Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, 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
December 1, 2023
Dungeons and Raids
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Fyrakk
- Resolved an issue causing Fyrakk to become unlootable if killed during Shadowflame Devastation in Stage Two.
- Resolved an issue causing Fyrakk's energy bar to increase too quickly in Stage Three on Mythic difficulty.
- Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
- Iridikron
- Timeline Transcendence's 100% damage increase now also increases the damage of an affected player's pets and summons even if they are not within Chromie's bubble.
- Timeline Transcendence no longer applies onto pets or summons.
- The Everbloom
- Ancient Protectors
- The visual effect for Dhulu's Noxious Discharge have been updated.
- Waycrest Manor
- Addressed an issue where Soulbound Goliath's Soul Thorns ability will fail on shapeshifted players.
Items
- Augury of the Primal Flame proc rate increased by 50% and damage decreased by 33%.
- Developers’ note: While this change should not impact the trinket's expected performance, we hope that a more consistent proc rate will reduce its overall variance.
- Blossom of Amirdrassil’s effects increased by 10%.
- Belor'relos, the Suncaller self-damage increased by 20%.
- Fixed an issue where Branch of the Tormented Ancient would not reset its cooldown upon ending an encounter.
- Fixed an issue where Gift of Ursine Vengeance stacks would be removed on ally death or mind control.
- Vaskarn, the dracthyr vendor in the Emerald Dream's Central Encampment, will now display her crest trade-up items to anyone who has earned the right to purchase them, even if they cannot currently purchase them because they are too close to the cap on the higher-level crest.
Player versus Player
- Mage
- Arcane
- Fixed an issue that caused the Amirdrassil 4-set bonus to not be reduced in PvP combat.
- Frost
- Fixed an issue that caused Frost Bomb's explosion to be prevented by Grounding Totem.
November 30, 2023
Dungeons and Raids
- Black Rook Hold
- Addressed an issue where Shadowbolt Volley debuff from Dantalionax can linger on players after he is defeated.
- Court of Stars
- Fixed an issue where Gerenth the Vile's Hypnosis Bat was incorrectly being cast on non-keystone difficulties.
- Dawn of the Infinite
- Resolved an issue where players could incidentally enter combat with Chronaxis and/or Pendule enemies while on the traversal paths.
Items
- Fixed an issue allowing Smoldering Seedling to sometimes heal for more than intended.
- Fixed an issue where Ouroboreal Necklet would not trigger Ruby Serpent's Ward from Acid Rain damage.
Player versus Player
- Crests earned from rated PvP activities have been increased in tier for many ranks.
- Whelpling crests are now only earned from Combatant 1 end-of-match activity (was Combatant 1 and Combatant 2).
- Drake crests are now earned from Combatant 2, Challenger 1, and Challenger 2 end-of-match activity (was Challenger 1, Challenger 2, Rival 1, and Rival 2).
- Wyrm crests are now earned from Rival 1 and Rival 2 end-of-match activity (was Duelist).
- Aspect crests are now earned from Duelist and Elite end-of-match activity (was Elite only).
- Flightstone earnings from rated PvP have increased.
- Rated BG wins now award 45 Flightstones (was 35).
- Rated BG losses now award 20 Flightstones (was 15).
- Arena 2v2 wins now award 15 Flightstones (was 10).
- Arena 3v3 wins now award 15 Flightstones (was 10).
- Solo Shuffle wins now award 45 Flightstones (was 35).
- Solo Shuffle losses now award 15 Flightstones (was 10).
World
- Jewelcrafting
- Fixed an issue that prevented crafted statues from being placed in the Emerald Dream and Zaralek Cavern.
November 29, 2023
Classes
- Evoker
- Augmentation
- Fixed an issue that made it possible for Sands of Time to fail to extend Ebon Might.
Dungeons
- The Everbloom
- Lady Baihu and her Kirin Tor Battle-Mages no longer trigger on-death affix effects in Mythic Keystone difficulty.
Items
- PvP Class set items that were obtained from the Great Vault or converted at the Revival Catalyst and were previously on the Veteran track should now be using the Champion track.
WoW’s 19th Anniversary
- Emeriss and Lethon's Aura of Nature debuff now deals significantly less damage.
November 28, 2023
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Aberrus, the Shadow Crucible 2-piece set
- The damage of your next Frostwyrm's Fury is increased by 4% (was 5%). Stacks unchanged.
- The effectiveness of Frostywrm's Fury reduced to 25% (was 30%).
- Howling Blast damage reduced to 10% (was 20%).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope 4-piece set
- Chill Streak can bounce 3 additional times (was 2 times).
- The chance to proc a bonus effect increased to 35% (was 30%).
- Chill Streak damage increased by 10%.
- Obliterate damage increased by 8%.
- Enduring Chill chance to bounce increased to 25% (was 20%).
- Piercing Chill damage increased to 12% (was 10%).
- Druid
- Restoration
- All healing increased by 3%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Evoker
- Augmentation
- Shifting Sands will now properly trigger twice when casting back-to-back empower spells with Tip the Scales.
- Paladin
- Fixed an issue causing Retribution Aura to fail to trigger from some abilities.
- Priest
- Resolved an issue preventing the cooldown of Mass Dispel from resetting when an encounter ends.
- Shadow
- All damage increased by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Fixed an issue that caused Envenom's buff to persist beyond its intended duration when used with fewer than 5 combo points.
- Warlock
- Affliction
- All damage dealt by you and your pet's abilities increased by 6%. Not applied to PvP combat.
- Destruction
- All damage dealt by you and your pet's abilities increased by 6%. Not applied to PvP combat.
Dungeons and Raids
- Murozond’s Rise
- Tyr, the Infinite Keeper
- Tyr, the Infinite Keeper's health reduced by 15%.
- Tyr, the Infinite Keeper will now only cast a single Dividing Strike within a sequence of the Infinite Hand Technique.
- Chrono-Lord Deios
- Chrono-Lord Deios' Temporal Breath impact damage reduced by 20% and periodic damage reduced by 15%.
- The vulnerability effect of Chrono-Lord Deios' Infinity Nova reduced to 75% (was 250%).
- Resolved an issue that could cause a player standing in certain locations to not be eligible for loot.
- The Everbloom
- Ancient Protectors
- Dulhu's Noxious Charge impact damage reduced by 25%.
- Dulhu's Noxious Discharge damage reduced by 25%.
- Dulhu's Noxious Discharge impact time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Council of Dreams
- Addressed an issue causing Barreling Charge to hit players standing closely behind Urctos.
Items
- Wherever possible, all cosmetics and collectibles that drop from a unique rare elite enemy in Forbidden Reach and Zaralek Cavern will now drop more often.
- Cache of Amirdrassil Treasures should now display the correct item level.
- Developers’ notes: This was only a display issue and did not affect the items in the cache.
- Existing Rated PvP gear that was previously on the Veteran track should now be using the Champion track.
- Developers’ notes: This change does not affect existing Class Sets either obtained from the Great Vault or items that were converted at the Catalyst. Those will be addressed in a separate hotfix.
Player versus Player
- Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- Chaotic Disposition now has a 33.33% chance (base 7.77%) to increase damage by 4% (base 17%) in PvP combat, providing the same average damage bonus with significantly less variance.
- Druid
- Eclipse will now properly track your Wrath and Starfire casts if Eclipse ends while you are Cycloned.
- Fury of Elune will now properly deal damage to enemies who are not in line of sight of the Druid.
- Feral
- Regrowth healing is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 43%).
- Evoker
- Azure Strike damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
- Time Stop (PvP talent) cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 1 minute).
- Chrono Loop (PvP talent) cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 1 minute).
- Augmentation
- Upheaval damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
- Eruption damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Preservation
- Dream Flight healing increased by 100% in PvP combat.
- Mana regeneration now reduced by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
- Priest
- Ultimate Penitence will now prioritize healing players in PvP combat and will only heal pets if all players are at full health.
- Holy
- All healing increased by 6% in PvP combat.
WoW’s 19th Anniversary
- Reduced the Dragons of Nightmare Lethargy stun to 2 seconds (was 5 seconds).
- Reduced the health of Emeriss's Putrid Mushrooms by 85%.
- Adjusted the frequency of Emeriss's attack patterns.
November 27, 2023
Classes
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- The 2-piece class set Chi Harmony now only increases healing taken from Monk abilities.
- The 4-piece class set Chi Harmony no longer accumulates healing taken by Revitalizing Voodoo Totem.
- Paladin
- Protection
- Fixed an issue causing Cleansing Flame to deal incorrect damage and healing when cast on a target with vulnerability or increased healing taken.
- Warlock
- Demonology
- Fixed an issue where Soul Strike would be relearned whenever Felguard is summoned.
- Felguard should now prioritize using Soul Strike once it's off cooldown.
Dungeons and Raids
- Darkheart Thicket
- Fixed an issue that caused Oakheart's Crushing Grip damage to pierce immunities.
- Galakrond’s Fall
- Interval no longer triggers on-death affixes.
- The Everbloom
- Melded Berserker's Bounding Whirl inflicts damage every 1.5 seconds (was 1 second).
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Nymue
- Fixed an issue where Cycle Wardens were not correctly scaling for larger raid sizes on Normal difficulty.
Events
- Emerald Bounty contributions in the last 2 seconds of the event will no longer consume a seed or give credit for a contribution. This should help guarantee all loot earned is properly credited.
Items
- Fixed an issue where Smoldering Seedling would fail to trigger from healing abilities in quick succession.
Player versus Player
- PvP gear with Champion and Hero upgrade tracks should no longer display incorrect PvP ilvl increases when previewed in the upgrade UI.
- Mage
- Frost
- Fixed an issue where Frost Bomb's explosion was triggering on the incorrect target when reflected.
- Rogue
- Fixed issues with Caustic Spatter, Sanguine Blades, Shadow Blades, and Replicating Shadows that caused them to unintentionally keep the Rogue and enemy player in combat.
- Subtlety
- Fixed an issue that prevented Eviscerate from dealing bonus shadow damage with Shadowed Finishers talented.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where Dragon Isles Drakes: White Scales were not awarded when completing the quest "Time to Process". Players that have already completed the quest will receive the item via mail.
- Players who did not receive the intended weekly amount of Echoed Ephemera for "The Power of Dreams" will receive these missing items in their mail.
November 21, 2023
Achievements
- Added Ivy as a reward for Don't Let the Doe Hit You On the Way Out.
Classes
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Beast Cleave and Kill Cleave now log correctly when the Hunter is buffed by an Augmentation Evoker.
Creatures and NPCs
- Fixed issue causing rare elites in The Forbidden Reach, Zaralek Cavern, and The Emerald Dream to not award credit to players in a raid group.
- Unpulled rare elites in Forbidden Reach and Zaralek Caverns should now despawn after 15 minutes, unless players are in their immediate vicinity.
Dungeons and Raids
- Developers’ notes: Through the first week of Season 3 Mythic+ dungeons, data and feedback suggest that Murozond’s Rise, Throne of the Tides, and Atal’Dazar are outliers in terms of difficulty. While Murozond’s Rise and Throne of the Tides are too difficult, Atal’Dazar is proving too easy and may affect player progression through the content in a negative way. Our adjustments aim to better align overall balance across the Mythic+ dungeon pool for Season 3.
- Atal’Dazar
- The required enemy forces count for Atal’Dazar has been increased.
- Toxic Saurid’s Leaping Thrash no longer triggers Poisoned Claws on the target.
- Dazar’ai Juggernaut’s Merciless Assault damage reduced by 25%.
- Dazar’al Augur’s Wildfire periodic rate reduced to 1 second (was 2 seconds).
- Dinomancer Kish’o’s Deadeye Aim damage reduced by 25%.
- T’lonja’s Frenzied Charge is now avoidable but inflicts increased damage.
- Monzumi’s Wild Thrash range increased to 100 yards.
- Yazma
- Yazma’s Wracking Pain can no longer be interrupted and is no longer a curse effect in Mythic Keystone difficulty.
- Priestess Alun’za
- Corrupted Blood inflicts damage every 2.5 seconds (was 3 seconds).
- Spirit of Gold’s health increased by 33%.
- Murozond’s Rise
- Resolved an issue that could cause Double Strike and Triple Strike to cast on unintended players.
- Tyr, the Infinite Keeper
- Radiant Barrier damage absorb reduced by 15%.
- Radiant Barrier refresh damage reduced by 25%.
- Timestream Anomaly’s Untwist damage reduced by 20%.
- Time-Displacement reduces the creature’s health by an additional 10%>
- Time-Displacement on death damage effect reduced by 50%.
- Increased the cooldown of Double Strike and Triple Strike.
- Chrono-Lord Deios
- Chrono-Lord Deios health reduced by 10%.
- Infinite Corruption damage reduced by 20%.
- Throne of the Tides
- Reduced the total number of Unstable Corruption spawns and Unstable Corruption now spawn more consistently in the Abyssal Halls.
- Vicious Snap Dragon’s Razor Jaws inflicts damage every 1.5 seconds (was 1 second).
- Vicious Snap Dragon health reduced by 20%.
- Gilgoblin Aquamage health reduced by 20%.
- Gilgoblin Aquamage’s Aquablast cast time increased to 4 seconds (was 3.75 seconds).
- Tainted Guardian’s Swell damage reduced by 15%.
- Naz’jar Sentinel’s Crushing Depth heal absorb amount reduced by 15%.
- Ozumat
- Ozumat’s sludge's Gushing Ink will now properly display its precast effect.
- Blotting Barrage damage reduced by 15%.
- Blotting Darkness inflicts damage reduced by 25%.
- Neptulon’s Cleansing Flux duration increased to 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).
- Foul Bolt now has an 8 second initial cool up.
- Splotch spawn closer to the Ink of Ozumat.
- Galakrond’s Fall
- Risen Dragon’s Necrotic Outburst inflicts damage every 3 seconds (was every 2 seconds).
- Coalesced Moment’s Tainted Sands no longer does damage immediately and its duration has been reduced to 7 seconds (was 9 seconds).
- Darkheart Thicket
- Oakheart’s Crushing Grip throw damage reduced by 15%.
- Maddening Roar increases damage dealt by 20% per stack (was 25%).
- Black Rook Hold
- Felspite Dominator’s Sic Bats! will now command up to 4 bats to attack their target (was unlimited).
- Waycrest Manor
- Matron Alma’s Lingering Dread should prefer non-tank players.
- Fixed an issue where Banquet Steward's Dinner Bell was silencing pets.
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Larodar, Keeper of the Flame
- Reduced the number of Flash Fires that target players each cast by 1 on Heroic difficulty.
- Fyrakk the Blazing
- The extra action button that allows players to drop Seeds of Amirdrassil should now be more responsive.
Items
- The cosmetic items offered by Talisa Whisperwind should now properly filter based on your armor and weapon proficiency.
- Increased the item levels of Season 3 Duelist and Elite PvP gear from all sources.
Player versus Player
- Resolved an issue that could allow players to leave the starting areas early in some Arenas such as Tiger's Peak in Solo Shuffle.
- Death Knight
- Unholy
- Death Coil damage is now increased by 70% in PvP combat (was 90%).
- Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- Inertia damage bonus reduced to 12% (was 18%) in PvP combat.
- Elysian Decree damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- The Hunt initial and periodic damage reduced by 30% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
- Throw Glaive damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
- Essence Break damage bonus reduced to 50% (was 65%) in PvP combat.
- Fel Barrage damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- Druid
- Restoration
- Lifebloom periodic healing decreased by 12% in PvP combat.
- Grove Guardians Nourish healing decreased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Grove Guardians’ health decreased by 66%.
- Hunter
- Marksmanship
- Rapid Fire damage increased by 20% (was 40%) in PvP combat.
- Guardians of the Dream 4-piece set now causes your next Rapid Fire to fire 40%
additional bolts (was 60%) in PvP combat.
- Arcane Shot damage increased by 35% (25%) in PvP combat.
- Chimaera Shot damage increased by 35% (25%) in PvP combat.
- Paladin
- Holy
- Mana Regeneration now decreased by 25% (was 55%) in PvP combat.
- Priest
- Shadow
- Increased damage of all abilities by 8% in PvP combat.
- Mind Trauma’s duration reduced to 15 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Mage
- Blast Wave now snares by 50% for 6 seconds (was 70%) in PvP combat.
- Arcane
- Chrono Shift now increases movement speed by 25% (was 50%) in PvP combat.
- Temporal Shield now heals for 60% of damage taken over 4 sec (was 100%) in PvP
combat.
- Fire
- Ignite damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Fireball damage increased by 30% (was 12%) in PvP combat.
- Scorch damage increased by 100% (was 45%) in PvP combat.
- Glass Cannon (PvP talent) now increases the damage of Ignite, Fireball, and Scorch by 40% (was 100%) and decreases maximum health by 15% (was 20%).
- Frost
- Flurry damage increased by 20% (was 8%) in PvP Combat.
- Frozen Orb damage increased by 75% (was 30%) in PvP combat.
- Frost Bomb (PvP talent) damage increased by 80%.
- Ice Lance damage increased by 35% (was 15%) in PvP combat.
- Comet Storm damage increased by 40% (was 15%) in PvP combat.
- Freezing Winds now grants Fingers of Frost every 5 seconds (was 3 seconds) in PvP
combat.
- Frozen Orb damage now has a 5% chance to grant Fingers of Frost (was 10%) in PvP
combat.
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Rising Sun Kick damage decreased by 36% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
- Blackout Kick (Teachings of the Monastery) damage decreased by 25% in PvP combat.
- Tiger Palm damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.
- Ancient Teachings now transfers 275% of damage done (was 220%) in PvP combat.
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Kingsbane initial and periodic damage now reduced by 20% (was 11%) in PvP combat.
- Outlaw
- Crackshot now causes Between the Eyes to Dispatch the target for 50% (was 75%) of
normal damage when used from Stealth.
- Subtlety
- Perforated Veins damage bonus reduced to 40% (was 50%) in PvP combat.
- Goremaw’s Bite damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
- Shaman
- Elemental
- Lightning Bolt now deals 67% increased damage in PvP combat (was 45%).
- Chain Lightning now deals 15% increased damage in PvP combat.
- Icefury damage is now increased by 85% in PvP combat.
- Volcanic Surge now increases the damage of Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt by 30% (was 50%).
User Interface
- In Group Finder, "Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope" has been shortened to "Amirdrassil" to make it easier to see the difficulty that groups are attempting.
- Fixed an issue that caused Murozond's Rise in Group Finder to default to Galakrond's Fall.
November 17, 2023
Classes
- Shaman
- Elemental
- Resolved an issue causing Earth Shock Overload from Mountains Will Fall to deal 6% less damage than intended.
Dungeons and Raids
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Council of Dreams
- Fixed a rare timing issue where the Council members could finish casting Rebirth when the encounter should have ended.
Items
- The Great Vault should now display consistent item levels when previewing raid rewards.
Player versus Player
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Resolved an issue that could cause unintended spells to be cast during Call of the Wild.
November 16, 2023
Classes
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Fixed an issue that caused Essence Font to fire one more bolt than intended per second channeled.
- Developers’ notes: We’re aware of an issue that will cause Essence Font's tooltip to display an incorrect channel rate after this fix. This will be addressed in a future update.
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Fixed an issue that allowed Sanguine Blades damage from vulnerability damage increases on enemies to be unintentionally doubled.
- Fixed an issue that allowed Poisoned Edges (Aberrus 2-piece set bonus) damage from vulnerability damage increases on enemies to be unintentionally doubled.
Dungeons and Raids
- Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
- Fyrakk
- Developers’ notes: Both player feedback and data have indicated that Heroic Fyrakk doesn't pose as much of a challenge as we'd intended. We'd like Fyrakk to be a satisfying ending to Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope for the vast majority of players who have yet to encounter him, so we're making a few adjustments to the overall difficulty of the encounter.
- Burning Scales damage increased by 40%.
- There is now an additional occurrence of Blaze during Stage Three.
- Blaze damage increased by 40%.
- Damage of colliding with a Swirling Firestorm increased by 60%.
- Dawn of the Infinite
- Resolved an issue that could cause Chromie to get stuck channeling on Blight of Galakrond during a Mythic Keystone run.
- Resolved an issue which could prevent Manifested Timeways from spawning.
Items
- Fixed an issue that prevented Gift of Ursine Vengeance from stacking Rising Rage properly.
- Fixed an issue preventing Hearthstone of the Flame from being tradeable to other eligible party members.
- Rings and neck pieces from Throne of the Tides should now drop correctly for all classes.
User Interface
- Restricted addon functions that allowed for in-combat distance checking between players.
- Developers’ notes: This change was intended to be implemented with the launch of the Guardians of the Dream patch, to avoid requiring that addon authors update their addons separately after the content is already being played. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.
November 15, 2023
Classes
- Evoker
- Augmentation
- Ebon Might now properly benefits from the 4-piece class set bonus from Aberrus as well as Close as Clutchmates.
- Hunter
- Hunter pet attacks now scale with weapon attack power.
- Kill Command, Bite, Claw, Smack, Flanking Strike, Froststorm Breath, and Burrow Attack damage reduced by 32.5%.
- Developers’ notes: In a recent hotfix aimed at correcting an issue with Augmentation Evokers and their damage logging, we adjusted how Hunter pet damage is calculated. A side effect of this was that Hunter pet attacks started scaling with weapon attack power, increasing the damage of a Hunter pet's special attacks by about 32.5% at 450 item level. This is actually something we would like to retain, as it means that Hunter pet damage will now benefit from weapon upgrades.
- Mend Pet and Revive Pet are now separate pet utility buttons and are no longer automatically swapped back and forth based on your pet's state. This is a temporary change to resolve some issues with interactions between Call of the Wild, Mend Pet, and Revive Pet. Mend Pet can be found in the "Pet Utility" flyout menu in the main Hunter spellbook.
- Rogue
- Outlaw
- Fixed an errant interaction that caused Soulrip to apply without the rogue dealing combat damage.
- Warlock
- Fixed an issue where damage from Dimensional Rift would not break Fear effects.
- Demonology
- Resolved an issue causing Malefic Impact to not grant the proper amount of critical strike chance to Hand of Gul'dan.
Dragonriding
- Fixed an issue where Ride Along passenger whelps were animated incorrectly.
Dungeons and Raids
- Amirdrassil
- Smolderon
- Reduced the duration of Smoldering Ground puddles to 2.5 minutes (was 5 minutes) on Raid Finder difficulty.
- Volcoross
- Fixed an issue that caused Shadowstrike to teleport Subtlety Rogues into the lava.
- Antorus the Burning Throne
- Resolved an issue causing Foul Steps to remain on players after defeating the Eonar the Life-Binder encounter.
- Dawn of the Infinite
- Fixed an issue that caused Coalesced Time and Timestream Leech to be Arcane damage, instead of the intended Physical damage.
- The Everbloom
- Reduced the effectiveness of Enraged Growth on players.
- Throne of the Tides
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to line of sight Commander Ulthok's Festering Shockwave.
Items
- Cataclysmic Signet Brand’s self-damage effect can no longer be dispelled.
- The Porcelain Crab trinket from Throne of the Tides should no longer drop for non-melee classes.
Player versus Player
- The Battleground Blitz brawl no longer grants progress toward the PvP quest “Proving in Battle”, which is intended to reward participation in random battlegrounds.
- Shaman who reached Combatant I during Dragonflight Season 3 should now be granted the Elite cloak appearance.
- Priest
- Discipline
- Fixed an issue that caused the Guardians of the Dream 2-piece tier set to not extend Atonements while using the Trinity PvP talent.
Superbloom
- The Emerald Bounty location for Whisperbloom planting should now be available at all times, and not just during the Superbloom.
WoW Classic Era
- [With realm restarts] Fixed an issue that prevented respeccing from refunding all of the character’s talent points as expected.
November 14, 2023
Classes
- Death Knight
- Unholy
- Death Coil damage increased by 10%.
- Scourge Strike/Clawing Shadows damage increased by 10%.
- Ghoul damage increased by 8%.
- Virulent Plague damage increased by 20%.
- Apocalypse ghoul damage increased by 5%.
- Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- Chaotic Disposition has been reworked to directly benefit the damage of affected abilities instead of duplicating portions of the damage they dealt. The amount of damage generated by the effect has not changed.
- Chaotic Disposition: Your Chaos damage has a 7.77% chance to be increased by 17%, occurring up to 3/7 total times.
- Vengeance
- Sigil of Silence base duration reduced to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds). PvP duration has not changed.
- Fel Flame Fortification reduction to magic damage taken reduced to 10% (was 12%).
- Illuminated Sigils now increases Parry chance against affected targets by 15% (was 20%).
- Druid
- Guardian
- Mangle now grants 12 Rage (was 10).
- Cat Form energy regeneration increased by 50% (was 35%).
- Balance
- Cat Form energy regeneration increased by 50% (was 35%).
- Restoration
- Rip damage increased by 140%. Does not apply in PvP Combat.
- Rake damage increased by 60%.
- Shred damage increased by 140%.
- Ferocious Bite damage increased by 200%. Does not apply in PvP Combat.
- Cat Form energy regeneration increased by 50% (was 35%).
- Evoker
- Augmentation
- Developers’ notes: The amount of utility that Augmentation Evoker brings on top of its high damage has proven to be too powerful despite recent changes. Therefore we are further reducing their damage contributions to the group in order to balance them against other specializations.
- Ebon Might grants 6.5% of the Evoker’s primary stat (was 8%).
- Close as Clutchmates increases the effectiveness of Ebon Might and Breath of Eons by 10% (was 20%).
- The amount of Versatility granted by Shifting Sands has been reduced by 15%.
- Hunter
- Various pet abilities that deal damage such as Kill Command, Bite, and Flanking Strike will now properly reattribute damage to an Augmentation Evoker who has buffed the Hunter in the combat log.
- Beast Mastery
- Corrected an issue where the Bloody Frenzy talent was granting the effects of Beast Cleave for longer durations than intended and was not properly updating the personal nameplate Beast Cleave icon.
- Paladin
- Retribution
- All ability damage increased by 3%.
- Priest
- Discipline
- Developers’ notes: Discipline healing throughput (particularly in raids) is slightly higher than we would like, given their damage and utility contributions to the group. To balance them, we’re reducing some talents that are giving a lot of power for only 1 talent point. The goal is to improve talent balance while also bringing them in line with other healers.
- Divine Aegis absorption reduced to 5% of healing done (was 10%).
- Inescapable Torment damage reduced by approximately 19%.
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Fixed an issue that caused Internal Bleeding to be incorrectly applied by Deathmark's version of Rupture.
- Fixed an issue that caused Internal Bleeding to not contribute to Sudden Demise.
- Fixed an issue that caused Shrouded Suffocation to incorrectly generate combo points when a duplicated Garrote was applied with Deathmark's effect.
- Warlock
- Destruction
- Unstable Tear damage increased 5%.
- Shadowy Tear damage increased 5%.
- Chaos Tear damage increased 30%.
- Demonology
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 2-piece Set Bonus now reduces the cooldown of Grimoire: Felguard by 0.5 second (was 1 second).
- Developers’ notes: We’re reducing the power of Demonology’s previous set bonus to bring it in line with other set bonuses from Aberrus.
Items
- Renown items purchased from Moon Priestess Lasara should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Emerald Dream pets from being caged.
- Seedbloom now stacks.
- Jewelcrafting
- Fixed a bug that granted the Band of New Beginnings a higher stamina value than intended.
Player versus Player
- Fixed a bug that prevented the first-win-of-the-day bonus from being properly awarded in Battleground Blitz.
- Battlegrounds
- The following items will be enabled for unrated battlegrounds and battleground brawls, excluding Battleground Blitz:
- Engineering Bombs:
- The chance for bomb malfunctions is now standardized to 5% for all players while in a battleground, regardless of other factors.
- Grease Grenade
- Primal Deconstruction Charge
- Polarity Bomb
- Gravitational Displacer
- Sticky Warp Grenade
- and their EZ-Thro counterparts.
- War Mode Consumables:
- Curious Primordial Fungus
- Pest Fogger
- Wild Dragon Fruit
- Wild Truffle
- Duration reduced to 12 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Energized Temporal Spores
- Gritty Stone Potion
- Speed penalty reduced to 15% (was 30%).
- Warbanner of Ire
- Now on the Battle Standard cooldown of 10 minutes.
- Bonus primary stat reduced to 5% (was 10%).
- Prismatic Snail Mucus
- Critical strike chance bonus reduced to 30% (was 50%).
- Soothing Emerald Tea
- Now on the Healing Potion cooldown of 5 minutes.
- Immediate health increased to 25% (was 20%). Health over time increased to 40% (was 15%).
- Volatile Crimson Embers
- Damage bonus increased to 30% (was 25%).
- Damage taken over time reduced to 1% every 3 seconds (was 3% every 3 seconds).
- Duration increased to 24 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Additionally, War Mode consumables have been adjusted to no longer be Unique and no longer have charges. These will be stackable items all the way up to 200, and their cost has been reduced from 100 Bloody Tokens down to 50 for a stack of 5. Seltherex now offers these items for 500 Honor for a stack of 5.
November 13, 2023
Classes
- Demon Hunter
- Fixed an issue that caused the Demon Hunter to briefly remain rooted when The Hunt's cast was cancelled or interrupted.
- Druid
- Balance
- Incarnation: Chosen of Elune will no longer transform you into an armored Moonkin if you are using a new barbershop customization. The armored Incarnation model will show if you are using classic Moonkin form.
- Evoker
- Preservation
- Spiritbloom will now bounce to friendly targets that are meant to be healed during quests and encounters.
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Fixed an issue where Wild Instincts would not properly apply when multiple different hunters were using Call of the Wild.
- Monk
- Fixed an issue causing Chi Torpedo to not trigger Mighty Roar.
- Priest
- Discipline
- Fixed an issue where Schism could fail to apply to your target if they ran out of your range or line of sight as Mind Blast completed.
- Rogue
- Leeching Poison should no longer fall off when changing instances.
- Fixed an issue with the interaction between Premeditation and Shadow Technique.
- Assassination
- Lethal Dose should no longer cause Crimson Tempest, Serrated Bone Spike, or Mutilated Flesh (from Doomblade) to benefit, but not contribute from its effect.
Dungeons and Raids
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
- Scalecommander Sarkareth no longer casts an erroneous Void Slash in Stage 3.
Items
- Fixed an issue that could cause some gear, such as gear obtained in Fyrakk Assaults, Time Rifts, or Dreamsurges to lose the option to be further upgraded when converted to an Aberrus set item.
Player versus Player
- Demon Hunter
- Fixed an issue that prevented Darkness from having its effect increased to 50% in PvP combat, as intended.
- Hunter
- Rapid Reload (Marksmanship Blazing Dreamstalker 4-piece set bonus) effectiveness reduced by 40% in PvP situations.
Quests
- Balloon drivers who are “Cataloging Thaldrazsus” are now less confused, and no longer send players on a very strange trip to Waking Shores.
User Interface
- Fixed an issue where Dragonriding vigor bars would occasionally show incorrect vigor values on login.
November 10, 2023
Achievements
- Treasures of the Emerald Dream again rewards the Forest Lord’s Antlers.
- Developers’ notes: While this was originally intended to be the reward for the Dream On achievement, a bug resulted in it being rewarded by the Treasures of the Emerald Dream achievement, so we’re going to leave it there permanently and look for something else to potentially reward for Dream On.
Classes
- Druid
- Guardian
- Fixed an issue causing Innate Resolve to not correctly increase Frenzied Regeneration healing.
- Restoration
- Abundance stacks will no longer incorrectly decrease if you happen to have more Rejuvenations active than the maximum amount of Abundance stacks.
- Evoker
- Fixed an issue that caused Evokers who used a Boost to lose 10 item levels.
Emerald Bounty
- Fixed an issue with Scurfpea bloom chest not showing.
- Fixed an issue where Dream Daisys might report an active chest you did not have.
- Dragon's Daffodil should no longer occasionally report an active chest that is not there.
- The user interface at Lavatouched Lilies should now reflect contributions correctly.
Items
- Reduced the Spirit effect on the Imbued Frostweave Slippers by 70%.
- Developers’ notes: After reviewing the performance of this effect, we've decided to pull it back quite a bit as to not overshadow other items to the degree that it is. While this is a fun effect that will remain, we feel these slippers don’t necessarily need to be a required optimization for healers.
Quests
- Alt player-characters can now complete the World Quest "Dryad Fire Drill" without completing Chapter 1.
- Fixed an issue preventing completion of the Hunter Class Hall Campaign quest “Survive the Night”.
November 9, 2023
Classes
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the talent frame to show the incorrect number of points on talents when trying to refund talent points for Priest, Demon Hunter, and Rogue.
- Druid
- Guardian
- Fixed an issue causing Blood Frenzy to not benefit from Haste or Cycle of Life and Death.
- Priest
- Discipline
- Ultimate Penitence now clears root effects when cast, instead of returning the error message "You are unable to move."
Items
- Fixed an issue with Paracausal Fragment of Thunderfin, Humid Blade of the Tideseeker where the trinket effect was not functioning properly.
- The Sarannis' Mystic Sheen absorb is reduced by 68% and the cloak now has primary stats.
Professions
- You can now place crafting orders for Mark of the Auric Dreamstag.
- Alchemy
- Fixed an issue that prevented Phial and Potion cauldrons from being usable in non-keystone Mythic dungeons.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed for Phial auras to persist in rated PvP environments and Battleground Blitz.
- Jewelcrafting
- Cataclysm Jewelcrafting figurines now drop for all classes to aid with completion of the Fantastic Figurines achievement.
Reputation
- Dream Wardens reputation from Emerald Dewdrop contributions into Medium and Large Emerald Blooms during Emerald Bounty now reward a large amount of reputation with the first five each week.
User Interface
- The Quest Journal will now properly display the Emerald Dream portal in the Emerald Conclave in Valdrakken.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic
- 310% mounts now correctly fly at 310% speed in Outland.
November 8, 2023
Dragonriding
- Fixed an issue where Dragon Glyph Resonance was not appearing for specific mounts.
The Emerald Dream
- Firebrand Fystia now correctly knows when she’s dead, and no longer shows up on the zone map.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Seedbloom from being rewarded through the completion of the weekly Blooming Dreamseeds quest. Additionally, if you completed the quest before our hotfix went out, go to the Emerald Dream and then check your mail. The local postmaster should be sending out replacement Seedblooms.
- Filling up a Dreamseed with Emerald Dewdrops should now grant reputation with the Dream Wardens.
Player versus Player
- [With realm restarts] Fixed an issue where Temple of Kotmogu and Silvershard Mines in the Deep Six brawl could have a maximum of 8 players.
Quests
- The Timewalking weekly quest “A Savage Path Through Time” again properly rewards a chest containing random Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible items.
Reputation
- Fixed an issue that prevented players who used a level 70 Boost from being able to obtain the intended Renown with Dragonflight factions. Players who have remained logged into the game may need to log out and back into the game on any affected boosted characters.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.