World of Warcraft

Hotfixes: November 20, 2020

Blizzard Entertainment

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth 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

November 20, 2020

Classes

Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - The cooldown of Survival of the Fittest (Lone Wolf Ability) will now reset when a raid boss encounter ends.
Monk
- Brewmaster
  - The cooldown of Fortifying Brew is now correctly 6 minutes.
Rogue
- Outlaw
  - Acrobatic Strikes (Talent) now correctly increases the range of Dreadblades (Talent).

Creatures and NPCs

Resolved an issue where characters boosted with the Shadowlands boost were unable to see Magni Bronzebeard in the Chamber of the Heart after receiving the Heart of Azeroth.

Dungeons and Raids

Atal’Dazar
- Yazma
  - Resolved an issue that caused the Shadowy Remains pools left behind by Echoes of Shadra to become nearly invisible.
Vault of the Wardens
- Glazer
  - The Lens should now reflect Glazer’s Focusing Beam properly.

Items and Rewards

After Shadowlands launches, there will not be a new set of Battle for Azeroth weekly chests that correspond with the current week of activities (November 17-23). Loot your final Battle for Azeroth weekly chests now!
Resolved an issue that caused some helms to hide Draenei female horns.

Player versus Player

Corrected an issue that caused Arena and Rated Battleground matches played during the Battle for Azeroth post-season to count towards some Shadowlands Seasonal achievements.

Quests

Killing the Frightened Provincial Minuteman during "Ace in the Hole" will once again summon a val'kyr to raise them as Forsaken.

November 19, 2020

Classes

Druid
- Balance
  - Eclipse now correctly activates if two Starfires are cast simultaneously using Owlkin Frenzy.
Monk
- Brewmaster
  - The global cooldown of Rushing Jade Wind (Talent), Admonishment (PvP Talent), and Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox are now correctly 1 second.
Paladin
- Retribution
  - Execution Sentence (Talent) initial damage increased by 31%. Damage is unchanged when engaged in combat with enemy players.
Priest
- Discipline
  - Damage of all abilities reduced by 6%.

Exile's Reach

The destroyed version of the Undercity is now visible to new characters that have completed Exile’s Reach.

November 18, 2020

Classes

Demon Hunter
- General
  - Disrupt (Rank 2), Disrupt (Rank 3), Consume Magic (Rank 2), Immolation Aura (Rank 2), and Spectral Sight (Rank 2) bonus effects are now properly granted when unlocked.
- Vengeance
  - Sigil of Silence (Rank 2) is now unlocked at level 47 (was level 48).
Rogue
- Assassination
  - Resolved an issue that prevented Shiv critical strikes from generating additional combo points with Seal Fate.

Creatures and NPCs

Fixed an issue that caused Dunegorger Kraulok to not drop the mount, Mollie. Players that previously defeated Dunegorger Kraulok can defeat it again for a chance at its loot.

Items and Rewards

The repeatable treasures in Tanaan Jungle now grant reduced experience.

Player versus Player

Fixed an issue in the Twin Peaks battleground where flag carriers standing on the turn in point do not automatically capture the flag if the enemy flag is returned.

Professions

Technique: Glyph of the Lightspawn now correctly requires Legion Inscription to learn the new skill.
Ore and herbs located inside the Draenor Garrison no longer grant experience when gathered.

User Interface

Fixed an issue that removed the ability to connect to Twitter and post tweets from in game.

November 17, 2020

Allied Races

The Combat Analysis Mechagnome Racial now correctly scales with level.
Fixed an issue where players may be unable to turn in the Vulpera quest, “Playing to their Strengths”.

Classes

Monk
- Windwalker
  - Resolved an issue that prevented Xuen's Crackling Tiger Lightning from gaining benefit from Haste.
Paladin
- Protection
  - Shining Light (Passive) now has a 30 second buff duration.
Priest
- Shadow
  - Tentacles will now appear on the caster when using Voidform.
  - The global cooldown of Damnation (Talent) is now correctly modified by Haste.
  - Fixed an issue where Damnation (Talent) would incorrectly cause Vampiric Touch to deal bonus instant damage.
Warrior
- Fury and Protection
  - Dragon Roar (Talent) now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.

Dungeons and Raids

Blackrock Caverns
- Karsh Steelbender
  - Heat Wave now deals appropriate damage on all difficulties.
Icecrown Citadel
- Blood-Queen Lana’thel
  - Pact of the Darkfallen now deals appropriate damage on all difficulties.
The Eternal Palace
- Radiance of Azshara
  - Radiance of Azshara will once again generate energy on all difficulties.

Items and Rewards

Lady Jaina Proudmoore and N'Zoth the Corruptor should once again drop 2 mounts regardless of group size when defeated on Mythic difficulty. This will change when Shadowlands launches.
Corrected an issue that caused Thaumaturge Vashreen to provide lower item level Azerite armor pieces than intended. Vashreen went on brief hiatus while this issue was being resolved, and should now be back in Boralus and Zuldazar at the usual locations.

Professions

Skinning can now be leveled to 300 in outdoor Classic zones.

Quests

Resolved the issues that prevented Alliance players from completing the Drustvar quests, "An Improvised Arsenal" and “Break on Through”.
Deathcursed Terror will now attack the player instead of the unsuspecting Waycrest Guards during the Alliance quest, “The Final Effigy”.
Players will once again receive the Falconer’s Whistle that is required to complete the World Quest, “This Bird You Cannot Change”.
The Engineering quest "All Charged Up" should now properly award kill credit when using the gunpowder charges on the Shimmering Oleanders.

World Events

Salvaged Supplies for the “Frontline Resupply” daily quest now appear more frequently.

November 16, 2020

Classes

Mage
- General
  - [With regional restarts] Rune of Power (Talent) duration is now 12 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Fire
  - [With regional restarts] Flamestrike damage reduced by 8%.
- Frost
  - [With regional restarts] All damage abilities reduced by 4%.
Priest
- Discipline
  - [With regional restarts] Spirit Shell (Talent) absorb shield cap of 60% health is now shared among all casting Priests.
  - [With regional restarts] Spirit Shell (Talent) absorb shield duration is now 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Creatures and NPCs

Rare elite creatures have received a health boost when faced with more than 20 players.

Items and Rewards

Heart of Azeroth
- [With regional restarts] The Heart of Azeroth’s secondary stats have been reduced by 20%.
  - Developers’ note: We’ve identified a number of items that were disproportionately powerful for their item level, especially going into Shadowlands, where reaching max level should come with new, more powerful items to wear. So we’re making the following adjustments with patch 9.0.2.
[With regional restarts] The power of several legacy trinkets has been reduced in all content. The effectiveness of the following trinkets have been reduced by 15%:
- Dead-Eye Spyglass
- Harlan’s Loaded Dice
- Lustrous Golden Plumage
- Peerless Alchemist Stone
- Tiny Electromental in a Jar
- Torment in a Jar
- Vial of Animated Blood
- Writhing Segment of Drest’agath
[With regional restarts] The effectiveness of the following trinkets have been reduced by 25%:
- Azshara’s Font of Power
- Corrupted Gladiator’s Badge
- Corrupted Gladiator’s Insignia
- Galecaller’s Boon
- Manifesto of Madness
- Vita-Charged Titanshard
[With regional restarts] The effectiveness of the following trinkets have been reduced by 40%:
- Ashvane’s Razor Coral
- Highborne Compendium of Storms

World Events

The additional second-week content of the Shadowlands Pre-patch, Death Rising, is now available. New quests can be found in Icecrown and capital cities, and you are advised to take extra precautions. Zombies are invading!
The minions of the Maw are calling the rare spawns of Icecrown much more frequently.
Players working on the Quel'Delar questline are now able to continue their adventures during the Death Rising events in Icecrown.

WoW Classic

Naxxramas attunement is now available. Visit Archmage Angela Dosantos at Light’s Hope Chapel to get started. Light be with you!

November 12, 2020

Classes

Death Knight
- Unholy
  - Last Surprise (Azerite Trait) no longer double dips into Mastery: Dreadblades.

November 11, 2020

Dungeons and Raids

The Eternal Palace
- Blackwater Behemoth
  - Blackwater Behemoth will once again swim to another platform upon reaching 100% energy on all difficulties.

Quests

Darkblaze can once again be defeated to complete the Redridge Mountains Alliance quest, "Darkblaze, Brood of the Worldbreaker".

World Events

Resolved an issue with the Icecrown Chilling Winds weather debuff lasting longer than intended.
Resolved an issue preventing players from accessing Trial of the Crusader raid and Trial of the Champion dungeon during the Death Rising event.

November 10, 2020

Quests

The battle pet quests "Varzok" and "Audrey Burnhep" no longer incorrectly provide an abnormally high gold reward.
During the Feralas quest "Might of the Sentinels", the fight against Cho'gall no longer takes an unreasonable amount of time.

World Events

The Icecrown area will now shard on Roleplay (RP) servers for the duration of the Death Rising event.
Characters who defeated Nathanos but didn't receive a reward should be eligible to complete the World Quest to defeat him again and earn the reward.
Fixed an issue where dead players didn't receive a cinematic after slaying Nathanos Blightcaller while on the quest “Nathanos Blightcaller”.

November 9, 2020

Classes

General
- [With regional restarts] All tank specializations passive threat generation has increased.
Druid
- Feral
  - [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 8%.
- Restoration
  - [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
Hunter
- Beast Mastery
  - [With regional restarts] The damage of all abilities except Cobra Shot and Barbed Shot have been reduced by 5%.
- Marksmanship
  - [With regional restarts] Volley (Talent) damage reduced by 30%.
Mage
- General
  - [With regional restarts] Arcane Explosion damage reduced by 8%.
- Frost
  - [With regional restarts] Splitting Ice’s Ice Lance damage to secondary targets reduced to 65% (was 80%).
  - [With regional restarts] Ice Lance damage reduced by 10%.
  - [With regional restarts] Freezing Rain’s Blizzard damage increased to 60% (was 50%).
  - [With regional restarts] Comet Storm damage increased by 5%.
Monk
- Windwalker
  - [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
Paladin
- General
  - [With regional restarts] Crusader Strike mana cost reduced to 9% base mana (was 14%).
  - [With regional restarts] Shield of the Righteous damage reduced by 15%.
- Holy
  - [With regional restarts] Holy Shock healing increased by 10%.
  - [With regional restarts] Word of Glory healing increased by 9%.
  - [With regional restarts] Glimmer of Light (Talent) healing reduced by 10%.
- Protection
  - [With regional restarts] Protection Paladin passive Armor bonus reduced to 10% (was 20%).
  - [With regional restarts] Word of Glory healing increased by 9% and healing when casting Word of Glory (Rank 2) on yourself reduced to 250% based on your missing health (was 300%).
- Retribution
  - [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 4%.
  - [With regional restarts] Execution Sentence (Talent) no longer has a chance to critically strike and initial damage reduced by 25%.
  - [With regional restarts] Final Reckoning (Talent) increased damage taken reduced to 35% (was 50%).
  - [With regional restarts] Sanctified Wrath (Talent) damage increased by 50%.
Priest
- Discipline
  - [With regional restarts] Power Word: Shield absorb reduced by 8%.
  - [With regional restarts] Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 10%.
  - [With regional restarts] Purge the Wicked (Talent) damage reduced by 10%.
Rogue
- Subtlety
  - Resolved an issue that allowed Subtlety Rogue’s Eviscerate to deal additional damage to targets that have another Rogue's Find Weakness active.
Shaman
- General
  - [With regional restarts] Chain Heal healing reduced by 7%.
- Restoration
  - [With regional restarts] The bonus damage for choosing the Restoration Shaman specialization has been lowered to 15% (was 40%). At level 37, this value increases back to 40%.
Warrior
- Arms
  - [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 6%.
  - [With regional restarts] Cleave (Talent) no longer replaces Sweeping Strikes.
- Fury
  - [With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 10%.
  - [With regional restarts] Whirlwind additional target damage reduced to 45% (was 50%).
  - [With regional restarts] Bladestorm (Talent) damage increased by 8%.
  - [With regional restarts] Frenzy (Talent) Haste reduced to 2% (was 3%) and max stacks increased to 4 (was 3).

November 5, 2020

Allied Races

Fixed an issue where Zandalari Death Knights could not select a zone upon arriving in Zandalar. Turns out having a friend on de other side can be nice.

Items and Rewards

Various legacy consumables including Swiftness Potion, Invisibility Potion, Free Action Potion, and Purification Potion have had their max usable level increased to 50.

November 4, 2020

Allied Races

Fixed an issue where Kul Tiran Death Knights could not select a zone upon arriving in Kul Tiras.

Creatures and NPCs

Zidormi in Tirisfal Glades is now visible to new characters that have completed Exile’s Reach.

Quests

Chromie has identified level 50 players stuck in Timewalking Campaigns and will safely extract them the next time they're in the open world so that they may queue for Battle for Azeroth dungeons.

November 2, 2020

Quests

“The Hunter and the Prince” quest can now be completed once more.

WoW's 16th Anniversary

(With overnight restarts) Fixed an issue that prevented many players from queuing for the Korrak's Revenge battleground.
Quest experience and reputation gains should now properly be increased by 16% during WoW’s 16th Anniversary event.
Players that have previously completed "A Timely Invitation" and "Soldier of Time” should once again be eligible for the quest.
Characters who are still on Exile's Reach will now earn the WoW’s 16th Anniversary achievement and associated mail upon their first login after escaping the island.

WoW Classic

Original WoW 1.11 Nature Resist gear is now obtainable.

October 28, 2020

Classes

Paladin
- Retribution
  - Fixed an issue where the Aura of Reckoning (PvP Talent) buff persisted after switching specializations.

Horrific Visions

Orgrimmar
- Fixed an issue where you were unable to release after dying.

Quests

Fearbreaker should now appear in all phases during the Alliance quest, "Return of the Warrior King".
The Warlords of Draenor Garrison Campaign quests, “Missing Grunt”, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”, “Awakening”, “Deep Recon”, and “Crows In The Field” are once again obtainable and completable.

User Interface

You can once again link quests in chat.
Fixed an issue that caused guilds that were recruiting only max level characters to not appear in Guild Finder and Community Finder.
Fixed an issue that caused some players to be unable to queue as a tank or healer specialization for specific dungeons in the Dungeon Finder.

October 27, 2020

Dungeons and Raids

Ny’alotha, the Waking City
- Dark Inquisitor Xanesh
  - Fixed an issue that prevented the encounter from starting after defeating the enemies in the Ritual Chamber on all difficulties.
Wailing Caverns
- Lady Anacondra
  - Thorns now deals appropriate damage.

October 26, 2020

Classes

Shaman
- Enhancement
  - Primal Primer (Azerite Trait) now correctly activates when Flametongue Weapon is applied to your weapon.

Dungeons and Raids

Experience granted to players in dungeons is now standardized, and does not change with the size of the player's party.
- Developers' notes: This standardized experience value is equal to what the leveling player would have previously earned in a 5-person party. Dungeon experience was tuned around the expectation of full parties, and we saw that taplist loopholes in combination with pre-patch changes to dungeon scaling revealed some extreme leveling tactics by fewer than 5 players. We want dungeons to remain lucrative, and to be a valid alternative to questing and other experience sources, rather than to overshadow them.

Quests

Anduin Wrynn should now be present in the throne room to turn in quests for players who are still on the Darkshore introduction storyline.

October 23, 2020

Classes

Demon Hunter
- General
  - Fixed an issue that caused Glyph of Crackling Flames to break the animations of several abilities.
Rogue
- General
  - Tricks of the Trade can now be cast on characters level 10 and above.
Shaman
- Enhancement
  - Fixed an issue where the Hailstorm (Talent) buff persisted after switching specializations.
Warlock
- General
  - Warlocks below level 10 now have a pet action bar to control their summoned demons.

Dungeons and Raids

Ny'alotha, the Waking City
- The damage and health of all enemies have been reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
- Carapace of N'Zoth
  - Infinite Void damage reduced by 50% per stack on all difficulties.
  - Black Scar damage reduced by 10% on all difficulties.
  - Mandible Slam damage reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
Icecrown Citadel
- The Lich King
  - Fixed an issue where the Necrotic Plague debuff wouldn’t be removed upon exiting the instance.

Items and Rewards

Wands can now be transmogrified into two-handed Legion Artifact weapons.

Player versus Player

Battleground gates will once again open when the countdown timer expires.

Quests

During the quest, "The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened", the falling rocks in the Scar of the Worldbreaker are no longer quite so punishing on Martek's Hog.
Players are once again able to steer the Keg Bomb during the "Do a Barrel Roll!" quest in Kun-Lai Summit.

October 22, 2020

Classes

Hunter
- General
  - Fixed an issue that caused Feign Death to not cancel an enemy’s spell cast when used towards the end of the cast.
Paladin
- General
  - Blessing of Protection is now learned at level 32 (was level 41).
- Retribution
  - Retribution Aura now correctly extends an existing Crusade (Talent) without resetting its stacks.

Dungeons and Raids

Ny'alotha, the Waking City
- N'Zoth the Corruptor
  - Fixed an issue where Basher Tentacles would cast Void Lash more frequently on all difficulties.

Items and Rewards

Blink-Trigger Headgun and Tactical Headgun on-use effects now have a 5 minute cooldown (was 30 seconds).

Quests

Sylvanas Windrunner should now be present in Grommash Hold if you have quests to turn in to her while you're also in the middle of the Vulpera Allied Race questline. Shhh... Don’t tell Tyrande.

October 21, 2020

Characters

The Character Transfer gold limit for characters level 40-49 has increased to 250,000 gold.

Classes

Demon Hunter
- Vengeance
  - Fixed an issue that caused Armor to decrease when using Demon Spikes while there is an active Demon Spikes Armor buff.
Mage
- Arcane
  - Arcane Pummeling (Azerite Trait) damage per wave reduced by 40%.
    - Developers’ note: With the change to Arcane's Mastery and Clearcasted Arcane Missiles, the Arcane Pummeling Azerite Trait gained more power than intended.
Priest
- Discipline
  - Fixed an issue causing Atonement to heal for too little at low levels.
- Shadow
  - Spiteful Apparitions (Azerite Trait) damage reduced by 34%.
  - Whispers of the Damned (Azerite Trait) Insanity generation reduced by 50%.

Dungeons and Raids

Utgarde Pinnacle
- King Ymiron
  - Dark Slash now deals appropriate damage on Normal difficulty.

Quests

You’ll now be ported back onto the ship if you accidentally fall off during the Horde quest “Paint it Red” and Alliance quest “Unleash Hell”.

WoW Classic

The Hallow’s End Tricked or Treated aura can no longer be pushed off by other auras when reaching the aura limit.

October 20, 2020

Achievements

The Will of the Emperor encounter special ability, Opportunistic Strike, is obtainable once again for completing the achievement Show Me Your Moves!.

Classes

Death Knight
- Unholy
  - The additional Shadow damage from Soul Reaper’s (Talent) explosion is now correctly affected by Mastery.
Druid
- Balance
  - Damage caused by Starfall will break the caster out of stealth.
Mage
- General
  - Vision of Perfection (Azerite Essence) no longer procs Rune of Power (Talent).
- Frost
  - The Water Elemental pet now learns Freeze at level 23.
Priest
- General
  - Priests on the quest "Blade in Twilight" can now use the Tirisfal Camp Scroll again to get back to the Whispering Forest if they leave the area.
Warlock
- General
  - Unstable Affliction's damage dealt when it is dispelled has been reduced by 35%.

Items and Rewards

Many Burning Crusade gems have had their stats updated to the correct numbers.

Pet Battles

The Sun Darter Hatchling is obtainable once again. Happy hunting!

Player versus Player

Fixed an issue where some Gladiator mounts were not accessible across the account.
The Conquest limit has been increased and players can once again progress on their Weekly Conquest reward.

Quests

Players who are eligible to visit Nazjatar will no longer be prompted upon log in to start the quests, "The Warchief's Order" or "The Wolf's Offensive". Instead, players can begin their journey to Nazjatar by starting the quest, "Send the Fleet", by speaking to Nathanos or Genn Greymane.
Reduced the difficulty of the enemies in the Alliance quest “Fairwind’s “Friends”’.

World Events

The Hallow’s End Candy Bucket located in The Veiled Stair now appears in all phases.

October 19, 2020

Dungeons and Raids

Ny'alotha, the Waking City
- Vexiona
  - Fixed an issue that occasionally caused Vexiona to not follow her target.

Island Expeditions

Resolved an issue that prevented Azerite Extractors from functioning correctly.

Player versus Player

Rated Battleground listings will once again appear in the Group Finder menu.

Quests

After completing “An End to Beginnings”, the instructions have been clarified on how to unlock the Timewalking Campaign for players that have already leveled a character before.
Players who have started the Battle for Azeroth introduction are now able to complete “The Legion Returns” and any remaining Legion introduction content.
Nathanos is visible once again for Horde players to turn in “The Battle for Lordaeron”.
Fixed an issue where Alliance players were unable to pick up “Tides of War” from Hero's Herald.

October 16, 2020

Barber Shop

Resolved some issues with the Barber Shop previewing textures from other character models.
Worgen players are now able to save changes to their Human forms.
Resolved an issue with a Night Elf skin color and eye color not displaying correctly to other players.

Classes

Mage
- General
  - Portals can now be used by all members of the Mage’s party, regardless of level.
  - Mages who are not yet high enough level to fly can now take a portal to the abandoned Kirin Tor camp during the quest "The Deadwind Site."
  - Starving prisoners are now less picky and will eat any level of Mage conjured food offered to them during the quest, "More Than Just a Food Vendor".
- Arcane
  - Master of Escape (PvP Talent) no longer reduces the cooldown of Mass Invisibility (PvP Talent).
Warrior
- Protection
  - All Protection Warriors with Punish (Talent) selected can now apply multiple Punish debuffs on a single target.

Dungeons and Raids

Grievous and Bursting affixes now deal appropriate damage on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
Atal'Dazar
- Shadowy spiders summoned by Echoes of Shadra no longer deal damage while in the Awakened affix realm on Mythic Keystone difficulty.

Exile's Reach

After several complaints from Captain Garrick and Warlord Grimaxe, new recruits can no longer duel aboard the Horde and Alliance ships. Additionally, Health regeneration will recover more slowly while dueling on Exile’s Reach. Now take your fights to the island, recruits!
Resolved an issue where the objective to speak with Warlord Grimaxe wouldn’t complete during the Exile’s Reach Horde quest, “Dungeon: Darkmaul Citadel”.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue causing the Humming Black Dragonscale trinket’s slow fall effect to not apply the Draconic Descent buff aura. Additionally, the trinket’s slow fall effect can now be used while mounted.
Alliance players can loot 7th Legion Service Medals once again.

Quests

Completing “Quartermaster’s Bounty” will reward a Warlord’s Trophy for your efforts once again.
The turn in locations for the Vulpera Allied Race quests, "A Little Goodwill" and "Worthwhile Repairs" have been updated to their correct positions.
"Adventurers Wanted: Chromie's Call" will correctly be categorized under Orgrimmar for Horde characters.
The Legionfall Construction Table is no longer empty during the quest “Begin Construction”.
Vanthir is once again visible for turning in the Suramar quest, “All Along the Waterways”.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from completing the Shadowmoon Valley quest, “The Ashtongue Corruptors”.
The protective shield surrounding Animus in the Thousand Needles quest, "The Doomstone", can no longer withstand the might of Magatha Grimtotem's Elemental Nullifier.
Honor’s Stand Officers in Southern Barrens will once again drop the Roadway Plans that start the quest, "The Low Road".

October 15, 2020

Classes

Death Knight
- Unholy
  - Unholy Blight (Talent) now applies Virulent Plague at max melee range.
Druid
- General
  - The Legion Class Hall Dreamwalk teleport is now available to players starting at level 10 (was level 12) after completing the quest “To The Dreamgrove”.
- Balance
  - Vision of Perfection (Azerite Essence) should now properly extend the duration of both Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse if it activates while Celestial Alignment is already active.
Paladin
- Protection
  - The absorb from First Avenger (Talent) no longer double dips into Versatility.
Shaman
- Enhancement
  - Lightning Shield no longer gains stacks of Maelstrom Weapon before level 29.

Creatures and NPCs

Various Druid NPCs have remembered how to shapeshift.

Dungeons and Raids

Players leveling through Battle for Azeroth can now queue for Freehold and Atal'Dazar in the Dungeon Finder at lower levels.
- Alliance players will unlock Freehold at level 10 and Atal'Dazar at level 16.
- Horde players will unlock Atal'Dazar at level 10 and Freehold at level 16.
Temple of the Jade Serpent
- Sha of Doubt
  - Touch of Nothingness now deals appropriate damage on Normal difficulty.

Items and Rewards

The Flash of Brilliance 4-piece Heirloom set bonus will no longer hit enemies that you are not engaged in combat with, except for players of the opposite faction when War Mode is enabled. They probably deserved it.

Quests

Players who reach level 50 will once again receive the quest, “A Dying World”, and will be directed to Magni Bronzebeard in Silithus to obtain their Heart of Azeroth. There is no escaping from his storytelling!
Players can again escape from the Frozen Throne through Bwonsamdi’s Death Gate during the quest “Jailor of the Damned”.
Fixed an issue where lower level Priests were unable to complete the Priest Class Hall Campaign quest “Murloc Mind Control”.
Resolved an issue where “Stay of Execution” was unavailable for some players.
Cork Fizzlepop’s location will now display if he despawns while on the Horde quest “Finding Your Way”.

October 14, 2020

Allied Races

Unlocking Mechagnome no longer requires reaching exalted with the Rustbolt Resistance.

Barber Shop

Gender changes in the Barber Shop will no longer revert after entering combat and relogging into the game.

Classes

Death Knight
- General
  - Death Knights that have been boosted with a Shadowlands Character Boost can once again summon their Death Gate.
- Unholy
  - Shadow Bolt cast by Magus of the Dead (Azerite Trait) no longer double dips into Mastery: Dreadblades.
Monk
- Windwalker
  - Resolved an issue that caused Whirling Dragon Punch (Talent) to deal more damage than intended.
Paladin
- General
  - Resolved an issue with Unbound Freedom (PvP Talent) affecting the cooldown of Blessing of Freedom.
Rogue
- Outlaw
  - Snake Eyes (Azerite Trait) no longer procs off of Roll the Bones.
- Subtlety
  - Replicating Shadows (Azerite Trait) now properly affects Rupture.
  - Night's Vengeance (Azerite Trait) now properly procs Rupture.

Dungeons and Raids

Queueing for Legion dungeons on Normal difficulty no longer requires obtaining an Artifact weapon.
Ny’alotha, the Waking City
- Inquisitor Xanesh
  - Fan of Venomblades will no longer be cast during the encounter.
- N’Zoth the Corruptor
  - Paranoia now deals appropriate damage on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
Nighthold
- High Botanist Tel’arn
  - Recursive Strikes now deals appropriate damage on Mythic difficulty.
Hellfire Citadel
- Tyrant Velhari
  - Aura of Oppression now deals appropriate damage on Mythic difficulty.

Exile's Reach

Fixed an issue where players who completed Exile's Reach could end up getting stuck on the island. Players who are currently stuck in this state on the island will be teleported back to Stormwind or Orgrimmar. We were going to send another expedition to rescue you but that turned into a whole thing, so now you'll just be teleported out.

Items and Rewards

Fixed an issue that caused some weapon illusions to not persist when closing and reentering the game.
Black Empire head, shoulder, and chest tokens will no longer create Azerite-empowered armor for characters that have not obtained the Heart of Azeroth.

Player versus Player

Gladiator titles will once again only be used by characters who earned the achievements.
Fixed an issue that caused terrain issues for some characters in the Cooking Impossible Brawl.
Honorable Kills are once again tracked in Achievements and the Scoreboard.

Professions

Players should once again be able to disenchant items as they're leveling up through the different expansions in Timewalking Campaigns.

Quests

Players should now be able queue for the “Battle for Lordaeron” scenario.
Players should once again be able to use the spells available during “Ravencrest's Legacy” in Val’sharah.
"Students of Chi-Ji" in Krasarang Wilds can now be completed by all players eligible to accept the quest, regardless of level.
The Argent Cannon during the Icecrown quest, "The Last Line of Defense”, can once again generate enough mana to fuel the Reckoning Bomb.