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 14, 2022 Achievements- Fixed an issue where the achievement All Bark, All Bite was not being granted consistently.
Classes- Paladin
Protection
Resolved an issue that prevented Final Stand from taunting Terros in the Vault of the Incarnates.
Retribution - Fixed an issue that caused Divine Storm to consume both Fires of Justice and Empyrean Power from a single cast.
Shaman - Fixed several issues with Totemic Recall:
Fixed an issue when using the Creation Core choice node talent where if you had used the same totem twice in a row after using a different totem, the talent would only reset the cooldown of the totem you most recently used twice in a row. - Fixed an issue where Mana Spring Totem was improperly being counted as a valid totem to have its cooldown reset.
- Fixed an issue where pressing Totemic Recall when you had not used any valid totem spells at all would put the Totemic Recall ability on cooldown.
Elemental - Fixed an issue where the Improved Flametongue Weapon talent's benefit could be retained without having Flametongue Weapon active on your weapon.
Warlock - Affliction
Soul Tap now sacrifices 5% of your Soul Leech (was 8%).
Creatures and NPCs- The Waking Shores
Fixed an issue where some of Lorena Belle’s dialogue options would sometimes disappear.
Dungeons and Raids- Brackenhide Hollow
Fixed an issue where abilities that remove roots may not remove Teeth Traps. - Fixed an issue where players would not get the Subscribed to Hyena Facts achievement if they were dead when the final fact is learned, because sometimes the most important hyena facts are learned through death. Such as that Spotted Hyenas successfully hunt and kill over 90% of the prey they eat and rarely scavenge.
- Fixed an issue where some gnolls before Hackclaw's War-Band would continue their non-combat animations while in combat.
Vault of the Incarnates - Fixed an issue where Flame Marshall's Bulwark and Quake-Detecting Seismostaff had a significantly higher-than-average drop rate.
- Delayed the spawn of the lava fish school until after the enemies before the Primal Council are cleared so players no longer prematurely lure out the Lurking Lunker living in lava for a less-than-lovely lead-in to the Primal Council.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where Codex of the First Technique and Shard of Annhylde's Aegis could scale past intended levels.
- Fixed an issue where the Darkmoon Deck: Rime was dealing less AOE damage than expected.
Mythic+- Fixed an issue where Lindormi would not always grant a Mythic Keystone to eligible players.
Developers’ note: We are separately investigating an issue where players may occasionally not receive a Mythic Keystone when completing a Mythic or Mythic+ Dungeon, but if you are unable to acquire a keystone and have completed at least 1 Mythic+ dungeon since the launch of Dragonflight, Lindormi can assist you with a replacement.
Fixed an issue where several weekly dungeon specific quest items were missing from Mythic+ Challenger Chests.
Alegeth'ar Acadmey - Echo of Doragosa
Players pulled by Echo of Doragosa's Power Vacuum are no longer affected by Quaking.
The Nokhud Offensive - The Quaking affix no longer affects players or their ride along passengers while on a Dragonriding mount.
Player versus Player- The Precognition PvP talent will no longer occasionally grant its buff even if the player was interrupted.
- The Taivan's Trumpet toy can no longer be used in arena.
- Gear item level 312 or higher will be scaled up to 359 in instanced PvP.
- Classes
Demon Hunter
Fixed an issue that prevented Extended Sigil's tooltip from displaying correct decimal values in PvP combat.
Priest - Shadow
Fixed an issue causing Psyfiend to be immune to magic removal effects. - Fixed an issue causing Psyfiend to not be healable.
- Psyflay from Psyfiend is now more responsive when players line of sight or run out of range of the spell.
- The duration of Psyflay now updates based on the remaining duration of Psyfiend for situations where the target runs out of range and back in range of the spell.
Warrior - Fury
Fixed an issue that allowed Slaughterhouse (PvP Talent) to be refreshed by other Warriors.
Solo Shuffle - Fixed an issue that could cause players to earn less Conquest than intended when matches were played on Maldraxxus Coliseum.
Quests- Alternates that reach level 70 should now be able to speak with Alexstraza in the Seat of the Aspects and accept "To Tyrhold."
- Fixed an issue where quest marker for starting "Second Challenge of Tyr: Might" would not appear correctly, which caused confusion when players abandoned it and went back to Valdrakken in order to pick it up.
- Thaldrazsus
Fixed an issue where Patient Vaargo wasn't always able to properly trigger the Great Shellkhan rare in Thaldraszus. - Fixed an error on the tool tip for the Direct Apprentice extra action during the world quest "Salamanther's Embrace."
The Waking Shores - Fixed an issue where was Basrikron not appropriately granting kill credit.
Reputation- Cobalt Assembly
The power "Arcane Bravery” can now be dispelled and spellstolen. In addition, it now correctly makes the player immune to all damage, rather than to all effects.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic- Classes
Hunter
Fixed an issue where it was possible to have multiple ranks of Volley active at the same time. This is a second version of the hotfix that deals with new reports of alternate ways to do this.
December 13, 2022 Achievements- Fixed an issue where The Best at What I Do could get stuck at 29/30 progress.
- Defeating enemies empowered by elemental storms in The Primalist Future will now correctly count towards the following achievements: Thunderstorms in Thaldrazsus, Sandstorms in Thaldraszus, Firestorms in Thaldraszus, and Snowstorms in Thaldraszus.
Classes- Rogue
Fixed an issue that caused Nightstalker to provide a damage bonus larger than intended for some skills under certain conditions.
Dungeons and Raids- Brakenhide Hollow
Fixed an issue in Brackenhide Hollow where after a soft reset, enemies would respawn and gates would be closed even if bosses linked to them were defeated. - Fixed an issue where Rotbow Stalker’s Bone Bolt Volley was targeting pets.
Halls of Infusion - The wave gauntlet before Primal Tsunami received multiple adjustments so that it is less punishing.
- Primal Tsunami
Using Shadowstep or Shadowstrike no longer places the Rogue so close to the Primal Tsunami causing them to get them knocked back.
The Nokhud Offensive - Stormcaller's Fury now affects a smaller space around Nokhudon Hold.
- Players can no longer use dragonriding abilities inside Nokhudon Hold while the Nokhudon Stormcallers are active.
- Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes be hit by Stormcaller's Fury when double jumping or gliding.
- Fixed an issue where Rally the Clan from Nokhud Hornsounder could incorrectly be interrupted.
- Teera and Maruuk
Fixed an issue where pulling enemies to Teera and Maruuk during their roleplay sequence will cause them to reset.
Balakar Khan - Balakar Khan now moves more quickly.
- Slightly increased the time between casts of Rending Strike, Savage Strike, Conductive Strike, and Thunder Strike.
- Static Spear's damage to targets in targeted area reduced by 30% and the damage dealt to all players reduced by 25%.
Ruby Life Pools - Fixed an issue that allowed Infernocore to function after Kyrakka is defeated.
- Fixed an issue where Thunderhead's Rolling Thunder could target distant players who are not in combat which could make running back after dying difficult.
- The shield from Primalist Flamedancer's Blaze of Glory is now a Magic effect and can be dispelled.
Vault of the Incarnates - Eranog
Increased the delay before Lava Flow inflicts damage to players.
Items and Rewards- Reduced Integrated Primal Fire's cooldown to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
- Rotten Rimefin Tuna no longer stacks.
- Obsidian Collar is eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive and requires relogging.
Player versus Player- War Mode
Sparks of Life from honorable kills are no longer awarded while in a raid.
Professions- Reduced the chance of receiving a skill-up from recrafting by 60%.
- Increased the number of skill points gained from crafting recipes involving Sparks of Ingenuity to 3 (was 1) to better reward you when doing so, and to make it easier to gain crafting skill beyond 50.
- Lowered the amount of crafting orders needed for “ Services Requested.”
Blacksmithing, Tailoring, and Leatherworking reduced to 3 orders (was 5). - Engineering, Inscription, and Jewelcrafting reduced to 2 orders (was 5).
Developers’ note: To make it easier to satisfy the weekly crafting order quests, we have reduced the number of crafting orders that need to be fulfilled. The major armor professions have more recipes with orders, so for Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, and Tailoring, requirements have been reduced from 5 to 3. For Jewelcrafting, Inscription, and Engineering the requirements have been reduced from 5 to 2.
Alchemy - Alchemical Experimentation has received the following changes:
The success chance for all Experimentations has been slightly increased. - The failure rate for Basic Experimentation has been slightly reduced.
- Failure now correctly grants loot, skill-ups, and consumes reagents.
- You can no longer experience a failure twice in a row.
Developers’ note: One of the goals with alchemical experimentation was to present a unique and flavorful way of introducing recipes outside of usual reward outlets. We knew there would be players on either extreme (or both!) of the luck spectrum but hoped we could offer enough recipes early that players could feel able to carve out their own niche, while steadily progressing toward a broader array of products long-term. We feel that we were successful in capturing a fun fantasy, but agree with the sentiment that the gameplay needed some improvement. We will keep an eye on this topic going forward and may make additional changes in the future. Thank you for your continued feedback.
Engineering
Fixed an issue where recrafting P.E.W. x2 would not accept optional reagents.
Inscription - Fieldmaster Emberath in Valdrakken now offers scribes a set of Crimson Combatant PvP trinket recipes at the cost of Awakened Ire.
- Fixed an issue where the Empower with Training Matrix optional reagent was not properly displayed on various Inscription weapons.
Jewelcrafting - Fixed an issue where recrafting Torc of Passed Time would not accept optional reagents.
Quests- Kryrian Covenant
Fixed some issues causing enemies in some Kyrian Covenant Campaign scenarios to not deal enough damage to level 70 players to complete the quest for a long time.
Obsidian Citadel - Osoria's Assistance is now only usable outside of combat during "Hands Off Operation" and the damage has been reduced when targeting enemies that are not part of the quest.
- Fixed an issue that caused "Wyrm Food" to not be completed if "Securing Our Legacy" or "Greatest of Threats" are turned in first.
Thaldraszus - Fixed an issue on the "Screechflight Scramble" quest line where Harleen Chirpsnide would phase out and block player progress.
- Fixed an issue was fixed where changing water shoes on "Hydro Tuskarr" wasn't working properly.
- World Quests
Moved Glisteneing Salamanthers away from Eclipse Lake during “Hydro Tuskarr“ to prevent them from attacking players while on Iskaara Watergliders. - Fixed an issue with Iskaara Waterwalkers during "Hydro Tuskarr" where the extra action button for the Net quest item would not appear while using them.
Valdrakken - Fixed an issue with The Ruby Feast questline that was blocking players from advancing past the first day's quests.
World Bosses - Basrikron
Fixed an issue with some players failing to receive credit for the world boss quest.
World Quests - The following reputation rewards have been increased:
Normal faction world quests increased to 150 reputation (was 100). - The larger elite world quests located at the major elite areas increased to 250 reputation (was 200).
- The Tuskarr Fishing Frenzy world quests increased to 200 reputation (was 150).
- The Dragonscale Expedition weekly “Wanted Poster” quests increased to 250 reputation for the non-dungeon quests (was 200).
Developers’ note: While we are not increasing the cadence on many of the Dragonflight World Quests, we are adjusting the reputation on some of the World Quests to help some of our players to better progress the weekly “Aiding the Accord” quests.
Reputation- Cobalt Assembly
The Cobalt Catch-Up power now appears less frequently after accumulating a certain number of powers, including stacked powers (was 100%).
Developers’ note: Cobalt Catch-Up (the power that refreshes duration on all powers) will never go away completely, but it will no longer be trivial to maintain insaneamounts of power by simply killing one creature every 5 minutes.
Iskaara Tuskar - Tavio in Iskaara is granting players who are 13+ renown 250 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for each type of fishing upgrade reagent they bring him each week. He will continue to give 25 reputation for subsequent extra reagents as well.
- Made some additional backend changes to “Community Feast” to reduce lag and improve performance.
- Fixed an issue where the map marker for Iskaara was incorrectly showing that players can earn bonus rewards from the Community Feast after they have earned their Supply-Laden Soup Pot for the week.
- Fixed an issue that caused Hunters to sometimes not see a reward on the quest “Cooking Utensils” offered by Lil Ki at Renown Rank 2.
- The Tuskarr net clearing dailies now give 100 reputation (was 15).
- Fixed an issue where "Community Feast" was not awarding credit while in a raid group.
- Big Kinook's recipe for soup has slightly changed, particularly when very large groups of players are helping out. As a side effect, it should be a little bit more difficult to get legendary quality soup.
- Big Kinook is rewarding his assistant chefs more for a couple of his tasks during the Community Feast:
Fishing and Fetching Ingredient tasks increased to 40 reputation (was 25). - Protecting the soup from beasts will now give up to 60 reputation when you help defeat the beasts.
- Luumak the Insatiable will reward 80 reputation when killed after reaching Legendary status on the soup.
- Bisquis will now drop an additional 50 reputation each time he is killed on top of the 50 you get for killing him once each day.
- Bisquis will give an additional 10 reputation each time you fill the legendary soup bar up to an additional 50. 150 reputation max.
Valdrakken Accord - The amount of renown required for the quest "Aiding the Accord" has been reduced to 3000 (was 4000).
December 12, 2022 Classes- Death Knight
Blood
Blood Fortification no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Demon Hunter - Fixed an issue that unintentionally permitted Fodder to the Flame's heal effect to crit.
- The Hunt now heals for 10%/20% (as Havoc/Vengeance) of damage dealt to the marked target for 20 seconds (was 25%/50% for 30 seconds).
- Charred Warblades now heals for 3% of Fire damage dealt (was 5%).
- Havoc
Essence Break damage reduced by 8%.
Vengeance - Demonic Wards Rank 1 and Rank 2 passives have been removed, reducing Demonic Wards total damage reduction to 10% (was 20% damage reduction).
Druid - Guardian
Ursine Adept no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Mage - Frost
Fixed an issue that caused Frigid Winds to not correctly benefit Freezing Cold's snare.
Monk - Brewmaster
Brewmaster's Balance no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Paladin - Protection
Aegis of Light no longer reduces damage taken (was 10% damage reduction).
Priest - Shadow
Vampiric Touch healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%). - Devouring Plague healing reduced to 30% of damage dealt (was 50%).
Rogue - Leeching Poison leech bonus reduced to 5% (was 10%).
- Assassination
Poison Bomb chance to trigger reduced to 4/8% (was 5/10%). - Fixed an issue that prevented Cut to the Chase from benefitting from Echoing Reprimand's Animacharged combo points.
- Fixed an issue that would cause Garrote to fail to apply to all targets if one target was immune, when cast with Indiscriminate Carnage.
Outlaw - Dispatch damage increased by 5%.
- Pistol Shot damage reduced by 6%.
Subtlety - Black Powder damage reduced by 5%.
- Fixed an issue that caused Secret Technique to interact incorrectly with Cold Blood.
Warlock - Fel Synergy now causes Soul Leech to heal you for 15% of the absorption it grants (was 25%).
- Soul Leech now grants shields up to 5% of maximum health (was 10%).
- Demon Skin now increases Soul Leech’s absorption up to 10% of maximum health (was 15%).
Warrior - Fury
Gushing Wound damage and healing reduced by 10%. - Bloodthirst damage increased by 1%.
- Bloodbath damage increased by 1%.
Developers’ note: Bloodthirst and Bloodbath damage has been increased to compensate for the Gushing Wound damage reduction.
Protection - Vanguard no longer reduces damage taken (was 5% damage reduction).
- Defensive Stance reduced to 15% damage reduction (was 20%). Damage reduction remains unchanged at 10% effectiveness in PvP.
- Demoralizing Shout now reduces damage taken by 20% (was 25%).
- Ignore Pain now ignores 50% of damage taken (was 55%).
Dungeons and Raids- The Nokhud Offensive
Fixed an issue causing the dragonriding tutorial message to appear in Maruukai after Balakar Khan had been defeated. - Nokhud Longbow’s Multi-Shot's damage reduced by 71%.
- Nokhud Hornsounder health reduced by 12%.
- Nokhud Hornsounder’s Rally the Clan frequency slightly reduced and its cast time slightly increased.
- Unstable Squall no longer casts Violent Dispersion on death.
- Nokhud Defender no longer casts Bloodcurdling Shout in Normal and Heroic difficulty.
- Nokhud Defender’s Bloodcurdling Shout frequency slightly reduced.
- Nokhud Thunderfist’s Deadly Thunder frequency slightly reduced.
- Batak’s Bloodcurdling Shout frequency reduced.
- Soulharvesters’ Shatter Soul will now spawn souls closer to the players targeted with the ability.
- Granyth
Reduced the spawn rate of Nokhud Saboteur on Mythic difficulty.
The Raging Tempest - Primal Stormshield’s health reduced by 23%.
- Primal Stormshield’s Stormshield frequency slightly reduced.
Player versus Player- Medals of Honor can no longer be used if the honor it grants would put you over the honor cap.
- Victorious Contender's Strongbox is now available to Level 70 players from Seltherex in Valdrakken for 5,000 Honor.
- Classes
Death Knight
Blood
Blood for Blood increases the damage of Heart Strike by 30% (was 60%). - Shattering Bone damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
Demon Hunter - Sigil of Misery PvP duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
- Concentrated Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Precise Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Extended Sigils duration increase value reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Fodder to the Flame heal effect reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Havoc
Consume Soul heal effect when consuming a Demon Soul reduced by 60% in PvP combat. - Essence Break damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
Druid - Guardian
Moonfire damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat. - Thrash damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- Brambles damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Rage of the Sleeper reflect damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- After the Wildfire healing reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Sharpened Claws increases the damage of Thrash and Swipe by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%).
- Tooth and Claw increases the damage of Maul by 20% in PvP combat (was 40%).
Mage - Fire
Combustion can no longer be dispelled.
Developers’ note: We feel that the counterplay to Combustion, a major self-cast offensive cooldown, did not feel appropriate as it was easily dispelled. We are hoping with this change that it will prompt more creative solutions to counterplay the ability. We didn’t want to make this change previously, due to balance concerns, but now feel it is an appropriate time to bring it in line with other major cooldowns.
Paladin - Protection
Word of Glory healing reduced by 30% in PvP combat. - Light of the Titans healing reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Guardian of the Forgotten Queen cooldown increased to 5 minutes.
Priest - Vampiric Touch and Devouring Plague healing are no longer reduced in PvP combat.
Rogue - Soothing Darkness heal effect reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Assassination
Hemotoxin (PvP Talent) healing reduction effect reduced to 35% (was 40%).
Subtlety - The Rotten damage bonus for Backstab and Shadowstrike reduced to 30% in PvP combat (was 50%).
Developers’ note: Shadowstrike was hitting too hard, leaving minimum room for counterplay for opponents and taking too much damage in a single stun.
Warrior - Fury
Bloodthirst now restores 2% of your health in PvP combat (was 3%). - Slaughterhouse now decreases healing taken by 3% per stack (was 5% per stack).
- Slaughterhouse now stacks up to 12 times (was 8 times).
- Slaughterhouse duration increased to 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Slaughterhouse duration is no longer refreshed when adding stacks.
Protection - Shield Charge damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
- Booming Voice now increases the damage you deal by 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
Solo Shuffle - With Season 1's start, the minimum PvP item level to queue for Rated Solo Shuffle is 408.
Professions- Jewelcrafting
Stats granted by the Elemental Lariat's equip effect reduced by 5% and it can no longer have multiple bonuses up simultaneously. This change does not negatively impact proc rates or buff uptime.
Developers’ note: Many players have their sights set on the Elemental Lariat as one of their first Spark of Ingenuity crafts as it becomes available tomorrow. Upon further investigation, this turned out to be slightly stronger than intended and we have adjusted it to better match our expectations. We wanted to ensure these changes were in before players invested their valuable resources into acquiring it so everyone can make an informed decision about whether to create this item.
User Interface and Accessibility- Fixed an issue where hidden spells in Azmerloth were being printed in the combat log.
WoW Classic Era- Corrected an issue that caused PvP Rank to fail to be calculated for the week ending December 6.
Developers' notes: The December 6 calculations were recorded incorrectly, so we've reversed any decay incurred on December 6, and replaced it with rank points calculated using your best weekly ranking from the last 30 days. Additionally, players who began doing PvP the week ending December 6 (and therefore have no history to look at in the previous 30 days) have been granted 5000 rank points as compensation. - Sorcerer's note: The long-lost Eldritch incantation required to update PvP Rank was not meant for mortals to invoke.
December 9, 2022 Achievements - Fixed an issue where The Best at What I Do would lose or reset progress. Unfortunately, current achievement progress will reset for this fix.
Classes- Mage
Fixed an issue where Energized Barriers was removing auras instead of just the associated snare effect.
Monk - Mistweaver
Fixed an issue that caused Accumulating Mist to not apply its buff if Soothing Mist was channeled on targets other than the Monk.
Priest - Discipline
Fixed an issue preventing Catharsis from triggering Atonement healing.
Shaman - Enhancement
Fixed an issue where Static Accumulation did not always properly work for the entirety of the duration of Ascendance. - Fixed an issue where Hailstorm's maximum stacks could improperly be refreshed to a lower number when talented into Overflowing Maelstrom.
Warlock - Soulburn now lasts 20 seconds and can no longer be canceled.
- Spells affected by Soulburn are now correctly highlighted.
Creatures and NPCs- Fixed an issue where Brackenhide Gnolls in the Azure Span could pursue players over a much greater distance than intended.
Dragonriding- Fixed the target of the parachute when using ride-along. The passenger will now correctly get the parachute, not the driver.
Dungeons and Raids- Brakenhide Hollow
Sentiu now shows up to help players out of the dungeon after they defeat Decatriarch Wratheye.
Hackclaw's War-Band - Reduced damage for Rira Hackclaw's Savage Charge on Normal and Heroic, allowing players a better chance to survive if things go wrong. The damage is not changed on Mythic.
Halls of Infusion - Gulp Swog Toxin no longer kills creatures and can only affect players.
- Improved the visual for the Primalist Galesinger's Thunderstorm so it is easier to see when placed in the water.
Nokhud Offensive - The Raging Tempest
Fixed a bug where Orb of Power does not grant players Surge of Power if the Stormsurge Totem is destroyed.
Return to Karazhan - Opera Hall: Westfall Story
Corrected an issue where Thunder Ritual and Wash Away were doing an incorrectly high amount of damage in Mythic (but non-Keystone) difficulty.
Shrine of the Storm - Lord Stormsong
Fixed an issue that was causing Ancient Mindbender to require too much damage to break.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where Furious Ragefeather was not triggering from various damaging spells.
- Fixed an issue where Infurious Legrwraps of Possibility was providing the incorrect amount of Haste when triggered.
- Fixed an issue where some Dragonflight toys were not getting added to the collection.
Professions- Fishing
With the increase in fishing activity in the Dragon Isles, the Tuskarr at the watering holes are now looking for 20 fish (was 10) to restock their best fishing holes. They will be granting the following rewards:
200 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for the first turn-in of Islefin Dorado. - 100 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for the first turn-in of each type of common fish.
- 5 Iskaara Tuskarr reputation for subsequent turn-ins of all fish.
The rare summoned lunkers are already immune to death grip, but the Elite lunkers are not which can make them trivial to defeat. The Elite lunkers (the ones summoned at fishing holes with Ominous Conchs) are now immune to Death Grip.
- Developers' Note: Normal lunkers randomly found while Tuskarr are fishing (and those available in world quests) are still susceptible to Death Grip.
Quests- The maximum number of quests that a player-character may have has been increased to 35 (was 25).
Developers' notes: We've seen feedback about the quest log cap for a long time, and we agree. It's time to increase it. Have fun taking on (up to) 10 additional adventures!
Fixed an issue where players were unable to see PvP world quests while in Valdrakken.
Ohn'ahran Plains - Fixed an issue that occasionally caused multiple Grand Hunts to run at the same time in the Ohn'ahran Plains.
Thaldraszus - Fixed an issue where credit was not being shared among party members during "Flying Rocs."
- Fixed the interact range for objectives on "Time-Locked Timewalkers."
- World Quests
Updated tooltip to include Digging Spot on "Forgotten Grotto Relics."
The Waking Shores - Fixed an issue where Djaradin in the Burning Ascent were not correctly giving credit for the quest objective in "Make a Statement."
- Fixed an issue where multiple instances of NPCs would remain after turning in "The Shadow of His Wings."
Reputation- Cobalt Assembly
Arcane Health will no longer be offered beyond 5 stacks. - Arcane Consumption will no longer be offered when in War Mode.
December 8, 2022 Achievements- Fixed the timer for completing Three Minutes or It's Free.
Classes- Evoker
Ancient Flame now also reduces the global cooldown of Living Flame by 40%.
Developers' note: We added this GCD reduction to the Ancient Flame talent so Living Flame can be smoothly cast in quick succession.
Devastation - Energizing Flame now restores 70% of Living Flame's mana cost when striking an enemy (was 50%).
- Living Flame now heals for 30% more and costs 20% of total mana (was 10% total mana).
Developers' note: We want Living Flame to feel more impactful for Devastation Evokers when using it to heal themselves or an ally, but we also want to make sure it can't be used indefinitely. The Evoker's mana bar is intended to be a rate limiter on healing, similar to how Healing Surge is for Elemental Shamans for example.
Hunter - Beast Mastery
Fixed an issue where Call of the Wild was making Mend Pet temporarily unusable each time a pet was summoned from Call of the Wild.
Warlock - Fixed an issue where Profane Bargain was providing too high of shared damage.
Creatures and NPCs- Maldraxxus Abominations should now correctly help players above level 60 when adventuring in the Shadowlands.
- Fixed an issue where Horace "Scalding" Stern would clutter players' combat logs with his actions.
- Players can no longer sit on the stools that Miya and her mother Plifa are sleeping on in the Gelikyr Inn. This change will allow them to get the quality of sleep they deserve.
Dragonriding- Whirling Surge cooldown now resets at the start of each dragon race.
Dungeons and Raids- Brakenhide Hollow
Bracken Warsourge's Hideous Cackle chamges:
Reduced the duration to 4 seconds (was 7) - Increased the cast time to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5)
- Added stronger visuals to the precast to draw more attention to the cast time so players can more readily interrupt it.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where some Tuskarr Fishing Net timers were not decreasing while offline.
- Fixed an issue where Darkmoon Deck: Watcher was giving a lower Versatility value than expected when triggering the shield.
- Drakonid Spear is now only useable in the Dragon Isles outdoor content.
Professions- Fixed issues with multiple incorrect recipe bindings:
Technique: Renewed Proto-Drake: Predator Pattern is no longer Bind on Pickup. - Schematic: Tinker: Breath of Neltharion is no longer Bind on Pickup.
- Recipe: Celebratory Cake is now Bind on Pickup.
Developers' Note: Our philosophy for Dragon Isles recipe acquisition is simple - we intend for as many recipes to be tradeable as possible. The main exceptions to this rule are for recipes that come from quest rewards and from renown. There should always be a moment of excitement when you find a recipe, either because it can be sold for a pretty penny or read for your own benefit. We will continue to keep an eye out for and correct recipes that do not align with these goals.
- Cooking
Cooking Seamoth Surprise now correctly has a chance to teach the Great Cerulean Sea recipe (was Thousandbone Tongueslicer).
Inscription - Technique: Weathered Explorer's Stave now requires Dragon Isles Inscription 50 to match all other high-end recipes (was 75).
Quests- Dragonflight Campaign
Fixed an issue preventing "Open Orientation" from being available to some alts.
Ohn'ahran Plains - "Counting Argali" and "Bakar Dream of Lost Argali" should now be significantly easier to complete.
- Fixed an issue where the Foal's Training Ability would show when not on the world quest "Low Hanging Fruit."
Thaldraszus - Fixed an issue where the beam in use during the "The Once and Future Team" wasn't cancelling itself if the quest was abandoned.
- Fixed an issue on "The Once and Future Team" where Timewalker Wardens would sometimes not join the fight against the Colossal Causality.
- Fixed an issue where Andantenormu was forgetting to rescue Worgen and Zandalari Trolls during "Feels like the First Time."
- Added a waypoint for "Catching Up to Chromie."
- Adjusted the tooltip for the "Temporal Destabilizing Beam" to show the correct range.
- World Quests
Fixed the "Hydro Tuskarr" so the net is not usable while swimming underwater.
The Waking Shores - Fixed an issue where Cygenoth could fail to transform if he was stunned during the encounter in "The Shadow of His Wings."
Reputation- Valdrakken Accord
Fixed an issue where the "Fitting In" quest could display rewards that were already owned.
Wrath of the Lich King Classic- Players will now only receive credit for the Ocular if they are within 100 yards of a kill during "It's All Fun and Games." Both factions will continue to receive credit.
Developers' Note: Due to the lag associated with Dalaran and its proximity to the Icecrown zone, anyone in or near the Icecrown zone would receive credit for "It's All Fun and Games" when the Ocular died. This credit being zone-wide was unintended.
December 7, 2022 Black Market Auction House- Fixed an issue where players at max level could not use the Black Market Auction House.
Classes- Hunter
Fixed an issue where Sentinel Owl would remove Rogues from Stealth.
Monk - Windwalker
Fixed an issue where Transfer the Power was gaining multiple stacks from a single Rising Sun Kick.
Paladin - Fixed an issue where Seal of the Crusader was increasing all Holy damage taken by the target instead of just the caster's Holy damage.
Priest - Holy
Fixed an issue causing Answered Prayers to not be removed when extending Apotheosis.
Rogue - Subtlety
Secret Technique can now correctly trigger Alacrity.
Shaman - Enhancement
Fixed an issue causing Maelstrom Weapon to not stack past 8 stacks with Raging Maelstrom.
Creatures and NPCs- Fixed the positions of several enemies in the Fetid Encampment so that they are no longer blocked by the environment.
Dungeons and Raids- Ruby Life Pools
Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein
Fixed an issue where Kyrakka could attack unintended targets when she lands. - Fixed an issue that could prevent Flaming Embers from correctly inflicting damage.
Shrine of the Storm - Tidesage Council
Multiple adjustments were made to Slicing Blast on Normal difficulty to require fewer interrupts from players still in the leveling process.
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr - Fixed an issue that was preventing Death Knights from returning to the dungeon using Death Gate.
Items and Rewards- The Bottomless Reliquary Satchel trinket now provides primary stats.
- Greater Obsidian Key will no longer vanish upon leaving the Obsidian Citadel.
- Fixed an issue where Waking Earth and Waking Fire were unable to be used when spawned outside the Waking Shores.
- Increased affected area of Tome of Unstable Power to 8 yards (was 5).
- Fixed an issue where the Darkmoon Deck: Dance was removing players' shapeshift.
- Fixed an issue where Missingway Hand Cannon was incorrectly categorized as a bow.
Pet Battles- Fixed an issue where the Snowclaw Cub could not be summoned from the Pet Journal.
Player versus Player- Classes
Druid
Guardian
Den Mother (PvP Talent) now affects raid and party members.
Items - Assembly Guardian's Ring absorption reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
- Assembly Scholar's Loop damage reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
- Assembly Preserver's Band heal reduced by 60% in PvP combat.
Quests- The Azure Span
Fixed an issue where the Artifact Locator would remain after completing "Can't Have These."
Dragonflight Campaign - Fixed an issue causing "Renown of Dragon Isles" and "Open Orientation" to not be available to alts who have not completed the Thaldrazus storyline, preventing them from completing the endgame campaign.
Jewelcrafting - Mundane Gems now correctly drop from Djaradin enemies during "Mundane Gems, I Think Not!"
Obsidian Citadel - Fixed an issue where Osoria's Assistance would remain in player's inventory after completing "Hands-Off Operation."
Ohn'ahran Plains - Fixed an issue with "Second Challenge of Tyr: Might" where the second objective incorrectly directed players to speak with the Projection of Tyr and has been corrected to the Maiden of Inspiration.
Thaldraszus - World Quests
Fixed an issue where freeing Imprisoned Travelers during "Rebel Concerns" was not correctly providing credit. - Fixed an issue with "Hydro Tuskarr" where switching watershoes caused the extra action button to disappear.
- Fixed the visual for Watergliders and Waterwalkers when they are equipped during "Hydro Tuskarr."
- Fixed an issue where the Sneaky Youngster could be interacted with multiple times during "Hide and Seek."
The Waking Shores - The amount of Impressive Dragon Skulls required to complete Tarjin's Tale reduced to 5 (was 25).
Reputation- Iskaara Tuskarr
Map icons for the Community Feast should now display for eligible alts.
Valdrakken Accord - Players who have reached renown rank 26 or higher with Valdrakken Accord will now unlock armor for all four dragonriding drakes when they enter Thaldraszus.
December 6, 2022 Classes- Death Knight
Blood
Fixed an issue with Voracious increasing Death Strike's minimum heal by more than intended.
Hunter - Fixed an issue where enemies that were immune to the knockback from High Explosive Trap were still being affected by Binding Shackles.
Priest - Shadow
Psyfiend health reduced to 4% of the Priest's maximum health (down from 10%). - Psyfiend is no longer immune to debuffs and channel effects.
- The channel duration of Psyflay from Psyfiend is now 12 seconds to match the creature's duration.
Creatures and NPCs- Fixed an issue where Enkine the Voracious could not be summoned.
Dungeons and Raids- Halls of Infusion
Fixed an issue that was preventing Death Knights from returning to the dungeon using Death Gate.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where if a player dies while equipped with the Primal Ritual Shell the chosen buff resets to wind.
- Adjusted the drop rates of Rousing Ire across all forms of content. In general, gathering should be providing substantially less, while participating in instanced PvP should be more rewarding.
- Dreamscape Prism now correctly increases your Mastery.
- Food buffs received from the Valdrakken Feast will no longer be cancelled when using your Hearthstone.
- The "Fully Ruby Feasted" debuff has been fixed to allow the players two simultaneous Ruby Feast buffs, and will no longer affect any of the cosmetics received from food here.
- Fixed an issue where trading Bundle O' Cards: Dragon Isles and Soggy Clump of Darkmoon Cards could cause the client to crash.
Professions- The number of first-time crafts that can grant experience has been reduced to 30 (was 60).
Developers' note: We made this change to better support gaining XP from crafting during leveling, while minimizing the incentive to take on several throw-away professions just to level yourself faster.
Fishing - Fixed an issue where Tuskarr Fishing Holes were not available to players with Iskaara Tuskarr Renown rank 4 on the account and Dragon Isles Fishing.
Quests- The Azure Span
Made some backend changes to the Community Feast to reduce lag.
Developers' note: Please let us know if you see unusually high lag, particularly if it happens only in the Iskaara area, or if it only happens while the Community Feast event is occurring.
Ohn'ahran Plains - The quest boss for "The Field of Ferocity: Master of the Hunt!" should now behave properly when both left unengaged in combat and when being defeated.
Thaldraszus - Fixed an issue where players and NPCs were floating during the "Back to the Future" cinematic.
- Fixed an issue in "Cracks in Time" where the extra action button was not displaying while dragonriding.
The Waking Shores - Fixed an issue where Disgruntled Riverbeast Matriarch was not displaying the proper tooltip during "Wildlife Rescue."
Wrath of the Lich King Classic- Classes
Hunter
Fixed an issue where it was possible to have multiple ranks of Volley active at the same time.
December 5, 2022 Achievements- Fixed an issue where Iskaaran Harpoon was not granting credit towards Cutting Tusk Equipment.
- Obsidian Champion should now register step completions correctly. Unfortunately, previous credit for the quest "Forging the Answer" may need to be repeated.
Classes- Tank Specializations
Tank-specialized characters now generate 650% additional threat (was 550%).
Developers' note: We've heard feedback that on-pull burst in dungeon content is causing damage dealers to pull threat more often than is desirable. This change represents roughly a 15% increase to tank threat generation, which should help alleviate these cases, while still requiring tanks to actively engage with packs to hold threat.
Demon Hunter - The Hunt damage reduced by 10%.
- Fodder to the Flame's trigger rate no longer scales with Haste.
Druid - Restoration
Regrowth healing decreased by 6%.
Hunter - Steel Trap damage has been reduced by 20%.
- Explosive Shot damage has been increased by 15%.
- Barrage damage has been increased by 15%.
- Marksmanship
All damage increased by 10%. - Heavy Ammo now causes Trick Shot ricochets to deal an additional 25% damage (was 10%).
Survival - All damage increased by 5%.
Mage - Fire
Flamestrike damage increased by 8%. - Pyroblast damage increased by 5%.
- Fireball damage increased by 10%.
- Scorch damage increased by 10%.
- Ignite damage increased by 5%.
Monk - Brewmaster
Brewmaster's Balance now grants 45% increased Stamina (was 30%).
Mistweaver - Awakened Faeline Spinning Crane Kick now heals 3 nearby allies for 60% of the damage done (was 50%).
- Vivify healing to primary target increased by 20%.
- Peaceful Mending now increases healing received by Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist by 30% (was 20%).
- Yu'lon's Whisper now heals 5 targets (was 6) and healing increased by 15%.
Paladin - Protection
Aegis of Light now grants 50% increased Stamina (was 45%) and 30% increased Armor (was 15%).
Priest - Mind Spike now correctly has a visual when damaging enemies.
- Shadow
Fixed an issue causing Mental Decay to not extend the duration of Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch when damage was absorbed.
Rogue - Assassination
Exsanguinate cooldown increased to 3 minutes (was 45 seconds) and bleed effect magnitude reduced to 80% (was 100%).
Developer's note: Recent data from Live and Beta indicates that Exsanguinate is drastically overperforming its historic and intended power level. We recognize that this is a heavy nerf for an individual talent, but it is important that Exsanguinate's power be similar to alternative available talent choices. We see this as a temporary measure as we head towards the opening of Dragonflight's first season, and we will be reconsidering Exsanguinate's position and role as an available talent for Assassination and may move, replace, or redesign it in a future patch.
Shaman - Restoration
All healing spells healing increased by 5%. - Acid Rain damage increased by 50%.
Warlock - Soul Leech now converts 3% of damage dealt to an absorb shield (was 6%).
Warrior - Arms
Fueled by Violence now heals for 85% of the damage done by Deep Wounds (was 65%).
Protection - Fueled by Violence now causes Deep Wounds to heal you for 85% (was 65%) of the damage it deals.
- Brutal Vitality now adds 15% of the damage dealt to your active Ignore Pain (was 30%).
Dungeons and Raids- Brackenhide Hollow
Decatriarch Wratheye
Fixed an issue where she might not perform her abilities.
The Nokhud Offensive - Fixed an issue where Teera and Maruuk encounter can sometimes reset if pulled too quickly after their roleplay has ended.
- Fixed an issue where Ukhel Deathspeakers were using the silver dragon border instead of the gold dragon border.
Ruby Life Pools - Kokia Blazehoof
Fixed an issue where Molten Boulder could sometimes fail to indicate the correct impact location.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where learning a toy while they were stacked would consume the entire stack.
Player versus Player- Classes
Death Knight
Anti-Magic Shell (Talent) absorption amount reduced by 25% in PvP combat. - Improved Death Strike increase to Death Strike's healing has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Will of the Necropolis (Talent) damage reduction reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Anti-Magic Barrier (Talent) increase to Anti-Magic Shell duration and amount absorbed has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Abomination Limb (Talent) will no longer pull individual enemy players more than once over its duration (was every 4 seconds).
- Frost
Death Strike's healing increased based on recent damage is reduced by 50% if the damage was dealt by players or their pets.
Unholy - Death Strike's healing increased based on recent damage is reduced by 50% if the damage was dealt by players or their pets.
Developers' note: Death Knight survivability has been substantially higher than we're comfortable with, so we're targeting several aspects of their defensive kit. We feel that with these adjustments, Death Knights will maintain durability with options to counterplay defensively. Additionally, the multiple grips from Abomination Limb created scenarios of unfun gameplay with minimal counterplay in PvP. We're changing this talent to be able to pull in a unique player in once per talent usage. We believe this change will allow the talent to be an attractive talent to pick while maintaining counterplay options for opponents.
Druid - Restoration
Budding Leaves is now 70% effective in PvP combat. - Fixed an issue that caused Focused Growth's buff to only apply to one Lifebloom at a time while using the Undergrowth talent.
Developers' note: Lifebloom has been a higher percentage of Druid healing's breakdown in PvP than we'd like, so we're reducing Budding Leaves to bring it more in line.
Evoker - Scarlet Adaptation's cap is reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
- Fire Breath's initial damage is reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
- Disintegrate and Pyre deal 15% increased damage in PvP combat.
Developers' note: The goal of this tuning change is to reduce the very high burst from fully charged Fire Breath, which we felt was unfair as it had the potential to kill enemy players without any time to react. Living Flame also had the potential to deal high burst with all its modifiers combined together, so we're reducing Scarlet Adaptation's cap in PvP. To compensate for the lost power, we're increasing the damage of Disintegrate and Pyre so that Evoker can contribute more meaningful consistent damage. Note that this will affect both Devastation and Preservation specializations.
Preservation - Mana regeneration is reduced by an additional 10% in PvP combat.
Developers' notes: All healers have reduced mana regeneration in PvP, so that fights end after a reasonable period of time. Preservation receiving this reduction brings them closer in line with the other healers so that mana is relevant in PvP.
Mage - Arcane
Nether Precision now 75% effective in PvP combat. - Prodigious Savant now 80% effective in PvP combat.
- Arcane Bombardment now 65% effective in PvP combat.
Developers' note: We're looking to address Arcane's instant burst damage through adjustments targeting Arcane Blast and Arcane Barrage modifiers. Arcane Bombardment in particular has been too powerful of an execute effect in PvP for its current availability.
Frost - Piercing Cold is now 50% effective in PvP combat.
- Ice Lance damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
- (PvP Talent) Snowdrift no longer has a cast time (was 1.5 seconds).
- (PvP Talent) Snowdrift's cooldown reduced to 45 seconds (was 60 seconds).
Developers' note: Glacial Spike critical strikes are hitting harder than we would like, despite the long cast time attached to this spell. We're reducing Piercing Cold's critical strike damage modifier in PvP to help address this without impacting the base damage of the spell. We're also increasing the damage of Ice lance as the Splitting Ice talent is less valuable in PvP, given the unpredictable and constant movement of players. Additionally, Snowdrift has been requiring more ramp up than intended, so we're removing its cast time and lowering its cooldown.
Monk - Mistweaver
Ancient Teachings of the Monastery now heals for 375% of damage done in PvP combat (was 240%).
Developers' note: We would like to see more aggressive playstyles from Mistweaver Monk to be possible in PvP, so we're targeting Ancient Teaching of the Monastery to bolster the playstyle.
Rogue - Echoing Reprimand damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
Developers' note: We've seen that the ability could have extremely high burst, more than we're comfortable with, so we are partially reverting the change made in last week's hotfixes, where Echoing Reprimand's damage was no longer reduced in PvP.
Shaman - Elemental
Magma Chamber effectiveness reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
Developers' note: Earth Shock and Elemental Blast from Elemental Shamans deal more damage than intended with high stacks of Magma Chamber, so we are lowering its effect in PvP.
Enhancement - Improved Maelstrom Weapon increases the damage and healing of spells by 8%/15% per stack of Maelstrom Weapon in PvP combat (was 10%/20%).
- Raging Maelstrom increases the effectiveness of Maelstrom Weapon stacks by 3% in PvP combat (was 5%).
- Stormstrike and Windstrike damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
Developers' note: Damage and healing from fully stacked Maelstrom Weapon are higher than intended in PvP, so we're reducing the value of the associated talents. Separately, we'd like for Enhancement's sustained damage to be more well-rounded in PvP, so we're increasing Stormstrike's damage.
Warlock - Curse of Tongues reduces cast time by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Curse of Tongues applied through Amplify Curse reduces cast time by 20% in PvP combat (was 35%).
Developers' note: We're reducing the overall power of Curse of Tongues in PvP. We'd like for the spell to be valuable to cast, but not cause casters to have a frustrating time trying to cast spells.
Warrior - Arms
Mortal Strike's damage is no longer reduced by 30% in PvP combat. - Sharpened Blades now increases critical strike damage by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
- Martial Prowess now increases Mortal Strike's damage by 15% per stack in PvP combat (was 30%).
- Execute damage increased by 20% in PvP combat (Arms only).
- Rend damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat (Arms only).
Developers' note: We're looking to increase Mortal Strike's consistent damage while keeping its burst potential in line through targeted adjustments to its modifiers. We're also reducing Rend's damage in PvP as Skullsplitter has been a culprit for one-shots.
- War Mode
Bloody Tokens from honorable kills are no longer awarded while in a raid.
Developers' Note: We are happy to see awarding Bloody Tokens from player kills in the open world has had positive reception. However, we've seen some behavior going against the spirit of the game, particularly forming full raid groups to farm the currency rather than through organic PvP encounters in the open world. Bloody Tokens are still awarded for honorable kills in the open world when a player is in a party, but not in a raid group.
Professions- Skill ranges indicated by Mining and Herbalism gathering journals now accurately reflect the leveling experience.
- Alchemy
Alchemical Experimentation has been re-enabled.
Blacksmithing - Grekka Anvilsmash (Master Blacksmith) now correctly offers Blacksmithing Knowledge instead of Mining Knowledge.
Engineering - Tinker's Workbench and Portable Tinker's Workbench are now also considered Anvils.
Fishing - Fixed an issue where full Fishing Nets in River Mouth Fishing Hole occasionally disappearing.
Quests- Adventure Mode
Fixed an issue where the campaign quest indicators were not appearing properly for quests in Ohn'ahran Plains and Thaldraszus.
The Azure Span - Fixed an issue where quest rewards could be unavailable for some players turning in "For Imbu!"
Ohn'ahran Plains - Fixed an issue where the first four quests of Thunderspine dailies were erroneously removing all items from player's inventory and bank upon completion.
Thaldraszus - Abandoning the Horde or Alliance versions of the quest "Deathwingurlugull!" while in the plane will now result in the player being teleported back to the quest givers.
Reputation- Cobalt Assembly
Leech stacks now capped at 5.
User Interface and Accessibility- The icon for Siege on Dragonbane Keep now disappears when it is no longer available due to already being completed.
December 2, 2022 Classes- Druid
Fixed an issue where Tireless Pursuit was only granting 30% movement speed, not the correct 40% movement speed. - Balance
Fixed an issue where Sunfire applied to multiple targets would not correctly trigger the Mastery benefit.
Evoker - Fixed an issue where Eternity Surge could be casted while locked out of its spell school.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to recast an empowered spell during its GCD would cause your action bars to grey out.
- Preservation
Emerald Communion may now be cast while moving while Hover is active.
Hunter - Marksmanship
Fixed an issue where Wind Arrows from Legacy of the Windrunners or Windrunner's Barrage were gaining bonus damage from your Mastery twice.
Monk - Fixed an issue preventing the Touch of Death effect of Fatal Flying Guillotine from always being an Improved Touch of Death. The tooltip for this will be clarified in a later update.
Priest - Holy
Fixed an issue causing Answered Prayers to sometimes get stuck at its maximum stack count and fail to trigger Apotheosis.
Creatures and NPCs- The Azure Span
Tatto the Iskaaran Stable Master will now correctly allow you to stable your pet.
Ohn'ahran Plains - Beastmaster Oken will now stable pets properly for hunters who find themselves in the Broadhoof Outpost.
Dungeons and Raids- Algeth'ar Academy
Echo of Doragosa's health has been increased by 12%.
Brackenhide Hollow - Fixed an issue where if players entered the gauntlet toward the final boss from the Den of Decay instead of through Treemouth's area, the gauntlet could become impossible to complete.
- Fixed an issue where Bracken Warscourge could spawn inside of the environment in the area leading up to Hackclaw’s War-Band.
Neltharus - Qalashi Thaumaturge's Magma Conflagration damage reduced by 40%.
- Magmatusk's health has been increased about 15%.
Items and Rewards- Players can now choose to cancel certain Transporter Malfunctions caused by new and old Wormhole Generators.
- The Trial of the Elements (Primalist Tomorrow) and Trial of the Flood (Ohn'ahran Plains) events rewards were scaling higher than expected and have had their base item level reduced.
- Armoire of Endless cloaks is now a correctly categorized as a Toy.
- Integrated Primal Fire trinket damage reduced by 19%.
- Fixed an issue where items purchased from Sabellian and Wrathion quartermasters displayed incorrect reputation requirements.
Player versus Player- War Mode
Fixed an issue that the War Mode and Primal Storm cloak rewards were all using the same stat allocation.
Warlock - Demonology
Axe Toss and Solar Beam can no longer trigger the Precognition PvP Talent.
Professions- Enchanting
Fixed an issue where Enriched Earthen Shard was appearing underground.
Engineering - Fixed an issue where Tinker: Plane Displacer was not properly going on cooldown if it malfunctioned.
- Lilliam Sparkspindle will now offer Alliance players the option to unlearn and change their Classic Engineering Gnomish and Goblin specializations.
Herbalism - Fixed an issue where Rich Soil was spawning too quickly.
Quests- Fixed an issue causing players above level 60 to be unable to enter certain legacy quest scenarios.
- A small number of characters who were able to able access a Renown Campaign early have had their access corrected. However, characters who have already started the Campaign questline will be allowed to finish it.
- The Azure Span
Fixed an issue where Kraunot could become unattackable during "A Wrestle of Wind and Water."
Ohn'ahran Plains - Fixed an issue where characters could be unable to complete "Shady Sanctuary.""
Thaldraszus- Fixed an issue where Therazane could be killed in the Black Empire.
- Players attempting to turn in "Race Through Time" could be knocked off the platform by the opposing faction preventing quest completion. The Black Empire is now flagged as a sanctuary to prevent this from occurring.
- Fixed an issue where the starting location for "Moving On" was in the wrong location on the map.
Reputation- Dragonscale Expedition
Fixed an issue with Ancient Waygates. Players who hit Rank 7 may begin their adventures in exploring these curious ancient stones, scattered throughout the Dragon Isles. - Fixed an issue where players were unable to begin the Ancient Waygate questline.
Maruuk Centaur - Fixed an issue where "Sharing the Bounty" was not appearing at different Renown levels.
December 1, 2022 Classes- Evoker
Living Flame will now restore 50% of its mana cost when used to strike an enemy.
Developers' note: This change is intended to allow Preservation Evokers to use Living Flame to contribute damage during raid encounters without losing mana. It will also prevent Devastation Evokers from running out of mana when using Living Flame with high haste values.
Hunter - Marksmanship
Fixed an issue where Bulletstorm was incorrectly also granting the benefit of Bombardment. - Fixed an issue where Arcane Shot and Chimaera Shot were incorrectly consuming a stack of the Bulletstorm buff when cast.
Survival - Fixed an issue where Quick Shot would not properly deal damage if you had changed the appearance of your weapon.
- Fixed an issue where Spearhead did not properly apply the bleed from Mongoose Bite or Raptor Strike if Aspect of the Eagle was active.
Paladin - Protection
Fixed an issue causing Inspiring Vanguard to grant an incorrect amount of Strength.
Priest - The following Priest spells have been added to the Personal Resource Display: Desperate Prayer, Lightweaver, Empyreal Blaze, Dark Ascension, Deathspeaker, Holy Ward, Archangel, and Dark Archangel.
- Power Word: Life now has a spell highlight when targeting a low health ally.
- Mind Flay: Insanity now has a spell highlight when it is available.
- The debuff for Angelic Bulwark is no longer displayed on Raid Frames.
- Holy
Fixed an issue causing queued Heals to not gain a cast time reduction from Lightweaver after casting Flash Heal.
Shaman - The debuff for Elemental Equilibrium is no longer displayed on Raid Frames.
Creatures and NPCs- Fixed an issue where rare enemies on the Dragon Isles did not have a daily loot lockout.
- Fixed an issue where some baby mammoths could be unintentionally tamed.
Dungeons and Raids- The Azure Vault
Arcane Tender's Wild Eruption will no longer target player pets.
Brakenhide Hollow - Withering damage reduced by 64% (effect applied by Decay Speaker's Withering Burst, Trickclaw Mystic's Witherbolt, etc.).
- Fetid Rotsinger's Decaying Totem health reduced by 50%.
- Fixed an issue where the dungeon's quests could not be completed.
Halls of Infusion - Watcher Irideus
Power Overload no longer targets pets.
Primal Tsunami - A friendly Titan Defense Orb now offers players a quick way out of the dungeon after defeating the Primal Tsunami.
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr - Fixed an issue where the dungeon's quests could not be completed.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where Crimson Aspirant's Pulverizer and Crimson Aspirant's Longspear had the same stats.
- Fixed an issue where Slumbering Worldsnail and Raging Magmommoth were unlearnable.
- Fixed an issue where Misty Satchel was bind-on-equip and could be listed on the Auction House.
- Re-added cloth loot that was temporarily removed from rare enemies.
- Fixed an issue where Reclaimed Tuskarr Harpoon and Stolen Shikaar Warspear were using the incorrect weapon type.
Player versus Player- Fixed an issue where PvP Conduits were not purchasable.
- Sergeant Wilson and Nassar have arrived in the Gladiator's Refuge for slightly less than loyal characters to sign up as a Mercenary in battlegrounds.
- Precognition (PvP Talent) is now displayed on the Personal Resource Bar.
- War Mode
Fixed an issue that could cause Supply Drops in Ohn'ahran Plains to not reach the ground before despawning.
Professions- Significantly increased the drop rate of recipes for Crimson Combatant equipment from Victorious Contender's Strongboxes.
- Notebook of Crafting Knowledge for Enchanting now awards knowledge for the correct profession.
- Temporarily disabled Basic and Advanced Experimentation for Alchemy to address a bug.
- Fixed an issue where some pieces of Engineering crafting gear were missing stats.
- Lofty Malygite has become slightly less lofty and is now within reach for Jewelcrafters to collect.
- Reduced the drop rate on Roused Seedling when gathering herbs.
- Adjusted Molten, Hardened, and Windswept Overload loot tables to be similar in value to Frost Overload.
Quests- Fixed an issue where Shadowlands campaign quests were being pushed to players outside of Shadowlands.
- The Azure Span
Fixed an issue where "Calling the Blue Dragons" was rewarding duplicates of the Highland Drake to alts. - Fixed an issue where "Into the Azure" was incorrectly available for alts who had already completed "To the Azure Span."
Ohn'ahran Plains - Nokhud Offensive
Fixed an issue where Khanam Matra Sarest, the quest giver for "The Wind Belongs to the Sky" could incorrectly phase out.
The Waking Shores - Fixed an issue where "Honor Our Fallen" was available at level 68, but its reward could require level 70.
- Fixed an issue where "The Tools of One's Trade" was available at level 68, but its reward could require level 70.
- Fixed an issue where the "Greater Obsidian Citadel Key" could fail to be completed.
- Fixed an issue where various Siege on Dragonbane Keep UI elements wouldn't show until Valdrakken Accord Rank 6.
- Quest markers for "To Dragonbane Keep!" have been modified to be clearer.
- Fixed an issue where players wouldn't be added to the Siege on Dragonbane scenario at times, preventing rewards from being obtained.
Reputation- Cobalt Assembly
Lowered Fun Detected's chance to drop Wild Arcana. It was changing the drop rate to be 100% instead of adding an additional percent chance. Yes, we know how this looks.
Iskaara Tuskarr - Fixed an issue where the "Iskaaran Fishing Net" quest items were not visible.
Maruuk Centaur - Fixed an issue where "Good at Doings, Not Understandings" was being incorrectly offered to players at Renown 1.
- Fixed an issue where players could be in the area of a Grand Hunt and not get added to the scenario correctly.
Valdrakken Accord - Fixed an issue where the Dragon Racing world quests were not unlocking correctly at Valdrakken Accord Rank 7.
November 30, 2022 Achievements- Fixed an issue where Bronze Timelock requirements listed the incorrect achievement.
- Fixed an issue where Possessive Hornswog was not granting credit towards Adventurer of The Waking Shores.
Adventure Mode- Fixed an issue where players in Adventure Mode were unable to use the portal to Valdrakken until they completed the campaign in the Azure Span.
Classes- Fixed an issue that caused Cleanse Toxins, Purify Disease, and Detox (Windwalker/Brewmaster Monk) to not go on cooldown correctly.
- Death Knight
Blood
Fixed an issue with Tightening Grasp granting 10% increased damage instead of the intended 5%.
Frost - Fixed an issue where Avalanche would not always deal damage when Howling Blast consumes Rime.
Demon Hunter - Vengeance
Fixed an issue that caused Spirit Bomb to apply an additional application of Frailty to the Demon Hunter's current target, regardless of distance.
Druid - Balance
Fixed an issue where Starlord could not reach 3 stacks.
Guardian - Fixed an issue where Tireless Pursuit would not be applied after leaving Travel Form.
Paladin - Fixed an issue causing Sanctified Ground to incorrectly persist.
Warlock - Demonology
Fixed an issue where Guillotine could be cast without a Felguard active. - Fixed an issue where Wrathguard was not correctly applying Infernal Command.
Dungeons and Raids- The Azure Vault
Conjured Lasher's Mystic Vapors periodic damage reduced by 50%.
Halls of Infusion - Primal Tsunami
Fixed an issue that could cause the boss to not be lootable if defeated right when the intermission begins.
Items and Rewards- Fixed an issue where the leather Renown transmog set was available to all specializations.
- Dragonriding mount items can now be safely destroyed as characters who have completed the quests that grant these items will learn the mount upon relogging in.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players to not earn credit for the Dragonriding Glyph at Scalecracker Peak.
- Fixed an issue where Expedition Scout's Pack was spawning below the terrain in the Waking Shores.
Player versus Player- Fixed an issue that caused NPCs in level 61-70 battlegrounds to have more health and deal more damage than intended.
- Classes
Mage
Fixed an issue where Frost Bomb could have incorrect targeting.
War Mode - Fixed an issue where War Mode world quests were awarding players incorrect gear for their proficiency.
Solo Shuffle - Resolved an issue that prevented characters from interacting with a Warlock's Demonic Gateway in subsequent rounds.
Quests - Fixed an issue where climbing world quests were not awarding the correct amount of reputation.
- The Priest Class Hall mount quest "The Sunken Vault" is functional again, but in a diminished state. Players can complete the quest, but the NPC will offer little commentary and the enemies no resistance. The quest will return to its original state in a future patch.
- The Azure Span
Fixed an issue where players were unable to craft a Fishing Net for "Iskaaran Fishing Net" if it was abandoned.
Ohn'ahran Plains - "Orientation: Maruukai" now correctly shares quest credit with all group members.
- Fixed an issue where Hypoxicron was landing mid-air during "Proto Problems."
- Being in stealth will no longer cause issues during "Reign of the Ram."
- Fixed an issue where the Raging Torrent boss was not scaling properly during "Trial of the Flood."
- Fixed an issue where the bonus quest was not appearing for the rare enemy, Ronsak the Decimator.
Thaldraszus - Fixed an issue where Pandaren, Troll, and Undead characters are sometimes unable to progress in "Feels Like the First Time."
- South Hold Guardians will no longer continue to give out their signets after "Remember the Fallen" is completed.
- The Scythid prowling the Chittering Caverns will no longer only be encountered at level 70 for the quest "Scythid Gloomhunter."
Reputation- Cobalt Assembly
Lowered the drop chance for Cobalt Assembly reputation across all enemies.
User Interface and Accessibility- Fixed an issue where saved Edit Mode layouts could disappear.
November 29, 2022 Achievements- Fixed an issue where some players were not correctly receiving the Shadowlands Season 4 Shrouded Hero title and achievement.
Classes- Death Knight
Blood
Fixed an issue where Leeching Strike was not healing as intended.
Priest - Fixed an issue causing Shadowfiend to not grant Mana for Holy and Discipline specializations.
Creatures and NPCs- Cauldronbearer Blakor's Molten Pour effect reduced to 1 minute.
Dungeons and Raids- Shadowlands dungeons now properly appear in the Dungeon Finder during the Shadowlands Timewalking Campaign.
- The Nokhud Offensive
Granyth
Fixed an issue that could cause the Dragonkiller Lances to fire twice. - Fixed an issue where casting Mind Control or Dominate Mind on Nokhud Saboteurs would cause them to become unresponsive.
Teera and Maruuk - Fixed an issue causing the Ancestors' Treasure Trove awarded after the encounter ends to sometimes not be lootable.
Balakar Khan - Fixed an issue where Rending Strike was being cast during Phase 2.
Items and Rewards- Seltherex in Valdrakken now sells Honor gear. This gear is currently upgradable to rank 3 (item level 353) and will be able to be upgraded to rank 5 when Season 1 begins.
- Fixed an issue where uncommon bind-on-equip items in dungeons were incorrectly appearing as rare quality.
- Yellow War Ottuk and Yellow Scouting Ottuk now correctly display in the Mount Journal.
- Addressed several weapons that were dealing less damage than intended.
- Shadowlands Season 4 Tokens of Merit have been reduced to poor quality and will still sell for 500 gold.
Professions- Fixed multiple issues that caused Find Minerals and Find Herbs to behave erratically on the Dragon Isles.
- Fixed an issue where the Frozen Writ weapon enchant effect was not correctly triggering.
- Fixed an issue where the Sophic Writ weapon enchant effect was triggering too frequently.
- Fixed an issue where you could skin some enemies that were not intended to be skinned.
Quests- The Waking Shores
Fixed an issue where “Dragon Glyphs and You” could not be completed. - Fixed an issue where Bothersome Bees would sometimes attack players while invisible during “Leave Bee Alone.”
- Fixed an issue where players could not interact with Majordomo Selistra to complete "Proto-Fight.""
- Fixed an issue where there were no visible points of interest map indicators for "Rapid Fire Plans.""
- Fixed an issue where killing enemies while riding Osoria during "Hands Off Operation" would not provide credit for the quest.
Ohn'ahran Plains - Fixed an issue where the spear and bow quest items were not dropping for "The Nokhud Offensive: Founders Keepers.""
Thaldraszus - Fixed an issue where the point of interest map indicators were not updating correctly for "Eyes and Ears" and "Nowhere to Hide.""
- Fixed an issue where faction changing could send you to the incorrect starting area during "Feels Like the First Time."
- Fixed an issue where "The Flow of Time" would not progress on clients using non-English languages.
November 28, 2022 Achievements- Evokers are now included in the achievement That Takes Class.
Classes- Death Knight
Fixed an issue with Insidious Chill not properly slowing auto-attack speed. - Unholy
Fixed an issue with Unholy Aura rank 2 not correctly increasing the damage of your summons by the intended amount.
Demon Hunter - Havoc
Burning Wound's Immolation Aura damage bonus reduced to 40% (was 50%). - Know Your Enemy critical damage bonus reduced to 40/80% of your critical strike chance (was 50/100%).
- Any Means Necessary damage bonus for affected skills reduced to 80% of your Mastery: Demonic Presence bonus (was 100%).
Vengeance - Fixed an issue that prevented Charred Flesh from benefitting from its second rank.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the global cooldown incurred by Soul Carver from being correctly modified by Haste.
Druid - Restoration
Fixed an issue that caused Lifebloom's bloom to not be increased by Mastery while talented into Budding Leaves.
Evoker - Devastation
Fixed an issue that caused Disintegrate to not fully benefit from Iridescence: Blue if two Disintegrate casts were chained together. - Fixed an issue where Burnout could trigger more often than intended with certain talent combinations.
Mage - Fixed an issue that caused Ignite to spread to targets under the effects of crowd control.
Monk - Windwalking, Close to Heart, and Generous Pour should no longer fail to reapply in certain very uncommon circumstances.
Paladin - Of Dusk and Dawn has been adjusted:
Blessing of Dawn now increases damage and healing by 5% (was 6%) and duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds). - Blessing of Dusk duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Seal of Order now increases the healing and damage of your Holy Power spending abilities by 8% during Blessing of Dawn (was 10%).
Protection - Word of Glory healing increased by 40%.
- Light of the Titans healing increased by 40%.
- Fixed an issue causing Moment of Glory to only trigger from auto-attacks.
- Fixed an issue where Blessed Hammer's damage reduction was not applying correctly.
- Fixed an issue causing Grand Crusader to trigger at a rate higher than intended.
- Fixed an issue with Righteous Protector's interaction with free casts from Divine Purpose, Shining Light, and Bastion of Light.
- Fixed an issue causing spenders cast with Bastion of Light to consume Divine Purpose triggers.
- Fixed an issue causing Words of Glory cast with Shining Light to not consume Bastion of Light stacks.
Priest - Discipline
Fixed an issue causing queued spells to not increase the damage of spells when buffed by Twilight Equilibrium. - Fixed an issue causing Power of the Dark Side procs to grant a Holy damage buff instead of a Shadow damage buff when casting Penance with Twilight Equilibrium talented.
- Fixed an issue causing Divine Aegis to consume damage buffs from Twilight Equilibrium.
- Fixed an issue causing a queued Penance to not grant Harsh Discipline following a Smite cast that would normally have granted the buff.
- The duration of the Harsh Discipline buff effect has been increased to 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).
Rogue - Assassination
Fixed an issue that prevented Envenom from consuming Amplifying Poison if it had exactly 10 stacks. - Fixed an issue that prevented Rupture's duration from benefiting from Animacharged combo points (via Echoing Reprimand) when casting Rupture on an enemy afflicted by Deathmark.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Deathmark's effect from being displayed on enemy nameplates.
- Fixed an issue that prevented some weapon poisons from being applied at a guaranteed rate by Poisoned Knife.
Outlaw - Fixed an issue with the tooltip of Restless Blades which incorrectly had Sepsis listed as an affected ability.
- Dispatch damage reduced by 5%.
- Dreadblades duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10 seconds) and Energy cost reduced to 40 (was 50).
Subtlety - Fixed an issue that prevented Silent Storm's buff from being consumed by Shuriken Storm when cast via Shuriken Tornado.
- Fixed an issue where Shadow Dance's recast cooldown was always 8 seconds, regardless of its duration. Recast cooldown now correctly matches duration.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Shadow damage dealt by Secret Technique's Shadow Clones from being correctly modified by talents that increase Shadow damage.
Warlock - Fixed an issue where Inquisitor's Gaze would not attack dummies.
- Demonology
Fixed an issue where Grimoire: Felguard would not correctly apply 5 applications of Fel Sunder.
Warrior - Arms
Seasoned Soldier now also grants 10% reduced damage to area effect damage. - Battlelord now also increases the damage of Overpower by 25% at all times.
- Martial Prowess increases the damage of Mortal Strike by 30% per stack (was 25%).
- Exhilarating Blows chance to reset Mortal Strike or Cleave increased to 20% (was 15%).
- Fatal Mark damage increased by 20%.
- Fueled by Violence now heals for 65% of the damage dealt by deep wounds (was 50%).
- Mortal Strike damage increased by 3.5%.
Fury - Onslaught's Rage generation reduced to 25 (was 30) but it is now again correctly affected by Recklessness causing it to generate 50 Rage while under Recklessness.
- Odyn's Fury's damage over time effect no longer incorrectly displays for other players on nameplates.
Protection - Fixed an issue that prevented Unnerving Focus from affecting several abilities.
- Brace for Impact's tooltip clarified to state it increases block value rather than percentage amount blocked.
- Enduring Alacrity now correctly modifies your Armor.
- Focused Vigor now correctly modifies your Armor.
- Execute damage increased by 30%.
Player versus Player- Several spells that were persisting between Solo Shuffle rounds will now be cleared properly.
- Rogue
Recuperator effectiveness is no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat. - Echoing Reprimand damage is no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Reverberation damage is no longer reduced by 33% in PvP combat.
- Outlaw
Killing Spree damage is no longer reduced by 20% in PvP combat. - Pistol Shot damage is no longer reduced by 16% in PvP combat.
Subtlety - Mastery: Executioner effectiveness is no longer reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found
here.
