Hotfixes
July 3, 2024
Achievements
What’s Down There? now requires 1 Massive Lunker (was 2).
That’s not a Fish… now requires 5 Massive Lunkers (was 10).
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Harpoon now requires 10 Massive Lunkers (was 25).
Items
Ominous Conch cooldown lowered to 1 minute (was 5 minutes).
Increased the drop rate of Ominous Conch found in Tuskarr Tackle Boxes.
Ominous Conch now has a maximum stack size of 20.
Developers’ notes: Ominous Conch used to have a maximum stack size of 20 in earlier patches, and that was removed. Since we’re putting the max back on it, we think it’s best to also reduce the associated achievement requirements and cooldown.
June 18, 2024
Dungeons and Raids
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Emberon
Fixed an issue where Purging Flames precast visual effect was not matching the spawn location of the beam.
June 13, 2024
Achievements
Fixed an issue causing some achievement-related creatures to despawn in Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope.
June 12, 2024
Classes
Fixed an issue where a tiny dagger was appearing when casting a variety of spells and abilities.
Fixed an issue where the low noise variant of Frozen Orb was not being used inside raids and dungeons.
Player versus Player
Evoker
Fixed an issue preventing Chrono Loop from being used in some locations, including many areas in Black Rook Hold Arena.
June 11, 2024
Player versus Player
Paladin
Fixed an issue that caused Blessing of Sacrifice to not break Psychic Scream.
June 6, 2024
Items
Jepetto Joybuzz and his clockwork assistant have received a new shipment of Prismatic Baubles in stock from the Mad Merchant. They can be purchased during the month of June for the standard price of 250,000 gold.
Quests
Fixed an issue where raid encounters were not granting quest credit for “To the Test: Rune of Shadowbinding”.
June 5, 2024
Art and Animations
Fixed an issue causing Bow of the Ranger Captain to be held backwards.
Fixed an issue where Vault of the Incarnate cosmetic fist weapons purchased with bullion were not hidden when sheathed.
Fixed a bug with the appearance of Tropical Airy Sandals.
Classes
Evoker
Preservation
All healing increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
Druid
Restoration
Moonfire now costs 0.3% mana (was 1.2%).
Hunter
Survival
Survival Hunter 4-set Focus cost reduction increased to 20 (was 10).
Survival Hunter 4-set damage bonus increased to 80% (was 50%).
Paladin
Holy
Word of Glory healing increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP combat.
Light of Dawn healing increased by 20%.
Shaman
Brimming with Life now increases maximum health by 10% (was 8%).
Enhancement
Chain Lighting damage increased by 10%.
Flame Shock damage increased by 10%.
Frost Shock damage increased by 10%.
Fire Nova damage increased by 10%.
Crash Lightning damage increased by 10%.
Primordial Wave’s additional Lightning Bolts now deal 175% of normal damage (was 150%). Not applied to PvP combat.
Warlock
Fear now costs 4% of base mana (was 5%).
Demonic Gateway now costs 10% of base mana (was 20%).
Dungeons and Raids
Neltharus
Addressed an issue where multiple players can interact with Burning Chains.
Chargath
Slag Eruption duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
Fetter duration increased to 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).
Addressed an issue where canceling Dragon Strike using invisibility will lead to Grounding Chain not being cast.
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Bromach
Quaking totem’s health reduced by 10%.
Emberon
Addressed an issue where Purging Flames’ visual does not line up with the beam area.
Player versus Player
Items
Seal of Diurna’s Chosen will deal 50% reduced damage in PvP combat.
Demon Hunter
Havoc
All damage reduced by 4% in PvP combat.
Demonic Wards now reduces magic damage taken by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
Druid
Balance
Developers’ notes: We recently removed the PvP nerf for Frenzied Regeneration primarily to help Feral Druids, but Balance Druids got a windfall and became a little too powerful with this change. We’re pulling back on this buff specifically for Balance Druid only, so that their survivability is more in line with everyone else.
Frenzied Regeneration heals for 5% health every sec (was 8%) for Balance Druid in PvP combat.
Balance of All Things will now give the correct amount of critical strike chance in PvP combat when 2 talent points are invested into it.
Restoration
Wrath damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Starfire damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Moonfire damage increased by 80% in PvP combat.
Hunter
Marksmanship
Sniper Shot’s (PvP Talent) range increase reduced to 30% (was 40%).
Sniper Shot’s (PvP Talent) damage is no longer affected by Mastery: Sniper Training.
Paladin
Holy
Flash of Light healing increased by 12% in PvP combat.
Judgment damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Holy Shock damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
Glimmer of Light damage decreased by 25% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Priest
Mental Agility now reduces the mana cost of Mass Dispel, Purify, and Purify Disease by 25% in PvP combat (was 50%).
Holy
Holy Fire’s direct damage is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
The cooldown of Chastise is now reduced by 1 second per talent point from Voice of Harmony in PvP combat (was 2 seconds).
Rogue
Subtlety
Rupture damage is now increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Backstab damage is now increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Gloomblade damage is now increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Quests
Fixed an issue during “Handling It: Taut Tethercoil” where casting Tethercoil Rune on valid creatures was not awarding Taut Tethercoil.
June 3, 2024
Dungeons and Raids
Neltharus
Fixed an issue where canceling Dragon Strike using invisibility will lead to Chargath not casting Grounding Chain.
Items
Fixed an issue where Augury of the Primal Flame would not proc certain effects such as Seal of Diurna’s Chosen and Seal of Filial Duty.
Fixed an issue where Tome of Unstable Power could proc from non-class spell effects such as self-damage from Vessel of Searing Shadows.
Player versus Player
Victories in Solo Shuffle now reward 5 crests (was 3) and victories in Rated 2v2 and Rated 3v3 Arenas now reward 2 crests (was 1).
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Mini Mana Bomb (Horde) and Theramore Tabard (Alliance) are now available from Horos at any Infinite Bazaar for players who have completed Theramore’s Fall for their given faction on any Timerunner.
Developers’ notes: There is no more need to complete it at exactly level 35.
Fixed an issue where some steps of the Infinite Power achievements could be skipped for players.
Tuft of Yak Fur, am I right? Now they stack.
May 29, 2024
Classes
Shaman
Restoration
Resolved an issue causing the Restoration Shaman Season 4 two-piece class set bonus to be cancelled when a Healing Stream Totem expires while two or more Healing Stream Totems are active.
Warlock
Affliction
Resolved an issue causing Drain Life to sometimes incorrectly consume mana while Soul Rot is active.
Warrior
Protection
Battle-Scarred Veteran has been updated. Now, when a damage event reduces your health below 30%, the portion of that damage event that would apply to the last 30% of your health is also reduced by 80%.
Developers’ notes: For example, if you are at 50% health and receive damage for 40% of your health, your damage taken will be 20% + 20% * (1-0.8), or 24%, and you will have 26% health remaining when Battle-Scarred Veteran activates.
Player versus Player
Evoker
Resolved an issue causing the dispel effect from Scouring Flames to fail on targets near the edge of Fire Breath.
Quests
The questgivers for Renown quests in Valdrakken now again offer the “Continued Waygate Exploration” quests.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Endgame tuning adjustments have been made to Heroic Scenarios, Heroic Dungeons, and Normal Raids so that they increase in power more slowly between levels 60 and 70. Heroic and Mythic raids have been adjusted so there is a smoother transition between them.
Players who completed the Pearlfin Jinyu questline can now bring Lesser Charms of Good Fortune to Elder Lusshan for additional reputation.
Players who completed the Forest Hozen questline can now bring Lesser Charms of Good Fortune to Chief Kah Kah for additional reputation.
Fixed a bug that inadvertently capped the maximum stats that can be gained on a Cloak of Infinite Potential. That cap has been removed.
Shado Pan Assault reputation earned per boss kill increased to 1000 (was 300). This amount is available daily.
Elder Great Turtles and Ancient Spineclaws have migrated back to the Timeless Shore, which should benefit players who are just Killing Time.
Illusion: Sha Corruption can now be destroyed by players who have already learned it elsewhere.
Adjusted and tuned several gem effects:
Arcanist’s Edge absorb amount (that can be converted into damage) has been doubled.
Fervor health amounts (that can be converted into damage) has been doubled.
Righteous Frenzy damage dealt to targets increased to 2% per second (was 1%).
Developers’ notes: This should give healers a bit more to do while optimizing their group’s damage, and it should make some gem combinations even more interesting.
Searing Light collected healing points increased to 10% (was 7%).
Slay cannot critically strike.
Developers’ notes: Slay still hits for the player’s entire health amount, and will remain an incredibly powerful option.
Ward of Salvation no longer applies a heal absorb. It has been reworked so that the caster’s heals are duplicated as an absorb shield, but not other sources of healing.
Developers’ notes: Ward of Salvation will remain a powerful way for healers to deliver some additional damage, but should not trivialize the most difficult raid encounters.
May 28, 2024
Player versus Player
Priest
Thoughtsteal can no longer be canceled.
Thoughtsteal no longer causes the casting Priest to learn a spell they already know (example: a Shadow Priest stealing Vampiric Touch from another Shadow Priest). The target of the Thoughtsteal still loses access to the stolen ability.
Developers’ notes: These changes resolve an issue where Priests could lose access to existing abilities after casting Thoughtsteal.
Quests
Verdisa did not realize she was sitting on an important location for the quest “Forget Her Not” and has moved a few feet away.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
On Friday, May 24, the following changes were deployed:
There are now three new quests that grant Bronze to player-characters upon reaching levels 50, 60, and 70.
The new quests are only available to player-characters who did not kill many Gulp Frogs during the first three days of the event.
Player-characters who killed many Gulp Frogs during the first days of the event have been modified. The power of their Cloak of Infinite Potential was reduced to an amount that a very engaged player could reasonably achieve.
May 22, 2024
Non-Player Characters
Doc Nanners in Valdrakken will again offer players “A Cataloger’s Paradise” upon reaching Renown 8 with the Dragonscale Expedition.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Added clarity to the quest “The Great Water Hunt” to speak with Mudmug before gathering water.
Nostwin now sells Glyph of Shadow for Priests.
Fixed an issue preventing the quest “Where are My Reinforcements?” from proceeding as expected.
Improved the respawn rate and treasure from rares and rare elites across Pandaria.
Increased the amount of bronze and raised the drop chance for threads of time from airborne bronze.
Fixed an issue where players who faction-changed could not use the group finder for dungeons and scenarios.
Fixed an issue preventing the quest “Riding the Skies” from granting the appropriate Cloud Serpent mount.
Fixed an issue causing Wise Mari in the Temple of the Jade Serpent to not spawn Corrupt Living Water as intended.
Hutia was out of control in the Jade Forest, and has been convinced to relax a bit and stop hitting so hard.
May 21, 2024
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
We have made the following changes to improve Thread of Time gain for the Cloak of Infinite Potential. Our goal with these additional items is to give players access to more Threads of Time from daily repeatable sources. These should serve as readily attainable power-ups from a wide variety of content, so players can enjoy the breadth of Pandaria while also gaining additional power. There are four new items that grant players escalating amounts of power for the Cloak of Infinite Potential:
Minor Spool of Eternal Thread
Lesser Spool of Eternal Thread
Spool of Eternal Thread
Greater Spool of Eternal Thread
Players will be able to find these new items from a variety of solo and group sources, ensuring all players have accessible ways to improve their cloak:
Infinite Bazaar Repeatable Dailies
First-Time Daily Scenario, Dungeon, and each LFR queue
World Bosses
Remix Achievements
Each of these achievements are available for additional characters to complete as well for bonus Bronze – and now bonus Spools of Eternal Thread.
Troves of the Thunder King scenario on the Isle of Thunder
We’ve made the following changes and bugfixes are intended to address concerns about the balance of low- and high-level players in various Remix content.
The health of creatures in heroic scenarios has been decreased by 20% – 25%, based on the players’ levels. Higher level players will see enemies incur a larger decrease.
The health and damage of creatures on the Timeless Isle, Isle of Giants, and Isle of Thunder has been reduced.
Several spell gems (that were not scaling up or down correctly based on player level) have been adjusted so that they provide a more-appropriate scaling effect. This includes Cold Front, Windweaver, Vampiric Aura, and Lightning Rod.
Spell gems with shielding effects should no longer cause threat.
Fixed a bug with Righteous Frenzy not canceling upon the end of combat.
Timerunner’s Vial mana regen significantly increased.
Adjusted the reputation granted from Granite Quilen to be more in line with expected values.
Fixed an issue in Guo-Lai Halls causing trap tiles to flicker.
May 20, 2024
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Shirts and tabards can now be purchased from Larah Treebender at any Infinite Bazaar, Mei Steadypaw outside the Shrine of Two Moons and the Shrine of Seven Stars, and Hanchoon Yi at Paw’don Village, Honeydew Village, Shrine of Two Moons, and Shrine of Seven Stars.
Fixed a bug preventing Timerunners with a legendary Infinite Cloak of Potential from accessing Ordon Sanctuary as intended.
Fixed an issue with the spawning of Voress’thalik which prevented the completion of “Devastation Below”.
Fixed an issue preventing players from learning Amber Pterrordax.
Fixed a bug causing Gulp Frogs to unintentionally drop Lesser Charms of Good Fortune.
Enemy power scaling, particularly in group content, has been adjusted to be less aggressive. This is particularly applicable in the player level 40 – 70 range, before players have been able to power up their cloak, upgrade their gems, and increase their item level.
Gear drop-rates have been improved from world rares, rare elites, and quests. This will help players who have had their item levels fall behind as leveling speed increases, especially at higher levels when cloak bonus experience is powered up.
Developers’ notes: This will also increase player Bronze and appearance acquisition by increasing the number of items to place into the Unraveling Sands for additional Bronze.
The first-time bonus for queueing each LFR wing will grant a Thread of Experience in addition to the existing Lesser Bronze Cache.
Developers’ notes: This should improve LFR as a viable choice for leveling main characters and alts, without players feeling like they need to grind the same LFR wing repeatedly.
We have added bonus experience to each boss in normal dungeons and scenarios so they are a viable alternative to questing. Bonus experience has also been adding to the last boss of Heroic Scenarios. Heroic dungeon bosses will continue to drop bonus experience.
We’ve increased the number of prismatic gems dropped from bosses in normal and heroic scenarios and dungeons.
Developers’ notes: The increased stamina offered by Legendary Prismatic gems boosts player survivability considerably.
We have increased the Bronze granted from all qualities of Bronze Caches by 25%.
Developers’ notes: These caches are available from a wide variety of sources, both solo and group. This includes the Minor Bronze Cache, Lesser Bronze Cache, Bronze Cache, and Greater Bronze Cache.
Fixed an issue where Sha-Skin Vestment was marked as Cosmetic instead of Cloth armor.
May 16, 2024
Non-Player Characters
Jenafur has managed to wash off the strange grey paint that also changed her eye color. Jenafur is now once again a properly striped feline, allegedly.
Melsysra fell back asleep and found their way back to the Central Encampment in the Emerald Dream, allowing players to continue with their Renown quests.
Newsy was slow retrieving mail but has had a successful trip to the postmaster in Dalaran, allowing players to return to Loamm and continue with their Renown quests.
Alleria and Umbric are now always present as expected for quest completion.
Quests
Fixed a bug that prevented Trolls from unlocking the “Loa’s Blade-Blessing” cosmetic sword appearance if they finished the heritage questline with a character who couldn’t use it. Players will find the sword in their collection after logging into the character who completed the questline.
Trading Post
Fixed an issue where multiple completions of a Timewalking dungeon would not count toward the associated Trading Post activity.
May 15, 2024
Items
Fixed an issue that caused Conquest and War Mode gear to incorrectly display PvP item level increases in the upgrade UI.
May 14, 2024
Dungeons
Azure Vault
Fixed an issue causing the time requirement reaching two and three chests on Mythic Keystone difficulty was lower than intended.
Items
Veteran and Champion track items obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst. This fix is retroactive.
Veteran and Champion track rings, necklaces, and armor obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive.
Mounts
Fixed an issue causing the Rostrum of Transformation to require level 70.
Non-player Characters
Cheered up Thomas Bright who was feeling a little low.
May 10, 2024
Classes
Warlock
Fixed an issue where the scaling of Inferno would become reduced when Rain of Fire affected more than 5 targets.
Dungeons
Dawn of the Infinite end bosses should now drop Awakened Crests.
Mounts
Taivan awoos when summoned, like a good boy.
Non-player Characters
Kessa, the Personal Tabard Vendor located in Valdrakken should now be available to all alts after completing the questline to unlock the personal tabard.
Professions
Tailoring
Fixed a bug where Blue Silken Lining was not granting more mastery for equipping a second item embellished with Blue Silken Lining while the buff was already active.
Quests
Fixed a bug preventing the completion of “Lotus Tea” after completing “The Pools of Youth”.
Fixed an issue preventing progress on the quest “Get My Results!”.
Players can now call for aid while mounted on the quest “At the Source”.
May 8, 2024
Items
Fixed an issue that prevented Heroic and Mythic dungeons from dropping Flightstones and Awakened Crests correctly.
Fixed a bug impacting players’ ability to properly earn “The Awakened Drake”, “The Awakened Wyrm”, and “The Awakened Aspects”, which allow for Awakened Crests to be traded up with Vaskarn in Valdrakken.
Quests
“Blooming Dreamseeds” now require 3 planted seeds instead of 5 as the text originally states.
May 7, 2024
Classes
Demon Hunter
Vengeance
Sigil of Silence duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 5 seconds).
Sigil of Silence cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).
Cycle of Binding now reduces Sigil cooldowns by 2 seconds per trigger (was 3 seconds).
Soul Cleave damage reduced by 8%.
Druid
Balance
Season 4 (2) Set Bonus now increases the damage of your next Wrath or Starfire by 50% (was 30%).
Season 4 (2) Set Bonus new reduces the Astral Power cost of your next Starsurge or Starfall by 30 (was 15) and increases the damage it does by 60% (was 40%).
Monk
Brewmaster
Keg Smash damage reduced by 10%.
Spinning Crane Kick damage reduced by 10%.
Summon White Tiger Statue damage reduced by 30%.
The effectiveness of Stagger against magical attacks increased to 55% (was 45%).
Healing Sphere healing increased by 10%.
Rogue
Assassination
Ability and auto-attack damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
Fixed an issue that caused the Assassination Rogue Season 3/Season 4 bonus to do slightly less damage than intended.
Warlock
Affliction
Doom Blossom damage increased by 10%.
Vile Taint damage increased by 25%.
Soul Flame damage increased by 20%.
Soul Rot damage increased by 5%.
Destruction
Chaos Bolt damage increased by 3%.
Conflagrate damage increased by 5%.
Incinerate damage increased by 5%.
Warrior
Fury
All ability damage increased by 3%.
Season 4 Set Bonus (2): Rampage damage and critical strike chance increased by 15% (was 12%).
Season 4 Set Bonus (4): Bloodthirst bonus damage increased to 35% per stack (was 30%).
Protection
Developers’ notes: Our goal for these changes is to reduce Protection Warrior deaths to the dangers that are most likely to kill them, like burst or magic damage. There are some talents that warriors have for protection against these threats, like Disrupting Shout, Bolster, or Battle-Scarred Veteran, but it can be difficult to find the talent points for them. To provide more build flexibility we are reducing the power of the Battering Ram talent and moving its damage and defensive benefits into core abilities. We’re also increasing damage across the board and buffing some defensive talent options.
All ability damage increased by 5%.
Devastator damage increased by 30%.
Ignore Pain healing increased by 6%.
Disrupting Shout’s cooldown reduced to 75 seconds (was 90 seconds).
Enduring Alacrity increases Stamina and Armor by 10% (was 5%) and Haste by 2% (was 1%).
Battering Ram now increases your auto-attack damage and speed by 10% for 20 seconds (was 20%).
Items
Tome of Unstable Power’s AOE target cap set to 8.
Player versus Player
Death Knight
Frost
Frost Strike damage increased by 95% in PvP combat (was 75%).
Frost Fever damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
Unholy
Death Coil damage increased by 75% in PvP combat (was 60%).
Festering Wound damage increased by 190% in PvP combat (was 180%).
Frost Fever damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
Druid
Balance
Moonkin Aura’s Starsurge now grants 2% increased spell critical strike chance per stack (was 4%).
Evoker
Preservation
Time of Need healing reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
Hunter
Marksmanship
Rapid Fire damage increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Aimed Shot damage increased by 55% in PvP combat (was 40%).
Sniper Shot now deals 15% of the target’s health (was 20%).
Monk
Mistweaver
Clouded Focus increases healing and reduces mana cost by 20% per stack in PvP combat (was 15%).
Paladin
Holy
Word of Glory healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Priest
Discipline
Atonement healing increased by 11% in PvP combat.
Power Word: Radiance healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
Shadow Word: Pain and Purge the Wicked damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Holy
Spirit of the Redeemer now reduces the duration of Spirit of Redemption by 9 seconds (was 8 seconds).
Mana regeneration is now reduced by 40% in PvP combat (was 35%).
Rogue
Assassination
Kingsbane instant damage reduced by 32% in PvP combat (was 20%).
Kingsbane damage over time reduced by 8% in PvP combat (was 20%).
Improved Garrote damage bonus now reduced to 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Outlaw
Between the Eyes damage is no longer increased by 12% in PvP combat.
Ace Up Your Sleeve now has 4% chance to trigger per combo point spent and grants 4 combo points in PvP combat (base 5% chance and 5 combo points).
Shaman
Enhancement
Healing Surge healing increased by 40% in PvP combat (was 25%).
Restoration
Riptide healing increased by 10% in PvP combat.
Warlock
Affliction
Oblivion damage increased by 25%.
Drain Soul damage increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 15%).
Shadow Bolt damage increased by 90% in PvP combat (was 60%).
Agony damage increased by 25% in PvP combat (was 40%).
Demonology
Shadow Bolt damage increased by 90% in PvP combat (was 60%).
Warrior
Arms
The Arms Season 4 2-piece and 4-piece class set bonuses are no longer reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
Fury
Rampage damage is now increased by 50% in PvP combat (was 40%).
Raging Blow damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 15%).
Execute damage is now increased by 80% in PvP combat (was 65%).
Hotfixes from the last update can be found here.
Linxy
Community Manager
#14 – May 10, 2024, 9:23 p.m.
May 10, 2024
Classes
Warlock
Fixed an issue where the scaling of Inferno would become reduced when Rain of Fire affected more than 5 targets.
Dungeons
Dawn of the Infinite end bosses should now drop Awakened Crests.
Mounts
Taivan awoos when summoned, like a good boy.
Non-player Characters
Kessa, the Personal Tabard Vendor located in Valdrakken should now be available to all alts after completing the questline to unlock the personal tabard.
Professions
Tailoring
Fixed a bug where Blue Silken Lining was not granting more mastery for equipping a second item embellished with Blue Silken Lining while the buff was already active.
Quests
Fixed a bug preventing the completion of “Lotus Tea” after completing “The Pools of Youth”.
Fixed an issue preventing progress on the quest “Get My Results!”.
Players can now call for aid while mounted on the quest “At the Source”.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#28 – May 14, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
May 14, 2024
Dungeons
Azure Vault
Fixed an issue causing the time requirement reaching two and three chests on Mythic Keystone difficulty was lower than intended.
Items
Veteran and Champion track items obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst. This fix is retroactive.
Veteran and Champion track rings, necklaces, and armor obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive.
Mounts
Fixed an issue causing the Rostrum of Transformation to require level 70.
Non-player Characters
Cheered up Thomas Bright who was feeling a little low.
Cataclysm Classic
Fixed missing text in guildmaster’s Rank Permissions panel so that it is clear that the checkbox controls whether the guild rank is considered an officer rank.
Fixed an issue that would cause Cockroach Cabins to be uninteractable, preventing the daily “Roach Coach” quest from being completed.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from interacting with the objects required to complete the “Would You Like Some Flies With That?” daily quest.
Mage
Fixed a problem with Focus Magic being useable while not talented into it.
Living Bomb critical strikes will no longer trigger Ignite. It did not trigger Ignite in original Cataclysm, as even its final detonation was considered periodic damage.
Shaman
Flametongue Totem will no longer stack with other Spell power increasing effects.
Warlock
Drain Life will no longer turn its target permanently green until they log out.
Linxy
Community Manager
#43 – May 16, 2024, 12:35 a.m.
May 15, 2024
Items
Fixed an issue that caused Conquest and War Mode gear to incorrectly display PvP item level increases in the upgrade UI.
Linxy
Community Manager
#47 – May 17, 2024, 12:19 a.m.
May 16, 2024
Non-Player Characters
Jenafur has managed to wash off the strange grey paint that also changed her eye color. Jenafur is now once again a properly striped feline, allegedly.
Melsysra fell back asleep and found their way back to the Central Encampment in the Emerald Dream, allowing players to continue with their Renown quests.
Newsy was slow retrieving mail but has had a successful trip to the postmaster in Dalaran, allowing players to return to Loamm and continue with their Renown quests.
Alleria and Umbric are now always present as expected for quest completion.
Quests
Fixed a bug that prevented Trolls from unlocking the “Loa’s Blade-Blessing” cosmetic sword appearance if they finished the heritage questline with a character who couldn’t use it. Players will find the sword in their collection after logging into the character who completed the questline.
Trading Post
Fixed an issue where multiple completions of a Timewalking dungeon would not count toward the associated Trading Post activity.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#53 – May 21, 2024, 12:29 a.m.
May 20, 2024
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Shirts and tabards can now be purchased from Larah Treebender at any Infinite Bazaar, Mei Steadypaw outside the Shrine of Two Moons and the Shrine of Seven Stars, and Hanchoon Yi at Paw’don Village, Honeydew Village, Shrine of Two Moons, and Shrine of Seven Stars.
Fixed a bug preventing Timerunners with a legendary Infinite Cloak of Potential from accessing Ordon Sanctuary as intended.
Fixed an issue with the spawning of Voress’thalik which prevented the completion of “Devastation Below”.
Fixed an issue preventing players from learning Amber Pterrordax.
Fixed a bug causing Gulp Frogs to unintentionally drop Lesser Charms of Good Fortune.
Enemy power scaling, particularly in group content, has been adjusted to be less aggressive. This is particularly applicable in the player level 40 – 70 range, before players have been able to power up their cloak, upgrade their gems, and increase their item level.
Gear drop-rates have been improved from world rares, rare elites, and quests. This will help players who have had their item levels fall behind as leveling speed increases, especially at higher levels when cloak bonus experience is powered up.
Developers’ notes: This will also increase player Bronze and appearance acquisition by increasing the number of items to place into the Unraveling Sands for additional Bronze.
The first-time bonus for queueing each LFR wing will grant a Thread of Experience in addition to the existing Lesser Bronze Cache.
Developers’ notes: This should improve LFR as a viable choice for leveling main characters and alts, without players feeling like they need to grind the same LFR wing repeatedly.
We have added bonus experience to each boss in normal dungeons and scenarios so they are a viable alternative to questing. Bonus experience has also been adding to the last boss of Heroic Scenarios. Heroic dungeon bosses will continue to drop bonus experience.
We’ve increased the number of prismatic gems dropped from bosses in normal and heroic scenarios and dungeons.
Developers’ notes: The increased stamina offered by Legendary Prismatic gems boosts player survivability considerably.
We have increased the Bronze granted from all qualities of Bronze Caches by 25%.
Developers’ notes: These caches are available from a wide variety of sources, both solo and group. This includes the Minor Bronze Cache, Lesser Bronze Cache, Bronze Cache, and Greater Bronze Cache.
Fixed an issue where Sha-Skin Vestment was marked as Cosmetic instead of Cloth armor.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#64 – May 23, 2024, midnight
May 22, 2024
Non-Player Characters
Doc Nanners in Valdrakken will again offer players “A Cataloger’s Paradise” upon reaching Renown 8 with the Dragonscale Expedition.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Added clarity to the quest “The Great Water Hunt” to speak with Mudmug before gathering water.
Nostwin now sells Glyph of Shadow for Priests.
Fixed an issue preventing the quest “Where are My Reinforcements?” from proceeding as expected.
Improved the respawn rate and treasure from rares and rare elites across Pandaria.
Increased the amount of bronze and raised the drop chance for threads of time from airborne bronze.
Fixed an issue where players who faction-changed could not use the group finder for dungeons and scenarios.
Fixed an issue preventing the quest “Riding the Skies” from granting the appropriate Cloud Serpent mount.
Fixed an issue causing Wise Mari in the Temple of the Jade Serpent to not spawn Corrupt Living Water as intended.
Hutia was out of control in the Jade Forest, and has been convinced to relax a bit and stop hitting so hard.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#71 – May 29, 2024, 12:23 a.m.
May 28, 2024
Player versus Player
Priest
Thoughtsteal can no longer be canceled.
Thoughtsteal no longer causes the casting Priest to learn a spell they already know (example: a Shadow Priest stealing Vampiric Touch from another Shadow Priest). The target of the Thoughtsteal still loses access to the stolen ability.
Developers’ notes: These changes resolve an issue where Priests could lose access to existing abilities after casting Thoughtsteal.
Quests
Verdisa did not realize she was sitting on an important location for the quest “Forget Her Not” and has moved a few feet away.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
On Friday, May 24, the following changes were deployed:
There are now three new quests that grant Bronze to player-characters upon reaching levels 50, 60, and 70.
The new quests are only available to player-characters who did not kill many Gulp Frogs during the first three days of the event.
Player-characters who killed many Gulp Frogs during the first days of the event have been modified. The power of their Cloak of Infinite Potential was reduced to an amount that a very engaged player could reasonably achieve.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#85 – May 30, 2024, 1:58 a.m.
May 29, 2024
Classes
Shaman
Restoration
Resolved an issue causing the Restoration Shaman Season 4 two-piece class set bonus to be cancelled when a Healing Stream Totem expires while two or more Healing Stream Totems are active.
Warlock
Affliction
Resolved an issue causing Drain Life to sometimes incorrectly consume mana while Soul Rot is active.
Warrior
Protection
Battle-Scarred Veteran has been updated. Now, when a damage event reduces your health below 30%, the portion of that damage event that would apply to the last 30% of your health is also reduced by 80%.
Developers’ notes: For example, if you are at 50% health and receive damage for 40% of your health, your damage taken will be 20% + 20% * (1-0.8), or 24%, and you will have 26% health remaining when Battle-Scarred Veteran activates.
Player versus Player
Evoker
Resolved an issue causing the dispel effect from Scouring Flames to fail on targets near the edge of Fire Breath.
Quests
The questgivers for Renown quests in Valdrakken now again offer the “Continued Waygate Exploration” quests.
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Endgame tuning adjustments have been made to Heroic Scenarios, Heroic Dungeons, and Normal Raids so that they increase in power more slowly between levels 60 and 70. Heroic and Mythic raids have been adjusted so there is a smoother transition between them.
Players who completed the Pearlfin Jinyu questline can now bring Lesser Charms of Good Fortune to Elder Lusshan for additional reputation.
Players who completed the Forest Hozen questline can now bring Lesser Charms of Good Fortune to Chief Kah Kah for additional reputation.
Fixed a bug that inadvertently capped the maximum stats that can be gained on a Cloak of Infinite Potential. That cap has been removed.
Shado Pan Assault reputation earned per boss kill increased to 1000 (was 300). This amount is available daily.
Elder Great Turtles and Ancient Spineclaws have migrated back to the Timeless Shore, which should benefit players who are just Killing Time.
Illusion: Sha Corruption can now be destroyed by players who have already learned it elsewhere.
Adjusted and tuned several gem effects:
Arcanist’s Edge absorb amount (that can be converted into damage) has been doubled.
Fervor health amounts (that can be converted into damage) has been doubled.
Righteous Frenzy damage dealt to targets increased to 2% per second (was 1%).
Developers’ notes: This should give healers a bit more to do while optimizing their group’s damage, and it should make some gem combinations even more interesting.
Searing Light collected healing points increased to 10% (was 7%).
Slay cannot critically strike.
Developers’ notes: Slay still hits for the player’s entire health amount, and will remain an incredibly powerful option.
Ward of Salvation no longer applies a heal absorb. It has been reworked so that the caster’s heals are duplicated as an absorb shield, but not other sources of healing.
Developers’ notes: Ward of Salvation will remain a powerful way for healers to deliver some additional damage, but should not trivialize the most difficult raid encounters.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#88 – June 4, 2024, 1:21 a.m.
June 3, 2024
Dungeons and Raids
Neltharus
Fixed an issue where canceling Dragon Strike using invisibility will lead to Chargath not casting Grounding Chain.
Items
Fixed an issue where Augury of the Primal Flame would not proc certain effects such as Seal of Diurna’s Chosen and Seal of Filial Duty.
Fixed an issue where Tome of Unstable Power could proc from non-class spell effects such as self-damage from Vessel of Searing Shadows.
Player versus Player
Victories in Solo Shuffle now reward 5 crests (was 3) and victories in Rated 2v2 and Rated 3v3 Arenas now reward 2 crests (was 1).
WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria
Mini Mana Bomb (Horde) and Theramore Tabard (Alliance) are now available from Horos at any Infinite Bazaar for players who have completed Theramore’s Fall for their given faction on any Timerunner.
Developers’ notes: There is no more need to complete it at exactly level 35.
Fixed an issue where some steps of the Infinite Power achievements could be skipped for players.
Tuft of Yak Fur, am I right? Now they stack.
Kaivax
Community Manager
#95 – June 5, 2024, 10:19 p.m.
June 5, 2024
Art and Animations
Fixed an issue causing Bow of the Ranger Captain to be held backwards.
Fixed an issue where Vault of the Incarnate cosmetic fist weapons purchased with bullion were not hidden when sheathed.
Fixed a bug with the appearance of Tropical Airy Sandals.
Classes
Evoker
Preservation
All healing increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
Druid
Restoration
Moonfire now costs 0.3% mana (was 1.2%).
Hunter
Survival
Survival Hunter 4-set Focus cost reduction increased to 20 (was 10).
Survival Hunter 4-set damage bonus increased to 80% (was 50%).
Paladin
Holy
Word of Glory healing increased by 15%. Does not affect PvP combat.
Light of Dawn healing increased by 20%.
Shaman
Brimming with Life now increases maximum health by 10% (was 8%).
Enhancement
Chain Lighting damage increased by 10%.
Flame Shock damage increased by 10%.
Frost Shock damage increased by 10%.
Fire Nova damage increased by 10%.
Crash Lightning damage increased by 10%.
Primordial Wave’s additional Lightning Bolts now deal 175% of normal damage (was 150%). Not applied to PvP combat.
Warlock
Fear now costs 4% of base mana (was 5%).
Demonic Gateway now costs 10% of base mana (was 20%).
Dungeons and Raids
Neltharus
Addressed an issue where multiple players can interact with Burning Chains.
Chargath
Slag Eruption duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
Fetter duration increased to 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).
Addressed an issue where canceling Dragon Strike using invisibility will lead to Grounding Chain not being cast.
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Bromach
Quaking totem’s health reduced by 10%.
Emberon
Addressed an issue where Purging Flames’ visual does not line up with the beam area.
Player versus Player
Items
Seal of Diurna’s Chosen will deal 50% reduced damage in PvP combat.
Demon Hunter
Havoc
All damage reduced by 4% in PvP combat.
Demonic Wards now reduces magic damage taken by 5% in PvP combat (was 10%).
Druid
Balance
Developers’ notes: We recently removed the PvP nerf for Frenzied Regeneration primarily to help Feral Druids, but Balance Druids got a windfall and became a little too powerful with this change. We’re pulling back on this buff specifically for Balance Druid only, so that their survivability is more in line with everyone else.
Frenzied Regeneration heals for 5% health every sec (was 8%) for Balance Druid in PvP combat.
Balance of All Things will now give the correct amount of critical strike chance in PvP combat when 2 talent points are invested into it.
Restoration
Wrath damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Starfire damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Moonfire damage increased by 80% in PvP combat.
Hunter
Marksmanship
Sniper Shot’s (PvP Talent) range increase reduced to 30% (was 40%).
Sniper Shot’s (PvP Talent) damage is no longer affected by Mastery: Sniper Training.
Paladin
Holy
Flash of Light healing increased by 12% in PvP combat.
Judgment damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
Hammer of Wrath damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
Holy Shock damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
Glimmer of Light damage decreased by 25% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Priest
Mental Agility now reduces the mana cost of Mass Dispel, Purify, and Purify Disease by 25% in PvP combat (was 50%).
Holy
Holy Fire’s direct damage is now reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
The cooldown of Chastise is now reduced by 1 second per talent point from Voice of Harmony in PvP combat (was 2 seconds).
Rogue
Subtlety
Rupture damage is now increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Backstab damage is now increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Gloomblade damage is now increased by 45% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Quests
Fixed an issue during “Handling It: Taut Tethercoil” where casting Tethercoil Rune on valid creatures was not awarding Taut Tethercoil.
Linxy
Community Manager
#100 – June 7, 2024, 1:01 a.m.
June 6, 2024
Items
Jepetto Joybuzz and his clockwork assistant have received a new shipment of Prismatic Baubles in stock from the Mad Merchant. They can be purchased during the month of June for the standard price of 250,000 gold.
Quests
Fixed an issue where raid encounters were not granting quest credit for “To the Test: Rune of Shadowbinding”.
Linxy
Community Manager
#104 – June 12, 2024, 1:10 a.m.
June 11, 2024
Player versus Player
Paladin
Fixed an issue that caused Blessing of Sacrifice to not break Psychic Scream.
Linxy
Community Manager
#106 – June 13, 2024, 12:34 a.m.
June 12, 2024
Classes
Fixed an issue where a tiny dagger was appearing when casting a variety of spells and abilities.
Fixed an issue where the low noise variant of Frozen Orb was not being used inside raids and dungeons.
Player versus Player
Evoker
Fixed an issue preventing Chrono Loop from being used in some locations, including many areas in Black Rook Hold Arena.
Linxy
Community Manager
#107 – June 14, 2024, 12:29 a.m.
June 13, 2024
Achievements
Fixed an issue causing some achievement-related creatures to despawn in Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope.
Linxy
Community Manager
#112 – June 19, 2024, 1:15 a.m.
June 18, 2024
Dungeons and Raids
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr
Emberon
Fixed an issue where Purging Flames precast visual effect was not matching the spawn location of the beam.
Linxy
Community Manager
#120 – July 4, 2024, 1:56 a.m.
July 3, 2024
Achievements
What’s Down There? now requires 1 Massive Lunker (was 2).
That’s not a Fish… now requires 5 Massive Lunkers (was 10).
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Harpoon now requires 10 Massive Lunkers (was 25).
Items
Ominous Conch cooldown lowered to 1 minute (was 5 minutes).
Increased the drop rate of Ominous Conch found in Tuskarr Tackle Boxes.
Ominous Conch now has a maximum stack size of 20.
Developers’ notes: Ominous Conch used to have a maximum stack size of 20 in earlier patches, and that was removed. Since we’re putting the max back on it, we think it’s best to also reduce the associated achievement requirements and cooldown.