Hotfixes
May 7, 2024
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%.
- Vengeance
- 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%).
- Balance
- Monk
- Brewmaster
- Keg Smash damage reduced by 10%.
- Spinning Crane Kick damage reduced by 10%.
- Summon White Tiger Statue damage reduced by 30%.
- The effectiveness of Stagger against magical attacks increased to 55% (was 45%).
- Healing Sphere healing increased by 10%.
- Brewmaster
- 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.
- Assassination
- Warlock
- Affliction
- Doom Blossom damage increased by 10%.
- Vile Taint damage increased by 25%.
- Soul Flame damage increased by 20%.
- Soul Rot damage increased by 5%.
- Destruction
- Chaos Bolt damage increased by 3%.
- Conflagrate damage increased by 5%.
- Incinerate damage increased by 5%.
- Affliction
- 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%).
- Fury
Items
- Tome of Unstable Power’s AOE target cap set to 8.
Player versus Player
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Frost Strike damage increased by 95% in PvP combat (was 75%).
- Frost Fever damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
- 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.
- Frost
- Druid
- Balance
- Moonkin Aura’s Starsurge now grants 2% increased spell critical strike chance per stack (was 4%).
- Balance
- Evoker
- Preservation
- Time of Need healing reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
- Preservation
- 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%).
- Marksmanship
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Clouded Focus increases healing and reduces mana cost by 20% per stack in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Mistweaver
- Paladin
- Holy
- Word of Glory healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Holy
- Priest
- Discipline
- Atonement healing increased by 11% in PvP combat.
- Power Word: Radiance healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Shadow Word: Pain and Purge the Wicked damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Holy
- Spirit of the Redeemer now reduces the duration of Spirit of Redemption by 9 seconds (was 8 seconds).
- Mana regeneration is now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (was 35%).
- Discipline
- 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).
- Assassination
- Shaman
- Enhancement
- Healing Surge healing increased by 40% in PvP combat (was 25%).
- Restoration
- Riptide healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Enhancement
- 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%).
- Affliction
- 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%).
- Arms
May 2, 2024
Classes
- Druid
- Feral
- Fixed an issue preventing Smoldering Frenzy (Season 4 (2) Set Bonus) from triggering effects like Seal of Diurna’s Chosen.
- Feral
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).
- Echo of Doragosa
- 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
- Vaskarn in the Emerald Dream no longer erroneously mentions that they can upgrade your gear with the use of Flightstones. Vaskarn in Valdrakken is unchanged.
Quests
- While Time Rifts are empowered, Cache of Embers will now be awarded once per character per week from the quest for defeating a Time Rift Boss.
- Prince Farondis drank his Conjured Protein Shakes and bulked up, allowing players to complete “Save Yourself”.
May 1, 2024
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 “Zaqali Elders” to fail to start.
Cataclysm Classic
- Archaeology digsites that appear in Uldum, Twilight Highlands, and Hyjal once players hit 450 Archaeology should no longer appear until the zones are accessible on official Expansion Launch.
- Paladin
- Fixed an issue with Seals of Command where Seal of Righteousness could trigger too many procs when it hits multiple targets.
Season of Discovery
- Hunter
- Raptor Fury now increases the damage done of Raptor strike and Mongoose Bite by 10% per stack (was 15%).
- The Beast Mastery rune now increases pet damage by 10% (was 20%).
- Shaman
- The Burn rune now also grants a significant bonus to spell power when Flametongue Weapon is imbued on your weapon.
- Rolling Thunder now has a 50% chance to trigger (was 30%).
- Fixed a bug causing overload procs to not add a charge to Lightning Shield when the Shaman has the Rolling Thunder rune active.
- Warlock
- Invocation now also applies to Unstable Affliction.
- Invocation damage can now deal critical strikes if the Warlock also has the Pandemic rune active.
April 29, 2024
Dungeons and Raids
- Algeth’ar Academy
- Fixed an issue where Vile Lasher’s Detonation Seed was not spawning on the ground.
- Neltharus
- Lava Flare’s Melt now goes on cooldown after the cast is interrupted.
- Chargath, Bane of Scales
- Fiery Focus’s Fire damage reduced by 25%.
- Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
- The Mythic+ timer increased by 1 minute.
- Vault of the Incarnates
- Cuzolth now provides their item upgrade services to players in Vault of the Incarnates.
- Terros
- Fixed an issue where Explosive Reaction was hitting pets on Mythic difficulty.
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.
April 25, 2024
Classes
- Fixed a bug with damage dealt by Rip & Tear, Internal Combustion, and Tear Open Wounds in Awakened raids.
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
- “A Multi-Front Battle” can now be completed.
Season of Discovery
- Using an Unconscious Dig Rat no longer dismisses pets.
- Mage
- Displacement no longer functions if the most recent use of Blink was on a different continent or in a different instance.
April 23, 2024
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
- Resolved an issue where abandoning the quest “Something Worth Celebrating” could make it unavailable.
April 16, 2024
Items
- Grotto Netherwing Drake’s Black Scales should be properly awarded to players who have completed the Now THIS is Dragon Racing!
April 11, 2024
Classes
- Druid
- Balance
- Fixed a bug that could prevent a Druid with Radiant Moonlight who died and resurrected from getting more than one cast of Full Moon before it resets to New Moon.
- Primordial Arcanic Pulsar progress now resets on raid encounter start.
- Feral
- Damage dealt from Berserk: Frenzy and Burning Frenzy (Seasons 3 and 4 set armor 4-piece bonus) will now log correctly when buffed by an Augmentation Evoker.
- Balance
Items
- The following cast time trinkets will now trigger a 1 second global cooldown and may not be used when the global cooldown is active:
- Manic Grieftorch
- Beacon to the Beyond
- Belor’relos, the Suncaller
- Algeth’ar Puzzle Box
- Manic Grieftorch damage increased by 1.2%. Can now be channeled while moving.
- Storm-Eater’s Boon damage reduced by 25%.
- Dragonfire Bomb Dispenser damage reduced by 15%. Flash of Inspiration may now only occur every 2 seconds (was 0.74 seconds).
- Neltharion’s Call to Chaos primary stat reduced by 6.4%.
- Neltharion’s Call to Dominance primary stat reduced by 15%.
- Nymue’s Unraveling Spindle now triggers a 1 second global cooldown (was 1.5 seconds).
- All Fyrakk’s Tainted Rageheart’s damage reduced by 5%.
- Fixed an issue causing Inexorable Resonator to grant more primary stat than intended.
- Fixed an issue causing Whispering Incarnate Icon to grant significantly more passive secondary stat than intended.
April 4, 2024
Plunderstorm
- Explosive Caltrops now drops caltrops along the entire jump path.
- Explosive Caltrops now affects all targets in the effect range when triggered.
April 3, 2024
Items
- The following adjustments have been made to the Water’s Beating Heart trinket:
- When an ally not equipped with Water’s Beating Heart dispels a player affected by Primal Wellspring Water, the buff will correctly apply to the debuffed player.
- The Primal Wellspring Water debuff is now visible to allies.
- The shield value is now split between affected players.
- Fixed an issue where the following trinkets were dropping at an incorrect item level:
- Globe of Jagged Ice
- Granyth’s Enduring Scale
- Inexorable Resonator
- Tome of Unstable Power
- Umbrelskull’s Fractured Heart
- Water’s Beating Heart
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.
April 2, 2024
Dungeons and Raids
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Tindral Sageswift
- Fiery Growth targets reduced to 3 on Mythic difficulty (was 4).
- Fiery Growth damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
- Falling Star damage reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
- Pulsing Heat damage reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
- Fyrakk
- Shadow Cage now lasts 12 seconds on Mythic difficulty.
- Flamebound now increases damage taken from Flame Orbs by 5% on Mythic difficulty (was 30%).
- Shadowbound now increases damage taken from Shadow Orbs by 5% on Mythic difficulty (was 30%).
- Blaze damage decreased by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
- Maximum health of Darnassian Ancient decreased by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
- Tindral Sageswift
Primal Storms
- Primal Storms should now appear with a more evenly distributed pattern across the zones of Dragon Isles.
April 1, 2024
Classes
- Warrior
- Arms
- Merciless Bonegrinder now functions correctly.
- Arms
Noblegarden
- Fixed an issue where the Golden Egg in Noblegarden could fail to trigger the boss spawn.
- The Noblegarden daily quest “Feathered Fiend” is no longer shareable.
March 29, 2024
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.
- Preservation
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, 2024
Achievements
- Fixed bugs causing mounts related to A World Awoken to be unavailable, including Bestowed Ottuk Vanguard, Bestowed Trawling Mammoth, Bestowed Thunderspine Packleader, Bestowed Sandskimmer, Bestowed Ohuna Spotter, Coralscale Salamanther, Stormtouched Bruffalon, and Taivan.
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, 2024
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.
- Holy
World
- Forbidden Reach
- A Forbidden Hoard that was inadvertently inaccessible due to having fallen through the floor has been moved to an accessible spot.
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
Classes
- Druid
- Restoration
- Rejuvenation healing increased by 12%. Does not affect PvP combat.
- 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.
- Time of Need clone’s overall healing increased by 100%. Time of Need clone’s Living Flame healing increased by 16%.
- Live-Giver’s Flame heals for 40/80% of damage done (was 35/70%).
- Inherent Resistance reduces magic damage taken by 4/8% (was 2/4%) for Preservation Evoker.
- Attuned to the Dream increases healing done and received by 3/6% (was 2/4%) for Preservation Evoker.
- 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%.
- Marksmanship
- Mage
- Frost
- Flurry damage increased by 25%.
- Waterbolt and Water Jet damage increased by 25%.
- Frostbolt damage increased by 10%.
- Ice Lance damage increased by 5%.
- Frost
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- All healing reduced by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
- Sheilun’s Gift healing increased by 6%.
- Jadefire Stomp healing and damage increased by 6%.
- Expel Harm healing increased by 6%.
- Mistweaver
- Rogue
- Subtlety
- Eviscerate damage reduced by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
- Subtlety
- Shaman
- Elemental
- All damage increased by 3%. Does not affect PvP combat.
- Elemental
Dungeons
- Black Rook Hold
- Addressed an issue where Amalgam of Souls can trigger 2 soul burst simultaneously if the last Restless Soul is absorbed at 15% Health.
- Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall
- Addressed a Blight of Galakrond issue where Blight Seep left behind by a previous enemy will stop inflicting damage when the enemy is no longer in combat.
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
- Havoc
- Demon Hide (talent) physical damage reduction is now 3% (was 5%).
- Scars of Suffering (talent) Versatility bonus reduced to 2% (was 4%).
- Illidari Knowledge (talent) Magic damage reduction is now 3% (was 5%).
- Will of the Illidari (talent) max health bonus reduced to 3% (was 5%).
- Essence Break (talent) damage bonus for Chaos Strike/Blade Dance reduced to 40% (was 50%).
- Resolved an issue that prevented the 50% PvP reduction to the Throw Glaive cast by Screaming Torchfiend’s Brutality (2-piece) from being applied.
- Havoc
- 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
- Kill Shot damage increased by 25% in PvP (was 10%).
- Survival
- Raptor Strike damage increased by 5% in PvP (was 11% reduced).
- Mongoose Bite damage increased by 5% in PvP (was 11% reduced).
- Beast Mastery
- 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
- Mistweaver
- Vivify healing decreased by 10% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
- Invigorating Mist healing increased by 12% in PvP combat.
- Soothing Mist healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Soothing Mist (Jade Serpent Statue) healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Mistweaver
- Paladin
- Holy
- Denounce (PvP talent) damage increased by 70%.
- Judgment damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
- Greater Judgment absorb increased by 30% in PvP combat.
- Holy
- Priest
- Discipline
- Smite damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
- Atonement healing increased by 8% in PvP combat.
- Discipline
- 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).
- Outlaw
- Shaman
- Enhancement
- Healing Surge healing is now increased by 25% in PvP combat.
- Enhancement
- 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
- Steady Shot damage increased to 75% weapon damage (was 60%).
- Rune of the Trapper icon should no longer be a question mark.
- 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
- Fixed an issue with Piercing Shots, Deep Wounds, and Ignite that causes them to sometimes do too much damage to players.
March 5, 2024
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
- Verdant Aspirant’s Wand is now purchasable from Seltherex.
February 26, 2024
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.
February 21, 2024
Classes
- Rogue
- Outlaw
- Fixed an issue with Echoing Reprimand that allowed Slice and Dice to trigger effects like Ruthlessness and Restless Blades as if spending 7 combo points.
- Outlaw
Dungeons
- Waycrest Manor
- Fixed an issue where receiving Aura of Dread can interrupt a player’s channel.
February 16, 2024
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.
February 14, 2024
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.
- Tindral Sageswift
- 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.
February 12, 2024
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 “Handling It”.
February 8, 2024
Achievements
- Support Your Local Artisans now requires donations totaling 50,000 gold (was 70,000) to the Artisan’s Consortium.
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.
- Shadow
- 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, 2024
Classes
- Shaman
- Primordial Wave now travels faster to its target.
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.
Items
- Matrix Restabilizer all effects reduced by 20%.
February 1, 2024
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.
- Fyrakk the Blazing
- 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 30, 2024
Achievements
- The Title and Achievement Champion of the Dragonflights are now available to those who have completed the quest “Fair Skies and Strong Winds”.
- Adjusted Sergeant Quackers’ responsiveness so that he is now more lenient with the number of nearby ducks he requires before joining the fight for Ducks in a Row.
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
- Fixed an issue where immunity effects on the player could prevent Fyrakk’s Tainted Rageheart from dealing damage to enemies.
- The Verdant Gladiator’s Shotel cosmetic should now be purchasable from Glamora.
Player versus Player
- Iridal, the Earth’s Master damage-on use-effect now deals 10% of its damage (was 30%) in PvP combat.
- Death Knight
- Unholy
- Resolved an issue causing Outbreak to not apply Virulent Plague to enemy totems, Psyfiend, and Observer.
January 23, 2024
- Resolved an issue causing Outbreak to not apply Virulent Plague to enemy totems, Psyfiend, and Observer.
- Unholy
Classes
- Paladin
- Holy
- Fixed an issue that caused Consecrations from Righteous Judgment to be despawned by new Consecrations.
- Fixed an issue that caused Blessing of Autumn to not reduce the cooldown of Avenging Wrath.
- Holy
- Warlock
- Demonology
- Fixed an issue where Wild Imps summoned by Spiteful Reconstitution would fixate on far away targets.
- Demonology
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%.
- Dawn of the Infinite: Rise of Murozond
Player versus Player
- Resolved an issue causing the Mettle effect from Infurious Warboots of Impunity, Infurious Footwraps of Indemnity, Infurious Boots of Reprieve, and Infurious Binding of Gesticulation to not trigger when interrupting spells.
- Shaman
- Resolved an issue causing the Mettle effect from Infurious Boots of Reprieve to grant less stats than intended when triggering the effect using Earthgrab Totem and Capacitor Totem.
January 22, 2024
Achievements
- Fixed an issue where kills on Evokers did not count towards the achievement It Takes Class.
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
- Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
- Feral
- Rip damage increased by 10%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Rake periodic damage increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Primal Wrath damage increased by 10%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Feral Frenzy damage increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Lunar Inspiration damage increased by 10%.
- Rampant Ferocity damage increased by 25%.
- Restoration
- Swiftmend now costs 1.4% base mana (was 1.6%).
- Grove Guardian now costs 1% base mana (was 1.2%).
- Wild Growth now costs 3.8% base mana (was 4%).
- Regrowth now costs 2.8% base mana (was 3.2%).
- Efflorescence now costs 3% base mana (was 3.2%).
- Evoker
- Preservation
- Dream Breath, Fire Breath, and Spiritbloom will no longer go on cooldown and fail to activate in circumstances where you are crowd controlled at the same time as completing the empower cast.
- 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
- Windwalker
- Blackout Reinforcement is now correctly consumed when an empowered Blackout Kick is used against an absorb shield.
- Windwalker
- Paladin
- Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
- Holy
- Shield of the Righteous damage increased by 30%.
- Consecration damage increased by 30%.
- Retribution
- Wake of Ashes damage increased by 20%.
- Truth’s Wake damage increased by 28%.
- Seething Flames damage increased by 28%.
- Blade of Justice damage increased by 20%.
- Final Verdict damage increased by 10%.
- Priest
- Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
- Holy
- Holy Word: Sanctify’s healing increased by 25%.
- Heal’s healing increased by 25%.
- Flash Heal healing increased by 15%.
- Holy Word: Chastise’s damage increased by 30%.
- Smite’s damage increased by 30%.
- Shadow Word: Pain’s damage increased by 15%.
- Shadow
- Mind Blast damage increased by 10%.
- Devouring Plague damage increased by 10%.
- Shadowy Apparition damage increased by 20%.
- Psychic Link now causes direct damage spells to inflict 30% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch (was 25%).
- Shaman
- Developers note: Changes are live after realm restarts.
- Restoration
- All healing increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Lava Burst damage increased by 20%.
- Flame Shock damage increased by 20%.
- Lightning Bolt damage increased by 20%.
- Warlock
- Affliction
- Resolved an issue causing the cooldown of Soul Swap to sometimes display incorrectly.
- Affliction
- 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
- Vanguard now grants a 40% increase to Stamina (was 35%).
- Ignore Pain absorption increased by 5%.
Dungeons and Raids
- Return to Karazhan
- Opera Hall: Westfall Story
- Defeating Toe Knee too quickly will no longer prevent the encounter from continuing.
- Opera Hall: Westfall Story
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%).
- Unholy
- 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
- Frenzied Regeneration is no longer decreased by 20% in PvP for Feral Druids.
- 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
- Windwalker
- Amirdrassil 2-piece set effectiveness is now reduced by 80% in PvP combat (was 60%).
- Windwalker
- Priest
- Discipline
- Amirdrassil 2-piece set effectiveness is no longer reduced in PvP.
- Discipline
- Rogue
- Subtlety
- Eviscerate damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
- Subtlety
- Shaman
- Elemental
- Armor reduced by 12.5% in PvP.
- Restoration
- Armor reduced by 12.5% in PvP.
- Elemental
- 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
- Armored to the Teeth effectiveness increased by 45% in PvP.
- Fury
- Anger Management now reduces Recklessness and Ravager’s cooldown by 1 second per 15 rage spent (was 20 rage).
Quests
- Players who are trying to turn in the raid quest, “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 “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, 2024
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Frostscythe now works with Bonegrinder talent.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the spell alert for Killing Machine with Fatal Fixation from visually displaying stacks correctly.
- Fixed a bug that caused a sound effect issue with Glacial Advance.
- Frost
- Shaman
- Resolved an issue causing the Ancestral Defense talent to increase area-of-effect damage taken instead of reducing it.
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 “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
- Removed the Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder requirement for dragonriding in Kul Tiras and Zandalar.
Hotfixes from Guardians of the Dream can be found here.
