Hotfixes
August 12, 2025
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Obliterate damage reduced by 5%.
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Mawsworn Menace now increases the damage of Obliterate by 5% (was 10%).
- Rider of the Apocalypse: Hollow Sentinel’s Wake 2-piece now increases Trollbane’s Obliterate damage by 15% (was 35%).
- Deathbringer: Exterminate first scythe damage increased by 10%.
- Resolved an issue causing Howling Blast to not consume Rime procs at high Haste levels.
- Resolved an issue causing Frost Strike to not generate Killing Machine in Obliteration windows at high Haste levels.
- Resolved an issue causing Frostbane casts to fail at high Haste levels if it is cast as soon as it is available.
- Frost
- Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- All ability damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Havoc
- Druid
- Balance
- All ability damage increased by 8%.
- Keeper of the Grove: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now accumulates 3% of damage done (was 2%) and Dryad’s Favor is now capped at 10x spellpower (was 6x) and splashes 15% (was 20%) of its damage onto nearby enemies.
- Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece Starfire damage increase changed to 20% (was 25%), and has a 40% chance (was 50%) to launch a Starsurge at 45% effectiveness (was 50%).
- Elune’s Chosen: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece Split Starsurges deal damage at 40% effectiveness (was 80%).
- Feral
- Ferocious Bite and Ravage primary target damage increased by 6%.
- Shred damage increased by 5%.
- Sabertooth causes Ferocious Bite to increase damage taken from your bleeds and other periodic effects by 6% per combo point (was 5%).
- Wildstalker: Bloodseeker Vines damage increased by 5%.
- Restoration
- Wildstalker: Fixed a bug causing the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece bonus to generate extra Symbiotic Blooms for Regrowths cast by Rampant Growth.
- Wildstalker: Fixed a bug preventing Twin Sprouts from generating extra Bloodseeker Vines or Symbiotic Blooms from the ones created by the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece set bonus.
- Wildstalker: Symbiotic Bloom and Bursting Growth healing increased by 15%.
- Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 2-piece bonus increases the rate of Symbiotic Bloom growth by 45% (was 30%).
- Wildstalker: Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece now causes Symbiotic Bloom healing to have a 35% (was 20%) chance to trigger Bursting Growth at 100% effectiveness (was 80%).
- Developers’ notes: The bug involving Rampant Growth was generating a large number of unintended Symbiotic Blooms, which consolidated a lot of Wildstalker’s healing power into the 4-piece and Clearcasting procs. We’ve added healing power to counteract the healing loss from the bug fix.
- Balance
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Tireless Collector’s Bounties - 2-piece chance to fire a free Barbed Shot reduced by 50%.
- Beast Mastery
- Mage
- Frost
- All damage dealt reduced by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Frost
- Monk
- Brewmaster
- Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 2-piece bonus Flurry Strikes deal 10% increased damage (was 20%).
- Shado-Pan: Crash of Fallen Storms 4-piece bonus Flurry Charge generation increased by 30% (was 50%).
- Shado-Pan: Damage dealt by Flurry Strikes from Wisdom of the Wall reduced by 20%.
- Brewmaster
- Priest
- Shadow
- Fixed an issue causing Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch applications from Shadow Crash to ignore line of sight.
- Shadow
- Shaman
- Enhancement
- Lava Lash damage increased by 15%.
- Windstrike damage increased by 20%.
- Totemic: Surging Bolt damage increased by 25%.
- Totemic: Searing Bolt damage increased by 35%.
- Stormbringer: Awakening Storm damage increased by 35%.
- Stormstrike damage increased by 10%. Does not affect Windstrike.
- Elemental Blast damage increased by 8%.
- Stormbringer: Tempest single target damage increased by 8%.
- Enhancement
- Warlock
- Threatening Presence now increases the threat generation of your Voidwalker and Felguard by 950% (was 400%).
- Affliction
- Spliced Fiendtrader’s Influence 2-piece set bonus adjusted - Jackpot! chance reduced by 30%.
- Demonology
- Wild Imp damage reduced by 20%.
- Immutable Hatred damage reduced by 30%.
- Destruction
- Diabolist: Inquisitor’s Feast of Madness 2-piece has been adjusted – Eye Blast damage reduced by 45%.
- Warrior
- Protection
- Mountain Thane: Damage dealt by Ionizing Strikes reduced by 30%.
- Protection
Player versus Player
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Frost Strike damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
- Unholy
- Festering Wound damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
- Frost
- Druid
- Feral
- All damage reduced by 8% in PvP combat.
- Feral
- Mage
- Arcane
- Nether Flux now increases the damage an enemy receives from the next targeted spell by 40% (was 100%).
- Fire
- Meteor direct damage reduced by 40% in PvP combat.
- Frost
- All damage reduced by 10% in PvP.
- Arcane
- Paladin
- Holy
- All healing reduced by 12% in PvP combat.
- Divine Plea (PvP talent) duration increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Holy
- Priest
- Shadow
- Void Volley damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
- Shadow
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Garrote damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
- Assassination
- Warlock
- Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Summon Demonic Gateway would cause Diabolic Ritual to work incorrectly.
- Demonology
- All damage reduced by 5% in PvP combat.
Delves
- Players using Waygates to change levels in Archival Assault should no longer break stealth.
- Enemies now teleport after players who move up or down levels in Archival Assault more reliably.
- Fixed a bug in Sidestreet Sluice where Maulspike would run back to his spawn point instead of respawning.
Dungeons and Raids
- Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
- Avanoxx
- Insatiable’s damage increase reduced to 30% (was 50%).
- Starved Crawlers can no longer critical hit on their melee attacks.
- Avanoxx
- The Dawnbreaker
- Speaker Shadowcrown
- Shadow Shroud’s healing absorb reduced by 33%.
- Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Shroud’s healing absorb to not scale with keystone level.
- Speaker Shadowcrown
- Eco-Dome Al’dani
- Adjusted the spawn locations of Frenzied Mites to be more consistent.
- Halls of Atonement
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- High Adjudicator Aleez
- Pulse From Beyond’s damage now occurs every 1.5 second (was every 1 second).
- Lord Chamberlain
- Stigma of Pride removed.
- Ritual of Woe’s group damage when it hits a statue reduced by 38%.
- Resolved an issue where Lord Chamberlain’s statues collision could persist.
- Resolved an issue where Lord Chamberlain’s Sinstone Statues did not inflict damage to players in their path during Telekinetic Onslaught.
- Reduced the damage of Telekinetic Collision by 30%.
- High Adjudicator Aleez
- Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
- Addressed an issue where Adorned Overseers’s Drifting Star can be fired at a wrong angle.
- Addressed an issue where So’azmi will stop using his abilities after being interrupted by Solar Beams during Double Technique / Triple Technique.
- Addressed an issue where Zo’gron’s Crowd Control can go off if he is defeated while channeling.
- Liberation of Undermine
- Chrome King Gallywix
- Resolved an issue that caused the visual for Haywire Environment to go haywire.
- Chrome King Gallywix
Items and Rewards
- Fixed a bug that prevented Visions of N’zoth Revisited items in Season 3 from working with the S.A.D. Season 3 socketer. Season 3 items that drop after this fix can now be socketed.
- Resolved an issue where some World Quests were showing an incorrect low gold value as their primary reward.
K’aresh
- Devourer Mites from the Devourer Attack: Tazavesh event should now despawn after a short delay once the event ends.
Quests
- “Sparks of War: K’aresh” now correctly appears in the correct section in the quest log.
- The quest “Crest Transmutation” is once again available.
August 8, 2025
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Resolved an issue causing Frostwyrm’s Fury dragon to not despawn.
- Frost
- Shaman
- Elemental
- Resolved an issue causing Liquid Magma Totem to not apply Flame Shock to enemies not in combat with the Shaman.
- Enhancement
- Totemic: Fixed a bug that allowed Tremor to be dodged, parried, or blocked.
- Elemental
Delves
- Arcane Barrier is now interruptable and dispellable. Recast time increased.
- Arcane Barrier shield is now 10% of health (was 15%).
- Sand Step DoT damage reduced by 65%.
- Mana Feast damage reduced by 66%.
- Arcane Lash damage reduced by 15%.
- Fixed a bug where Warlocks’ Wither could remove stacks of Static Charge from Durable Information Securing Container.
Items
- Void-Touched Ocular now has the correct amount of Intellect.
- Fixed an issue that caused several weapons from Eco-Dome Al’dani to sheathe incorrectly.
- Resolved an issue where Pinnacle Caches were not giving Resonance Crystals and Kej.
K’aresh
- Multiplayer pet battles can now take place in K’aresh.
Quests
- “The Void Hunter” should now point you to Leona Darkstrider’s correct location.
August 7, 2025
Achievements
- Fixed an issue where players could not obtain My Stab-Happy Nemesis after defeating Nexus-Princess Ky’veza in her lair.
Classes
- Priest
- Shadow
- Resolved an issue causing Shadow Word: Death to not deal additional damage between 20% and 35% health with Deathspeaker talented.
- Shadow
Items
- War Within Season 2 gear should now be convertible for free at the Revival Catalyst.
K’aresh
- Reduced Reshanor’s health and overall difficulty.
Quests
- Fixed a bug causing some Shadowguard Infiltrators to not count for “Break the Assault” as intended.
August 6, 2025
Achievements
- Fixed a bug that made Mad World and Through the Looking Glass go missing.
Delves
- In Sidestreet Sluice, Vindel Snapcrank will now properly respawn if he leaves combat and resets.
K’aresh
- The map icon for Tazavesh should now show the proper Renown Rank.
- The nearest Phase Diving conduits should now be visible on the map when Phase Diving.
Quests
- Resolved an issue where “Crest Transmutation” would not always give players extra Carved Ethereal Crests.
- Players who selected a talent for their Reshii Wraps should be able to wrap up “Wrapped Up”.
- Fixed a bug where bosses in the Horrific Visions were not counting towards the quest: “Worldsoul: Horrific Visions Revisited”.