We’ve identified an issue with Valorstones not being discounted across your Warband after upgrading an item on a character. This should be fixed with next week’s scheduled maintenance.

During scheduled weekly maintenance on September 17, we will adjust classes that have been over- and under-performing in the first few days of The War Within Season 1.

Class Changes

• Death Knight
  • San’layn: Vampiric Strike chance to trigger increased to 25% (was 10%).
  • San’layn: Frenzied Bloodthirst damage of Death Coil and Death Strike increased by 5% per stack (was 4%).
  • San’layn: Visceral Strength grants 8% Strength (was 6%).
  • San’layn: Fixed an issue with Visceral Strength modifying base Strength instead of total Strength.
  • Blood
    • San’layn: Vampiric Strike damage increased by 20%.
    • San’layn: Infliction of Sorrow deals 15% of the remaining damage-over-time damage (was 10%).
• Demon Hunter
  • Havoc
    • Fixed an issue that caused Eye Beam’s damage to be reduced beyond 1 target instead of 5.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Eye Beam from benefitting from Isolated Prey’s damage bonus.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Eye Beam from benefitting from Chaotic Disposition’s damage bonus.
• Druid
  • Balanc...

Greetings Adventurers!

The PTR has recently been updated with more 20th Anniversary content. Come and visit the updated Caverns of Time celebration area, world bosses, and queue up to the new Codex of Chromie scenario.

20th Celebration

• The new celebration hub is now available including new activities such as Mount Mania, Fashion Frenzy, and the Storyteller stage.
• Explore the hub and turn into your pet in the Pet Corner, hop on the ice rink, take a photo at the photobooth, or venture through portals for unique vista selfies.

Codex of Chromie

• Queue up for our new scenario with 10-20 other players to help Chromie knock some unintended guests from her tour of the opening of the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj.

World Bosses

• Face off against new gatecrashing World Bosses like the Sha of Anger and Archavon the Stonewatcher.
• Challenge the past anniversary world bosses as well.

September 12, 2024

Delves

• Fixed a bug causing bosses to scale incorrectly with more players.
• Increased the health scaling of enemies in Delves while grouped with other players.
• Reduced the damage scaling of many enemy abilities in Delves while grouped with other players.
• Adjusted enemy targeting preferences in Delves.
  • Developers’ notes: Our goal is to match the difficulty of solo and group play as much as possible in Delves. When looking at data on group delves, we noticed unexpectedly low combat times coupled with unexpectedly high lethality. We identified the root cause of this issue and corrected it. This fix will increase the health scaling of enemies per additional player present, but we are also reducing the damage scaling of many abilities to compensate.
• Zekvir’s influence has grown stronger, introducing a new enemy variant in Delve Tier 8.
• Fixed an issue where the health bar UI could fail to display values correctly in Zekvir’s Lair while in a group.
• Revives Remaining has c...

September 11, 2024
Season of Discovery

• Crimson Tempest can no longer be used unless the primary target is within melee range.

September 11, 2024

Classes

• Mage
  • Frost
    • The Death’s Chill aura will now be removed alongside Ice Form.
    • Frost Splinterstorm will now correctly apply Winter’s Chill to shielded targets.

Delves

• Fixed an issue causing some trinkets to drop for the wrong specialization in Delves.
• Fixed an issue where killing a group buffed by Zekvir’s Influence could fail to count for extra rewards.
• Fixed an issue where Web Spreaders can target stealthed and invisible players.
• Weekly Quest delve icons have been moved slightly to make it easier to see if a delve is bountiful or not.
• Tak-Rethan Abyss
  • Added an exit button to the Kobyss Killer vehicle.

Dungeons and Raids

• Nerub-ar Palace
  • Fixed an issue where the Caustic Skyrazor in the Ascending Reach could sometimes fail to Wicked Dive the platform.
  • Resolved an issue where some abilities could unintentionally pull creatures in the pulsing pit.
  • Rasha’nan
    • Resolved an issue which could cause Rasha’nan to become unkillable upon death.
    • Resolved an issu...

PUBLIC TEST REALMS

• Character copy is now available and character templates have been turned off.

THE DRACTHYR SPREAD THEIR WINGS TO NEW CLASSES

• Dracthyr Racial Updates
  • Tail Swipe is no longer a racial for Dracthyr. Tail Swipe is now learned baseline for Evokers.

CLASSES

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Blood
    • San’layn
      • Gift of the San’layn has been updated – While Dancing Rune Weapon is active you gain Gift of the San’layn (was Vampiric Blood).
• DRUID
  • Restoration
    • New Talent: Twinleaf – Nature’s Swiftness now has 2 charges.
    • New Talent: Wildwood Roots – Abundance now also reduces the cast time of Regrowth by 5% per stack. Cenarion Ward’s cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds and its duration is increased by 2 seconds.
    • New Talent: Renewing Surge – The cooldown of Swiftmend is reduced by up to 40%, based on the current health of the target. Cooldown is reduced more when cast on a lower health target.
    • New Talent: Forest’s Flow – Consuming Clearcasting now causes your Regrowth to also cast Nourish o...

September 10, 2024

Achievements

• Fixed an issue that resulted in the Machine-Warden title being incorrectly granted to all players. It is now properly granted by the achievement It’s Not Much, But It’s Honest Work.
• General’s Scouting Shadecaster has been removed from the achievement Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • An issue causing Trollbane’s Icy Fury to display as snare mechanic on creatures that are immune to snares has been resolved.
• Monk
  • Fixed an issue where Clarity of Purpose was not correctly triggered by Gusts of Mist from several spells.
• Shaman
  • Stormbringer
    • An issue causing Arc Discharge to make Lightning Bolt deal damage as though Maelstrom Weapon was spent has been resolved.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Fixed an issue where Succulent Soul would be consumed by an already cast Hand of Gul’dan.

Delves

• Combat resurrections are now a shared resource, starting with 1 charge and recharging every 10 minutes.
• Reduced the maximum stack count of the Rage-Filled Idol ...

We’ve been seeing chatter from some hunters thinking that Aradan isn’t available to tame yet. While capturing this secretive stormrook isn’t as obvious as most tameable hunter pets, we wanted to confirm to those of you looking to tame Aradan that there’s nothing preventing the capture of this spirit beast.

Good luck taming this blue birb!

Thanks for the reports! This issue has been fixed today.

September 9, 2024
Cataclysm Classic

• Fixed a bug preventing Sensiria in Feralas from showing up as expected.

September 9, 2024

Classes

• Evoker
  • Evokers who used a level 60 Boost now correctly know all core Evoker and Dracthyr abilities.
• Monk
  • Mistweaver
    • Gusts of Mists cast on yourself should now be correctly increased by Mantra of Purity.
• Paladin
  • Fixed a bug that caused Hammer of Light to not go away as expected.
• Shaman
  • Stormbringer
    • You can now accumulate up to 2 stacks of the buff that replaces Lightning Bolt with Tempest.
  • Elemental
    • Stormkeeper now has a maximum stack size of 3. Stormkeeper still only generates 2, and the Rolling Thunder hero talent will only generate 1.
• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul unintentionally had internal cooldown of 5 seconds.
  • Hellcaller
    • Fixed an issue where spending Soul Shards while talented into Blackened Soul would break all instances of stealth.
  • Affliction
    • Fixed an issue where Vile Taint would not grant a stack of Wither if Blackened Soul is talented.
  • Demonology
    • Fixed an issue where Succulent Soul would be consumed by Spi...

The hotfix for this issue has been deployed at around 3:20pm PDT. Happy hunting!

September 6, 2024

Achievements

• Fixed an issue preventing the completion of Deephaul Ravine Shutout.
• Fixed an issue where looting Mislaid Curiosities did not grant credit for the achievement, I’m not a Thief, I’m a Treasure Hunter.

Characters

• Archmage Khadgar should appear in the Violet Citadel for players progressing through Legion content.

Classes

• Druid
  • Adjusted Druids’ steady flight so that their speed better matches that of mounts.
• Evoker
  • Scalecommander
    • Fixed an issue where Deep Breath with Maneuverability would apply Terror of the Skies twice to enemy targets.
• Monk
  • Fixed an issue causing Aspect of Harmony to deal unexpectedly high damage.
• Paladin
  • Fixed an issue that caused modifiers such as Avenging Wrath and Mastery: Highlord’s Judgment to not affect Touch of Light’s damage effect.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Incandescence’s damage to not be increased by modifiers such as Avenging Wrath and Mastery: Highlord’s Judgment.
  • Fixed an issue causing Consecration’s friend...

Thank you for your report! We’ve identified an issue with the Fractured Gemstone Locket Design recipe not dropping and are working on a fix. We’ll post in our hotfix updates when it’s been fixed.

We’ve also noticed some confusion revolving around recipe and reagent drops from delves, and we’d like to clarify on the confusion: Different delves have different creatures in them, which does determine what recipes and rare reagents drop.

September 5, 2024
Cataclysm Classic

• Fixed issue with Guild Herald and Guild Page not being able to be learned by multiple characters of the same faction on a given account. Players affected by this bug can now buy these pets from a Guild Vendor at a discounted price. Players who were unaffected will still pay full price.

September 5, 2024

Classes

• Demon Hunter
  • Sigil of Doom now overrides Sigil of Flame while Precise Sigils is talented.
  • Aldrachi Reaver
    • The global cooldown triggered by Reaver’s Glaive is now reduced by Haste.
    • Warblade’s Hunger is now correctly triggered by Annihilation.
• Mage
  • Spellslinger
    • Splinters generated from Shifting Shards will no longer target enemies that are stealthed.
• Monk
  • Brewmaster
    • Fixed an issue causing Face Palm to grant an incorrect amount of cooldown reduction.
• Paladin
  • Retribution
    • Fixed an issue that caused Sacrosanct Crusade to disappear when Shield of Vengeance was cast.
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Fixed an issue where a Tempest Overload could damage creatures that were not within line of sight to the target of your Tempest ability.
    • Fixed an issue where Tempest Overload did not properly benefit from the Stormcaller hero talent.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Fixed an issue where Empowered Legion Strike would persist through death and resummon.
    • Empowered Legion S...

This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for upcoming World of Warcraft content.

The War Within: 20th Anniversary Update Development Notes

PUBLIC TEST REALMS

• The client version is currently showing as PTR (TWW 11.0). This will be updated to 11.0.5 in a future build.
• Character copy is now available and character templates have been turned off.

20TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT

• The 20th Anniversary Celebration of World of Warcraft is almost here, and we have many exciting activities and rewards to share with you. These activities and rewards won’t be available this week but will become available for testing in a later PTR build, so keep an eye out on this forum for more information. In the meantime, take a look at our 20th Anniversary article to learn more about what’s in the works: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/news/24136212/.
• 20th Celebration
  • The new celebration hub is now available including new activities such as Mount Mania, Fashion Frenzy, and the Storyteller stage.
  • E...

September 4, 2024

Classes

• Evoker
  • Scalecommander
    • Fixed an issue where players could be slowed during Deep Breath while talented into Maneuverability.
    • Fixed an issue where Bombardments would occasionally fail to proc while talented into Extended Battle.
• Mage
  • Spellslinger
    • Volatile Magic no longer hits out-of-combat or crowd-controlled targets.
• Monk
  • Chi Burst no longer consumes both stacks of its activation buff when cast with 2 stacks.
• Paladin
  • Dawnlight’s damage now correctly scales with Retribution’s Mastery.
  • Dawnlight’s damage can now correctly critically strike.
  • Dawnlight’s AoE healing no longer double dips with Versatility.
  • Sun’s Avatar damage now correctly scales with Retribution’s Mastery.
  • Sun’s Avatar and Dawnlight’s AoE no longer deal damage to enemies out of line-of-sight.
  • Retribution
    • Fixed an issue causing Mastery: Highlord’s Judgment to not increase damage from Seal of the Crusader.
• Warlock
  • Diabolist
    • Fixed an issue where your Pit Lord could be summoned w...

September 3, 2024

Achievements

• Corrected an issue preventing Buddy System from being immediately granted when completed.

Auction House

• Resolved issues causing the Auction House to experience degraded performance.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • Frost Strike damage reduced by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
    • Obliterate damage reduced by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
    • Icy Death Torrent damage reduced by 10%.
    • Glacial Advance damage reduced by 10%. Does not apply to PvP.
• Druid
  • Balance
    • Umbral Intensity increases the damage of Wrath by 20/40% (was 25/50%) and Starfire by 15/30% (was 50%).
    • Starsurge damage increased by 12%.
    • Starfall damage increased by 20%.
    • Harmony of the Heavens increases Eclipse power by 2% per proc, max 6% (was 1% per proc, max 5%).
  • Feral
    • Bloodtalons and Lion’s Strength now also increase the damage of Rampant Ferocity.
• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • Damage of all spells and abilities increased by 6%.
    • Firestorm damage increased by 20%
    • Firestorm duration reduced to 10 seconds (wa...