Season of Discovery Hotfixes - 20 March

WoW Classic Season of Discovery
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Agreed. Class trinkets for reals would be a good idea.

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February 11, 2025

Season of Discovery

  • Reduced the cost of World Buff consumables and reputation items purchased with Commendation Signets by 50%. World Buff consumable items now stack up to 20.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Scourge invasions to respawn slower based on number of layers on a realm. Scourge invasions now respawn regardless of the number of layers.
  • The spawn rate of Blood of Heroes in both Eastern Plaguelands and Western Plaguelands has been adjusted to accommodate the additional vendor cost of Tier 3 set rings.
  • Enriched Manna Biscuits from Argent Dawn reputation now restore a percentage of your health per second while inside Naxxramas, to allow players who have large health pools with the Seal of the Dawn active to get back on their feet faster.
  • The Violet Satchel quest now correctly requires the Violet Satchel and consumes it on turn in. Once the Violet Satchel quest has been completed, the Violet Satchel and Scrap of Parchment no longer drops. If you have completed this quest previously and have any of these in your inventory now, you can safely delete these items.
  • Karazhan Crypts
    • Fixed an issue that was causing the Dark Rider to despawn during the Torment’s Illusion mechanic.
    • The Frostbolt Volley from Sairuh Maryla in the Karazhan Crypts now has the correct tooltip on its debuff, and now slows players whenever it hits them, regardless of how far away they were.
    • Kharon: The Red Death can no longer hit mind-controlled targets.
  • Naxxramas
    • Instructor Razuvious’ Disrupting Shout will now correctly be reduced by pet Avoidance.
    • Heigan’s Mana Burn will now correctly be reduced by pet Avoidance.
    • Kel’Thuzad’s Void Fissures will no longer hit pets.
      • Developers’ notes: We’ve reduced the requirement to micromanage your pet’s movement in cases where it doesn’t result in practical gameplay. We’ve retained mechanics such as Detonate Mana striking pets, or Sapphiron’s Drain Life and Heigan’s Disease hitting pets, as these provide gameplay moments beyond merely avoiding damage through movement.
    • Gothik the Harvester
      • Reduced the health of Gothik and his summons.
    • The Four Horsemen
      • Spirits of the Horsemen should no longer persist through resets.
    • Sapphiron
      • Avoidance now correctly works on Sapphiron’s Frost Aura.
      • Sapphiron’s Frost Breath will no longer hit pets that have an Avoidance aura on them.
  • Druid
    • The Restoration Druid Tier 3 2-piece set bonus will now correctly proc once every few seconds (was a proc on every instance of damage).
  • Hunter
    • Changed the Melee Hunter Set so that the 6-piece effect falls off if you perform a ranged attack. Players can speak to Huntsman Leopold to exchange their Melee Tier 3 Hunter pieces, one way, for the Ranged Tier 3 Hunter pieces. This is a one-way trade, and the exchange will be removed on February 13.
    • A previously deleted Infernal Lasso can now be recovered from the Lost and Found vendor in Booty Bay.
  • Mage
    • The Healing Mage Tier 3 2-piece bonus will now correctly scale with Sanctified gear while inside of Naxxramas.
    • Fixed a problem where Mass Regeneration was replacing longer duration Temporal Beacons with shorter duration ones. It will no longer overwrite longer duration ones with shorter duration ones.
  • Paladin
    • Seal of Martyrdom will now restore the correct amount of Mana while outside of Naxxramas if you have a Seal of the Dawn buff active.
    • The Retribution Tier 3 4-piece set bonus will no longer reset your swing timer when Holy Wrath is cast.
    • The Holy Paladin Tier 3 2-piece bonus will now correctly restore mana to the Paladin instead of their target when Lay on Hands is cast.
    • The Protection Paladin Tier 3 4-piece bonus applies correctly to the Malleable Protection version of Divine Protection.
  • Rogue
    • The Rogue Tier 3 2-piece set bonus now increases the damage of Backstab by 10% (was 5%).
  • Shaman
    • The Restoration Shaman Tier 3 helm now correctly has Spell Haste.
    • The Restoration Shaman Tier 3 2-piece bonus will no longer erroneously remove the internal cooldown of Earth Shield.
    • Reduced the Tank Shaman Tier 3 4-piece bonus additional damage reduction to 10% (was 15%).
  • Warlock
    • The Tank Warlock Tier 2.5 4-piece bonus will now correctly remove the effects of Demonic Sacrifice if you summon an Incubus or Succubus when the other one was the target of Demonic Sacrifice.
    • Reduced the Warlock Tank Tier 3 4-piece bonus cooldown reduction on Demonic Grace reduced to 3 seconds (was 10 seconds).
    • Reduced the Warlock Tank Tier 3 4-piece bonus cooldown reduction on Infernal Armor to 10 seconds (was 30 seconds).
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February 13, 2025

Season of Discovery

  • Scourge Invasions
    • The rate at which undead spawn at the Scourge Invasion camps has been greatly increased. This increases both the number of creatures present as well as the rate at which more spawn, making invasion camps much more dangerous. As a reminder, you cannot loot another Heart of Doom if you have looted one within the last 5 minutes.
    • Remnants of Valor now drop once per day from bosses in Scholomance and Stratholme Dead Side bosses. These are on the same timer as Tarnished Undermine Real dropping once daily from bosses.
    • Every zone that has a Scourge Invasion now also has a soul projection of Brother Luctus for picking up and turning in the repeatable quest.
    • You can now exchange Remnants of Valor for Argent Dawn Valor Tokens from Brother Luctus.
    • Next week, the Seal of the Dawn will only go up 1 maximum rank, to rank 5.
      • Developers’ Notes: We previously expected to increase the Seal of Dawn power system to rank 6 next week, but have determined that it would be better to slow it down and possibly cap it earlier than rank 10. This also means that players will not have to obtain as many Remnants of Valor each week. We will continue to track and evaluate this system.
  • Karazhan Crypts
    • Remnants of Valor now drop from Karazhan Crypts bosses.
    • Ultravision cannot be removed by immunities.
    • Flametongue Totem now grants protection from Oppressive Darkness.
  • Naxxramas
    • A portal has been added inside of the entrance to Naxxramas that will allow players to exit the instance.
    • A portal has been added in the Frostwyrm Lair that becomes active when Sapphiron is defeated, allowing players to return to the entrance of Naxxramas.
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What does this even mean? Was it even possible to get rid of the night elf buff within Karazhan???

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February 14, 2025

Season of Discovery

  • In Season of Discovery, all buffs from the Lunar Festival and Love Is In The Air events require the holiday to be active. After the events end, event items cannot be consumed, and they will be removed upon log-in.
  • Might of Menethil now has a chance on hit to knocks down all nearby enemies for 4 seconds.
  • Naxxramas
    • Kel’thuzad will no longer rot faster than intended on maximum difficulty.
    • Kel’thuzad will no longer allow players to use a Flask of Petrification to avoid engaging with his mechanics on maximum difficulty.
  • Temple of Ahn’Qiraj
    • Huhuran will no longer retain stacks of Frenzy after a wipe.
  • Druid
    • The Tier 3 Feral Druid 2-piece bonus will no longer increase the frequency of Rake’s periodic against players.
  • Hunter
    • Tranquilizing Shot will no longer remove stacks of the Tier 3 Melee Hunter 6-piece bonus.
    • Feign Death will now set the remaining duration of the Tier 3 Undead Slaying bonus to 5 seconds, providing an opportunity to get back into combat to keep the bonus stacks.
  • Mage
    • Mages will no longer have a chance to instantly kill players when they are Mind Controlled.
  • Paladin
    • Righteous Fury will no longer incorrectly fall off if the target that dealt damage to the Paladin is no longer available/alive.
    • The Tier 1 Holy Paladin 6-piece bonus will now correctly gain healing based on your Sanctified bonus.
    • The Holy Paladin Temple of Ahn’Qiraj 4-piece bonus will no longer incorrectly benefit twice from your Sanctified healing bonus.
    • The Tier 3 Retribution Paladin 6-piece set bonus will no longer work if you have Hand of Reckoning engraved or Righteous Fury active.
      • Developers’ notes: We feel that this would turn a Paladin tank into a one-button playstyle while also providing too much damage for a tank. With this change, Protection Paladins can exchange their Retribution Tier for Tank Tier until the February 20. This is a one-way trade.
  • Priest
    • The Tier 1 Shadow Priest 6-piece bonus should now more responsively to add the Melting Faces buff to players after a Mind Blast crit, allowing an empowered Mind Flay to be immediately channeled.
  • Rogue
    • Soul of the Phantom will now correctly apply to Rogues upon logging in.
    • Fixed an issue preventing Rogues from getting a Sending Sigil if they knew the Engrave Blunderbuss rune.
  • Shaman
    • The Temple of Ahn’Qiraj 4-piece Enhancement set now correctly works against Bleed-Immune targets.
  • Warlock
    • Shadowflame and Immolate no longer gain increased critical damage from Pandemic. This increase is from the Ruin talent.
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Can we get some clarification on what the night elf racial buff, Ultravision does within Karazhan then? Because it doesnt do legit anything. At least it had its gimmick with the BoP tech, now its just clutter.

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" * Shadowflame and Immolate no longer gain increased critical damage from Pandemic. This increase is from the Ruin talent."

so it is a nerf for destro player or does it nerf only if you don’t have ruin in your spec ?

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February 21, 2025

Season of Discovery

  • Soul shoulder enchants are now stackable up to 20. Once purchased, these cannot be refunded.
  • Wartorn Undermine Supply Crates now contain about twice as many Wartorn Scraps as before.
  • Undead Slaying set bonuses now activate at 2 pieces (was 3).
  • Karazhan Crypts
    • Added a chance for Kharon and the Dark Rider to drop the neck piece from the apprentice you did NOT unlock.
    • Developers’ notes: For example, if you release Kaigy Maryla, Kharon now has a chance to drop Sairuh’s Collar, and the Dark Rider now has a chance to drop Barian’s Choker. We are aware you can summon the Dark Rider before releasing an apprentice. If this happens, the Dark Rider does not have an additional drop chance.
  • Naxxramas
    • The exit portal that spawns in Sapphiron’s room after the boss has been defeated will now persist after players leave and soft reset the instance.
    • The gates blocking entrance into the various wings of Naxxramas will now stay open forever if Kel’Thuzad has been defeated.
    • Fixed an issue where the number of bosses killed on the hardest difficulty weren’t tracking properly if you soft reset your raid after killing Four Horsemen.
      • Raid groups in a bugged state will be able to fight Sapphiron and Kel’Thuzad on their hard-mode difficulties after soft resetting their instances.
    • The Spore Buff on Loatheb will no longer count towards the Dance of the Wicked dodge chance.
    • The Spore Buff on Loatheb will no longer count towards the Elemental Shaman Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj 3-piece bonus, the Retribution Paladin T3 6-piece bonus, or the Shadow Priest T3 6-piece bonus for the purposes of increasing damage.
    • Sapphiron’s Glacial Crash now correctly splits its damage amongst players, no longer benefits from the player’s % damage modifiers, and Glacial Crash damage has been increased to the correct amount without accounting for player % damage modifiers.
  • Druid
    • The Restoration T3 6-piece set bonus will now correctly work against Sapphiron’s Frost Aura ticks
    • The Feral damage T3 2-piece bonus now mentions in its tooltip that it will not be effective against players.
  • Hunter
    • Ranged Hunter T3 2-piece now correctly increases the damage dealt by Chimera Shot - Serpent.
  • Mage
    • Mass Regeneration will correctly update the duration of Temporal Beacons on players who have a Temporal Beacon from another Mage with a longer than 15 second duration.
  • Paladin
    • The Retribution T3 6-piece bonus now mentions that it does not work while Righteous Fury or Hand of Reckoning are active.
  • Priest
    • Serendipity now correctly applies to your next Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal, or Prayer of Healing even if they were spell queued before a Serendipity was present.
    • Penance is no longer affected by Spell Haste that benefits non-channeled spells.
  • Shaman
    • The tooltip for the Restoration T3 6-piece set bonus now correctly mentions Earth Shield instead of Spirit of the Alpha.
  • Warlock
    • Haunt will no longer incorrectly increase the impact damage of Shadowflame.
    • Improved Immolate will no longer incorrectly increase the damage from the Warlock T3 Shadowflame hit.
    • The Scythe of Chaos will now correctly do its Felhunter Silence and Interrupt.
    • Damage Warlock T3 6-piece bonus now correctly ties the Mark of Chaos effect to the Curse of Agony cast and not to the Curse of Recklessness that is applied through the bonus. This prevents Mark of Chaos from falling off if Curse of Recklessness is replaced by another Warlock.
    • Haunt will no longer incorrectly increase the impact damage of Shadowflame.
    • Improved Immolate will no longer incorrectly increase the damage from the T3 Shadowflame hit.
  • Warrior
    • Fresh Meat will now correctly have a 100% chance to proc on an encounter after a wipe.
    • Fresh Meat will now correctly have a 100% chance to proc against a target in PvP if the target player leaves combat with the Warrior.
    • Revenge attack power multiplier increased by 25% (was 15%).
445

Can we remove the stupid af undead restriction on t3 bonuses any time soon? It not being the best items outside undead dungeons and raids is so f’ing stupid. Also buff shamans so they aren’t a f’ing wheelchair dps class. tyvm

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might aswell remake the warlock T3 at this point with so much bugs :dracthyr_lulmao:

good thing we had a ptr :dracthyr_hehe_animated:

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Regarding

  • Paladin
    • The Retribution T3 6-piece bonus now mentions that it does not work while Righteous Fury or Hand of Reckoning are active.

I’d like to bring up a concern regarding the recent adjustment to the Retribution T3 6-set bonus and the limited timeframe for exchanging the gear back yo tanking.

As a casual player—and I know I’m not alone in this—many of us don’t have the time to check the forums or patch notes daily. The change made on February 14th (i belive), which prevented the RET 6 set bonus from working while Righteous Fury or Hand of Reckoning was active, had a large impact on those of us who wandet to use it for tanking. While it’s understandable that adjustments are necessary, some players only realized this after the exchange period ended on February 20th.

Would it be possible to extend the gear exchange window a little longer? This would really help those of us who didn’t catch the change in time and now feel stuck with gear that no longer functions as expected TBH it is now totally useless.:frowning:

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What he said!!!

I’m also stuck with gear I can’t use for my main role.

Giving us one week to adapt to such a breaking change is not ok :neutral_face:

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Can I suggest the rogue 4 piece DPS set bonus also gets looked into. It’s absolutely awful and completely underwhelming, especially on boss fights which are getting shorter each week with seal improvements. Perhaps reuse the bonus from dream eater and implement this, freeing up some choices for multi mh daggers? Make the dream eater bonus not stackable obviously

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February 27, 2025
Season of Discovery

  • There should no longer be extra enemies near the objectives of The Dark Hoard quest in Blackrock Spire.
  • Hardened Frostguard now has an internal cooldown on the Frost Nova chance on hit, to prevent it from extensively reactivating on the same ability cast.
  • Naxxramas
    • Ignite will no longer incorrectly tick on targets while the player is under the effect of a Mind Control.
    • The health increases from Lifegiving Gem, Rallying Cry, Last Stand, Aegis of Preservation, Vengeance, and Survival Instincts no longer behave incorrectly while under the effects of the Seal of the Dawn.
    • While inside Naxxramas, the 6-piece bonuses for tank warrior, tank warlock, and tank druid will now dynamically update your Last Stand, Vengeance, and Survival Instincts if the new value would be lower and you do not have a debuff that lowers your health active.
  • Rogue
    • The tank T1 6-piece set bonus now provides a 20% damage reduction (was 50%).
    • The animation for Crimson Tempest has been changed to be less chaotic.
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Just another day in the office Blizzard ignoring all the obvious issues in SoD rightnow and elect to nerf items and classes that haven’t seen much representation and/or were considered niche in specific areas.

Typical disappointment.

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February 28, 2025
Season of Discovery

  • Rogue
    • Blade Flurry no longer receives double % increases.
      • Developers’ notes: This affects Seal of the Dawn and Rogue set bonuses. Now, % increases from hostile Mind Controls like Chains of Kel’thuzad or Prophet Skeram’s Mind Control no longer cause massive amounts of damage from Blade Flurry.
  • Warrior
    • Sweeping Strikes no longer receives double % increases while inside of Naxxramas.
      • Developers’ notes: Due to Warriors having multiple % increases in their kit through Enrage, we did not want to impact their PvP performance with this bugfix, so this only applies to Warriors while inside Naxxramas. This means Seal of the Dawn and Warrior set bonuses are no longer doubled, and % increases from hostile Mind Controls inside of Naxxramas like Chains of Kel’thuzad no longer cause massive amounts of damage from Sweeping Strikes.
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I really enjoy the game rn ( returned after p2). Raids, dungeons (especially Karazhan) are really a whole new dimension with the new runes. Are there any plans for PvP events? STV is cool but seems far more less popular.

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Release T3 draconic please

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March 4, 2025

Season of Discovery

  • Tarnished Undermine Real now drop from Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj and Temple of Ahn’Qiraj bosses and hard mode caches.
  • Nightmare Grove
    • The Nightmare Dragons now drop three Tarnished Undermine Reals each.
    • The Nightmare Dragons now each drop a piece of Non-C’thun Temple of Ahn’Qiraj Tier.
      • Players can access to the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj vendors at the entrance of the raid. These NPCs are Kandrostrasz, Vethsera, and Andorgos.
    • The Nightmare Dragons now each drop a piece of Blackwing Tier that is not available on the Undermine Real vendor. (Shoulders/Legs/Head/Chest).
    • The Nightmare Dragons now each drop a Blackwing Lair class trinket.
    • All of the pieces in the Nightmare Dragon’s old loot has had 8 primary armor slots updated to have the Timeworn tag, allowing them to interact with the Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight line.
    • To allow players more chances to get missing patterns, the Nightmare Dragons can now drop all of the enchanting and engineering patterns from Molten Core and all professions recipes from Ahn’Qiraj.
    • Health of all bosses and enemy creatures reduced by 15%.
    • Damage and healing of all bosses and enemy creatures reduced by 30%.
    • All Dragons no longer thrash.
    • Emeriss - NPC priests during the PvP raid phase no longer cast Mind Control.
    • Lethon - Damage reduction aura from the large Spirit Shade reduced to 50% (was 99%), and movement speed of Spirit Shades lowered by 25%.
    • Ysondre - Divergent Lightning is now cast less frequently and deals less damage.
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March 11, 2025

Season of Discovery

  • The Seal of the Dawn item now stops increasing at Rank 7.
    • Developers’ notes: This means there is no increase this week, and you will not have to spend Remnants of Valor if you are already at Rank 7. If you have additional Remnants of Valor, you can spend them on Argent Dawn Valor Tokens or send them to alts via the mailbox to upgrade your alts’ Seal of the Dawn or increase their Argent Dawn reputation through Argent Dawn Valor Tokens.