World of Warcraft

Hotfixes: January 9

Hotfixes: January 9

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Legion. 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

January 9

Classes

  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Wax and Wane (Artifact trait) damage bonus per stack reduced to 6% (was 25%).
      • Lunar Strike damage increased by 8%.
      • Solar Wrath damage increased by 8%.
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Fixed an issue where Sentinel wasn't able to apply Hunter's Mark if you were casting certain spells.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Mutilate damage increased by 20%.
      • Balanced Blades (Artifact trait) bonus increased to 4% per point (was 2% per point).
      • Poison Knives (Artifact trait) reduced to 3% per point (was 4% per point).
      • Deadly Poison triggered instant damage increased by 15%.

Items

  • Wakening Essences now always drop from all sources.
    • Developers’ notes: With 7.3.5, Wakening Essences will be used to purchase a token that creates a legendary item. This hotfix makes it so that you can begin collecting Wakening Essences now, should you wish to.

Quests

  • The Alliance quest "Call of Duty" can no longer be shared.

Hotfixes

January 5

Classes

  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • Eonar's Verdant Embrance (from Eonar's Compassion) is now correctly activated by Germination.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Fixed an issue where Poisoned Knife could apply poisons twice.
      • Fixed an issue where Deadly Poison could retain Nightstalker's damage bonus until Deadly Poison fell off the target.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Antorus, The Burning Throne
    • Eonar the Life Binder
      • Eonar should now properly award credit towards the Forbidden Descent achievement in Raid Finder difficulty.
      • Eonar will now always successfully deal damage to the Paraxis when completing a cast of Life Force.
    • Coven of Shivarra
      • Fixed an issue that could cause Whirling Blades to deal damage far more rapidly than intended.

Player versus Player

  • Temple of Kotmogu
    • Leywoven Flying Carpet can no longer be used to drop Orbs of Power.

Hotfixes

December 22

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Dreadwake Armor 4-piece set bonus can now proc from its own bonus Death Coil. Proc chance reduced to 16% (was 20%).
        • Developers’ notes: This fix addresses a bug that prevented the bonus from activating as often as intended, and should average a small increase in throughput for the Unholy 4-piece.
  • Mage
    • Arcane
      • Fixed a bug preventing some Mages from progressing through the steps to obtain their hidden Artifact weapon appearance.

Items

  • Golganneth's Vitality should no longer break stealth when it procs.

Hotfixes

December 14

Classes

  • Hunter
    • [Hotfix in testing] Tame Beast will no longer trigger trinket procs, such as Caged Horror.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Throne of Thunder
    • Jin’rokh the Breaker
      • Resolved an issue that caused Jin'rokh's Focused Lightning to move faster than intended.
  • Antorus, The Burning Throne
    • Hounds of Sargeras
      • Resolved an issue that could cause Consuming Sphere to inflict periodic damage more rapidly than intended.

Items

  • Pantheon's Blessing will now stack.


Hotfixes

December 12

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Vengeance Demon Hunters now correctly generate Pain when damaged by certain abilities.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Seat of the Triumvirate
    • Players may now complete "Seat of the Triumvirate: The Crest of Knowledge" while in a raid group.
  • Antorus, The Burning Throne
    • Corrected an issue where raids that queued for LFR difficulty could fail to get loot.
    • Garothi Worldbreaker
      • The damage reduction from Apocalypse Drive and from a Druid’s Earthwarden can now activate during the Garothi Worldbreaker encounter.
    • Hounds of Sargeras
      • Resolved an issue that could cause multiple tank-specialization characters to gain Shadowtouched (or Flametouched) simultaneously.
    • Portal Keeper Hasabel
      • Traversing any of the portals within Portal Keeper Hasabel's arena no longer removes your Well Fed buff.
    • Varimathras
      • Varimathras' health lowered by 10% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Necrotic Embrace will no longer miss players who are under the effects of Aspect of the Turtle or Cloak of Shadows.

Hotfixes

December 6

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • Fixed an issue where Nemesis was applying at half duration against some creatures.
  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • The Bearmantle Battlegear 2-piece set bonus healing effect Dreamer now correctly interacts with Flourish and the Essence of G'Hanir.
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • The Juggernaut Battlegear 2-piece set bonus now properly activates if the Artifact ability Warbringer applies Colossus Smash to any targets.

Player versus Player

  • Warlock
    • Grimoire of Service summons can no longer be cast while silenced.
    • Demonology
      • Call Felhunter is now in the Shadow school (was incorrectly in Physical school).

Hotfixes

December 5

Classes

  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 12%.
      •  All other abilities increased by 3%.
  • Rogue
    • Outlaw
      • All damage abilities increased by 4%.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Corruption and Agony damage reduced 6%
      • Unstable Affliction damage reduced 4%

Dungeons and Raids

  • Antorus, the Burning Throne
    • Coven of Shivarra
      • Corrected an issue that caused the health of Torments to not properly scale with raid size.
    • Eonar the Life-Binder
      • Players who are disconnected during the Eonar encounter will have access to Surge of Life once they reconnect.
    • Argus the Unmaker
      • Cheat Death and similar effects will not reset their cooldowns when you die during the final phase of the Argus the Unmaker encounter.
      • Boss Health increased by 10% on Normal and Heroic difficulties
      • Soulbomb and Soulburst now deal periodic damage more rapidly
      • Edge of Obliteration damage increased by 50%
      • Constellar elemental vulnerabilities reduced from +200% to +100% damage taken

Items

  • Carafe of Searing Light now correctly shares a short cooldown with other "Use" trinkets.
  • Convergence of Fates primary stat increased by 13%. Effect reduced to 3 seconds of cooldown reduction (was 4 seconds).
    • Developers’ notes: This change is aimed at changing how Convergence of Fates scales with item level – or rather, how it doesn’t. For some specializations, the cooldown reduction effect is so powerful that the item level of the trinket is all but irrelevant. We’re shifting more of the item’s power to primary stat and less in the base proc to cause the trinket’s scaling with item level to be more similar to other trinkets in Legion.
  • Forgefiend's Fabricator damage increased by 25%.
  • Garothi Feedback Conduit Haste amount increased by 10%.
  • Gorshalach's Legacy damage increased by 25%.
  • Highfather's Machination healing amount increased by 10%.
  • Ishkar's Felshield Emitter absorb amount increased by 10%.
  • Prototype Personnel Decimator damage increased by 10%. Minimum damage when targets are 20 yards from the impact point increased to 50% of max damage (was 20%).
  • Seeping Scourgewing damage increased by 10%.
  • Shadow-Singed Fang stat bonuses increased by 20%.
  • Sheath of Asara damage increased by 20%.
  • Tarratus Keystone healing increased by 10%.
  • Terminus Signaling Beacon damage increased by 15%.
  • Vitality Resonator Intellect increased by 10%.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • Felreaper Vestments 2-piece bonus changed to 40% Eye Beam damage (was 30% Eye Beam damage).
      • Felreaper Vestments 4-piece haste bonus changed to 25% (was 15%).
  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Stormheart Raiment 4-piece – Starsurge and Starfall now increase your Haste by 2% (was 3%), stacking up to 4 times (was 5).
  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • Serpentstalker Guise 4-piece – Kill Command now reduces the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 2.5 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).
    • Marksmanship
      • Serpentstalker Guise 4-piece – Marked Shot now has a 50% chance (was 30%) to fire an extra Marked shot at up to 3 additional targets.
  • Monk
    • Brewmaster
      • Chi-Ji’s Battle Gear 4-piece – Dodging an attack now reduces the remaining cooldown of Breath of Fire by 2.0 seconds (was 1.0 seconds).
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel 4-piece – Your Deadly or Wound Poison critical strike now generate 3 Energy (was 2 Energy).
    • Subtlety
      • Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel 4-piece – Backstab and Shadowstrike now have a 4% chance (was 3%) to grant Shadow Gestures.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Diabolic Raiment 4-piece – Spending a Soul Shard now has a chance to grant you 10% Haste (was 15%).
      • Grim Inquisitor’s Regalia 4-piece – Unstable Affliction and Seed of Corruption now increase the damage targets take from your Agony and Corruption by 15% (was 10%).
    • Demonology
      • Grim Inquisitor’s Regalia 4-piece – Demonic Empowerment now causes your Dreadstalkers to immediately cast another Dreadbite with 75% increased damage (was 50%).
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • Titanic Onslaught Armor 4-piece – The amount of bonus Mortal Strike damage events has been reduced to 2 during Bladestorm (was 3), and 1 during Ravager (was 2).

Player versus Player

  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • PvP Template Intellect increased by 2%.
      • Mind Blast damage increased by 5% in PvP situations.
      • Mind Flay damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • PvP Template Versatility increased by 25%.


Hotfixes

December 1

Classes

  • Mage
    • Frost
      • Fixed an issue where the Runebound Regalia 4-piece bonus, Arctic Blast, would sometimes only benefit part of an Ice Lance cast when using the talent Splitting Ice.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Reapplying Mark of the Crane to a target will now properly increase Spinning Crane Kick's damage.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Antorus, the Burning Throne
    • Argus the Unmaker
      • Fixed a bug that caused Argus the Unmaker to stop casting Soulbomb during the final phase of the encounter.
      • Fixed a bug that prevented some players from being successfully resurrected after dying during the encounter.

Items

  • [With Server Restart] Insignia of the Grand Army now displays item level 1000.
  • Fixed a bug that briefly prevented players collecting Pristine Argunite while in a raid group.

UI

  • [With Server Restart] Crafted Legendary items should no longer display an item level of 1060.


Hotfixes

November 28

Classes

  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Void Eruption no longer deals a separate damage event for each of your Shadow Word: Pain or Vampiric Touch on each target. Instead, it now deals a single damage event to all targets that have either your Shadow Word: Pain or Vampiric Touch.
      • Void Eruption damage increased by 700%.
      • Shadow Crash cooldown reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds), Insanity generation increased to 20 (was 15), and Missile speed increased by 60%.
      • Mind Sear (Passive) damage increased by 50%.
      • Heart of the Void (Legendary) increases Void Eruption’s damage by 75% (was 300%) and heals you for 25% (was 40%) of the damage done.
        • Developers’ note: This is compensation for the Void Eruption buff. The overall effect is mostly neutral.
      • Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 4%.
      • Vampiric Touch damage reduced by 4%.
        • Developers’ note: This is compensation for the Void Eruption buff in extended fights.

Player versus Player

  • Intellect, Strength, Agility, and Versatility granted by Concordance of the Legionfall in PvP situations is reduced by 65% for all players (was 60% reduced).
  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • Pillar of Frost increases Strength by 12% in PvP situations (was 20%).
      • Frozen Core increases Frost damage dealt by 5% in PvP situations (was 10%).
  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Solar Beam's persistent silence effect can no longer be avoided by jumping.
  • Hunter
    • Scorpid Sting can no longer be cast while stunned.
    • Marksmanship
      • TNT should no longer cause enemy player targets standing at the maximum range of Bursting Shot to ignore Bursting Shot's disorient effect.
  • Mage
    • Arcane
      • PvP Template Intellect reduced by 4%.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Blackout Kick damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
      • Rising Sun Kick damage reduced by 10% in PvP situations.
    • Windwalker
      • Blackout Kick damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
      • Fists of Fury damage reduced by 5% in PvP situations.
      • Ride the Wind now correctly stacks with other movement speed increasing spells and effects.
      • Rising Sun Kick damage reduced by 10% in PvP situations.
  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Ray of Hope final damage is no longer reduced by damage reduction abilities.
      • Holy Ward now properly prevents the application of Bursting Shot and Between the Eyes.
      • Greater Fade now properly causes Bursting Shot's disorient to miss.
    • Shadow
      • Mind Bomb's AoE stun now adheres to line of sight checks from the initial target.
      • Void Eruption's damage reduced by 60% in PvP situations.
      • Lash of Insanity now grants 2 Insanity per tick in PvP situations (was 3).
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • Flying Daggers increases the radius of Fan of Knives by 50% (was 100%).
  • Shaman
    • Skyfury Totem will no longer incorrectly keep the casting Shaman in combat for its duration.
    • Restoration
      • Tidal Totem (Tidal Pools artifact trait) will no longer incorrectly keep the casting Shaman in combat for its duration.
    • Elemental
      • Elemental Overload spell damage reduced by 25% in PvP situations.
    • Restoration
      • Healing Wave's healing increased by 175% in PvP situations (was 200%).
  • Warlock
    • Demonology
      • Implosion damage reduced by 30% in PvP situations (was 20%).
    • Destruction
      • Cremation now deals 3% of the target's health (was 5%).
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • PvP Template Versatility reduced by 5%.

November 21

Hotfixes

Dungeons and Raids

  • Siege of Orgrimmar
    • Paragons of the Klaxxi and Siegecrafter Blackfuse are much better hosts and no longer lock their doors if you leave the raid early.

Items

  • Death Knight: Dreadwake Armor
    • Frost
      • 4-piece bonus now deals 210% weapon damage per tick (was 420%).
    • Unholy
      • 2-piece bonus now deals 35% of direct damage (was 25%) from Death Coil over 4 seconds.
  • Demon Hunter: Felreaper Vestments
    • Havoc
      • 4-piece bonus now increases haste by 15% (was 40%) for 8 seconds.
  • Druid: Bermantle Battlegear
    • Balance
      • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage of Moonfire and Sunfire by 20% (was 10%) for 6 seconds.
  • Hunter: Serpentstalker Guise
    • Beast Mastery
      • 4-piece bonus now reduces the cooldown of Aspect of the Wild by 1.5 seconds (was 2.0 seconds).
    • Survival
      • 2-piece bonus now increases the critical strike damage of your next Raptor Strike by 100% (was 50%) within the next 20 seconds.
  • Mage: Runebound Regalia
    • Arcane
      • 2-piece bonus now increases your damage by 2% (was 4%) for 8 seconds per Arcane Charge spent.
      • 4-piece bonus now has a 10% chance (was 8%) to increase your haste by 15% (was 20%) for 6 seconds.
    • Fire
      • 4-piece bonus now increases your critical strike damage by 10% (was 12%) while Combustion is active.
    • Frost
      • 2-piece bonus now increases the damage of Flurry by 15% (was 25%) for each successive ice bolt.
      • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage of your next Ice Lance by 20% (was 25%).
  • Monk: Chi’Ji’s Battlegear
    • Brewmaster
      • 4-piece bonus now reads, “Every time you dodge an attack, the remaining cooldown of Breath of Fire is reduced by 1.0 sec.”
    • Windwalker
      • The 4-piece bonus is now the 2-piece bonus, and still has a 10% chance to generate 1 Chi when you consume Blackout Kick!
      • The 2-piece bonus is now the 4-piece bonus, and now it increases the damage of your next Blackout Kick by 175% (was 150%).
  • Paladin: Light’s Vanguard Battleplate
    • Retribution
      • 2-piece bonus now increases the damage of Judgment by 40% (was 60%).
  • Priest: Gilded Seraph’s Raiment
    • Shadow
      • 4-piece bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Flay, Void Bolt, and Mind Blast by 0.5% (was 1%) per stack of Void Form.
  • Rogue: Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel
    • Assassination
      • 2-piece bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Deadly Poison and Wound Poison by 60% (was 15%) for 6 seconds.
      • 4-piece bonus now has a chance to grant 2 Energy (was 4 Energy) when your Deadly Poison or Wound Poison critically strikes.
    • Outlaw
      • 2-piece bonus now increases the damage of your next Run Through by 15% (was 5%), stacking up to four times.
      • 4-piece bonus now has a 16% chance (was 12%) to grant you a random Roll the Bones effect, that is not already active, for 10 seconds.
    • Subtlety
      • 4-piece bonus now has a 3% chance (was 5%) to grant Shadow Gestures when using Gloomblade, Backstab, and Shadowstrike.
  • Shaman: Garb of Venerated Spirits
    • Enhancement
      • 2-piece bonus now has a 30% chance (was 15%) to increase the damage of your next Rockbiter by 100%.
      • 4-piece bonus now causes the target to take 15% (was 10%) increased Fire and Nature damage from your attacks for 4.50 seconds after using Rockbiter.
  • Warlock: Grim Inquisitor’s Regalia
    • Affliction
      • 4-piece bonus now increases Corruption, Siphon Life, and Agony damage by 10% for 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
    • Destruction
      • 2-piece bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Incinerate by 40% (was 20%).
  • Warrior: Juggernaut Battlegear
    • Arms
      • 2-piece bonus now increases your critical strike damage by 7% (was 10%) after using Colossus Smash.
      • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage and critical strike chance of your next Whirlwind or Slam by 12% (was 15%), stacking up to three times.
    • Fury
      • 2-piece bonus now causes the target to bleed for an additional 18% (was 30%) of the direct damage dealt by Rampage, over 4 seconds.
      • 4-piece bonus now increases the damage of your Rampage by 25% (was 75%) for 8 seconds.

Events

  • WoW’s 13th Anniversary
    • Anniversary boss bonus rolls now reward Artifact Power instead of gold if you do not receive an item.
 

Hotfixes

November 14

Items

  • Players can now use the following toys in dungeons: Sandbox Tiger, Darkmoon Seesaw, Love Boat, and Fishing Chair.

Player vs Player

  • All non-tank specs now receive 40% less damage from players in World PvP.
  • Draught of Souls’s Fel-Crazed Rage damage reduced by 70% against players.
  • Kil’jaeden’s Burning Wish damage reduced by 60% against players.
  • Druid
    • Fiery Red Maimers increases Maim damage by 165% against players (was 500%).
    • Feral
      • The Entangling Roots version of Earthen Grasp is now properly affected by Hardened Roots.
  • Death Knight
    • Cold Heart damage reduced by 75% against players.
  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • Pillars of Inmost Light increases Eye of Tyr damage by 150% against players (was 300%).
    • Retribution
      • Scarlet Inquisitor’s Expurgation increases Divine Storm damage by 3% per stack against players (was 6% per stack).
  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • Dark Archangel's visual spell effect is now visible for all targets affected.
  • Rogue
    • Insignia of Ravenholdt damage reduced by 50% against players.
    • The Dreadlord’s Deceit increases Fan of Knives and Shuriken Storm damage by 6% per stack against players (was 25% per stack).

Hotfixes

November 10

Classes

  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Prayer of Healing can now correctly heal designated non-player targets.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tempest Keep: The Arcatraz
    • Level 110 enemies should no longer appear in the level 70 version of Tempest Keep: The Arcatraz.
  • Throne of Thunder
    • Council of Elders again drops loot when defeated.

Items

  • Relinquished Armor Sets no longer stack, and can now be refunded for Nethershards within the refund period.

Reputation

  • Fixed a bug where players below level 110 could earn paragon reputation rewards. This was not intended.
  • Fixed a bug where players who were not eligible for paragon reputations could still use reputation token items, not receive the reputation, and lose the item. These items will now prevent the player from using them until the player is eligible.

Hotfixes

November 6

Class Halls

  • The mission "Another Rat Problem" should again be available, and awards pet supplies with a bonus pet supplies reward.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Court of Stars
    • Watchful Inquisitor's Searing Glare should be more reliably interrupted by stuns and interrupts.
  • Dragon Soul
    • Fixed a bug that was causing NPCs to disappear in some circumstances.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Fallen Avatar
      • Tainted Essence healing absorb has been reduced to 8% (was 10%).
      • Tainted Essence now cancels upon death.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Armageddon Hail is now spawned only once in Mythic difficulty.

Items

  • The Unstable Portal Emitter should now function again … with predictably unpredictable results.


October 26

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Fixed an issue where Khazaduum could not be slain in Krokuun while the world quest "Holding the Spire" was active.
  • Fixed a bug preventing Invasion Point: Cen’gar from properly appearing on the map.

Classes

  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Damage of all abilities increased by 15%.
      • Vestments of Enveloped Dissonance 2-piece bonus now reduces the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick by 1 second (was 2 seconds).
      • Xuen's Battlegear 4-piece bonus now increases critical strike chance of Rising Sun Kick by 30% when Fists of Fury ends (was 65%).
        • Developers’ notes: These changes, along with adjustments to the same set bonuses that were made in patch 7.3.2, should put the combination of 2- and 4-piece sets in line with our plans for the power of those tiers, and allow us to make the forthcoming Antorus tier competitive and valuable for Monk damage dealers. The spec-wide damage increase is intended to keep all of these adjustments from reducing overall damage output, and we’ve counteracted the changes in PvP with intent to be neutral.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Deadmines
    • Resolved an issue that could cause "Captain" Cookie's Throw Food from throwing food as intended.
  • The Nighthold
    • Fixed a bug causing the Living Infernal Core to sometimes drop in Raid Finder difficulty.

Player versus Player

  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • PvP template Agility reduced by 14.5%.

October 24

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Vengeance
      • Demonic Wards stamina bonus increased to 65% (was 55%).
  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • Passive stamina bonus increased to 40% (was 30%).
  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Void Tendrils no longer cause performance issues when attacking an enemy affected by Grounding Totem.
  • Warrior
    • Fury
      • Rampage will now consume the Massacre buff when it is cast, instead of on the final hit.
      • Meat Cleaver will no longer be canceled early if Whirlwind is cast while a Rampage animation is in progress.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Seat of the Triumvirate
    • Common enemies
      • Arcing Void damage reduced by 20% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Collapse cast time increased to 5 seconds in Heroic and Mythic difficulties (was 4 seconds).
      • Consume Essence damage reduced by 20% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Dark Withering damage reduced by 33% and damage taken debuff lowered to 10% per stack (was 20%) in Mythic difficulty.
      • Negating Brand damage reduced by 25% in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Unstable Dark Matter base health reduced 20% in all difficulties.
    • Zuraal the Ascended
      • Decimate damage reduced 40% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Saprish
      • Void Trap stun duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds) and can be dispelled.
      • Dread Screech cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
    • Viceroy Nezhar
      • The number of summoned Umbral Tentacles reduced to 3 with each summoning (was 4).
      • Void Lashing cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds) and duration reduced to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds) in all difficulties.
      • Void Lashing healing reduction reduced to 2.5% (was 5%) per stack, max stacks increased to 40 (was 20), and duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 15 seconds) in Mythic difficulty.
    • L'ura
      • Naaru's Lament damage reduced by 20% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Umbral Cadence damage reduced by 15% in all difficulties.

Player vs Player

  • The Fierce Combatant achievement is once again visible in the Player vs Player achievement category.
  • Recurrent Arena and Rated Battleground titles such as Duelist and Gladiator are now correctly available to players who earned their respective achievements in Season 4.
  • Temple of Kotmogu
    • Orbs of Power can no longer be dropped by summoning a mount.

Quests

  • "Supplying the Antoran Campaign", and similar quests, can now be turned in to Turalyon on any instance of the Vindicaar.

Toys

  • The Horse Tail Costume now comes with a tail, as advertised.

October 20

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Priest
    • Shadow
      • Void Tendrils spawned by Call of the Void should no longer cause game performance issues when attacking an enemy affected by Grounding Totem.

Battle Pets

  • Lesser Pet Treats and Pet Treats should once again stack.
  • Naxxy will now fly alongside you when you’re on a flying mount.

Player versus Player

  • Your item level is now set to 935 while participating in Tournament Rules wargames (was iLvl 900).

October 17

Hotfixes

Achievements

  • Power Ascended no longer requires the quest "A Gift from the Six".

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Mistress Sassz’ine
      • Fixed a bug where Abyss Stalkers could become stuck in the walls.
    • Fallen Avatar
      • Dark Mark damage reduced by 25% in Heroic difficulty and 20% in Mythic difficulty.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Armageddon Rain damage-over-time and impact damage reduced 15% in Mythic and Heroic difficulties.
      • Erupting Reflection health reduced 20% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Flaming Orb time to minimize size reduced to 6 seconds in Heroic and Mythic difficulties (was 10 seconds).
      • Focused Dreadflame damage reduced to 12 million in Mythic difficulty.
      • Illidan's Sightless Gaze damage reduced 20% in all difficulties.

Items

  • Corrected an issue causing Feverish Carapace, Recompiled Guardian Module, and Shifting Cosmic Sliver’s effects to trigger far less frequently than intended for Brewmaster Monks.


October 10

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Fixed an issue where bonus rolls would fail to occur when defeating some Greater Invasion Point bosses.
  • Fixed an issue on Mac'Aree where players were being sent to graveyards incorrect graveyards.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Nighthold
    • Fixed an issue preventing players from getting loot when killing Grand Magistrix Elisande.

Player versus Player

  • Death Knight
    • Chains of Ice now reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for Unholy and Frost Death Knights in PvP situations (was 70%).
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits will now gain Tigereye Brew.
      • Tigereye Brew now reduces your damage dealt by 25% (was 20%).


October 4

Hotfixes

Class Halls

  • Players no longer need to complete “The Seat of the Triumvirate” in the Argus storyline to unlock “The Ruins of Oronaar”, which allows further follower and mission progression.
  • Follower equipment that improves item level is more likely to appear from Argus missions, once “The Ruins of Oronaar” has been completed.
  • The final tier of Argus missions are now less difficult, reward more Veiled Argunite, and reward more bonus Gold.

October 3

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Resolved an issue where some players could have the Army of the Light emissary complete but were unable to see Vindicator Jaelaana and turn it in.

Classes

  • Paladin
    • When Chain of Thrayn is unequipped, it cancels any active Avenging Wrath or Crusade.
  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Guardian Spirit's heal should now be more responsive when the target is being attacked from multiple sources.

Items

  • Carefully Hidden Muffins are now Bind-on-Acquire.

Player versus Player

  • The cooldown of Vindicaar abilities will no longer reset when joining a Skirmish or Arena.

September 29

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Characters who were unable to access the Netherlight Crucible after performing an account transfer can once again access it.
  • Shadowcaster Voruun on Mac'Aree should now respawn more often when he is up.

Classes

  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • Steed of Glory will now correctly function with Highlord's Chargers.


September 26

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Account-wide access to World Quests and treasures in Antoran Wastes is now allowed once "The Assault Begins" chapter of the Argus campaign has been completed.
  • Account-wide access to Invasion Points and Greater Invasion Points is now allowed once the "Dark Awakenings" chapter of the Argus campaign has been completed.

Items

  • Zenk'aram, Iridi's Anadem now correctly increases Shadow damage in Voidform.

Netherlight Crucible

  • Dark Sorrows damage increased by 40%.

Player versus Player

  • Druid
    • Shred now deals an additional 25% damage while stealthed in PvP situations (was 50%).
    • Rake now deals an additional 50% damage while stealthed in PvP situations (was 100%).
    • Feral
      • Enraged Maim now costs 5 Combo Points.
      • Enraged Maim incapacitates the target for 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
      • Enraged Maim now has a 10 second cooldown (was 6 seconds).
      • The damage of the Lunar Inspiration version of Moonfire is reduced by 20% in PvP situations.
      • Ferocious Wound reduces the maximum health of the target by 15% (was 25%).
  • Demon Hunter
    • Imprison's duration on players is now 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
    • Detainment increases Imprison's cooldown to 45 seconds, up from 30 seconds.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • PvP Template Versatility increased by 5%
      • PvP Template Armor increased by 10%
      • Mana Regeneration increased by 5% in PvP situations.
      • Life Cocoon's absorb is increased by 10% in PvP situations.
  • Paladin
    • Holy
      • Avenging Crusader heals for 175% of damage dealt (was 200%).
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Earth Shield reduces all damage the target takes by 10% (was 15%).
  • Warlock
    • Destruction
      • Chaos Bolt's damage is reduced by 10% in PvP situations.
      • Focused Chaos increases Chaos Bolt damage by 65% (was 75%).
      • Firestone increases critical strike chance by 65% (was 75%).
      • PvP Template Intellect increased by 6%.

September 22

Hotfixes

Achievements

  • Fixed a bug that excluded certain repeatable Highmountain Clan chests from counting toward the Treasures of Highmountain Achievement.

Argus

  • Invasion Points
    • Crazed Corruptors’ Shadow Bolt spell now deals significantly less damage.

Classes

  • Warlock
    • Wrathsteeds will once again leave glowing hoofprints while flying.

Event

  • Corin Direbrew
    • Healing should now scale properly with player level.


September 19

Hotfixes

Classes

  • Paladin
    • The Netherlight Crucible trait Infusion of Light will no longer proc from Greater Blessing of Wisdom healing.

Non-Player Characters

  • Fiona's Caravan should no longer be mysteriously missing on some servers.
  • Grand Lector Enaara should now properly appear during the world quest "Recurring Madness" on Mac'Aree for all players.

Player versus Player

  • Druid
    • Feral
      • Enraged Maim (Honor Talent) will now be properly removed from targets when they take damage from abilities and spells.

Professions

  • Herbalism
    • Fel Lasher drop rate increased. It can now also drop from Astral Glory on Argus.

Quests

  • The Tomes of Torment are no longer difficult to see during the quest "Lessons of Fire and Pain".
  • Abandoning "Talgath's Forces" or "Flanking Maneuvers" after completing one quest should no longer prevent you from re-acquiring the other.
     

September 16

Hotfixes

Argus

  • The Elite enemies around the Seat of the Triumvirate will now leash back to their location when appropriate.

Classes

  • The Netherlight Crucible trait Shadowbind will now correctly benefit from the caster's Critical Strike chance.

Player versus Player

  • Shaman
    • Elemental, Restoration
      • Fixed a bug causing Lava Burst and Lava Burst: Overload to deal less damage than intended in PvP situations.
    • Restoration
      • Spirit Link (Honor Talent) can no longer be applied to targets under level 100.

Professions

  • Technique: Glyph of Fel-Touched Shards should be usable again to learn how to make the glyph.

Quests

  • The "All In" scenario in Suramar should no longer become stuck at 96% progress.


September 13

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Toraan has been reminded of his allegiances and now provides an Argussian Reach faction discount.
  • Fixed a bug preventing some of the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon World Quests from counting toward the appropriate Emissary.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Seat of the Triumverate
    • Shadow Pounce cast by Shadow Stalker panthara should no longer destroy Sealed Void Caches for the Let it All Out achievement.
    • Zuraal the Ascended
      • Dark Aberrations should cast Release Void Energy if disoriented.
    • Viceroy Nezhar
      • Fixed a bug where Viceroy Nezhar could cast Howling Dark while under the effects of Dark Bulwark, making it impossible to interrupt.
      • Fixed a bug where Viceroy Nezhar sometimes did not begin the fight by gaining energy.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Mistress Sassz’ine
      • The blood visual for Dread Sharks has been improved on Mythic difficulty.
      • Burden of Pain now counts damage after absorbs such as Stagger, Blood Shield, or Power Word: Shield on all difficulties.

Player versus Player

  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • The Ancient Mistweaver Arts version of Soothing Mist will no longer incorrectly cancel when recasting on a new target.

Quests

  • Fixed a bug preventing Peacebloom vs. Ghouls from being playable for Brazie the Botanist’s quests.

September 12

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Soultender Videx is no longer required for the Commander of Argus achievement.
  • [With restarts in each region] Argus Waystones no longer drop from bosses in Invasion Points. Any Argus Waystones in your possession have been converted to Veiled Argunite.
  • [With restarts in each region] The quests Invasion Point Offensive and Invasion Onslaught no longer require Argus Waystones.
  • [With restarts in each region] The Argussian Reach emissary again requires 4 World Quests completed.

Classes

  • Developers’ notes: All of the damage increases below are a combination of buffing specs that don't benefit from the Netherlight Crucible's item level increase as much as other specs, as well as tuning the specs relative to each other.
  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • All damage increased by 4%.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • All damage increased by 3%.
  • Druid
    • Feral
      • All damage increased by 2%.
  • Hunter
    • Beast Mastery
      • All damage increased by 6%.
    • Survival
      • All damage increased by 5%.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • All damage increased by 9%.
  • Rogue
    • Assassination
      • All damage increased by 5%.
    • Outlaw
      • All damage increased by 6%.
    • Subtlety
      • All damage increased by 1.5%.
  • Shaman
    • Enhancement
      • All damage increased by 3%.

Creatures

  • The yetis of Feralas should once again have facial hair.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Vault of the Wardens
    • Fixed a bug preventing Inquisitor Tormentorum’s associates from automatically engaging players.

Tomb of Sargeras

  • Demonic Inquisition
    • The number of Echoing Anguish debuffs has been reduced to 2 (was 3) on Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties.
  • Kil’jaeden
    • Reduced the health of Kil’jaeden, Erupting Reflection, and Shadowsoul by 5% on all difficulties.
    • The maximum distance from the center of the platform that Armageddon can spawn has been reduced on all difficulties.
    • The radius of the explosion from Bursting Dreadflame has been reduced on all difficulties.
    • Chaotic Eruption damage and knockup has been reduced on Mythic difficulty.

Player versus Player

  • All specs that received general damage increases above have been reduced by an equivalent amount in PvP, as the Netherlight Crucible’s item-level increases to the player’s Artifact weapon have very little impact on PvP.
     

September 8

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Fixed a bug that allowed players to teleport to the nearest flight point in Antoran Wastes even if it was inactive.

The Broken Shore

  • The Deliverance Point building accumulation rate has been increased for all regions. The intended result is for buildings to complete at approximately the same rate as they did before 7.3.

Classes

  • Shaman
    • Restoration and Elemental Shaman’s Chain Lightning spells should now use a consistent casting animation.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Deadmines
    • Defeating Glubtok should correctly award loot.
  • Razorfen Kraul
    • Players should find it easier to find the items and complete “Going Going Guano”
  • The Temple of Atal’hakkar
    • Defeating Shade of Hakkar in Sunken Temple should correctly award loot.
  • Wailing Caverns
    • Players should find it easier to find the items and complete “Deviate Hides”.

September 6

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Fel Lava on Argus will no longer damage pets.
  • The number of World Quests required to complete the Argussian Reach Emissary is reduced to 3 (was 4) until next week, when more Argussian Reach World Quests will become available.

Classes

  • Druid
  • [Hotfix in testing] Fixed a bug preventing Starsurge from having visual or sound effects.
  • Priest
  • [Hotfix in testing] Fixed a bug that made Void Eruption’s Vampiric Touch missile display incorrectly.
  • Shaman
  • Elemental Overloads should correctly hit if the target is behind the caster.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Humanoid mobs in low level dungeons should drop gold once again.

Pet Battles

  • Fixed a bug in which Gloamwing and Snozz counted for each other toward the Aquatic Assault achievement.

Quests

  • The objective requirement for the "Core Mechanics" World Quest has been reduced to 8 Crystalline Construct Cores (was 20).


September 5

Hotfixes

Argus

  • A treasure hidden off the edge of the Antoran Wastes has now been moved on to the island.
  • The Paraxis now fires at player locations, allowing players to avoid the damage from the effect.

Classes

  • Druid
    • Feral
      • Thrash should now be able to proc Ashamane's Bite and Primal Fury without requiring the Tier 19 2-piece bonus.

Items

  • Flight Master's Whistle should no longer go on cooldown if the cast is canceled.
  • Players should no longer be able to use high item level Holiday items at low levels.

Player versus Player

  • Players have a 30% reduced chance to Dodge and Parry attacks while in PvP situations (was 20%).
  • Stealth effects should no longer be removed when Dalaran Sewers starts.
  • Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Crypt Fever damage reduced by 25%.
    • PvP template Strength reduced by 2%.
  • Frost
    • PvP template Strength reduced by 3%.
  • Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • PvP template Agility reduced by 3%.
  • Druid
    • Balance
      • Circadian Invocation will no longer keep the Druid and target in combat for an extended time.
    • Feral
      • Brutal Slash now deals 40% less damage in PvP situations.
      • PvP template Agility reduced by 3%.
      • PvP template Armor increased by 15%.
      • PvP template Versatility increased by 20%.
      • PvP template Stamina increased by 5%.
      • Feral Instinct increases damage you deal by 2.5% per rank in PvP situations (was 5%).
  • Monk
  • Windwalker
    • Serenity increases your damage deal by 16% in PvP situations (was 22%).
  • Paladin
  • Holy
    • Avenging Crusader healing should now properly scale with Versatility.
  • Retribution
    • Templar's Verdict deals 7% less damage in PvP situations.
    • Divine Storm deals 7% less damage in PvP situations.
  • Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • PvP template Agility reduced by 3%.
    • Symbols of Death increases your damage by 10% in PvP situations (was 15%).
    • Catlike Reflexes increases Dodge chance by 5% in PvP situations (was 20%).
  • Warrior
  • Arms
    • PvP template Strength reduced by 2%.

Scenarios

  • Endless Halls
  • Your camera should no longer occasionally flip around when moving between rooms in the Endless Halls.
  • You should no longer be able to get stuck on the objects in the middle of the Endless Halls rooms.

Quests

  • “Commander's Downfall” and “Felfire Shattering” should no longer remove Army of the Light Reputation.
  • Players who are removed from the Lightforged Warframe during the quest "Lord of the Spire" will no longer be prematurely teleported back to Destiny Point.
  • Hadrox and Radix should now have an appropriate amount of health when engaged for “Slumbering Behemoths”.

September 1

Hotfixes

Argus

  • Orix the All-Seer's turn-in quests have been replaced with a vendor list.
  • Some Fel Spreader models are no longer incorrectly displaying as an Ethereal Holoplatform.

Achievements

  • All players are now granted “Part of History” at level 110.

Classes

  • Druid
    • Druids with the Glyph of Stars should now see the new casting animations for Sunfire and Moonfire.
  • Mage
    • Time and Space trait correctly echoes Arcane Explosion at the location of the previous Arcane Explosion.
  • Priest
    • Discipline Priests will no longer shuffle in the air when combining Levitate and Light's Wrath.
  • Shaman
    • Stormkeeper now buffs Lava Beam Overloads.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Some lower level dungeon quest mobs now drop their quest items more frequently.
  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Goroth
      • Now once again displays the correct visual effects.
    • Fallen Avatar
      • Touch of Sargeras now creates 4 fissures in Mythic difficulty (was 5 fissures).
      • Touch of Sargeras damage reduced by 10% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Fallen Avatar now generates 20% less energy when Tainted Matrix and Corrupted Matrix beams are not intercepted by players.
      • Fixed an issue where some players falling into the second phase of the fight took unintended damage.
    • Kil’jaeden
      • Now once again displays the correct visual effects.

Items

  • Crystalline Swords should no longer freeze in midair.

Player versus Player

  • The Dutiful PvP companions should now be purchasable once players reach Prestige 7 on any character.
  • Stealth and Invisibility effects will be removed when assaulting bases in Domination battlegrounds such as Arathi Basin.

Professions

  • Due to a bug, Technique: Glyph of Fel-Touch Shards will temporarily no longer drop from Inquisitor Vethroz.


August 30

Hotfixes

Argus

  • A Prime Naaru has found its way onto the Vindicaar to provide aid to recently fallen heroes.
  • Tassia Whisperglen, a stablemaster, has traveled to Argus.
  • Items and abilities granted by Class Hall research should now work on Argus.
  • Fel Lava on Argus will no longer damage pets.

Classes

  • Mage
    • Rule of Threes causes Arcane Missiles to properly fire a total of 8 missiles.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Misstress Sassz’ine
      • Health decreased by 5% in Mythic difficulty.
      • Razorjaw Waverunner health decreased by 10% in all difficulties.
      • Hydra Shot split damage decreased by 25% in all difficulties.
    • Maiden of Vigilance
      • Fixed a bug with Unstable Soul not working correctly in Raid Finder difficulty.
    • Sisters of the Moon
      • Moontalon’s health was unintentionally increased on Mythic difficulty in 7.3. It has been reverted to its original value.
      • Corrected an issue that could cause tanks to incorrectly be targeted with Lunar Beacon and Incorporeal Shot.

Player Characters

  • Fixed an issue that prevented one Night Elf Male hairstyle from appearing.
  • Artifact weapons with a challenge artifact appearance selected should no longer revert to their base appearance if the player is logged out while in a different specialization.

Quests

  • Gul'dan should once again drop his eye in Normal and Heroic difficulties for "The Nighthold: Darkness Calls".


August 29

Hotfixes

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tomb of Sargeras
    • Fallen Avatar
      • Fixed a bug that prevented Explosive Shot and Stampede from correctly dealing damage to Fallen Avatar.

Player versus Player

  • Demon Hunter
    • Havoc
      • PvP template Stamina reduced by 5%.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Vengeance
      • Demonic Trample now provides a 50% movement speed increase while carrying a Flag in battlegrounds (was 100%).
  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • PvP template Stamina reduced by 7%.
  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • PvP template Stamina reduced by 7%.
  • Mage
    • Frost
      • Chilled to the Core increases Frost damage by 10% in PvP situations (was 20%).
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • PvP template stamina reduced by 5%.
    • Fury
      • PvP template stamina increased by 3%.

Quests

  • Nightfallen requirements removed from several Suramar quests, making it possible to complete the Suramar campaign without reputation gates.
  • Protection Paladins who obtained Truthguard without receiving credit for taking the hippogryph to Stormheim should now receive credit for doing so when they re-enter the “Shrine of the Truthguard” scenario.

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