**Update! As of 12.1 (August 11, 2026), the Fire Hands bug has ceased! At least, for me. All known affected items and casts now show their intended visual.
Recently noticed that some unrelated items and abilities will cast without the intended visual, instead being cast with fire in the character’s hands, as if casting Fireball. So far, I’ve only seen a handful of things affected by this bug, but there may be more, and I’m unsure as to what caused it!
At first, I noticed it with the Dalaran Hearthstone and thought it was a neat nod to the destruction of the city, but the fire hands happen with a lot of things, including: Dalaran Hearthstone, Garrison Hearthstone, Signet of the Kirin Tor, Wrap of Coordination, and all spells associated with Hero’s Path: Legion, Hero’s Path: The War Within, and Hero’s Path: Midnight Season 1.
Fire hands are not character-specific, either! I’ve seen this bug across all my alts, leveled between 66 and 90. Couldn’t find a way to include screenshots, so here’s 4 examples.
https://imgur.com/gallery/wow-fire-hands-bug-JXwVasd
Update 7-17-26: The Nature’s Beacon toy is also affected!
Update 7-28-26: Unsure if this is related or normal for the dungeon, but Darkmaster Gandling in retail Scholomance also has fire hands when teleporting beyond the gate after Rattlegore, during the end of his RP with Lillian Voss.
Update 8-4-26: Darnarian’s Scroll of Teleportation, awarded from Shattered Sun Offensive dailies on the Isle of Quel’danas (BC), is also affected by the fire hands!
