May 16, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Hunter
  • The Ancient Hysteria effect from Hunter Corehound pets will now clear properly after encounters end.

Hotfixes

May 16, 2024

WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria

• Fixed a bug that initially prevented players who did not own Dragonflight from being able to learn Dragonriding from Lord Andestrasz in Remix: Pandaria. This was unintended.

May 16, 2024

Non-Player Characters

• Jenafur has managed to wash off the strange grey paint that also changed her eye color. Jenafur is now once again a properly striped feline, allegedly.
• Melsysra fell back asleep and found their way back to the Central Encampment in the Emerald Dream, allowing players to continue with their Renown quests.
• Newsy was slow retrieving mail but has had a successful trip to the postmaster in Dalaran, allowing players to return to Loamm and continue with their Renown quests.
• Alleria and Umbric are now always present as expected for quest completion.

Quests

• Fixed a bug that prevented Trolls from unlocking the “Loa’s Blade-Blessing” cosmetic sword appearance if they finished the heritage questline with a character who couldn’t use it. Players will find the sword in their collection after logging into the character who completed the que...

May 15, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Darkmoon Faire Island is now set to open on May 26 through June 1.
• The Stratholme Main Gate entrance should now place you in the correct location when queued through Random Dungeon Finder.
• Exhaustion, Sated, and Temporal Displacement will now be cleared from pets when they are cleared from their masters.
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue where dispelled Ignite effects were increasing the damage done by future Ignites. Dispels from the Glyph of Polymorph and duels ending will also now clear the damage done.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue with Deadly Momentum that caused its increased critical chance to be consumed by auto attacks that did not benefit from that increased chance. This is a true-to-reference 14-year-old bug, but was clearly unintended, so we fixed it.
• Shaman
  • Fixe...

May 15, 2024

Items

• Fixed an issue that caused Conquest and War Mode gear to incorrectly display PvP item level increases in the upgrade UI.

Hello everyone! Here are the changes that you can find in this week’s update to The War Within Alpha:

NEW ALLIED RACE

• Earthen and their introductory questline are now available to test.

CLASSES

• The following Hero Talents are available for playtesting in Public Alpha 5:
  • SHAMAN
    • Totemic (Enhancement/Restoration)
      • Totemics excel at unlocking the full power of their totems, strengthening their totems and gaining access to new ones. They have honed their imbuement skills to further improve their combat capabilities.
• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Frost
    • New Talent: Shattered Frost – When Frost Strike consumes 5 Razorice stacks, it deals 50% of the damage deal to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Available as a capstone talent after Shattering Blade.
    • New Tale...

Hello! We updated the Dark Heart patch notes with the following changes:

DUNGEONS AND RAIDS

• The lockouts for the following raids in Mists of Pandaria content now reset each day, for both Dragonflight and WoW Remix characters:
  • Normal and Heroic 10-player Mogu’shan Vaults, Heart of Fear, Terrace of Endless Spring, and Throne of Thunder.
  • Normal and Heroic 10-30 player Siege of Orgrimmar
  • Mythic 20-player Siege of Orgrimmar
  • Raid lockouts will return to a weekly cadence after WoW Remix closes.
• Battle for Azeroth raid mechanics which block legacy encounter completion for small groups have been adjusted to be more permissive. Groups of five or fewer players should no longer be blocked by mechanics that cannot be completed at that raid size.

May 10, 2024

Classes

• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where the scaling of Inferno would become reduced when Rain of Fire affected more than 5 targets.

Dungeons

• Dawn of the Infinite end bosses should now drop Awakened Crests.

Mounts

• Taivan awoos when summoned, like a good boy.

Non-player Characters

• Kessa, the Personal Tabard Vendor located in Valdrakken should now be available to all alts after completing the questline to unlock the personal tabard.

Professions

• Tailoring
  • Fixed a bug where Blue Silken Lining was not granting more mastery for equipping a second item embellished with Blue Silken Lining while the buff was already active.

Quests

• Fixed ...

May 10, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Blood Queen Lana’thel should now Vampiric Bite more consistently.
• Kadrak now allows players to complete “To the Rescue!” even when Brutusk is busy.
• Fixing an issue where sacks of oatmeal were not interactable during the “Keepin’ the Haggis Flowin’” quest.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent players from completing the “Devastation” quest. “Devastation” can now be reacquired by walking near the foliage that begins the quest in the Badlands.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent players from interacting with Sewer Caps on the “Fungus Among Us” quest.
• The Troll racial ability Berserking will now reset when an encounter ends.
• Paladin
  • Selfless Healer now correctly increases Word of Glory healing when Word of Glory is cast on others.
• Priest
  • Fixed some issues with Prayer of Mending. Tw...

May 10, 2024

WoW Classic Era and Hardcore

• Corrected Seal of Righteousness so that it cannot crit.

Here is this week’s update to The War Within Alpha:

NEW ZONES AND DELVES

• Azj-Kahet

NEW DUNGEONS

• City of Threads
• Ara-Kara, City of Echoes

NEW BATTLEGROUND: DEEPHAUL RAVINE

• Deephaul Ravine is themed in The Ringing Deeps where the Foreman Uzjax and Architect Ruffious are tasked with collecting as much valuable ore, gems, and crystals for their respective priorities. Ruffious the Unbound Earthen has big plans for the ore and gems found in the Deephaul Ravine, but the Machine Speakers of the Earthenworks are quite possessive of such precious materials. Uzjax and his team plan to secure these materials before Ruffious and his band of misfits get their hands on it.
  • Mechanics
    • 8v8 and 10v10 Battleground that will be available in all battleground modes.
    • Hybrid map in which teams earn points by contr...

Added an additional hotfix to today’s update:

• Addressed issues with Dwarven and Night Elf archaeology projects. The following projects are now available during the Cataclysm Classic Pre-patch:
  • Dwarf
    • Silver Kris of Korl
    • Warmaul of Burningeye
    • Word of Empress Zoe
    • Pipe of Franclorn Forgewright
    • Spiked Gauntlets of Anvilrage
    • Scepter of Bronzebeard
    • The Innkeeper’s Daughter
  • Night Elf
    • Wisp Amulet
    • Carcanet of the Hundred Magi
    • Umbra Crescent
    • Bones of Transformation
    • Silver Scroll Case

May 8, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Professor Thaddeus Paleo has returned to Stormwind and Orgrimmar to continue collecting Darkmoon decks and he will continue to do so until the opening of Darkmoon Faire Island.

May 8, 2024

Season of Discovery

• Fixed an issue with Efflorescence generating frequent immune messages on totems.

Hotfixes

May 10, 2024

Classes

• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where the scaling of Inferno would become reduced when Rain of Fire affected more than 5 targets.

Dungeons

• Dawn of the Infinite end bosses should now drop Awakened Crests.

Mounts

• Taivan awoos when summoned, like a good boy.

Non-player Characters

• Kessa, the Personal Tabard Vendor located in Valdrakken should now be available to all alts after completing the questline to unlock the personal tabard.

Professions

• Tailoring...

May 7, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Legendary appearances may now be added to your Transmogrification collection. In anticipation of community response to this change, we have also added a pitchfork.
• Fixed an issue that would cause the Monstrous Clams in the quest “Clammy Hands” to be non-interactive.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Naralex and his discipline from correctly spawning in the Southern Barrens.
• Druid Thrash now benefits from and consumes the Clearcasting effect from Omen of Clarity.
• Fixed an issue where Blessing of Kings and Mark of the Wild were incorrectly stacking their stat increases.
• Fixed an issue where level 80 boosted characters were not properly learning their class and spec’s Mastery abilities.
• Prayer of Mending now scales by the intended amount from spell power.
• Conflagrate will no longer consume lower-rank Immolates belonging to other Warlocks.
• ...

May 7, 2024

Classes

• Demon Hunter
  • Vengeance
    • Sigil of Silence duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
    • Sigil of Silence cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).
    • Cycle of Binding now reduces Sigil cooldowns by 2 seconds per trigger (was 3 seconds).
    • Soul Cleave damage reduced by 8%.
• Druid
  • Balance
    • Season 4 (2) Set Bonus now increases the damage of your next Wrath or Starfire by 50% (was 30%).
    • Season 4 (2) Set Bonus new reduces the Astral Power cost of your next Starsurge or Starfall by 30 (was 15) and increases the damage it does by 60% (was 40%).
• Monk
  • Brewmaster
    • Keg Smash damage reduced by 10%.
    • Spinning Crane Kick damage reduced by 10%.
    • Summ...

May 6, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Account wide achievements that reward titles now grant them at an account level.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving daily Random Battleground rewards.
• Smoke Bomb will now properly cancel Stealth, Prowl, and Shadowmeld from enemy players.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent Warden Stillwater from spawning during the “Lawn of the Dead” quest.
• Fixed an issue where Death Knights in Blood Presence could be incorrectly, critically hit by all melee attacks.
• Reduced the cost of all honor and arena gear from Wrath of the Lich King, to better match honor gain while at level 80 compared to level 85.
• Holidays
  • Made some improvements to the Children’s Week Quests “The Banshee Queen”, “Malfurion Has Returned!”, and “The Fallen Chieftain” to more consistently grant quest credit.
• Warlock...

May 2, 2024

Classes

• Druid
  • Feral
    • Fixed an issue preventing Smoldering Frenzy (Season 4 (2) Set Bonus) from triggering effects like Seal of Diurna’s Chosen.

Dungeons and Raids

• Algeth’ar Academy
  • Echo of Doragosa
    • Arcane Rift now spawns Uncontrolled Energy 20% less frequently.
    • Overwhelming Power now spawns Arcane Rift at 4 stacks (was 3).
• The Nokhud Offensive
  • Addressed an issue where the rim visual on Static Spear and Crackling Upheaval can disappear under certain situations.

Items

• Fixed an issue that prevented Eye of Awakening from functioning on rings purchased from Antique Bronze Bullion vendors.
• Fixed an issue that prevented T...

May 2, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• If a Paladin misplaces the Symbol of Faith during the quest “Materials of Significance”, they may now buy a replacement from the Lost and Found vendor in Booty Bay.
• Fixed the Children’s Week quest “Cruisin’ the Chasm” so that it can now be completed.
• Boosted Paladins should now have Collective Book of Healing or Secondhand Book of Healing as expected.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Worgen from being eligible for some daily quests.
• Mage
  • Ignite damage will no longer be counted double toward Combustion.
  • Refreshed Ignite that now has 3 ticks over 6 seconds will do the same amount of damage on each tick.
  • Ignite spread by Impact and Fire Blast will no longer have a missing 2nd or 3rd tick that adds damage to future Ignites.