Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. 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
August 12, 2025
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Obliterate damage reduced by 5%.
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Mawsworn Menace now increases the damage of Obliterate by 5% (was 10%).
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Hollow Sentinel’s Wake 2-piece now increases Trollbane’s Obliterate damage by 15% (was 35%).
- Deathbringer: Exterminate first scythe damage increased by 10%.
- Resolved an issue causing Howling Blast to not consume Rime procs at high Haste levels.
- Resolved an issue causing Frost Strike to not generate Killing Machine in Obliteration windows at high Haste levels.
- Resolved an issue causing Frostbane casts to fail at high Haste levels if it is cast as soon as it is available.
- Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- All ability damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Druid
- Balance
- All ability damage increased by 8%.
- Keeper of the Grove: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now accumulates 3% of damage done (was 2%) and Dryad’s Favor is now capped at 10x spellpower (was 6x) and splashes 15% (was 20%) of its damage onto nearby enemies.
- Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece Starfire damage increase changed to 20% (was 25%), and has a 40% chance (was 50%) to launch a Starsurge at 45% effectiveness (was 50%).
- Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece Split Starsurges deal damage at 40% effectiveness (was 80%).
- Feral
- Ferocious Bite and Ravage primary target damage increased by 6%.
- Shred damage increased by 5%.
- Sabertooth causes Ferocious Bite to increase damage taken from your bleeds and other periodic effects by 6% per combo point (was 5%).
- Wildstalker: Bloodseeker Vines damage increased by 5%.
- Restoration
- Wildstalker: Fixed a bug causing the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece bonus to generate extra Symbiotic Blooms for Regrowths cast by Rampant Growth.
- Wildstalker: Fixed a bug preventing Twin Sprouts from generating extra Bloodseeker Vines or Symbiotic Blooms from the ones created by the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece set bonus.
- Wildstalker: Symbiotic Bloom and Bursting Growth healing increased by 15%.
- Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece bonus increases the rate of Symbiotic Bloom growth by 45% (was 30%).
- Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now causes Symbiotic Bloom healing to have a 35% (was 20%) chance to trigger Bursting Growth at 100% effectiveness (was 80%).
- Developers’ notes: The bug involving Rampant Growth was generating a large number of unintended Symbiotic Blooms, which consolidated a lot of Wildstalker’s healing power into the 4-piece and Clearcasting procs. We’ve added healing power to counteract the healing loss from the bug fix.
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Tireless Collector’s Bounties - 2-piece chance to fire a free Barbed Shot reduced by 50%.
- Mage
- Frost
- All damage dealt reduced by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Monk
- Brewmaster
- Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 2-piece bonus Flurry Strikes deal 10% increased damage (was 20%).
- Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 4-piece bonus Flurry Charge generation increased by 30% (was 50%).
- Shado-Pan: Damage dealt by Flurry Strikes from Wisdom of the Wall reduced by 20%.
- Priest
- Shadow
- Fixed an issue causing Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch applications from Shadow Crash to ignore line of sight.
- Shaman
- Enhancement
- Lava Lash damage increased by 15%.
- Windstrike damage increased by 20%.
- Totemic: Surging Bolt damage increased by 25%.
- Totemic: Searing Bolt damage increased by 35%.
- Stormbringer: Awakening Storm damage increased by 35%.
- Stormstrike damage increased by 10%. Does not affect Windstrike.
- Elemental Blast damage increased by 8%.
- Stormbringer: Tempest single target damage increased by 8%.
- Warlock
- Threatening Presence now increases the threat generation of your Voidwalker and Felguard by 950% (was 400%).
- Affliction
- Spliced Fiendtrader’s Influence 2-piece set bonus adjusted - Jackpot! chance reduced by 30%.
- Demonology
- Wild Imp damage reduced by 20%.
- Immutable Hatred damage reduced by 30%.
- Destruction
- Diabolist: Inquisitor’s Feast of Madness 2-piece has been adjusted – Eye Blast damage reduced by 45%.
- Warrior
- Protection
- Mountain Thane: Damage dealt by Ionizing Strikes reduced by 30%.
Player versus Player
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Frost Strike damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
- Unholy
- Festering Wound damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- Druid
- Feral
- All damage reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
- Mage
- Arcane
- Nether Flux now increases the damage an enemy receives from the next targeted spell by 40% (was 100%).
- Fire
- Meteor direct damage reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Frost
- All damage reduced by 10% in PvP.
- Paladin
- Holy
- All healing reduced by 12% in PvP combat.
- Divine Plea (PvP talent) duration increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Priest
- Shadow
- Void Volley damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Garrote damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
- Warlock
- Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Summon Demonic Gateway would cause Diabolic Ritual to work incorrectly.
- Demonology
- All damage reduced by 5% in PvP combat.
Delves
- Players using Waygates to change levels in Archival Assault should no longer break stealth.
- Enemies now teleport after players who move up or down levels in Archival Assault more reliably.
- Fixed a bug in Sidestreet Sluice where Maulspike would run back to his spawn point instead of respawning.
Dungeons and Raids
- Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
- Avanoxx
- Insatiable’s damage increase reduced to 30% (was 50%).
- Starved Crawlers can no longer critical hit on their melee attacks.
- The Dawnbreaker
- Speaker Shadowcrown
- Shadow Shroud’s healing absorb reduced by 33%.
- Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Shroud’s healing absorb to not scale with keystone level.
- Eco-Dome Al’dani
- Adjusted the spawn locations of Frenzied Mites to be more consistent.
- Halls of Atonement
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- High Adjudicator Aleez
- Pulse From Beyond’s damage now occurs every 1.5 second (was every 1 second).
- Lord Chamberlain
- Stigma of Pride removed.
- Ritual of Woe’s group damage when it hits a statue reduced by 38%.
- Resolved an issue where Lord Chamberlain's statues collision could persist.
- Resolved an issue where Lord Chamberlain's Sinstone Statues did not inflict damage to players in their path during Telekinetic Onslaught.
- Reduced the damage of Telekinetic Collision by 30%.
- Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
- Addressed an issue where Adorned Overseers’s Drifting Star can be fired at a wrong angle.
- Addressed an issue where So'azmi will stop using his abilities after being interrupted by Solar Beams during Double Technique / Triple Technique.
- Addressed an issue where Zo'gron's Crowd Control can go off if he is defeated while channeling.
- Liberation of Undermine
- Chrome King Gallywix
- Resolved an issue that caused the visual for Haywire Environment to go haywire.
Items and Rewards
- Fixed a bug that prevented Visions of N'zoth Revisited items in Season 3 from working with the S.A.D. Season 3 socketer. Season 3 items that drop after this fix can now be socketed.
- Resolved an issue where some World Quests were showing an incorrect low gold value as their primary reward.
K’aresh
- Devourer Mites from the Devourer Attack: Tazavesh event should now despawn after a short delay once the event ends.
Quests
- “Sparks of War: K'aresh” now correctly appears in the correct section in the quest log.
- The quest “Crest Transmutation” is once again available.
Mists of Pandaria Classic
- Riding Turtle now correctly appears in the mount collections tab.
- When in a Rated Battle for Gilneas, dying now always correctly places players back at their starting graveyard.
- Ancient Mogu Keys are now correctly usable in Heroic Mogu'shan Palace.
- Creatures for the achievement Over Their Heads should now correctly randomize.
- Mogushan Vaults
- Jan-Xi and Qin-Xi should no longer get desynced when performing the Arcing Slash combos.
- Opportunistic Strike should now consistently appear when successfully avoiding Devastating Combo.
- Titan Gas visual reduced in intensity.
- Magnetic Armor now has a visual indicator for where Magnetic Pull will occur.
- Elegon’s Energy Sparks should now consistently idle for a brief moment after spawning.
- Warlock
- Wrathguard will no longer occasionally deal no damage when using Wrathstorm.
- Arenas
- All Arenas now correctly display the number of remaining players on each team.
- All Arenas now include timers displaying when the Arena will end.
- The UI at the top now correctly displays the teams as being Purple and Gold.
August 8, 2025
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Resolved an issue causing Frostwyrm's Fury dragon to not despawn.
- Shaman
- Elemental
- Resolved an issue causing Liquid Magma Totem to not apply Flame Shock to enemies not in combat with the Shaman.
- Enhancement
- Totemic: Fixed a bug that allowed Tremor to be dodged, parried, or blocked.
Delves
- Arcane Barrier is now interruptable and dispellable. Recast time increased.
- Arcane Barrier shield is now 10% of health (was 15%).
- Sand Step DoT damage reduced by 65%.
- Mana Feast damage reduced by 66%.
- Arcane Lash damage reduced by 15%.
- Fixed a bug where Warlocks’ Wither could remove stacks of Static Charge from Durable Information Securing Container.
Items
- Void-Touched Ocular now has the correct amount of Intellect.
- Fixed an issue that caused several weapons from Eco-Dome Al'dani to sheathe incorrectly.
- Resolved an issue where Pinnacle Caches were not giving Resonance Crystals and Kej.
K’aresh
- Multiplayer pet battles can now take place in K’aresh.
Quests
- "The Void Hunter" should now point you to Leona Darkstrider's correct location.
Mists of Pandaria Classic
- “Survival Rings: Blades” should now correctly always gain progress at all times.
- Classes
- Priest
- Fixed a bug that allowed Monks to bypass Guardian Spirit via Touch of Death.
- In Arenas, Priests can no longer place Lightwells in areas that other players cannot reach.
August 7, 2025
Achievements
- Fixed an issue where players could not obtain My Stab-Happy Nemesis after defeating Nexus-Princess Ky'veza in her lair.
Classes
- Priest
- Shadow
- Resolved an issue causing Shadow Word: Death to not deal additional damage between 20% and 35% health with Deathspeaker talented.
Items
- War Within Season 2 gear should now be convertible for free at the Revival Catalyst.
K’aresh
- Reduced Reshanor’s health and overall difficulty.
Quests
- Fixed a bug causing some Shadowguard Infiltrators to not count for "Break the Assault" as intended.
Mists of Pandaria Classic
- The Longest Day achievement no longer requires that dailies need to be completed in a single day.
- The Saurok Stone Tablet is now correctly enabled. Players can now discover this treasure once for experience and progress towards their treasure achievement.
- Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost Death Knights will now correctly display their Death Rune as refreshed from Blood Tap without having to spend another rune.
- Warlock
- Void Ray now correctly costs 40 Demonic Fury.
- Developers’ notes: This was an unintended bug in patch 5.4 for Demonology, which looks to have gone uncorrected in the original game until Fel Flame was removed in patch 6.0.2.
- Player versus Player
- Fixed an issue where picking up the flag in a Rated Eye of the Storm match could affect the player's ability to Stealth even after the flag had been capped.
- Quests
- During “The Wrestler” daily, Sling Sweat puddles will now be the correct size and the Slimy Feet debuff should now correctly always be removed when moving out of the ground effect.
August 6, 2025
Achievements
- Fixed a bug that made Mad World and Through the Looking Glass go missing.
Delves
- In Sidestreet Sluice, Vindel Snapcrank will now properly respawn if he leaves combat and resets.
K’aresh
- The map icon for Tazavesh should now show the proper Renown Rank.
- The nearest Phase Diving conduits should now be visible on the map when Phase Diving.
Quests
- Resolved an issue where “Crest Transmutation” would not always give players extra Carved Ethereal Crests.
- Players who selected a talent for their Reshii Wraps should be able to wrap up "Wrapped Up".
- Fixed a bug where bosses in the Horrific Visions were not counting towards the quest: “Worldsoul: Horrific Visions Revisited”.
Mists of Pandaria Classic
- World Bosses should now correctly reset, weekly.
- The Enchanted Pearl, Enchanted Tear, and Nightmare Tear gems will now give correct stats at max level.
- Windshear Cactus, Raptorleaf, and Snakeroot now have loot that is appropriate for the current patch.
- Classes
- Priest
- Shadow Apparition missiles now move at the correct speed.
- Player versus Player
- Fixed a bug causing class adjustments to not work as intended in Battle for Gilneas and Deepwind Gorge.
- Carts in Deepwind Gorge are now correctly returned when clicked on by the defending faction.
- Transmog
- Straw Hats that correspond to your Armor type are now usable as Transmog appearances.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.