no bonus blood when near Kha'damu and affected by Feast of Blood.
  • Players will now gain the Honorless Target effect whenever they enter or leave a Nightmare Incursion portal.
  •  [Rainbow Generator] should now appear for troll, tauren, night elf, and all other races.
  • Grizzwerks Defense Industries has achieved record growth thanks to the efforts of adventurers across Azeroth, and Grizzby is now pleased to offer runes to heroes without requiring quests from them.
  • Druid
  • Hunter
  • Mage
    • [Impact] can now be triggered by the damage from [Molten Armor].
    • [Deep Freeze] will no longer deal damage to players who are temporarily Immune to stuns.
    • Deep Freeze can no longer be overwritten by an Impact stun, unless the new stun would be longer than the remaining duration on Deep Freeze.
      • Developers' notes: Previously if you Deep Froze a target, and they were then hit with an Impact stun, you could accidentally overwrite a 5-second stun with a 2-second stun. Now you can't overwrite it unless Deep Freeze is under 2 seconds.
  • Paladin
  • Priest
  • Rogue
  • Shaman
    • The Internal Cooldown for [Overcharged] has been increased to 3 seconds.
  • Warlock
  • Warrior
    • [Victory Rush] heal increased to 30% of the Warrior's health (was 10%).

April 11

Classes
Season of Discovery

April 9

Season of Discovery

April 8

Season of Discovery
  • Updated the levels of Fireguard Destroyers in Black Rock Depths to be more appropriate for Phase 3 of Season of Discovery.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Druid Trainer Lognaar to vanish periodically.
  • Non-Engineering and non-Blacksmithing nightmare armaments recipes no longer require a blacksmith hammer to craft.
  • The materials required for the quest "N Alchemy [50] Mixology For Fun and Profit" have been adjusted.
  • Items
  • Druid
  • Mage
  • Priest
    • [Void Zone] damage no longer resets the casting time on your wand.
    • Void Zone now locks the Priest out of the Shadow school when kicked.
    • Void Zone visual changed to be less disruptive.
  • Rogue
    • Fixed a bug with [Honor Among Thieves] where it could stop working if you tried to gain a combo point on an ally or had your target die from a critical ability.
    • Honor Among Thieves should no longer consider whether the Rogue or their allies are flagged for PvP.
    • [Carnage] will no longer fall off while Rank 4 Rupture is active.
  • Shaman
    • [Tidal Waves] will now always apply its increase in Healing Wave case spell, even if the Healing Wave was spell queued.
  • Warrior
    • [Shield Slam] now correctly has 200% increased threat.
    • [Devastate] correctly deals 150% weapon damage per second (was 100%).
  • Warlock
  • The Sunken Temple
    • Fixed an issue where Festering Rotslime would despawn and then soft-lock the raid in combat.
    • Avatar of Hakkar
    • Eranikus
      • Players should no longer be able to walk on the raised edges of the room.
      • Number of Whelps spawned in second phase reduced to 6 (was 8).
      • Number of Nightmare Scalebane spawned during third phase reduced to 2 (was 3).
      • Period for the Summoning Effect of last phase increased to 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).
      • Number of Whelps and Scalebane spawned during last phase dropped to 3 and 1 (was 4 and 2).
  • Nightmare Incursions
    • Retuned the Unstable Wisp in the Hinterlands Nightmare Incursion to be a bit less punishing for players to deal with.
    • Quest objects for Nightmare Incursions now have multiple simultaneous spawn locations.
    • Reduced the experience awarded by Nightmare Incursion quests.
    • Increased the reputation granted by level 50 quests.

April 5

Season of Discovery
  • Fixed issues around the Leatherworking B Leatherworking [45] Wild Leather Vest and Way of the Weaponsmith
  • The Rugged Traveler will now also despawn if greater than two players enter the quest area.
  • Level 50 players who are Exalted with the Arathi Basin reputations can now complete the battleground quests usually reserved for level 60 allowing them to obtain their Exalted reputation tabards.
  • The Sunken Temple
    • Significant adjustments were made to trash and boss health. Please note: In order for these health adjustments to take effect you will need to soft reset your instance. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
      • Developer's note: When developing and tuning the Sunken Temple raid encounters, we had concerns about player power going into Phase 3 so we aimed high when tuning enemy health. We feel that we aimed too high and have recently deployed a hotfix that lowers the health of all enemies and bosses within the Sunken Temple to help ensure this content remains accessible to all players. We'll be watching progress closely and making additional adjustments as needed in the coming days.
    • Fixed an issue that would occasionally prevent Dreamscythe and Weaver from spawning. Affected players may need to leave the instance and Reset All Instances before it takes effect.
  • Nightmare Incursions
    • Nightmare Incursion Quartermasters can now repair gear.
    • Quest objects in the Nightmare Incursions no longer require a cast time to open.
    • Drakes' Corrosive Acid Breath now deals more reasonable damage when coming to the aid of Nightmare Incursion dragons.
    • Satyrs' Plagued Shot damage has been reduced and the cast time has been increased.
    • Plagued Shot now has a minimum range like hunter ranged abilities.
    • The total gold rewards for Nightmare Incursions elite missions have been reduced by roughly 30%.

April 4

Plunderstorm
  • [Explosive Caltrops] now drops caltrops along the entire jump path.
  • Explosive Caltrops now affects all targets in the effect range when triggered.
Season of Discovery
  • Players can now correctly activate their other talent specialization while under the effects of the preparation aura in Battlegrounds.
  • Druid
  • Shaman
    • [Healing Rain] can no longer be cast when targeted a non-player (as intended in its text).
  • Nightmare Incursions
  • The Blood Moon
    • Zanzil the Outcast
      • Ward of Zanzil will now despawn after 30 seconds, summon a reduced number of zombie skeletons, and will be recast less frequently.
      • Ward of Zanza no longer has totem immunities, and Zombies will despawn after a short period of time.
    • The Crystal Shore Blood Moon graveyard is now farther north.
Classic Era

April 3

Items
Noblegarden
  • Increased the drop rate of the  [Noble Flying Carpet] mount and added a bonus to the mount drop chance on the first defeat of Daetan on the account each day.
Season of Discovery

April 1

Classes
Noblegarden
  • Fixed an issue where the Golden Egg in Noblegarden could fail to trigger the boss spawn.
  • The Noblegarden daily quest "B [1-70 Daily] Feathered Fiend" is no longer shareable.

March 2024

Hotfixes: March 5-29 | 2024-03-29 by Blizzard Entertainment

March 29

Classes
  • Evoker
  • Preservation
    • Fixed an issue where [Time of Need] functioned incorrectly and could stop casting [Living Flame] when the Evoker had a high amount of Haste.
Mounts
  • Fixed a bug preventing players from seeing their properly earned Coralscale Salamanther upon login. The mount will be mailed to players who previously completed the  [Into the Storm]
Plunderstorm
  • The  [Plunderlord's Silver Cutlass] weapon option should now be selectable from Da'kash Grimledger in Brew Bay for players at or above Renown 36.
  • Goblin Glue Rockets can no longer apply snares to players in [Faeform], casting [Repel], or casting Earthbreaker.
  • Any Keg Leg's Crew Renown rewards that were not granted to players of the appropriate Renown levels are now retroactively granted.
  • Added a Kill Counter to the in-game user interface. Kills are now counted next to Plunder Collected.
  • Fixed a bug that caused [Earthbreaker]'s range and visual sizes to be inconsistent.
    • Developers' notes: The effective range of Earthbreaker has not been changed. This fix makes its visuals appear to be about the same size as the spell effect.

March 27

Achievements
Player versus Player
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Splintered Sparks of Dreams from dropping from PvP sources while eligible for catch-up.
Plunderstorm
  • The Storm's fury swells! Lightning strikes during the final stage of the Storm are faster and more dangerous than before.
  • There is now a delay of 20 seconds after being revived where players no longer drop collected [Plunder].
  • Additional enemies now spawn at Witherbark Village, the wild area northeast of Go'Shek Farm, and the wild area between Witherbark Village and Boulderfist Hall.
  • Fixed an issue where swapping back to default sword and gun appearances were not saving correctly.
  • Fixed an issue so that now, picking up an additional rank 2 spell while the same rank 2 spell is equipped properly grants the rank 4 version of the spell.
  • The Captain's Orders quest "X Marks the Spot" now requires 1 item to be picked up (was 2 items).

March 26

Classes
  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Resolved an issue causing [Lightwell] to be able to use its healing charges on allies that are in immunity effects such as [Cyclone].
      • Resolved an issue causing Lightwell to sometimes despawn the Priest's [Shadowfiend] when used.
World
Plunderstorm
  • [Plunder] contained in dropped piles of Plunder increased by 50% in Solos matches.
  • Reviving a teammate now takes 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).
  • [Health Brew] cooldown for a revived player reduced to 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).
  • Adjusted the in-match leveling curve to increase the rate at which you level up to 7. Decreased the rate at which you level to 8, 9, and 10.
    • Developers' notes: Many games have ended with larger player-level differences than we'd prefer. Considering the many playstyles we've seen in Plunderstorm, we want to help narrow the gap later in the game.
  • [Earthbreaker] now grants the caster immunity to crowd control spells while casting.
  • [Faeform] no longer provides any damage reduction.
  • [Hunter's Chains]' missile now moves significantly faster.
  • [Fire Whirl] damage reduced by 20%.
    • Developers' notes: we want to reign in Fire Whirl's damage a bit more, so that it's close to the performance of other offensive spells.
  • [Rime Arrow] cooldown increased at higher ranks, and now has a cooldown of 10/8.5/7/5.5 seconds (was 10/8/6/4 seconds).
    • Developers' notes: Rime Arrow's short cooldown made it a too-low-risk poke, often used to deny healing and chase fleeing targets. Increasing the cooldown at higher ranks will give targets more chances to act against Rime Arrow.

March 21

Plunderstorm
  • Player matchmaking ratings (MMR) have been adjusted so that players should find themselves in better matches with continued play.
  • Fixed a bug that caused plunder dropped by players on death to unintentionally despawn when the killed player left the match.
  • Players are now immune to knockbacks when standing near Da'kash Grimledger in the preparation area.
  • Adjusted experience gained when playing Duos and fixed a bug that was increasing experience gain at level 3.
  • [Fire Whirl] Movement speed bonus reduced to 70% across all ranks (was 140%).
    • Developers' notes: Our goal is to balance Fire Whirl's effectiveness relative to the performance of other offensive spells without detracting from the effectiveness of other utility spells.
  • [Star Bomb] cast time reduced to 2 seconds across all ranks (was 2.25 seconds).
    • Developers' notes: We'd like to improve the effectiveness of this ability.
  • [Toxic Smackerel] cooldown reduced at ranks 1, 2, and 3. Rank 4 unchanged.
    • Developers' note: This is intended to ensure this ability is more in-line with expected power at early levels.
  • [Explosive Caltrops] trap radius increased by 40%.
    • Developers' notes: The traps placed by Explosive Caltrops are intended to counter close-range aggression, but this felt a bit inconsistent because the traps were smaller than intended.
  • [Lightning Bulwark] channel time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.25 seconds).
    • Developers' notes: Our goal here is to extend the potential window for counter play opportunities.

March 20

Dungeons
  • [Afflicted] cast time increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • [Incorporeal] now spawns closer to the group's general location.
    • Developers' notes: The changes above were originally intended for Dragonflight Season 4, but we decided we'd prefer to have players to experience them sooner.
  • Addressed an issue where Afflicted Cry's debuff duration was increased by 2 seconds instead of its cast time.
Items
  • Fixed an issue that could cause raid bosses to not drop tier tokens as expected.
  • Fixed an issue where items from the  [Cache of Overblooming Treasures] awarded from the Superbloom were dropping at a lower item level and upgrade track than intended.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some mounts, such as the [Auspicious Arborwyrm] or the mounts associated with the Dragonflight achievement  [A World Awoken], from being accessible to players who previously earned them.
  • Fixed a bug that caused some gear to unintentionally become as powerful as it will be when Season 4 starts.
    • Developers' notes: We've set these pieces back to their Season 3 item levels for the remainder of Season 3.
Transmogrification
  • Players can now view the Plunderlord's Finery Transmog Set on their retail characters as they work towards earning all the pieces during the Plunderstorm event.

March 12

Classes
  • Druid
    • Restoration
  • Evoker
    • Preservation
    • Developers' notes: Preservation has been underutilized lately, in part due to the range restrictions of the specialization. To help compensate for that, we're increasing the healing and defensiveness of Preservation so they can traverse the battlefield more easily and safely.
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • All damage dealt by you and your pets abilities increased by 3%.
    • Survival
      • All damage dealt by you and your pets abilities increased by 3%.
  • Mage
  • Monk
  • Rogue
    • Subtlety
      • [Eviscerate] damage reduced by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • All damage increased by 3%. Does not affect PvP combat.
Dungeons
Players versus Player
  • Fixed an issue that caused [Light's Protection], [Soulburn]: Drain Life, [Icy Feet]'s lockout effect, [Master of the Elements], and [Fury of Elune] to be vulnerable to enemy purge effects.
  • Demon Hunter
  • Druid
    • [Adaptive Swarm] can no longer be cast during arena or battleground preparation.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the [Well-Honed Instincts] debuff to not clear upon the start of a PvP match.
    • Feral
      • [Frenzied Regeneration] is no longer reduced by 37.5% for Feral and Balance Druids in PvP combat. Restoration druids' Frenzied Regeneration remains reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      • [Wild Attunement] no longer activates when [Cyclone] is cast on an immune target.
    • Restoration
      • Fixed an issue that caused [Reforestation] stacks to persist past the starting room in PvP instances.
      • Fixed an issue that caused [Reactive Resin] to apply to the Restoration Druid if heal over time effects were dispelled after being spell stolen.
  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
    • Survival
  • Mage
    • [Ring of Fire] (PvP Talent) now deals 18% of its target's health over 6 seconds (was 24%).
    • Arcane
      • [Prismatic Barrier] now reduces magic damage taken by 10% (was 15%) and reduces the duration of incoming magic effects by 15% (was 25%) in PvP combat.
    • Fire
      • [Fevered Incantation] now increases Critical Strike damage by 1% (was 2%) per stack in PvP combat.
      • [Meteor]'s damage increased by 30% (was 11%) in PvP combat.
      • [Fireball]'s damage increased by 35% (was 18%) in PvP combat.
      • [Scorch] damage increased by 300% (was 200%) in PvP combat.
      • [Fire Blast] damage is now reduced by 8% (was 14%) in PvP combat.
      • [Living Bomb] damage increased by 800% (was 440%) in PvP combat.
  • Monk
  • Paladin
  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • [Smite] damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
      • [Atonement] healing increased by 8% in PvP combat.
  • Rogue
    • Outlaw
      • [Float Like a Butterfly] (talent) effectiveness is now reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      • [Precision Shot] (talent) damage reduction is now 3% (was 5%) in PvP combat.
      • [Take Your Cut] (PvP talent) haste granted reduced to 10% (was 15%) and duration reduced to 10 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  • Shaman
  • Warlock
    • [Soulburn]: Demonic Circle now lasts 4 seconds in PvP Combat (was 6 seconds).
    • Soulburn: Demonic Circle now increases movement speed by 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
    • [Call Observer] health reduced to 6% of Warlock's health (was 8%) and Laserbeam damage reduced to 8% of enemy health (was 10%).
    • Destruction
      • Flame Rift damage from the Amirdrassil 4-piece set bonus is now reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Warrior
    • [Cacophonous Roar] damage threshold is increased by 100% (was 200%) in PvP combat.
    • Arms
      • [Execute] damage increased by 25% in PvP (was 15%).
    • Fury
      • Execute damage increased by 65% in PvP (was 50%).
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Class restrictions on Arathi Basin reputation armor rewards have been lifted on all Classic Era and Season of Discovery realms.
  • Fixed a bug causing Blood for the Blood Loa stacks to not be exchanged when the battle is not active.
  • Hunter
  • Mage
    • [Living Flame] movement speed adjusted to 86% of normal player movement speed (was 100%).
    • Living Flame duration reduced 10 seconds (was 20 seconds)
    • Living Flame cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 60 seconds).
Wrath of the Lich King Classic

March 5

Dungeons
  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Addressed an issue where Strangling Roots will still spawn even if Oakheart is defeated while casting the spell.
    • Addressed an issue where Crushing Grip will go off if the boss is defeated while gripping a player.
  • The Everbloom
    • Addressed an issue where Infested Icecaller's Cold Fusion can target pets.
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Addressed an issue where some Jagged Hounds are not damaged by Wildfire.
    • Wildfire now only damages creatures in combat.
Player versus Player
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Kha'damu no longer drops extraneous items.
  • Kha'damu now recovers less health from his self-healing effects.
  • As Kha'damu grows in size, he now becomes more susceptible to attacks.
  •  [Mildly-Irradiated Rejuvenation Potion] now also increases Ranged Attack Power.
  •  [Enchanted Sigil: Innovation] now increases ranged attack power in addition to its normal effects.
  •  [Hyperconductive Goldwrap] tooltip updated to better reflect how Hyperconductive Goldwrap works.
  • Tooltips for new ranged, melee, and spell hit/crit stats in Season of Discovery have been updated to be less verbose. The effects were not changed.
  • Druid
  • Hunter
    • [Chimera Shot] damage increased to 120% of weapon damage (was 100%) and Chimera Shot Serpent Sting damage increased to 48% of Serpent Sting damage (was 40%).
    • [Explosive Shot] base damage done before Attack Power increased by 15%.
    • [Carve] damage increased to 65% of weapon damage (was 50%).
  • Mage
    • [Frostfire Bolt] base damage increased by 50%, and its increased damage from bonus spell damage increased by 16%, identical to the value for Fireball.
    • [Spellfrost Bolt] base damage increased by 50%, and its increased damage from bonus spell damage increased by 14%, identical to the value for Frostbolt.
    • [Regeneration], [Mass Regeneration], and [Chronostatic Preservation] spell power coefficients increased by 88%.
      • Developers' notes: This is to compensate for Mage healers wearing primarily items which grant "damage and healing" instead of "healing".
    • Chronostatic Preservation mana cost decreased by 44%.
    • Resolved some tooltip issues with Chronostatic Preservation.
  • Paladin
  • Shaman
    • Corrected an issue where [Earth Shield] was not healing for the correct amount.
  • Warlock
    • [Grimoire of Synergy] now increases damage done by the Warlock and their pet by 25% when it is active (was 5%).
  • Warrior
    • [Devastate] damage increased to 150% of weapon DPS (was 100%), before being increased by number of [Sunder Armor] stacks.
    • Fixed an issue with facing when using [Intercept].
    • [Deep Wounds] will now continue dealing damage after the Warrior who applied it has died.

February 2024

Hotfixes: February 1-26 | 2024-02-26 by Blizzard Entertainment

February 27

WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  •  [High-Yield Radiation Bomb] adjusted:
    • Its slow effect can now be removed with snare removal effects.
    • Its damage-over-time is now correctly Nature damage and a Poison effect (was Magical).
    • The initial damage of the bomb now works on enemies that are typically immune to slows.
    • The initial damage of the bomb will now always go off when it hits.
  • The increased armor value of certain mechanical bosses in Gnomeregan has been reduced slightly.
    • Developers' notes: The higher armor values on certain mechanical enemies in Gnomeregan was correct and intended, but we will adjust the armor on Crowd Pummeler 9-60 and Mekingeer Thermaplugg slightly to provide up to a 10% increase in physical damage received, depending on modifiers present. We also checked the Mechanical Managerie, and it is using the correct armor values.
  • Druid
    • [Lifebloom] mana cost reduced by 50%.
      • Developers' notes: Lifebloom refunds half its new base mana cost per stack when it expires or is dispelled. This part has always functioned in this way, and we've seen a bit of confusion around how the mana return portion of Lifebloom functions.
    • [Living Seed] now heals for 50% of the critical heal that planted the seed (was 30%). This heal now blooms from non-periodic healing received, in addition to any damage taken.
    • [Nourish] mana cost reduced by 27%.
    • [Moonkin Form] now also reduces the mana cost of [Moonfire] by 50% and increases Moonfire periodic damage by 50%. [Sunfire] also benefits from this change.
    • Moonkins can now cast non-healing Restoration spells without cancelling their shapeshift. This includes: [Remove Curse], Remove Poison, [Abolish Poison], [Innervate], [Rebirth], [Revive], [Mark of the Wild], and [Gift of the Wild].
    • [Fury of Stormrage] improved: when this rune makes [Healing Touch] instant, it now also makes it castable in all shapeshift forms.
    • [Lacerate] critical strikes can now trigger [Primal Fury].
    • Nourish is now instant cast when Fury of Stormrage is active. Nourish no longer breaks Moonkin form when Fury of Stormrage is used to cast an instant version of the spell.
  • Hunter
  • Mage
    • [Chronostatic Preservation] no longer checks for a target within range or line of sight on the first cast. Its tooltip states that it has an Unlimited range, andthe first part of the ability now does, but the unleashed heal has a range of 40 yards (46 yards talented), which is unchanged.
  • Paladin
    • [Crusader Strike] now deals Holy damage instead of Physical damage, ignoring armor, and is now affected by Holy damage prevention. Crusader Strike is still considered a melee attack, and not a spell.
    • [Seal of Martyrdom] can no longer trigger Art of War, and will no longer be triggered by Frost Oil or other weapon procs.
  • Rogue
    • [Redirect] no longer triggers or is affected by the global cooldown, and its own cooldown has been reduced to 10 seconds.
      • Developers' notes: when Redirect is combined in a macro with other Combo Point related abilities, it often does not function as expected. We recommend not including it in such macros.
    • [Main Gauche] now generates 3 combo points on your target and base Energy cost reduced to 15.
    • [Just a Flesh Wound] threat bonus increased such that Rogue tanks will generate approximately 30% more threat.
  • Shaman
    • [Two-Handed Mastery] rune now also provides 10% increased Attack Power and 10% increased chance to hit with spells after hitting a target with a two-handed weapon.
    • [Shamanistic Rage] rune now grants 5% of the Shaman's maximum mana per second, instead of a value scaling from Attack Power, Spell Power, or Healing Power.
    • [Spirit of the Alpha] rune now grants the casting Shaman 20% increased Attack Power if they cast the spell on a target other than themselves.
    • [Earth Shield] mana cost reduced by 67%, and charges increased from 3 to 9. The base amount healed now properly scales with level and is about 50% higher than previously at level 40.
    • [Power Surge] tooltip revised to clarify functionality. This rune periodically grants mana every 5 seconds, equal to 15% of the Shaman's intellect. Some potential timing issues that could have sometimes made it give less mana than intended have been fixed.
    • [Ancestral Guidance] cooldown reduced to 1 minute (was 2 minutes).
  • Warrior
    • [Rallying Cry] now correctly benefits the Warrior's entire raid (was: the Warrior's party only).

February 26

Dungeons
  • [With realm restarts] The maximum number of Follower Dungeons that a player can enter in a 24-hour period has been increased to 50 (was 10).
  • The presence of Followers in dungeons no longer decreases the XP earned by the human players.
Player versus Player
  • Fixed an issue preventing Arathi Blizzard from being queued.
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Hyperconductive Caster Set's 3-piece bonus now works correctly with healing and damaging runes.
  • [Chronostatic Preservation] duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds), and now works with mouseover macros.
  • Drained of Blood will now periodically remove debilitating effects that are still affecting the player.
  • Additional Chained Spirit graveyards and patrols have been added during the Blood Moon event.
  • Fixed an issue with  [Lesser Arcane Elixir] that caused it to not be usable at the required level on the tooltip.
  • Kha'damu's Blood Craze will no longer increase his damage dealt.
  • Hunter
  • Rogue

February 21

Classes
Dungeons
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Fixed an issue where receiving Aura of Dread can interrupt a player's channel.
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Elite and Dungeon Quests now grant additional bonus experience.
  • The Dismantle enchant now procs more often for casters and melee.
  • The vendor price of Ez-Thro Radiation Bombs and  [High-Yield Radiation Bomb] has been reduced.
  • Players in the Spirit World can now resurrect at Chained Spirits for up to 30 minutes after a Blood Moon ends.
  • [Spirit of Redemption] Form will no longer instantly cancel if you attempt to cast spells not allowed in that form. Doing so now returns an error message.
  • A Zandalarian Emissary can now be found atop the Durotar zeppelin tower.
  • Mage
  • Rogue
  • Shaman
  • Warlock
    • [Haunt] will now properly increase the damage done by [Siphon Life].
    • Developers' notes: Siphon Life behaves like Drain Life and will only be increased by Haunt if it is cast while Haunt is already active. These abilities do not dynamically update their values when Haunt is applied or falls off.

February 20

WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Increased the number of crafting materials found in Boxes of Gnomeregan Salvage and slightly increased the drop rate of  [Grime-Encrusted Salvage] throughout Gnomeregan.
  • Druid
    • [Berserk] now also increases the number of targets struck by [Lacerate] while it is active.
    • [Starsurge] bonus damage to [Starfire] increased to 80% (was 66%). Corrected a bug causing this bonus damage to be lower than intended at level 40.
    • [Swipe] now scales with attack power, gaining 10% of attack power as damage.
    • Threat caused by Swipe greatly increased.
    • [Rip] duration increased to 16 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  • Hunter
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue where  [Fiery Weapon] enchantment and [Seal of Martyrdom] were triggering each other. Neither can be triggered by the other any longer.
    • Fixed an issue where Fiery Blaze and Fiery Weapon enchantments could trigger or be triggered by Seal of Martyrdom. Those interactions do not happen anymore.
  • Priest
    • [Mind Spike] damage increased by 10%.
    • [Void Plague] damage increased by 10%.
    • [Shadow Word: Death] base damage before modifiers decreased by 40% and spellpower coefficient adusted to 42.9% (was 64.3%).
    • Developers' notes: Overall, this should result in a 33-40% damage reduction on Shadow Word: Death, depending on the amount of spellpower the priest has. Shadow Word: Death has been doing a larger percentage of overall priest damage than intended, and we feel like this could begin to put additional pressure on healers in PvE, as spellpower gear improves and the damage that priests inflict on themselves continues to scale upwards. It could also prove to be increasingly oppressive in PvP, as it's an instant attack that can be used on the move, from range, with very little counterplay.
  • Rogue
    • [Shuriken Toss] bounce range reduced to 10 yards (was 15 yards).
      • Developers' notes: This should reduce the chance of it bouncing a little too far and pulling extra packs in dungeons. It now matches the range of other chain spells like Chain Lightning and Avenger's Shield.
  • Shaman

February 16

Dungeons and Raids
  • The Everbloom
    • Addressed an issue where Witherbark can reset during the encounter.
  • Throne of the Tides
    • Addressed an issue where Naz'jar Tempest Witch can cast Lightning Surge while mind-controlled.
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Addressed an issue where Pallid Gorger can ignore players and run away.
    • Reduced Pallid Gorger's melee damage by 66%.
    • Heartsbane Triad
      • Added an additional safeguard to ensure Aura of Dread is removed.
WoW Classic Era
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue where [Seal of Righteousness] ranks 4 and higher did less damage than rank 3. This fix has been applied to Season of Discovery and Classic Era.
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Druid
    • [Starsurge] was incorrectly getting 30% additional critical strike chance when [Eclipse] (Lunar) was active. It now only gets 30% increased critical strike chance from Eclipse (Solar).
  • Hunter
    • [Chimera Shot] - Scorpid is now properly mitigated by Weapon Chains and reduction to Disarm effects.
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue where Seal of Righteousness ranks 4 and higher did less damage than rank 3. This fix has been applied to Season of Discovery and Classic Era.
  • Priest
  • Shaman
    • Fixed an issue where the benefit of [Dual Wield Specialization] rune could be lost for Shamans when swapping weapon configurations.
    • Fixed an issue where [Stormstrike] would sometimes do offhand damage despite no offhand equipped.
    • The range on [Decoy Totem] is now the correctly intended 30 yards, matching the radius of its effect preventing movement impairment.
  • Warlock
    • [Subjugate Demon] used against players in [Metamorphosis] now has a 10 second duration, with diminishing duration like other crowd-control effects used on players. It is considered a Charm effect like Mind Control.
  • Stranglethorn Vale PvP Event
    • Warlocks and Hunters participating in the Blood Moon will now resurrect with their last active pet.
    • Fixed an interaction with Blood Moon and Spirit of Redemption resurrecting the fallen Priest earlier than intended.
    • Fixed an issue with Blood Coin turn-ins when a player is the victim of Subjugate Demon or Mind Control.
    • Drained of Blood during the Blood Moon event now also grants immunity to movement impairing effects.
    • Fixed an issue where stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa could sometimes exceed the intended 255.
    • The Chosen of the Blood Loa will now be visible in the spirit world.

February 14

Dungeons and Raids
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope
    • Tindral Sageswift
      • Addressed an issue where players who teleport out of the raid before the encounter ends can sometimes cause them to be stranded in The Great Sea.
  • Atal'Dazar
    • Addressed an issue where a mind-controlled Dazar'ai Confessor's Dispel can remove an ally's Challenger's Might.
  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Removed randomized spawn of enemies before Archdruid Glaidalis.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Rise of Murozond
    • Addressed an issue where Grommash Hellscream can melee players while leaping in the air before Bladestorm.
    • Addressed an issue where Battle Senses can trigger from Shockwave.
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Addressed an issue where Heartsbane Triad's associated auras can fail to fall off.
    • Addressed an issue where Sister Solena does not lose the Soul Manipulation debuff if the mind-controlled player dies.
    • Addressed an issue where Pallid Gorgers can sometimes melee players during Ravaging Leap.
    • The spawning of Heartsbane Runeweavers and Heartsbane Soulcharmers are now consistent each week.
Love is in the Air
  • Fixed an issue causing Love is in the Air daily quests to be removed from the quest log when logging out.
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • Corrected an issue where players leaving a party sometimes lost their stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa.
  • The Blood Moon now increases the health of participants by 30%.
  • Resurrection from Chained Spirits during the Blood Moon event now also grants players 100% of their mana.
  • Blood Moon-averse Zandalarian Emissaries will now ward players in the far-off lands of Ratchet, Tirisfal Glades, and Duskwood.
  • The scoreboards during the Blood Moon event should now be more responsive in activating and deactivating when the event starts and ends.
  • Druid
  • Paladin
  • Priest
    • Fixed a bug that caused [Void Plague] to benefit more from spell power than intended.
    • Fixed a bug that made it possible for a Priest to place two copies of [Renew] on a target.
  • Shaman
  • Warlock
  • Gnomeregan

February 12

Dungeons and Raids
  • The Everbloom
    • Fixed an issue where Rockspine Stinger's Venom Burst could be applied to non-player targets.
Quests
  • Fixed an issue preventing progress as intended on the legendary questline "N [70] Handling It".
WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
  • You can now get a new  [Squall-breakers Potion] from Rau Cliffrunner in Freewind Post upon accepting the quest "H Shaman [40E] Calm Before the Storm".
  •  [Recipe: Lesser Arcane Elixir] is now bind-on-pickup.
  • The Battle for Ashenvale weekly quests "H [40 Daily] Clear the Forest!" and "A [40 Daily] Repelling Invaders" now grant full XP and reputation rewards, through level 40.
  • The Ashenvale Rallying Cry world buff is now usable through level 39.
  • The Spark of Inspiration world buff now correctly increases +healing.
  • Item requirements for the quests "H Shaman [35] Power of da Wind", "H Shaman [38] Power of da Earth", and "H Shaman [36] Power of da Water" have been reduced.
  • Druid
  • Paladin
    • Fixed an issue where the [Sheath of Light] spell power proc wasn't correctly activated by melee attacks.
  • Shaman
    • Fixed an issue where Ravaging Tempest could sometimes not lose its protective aura when Ailgrah Splittusk was killed.
  • Stranglethorn Vale PvP Event
    • Players who resurrect in Stranglethorn Vale during the Blood Moon event and gain Drained of Blood will now be immune to attack during its duration, but unable to cast spells or attack. They can mount and move to another location and are invisible to players outside their party.
    • Drained of Blood duration reduced to 20 seconds (was 60 seconds).
    • Drained of Blood now has a visual.
    • Players who wish to opt out of Blood Moon should now more easily notice the Zandalarian Emissary.

February 8

Achievements
Classes
  • Shaman
    • Resolved an issue causing [Earth Shield] casts from another Shaman to sometimes override Earth Shield.
Dungeons and Raids
  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Addressed an issue where Archdruid Glaidalis can fail to use Grievous Leap on a player standing on top of a nearby object.
    • Addressed an issue in Archdruid Glaidalis's encounter where Nightmare Abominations can be stuck in a state of evasion when spawned on top of an elevated surface.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
    • Addressed an issue where Dazhak's Incinerating Blightbreath can fizzle if the targeted player dies during Dazhak's charge.
    • Addressed an issue where Chronofade is not considered an AoE effect.
  • The Everbloom
    • Addressed an issue in the Ancient Protectors encounter where Dulhu's Noxious Charge can still go off if he dies while casting.
Player versus Player
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Resolved an issue causing the Shadow Amirdrassil 4-set bonus to not be consumed when landing a killing blow on some pets and totems.
  • Shaman
    • Resolved an issue causing some spells to kill [Grounding Totem] without directly targeting the totem.
    • Resolved an issue causing redirected damage over time effects to apply to Grounding Totem. Grounding Totem is once again immune to debuff effects.

February 6

Classes
Dungeons and Raids
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope
    • The Hall of Fame is full, and Mythic difficulty is now available to cross-realm raid groups.
    • Fyrakk the Blazing
      • Reduced the number of Aflame targets from 4 to 3 on Mythic difficulty.
      • Fyrakk health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Burning and Dark Colossus health by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Spirit of the Kaldorei health reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Darnassian Ancient health reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
      • The Heart of Amirdrassil now begins stage two with 60% health remaining.
      • Reduced the number of Corrupted Seeds created from 2 to 1.
  • Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
    • The Prophet Skeram now properly respawns when the encounter is reset.
  • Vault of the Incarnates
    • Resolved an issue that could cause the Primal Council to not cast spells.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
    • Addressed an issue where Dazhak can sometimes snap to target player on death while channeling Incinerating Blightbreath.

February 1

Achievements
  • Fixed an issue in which the achievement Battle Mender: Season 3 was not providing progress.
Classes
  • Mage
    • [Shifting Power]'s visual will now appear smaller and should be less disruptive for the Mage's allies.
Dungeons and Raids
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope
    • Fyrakk the Blazing
      • Flamebound and Shadowbound are no longer private auras.
      • Developers' notes: We've observed that the common strategy for players executing the Flamebound and Shadowbound mechanics on Mythic Fyrakk involves cumbersome addon/macro setup and execution. Our goal with this change is to remove this burden for players who are progressing on this encounter and refocus the challenge on the gameplay.
  • Blackrook Hold
    • Fixed an issue where the enemies around Lady Velendras Ravencrest do not have linked aggro.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
    • Fixed an issue where Manifested Timeways can occasionally cast Unwind during keystones.
  • The Everbloom
    • Fixed an issue where the Ancient Protectors encounter can fail to respawn.
    • Fixed an issue where Archmage Sol can cast Cinderbolt Storm twice after gaining Fire Affinity.
    • Fixed an issue where the mages before Archmage Sol were not resetting their health after they left combat.
Pet Battles
  • Fixed an issue causing several multi-hit Battle Pet abilities to have a chance to ignore on-death passives such as Undead or Mechanical resurrection.
Player versus Player
  • Fixed an issue causing [Stoneform] and [Fireblood] to trigger a longer cooldown for Gladiator's Medallion than intended.

January 2024

Hotfixes: January 18-30 | 2024-01-30 by Blizzard Entertainment
Hotfixes: January 2-8 | 2024-01-08 by Blizzard Entertainment

January 30

Achievements
Classes
  • Shaman
    • Resolved an issue causing [Poison Cleansing Totem] to not ignore line of sight.
    • Elemental
      • Corrected an issue where your character could sometimes get stuck in a state where they cannot use [Lava Burst] when previously having been talented into [Elemental Blast].
      • Resolved an issue causing [Primordial Bond] to be incorrectly removed when an elemental dies or despawns while another elemental is active.
Dungeons
  • Atal'Dazar
    • Addressed an issue where the Rezan encounter can unexpectedly reset.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Rise of Murozond
    • Addressed an issue where the visual for Spark of Tyr does not snap to ground.
    • Addressed an issue where Spark of Tyr will immediately trigger if the target has immunity.
  • Everbloom
    • Addressed an issue with the Ancient Protectors encounter where players can get stuck in combat and unable to release if Dulhu is pulled out of the boss area.
    • Addressed an issue where Witherbark can be pulled out of the encounter area.
Items
Player versus Player

January 23

Classes
Dungeons
  • Mythic+
    • Dawn of the Infinite: Rise of Murozond
      • Valow, Timesworn Keeper health reduced by 16%.
      • Lerai, Timesworn Maiden health reduced by 16%, and Ancient Radiance recast time increased.
      • Spurlok, Timesworn Sentinel health reduced by 16%, and Shrouding Sandstorm's recast time increased.
      • Tyr, the Infinite Keeper Radiant Barrier damage absorb reduced by 15%.
      • Infinite Riftmage health reduced by 10%, and Infinite Burn recast time increased.
      • Time-Lost Battlefield Battle Senses / Thirst for Battle damage reduced by 20%, and Bladestorm movement reduction increased from 33% to 50%.
      • Chrono-Lord Deios Temporal Breath initial damage reduced by 16%, and damage-over-time effect reduced by 14%.
      • Infinite Keeper health reduced by 10%, and Chronal Burn damage reduced by 15%, and Infinite Blast damage reduced by 10%.
Player versus Player

January 22

Achievements
  • Fixed an issue where kills on Evokers did not count towards the achievement It Takes Class.[sic]
Classes
  • Death Knight
    • Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
    • Blood
      • Bone Shield now grants armor based on 80% of Strength (was 70%).
    • Frost
      • All damage dealt increased by 4%. Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Unholy
      • All damage dealt by you and your pet's abilities increased by 4%. Not applied to PvP combat.
  • Druid
  • Evoker
    • Preservation
  • Hunter
    • Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
    • Survival
      • All damage dealt by Hunter and Hunter's pet's abilities is increased by 4%.
  • Monk
  • Paladin
  • Priest
  • Shaman
    • Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
    • Restoration
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Resolved an issue causing the cooldown of [Soul Swap] to sometimes display incorrectly.
  • Warrior
    • Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
    • Arms
      • [Cleave] damage increased by 10%. Not applied to PvP combat.
      • [Dreadnaught] damage increased by 30%. Not applied to PvP combat.
      • Deep Wounds damage increased by 15%. Not applied to PvP combat.
      • Amirdrassil 4 set bonus - Bonus damage for the triggered [Thunder Clap] increased to 200% (was 100%). Not applied to PvP combat.
    • Protection
Dungeons and Raids
Items
  •  [Fyr'alath the Dreamrender]
    • Developers note: We've heard feedback about the ease of use of Fyr'alath's active ability and are making adjustments to address this and further encourage its use without significantly affecting overall contribution. These changes will be going live with realm restarts.
    • Mark of Fyr'alath is now correctly applied to all secondary targets of Obliterate and is additionally applied by Rage of Fyr'alath's final strike.
    • Mark of Fyr'alath damage decreased by 20%.
    • Rage of Fyr'alath duration is now affected by Haste.
    • Rage of Fyr'alath damage increased by 15%.
  • [With realm restarts] The Manuscript of Endless Possibilities should now be the  [Vial of Endless Draconic Scales]. If you had acquired the manuscript you should now be able to find the Vial waiting for you in your toybox.
Player versus Player
  • Developers note: PvP changes are live with realm restarts.
  • General
    • Cloth specialization classes now gain an additional 35% armor in Arenas and Battlegrounds.
    • Plate specialization classes now have their armor reduced by 30% in Arenas and Battlegrounds.
    • The Gladiator's Distinction 2-piece set bonus now increases Stamina by 15% for Damage Dealer and Tank roles (was 5%).
    • The Gladiator's Distinction 2-piece set bonus now increases Stamina by 20% for Healer roles (was 15%).
    • All fear and root effects in PvP may now take 100% more damage before canceling in PvP combat.
  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Festering Wound damage is now increased by 180% in PvP Combat (was 195%).
      • [Death Coil] damage is now increased by 60% in PvP Combat (was 70%).
      • Necrotic Wound now absorbs 3% of healing received (was 4%) and heals for up to 3% of the Death Knight's maximum health (was 4%).
  • Druid
    • [Bear Form] now increases armor by 175% in PvP (was 220%).
    • [Moonkin Form] now increases armor by 100% in PvP (was 125%).
    • [Deep Roots] increases the amount of damage required to cancel Entangling Roots or Mass Entangle by 75% (was 250%).
    • Feral
    • Restoration
      • Mana regeneration now reduced by 50% in PvP combat (was 45%).
      • Healing reduced by 5% in PvP combat.
  • Mage
    • [Rigid Ice] increases the amount of damage required to cancel Frost Nova by 20% in PvP combat (was 80%).
    • Frost
      • Amirdrassil 4-piece set effectiveness is no longer reduced in PvP.
  • Monk
  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • Amirdrassil 2-piece set effectiveness is no longer reduced in PvP.
  • Rogue
  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Armor reduced by 12.5% in PvP.
    • Restoration
      • Armor reduced by 12.5% in PvP.
  • Warlock
    • [Nightmare] increases the amount of damage required to cancel Fear by 30% in PvP combat (was 60%).
    • [Demon Skin] increases armor by 22.5%/45% in PvP (was 45%/90%).
  • Warrior
Quests
  • Players who are trying to turn in the raid quest, "N [70R] Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: Sarkareth" but are unable to, should return to the Seat of the Aspects in Valdrakken and find Ebyssian. He should allow you to turn in the quest now.
  • Fixed an issue with the Research quests/world quests of Azerothian Archives where all players could see the arcane familiars being summoned whenever any player began them.
  • Added a plank in Gilneas to allow people to complete the quest "H [5-30] What Tomorrow Brings".
    • Developers note: In 10.2.6, we will remove the gates (and also remove the plank) to allow people to complete the quest as intended.

January 18

Classes
Dungeons
  • In Mythic+ difficulties, Afflicted Souls will no longer be treated as players.
  • Darkheart Thicket
    • Fixed an issue where Corruption Pool can linger on players.
    • Archdruid Glaidalis's Primal Rampage no longer damages pets.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
    • Fixed a Chronikar issue with Eon Shatter's ground targeting visual sometimes failing to appear.
  • Waycrest Manor
    • Fixed a Heartsbane Triad issue where the aura of one of the sisters could linger on players after they lose the iris.
Player versus Player
  • Fixed an issue where Frigid Petals was not being cancelled when entering a battleground.
  • Fixed an issue where attaining Bloody Tokens in Zaralek Caverns and Emerald Dream were not contributing to Bloodstained Bounty, Blood Bank, or Prosperously Bloody achievements.
Quests
  • Players who found themselves unable to pick up "N [70] A Little Hope is Never without Worth" should return to the grove in the Emerald Dream to continue (provided the plant growth phase is complete).
  • Fixed a bug preventing several steps of the Blue Dragonflight questline "The Veiled Ossuary" from appearing.
Travel

January 8

Classes
  • Demon Hunter
    • Vengeance
      • Fixed an issue that prevented [Volatile Flameblood]'s Fury generation from correctly randomizing each time it triggers.
Dungeons and Raids
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
    • Blight of Galakrond
      • Fixed an issue where the slimes that revive Dazhak and Loszkeleth could sometimes melee players.
Season of Discovery
  • [With weekly restarts] The Battle for Ashenvale now has minimum and maximum times between battles. It will now never restart sooner than about 2 hours after its last start, and will not take longer than about 3 hours since its last start. If player activity is very low or very high, the percentage progress will be sped up or slowed down to match those time constraints.
  • [With weekly restarts] Battle for Ashenvale quests "H [40 Daily] Clear the Forest!" and "A [40 Daily] Repelling Invaders" now award 1000 reputation (was 200).

January 5

Dungeons and Raids
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope
    • Fyrakk
      • Developers' note: Fyrakk poses unique problems for smaller groups in Flexible Raid difficulties. The following changes are intended to narrow the gap in difficulty among group sizes.
      • Aflame now targets fewer players.
      • Screaming Soul health reduced for smaller group sizes.
      • Spirit of the Kaldorei health reduced for smaller group sizes.
      • Blaze damage reduced for smaller group sizes.
      • Corrupt absorb value reduced for smaller group sizes.
Season of Discovery
  • Crafted Void-Touched Armor on-use effects are now exclusive with each other and share a cooldown.

January 4

Dungeons and Raids
  • Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope
    • Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause a stuck black screen upon entering Fyrakk's chamber.
Season of Discovery
  • Boon of Blackfathom no longer applies to pets.
    • Developer's Note: We are essentially removing the ability for pets to get Boon of Blackfathom for now. Now that pets scale with stats, allowing them to get certain world buffs would effectively let them "double dip" on these effects and gain far more damage than intended. We'll continue to review this as we move through the content phases and make adjustments to how world buffs interact with pets as needed.

January 2

Items
  • Fixed an issue that was causing Ms. Xiulan's Blackmarket goods to not be available in some regions.
Season of Discovery
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