Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.
Hotfixes
October 31, 2022
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Fixed an issue where Remorseless Winter was not correctly adding 1 stack of Icy Talons per second.
- Unholy
- Fixed an issue where the Raise Dead ghoul would despawn when changing instances.
- Fixed an issue with Ghoulish Frenzy granting 6% damage during Dark Transformation instead of the intended 5%.
- Demon Hunter
- Vengeance
- Fixed some issues that caused Sigil of Misery (2 minute cooldown) and Sigil of Silence (1 min cooldown) to have incorrect cooldown values, especially when talented into Concentrated Sigils or Precise Sigils.
- Fixed an issue when talented into Precise Sigils that caused Sigil casts to put enemies in combat immediately instead of upon Sigil activation.
- Druid
- Balance
- Fixed an issue where Lycara’s Teachings was not granting Mastery while in Moonkin Form.
- Mage
- Fixed an issue with Displacement not working if Arcane Momentum was learned.
- Frost
- Fixed an issue that caused Mirrors of Torment procs to not reset the cooldown of Flurry.
- Paladin
- Fixed an issue that allowed the Shadowlands version of Divine Resonance to stack with the talented version.
- Rogue
- Reduced the level of learning Crippling Poison to level 10 and Wound Poison to level 23 so they always precede talents that affect them.
- Assassination, Subtlety
- Fixed an issue that caused the Fan of Knives and Shuriken Storm animations to not display properly on Tauren and Highmountain Tauren rogues.
- Shaman
- Elemental, Restoration
- Fixed an issue that allowed Nature's Swiftness and Stormkeeper to modify more spell casts than intended while both are active on the Shaman.
- Warlock
- Fixed an issue where Incinerate was registering as Shadow Bolt.
- Fixed and issue where players were counted for Sweet Souls’ secondary heal even when not in party or raid group.
- Fixed an issue where Soul Link was not granting its Stamina increase while Grimoire of Sacrifice was active.
- Demonology
- Demonic Strength now correctly increases Felguard’s Felstorm damage.
- Warrior
- Fixed an issue where Shattering Throw was not removing immunities.
- Protection
- Fixed an issue where Fueled by Violence was not healing as intended.
- Fixed an issue where Execute would be on cooldown when talented into Improved Execute.
Player versus Player
- Paladin
- Fixed an issue that caused Aura of Reckoning's Avenging Wrath effect to cost mana and not extend the duration of existing Avenging Crusader buffs.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Fixed an issue where the Box of Many Things was displaying all rows unlocked despite the character not meeting the requirements.
User Interface and Accessibility
- Locked targets will no longer be cleared when the enemy soft target is defeated with Action Targeting enabled.
- Fixed an issue where Press and Hold Casting was not consistently working with mouseover casting.
- Moved the default location of the zone map (Shift+M).
- The Start a Group button has returned to its proper location in the Custom Premade Group Finder.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic
- Fixed an issue where Beaming Earthsiege Diamond was also increasing current mana by 2% instead of only maximum mana.
October 28, 2022
Classes
- Druid
- Balance
- Full Moon correctly returns to New Moon when Radiant Moonlight isn’t talented.
- Elune's Guidance now correctly reduces the cost of Starsurge and Starfall with and without Orbital Strike talented.
- Fixed an issue where Solstice would not be granted from a Celestial Alignment given by Primordial Arcanic Pulsar.
- Fixed an issue where Umbral Embrace was not being consumed with Wrath cast by Convoke the Spirits.
- Fixed an issue where Starfall wouldn’t trigger Primordial Arcanic Pulsar’s Celestial Alignment effect when Orbital Strike was talented.
- Restoration
- Fixed an issue that caused Budding Leaves to not affect Lifebloom after it had been extended by Verdant Infusion or Flourish.
- Fixed an issue that caused Grove Tending to not be extended by Verdant Infusion or Flourish.
- Rogue
- Subtlety
- Fixed an issue that could cause Inevitability to cause Eviscerate and Shadowstrike to deal more damage than intended.
- Warlock
- Fixed and issue where Inquisitor’s Gaze could pull enemies out of combat.
- Affliction
- Decimating Bolt (Necrolord Ability) and Shard of Annihilation now correctly increase the damage of one Drain Soul.
- Demonology
- Guillotine can no longer be used when Demonic Strength is active.
Dungeons and Raids
- Shadowlands Legendaries and Covenant Abilities and powers once again function correctly in all Season 4 Mythic dungeons.
Player versus Player
- Rated Solo Shuffle
- Fixed an issue that prevented rating gained from Solo Shuffle to affect your ability to upgrade gear.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Rated Solo Shuffle first win of the day rewards to not be rewarded at level 60.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Rated Solo Shuffle from providing progress towards the Great Vault and progress towards Vicious mounts while above 1000 rating.
October 27, 2022
Achievements
- The achievements for the Season 4 Fated Raids were prematurely moved out of the Dungeon & Raid category, as they are still earnable. They are once again visible.
Classes
- Shaman
- Enhancement
- Fixed an issue where some unintended spells could grant a stack of Maelstrom Weapon.
Covenants
- Kyrian
- Path of Ascension
- Fixed an issue where Splinterbark Nightmare's melee was consuming charges of Drustbloom Embrace.
Creatures and NPCs
- Fixed an issue where the gold dragon frame was missing on Elite enemy and World Boss nameplates.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where “The Sunken Vault" could not be completed.
- You can once again communicate with the following NPCs:
- Arluin during the quests "Or Against Us" and "If Words Don't Work..."
- Runecarver during the quest "The Weak Link."
- Lord Herne during the quest "Meet the Queen."
- Falstad Wildhammer should now correctly offer and accept quests during the “Blood in the Water” quest line.
User Interface and Accessibility
- Fixed an issue where melee attacks could not be canceled by pressing the Esc key when Action Targeting is enabled.
- The stance bar is no longer centered when closing Edit Mode after moving the bar.
- Spells are once again visible on the action bar when moved around while the Always Show action bar setting is disabled.
- The Group Finder eye icon will once again stay searching and visible after a loading screen occurs.
- Fixed an issue where party frames were missing in Arena when Raid Style Party Frames is enabled.
- The Reagent Bag slot has been removed and will return when Dragonflight launches.
October 26, 2022
Classes
- Druid
- Fixed an issue where Ashamane’s Guidance, Ursoc’s Guidance, and Cenarius’ Guidance could stack with Celestial Spirits (Runecarving Power).
- Feral
- Freedom of the Herd (PvP Talent) now reduces the cooldown of Stampeding Roar by 15 seconds (was 60 seconds).
- Hunter
- Survival
- Fixed an issue where Fury of the Eagle (Talent) was causing more damage from Wild Spirits than intended.
- Priest
- Fixed an issue where sometimes Mind Sear couldn’t be used above 50 Insanity.
Dungeons and Raids
- Fixed an issue where Fated raid gear were dropping at an incorrect item level.
- Fixed an issue where Mythic and Mythic+ dungeon weapons were dropping at an incorrect item level.
Quests
- Fixed an issue in “The Hunter of Heroes” scenario where Vigfus could not be defeated.
- Horde Warriors are once again able to complete the quest "What's Your Specialty."
- Draenei Rogues should now be able to complete "Rescue the Survivors!" through the use of Gift of the Naaru.
October 25, 2022
Wrath of the Lich King Classic
- Classes
- Paladin
- Fixed an issue where the Glyph of Seal of Vengeance was still granting its expertise bonus while the glyph was not active.
- Fixed an issue where Judgements of the Pure (Talent) was still active after switching specializations.
- Items and Rewards
- Fire Leaf is now correctly classified as a Trade Good.
- Player versus Player
- Completing Battlegrounds during holiday weekends will now reward an appropriate amount of gold based on a win or a loss.
- Professions
- Fixed an issue where Engineering bombs were breaking their Incapacitate effect with their own damage.
- Developers’ note: It is intended that low-level Engineering bombs still have a large failure rate on targets above their level.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.