Here are today’s hotfixes for Shadowlands and Wrath of the Lich King Classic:

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • The following encounter abilities will no longer be notably altered by Fated Infusion: Creation Spark:
    • Sanctum of Domination
      • The Tarragrue – Chains of Eternity, Predator’s Howl
      • The Eye of the Jailer – Dragging Chains, Deathlink, Scorn and Ire, Hopeless Lethargy
      • The Nine – Fragments of Destiny
      • Remnant of Ner’zhul – Malevolence
      • Painsmith Raznal – Shadowsteel Chains, Lingering Flames, Cruciform Axe, Reverberating Hammer, Dualblade Scythe, Flameclasp Trap
      • Guardian of the First Ones – Threat Neutralization, Obliterate
      • Fatescribe Roh-Kalo – Grim Portent, Invoke Destiny, Call of Eternity
      • Kel’Thuzad – Glacial Wrath, Frost Blast, Oblivion’s Echo
      • Sylvanas Windrunner – Expulsion, Lashing Wound, Crushing Dread, Curse of Lethargy, Domination Chains, Banshee’s Mark, Banshee’s Bane, Veil of Darkness, Haunting Wave, Shadow Dagger, Death Knives, Barbed Arrow
    • Sepulcher...

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Paladin’s Seal of Corruption can no longer be dispelled.
• The PvP window should now move or hide itself as necessary when other UI is opened.
• Fixed a very rare issue where a player could be unable to access their second talent specialization after learning Dual Talent Specialization.
• Fixed an issue where the bonus armor was not being granted on some rings.
• High Test Eternium Fishing Line that was applied prior to Wrath of the Lich King Classic pre-patch should now correctly grant +5 Fishing Skill (was +2).

Hello, Warriors.

This week we’ve mostly been fixing errors and tweaking things for the Class, Arms and Fury trees. We’re happy with where these are at and don’t intend to make any large changes moving forward. Arms and Fury and the various options within seem to be preforming well and people are enjoying them, we’ll be monitoring feedback and tuning things where needed.

We’ve focused more on the Protection tree this week and provide more details on this below.

Class Tree

• Bitter Immunity – Once again more easily available, but now no longer clears Bleeds.
• Reinforced Plates – The armor values should now be correctly calculated.
• Battle Stance – Now reduces the effects of Root and Snares by 10% (was 15%).
• Berserker Stance – Now reduced the effects of incapacitating effects by 10% (was 15%).
• Inspiring Presence – Tooltip updated to make its effect clearer.
• Spear of Bastion – Now grants 20 Rage (was 25).
• Elysian Might – Now extends the duration of Spear of Bastion by 2 seconds (was 4 second...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • The following NPC’s will no longer be afflicted by Fated Infusion: Protoform Barrier:
    • Sepulcher of the First Ones: Anduin Wrynn
      • Anduin’s Hope

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Fixed an issue that caused the freeze visual effect to never expire.
• Argent Dawn vendors for the Scourge Invasion can no longer be put into combat by players “at war” with them.
• The loot table for Blue Sack of Gems now only includes loot from Onyxia’s Lair, as intended.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Fixed an issue that caused the freeze visual effect to never expire.
• Argent Dawn vendors for the Scourge Invasion can no longer be put into combat by players “at war” with them.
• The loot table for Blue Sack of Gems now only includes loot from Onyxia’s Lair, as intended.

Here are today’s hotfixes for Shadowlands and Wrath Classic:

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • The following NPC’s will no longer be afflicted by Fated Infusion: Protoform Barrier:
    • Castle Nathria: Stone Legion Generals
      • General Draven and Prince Renathal
    • Sepulcher of the First Ones: Anduin Wrynn
      • Lady Jaina Proudmoore, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Uther the Lightbringer
  • The following encounter abilities will no longer be notably altered by Fated Infusion: Creation Spark:
    • Castle Nathria
      • Shriekwing – Earsplitting Shriek and Exsanguinated
      • Huntsman Altimor – Sinseeker, Petrifying Howl, and Deathly Roar
      • Sun King’s Salvation – Burning Remnants, Vanquished, and Crimson Flurry
      • Artificer Xy’mox – Glyph of Destruction, Stasis Trap, Withering Touch, Aura of Dread, and Dimensional Tear
      • Hungering Destroyer – Gluttonous Miasma
      • Lady Inerva Darkvein – Warped Desires, and Shared Suffering
      • The Council of Blood – Dancing Fever, and Dark Recital
      • Sludgefist – Chain Slam, Chain ...

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Players may now queue for Battlegrounds from anywhere, without having to speak to a Battlemaster. Queue up via the Battlegrounds tab on the PvP menu.
• Players that are logged off inside a dungeon instance when it is reset will now log back into the nearest graveyard.
• Resolved an issue where a Druid could appear to have two copies of Leader of the Pack active.
• Death Knight’s Ghoul from Raise Dead will now resummon when dismounting after flying.
• Survival Hunter’s Lock and Load effect should now trigger correctly.
• Players will now get nibbles when their fishing levels are too low for the area.
• Fixed an issue where using certain items carried over from Burning Crusade Classic (e.g. Darkmoon cards) would delete the entire stack.

Hello everyone! Here are this week’s development notes for the Dragonflight Pre-Expansion PTR.

CLASSES

• NEW TALENT SYSTEM
  • DEATH KNIGHT
    • Frost
      • Frost tree has been updated to a new layout to fix dependency issues, create more depth in choice, as well as new and reworked talents.
      • Unleashed Frenzy – Now grants the Strength buff when any Runic Power ability damages an enemy.
      • Improved Frost Strike and Runic Command – Swapped positions on the tree.
      • Glacial Advance – Removed the cooldown. Moved higher into the tree and is now unlocked after the 1st gate.
      • Frostscythe – Moved higher into the tree and is now unlocked after the 1st gate.
      • Horn of Winter – Now Frost only and placed directly after Improved Obliterate.
      • Improved Killing Machine renamed to Frostreaper and has a new icon.
      • Enduring Strength – Now available directly after Pillar of Frost and has a new icon.
      • Frostwhelp’s Aid – Now available directly after Pillar of Frost.
      • Coldheart – No longer a choice node with Inexorable Assault. Mov...

Here are today’s hotfixes!

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Characters

• Fixed an issue where the Dark Ranger customization options for Blood Elf, Night Elf, and Void Elf were missing.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Whirlwind animations, such as the Warrior’s Whirlwind and a Rogue’s Fan of Knives, will now appear while moving (was only while standing still).
• Druid
  • Track Humanoids will no longer activate when shapeshifting into Cat Form if Find Minerals, Find Fish, or Find Herbs is already active.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue where Overkill would be applied and immediately removed on rogues who did not know that talent.
• True to their vocation, Argent Outfitters will now exchange Necrotic Runes for armor and other items in Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, and Silvermoon City. They will make their way to the Undercity once enough Scourge have been defeated across Azeroth.
• During the quest “City of Light,” Khadgar’s Servant will now continue giving its tour even if the player is not nearby.
• Zombies are no long...

Here are today’s hotfixes for Wrath Classic:

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Whirlwind animations, such as the Warrior’s Whirlwind and a Rogue’s Fan of Knives, will now appear while moving (was only while standing still).
• Druid
  • Track Humanoids will no longer activate when shapeshifting into Cat Form if Find Minerals, Find Fish, or Find Herbs is already active.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue where Overkill would be applied and immediately removed on rogues who did not know that talent.
• True to their vocation, Argent Outfitters will now exchange Necrotic Runes for armor and other items in Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, and Silvermoon City. They will make their way to the Undercity once enough Scourge have been defeated across Azeroth.
• During the quest “City of Light,” Khadgar’s Servant will now continue giving its tour even if the player is not nearby.
• Zombies are no longer unstoppable by benefitting from Preparation at the start of battlegrounds. Alterac Valley weekend is sav...

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • Sepulcher of the First Ones
    • The Jailer
      • Resolved an issue where the Creation Spark fated power could negatively affect the following ability durations: Arcane Vulnerability, Azerite Radiation, Rune of Domination, Rune of Compulsion, Rune of Damnation, Torment, Imprisonment, and Death Sentence.
      • Resolved an issue where Rune of Compulsion-afflicted players negatively interact with movement speed increasing effects.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Druid
  • Shapeshifting into Cat Form once again automatically activates Track Humanoids.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Tauren from using the Barber Shop.
• It will now rain blood when Highlord Darion Mograine says “The skies turn red with the blood of the fallen!” during the Death Knight quest “The Light of Dawn.“

World of Warcraft Version 10.0.0 PTR – Dragonflight Pre-Expansion Patch

This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for the content coming with the Dragonflight Pre-Expansion Patch update.

To see full details on what’s in the current build, please visit the Dragonflight Beta Development Notes thread.

Dragonflight Pre-Expansion Patch Development Notes

CHARACTERS

• Resolved an issue that caused Da Voodoo Shuffle (Troll Racial) to reduce the duration of roots by less than intended. Duration reduced by 20%, matching current Snare reduction amount.

CLASSES

• Mage, Priest, and Rogue available for all races
• NEW TALENT SYSTEM
  • Developers’ note: We have had to add a lot of extra spells and modifiers with the talent system, which means a lot of new names also needed to be added. While adding these new spell names we also made a pass on the names of almost every talent, and several of them are having their name changed. We tried to avoid changing terms people are very familiar with, w...

Hello! Here’s today’s hotfixes to Lower Karazhan:

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Mythic+
  • Return to Karazhan: Lower
    • Developers’ note: The Opera events in Lower Karazhan have proven to be more lethal than we’d like, particularly given the weekly rotation that makes them more challenging to master in Mythic+. We’ve made a number of adjustments here in hopes of bringing the difficulty of these events in line with our expectations.
    • The Opera Hall: Beautiful Beast
      • Silver Forks health reduced by 50%.
      • Silver Forks Bloody Jab damage over time reduced by 50%.
      • Mrs. Cauldrons’ Soup Spray damage reduced by 30%.
      • Luminore’s Heat Wave damage reduced by 30%.
    • The Opera Hall: Westfall Story
      • Gang Ruffian’s Poisonous Shank damage over time reduced by 50%.
      • Mrrgria’s Thunder Ritual damage reduced by 30%.
    • The Opera Hall: Wikket
      • Winged Assistant’s health reduced by 25%.
      • Winged Assistant’s Throw “Stuff” damage reduced by 30%.

Here’s today’s hotfix update:

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • Sepulcher of the First Ones
    • Lihuvim, Principal Architect
      • Resolved an issue where Creation Spark (Fated Power) could negatively affect the duration of Unstable Mote.
      • Resolved an issue where Fated Powers could occur twice at the start of the encounter.
      • Resolved an issue where damage taken from the Fated Powers Creation Spark, Reconfiguration Emitter, Chaotic Essence, and Protoform Barrier could be incidentally increased by Protoform Radiance.
      • Resolved an issue that could cause Fated Powers to spawn inside Unstable Motes.
    • The Jailer
      • Resolved an issue which could cause Fated Powers to spawn inside Defile.
• Mythic+
  • Grimrail Depot
    • Railmaster Rocketspark
      • Explosives will no longer spawn on top of crates.

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Classes
  • Weapon trail visual effects have been restored to abilities that have them.
• Dungeons and Raids
  • Blackrock Spire can again be entered by 10-pl...

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Classes
  • Weapon trail visual effects have been restored to abilities that have them.
• Dungeons and Raids
  • Blackrock Spire can again be entered by 10-player raids.
  • Resolved an issue where selecting certain roles for your class in the Group Finder would not actually display them in your listing.
  • Fixed an issue where Group Finder listings would be removed for certain players when moving between zones.
  • Fixed an issue where the Talent Specialization’s role could be set to tank after changing zones.
    • Developers’ note: The intention here is that this role selection should always default to DPS, and can be set by players based on how they want to describe their talent builds.
• Items and Rewards
  • Fixed an issue that didn’t allow the auction of certain items carried over from Burning Crusade Classic.
• Player versus Player
  • Updated the current Battleground Bonus Weekend to Warsong Gulch (was Strand of the Ancients).
  • Random Battleground Queue no longer show...

Hotfixes

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Classes
  • Weapon trail visual effects have been restored to abilities that have them.
• Dungeons and Raids
  • Blackrock Spire can again be entered by 10-player raids.
  • Resolved an issue where selecting certain roles for your class in the Group Finder would not actually display them in your listing.
  • Fixed an issue where Group Finder listings would be removed for certain players when moving between zones.
  • Fixed an issue where the Talent Specialization’s role could be set to tank after changing zones.
    • Developers’ note: The intention here is that this role selection should always default to DPS, and can be set by players based on how they want to describe their talent builds.
• Items and Rewards
  • Fixed an issue that didn’t allow the auction of certain items carried over from Burning Crusade Classic.
• Player versus Player
  • Updated the current Battleground Bonus Weekend to Warsong Gulch (was Strand of the Ancients).
  • Random Battleground Queue no ...

Here are today’s hotfixes:

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • Sepulcher of the First Ones
    • Halondrus the Reclaimer
      • Resolved an issue causing Earthbreaker Missiles to erupt at the wrong time when the target is affected by Creation Spark (Fated Power).
• Mythic+
  • Grimrail Depot
    • Grimrail Bombardier’s Double Slash will no longer be cast on a nearby target if their current target is out of range.
  • Iron Docks
    • Thunderlord Wrangler’s Serrated Spear can now correctly be removed by effects that clear bleeds.
    • Skulloc
      • Koramar’s Berserker Leap will no longer target pets and will no longer hit players multiple times.
  • Operation Mechagon: Junkyard
    • Saurolisk Bonenipper’s Ripping Slash will no longer be cast on a nearby target if their current target is out of range and will no longer remove Welding Bot’s Reinforced from players.
  • Operation Mechagon: Workshop
    • Defense Bot Mk III no longer detects stealth.
  • Return to Karazhan: Lower
    • Ghostly Philanthropist’s Pe...

Greetings! Here are today’s hotfixes for Shadowlands:

AUGUST 30, 2022

Classes

• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Aimed Shot will no longer fail to trigger from Double Tap (Talent) if no target is selected when the cast finishes.

Items and Rewards

• Olea Manu, located in Faith’s Repose, has come into possession of a few cosmetic items found around Korthia and Zereth Mortis. Players may purchase them with Cyphers of the First Ones.
• Fixed an issue where items from Sire Denathrius and Stone Legion Generals could not be socketed.

Player versus Player

• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Aimed Shot will no longer occasionally deal full damage in PvP combat when triggered from Double Tap.
• Priest
  • Holy
    • Divine Ascension (PvP Talent) will once again provide a short window of immunity against damage, stuns, and roots.

Hello! Here are today’s hotfixes for Shadowlands:

AUGUST 26, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • Reduced the minimum Item Level to queue for all Fated Raid Finder wings to 230 (was 240).
    • Developers’ note: This restriction was too punishing given Fated LFR’s importance in providing new and returning players with an intermediary step to engage in Season 4’s endgame activities. We believe the power increases afforded from the Fated Powers themselves more than make up for this item level gap, so groups shouldn’t have a vastly more difficult time completing encounters.

Items and Rewards

• Reduced the damage increase on Jeweled Signet of Malendrus by 74%.
  • Developers’ note: The spell effect changes made to Jeweled Signet of Malendrus for the release of Legion Timewalking inadvertently also caused it to increase the damage of abilities that scale with weapon damage. In some cases, the overall power gains were far beyond what was intended. This hotfix retains the current functionality ...

Today we adjusted the Fated Power, Creation Spark:

AUGUST 25, 2022

Dungeons and Raids

• Fated Raids
  • Fated Powers
    • Creation Spark’s raid wide damage-over-time effect reduced by 30%.
      • Developers’ note: This change should reduce the negative impact of missing a Creation Spark impact location.
    • Initial stacks of Creation Spark reduced to 2 (was 3).
    • Number of Creation Spark impact locations reduced to 2 (was 3).