Hotfixes
May 11, 2023 Classes
Retribution
- Fixed an issue that prevented Hammer of Wrath from correctly striking additional enemies when Heartfire Sentinel’s Authority 4-Set is equipped.
Priest
Rogue
- Fixed an issue that prevented Nightstalker’s damage bonus from applying in its intended circumstances.
Dungeons and Raids
Scalecommander Sarkareth
Mythic+
Treemouth
- Consume absorbs 25% less damage.
Freehold
- Alliance characters trying to access Kul Tiras to enter Freehold should no longer be teleported back to Stormwind.
Halls of Infusion
- Fixed an issue that allowed Containment Apparatus’ Containment Beam to target pets.
Neltharion’s Lair
Dargrul the Underking
- Increased the cast time of Magma Wave to 2.5 seconds (was .25 seconds).
- Lava Geysers now persist for 60 seconds (Was infinite).
- Flame Gout occurs every 3 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
Vortex Pinnacle
Enemies and NPCs
- Fixed an issue where Primal Nightflames could stop players from eating at Suffusion Camps just by looking at them.
Items and Rewards
- Fixed an issue where stacks from Neltharion’s Call to Dominance would reset at the start and end of Mythic+ encounters.
- Fixed an issue where Voice of the Silent Star stacks would be canceled immediately upon entering or leaving combat through Mythic+ dungeons.
Player versus Player
Classes
Warlock
Professions
- Crafting orders for Undulating Sporecloak should now be viewable and completable.
Quests
- During the cave dive “Successful Interventions” Mr. Sunflower will be far more welcoming.
- Cast Off Shells in the world quest “Shell Corporation” should now only be lootable by the player who feeds a Redolent Whelk a Succulent Looking Deepcap.
Scenarios
Wrath of the Lich King Classic
- Sara will now receive a message on Vezax’s death that forces her to spawn immediately.
Developers’ notes: This should prevent the issue that a few rocket boot equipped players experience where it’s currently possible, if you run fast enough into Yogg’s room after Vezax’s death, that you start the encounter before Sara has spawned and results in a Yogg fight that can’t progress past phase 1. Thanks speedrunners!
May 10, 2023 Achievements
- The Family Battler of Zaralek Cavern achievement now properly awards the pet Gerald. Additionally, Gerald has been flagged as “unique” and “not cageable,” as is normal for achievement-awarded pets. For players who already have the achievement and did not get the pet, we are working on a separate fix to make sure they get their pet reward.
- Fixed an issue where defeating Kazzara, the Hellforged wouldn’t complete the criteria for the Heroic: Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible achievement.
Classes
Paladin
Retribution
- The swing timer for Crusading Strikes should no longer be reset by other abilities.
Warrior
- Fixed an issue where Bloodthirst would not appropriately deal damage when chained via Whirlwind if at least 1 target was immune.
Mythic+
- Freehold
Fixed an issue where multiple spells could target pets.
- Harlan Sweete
Fixed an issue that caused the bleed effect of Harlan Sweete’s Whirling Dagger to not properly bounce between targets while under the effects of Loaded Dice: All Hands!
Enemies and NPCs
Items and Rewards
- Removed pop-up notification that appeared when party/raid members earn Shadowflame Crest Fragments. Players will still see the notification for their own Fragments.
- Fixed an issue where Beacon to the Beyond, Enduring Dreadplate, Djaruun, and Ward of Faceless Ire would not reset their cooldowns upon ending an encounter.
- Void-Touched Curios from Sarkareth are no longer unique.
Player versus Player
Quests
- Fixed an issue where looting a Secured Shipment could prevent “Aiding the Accord: Suffusion Camp” from being completed.
WoW Classic Era
- The Defias Traitor is no longer killable by players of the opposite faction to prevent griefing.
May 9, 2023 Characters
- Dracthyr wearing the Scarlet Crusade tabard can now speak to the Scarlet Quartermaster in the Darkmoon Faire.
Classes
- Priest
Fixed an issue causing Halo and Divine Star to appear in the incorrect Spellbook.
- Discipline
Fixed an issue causing Halo and Divine Star to not convert to Shadow spells when casting Shadow Covenant.
Shadow
- Resolved an issue causing Void Lashers spawned by Idol of C’Thun to stop attacking after their initial target dies.
Shaman
Dungeons and Raids
Brackenhide Hollow
- Fixed an issue that caused Chief Softpaw not to spawn.
Halls of Infusion
Seat of the Triumvirate
- Fixed an issue blocking progress in the dungeon if Viceroy Nezhar is instantly slain.
Mythic+
- Affixes
Raging no longer applies to lieutenant level creatures.
Developer’s notes: Enemies that are +1 level above others are no longer affected by the Raging affix. Since they’re typically already immune to Crowd Control, the Raging effect would be redundant in these cases and reduce clarity of which enemy to dispel.
Freehold
Items and Rewards
- The Highland Drake: Embodiment of the Hellforged dragonriding manuscript now has a very low chance to drop from Sarkareth on LFR, Normal, and Heroic raid difficulties. Mythic raiders will always receive two manuscripts per Sarkareth kill until the end of the expansion.
Enemies and NPCs
Player versus Player
Quests
May 8, 2023 Classes
- Demon Hunter
Fixed an issue that caused targets with Misery in Defeat’s debuff to be treated as if they were crowd-controlled and thus avoided by some skills (i.e. Avenger’s Shield).
- Havoc
Melee auto attack damage increased by 10%.
- Demon’s Bite damage increased by 10%.
- Demon Blades damage increased by 10%.
- Felblade damage increased by 10%.
- Isolated Prey now increases Eye Beam damage by 30% when striking 1 target (was 25%).
Vengeance
Fixed an issue causing Fiery Brand to continue to spread after its expiration.
Fixed an issue that prevented Immolation Aura from benefitting some bonuses, including (but not limited to) Fiery Demise.
Fixed an issue that prevented Fiery Brand from benefitting from Holy Priest’s Symbol of Hope cooldown reduction.
Shear damage increased by 10%.
Fracture damage increased by 10%.
Soul Carver damage increased by 20%.
Focused Cleave now increases Soul Cleave’s damage to your primary target by 40% (was 30%).
Soulcrush now applies Frailty to your primary target for 8 seconds (was 5 seconds).
Druid
- Balance
Developers’ Note: In some single target scenarios it’s still looking optimal to cast Wrath in Lunar Eclipse. That doesn’t meet our goal for how Balance should play, so we’re reducing Wrath’s effectiveness outside Solar Eclipse and increasing its effectiveness inside Solar Eclipse to correct this. We’re also boosting Balance’s single target damage a small amount.
- Wrath Astral Power generation reduced to 8 (down from 10).
- Wrath damage decreased by 5%.
- Solar Eclipse now increases Wrath damage by 40% (up from 20%).
- Soul of the Forest now increases Wrath’s Astral Power generation while in Solar Eclipse by 60% (up from 30%).
- Damage dealt by Faerie Dragons summoned by Denizen of the Dream increased by 25%.
- Friend of the Fae now increases your Arcane and Nature spell damage by 10% (up from 8%).
- Primordial Arcanic Pulsar no longer triggers Nature’s Grace if the player does not have any Eclipse.
Feral
- Rampant Ferocity now deals 30% of damage dealt by Ferocious Bite to nearby enemies (down from 35%).
- Tear Open Wounds now deals 50% of Rip damage it consumes (down from 60%).
Guardian
- Fixed an issue causing some Guardian talents and abilities to incorrectly buff non-class spells.
Restoration
- All healing abilities increased by 2%.
Evoker
- Fire Breath will now correctly refund its mana cost if it is canceled while empowering.
Monk
Paladin
Rogue
- Assassination
Fixed an issue that caused some skills to be unaffected by Assassination’s Mastery: Potent Assassin, including Kingsbane’s initial damage, Sepsis, and Mutilate’s damage from Vicious Venoms.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Lethality’s critical damage bonus from affecting Subtlety’s Shadowstrike attacks.
Outlaw
- Fixed a bug that prevented Lethality’s critical damage bonus from affecting Outlaw’s Sinister Strike attacks.
Subtlety
- Developers’ notes: Class talents that previously modified all damage from spell schools are, in most cases, being updated and standardized with other similar effects to no longer affect external damage sources outside of those that belong to that class. The changes to the below talents impact Subtlety’s damage enough to warrant compensation, which is the reason for the buff to all ability damage.
- All ability damage increased by 4%.
- Veiltouched, Deeper Daggers, and Dark Brew no longer affect damage from sources outside of Class and Spec abilities available to Subtlety.
Warrior
Items and Rewards
- Algeth’ar Puzzle Box shared cooldown increased to 30 seconds, effect decreased by 30% for Unholy specialization.
- Fixed an issue where World Boss items were previewing the incorrect item levels in the Dungeon Journal.
- Big Slick in the City’s Conch Whistle is no longer usable in combat, or inside instances and raids.
- In Zaralek Cavern, all players with at least one stack of Insidious Insight will now receive a message indicating when another player has claimed the Seething Cache.
Player versus Player
Monk
- Mistweaver
Developers’ notes: Mistweavers have received significant Quality of Life changes throughout the last few patches that have increased their effectiveness in PvP to a point where we see them as oppressive to the viability of other specializations. We’re reducing many of the PvP multipliers associated with Ancient Teachings and their damage throughput, and we’re increasing the effectiveness of Renewing Mist to encourage Healing over Time management and reducing Vivify’s healing to keep their casting throughput relatively similar.
- Ancient Teachings’ effectiveness is now increased by 120% in PvP Combat (was 150%).
- Blackout Kick no longer deals 25% increased damage for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Blackout Kicks from Teachings of the Monastery now deal 15% reduced damage for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Tiger Palm now deals 15% increased damage for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat (was 30%).
- Rising Sun Kick’s damage reduced by 20% for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Vivify’s primary healing now reduced by 10% for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Renewing Mist’s healing increased by 40% in PvP Combat (was 25%).
Professions
Herbalism
- Fixed a bug that caused the Zaralek Glowbur aura to frequently break stealth and engage enemies.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the themed aura extension effect from applying when gathering basic, non-themed gathering nodes.
Mining
- Fixed a bug that prevented the themed aura extension effect from applying when gathering basic, non-themed gathering nodes.
Quests
Trading Post
- Fixed a bug where the purchase button could become available for frozen items after the monthly rollover.
May 5, 2023 Achievements
- The achievement Proof of Myrrit no longer requires the quest “Brand New Digs.”
Classes
- Developers’ notes: Earlier this week, we changed Embellishments so that they did not scale with class talents, abilities, and set bonuses. We’ve decided to revert that change, and we’re now making updates to class abilities that unintentionally boosted the damage of non-class effects such as Embellishments and trinkets.
- Demon Hunter
Vengeance
Fiery Demise now affects only Demon Hunter class damage, and does not affect trinket or item damage, or Fire damage dealt by other casters.
Druid
Warlock
Dragonriding and Mounts
- Fixed an issue where some mount riding animations were playing incorrectly.
Items and Rewards
- The item awarding the pet Diamondshell no longer gives an error saying the spell is not available, and now correctly awards the pet.
- The toy “Earpieces of Tranquil Focus” now costs 1 copper (was 50 gold).
Developers’ notes: This toy eliminates many musical and vocal projections of characters around the player. This toy can be purchased from Craggle Wobbletop in Stormwind, Blax Bottlerocket in Orgimmar, Jepetto Joybuzz or his clockwork assistant in Dalaran (either), and Kazbala in Talador.
Player versus Player
Trading Post
- Adjusted the sheathing position for Tiercel’s Wing.
Quests
- Fixed an issue that prevents players from picking up “A Room Without a View.” Rupert will now offer to take you to the vault even if you don’t have the quest.
May 4, 2023 Classes
Warlock
Items and Rewards
- Rae’ena and Cataloger Jakes of the Dragonscale Expedition now have the drakewatcher manuscript Renewed Proto-Drake: Brown Hair in stock.
Professions
Quests
- Seething Cache now correctly cancels Insidious Insight on all players after being looted by the first player to reach it.
- Fixed an issue where the creatures required to complete the quest Flesh To Bone were not spawning frequently enough.
- Players who die and release spirit during the Sniffenseeking puzzle “Your Weight in Gold” will now correctly appear at the graveyard inside of the Mysterious Cave.
- During the Sniffenseek dig “Heart of Iron’, Myrrit will be more helpful, to suggest sniffing for the final chest after the key is found.
- The Smelly Bag for the Sniffenseeking tutorial “The Buddy System” should now re-appear if players do not loot or accidentally discard the key.
- Added sparkles to certain objectives in Sniffenseeking to help improve visibility.
System
- Fixed an issue that resulted in crashes for mac users under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where player nameplates were not displaying correctly.
- Fixed an issue where players would get an error when viewing a PvP vendor.
- Fixed an issue where Pandaren did not have race change options.
May 3, 2023 Classes
Dragonriding
- Fixed an issue where some characters were not able to Dragonride after the 10.1 update.
Dungeons and Raids
Vault of the Incarnates
Broodkeeper Diurna
- Icy Shroud now absorbs 25% less healing on all difficulties.
Raszageth
- Stormsurge now absorbs 25% less damage on all difficulties.
- Shattering Shroud now absorbs 25% less healing on all difficulties.
Professions
Quests
- Added option for players to turn in this quest to Elder Honeypelt during “In the Wake of Ashes.”
- The quests “A Worthy Ally” and “Tougher Down Under” should now unlock for any level 70 character on an account that has completed the first chapter of Zaralek Cavern on any character.
- Fixed an issue where completing the World Quest “Ending Their Watch” Could prevent you from completing “A Room Without a View.”
System
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to access the support site from the in-game menu.
May 2, 2023 Classes
Professions
Fixed an issue where the Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power crafting order recipe was requesting the wrong reagents.
- Developers’ notes: All Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power crafting orders that have not been fulfilled by the time this hotfix goes live have been canceled.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t get credit for completing Chapter 1 of Embers of Neltharion.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.
