WoW Hotfixes - Updated December 16

Sanq-11813 · December 2, 2022, 2:39am

Hotfixes

December 16, 2022

Achievements

For Honor Our Ancestors, Jhakan Khan’s requested item has been changed from Primal Molten Greatbelt to Fire-Blessed Greatsword.

Classes

Mage
- Arcane
  - Fixed an issue with Nether Tempest not always applying to your currently selected target.
Rogue
- Fixed an issue that prevented Thistle Tea charges from refreshing after encounters.

Dragonriding

Cliffside Wylderdrake
- Green Scales manuscript will now correctly unlock green scales.
- Blue Scales manuscript will now correctly unlock blue scales.

Dungeons and Raids

Vault of the Incarnates
- Eranog
  - Resolved an issue causing Incinerate to sometimes hit players if Eranog was defeated during intermission.

Mythic+

Affixes
- Thundering
  - Mark of Lightning and Mark of Wind no longer display an overhead visual once only one marked player remains.
  - The visual warning when Mark of Lightning and Mark of Wind near expiration has been increased in size.
Halls of Valor
- Hyrja
  - Fixed an issue that caused Hyrja’s and Olmyr’s Sanctify ability to inflict more damage than intended.
Temple of the Jade Serpent
- Wise Mari
  - Fixed an issue that could cause Wise Mari’s facing to change during Wash Away.
Vault of the Incarnates
- The number of Dormant Infusers increased to 5 on Mythic difficulty (was 4).
- Dathea, Ascended’s health reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.

Pet Battles

The Gray Marmoni and Black Skitterbug battle pets are now bind-on-pickup.

Player versus Player

Characters
- Pandaren
  - Pre-Mixed Pot of Noodles will now scale up to level 70, granting an appropriate amount of Versatility for Pandaren in PvP.

Professions

Griftah has taken note of all the wonderous and amazing items that the adventurers of Azeroth have been crafting and has decided to branch out his business to include a new Optional Reagent: Griftah’s All-Purpose Embellishing Powder. Griftah’s All-Purpose Embellishing Powder is guaranteed to give your gear +1 Sparkle when applied through crafting or recrafting! This will remove any embellishments you have added to that gear, as well as the Unique-Equipped: Embellished (2) requirement on it.
Alchemy
- Fixed several issues that caused Phial durations to scale unpredictably when consuming multiple. Phial duration specialization perks should now also function correctly as part of this fix.
- Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage will now correctly restore Corrupting Rage if you die while Overwhelming Rage is active.
Jewelcrafting
- Fixed a scaling issue that caused Idol of the Aspects trinkets to be far weaker than intended.
- Idol of the Aspects trinkets now stack up to 18 times before transforming (was 15).

Reputation

Dragonscale Expedition
- The Small Expedition Shovel is now bind-on-pickup.
- Fixed an issue where some of the early Dragonscale Expedition cosmetics were set to Bind on Account instead of Bind on Pickup. Players can purchase items on alts to unlock them once at least one character has reached the correct Renown Rank.
Maruuk Centaur
- Essence of Awakening is now properly bind-on-pickup.

December 15, 2022

Classes

Druid
- Balance
  - Orbital Strike’s targeting reticle will now match the radius of the damage spell.
  - Orbital Strike will now damage targets that are on top of or behind the Druid.
  - Umbral Embrace will now appear on the Personal Resource Display.
Hunter
- Survival
  - Fixed an issue with Ruthless Marauder incorrectly affecting the damage of Fury of the Eagle.
  - Fury of the Eagle damage increased by 115%, which should keep the damage of Fury of the Eagle roughly the same as it was when talented into 3/3 Ruthless Marauder.
Paladin
- Retribution
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Divine Purpose from being gained from Radiant Decree casts.
Priest
- Fixed an issue causing Inner Light from Inner Light and Shadow to not reduce the mana cost of several spells.
Rogue
- Assassination
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Exsanguinate cooldown from resetting after encounters.

Dungeons and Raids

Algeth’ar Academy
- Echo of Doragosa
  - Adjusted the number of Overwhelming Power applications required to create an Arcane Rift to 3 (was 4).
    - Developers’ note: This ability is taking longer than expected to come into play during the encounter, making the encounter less engaging than desired.
Halls of Infusion
- Proto-Dragons now have more consistent movement when positioning themselves around a player.
Vault of the Incarnates
- Fixed an issue where items with a profession skill requirement could be rolled on by anyone when using Group Loot.
- Eranog
  - Fixed an issue causing Primal Flames to sometimes turn in unexpected ways during Stage Two.
- Terros
  - Fixed an issue that could prevent Druid’s Convoke the Spirits from striking Terros at the appropriate range.
- Dathea, Ascended
  - Fixed an issue causing Shaman Windfury Totem and Earthen Wall Totem to not apply correctly during the encounter.
  - Fixed an issue causing Warlock’s Demonic Gateway to incorrectly change its location during the encounter.
- Broodkeeper Diurna
  - Added a personal notification when a player is targeted by Empowered Greatstaff’s Wrath.
  - Fixed an issue where Primalist Reinforcements’ spawn location indicator may be overlapped with another.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where Rumbling Ruby would not trigger from certain melee attacks.
Fixed an issue where Desperate Invoker’s Codex did not have its current cooldown reduced when gaining stacks of Hatred. Now, if Desperate Invoker’s Codex is on cooldown, gaining a stack of Hatred will reduce it by one second.

Mythic+

Fixed an issue with the Thundering affix that caused Primal Overload to trigger after a keystone dungeon has been completed.
Fixed an issue where some players were unable to loot a Mythic+ Keystone.
Fixed an issue where players’ saved Mythic Keystone level was not properly upgraded when running a Mythic+ dungeon that originated in a previous expansion.
The Nokhud Offensive
- Balakar Khan
  - Players pulled by Static Spear are no longer affected by Quaking.
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
- Fixed an issue where a Shadowmoon Burial Grounds Mythic+ group could default to Challenge difficulty when listed in the Group Finder.
- Shadowmoon Dominator’s Domination can now be interrupted by stun and knockback effects.

Player versus Player

Classes
- Rogue
  - Assassination
    - Fixed an issue that caused poisons to be removed when entering Arenas if talented into Dragon-Tempered Blades.
- Warlock
  - The following spells are no longer usable while silenced: Call Fel Lord, Demonic Strength, Guillotine, Inquisitor’s Gaze, Shadowflame, Soulburn, Soul Strike, Soul Swap, and Soul Tap.
  - Summon Soulkeeper is no longer castable while moving and can now be interrupted.
  - Fel Domination and Soul Strike are now classified as Shadow magic.
  - Dimensional Rift and Summon Soulkeeper are now classified as Chaos magic.
  - Burning Rush and Summon Infernal are now classified as Fire magic.
  - Guillotine and Inquisitor’s Gaze are now classified as Shadowflame magic.
Items
- Victorious Contender’s Strongboxes are now awarded after every 4 wins in a given bracket.
- Victorious Contender’s Strongboxes now correctly drop a scaling amount of Primal Chaos based on PvP rating from the match the box was earned from.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Primal Focus and Concentrated Primal Focus reagents from having a chance to drop for players at Rival II or higher if the match it was earned from was at an appropriate rating.
- Significantly increased the drop rate of Infurious recipes.
Solo Shuffle
- Made some adjustments to Rated Solo Shuffle matchmaking to have more evenly matched games. We will continue to monitor these matches and look for ways to make further improvements as necessary.

Primal Storms

Elite enemies that are spawned during Primal Storms will no longer despawn if their corresponding storm ends and they are in combat.
The map marker for the Elemental Storm in the Cobalt Assembly has been moved to be more visible.

Professions

Engineering
- Fixed an issue that caused Primal Deconstruction Charge to cost 1 Awakened Fire instead of 1 Rousing Fire.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Grease Grenade from being craftable.
- Fixed an issue that prevented EZ-Thro bombs from being discoverable when specialized into EZ-Thro.
- Increased the chance of discovering new epic bracer recipes when crafting rare goggles and the P.E.W. x2 for specialized Engineers.
- Significantly increased the chance of discovering Safety Components when a Tinker malfunctions for specialized Engineers.
- Slightly lowered the chance to experience a catastrophic malfunction when using Tinkers.

Quests

Valdrakken
- Alexstrasza will now always be available in Valdrakken for players to turn in “Moving On.”
- “To Valdrakken” will now point you to Alexstrasza’s location if she has left Valdrakken.
- Added paragon reputation tracking to “Aiding the Accord” quests early. We didn’t anticipate the commitment some players have to digging holes for reputation.

December 14, 2022

Achievements

Fixed an issue where the achievement All Bark, All Bite was not being granted consistently.

Classes

Paladin
- Protection
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Final Stand from taunting Terros in the Vault of the Incarnates.
- Retribution
  - Fixed an issue that caused Divine Storm to consume both Fires of Justice and Empyrean Power from a single cast.
Shaman
- Fixed several issues with Totemic Recall:
  - Fixed an issue when using the Creation Core choice node talent where if you had used the same totem twice in a row after using a different totem, the talent would only reset the cooldown of the totem you most recently used twice in a row.
  - Fixed an issue where Mana Spring Totem was improperly being counted as a valid totem to have its cooldown reset.
  - Fixed an issue where pressing Totemic Recall when you had not used any valid totem spells at all would put the Totemic Recall ability on cooldown.
- Elemental
  - Fixed an issue where the Improved Flametongue Weapon talent’s benefit could be retained without having Flametongue Weapon active on your weapon.
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Soul Tap now sacrifices 5% of your Soul Leech (was 8%).

Creatures and NPCs

The Waking Shores
- Fixed an issue where some of Lorena Belle’s dialogue options would sometimes disappear.

Dungeons and Raids

Brackenhide Hollow
- Fixed an issue where abilities that remove roots may not remove Teeth Traps.
- Fixed an issue where players would not get the Subscribed to Hyena Facts achievement if they were dead when the final fact is learned, because sometimes the most important hyena facts are learned through death. Such as that Spotted Hyenas successfully hunt and kill over 90% of the prey they eat and rarely scavenge.
- Fixed an issue where some gnolls before Hackclaw’s War-Band would continue their non-combat animations while in combat.
Vault of the Incarnates
- Fixed an issue where Flame Marshall’s Bulwark and Quake-Detecting Seismostaff had a significantly higher-than-average drop rate.
- Delayed the spawn of the lava fish school until after the enemies before the Primal Council are cleared so players no longer prematurely lure out the Lurking Lunker living in lava for a less-than-lovely lead-in to the Primal Council.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where Codex of the First Technique and Shard of Annhylde’s Aegis could scale past intended levels.
Fixed an issue where the Darkmoon Deck: Rime was dealing less AOE damage than expected.

Mythic+

Fixed an issue where Lindormi would not always grant a Mythic Keystone to eligible players.
- Developers’ note: We are separately investigating an issue where players may occasionally not receive a Mythic Keystone when completing a Mythic or Mythic+ Dungeon, but if you are unable to acquire a keystone and have completed at least 1 Mythic+ dungeon since the launch of Dragonflight, Lindormi can assist you with a replacement.
Fixed an issue where several weekly dungeon specific quest items were missing from Mythic+ Challenger Chests.
Alegeth’ar Acadmey
- Echo of Doragosa
  - Players pulled by Echo of Doragosa’s Power Vacuum are no longer affected by Quaking.
The Nokhud Offensive
- The Quaking affix no longer affects players or their ride along passengers while on a Dragonriding mount.

Player versus Player

The Precognition PvP talent will no longer occasionally grant its buff even if the player was interrupted.
The Taivan’s Trumpet toy can no longer be used in arena.
Gear item level 312 or higher will be scaled up to 359 in instanced PvP.
Classes
- Demon Hunter
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Extended Sigil’s tooltip from displaying correct decimal values in PvP combat.
- Priest
  - Shadow
    - Fixed an issue causing Psyfiend to be immune to magic removal effects.
    - Fixed an issue causing Psyfiend to not be healable.
    - Psyflay from Psyfiend is now more responsive when players line of sight or run out of range of the spell.
    - The duration of Psyflay now updates based on the remaining duration of Psyfiend for situations where the target runs out of range and back in range of the spell.
- Warrior
  - Fury
    - Fixed an issue that allowed Slaughterhouse (PvP Talent) to be refreshed by other Warriors.
Solo Shuffle
- Fixed an issue that could cause players to earn less Conquest than intended when matches were played on Maldraxxus Coliseum.

Quests

Alternates that reach level 70 should now be able to speak with Alexstrasza in the Seat of the Aspects and accept “To Tyrhold.”
Fixed an issue where quest marker for starting “Second Challenge of Tyr: Might” would not appear correctly, which caused confusion when players abandoned it and went back to Valdrakken in order to pick it up.
Thaldrazsus
- Fixed an issue where Patient Vaargo wasn’t always able to properly trigger the Great Shellkhan rare in Thaldraszus.
- Fixed an error on the tool tip for the Direct Apprentice extra action during the world quest “Salamanther’s Embrace.”
The Waking Shores
- Fixed an issue where was Basrikron not appropriately granting kill credit.

Reputation

Cobalt Assembly
- The power "Arcane Bravery” can now be dispelled and spellstolen. In addition, it now correctly makes the player immune to all damage, rather than to all effects.

December 13, 2022

Achievements

Fixed an issue where The Best at What I Do could get stuck at 29/30 progress.
Defeating enemies empowered by elemental storms in The Primalist Future will now correctly count towards the following achievements: Thunderstorms in Thaldrazsus, Sandstorms in Thaldraszus, Firestorms in Thaldraszus, and Snowstorms in Thaldrawszus.

Classes

Rogue
- Fixed an issue that caused Nightstalker to provide a damage bonus larger than intended for some skills under certain conditions.

Dungeons and Raids

Brakenhide Hollow
- Fixed an issue in Brackenhide Hollow where after a soft reset, enemies would respawn and gates would be closed even if bosses linked to them were defeated.
- Fixed an issue where Rotbow Stalker’s Bone Bolt Volley was targeting pets.
Halls of Infusion
- The wave gauntlet before Primal Tsunami received multiple adjustments so that it is less punishing.
- Primal Tsunami
  - Using Shadowstep or Shadowstrike no longer places the Rogue so close to the Primal Tsunami causing them to get them knocked back.
The Nokhud Offensive
- Stormcaller’s Fury now affects a smaller space around Nokhudon Hold.
- Players can no longer use dragonriding abilities inside Nokhudon Hold while the Nokhudon Stormcallers are active.
- Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes be hit by Stormcaller’s Fury when double jumping or gliding.
- Fixed an issue where Rally the Clan from Nokhud Hornsounder could incorrectly be interrupted.
- Teera and Maruuk
  - Fixed an issue where pulling enemies to Teera and Maruuk during their roleplay sequence will cause them to reset.
- Balakar Khan
  - Balakar Khan now moves more quickly.
  - Slightly increased the time between casts of Rending Strike, Savage Strike, Conductive Strike, and Thunder Strike.
  - Static Spear’s damage to targets in targeted area reduced by 30% and the damage dealt to all players reduced by 25%.
Ruby Life Pools
- Fixed an issue that allowed Infernocore to function after Kyrakka is defeated.
- Fixed an issue where Thunderhead’s Rolling Thunder could target distant players who are not in combat which could make running back after dying difficult.
- The shield from Primalist Flamedancer’s Blaze of Glory is now a Magic effect and can be dispelled.
Vault of the Incarnates
- Eranog
  - Increased the delay before Lava Flow inflicts damage to players.

Items and Rewards

Reduced Integrated Primal Fire’s cooldown to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
Rotten Rimefin Tuna no longer stacks.
Obsidian Collar is eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive and requires relogging.

Player versus Player

War Mode
- Sparks of Life from honorable kills are no longer awarded while in a raid.

Professions

Reduced the chance of receiving a skill-up from recrafting by 60%.
Increased the number of skill points gained from crafting recipes involving Sparks of Ingenuity to 3 (was 1) to better reward you when doing so, and to make it easier to gain crafting skill beyond 50.
[EU servers only, NA on next regional restarts] Lowered the amount of crafting orders needed for “[Profession] Services Requested.”
- Blacksmithing, Tailoring, and Leatherworking reduced to 3 orders (was 5).
- Engineering, Inscription, and Jewelcrafting reduced to 2 orders (was 5).
  - Developers’ note: To make it easier to satisfy the weekly crafting order quests, we have reduced the number of crafting orders that need to be fulfilled. The major armor professions have more recipes with orders, so for Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, and Tailoring, requirements have been reduced from 5 to 3. For Jewelcrafting, Inscription, and Engineering the requirements have been reduced from 5 to 2.
Alchemy
- Alchemical Experimentation has received the following changes:
  - The success chance for all Experimentations has been slightly increased.
  - The failure rate for Basic Experimentation has been slightly reduced.
  - Failure now correctly grants loot, skill-ups, and consumes reagents.
  - You can no longer experience a failure twice in a row.
    - Developers’ note: One of the goals with alchemical experimentation was to present a unique and flavorful way of introducing recipes outside of usual reward outlets. We knew there would be players on either extreme (or both!) of the luck spectrum but hoped we could offer enough recipes early that players could feel able to carve out their own niche, while steadily progressing toward a broader array of products long-term. We feel that we were successful in capturing a fun fantasy, but agree with the sentiment that the gameplay needed some improvement. We will keep an eye on this topic going forward and may make additional changes in the future. Thank you for your continued feedback.
Engineering
- Fixed an issue where recrafting P.E.W. x2 would not accept optional reagents.
Inscription
- Fieldmaster Emberath in Valdrakken now offers scribes a set of Crimson Combatant PvP trinket recipes at the cost of Awakened Ire.
- Fixed an issue where the Empower with Training Matrix optional reagent was not properly displayed on various Inscription weapons.
Jewelcrafting
- Fixed an issue where recrafting Torc of Passed Time would not accept optional reagents.

Quests

Kryrian Covenant
- Fixed some issues causing enemies in some Kyrian Covenant Campaign scenarios to not deal enough damage to level 70 players to complete the quest for a long time.
Obsidian Citadel
- Osoria’s Assistance is now only usable outside of combat during “Hands Off Operation” and the damage has been reduced when targeting enemies that are not part of the quest.
- Fixed an issue that caused “Wyrm Food” to not be completed if “Securing Our Legacy” or “Greatest of Threats” are turned in first.
Thaldraszus
- Fixed an issue on the “Screechflight Scramble” quest line where Harleen Chirpsnide would phase out and block player progress.
- Fixed an issue was fixed where changing water shoes on “Hydro Tuskarr” wasn’t working properly.
- World Quests
  - Moved Glisteneing Salamanthers away from Eclipse Lake during “Hydro Tuskarr“ to prevent them from attacking players while on Iskaara Watergliders.
  - Fixed an issue with Iskaara Waterwalkers during “Hydro Tuskarr” where the extra action button for the Net quest item would not appear while using them.
Valdrakken
- Fixed an issue with The Ruby Feast questline that was blocking players from advancing past the first day’s quests.
World Bosses
- Basrikron
  - Fixed an issue with some players failing to receive credit for the world boss quest.
World Quests
- The following reputation rewards have been increased:
  - Normal faction world quests increased to 150 reputation (was 100).
  - The larger elite world quests located at the major elite areas increased to 250 reputation (was 200).
  - The Tuskarr Fishing Frenzy world quests increased to 200 reputation (was 150).
  - The Dragonscale Expedition weekly “Wanted Poster” quests increased to 250 reputation for the non-dungeon quests (was 200).
    - Developers’ note: While we are not increasing the cadence on many of the Dragonflight World Quests, we are adjusting the reputation on some of the World Quests to help some of our players to better progress the weekly “Aiding the Accord” quests.

Reputation

Cobalt Assembly
- The Cobalt Catch-Up power now appears less frequently after accumulating a certain number of powers, including stacked powers (was 100%).
  - Developers’ note: Cobalt Catch-Up (the power that refreshes duration on all powers) will never go away completely, but it will no longer be trivial to maintain insane amounts of power by simply killing one creature every 5 minutes.
Iskaara Tuskar
- Tavio in Iskaara is granting players who are 13+ renown 250 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for each type of fishing upgrade reagent they bring him each week. He will continue to give 25 reputation for subsequent extra reagents as well.
- Made some additional backend changes to “Community Feast” to reduce lag and improve performance.
- Fixed an issue where the map marker for Iskaara was incorrectly showing that players can earn bonus rewards from the Community Feast after they have earned their Supply-Laden Soup Pot for the week.
- Fixed an issue that caused Hunters to sometimes not see a reward on the quest “Cooking Utensils” offered by Lil Ki at Renown Rank 2.
- The Tuskarr net clearing dailies now give 100 reputation (was 15).
- Fixed an issue where “Community Feast” was not awarding credit while in a raid group.
- Big Kinook’s recipe for soup has slightly changed, particularly when very large groups of players are helping out. As a side effect, it should be a little bit more difficult to get legendary quality soup.
- Big Kinook is rewarding his assistant chefs more for a couple of his tasks during the Community Feast:
  - Fishing and Fetching Ingredient tasks increased to 40 reputation (was 25).
  - Protecting the soup from beasts will now give up to 60 reputation when you help defeat the beasts.
  - Luumak the Insatiable will reward 80 reputation when killed after reaching Legendary status on the soup.
  - Bisquis will now drop an additional 50 reputation each time he is killed on top of the 50 you get for killing him once each day.
  - Bisquis will give an additional 10 reputation each time you fill the legendary soup bar up to an additional 50. 150 reputation max.
Valdrakken Accord
- The amount of renown required for the quest “Aiding the Accord” has been reduced to 3000 (was 4000).

December 12, 2022

Classes

Death Knight
- Blood
  - [With weekly restarts] Blood Fortification no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Demon Hunter
- [With weekly restarts] Fixed an issue that unintentionally permitted Fodder to the Flame’s heal effect to crit.
- [With weekly restarts] The Hunt now heals for 10%/20% (as Havoc/Vengeance) of damage dealt to the marked target for 20 seconds (was 25%/50% for 30 seconds).
- [With weekly restarts] Charred Warblades now heals for 3% of Fire damage dealt (was 5%).
- Havoc
  - [With weekly restarts] Essence Break damage reduced by 8%.
- Vengeance
  - [With weekly restarts] Demonic Wards Rank 1 and Rank 2 passives have been removed, reducing Demonic Wards total damage reduction to 10% (was 20% damage reduction).
Druid
- Guardian
  - [With weekly restarts] Ursine Adept no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Mage
- Frost
  - Fixed an issue that caused Frigid Winds to not correctly benefit Freezing Cold’s snare.
Monk
- Brewmaster
  - [With weekly restarts] Brewmaster’s Balance no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Paladin
- Protection
  - [With weekly restarts] Aegis of Light no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Priest
- Shadow
  - [With weekly restarts] Vampiric Touch healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%).
  - [With weekly restarts] Devouring Plague healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%).
Rogue
- [With weekly restarts] Leeching Poison leech bonus reduced to 5% (was 10%).
- Assassination
  - [With weekly restarts] Poison Bomb chance to trigger reduced to 4/8% (was 5/10%).
  - Fixed an issue that prevented Cut to the Chase from benefitting from Echoing Reprimand’s Animacharged combo points.
  - Fixed an issue that would cause Garrote to fail to apply to all targets if one target was immune, when cast with Indiscriminate Carnage.
- Outlaw
  - [With weekly restarts] Dispatch damage increased by 5%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Pistol Shot damage reduced by 6%.
- Subtlety
  - [With weekly restarts] Black Powder damage reduced by 5%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Fixed an issue that caused Secret Technique to interact incorrectly with Cold Blood.
Warlock
- [With weekly restarts] Fel Synergy now causes Soul Leech to heal you for 15% of the absorption it grants (was 25%).
- [With weekly restarts] Soul Leech now grants shields up to 5% of maximum health (was 10%).
- [With weekly restarts] Demon Skin now increases Soul Leech’s absorption up to 10% of maximum health (was 15%).
Warrior
- Fury
  - [With weekly restarts] Gushing Wound damage and healing reduced by 10%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Bloodthirst damage increased by 1%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Bloodbath damage increased by 1%.
    - Developers’ note: Bloodthirst and Bloodbath damage has been increased to compensate for the Gushing Wound damage reduction.
- Protection
  - [With weekly restarts] Vanguard no longer reduces damage taken (was 5% damage reduction).
  - [With weekly restarts] Defensive Stance reduced to 15% damage reduction (was 20%). Damage reduction remains unchanged at 10% effectiveness in PvP.
  - [With weekly restarts] Demoralizing Shout now reduces damage taken by 20% (was 25%).
  - [With weekly restarts] Ignore Pain now ignores 50% of damage taken (was 55%).

Dungeons and Raids

The Nokhud Offensive
- Fixed an issue causing the dragonriding tutorial message to appear in Maruukai after Balakar Khan had been defeated.
- Nokhud Longbow’s Multi-Shot’s damage reduced by 71%.
- Nokhud Hornsounder health reduced by 12%.
- Nokhud Hornsounder’s Rally the Clan frequency slightly reduced and its cast time slightly increased.
- Unstable Squall no longer casts Violent Dispersion on death.
- Nokhud Defender no longer casts Bloodcurdling Shout in Normal and Heroic difficulty.
- Nokhud Defender’s Bloodcurdling Shout frequency slightly reduced.
- Nokhud Thunderfist’s Deadly Thunder frequency slightly reduced.
- Batak’s Bloodcurdling Shout frequency reduced.
- Soulharvesters’ Shatter Soul will now spawn souls closer to the players targeted with the ability.
- Granyth
  - Reduced the spawn rate of Nokhud Saboteur on Mythic difficulty.
- The Raging Tempest
  - Primal Stormshield’s health reduced by 23%.
  - Primal Stormshield’s Stormshield frequency slightly reduced.

Player versus Player

[With weekly restarts] Medals of Honor can no longer be used if the honor it grants would put you over the honor cap.
[With weekly restarts] Victorious Contender’s Strongbox is now available to Level 70 players from Seltherex in Valdrakken for 5,000 Honor.
Classes
- Death Knight
  - Blood
    - [With weekly restarts] Blood for Blood increases the damage of Heart Strike by 30% (was 60%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Shattering Bone damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
- Demon Hunter
  - [With weekly restarts] Sigil of Misery PvP duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
  - [With weekly restarts] Concentrated Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Precise Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Extended Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Fodder to the Flame heal effect reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
  - Havoc
    - [With weekly restarts] Consume Soul heal effect when consuming a Demon Soul reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Essence Break damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- Druid
  - Guardian
    - [With weekly restarts] Moonfire damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Thrash damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Brambles damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Rage of the Sleeper reflect damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] After the Wildfire healing reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Sharpened Claws increases the damage of Thrash and Swipe by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Tooth and Claw increases the damage of Maul by 20% in PvP combat (was 40%).
- Mage
  - Fire
    - [With weekly restarts] Combustion can no longer be dispelled.
      - Developers’ note: We feel that the counterplay to Combustion, a major self-cast offensive cooldown, did not feel appropriate as it was easily dispelled. We are hoping with this change that it will prompt more creative solutions to counterplay the ability. We didn’t want to make this change previously, due to balance concerns, but now feel it is an appropriate time to bring it in line with other major cooldowns.
- Paladin
  - Protection
    - [With weekly restarts] Word of Glory healing reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Light of the Titans healing reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Guardian of the Forgotten Queen cooldown increased to 5 minutes.
- Priest
  - [With weekly restarts] Vampiric Touch and Devouring Plague healing are no longer reduced in PvP combat.
- Rogue
  - [With weekly restarts] Soothing Darkness heal effect reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - Assassination
    - [With weekly restarts] Hemotoxin (PvP Talent) healing reduction effect reduced to 35% (was 40%).
  - Subtlety
    - [With weekly restarts] The Rotten damage bonus for Backstab and Shadowstrike reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
      - Developers’ note: Shadowstrike was hitting too hard, leaving minimum room for counterplay for opponents and taking too much damage in a single stun.
- Warrior
  - Fury
    - [With weekly restarts] Bloodthirst now restores 2% of your health in PvP combat (was 3%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse now decreases healing taken by 3% per stack (was 5% per stack).
    - [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse now stacks up to 12 times (was 8 times).
    - [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse duration increased to 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).
    - [With weekly restarts] Slaughterhouse duration is no longer refreshed when adding stacks.
  - Protection
    - [With weekly restarts] Shield Charge damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Booming Voice now increases the damage you deal by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
Solo Shuffle
- [With weekly restarts] With Season 1’s start, the minimum PvP item level to queue for Rated Solo Shuffle is 408.

Professions

Jewelcrafting
- [With weekly restarts] Stats granted by the Elemental Lariat’s equip effect reduced by 5% and it can no longer have multiple bonuses up simultaneously. This change does not negatively impact proc rates or buff uptime.
  - Developers’ note: Many players have their sights set on the Elemental Lariat as one of their first Spark of Ingenuity crafts as it becomes available tomorrow. Upon further investigation, this turned out to be slightly stronger than intended and we have adjusted it to better match our expectations. We wanted to ensure these changes were in before players invested their valuable resources into acquiring it so everyone can make an informed decision about whether to create this item.

User Interface and Accessibility

Fixed an issue where hidden spells in Azmerloth were being printed in the combat log.

December 9, 2022

Achievements

Fixed an issue where The Best at What I Do would lose or reset progress. Unfortunately, current achievement progress will reset for this fix.

Classes

Mage
- Fixed an issue where Energized Barriers was removing auras instead of just the associated snare effect.
Monk
- Mistweaver
  - Fixed an issue that caused Accumulating Mist to not apply its buff if Soothing Mist was channeled on targets other than the Monk.
Priest
- Discipline
  - Fixed an issue preventing Catharsis from triggering Atonement healing.
Shaman
- Enhancement
  - Fixed an issue where Static Accumulation did not always properly work for the entirety of the duration of Ascendance.
  - Fixed an issue where Hailstorm’s maximum stacks could improperly be refreshed to a lower number when talented into Overflowing Maelstrom.
Warlock
- Soulburn now lasts 20 seconds and can no longer be canceled.
- Spells affected by Soulburn are now correctly highlighted.

Creatures and NPCs

Fixed an issue where Brackenhide Gnolls in the Azure Span could pursue players over a much greater distance than intended.

Dragonriding

Fixed the target of the parachute when using ride-along. The passenger will now correctly get the parachute, not the driver.

Dungeons and Raids

Brakenhide Hollow
- Sentiu now shows up to help players out of the dungeon after they defeat Decatriarch Wratheye.
Hackclaw’s War-Band
- Reduced damage for Rira Hackclaw’s Savage Charge on Normal and Heroic, allowing players a better chance to survive if things go wrong. The damage is not changed on Mythic.
Halls of Infusion
- Gulp Swog Toxin no longer kills creatures and can only affect players.
- Improved the visual for the Primalist Galesinger’s Thunderstorm so it is easier to see when placed in the water.
Nokhud Offensive
- The Raging Tempest
  - Fixed a bug where Orb of Power does not grant players Surge of Power if the Stormsurge Totem is destroyed.
Return to Karazhan
- Opera Hall: Westfall Story
  - Corrected an issue where Thunder Ritual and Wash Away were doing an incorrectly high amount of damage in Mythic (but non-Keystone) difficulty.
Shrine of the Storm
- Lord Stormsong
  - Fixed an issue that was causing Ancient Mindbender to require too much damage to break.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where Furious Ragefeather was not triggering from various damaging spells.
Fixed an issue where Infurious Legrwraps of Possibility was providing the incorrect amount of Haste when triggered.
Fixed an issue where some Dragonflight toys were not getting added to the collection.

Professions

Fishing
- With the increase in fishing activity in the Dragon Isles, the Tuskarr at the watering holes are now looking for 20 fish (was 10) to restock their best fishing holes. They will be granting the following rewards:
  - 200 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for the first turn-in of Islefin Dorado.
  - 100 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for the first turn-in of each type of common fish.
  - 5 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for subsequent turn-ins of all fish.
- The rare summoned lunkers are already immune to death grip, but the Elite lunkers are not which can make them trivial to defeat. The Elite lunkers (the ones summoned at fishing holes with Ominous Conchs) are now immune to Death Grip.
  - Developers’ Note: Normal lunkers randomly found while Tuskarr are fishing (and those available in world quests) are still susceptible to Death Grip.

Quests

The maximum number of quests that a player-character may have has been increased to 35 (was 25).
- Developers’ notes: We’ve seen feedback about the quest log cap for a long time, and we agree. It’s time to increase it. Have fun taking on (up to) 10 additional adventures!
Fixed an issue where players were unable to see PvP World Quests while in Valdrakken.
Ohn’ahran Plains
- Fixed an issue that occasionally caused multiple Grand Hunts to run at the same time in the Ohn’ahran Plains.
Thaldraszus
- Fixed an issue where credit was not being shared among party members during “Flying Rocs.”
- Fixed the interact range for objectives on “Time-Locked Timewalkers.”
- World Quests
  - Updated tooltip to include Digging Spot on “Forgotten Grotto Relics.”
The Waking Shores
- Fixed an issue where Djaradin in the Burning Ascent were not correctly giving credit for the quest objective in “Make a Statement.”
- Fixed an issue where multiple instances of NPCs would remain after turning in “The Shadow of His Wings.”

Reputation

Cobalt Assembly
- Arcane Health will no longer be offered beyond 5 stacks.
- Arcane Consumption will no longer be offered when in War Mode.

December 8, 2022

Achievements

Fixed the timer for completing Three Minutes or It’s Free.

Classes

Evoker
- Ancient Flame now also reduces the global cooldown of Living Flame by 40%.
  - Developers’ note: We added this GCD reduction to the Ancient Flame talent so Living Flame can be smoothly cast in quick succession.
- Devastation
  - Energizing Flame now restores 70% of Living Flame’s mana cost when striking an enemy (was 50%).
  - Living Flame now heals for 30% more and costs 20% of total mana (was 10% total mana).
    - Developers’ note: We want Living Flame to feel more impactful for Devastation Evokers when using it to heal themselves or an ally, but we also want to make sure it can’t be used indefinitely. The Evoker’s mana bar is intended to be a rate limiter on healing, similar to how Healing Surge is for Elemental Shamans for example.
Hunter
- Beast Mastery
  - Fixed an issue where Call of the Wild was making Mend Pet temporarily unusable each time a pet was summoned from Call of the Wild.
Warlock
- Fixed an issue where Profane Bargain was providing too high of shared damage.

Creatures and NPCs

Maldraxxus Abominations should now correctly help players above level 60 when adventuring in the Shadowlands.
Fixed an issue where Horace “Scalding” Stern would clutter players’ combat logs with his actions.
Players can no longer sit on the stools that Miya and her mother Plifa are sleeping on in the Gelikyr Inn. This change will allow them to get the quality of sleep they deserve.

Dragonriding

Whirling Surge cooldown now resets at the start of each dragon race.

Dungeons and Raids

Brakenhide Hollow
- Bracken Warsourge’s Hideous Cackle chamges:
  - Reduced the duration to 4 seconds (was 7)
  - Increased the cast time to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5)
  - Added stronger visuals to the precast to draw more attention to the cast time so players can more readily interrupt it.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where some Tuskarr Fishing Net timers were not decreasing while offline.
Fixed an issue where Darkmoon Deck: Watcher was giving a lower Versatility value than expected when triggering the shield.
Drakonid Spear is now only useable in the Dragon Isles outdoor content.

Professions

Fixed issues with multiple incorrect recipe bindings:
- Technique: Renewed Proto-Drake: Predator Pattern is no longer Bind on Pickup.
- Schematic: Tinker: Breath of Neltharion is no longer Bind on Pickup.
- Recipe: Celebratory Cake is now Bind on Pickup.
  - Developers’ Note: Our philosophy for Dragon Isles recipe acquisition is simple - we intend for as many recipes to be tradeable as possible. The main exceptions to this rule are for recipes that come from quest rewards and from renown. There should always be a moment of excitement when you find a recipe, either because it can be sold for a pretty penny or read for your own benefit. We will continue to keep an eye out for and correct recipes that do not align with these goals.
Cooking
- Cooking Seamoth Surprise now correctly has a chance to teach the Great Cerulean Sea recipe (was Thousandbone Tongueslicer).
Inscription
- Technique: Weathered Explorer’s Stave now requires Dragon Isles Inscription 50 to match all other high-end recipes (was 75).

Quests

Dragonflight Campaign
- Fixed an issue preventing “Open Orientation” from being available to some alts.
Ohn’ahran Plains
- “Counting Argali” and “Bakar Dream of Lost Argali” should now be significantly easier to complete.
- Fixed an issue where the Foal’s Training Ability would show when not on the world quest “Low Hanging Fruit.”
Thaldraszus
- Fixed an issue where the beam in use during the “The Once and Future Team” wasn’t cancelling itself if the quest was abandoned.
- Fixed an issue on “The Once and Future Team” where Timewalker Wardens would sometimes not join the fight against the Colossal Causality.
- Fixed an issue where Andantenormu was forgetting to rescue Worgen and Zandalari Trolls during “Feels like the First Time.”
- Added a waypoint for “Catching Up to Chromie.”
- Adjusted the tooltip for the “Temporal Destabilizing Beam” to show the correct range.
- World Quests
  - Fixed the “Hydro Tuskarr” so the net is not usable while swimming underwater.
The Waking Shores
- Fixed an issue where Cygenoth could fail to transform if he was stunned during the encounter in “The Shadow of His Wings.”

Reputation

Valdrakken Accord
- Fixed an issue where the “Fitting In” quest could display rewards that were already owned.

December 7, 2022

Black Market Auction House

Fixed an issue where players at max level could not use the Black Market Auction House.

Classes

Hunter
- Fixed an issue where Sentinel Owl would remove Rogues from Stealth.
Monk
- Windwalker
  - Fixed an issue where Transfer the Power was gaining multiple stacks from a single Rising Sun Kick.
Paladin
- Fixed an issue where Seal of the Crusader was increasing all Holy damage taken by the target instead of just the caster’s Holy damage.
Priest
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue causing Answered Prayers to not be removed when extending Apotheosis.
Rogue
- Subtlety
  - Secret Technique can now correctly trigger Alacrity.
Shaman
- Enhancement
  - Fixed an issue causing Maelstrom Weapon to not stack past 8 stacks with Raging Maelstrom.

Creatures and NPCs

Fixed the positions of several enemies in the Fetid Encampment so that they are no longer blocked by the environment.

Dungeons and Raids

Ruby Life Pools
- Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein
  - Fixed an issue where Kyrakka could attack unintended targets when she lands.
  - Fixed an issue that could prevent Flaming Embers from correctly inflicting damage.
Shrine of the Storm
- Tidesage Council
  - Multiple adjustments were made to Slicing Blast on Normal difficulty to require fewer interrupts from players still in the leveling process.
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
- Fixed an issue that was preventing Death Knights from returning to the dungeon using Death Gate.

Items and Rewards

The Bottomless Reliquary Satchel trinket now provides primary stats.
Greater Obsidian Key will no longer vanish upon leaving the Obsidian Citadel.
Fixed an issue where Waking Earth and Waking Fire were unable to be used when spawned outside the Waking Shores.
Increased affected area of Tome of Unstable Power to 8 yards (was 5).
Fixed an issue where the Darkmoon Deck: Dance was removing players’ shapeshift.
Fixed an issue where Missingway Hand Cannon was incorrectly categorized as a bow.

Pet Battles

Fixed an issue where the Snowclaw Cub could not be summoned from the Pet Journal.

Player versus Player

Classes
- Druid
  - Guardian
    - Den Mother (PvP Talent) now affects raid and party members.
Items
- Assembly Guardian’s Ring absorption reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
- Assembly Scholar’s Loop damage reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
- Assembly Preserver’s Band heal reduced by 60% in PvP combat.

Quests

The Azure Span
- Fixed an issue where the Artifact Locator would remain after completing “Can’t Have These.”
Dragonflight Campaign
- Fixed an issue causing “Renown of Dragon Isles” and “Open Orientation” to not be available to alts who have not completed the Thaldrazus storyline, preventing them from completing the endgame campaign.
Jewelcrafting
- Mundane Gems now correctly drop from Djaradin enemies during “Mundane Gems, I Think Not!”
Obsidian Citadel
- Fixed an issue where Osoria’s Assistance would remain in player’s inventory after completing “Hands-Off Operation.”
Ohn’ahran Plains
- Fixed an issue with “Second Challenge of Tyr: Might” where the second objective incorrectly directed players to speak with the Projection of Tyr and has been corrected to the Maiden of Inspiration.
Thaldraszus
- World Quests
  - Fixed an issue where freeing Imprisoned Travelers during “Rebel Concerns” was not correctly providing credit.
  - Fixed an issue with “Hydro Tuskarr” where switching watershoes caused the extra action button to disappear.
  - Fixed the visual for Watergliders and Waterwalkers when they are equipped during “Hydro Tuskarr.”
  - Fixed an issue where the Sneaky Youngster could be interacted with multiple times during “Hide and Seek.”
The Waking Shores
- The amount of Impressive Dragon Skulls required to complete Tarjin’s Tale reduced to 5 (was 25).

Reputation

Iskaara Tuskarr
- Map icons for the Community Feast should now display for eligible alts.
Valdrakken Accord
- Players who have reached renown rank 26 or higher with Valdrakken Accord will now unlock armor for all four dragonriding drakes when they enter Thaldraszus.

December 6, 2022

Classes

Death Knight
- Blood
  - Fixed an issue with Voracious increasing Death Strike’s minimum heal by more than intended.
Hunter
- Fixed an issue where enemies that were immune to the knockback from High Explosive Trap were still being affected by Binding Shackles.
Priest
- Shadow
  - Psyfiend health reduced to 4% of the Priest’s maximum health (down from 10%).
  - Psyfiend is no longer immune to debuffs and channel effects.
  - The channel duration of Psyflay from Psyfiend is now 12 seconds to match the creature’s duration.

Creatures and NPCs

Fixed an issue where Enkine the Voracious could not be summoned.

Dungeons and Raids

Halls of Infusion
- Fixed an issue that was preventing Death Knights from returning to the dungeon using Death Gate.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where if a player dies while equipped with the Primal Ritual Shell the chosen buff resets to wind.
Adjusted the drop rates of Rousing Ire across all forms of content. In general, gathering should be providing substantially less, while participating in instanced PvP should be more rewarding.
Dreamscape Prism now correctly increases your Mastery.
Food buffs received from the Valdrakken Feast will no longer be cancelled when using your Hearthstone.
The “Fully Ruby Feasted” debuff has been fixed to allow the players two simultaneous Ruby Feast buffs, and will no longer affect any of the cosmetics received from food here.
Fixed an issue where trading Bundle O’ Cards: Dragon Isles and Soggy Clump of Darkmoon Cards could cause the client to crash.

Professions

The number of first-time crafts that can grant experience has been reduced to 30 (was 60).
- Developers’ note: We made this change to better support gaining XP from crafting during leveling, while minimizing the incentive to take on several throw-away professions just to level yourself faster.
Fishing
- Fixed an issue where Tuskarr Fishing Holes were not available to players with Iskaara Tuskarr Renown rank 4 on the account and Dragon Isles Fishing.

Quests

The Azure Span
- Made some backend changes to the Community Feast to reduce lag.
  - Developers’ note: Please let us know if you see unusually high lag, particularly if it happens only in the Iskaara area, or if it only happens while the Community Feast event is occurring.
Ohn’ahran Plains
- The quest boss for “The Field of Ferocity: Master of the Hunt!” should now behave properly when both left unengaged in combat and when being defeated.
Thaldraszus
- Fixed an issue where players and NPCs were floating during the “Back to the Future” cinematic.
- Fixed an issue in “Cracks in Time” where the extra action button was not displaying while dragonriding.
The Waking Shores
- Fixed an issue where Disgruntled Riverbeast Matriarch was not displaying the proper tooltip during “Wildlife Rescue.”

December 5, 2022

Achievements

Fixed an issue where Iskaaran Harpoon was not granting credit towards Cutting Tusk Equipment.
Obsidian Champion should now register step completions correctly. Unfortunately, previous credit for the quest “Forging the Answer” may need to be repeated.

Classes

Tank Specializations
- Tank-specialized characters now generate 650% additional threat (was 550%).
  - Developers’ note: We’ve heard feedback that on-pull burst in dungeon content is causing damage dealers to pull threat more often than is desirable. This change represents roughly a 15% increase to tank threat generation, which should help alleviate these cases, while still requiring tanks to actively engage with packs to hold threat.
Demon Hunter
- [With weekly restarts] The Hunt damage reduced by 10%.
- [With weekly restarts] Fodder to the Flame’s trigger rate no longer scales with Haste.
Druid
- Restoration
  - [With weekly restarts] Regrowth healing decreased by 6%.
Hunter
- [With weekly restarts] Steel Trap damage has been reduced by 20%.
- [With weekly restarts] Explosive Shot damage has been increased by 15%.
- [With weekly restarts] Barrage damage has been increased by 15%.
- Marksmanship
  - [With weekly restarts] All damage increased by 10%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Heavy Ammo now causes Trick Shot ricochets to deal an additional 25% damage (was 10%).
- Survival
  - [With weekly restarts] All damage increased by 5%.
Mage
- Fire
  - [With weekly restarts] Flamestrike damage increased by 8%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Pyroblast damage increased by 5%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Fireball damage increased by 10%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Scorch damage increased by 10%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Ignite damage increased by 5%.
Monk
- Brewmaster
  - [With weekly restarts] Brewmaster’s Balance now grants 45% increased Stamina (was 30%).
- Mistweaver
  - [With weekly restarts] Awakened Faeline Spinning Crane Kick now heals 3 nearby allies for 60% of the damage done (was 50%).
  - [With weekly restarts] Vivify healing to primary target increased by 20%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Peaceful Mending now increases healing received by Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist by 30% (was 20%).
  - [With weekly restarts] Yu’lon’s Whisper now heals 5 targets (was 6) and healing increased by 15%.
Paladin
- Protection
  - [With weekly restarts] Aegis of Light now grants 50% increased Stamina (was 45%) and 30% increased Armor (was 15%).
Priest
- Mind Spike now correctly has a visual when damaging enemies.
- Shadow
  - Fixed an issue causing Mental Decay to not extend the duration of Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch when damage was absorbed.
Rogue
- Assassination
  - [With weekly restarts] Exsanguinate cooldown increased to 3 minutes (was 45 seconds) and bleed effect magnitude reduced to 80% (was 100%).
    - Developer’s note: Recent data from Live and Beta indicates that Exsanguinate is drastically overperforming its historic and intended power level. We recognize that this is a heavy nerf for an individual talent, but it is important that Exsanguinate’s power be similar to alternative available talent choices. We see this as a temporary measure as we head towards the opening of Dragonflight’s first season, and we will be reconsidering Exsanguinate’s position and role as an available talent for Assassination and may move, replace, or redesign it in a future patch.
Shaman
- Restoration
  - [With weekly restarts] All healing spells healing increased by 5%.
  - [With weekly restarts] Acid Rain damage increased by 50%.
Warlock
- [With weekly restarts] Soul Leech now converts 3% of damage dealt to an absorb shield (was 6%).
Warrior
- Arms
  - [With weekly restarts] Fueled by Violence now heals for 85% of the damage done by Deep Wounds (was 65%).
- Protection
  - [With weekly restarts] Fueled by Violence now causes Deep Wounds to heal you for 85% (was 65%) of the damage it deals.
  - [With weekly restarts] Brutal Vitality now adds 15% of the damage dealt to your active Ignore Pain (was 30%).

Dungeons and Raids

Brackenhide Hollow
- Decatriarch Wratheye
  - Fixed an issue where she might not perform her abilities.
The Nokhud Offensive
- Fixed an issue where Teera and Maruuk encounter can sometimes reset if pulled too quickly after their roleplay has ended.
- Fixed an issue where Ukhel Deathspeakers were using the silver dragon border instead of the gold dragon border.
Ruby Life Pools
- Kokia Blazehoof
  - Fixed an issue where Molten Boulder could sometimes fail to indicate the correct impact location.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where learning a toy while they were stacked would consume the entire stack.

Player versus Player

Classes
- Death Knight
  - [With weekly restarts] Anti-Magic Shell (Talent) absorption amount reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Improved Death Strike increase to Death Strike’s healing has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Will of the Necropolis (Talent) damage reduction reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Anti-Magic Barrier (Talent) increase to Anti-Magic Shell duration and amount absorbed has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Abomination Limb (Talent) will no longer pull individual enemy players more than once over its duration (was every 4 seconds).
  - Frost
    - [With weekly restarts] Death Strike’s healing increased based on recent damage is reduced by 50% if the damage was dealt by players or their pets.
  - Unholy
    - [With weekly restarts] Death Strike’s healing increased based on recent damage is reduced by 50% if the damage was dealt by players or their pets.
      - Developers’ note: Death Knight survivability has been substantially higher than we’re comfortable with, so we’re targeting several aspects of their defensive kit. We feel that with these adjustments, Death Knights will maintain durability with options to counterplay defensively. Additionally, the multiple grips from Abomination Limb created scenarios of unfun gameplay with minimal counterplay in PvP. We’re changing this talent to be able to pull in a unique player in once per talent usage. We believe this change will allow the talent to be an attractive talent to pick while maintaining counterplay options for opponents.
- Druid
  - Restoration
    - [With weekly restarts] Budding Leaves is now 70% effective in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Fixed an issue that caused Focused Growth’s buff to only apply to one Lifebloom at a time while using the Undergrowth talent.
      - Developers’ note: Lifebloom has been a higher percentage of Druid healing’s breakdown in PvP than we’d like, so we’re reducing Budding Leaves to bring it more in line.
- Evoker
  - [With weekly restarts] Scarlet Adaptation’s cap is reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Fire Breath’s initial damage is reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  - [With weekly restarts] Disintegrate and Pyre deal 15% increased damage in PvP combat.
    - Developers’ note: The goal of this tuning change is to reduce the very high burst from fully charged Fire Breath, which we felt was unfair as it had the potential to kill enemy players without any time to react. Living Flame also had the potential to deal high burst with all its modifiers combined together, so we’re reducing Scarlet Adaptation’s cap in PvP. To compensate for the lost power, we’re increasing the damage of Disintegrate and Pyre so that Evoker can contribute more meaningful consistent damage. Note that this will affect both Devastation and Preservation specializations.
  - Preservation
    - [With weekly restarts] Mana regeneration is reduced by an additional 10% in PvP combat.
      - Developers’ notes: All healers have reduced mana regeneration in PvP, so that fights end after a reasonable period of time. Preservation receiving this reduction brings them closer in line with the other healers so that mana is relevant in PvP.
- Mage
  - Arcane
    - [With weekly restarts] Nether Precision now 75% effective in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Prodigious Savant now 80% effective in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Arcane Bombardment now 65% effective in PvP combat.
      - Developers’ note: We’re looking to address Arcane’s instant burst damage through adjustments targeting Arcane Blast and Arcane Barrage modifiers. Arcane Bombardment in particular has been too powerful of an execute effect in PvP for its current availability.
    - Frost
      - [With weekly restarts] Piercing Cold is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
      - [With weekly restarts] Ice Lance damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
      - [With weekly restarts] (PvP Talent) Snowdrift no longer has a cast time (was 1.5 seconds).
      - [With weekly restarts] (PvP Talent) Snowdrift’s cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 60 seconds).
        
        Developers’ note: Glacial Spike critical strikes are hitting harder than we would like, despite the long cast time attached to this spell. We’re reducing Piercing Cold’s critical strike damage modifier in PvP to help address this without impacting the base damage of the spell. We’re also increasing the damage of Ice lance as the Splitting Ice talent is less valuable in PvP, given the unpredictable and constant movement of players. Additionally, Snowdrift has been requiring more ramp up than intended, so we’re removing its cast time and lowering its cooldown.
- Monk
  - Mistweaver
    - [With weekly restarts] Ancient Teachings of the Monastery now heals for 375% of damage done in PvP combat (was 240%).
      - Developers’ note: We would like to see more aggressive playstyles from Mistweaver Monk to be possible in PvP, so we’re targeting Ancient Teaching of the Monastery to bolster the playstyle.
- Rogue
  - [With weekly restarts] Echoing Reprimand damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
    - Developers’ note: We’ve seen that the ability could have extremely high burst, more than we’re comfortable with, so we are partially reverting the change made in last week’s hotfixes, where Echoing Reprimand’s damage was no longer reduced in PvP.
- Shaman
  - Elemental
    - [With weekly restarts] Magma Chamber effectiveness reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
      - Developers’ note: Earth Shock and Elemental Blast from Elemental Shamans deal more damage than intended with high stacks of Magma Chamber, so we are lowering its effect in PvP.
  - Enhancement
    - [With weekly restarts] Improved Maelstrom Weapon increases the damage and healing of spells by 8%/15% per stack of Maelstrom Weapon in PvP combat (was 10%/20%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Raging Maelstrom increases the effectiveness of Maelstrom Weapon stacks by 3% in PvP combat (was 5%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Stormstrike and Windstrike damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
      - Developers’ note: Damage and healing from fully stacked Maelstrom Weapon are higher than intended in PvP, so we’re reducing the value of the associated talents. Separately, we’d like for Enhancement’s sustained damage to be more well-rounded in PvP, so we’re increasing Stormstrike’s damage.
- Warlock
  - [With weekly restarts] Curse of Tongues reduces cast time by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  - [With weekly restarts] Curse of Tongues applied through Amplify Curse reduces cast time by 20% in PvP combat (was 35%).
    - Developers’ note: We’re reducing the overall power of Curse of Tongues in PvP. We’d like for the spell to be valuable to cast, but not cause casters to have a frustrating time trying to cast spells.
- Warrior
  - Arms
    - [With weekly restarts] Mortal Strike’s damage is no longer reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
    - [With weekly restarts] Sharpened Blades now increases critical strike damage by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Martial Prowess now increases Mortal Strike’s damage by 15% per stack in PvP combat (was 30%).
    - [With weekly restarts] Execute damage increased by 20% in PvP combat (Arms only).
    - [With weekly restarts] Rend damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat (Arms only).
      - Developers’ note: We’re looking to increase Mortal Strike’s consistent damage while keeping its burst potential in line through targeted adjustments to its modifiers. We’re also reducing Rend’s damage in PvP as Skullsplitter has been a culprit for one-shots.
War Mode
- Bloody Tokens from honorable kills are no longer awarded while in a raid.
  - Developers’ Note: We are happy to see awarding Bloody Tokens from player kills in the open world has had positive reception. However, we’ve seen some behavior going against the spirit of the game, particularly forming full raid groups to farm the currency rather than through organic PvP encounters in the open world. Bloody Tokens are still awarded for honorable kills in the open world when a player is in a party, but not in a raid group.

Professions

Skill ranges indicated by Mining and Herbalism gathering journals now accurately reflect the leveling experience.
Alchemy
- Alchemical Experimentation has been re-enabled.
Blacksmithing
- Grekka Anvilsmash (Master Blacksmith) now correctly offers Blacksmithing Knowledge instead of Mining Knowledge.
Engineering
- Tinker’s Workbench and Portable Tinker’s Workbench are now also considered Anvils.
Fishing
- Fixed an issue where full Fishing Nets in River Mouth Fishing Hole occasionally disappearing.

Quests

Adventure Mode
- Fixed an issue where the campaign quest indicators were not appearing properly for quests in Ohn’ahran Plains and Thaldraszus.
The Azure Span
- Fixed an issue where quest rewards could be unavailable for some players turning in “For Imbu!”
Ohn’ahran Plains
- Fixed an issue where the first four quests of Thunderspine dailies were erroneously removing all items from player’s inventory and bank upon completion.
Thaldraszus
- Abandoning the Horde or Alliance versions of the quest “Deathwingurlugull!” while in the plane will now result in the player being teleported back to the quest givers.

Reputation

Cobalt Assembly
- Leech stacks now capped at 5.

User Interface and Accessibility

The icon for Siege on Dragonbane Keep now disappears when it is no longer available due to already being completed.

December 2, 2022

Classes

Druid
- Fixed an issue where Tireless Pursuit was only granting 30% movement speed, not the correct 40% movement speed.
- Balance
  - Fixed an issue where Sunfire applied to multiple targets would not correctly trigger the Mastery benefit.
Evoker
- Fixed an issue where Eternity Surge could be casted while locked out of its spell school.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to recast an empowered spell during its GCD would cause your action bars to grey out.
- Preservation
  - Emerald Communion may now be cast while moving while Hover is active.
Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Fixed an issue where Wind Arrows from Legacy of the Windrunners or Windrunner’s Barrage were gaining bonus damage from your Mastery twice.
Monk
- Fixed an issue preventing the Touch of Death effect of Fatal Flying Guillotine from always being an Improved Touch of Death. The tooltip for this will be clarified in a later update.
Priest
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue causing Answered Prayers to sometimes get stuck at its maximum stack count and fail to trigger Apotheosis.

Creatures and NPCs

The Azure Span
- Tatto the Iskaaran Stable Master will now correctly allow you to stable your pet.
Ohn’ahran Plains
- Beastmaster Oken will now stable pets properly for hunters who find themselves in the Broadhoof Outpost.

Dungeons and Raids

Algeth’ar Academy
- Echo of Doragosa’s health has been increased by 12%.
Brackenhide Hollow
- Fixed an issue where if players entered the gauntlet toward the final boss from the Den of Decay instead of through Treemouth’s area, the gauntlet could become impossible to complete.
- Fixed an issue where Bracken Warscourge could spawn inside of the environment in the area leading up to Hackclaw’s War-Band.
Neltharus
- Qalashi Thaumaturge’s Magma Conflagration damage reduced by 40%.
- Magmatusk’s health has been increased about 15%.

Items and Rewards

Players can now choose to cancel certain Transporter Malfunctions caused by new and old Wormhole Generators.
The Trial of the Elements (Primalist Tomorrow) and Trial of the Flood (Ohn’ahran Plains) events rewards were scaling higher than expected and have had their base item level reduced.
Armoire of Endless cloaks is now a correctly categorized as a Toy.
Integrated Primal Fire trinket damage reduced by 19%.
Fixed an issue where items purchased from Sabellian and Wrathion quartermasters displayed incorrect reputation requirements.

Player versus Player

War Mode
- Fixed an issue that the War Mode and Primal Storm cloak rewards were all using the same stat allocation.
Warlock
- Demonology
  - Axe Toss and Solar Beam can no longer trigger the Precognition PvP Talent.

Professions

Enchanting
- Fixed an issue where Enriched Earthen Shard was appearing underground.
Engineering
- Fixed an issue where Tinker: Plane Displacer was not properly going on cooldown if it malfunctioned.
- Lilliam Sparkspindle will now offer Alliance players the option to unlearn and change their Classic Engineering Gnomish and Goblin specializations.
Herbalism
- Fixed an issue where Rich Soil was spawning too quickly.

Quests

Fixed an issue causing players above level 60 to be unable to enter certain legacy quest scenarios.
A small number of characters who were able to able access a Renown Campaign early have had their access corrected. However, characters who have already started the Campaign questline will be allowed to finish it.
The Azure Span
- Fixed an issue where Kraunot could become unattackable during “A Wrestle of Wind and Water.”
Ohn’ahran Plains
- Fixed an issue where characters could be unable to complete “Shady Sanctuary.”"

Thaldraszus

Fixed an issue where Therazane could be killed in the Black Empire.
Players attempting to turn in “Race Through Time” could be knocked off the platform by the opposing faction preventing quest completion. The Black Empire is now flagged as a sanctuary to prevent this from occurring.
Fixed an issue where the starting location for “Moving On” was in the wrong location on the map.

Reputation

Dragonscale Expedition
- Fixed an issue with Ancient Waygates. Players who hit Rank 7 may begin their adventures in exploring these curious ancient stones, scattered throughout the Dragon Isles.
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to begin the Ancient Waygate questline.
Maruuk Centaur
- Fixed an issue where “Sharing the Bounty” was not appearing at different Renown levels.

December 1, 2022

Classes

Evoker
- Living Flame will now restore 50% of its mana cost when used to strike an enemy.
  - Developers’ note: This change is intended to allow Preservation Evokers to use Living Flame to contribute damage during raid encounters without losing mana. It will also prevent Devastation Evokers from running out of mana when using Living Flame with high haste values.
Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Fixed an issue where Bulletstorm was incorrectly also granting the benefit of Bombardment.
  - Fixed an issue where Arcane Shot and Chimaera Shot were incorrectly consuming a stack of the Bulletstorm buff when cast.
- Survival
  - Fixed an issue where Quick Shot would not properly deal damage if you had changed the appearance of your weapon.
  - Fixed an issue where Spearhead did not properly apply the bleed from Mongoose Bite or Raptor Strike if Aspect of the Eagle was active.
Paladin
- Protection
  - Fixed an issue causing Inspiring Vanguard to grant an incorrect amount of Strength.
Priest
- The following Priest spells have been added to the Personal Resource Display: Desperate Prayer, Lightweaver, Empyreal Blaze, Dark Ascension, Deathspeaker, Holy Ward, Archangel, and Dark Archangel.
- Power Word: Life now has a spell highlight when targeting a low health ally.
- Mind Flay: Insanity now has a spell highlight when it is available.
- The debuff for Angelic Bulwark is no longer displayed on Raid Frames.
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue causing queued Heals to not gain a cast time reduction from Lightweaver after casting Flash Heal.
Shaman
- The debuff for Elemental Equilibrium is no longer displayed on Raid Frames.

Creatures and NPCs

Fixed an issue where rare enemies on the Dragon Isles did not have a daily loot lockout.
Fixed an issue where some baby mammoths could be unintentionally tamed.

Dungeons and Raids

The Azure Vault
- Arcane Tender’s Wild Eruption will no longer target player pets.
Brakenhide Hollow
- Withering damage reduced by 64% (effect applied by Decay Speaker’s Withering Burst, Trickclaw Mystic’s Witherbolt, etc.).
- Fetid Rotsinger’s Decaying Totem health reduced by 50%.
- Fixed an issue where the dungeon’s quests could not be completed.
Halls of Infusion
- Watcher Irideus
  - Power Overload no longer targets pets.
- Primal Tsunami
  - A friendly Titan Defense Orb now offers players a quick way out of the dungeon after defeating the Primal Tsunami.
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
- Fixed an issue where the dungeon’s quests could not be completed.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue where Crimson Aspirant’s Pulverizer and Crimson Aspirant’s Longspear had the same stats.
Fixed an issue where Slumbering Worldsnail and Raging Magmommoth were unlearnable.
Fixed an issue where Misty Satchel was bind-on-equip and could be listed on the Auction House.
Re-added cloth loot that was temporarily removed from rare enemies.
Fixed an issue where Reclaimed Tuskarr Harpoon and Stolen Shikaar Warspear were using the incorrect weapon type.

Player versus Player

Fixed an issue where PvP Conduits were not purchasable.
Sergeant Wilson and Nassar have arrived in the Gladiator’s Refuge for slightly less than loyal characters to sign up as a Mercenary in battlegrounds.
Precognition (PvP Talent) is now displayed on the Personal Resource Bar.
War Mode
- Fixed an issue that could cause Supply Drops in Ohn’ahran Plains to not reach the ground before despawning.

Professions

Significantly increased the drop rate of recipes for Crimson Combatant equipment from Victorious Contender’s Strongboxes.
Notebook of Crafting Knowledge for Enchanting now awards knowledge for the correct profession.
Temporarily disabled Basic and Advanced Experimentation for Alchemy to address a bug.
Fixed an issue where some pieces of Engineering crafting gear were missing stats.
Lofty Malygite has become slightly less lofty and is now within reach for Jewelcrafters to collect.
Reduced the drop rate on Roused Seedling when gathering herbs.
Adjusted Molten, Hardened, and Windswept Overload loot tables to be similar in value to Frost Overload.

Quests

Fixed an issue where Shadowlands campaign quests were being pushed to players outside of Shadowlands.
The Azure Span
- Fixed an issue where “Calling the Blue Dragons” was rewarding duplicates of the Highland Drake to alts.
- Fixed an issue where “Into the Azure” was incorrectly available for alts who had already completed “To the Azure Span.”
Ohn’ahran Plains
- Nokhud Offensive
  - Fixed an issue where Khanam Matra Sarest, the quest giver for “The Wind Belongs to the Sky” could incorrectly phase out.
The Waking Shores
- Fixed an issue where “Honor Our Fallen” was available at level 68, but its reward could require level 70.
- Fixed an issue where “The Tools of One’s Trade” was available at level 68, but its reward could require level 70.
- Fixed an issue where the “Greater Obsidian Citadel Key” could fail to be completed.
- Fixed an issue where various Siege on Dragonbane Keep UI elements wouldn’t show until Valdrakken Accord Rank 6.
- Quest markers for “To Dragonbane Keep!” have been modified to be clearer.
- Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t be added to the Siege on Dragonbane scenario at times, preventing rewards from being obtained.

Reputation

Cobalt Assembly
- Lowered Fun Detected’s chance to drop Wild Arcana. It was changing the drop rate to be 100% instead of adding an additional percent chance. Yes, we know how this looks.
Iskaara Tuskarr
- Fixed an issue where the “Iskaaran Fishing Net” quest items were not visible.
Maruuk Centaur
- Fixed an issue where “Good at Doings, Not Understandings” was being incorrectly offered to players at Renown 1.
- Fixed an issue where players could be in the area of a Grand Hunt and not get added to the scenario correctly.
Valdrakken Accord
- Fixed an issue where the Dragon Racing world quests were not unlocking correctly at Valdrakken Accord Rank 7.

Méchwarrior-stormrage · December 2, 2022, 2:42am

Thank you!

Vulpeslupus-moon-guard · December 2, 2022, 2:43am

Release regular flying now for those who are having trouble with dragon riding it will go a long way in rebuilding trust.

Before anyone jump down my throat my tree is maxed for dragon riding.

Iskierkaa-stormrage · December 2, 2022, 2:44am

i love you guys

Chases-agamaggan · December 2, 2022, 2:45am

Keep up with these LONG LONG LONG hotfixes.

Ullisha-agamaggan · December 2, 2022, 2:48am

Git gud my brother in Azeroth.

Vulpeslupus-moon-guard · December 2, 2022, 2:50am

Did you not read where I said MY DRAGON RIDING TREE IS MAXED guess not since you jumped down my throat.

Sonnyboy-atiesh · December 2, 2022, 3:20am

Not to condone or repudiate what they said, but “maxing out the riding tree” and “getting good” at dragon-riding are two entirely different things. Having all the mechanical bells-and-whistles available to oneself does not endow one with competence.

Altrios-garona · December 2, 2022, 4:26am

How come blizzard isn’t addressing the bug where characters are stuck on chapter 1 of dragonflight campaign “Dragon Isles Emissary”>

Alannisa-saurfang · December 2, 2022, 6:26am

Wait, so you’re stuck at this part even after finishing the rep grind quest?

Synwyn-faerlina · December 2, 2022, 6:47am

Is there any updates regarding evoker movement being wonky? Yesterday I had a bug where I couldn’t strafe on my character, and today I’m having a bug where it’s as if my W key is stuck and the only way to stop my character from moving is to tab out and back in. It’s not my keyboard and I’ve disabled all addons and played on other toons. It’s something with the evoker specifically and it’s very painful.

Arrghus-sargeras · December 2, 2022, 7:46am

Bro… go down for more speed, up for less speed. You’re welcome.

Kaestrasz-illidan · December 2, 2022, 11:03am

Still can’t reach it. The rocks aren’t real and you just go through them.

Remorniia-sargeras · December 2, 2022, 12:06pm

Please fix the Wrathion and Sabellian’s reputation reward bug.
You can’t buy necklace and the cloak even if you are “True Friend” with BOTH of them. It shows that the item is locked.

Beldrik-dalaran · December 2, 2022, 12:23pm

Can happen on any character after being forcibly dismounted from a dragonriding mount by a scripted event or when loading into an instance.

Iydia-proudmoore · December 2, 2022, 12:26pm

It’s dragon riding. Had it happen to my mage.

Drewbeary-skullcrusher · December 2, 2022, 12:59pm

So when are we looking at the shader issues that’s been blowing up in the support forums? Is a 1.1k post thread not enough to get any attention?

Dèngara-area-52 · December 2, 2022, 1:49pm

Is there any update on this? Currently stuck on my alchemy without this

Stradlater-arathor · December 2, 2022, 3:30pm

Rebuilding trust? I dont even have maxed dragonriding yet and i have no issues zooming around. How exactly does blizzard giving you slower flying, since dragonriding is capable of faster speeds than normal flying mounts, rebuild trust?

The game has barely been out and people who are struggling to use the system should spend a little less time complaining and more time practicing and maybe they’d be able to better utilize dragonriding.