Here you’ll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, Cataclysm Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. 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
August 28, 2024
Achievements
Khaz Algar Lore Hunter has been temporarily removed. We will fix and restore this Achievement in a future patch.
Characters and NPCs
Adjusted the scaling of enemies in War Within leveling content to increase their health, bringing the duration of combat more in line with expected WoW behavior. This change is most noticeable at level 70, and has a reduced impact as your level increases. Enemies at level 80 and above are unchanged.
Developers’ notes: We’ve seen data and heard a great deal of feedback that players coming into Khaz Algar with endgame Dragonflight gear were extremely powerful relative to that initial content. It is entirely intended that effort put into gearing translates into a significant combat advantage at the start of a new expansion, but the values we’ve been seeing are extreme, often not even allowing time for normal combat rotations. This disparity also caused mixed-level groups to experience skewed results, with lower-level players contributing drastically more than level 80s.
Classes
Death Knight
Blood
An issue causing The Blood is Life to not take line-of -sight into account has been resolved.
An issue causing Dancing Rune Weapon to not function in the second phase of the Rasha’nan fight in The Dawnbreaker has been resolved.
Frost
An issue causing Trollbane’s Icy Fury not taking line of sight into account has been resolved.
Evoker
Evokers that have been boosted are now able to access their Specializations and Talent window.
Chronowarden
Fixed an issue where Instability Matrix was not reducing the cooldown of empower spells when Tip the Scales was used.
Hunter
Sentinel is now removed from player controlled units upon being crowd controlled.
Marksmanship
Volley no longer prevents Marksmanship Hunters from auto-attacking.
Mage
Sunfury
Gravity Lapse now properly targets 5 units.
Gravity Lapse now deals its damage immediately if it is cast on a unit that is immune to Roots.
Gravity Lapse now properly affects nearby units, even if its primary target is immune to Roots.
Paladin
Templar
An issue with Zealous Vindication casting Empyrean Hammer on secondary targets instead of the main target has been resolved.
Shaman
Restoration
Fixed an issue causing Primordial Wave to benefit from Undulation at the incorrect time. The bonus healing will now benefit while the Undulation bonus is active and a Healing Wave is cast.
Warrior
Protection
Fixed an issue that could allow Into the Fray to stack higher than intended.
Delves
You can now call Brann Bronzebeard to gather near you from the Explorers’ League Supplies if he manages to wander off on his own.
While Brann works on improving his ability dodging skills, the amount of damage that he takes from enemies has been reduced.
Corrected an issue where Companion Experience items can persist in the inventory instead of being consumed upon loot.
Earthcrawl Mines
Fixed an issue where players could end up being feared through a door, causing progress to be blocked.
The Waterworks
Fixed an issue where Karnk and Pagsly would not follow the player properly.
Events
Fixed an issue where enemies on the step Deal with Drunks could get stuck at 1% health during the Theater Troupe event.
Flying
Skyriding is now available in Isle of Dorn after “Secure the Beach” has been completed at least once on the account.
Items and Rewards
The Azj-Kahet Nerubian Pheromone Secreter now becomes available at Renown 7 (was Renown 6).
Unique, one-time lootable treasures in Azj-Kahet are no longer on a 60-90 minute public respawn. They now spawn for and are available personally for each player until looted.
Fixed an issue with Sureki Zealot’s Insignia where healing from player pets and guardians was not reattributed to their owning player when granting Sureki Zealot’s Oath.
Reinforced-Wax Plating damage reduction reduced by 50%.
Antique Bronze Bullion may now be deleted.
For a limited time, Awakened Vendors in Valdrakken are still available for those who have bullion to trade away.
The Nerubians got in trouble for the price of their translation potion. Potion of Polymorphic Translation: Nerubian is now available for 33 kej (was 500).
Pet Battles
Hallowed Glowfly no longer incorrectly appears in The Ringing Deeps.
Waxwick is no longer tradeable.
Player versus Player
Brawl: Deepwind Dunk has been replaced with Brawl: Comp Stomp this week, it will return in the normal slot next brawl rotation.
Resolved an issue that caused enemies in Epic Battlegrounds to have more health and deal more damage than intended.
Sergeant Wilson and Nassar have arrived in the Contender’s Gate in Dornogal for players of questionable repute to sign up as a Mercenary in battlegrounds.
Professions
Darkmoon Faire profession quests no longer give Artisan’s Acuity.
Darkmoon Faire profession quests now also grant Dragon Isles specialization knowledge for players who know the associated Skill Line. This is not displayed in the list of possible rewards to maintain UI tidiness.
Fixed an issue preventing weekly Enchanting quests from being available.
Alchemy
Algari Potion Cauldron and Algari Flask Cauldron no longer require Artisan’s Acuity to craft.
Algari Potion Cauldron’s charges have been increased to 80 (was 40). The cost to craft has been adjusted by a similar proportion.
The cost of Meticulous Experimentation has been increased, its cooldown reduced to 20 hours (was 24 hours) and it now guarantees a recipe when used.
Developers’ notes: We saw feedback regarding the cooldown increase here and felt it was unnecessary when paired with the improvements to Wild Experimentation. Rather than increase it, it has been decreased to 20 hours to give some flexibility for tight play schedules.
Wild Experimentation has had its success chances slightly increased, and failure chances slightly reduced.
Recent Catastrophe’s duration has been reduced to 10 minutes (was 15 minutes).
Formulated Courage now prevents explosions when performing Wild Experimentation.
Increased the chance to discover recipes with Thaumaturgy.
Fixed a bug that caused Vicious Flask honor gains to stop functioning and display tooltip errors upon dying.
Quests
On’heia was missing from the wildcamp for quest “Open Communications” for some players. He has seen fit to return.
Addressed an issue preventing intended steps for “Awakening the Machine” while Speaker Kuldas was a questgiver.
Fixed an issue where some Legion quests were unable to be completed once The War Within had been started.
Made placing Meaty Bait optional for the quest “In a Pinch.” The boss will now respawn if he hasn’t been killed but the meat has been placed. Moved a Deepflayer’s flying path away from the boss so it would stop engaging him.
Quests that grant rewards from the renown track should now be available without being level 80.
August 27, 2024
Achievements
Worm Theory is no longer missing its quest criteria.
Classes
Death Knight
Deathbringer
An issue causing Painful Death to reduce the cost of Obliterate/Marrowrend by 2 Runes instead of 1 has been resolved.
Frost
Resolved an issue causing Frostwelp’s Aid talent to display 0%.
Evoker
Chronowarden
Fixed an issue where Temporality and Motes of Acceleration talents would not function when Hover was cast mid-air.
Hunter
Survival
Grenade Juggler Explosive Shot procs no longer proc from Explosive Shot.
Grenade Juggler now procs from Wildfire Bomb casts rather than on damage dealt (after a brief delay).
Relentless Primal Ferocity will now increase the effectiveness of existing Tip of the Spear stacks when the player casts Coordinated Assault and will appropriately remove the bonus when Coordinated Assault ends.
Mage
Spellslinger
Arcane Orb can no longer damage enemies through walls.
Controlled Instincts can no longer damage enemies through walls.
Rogue
Deathstalker
Resolved a timing issue where Deathstalker’s Mark applied from Stealth or Shadow Dance was being overwritten by Deathstalker’s Mark applied by an active Darkest Night.
Shaman
Stormbringer
An issue causing Thorim’s Invocation to switch to Lightning Bolt when Tempest is cast on multiple targets has been resolved.
Warlock
Hellcaller
Fixed an issue where Soul Fire and Cataclysm would consume much more mana than intended when Wither is known.
Delves
Brann should no longer be able to target crowd-controlled enemies.
Fixed an issue where the Fungal Footpads ability would not work for Demon Hunters or Evokers while within Tak-Rethan Abyss or the Sinkhole.
Resolved an issue where the Reformed Fury could despawn immediately upon defeating Speaker Davenruth in Nightfall Sanctum.
Dungeons
City of Threads
After defeating Izo, the Grand Splicer, players can now drink Unstable Mixture to return to the dungeon entrance.
Events
Fixed an issue where enemies were not granting audience approval during the “The Cruelty of Dornic” Theater Troupe play.
Fixed an issue where rewards for the Theater Troupe event were delayed until the next task was completed.
Items
Emerald and Draconic Marks of Mastery can now be destroyed or vendored.
The pre-season Heroic dungeon reward item-level has been increased to Explorer 4/8 (was Adventurer 1/8).
Fixed several plate items that were incorrectly using Agility/Intellect stats, such as Long-Forgotten Girdle and Scrit’s Handmade Girdle.
Pets
Trogolofrog no longer can spawn with an empty breed.
Player versus Player
Demon Hunter
Sigil of Spite (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
Soul Rending (Talent) effect now reduced by 17% in PvP combat (was 40%).
Havoc
Chaos Strike/Annihilation damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 10%).
Throw Glaive damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
Soulscar (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 8%).
Essence Break (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
Fel Barrage (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
Quests
The map icon for the quests “A Concerned Friend” and “The Last Mage” should no longer remain on the map after you have completed the questlines.
Fixed a bug causing objectives for “Something’s Fishy” to unintentionally be faction-locked.
Fixed an issue causing players to be able to be attacked while completing the quest “Rise of the Reckoning.”
Destroying “Radiant Fuel Crystals” while on the quest “Shadows Below” should no longer prevent quest completion.
During “Alluring Offer”, the Beguiling Lure may now be used while stealthed.
Players should now see the Stormriders and can continue to progress through “After the Storm”.
Interacting with objects during “The Day the Stoneheads Came” should now make them uninteractive, as normal.
Fixed an issue where players who had already acquired a Restored Coffer Key before starting the quest “Bountiful Delves” were still being asked to acquire a key for the first step. Brann has eased up on things and will now count that for the quest step.
Now, the entirety of “Bountiful Delves” will auto-complete if a player has already opened a bountiful chest in a Delve before starting the quest.
Increased the gold and experience awards earned from Bonus Objectives.
User Interface
Level 80 Rare enemies will no longer display an icon on the minimap for players below level 77.
Itching Waters insect visuals now only show for the player who’s been targeted.
August 26, 2024
Characters
Warband Mentored Leveling can no longer be canceled.
Fixed an issue that allowed players to disable experience gain at level 70 instead of the intended 69 and below.
Some auctioneers in Dornogal have moved downstairs in the auction house.
Classes
Death Knight
Soul Rupture now correctly applies the 5% damage reduction debuff.
Mage
Arcane
Fixed an issue that caused Touch of the Magi and Magi’s Spark to deal more damage than intended.
Monk
Master of Harmony
Fixed an issue with the number of Hero Talent points Master of Harmoany monks had while leveling.
Rogue
Deathstalker
Fixed an issue that caused some sources of increased Shadow damage to not increase Deathstalker Plague damage effects.
Delves
Fungal Folly
Fixed an issue where Kasthrik couldn’t be interacted with.
Sporbits now die upon exploding.
Kriegval’s Rest
Fixed an issue that could cause Tomb-Raider Drywhisker to despawn during the cast of Ground Slam.
The Sinkhole
Increased the duration for which you can hold your breath while under the effects of Kobyss Hex.
Events
Fixed an issue where enemies were not granting audience approval during the “The Cruelty of Dornic” Theater Troupe play.
Items
The first piece of gear to drop from a Lamplighter Supply Satchel each week will be Warbound until Equipped and drop at Adventurer 1.
The Handful of Humming Shinies, Pile of Humming Shinies, Big Pile of Humming Shinies, and Gem-Studded Candelabra can now be opened to claim their contents.
Player versus Player
Items
Lava-forged Cogwheel damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.
Storm Defender’s Axe damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.
Fearbreaker’s Echo damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
Arathi Demolotion Charge damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.
Professions
Fixed an issue where Sharpen Your Knife and Carve Meat would be consumed when skinning trivial enemies.
Quests
The Resting Blade should now be collectable on the quest “In the Right Hands”.
Striking Steel: “Spice up your Life” and “Eagle Eye, Eagle Die” are now available after a day, rather than a week. It is intentional that there is a break between part 1 and part 2 of the quest chain.
Void Ambush should no longer persist indefinitely as players progress through “Kaheti Hospitality”.
“Laws Apply to All” and “You No Take Plunder!” should now show the correct turn in location.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.
