Hello adventurers! The Embers of Neltharion PTR has been updated with the following changes:

DRAGONFLIGHT SEASON 2

• MYTHIC+
  • The Vortex Pinnacle is available with this week’s Mythic+ test.
  • There are new affixes and adjusted affixes available for testing. Players can purchase scrolls from the keystone vendor to add to these to their keystone.
    • New Affix: Incorporeal – While in combat, incorporeal beings appear and attempt to destabilize players with spells that reduce their damage and healing done. Incorporeal beings are susceptible to all forms of crowd control.
    • New Affix: Afflicted – While in combat, Afflicted Souls appear that seek the aid of players. Afflicted Souls spawn with poison, curse, and disease afflictions. Removing any of these afflictions or restoring the spirit to full health causes it to despawn. Fail to remove their afflictions in time will inflict players with a negative status effect.
    • New Affix: Entangling – While in combat, entangling vines snare players.
    • Updated A...

Today’s hotfix for Wrath Classic:

March 27, 2023

Wrath of the Lich King Classic

• Fixed an issue where Val’anyr, Hammer of the Ancient Kings was absorbing more than intended. Accumulated absorb amounts are now correctly capped at 20,000 health.
  • Developers’ note: The absorb shield from Val’anyr was always intended to have a cap of 20,000 health, but there was a typo in the spell script in original Wrath of the Lich King version 3.3.5. The script was set the absorb amount to 200,000! This was never noticed by players in original Wrath.

Take a look at the hotfixes for Dragonflight:

March 27, 2023

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • [With realm restarts] All ability damage reduced by 3%.
• Druid
  • Balance
    • Denizen of the Dream’s trigger rate was unintentionally increased. It has been restored to its intended value.
  • Restoration
    • Fixed an issue that caused Forest’s Flow to not properly extend heal over time effects on allies.
• Evoker
  • Fixed an issue where empower spells could fail to auto-fire at Rank 1 when released prior to that point.
  • Fixed an issue preventing Oppressing Roar’s cooldown from being reduced when dispelling Enrage effects with the Overawe talent.
• Hunter
  • Beast Mastery
    • [With realm restarts] Kill Command damage reduced by 10%.
  • Marksmanship
    • [With realm restarts] All ability and pet damage reduced by 4%.
  • Survival
    • [With realm restarts] Mongoose Bite damage reduced by 10%. This does not affect PvP combat.
• Paladin
  • Retribution
    • Fixed an issue that caused Fading Light’s value to be hig...

Greetings! The 10.1 PTR has been updated with the following:

DRAGONFLIGHT SEASON 2

• MYTHIC+
  • Neltharus
    • Warlord Sargha
      • Fixed the damage tuning on items found during the encounter.
  • Fixed an issue that gave players inconsistent item levels in Freehold, The Underrot, and Neltharion’s Lair.

CLASSES

• DRUID
  • Feral
    • Bloodtalons now enhances your next 3 Rips or Ferocious Bites per activation (was 2).
    • Thrashing Claws bonus to Shred damage reduced to 8% (was 20%).
    • Wild Slashes bonus to Swipe and Thrash damage increased to 25% (was 20%).
    • Swipe damage increased by 20%.
    • Brutal Slash damage increased by 15%.
    • Moonfire damage with Lunar Inspiration increased by 8%.
• EVOKER
  • Preservation
    • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – After casting 3 empower spells, gain Essence Burst immediately and another 3 seconds later.
• HUNTER
  • Survival
    • Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Every 25 Focus spent reduces the cooldown of Wildfire Bom...

Hello everyone.

Here’s this week’s PTR raid testing schedule:

Friday, March 24

• Heroic
  • The Forgotten Experiments – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
  • Magmorax – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • Echo of Neltharion – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)

The following addition has been made to the 10.1 Embers of Neltharion PTR:

NEW ZONE: ZARALEK CAVERN

• World Bosses, Vakan and Gholna are now available for testing.
  • Please use this feedback thread for testing.

World Bosses Vakan and Gholna are now available for testing.

We’ll use this thread to discuss further changes in the coming weeks, and we greatly appreciate any feedback you might have.

Thank you!

The raid testing schedule is very fluid and subject to the realities of a test environment. There’s the possibility of having to change the time of a testing session, change the bosses being tested, or cancel a test entirely due to bugs, server hardware issues, etc.

We’ll be updating this schedule with boss details as we get closer to their testing dates. Keep an eye on the PTR forum for the boss feedback threads and the latest information. Thank you in advance for testing and providing feedback.

Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Raid Testing Schedule

The final boss of the raid, Scalecommander Sarkareth, will not be available for testing.

Thursday, April 6

• Heroic
  • Assault of the Zaqali – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
• Mythic
  • The Amalgamation Chamber – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00 CEST)
  • The Forgotten Experiments – 15:00 PDT (18:00 EDT, 00:00 CEST)

Friday, April 7

• Mythic
  • Rashok, the Elder – 13:00 PDT (16:00 EDT, 22:00 CEST)
• Normal
  • Start – 14:00 PDT (17:00 EDT, 23:00...

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

• Critical strikes now deal 150% of base damage and healing in PvP combat (was 175%).
• Precognition (PvP Talent) has been removed. Precognition can now be crafted onto gear via Optional Reagent and counts as an Embellishment.
• Hardiness (Orc Racial) stun reduction has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  • Developers’ note: In conjunction with the crowd control changes we are making, we are adjusting the value of Hardiness to put the ability’s power level more in line with other racial abilities in PvP scenarios, while still being able to feel the impact of the racial.
• The PvP gear vendor located in Stormwind and Orgrimmar has been updated to sell Season 2 PvP gear for testing.
• Net-o-Matic 5000 can now be used in all areas outside of the Dragon Isles, but not inside the Dragon Isles zones.
• Honor and Conquest rewarded through different rated content has been redistributed for better balance of acquisition between them.
  • Developers’ note: Going into Season 2, we took a l...

World of Warcraft Version 10.1 PTR – Embers of Neltharion

This Public Test Realm (PTR) is a testing environment for the content coming with the Dragonflight Embers of Neltharion update.

Dragonflight Embers of Neltharion Update Development Notes

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NEW ZONE: ZARALEK CAVERN

• Zaralek Cavern world quests, objectives, rares, and dragonriding are available for testing.
• The new underground zone is located on the eastern side of the Ohn’ahran Plains, just outside of Valdrakken. Players may access the zone by flying through the tunnel, leading to the new zone, Zaralek Cavern.
• The Embers of Neltharion campaign is now available for testing.
• World Bosses, Vakan and Gholna are now available for testing.
  • Please use this feedback thread for testing.

FYRAKK ASSAULTS

• Fyrakk’s forces are gathering resources at Suffusion Camps located in the Azure Span and Ohn’ahran Plains. Disrupt their efforts to lure Fyrakk and his disciples out.

NEW RAID: ABERRUS, THE SHADOWED CRUCIBLE

Millennia ago, Nelthario...

Here are the changes that you can find in this week’s 10.0.7 PTR update:

CLASSES

• DRUID
  • Guardian
    • Thorns of Iron is now affected by the Guardian Druid specialization passive, and its damage values have been adjusted accordingly.
      • Developers’ note: This is a net neutral change to the Thorns of Iron ability.
    • Fixed an issue that was causing Bristling Fur’s global cooldown to not be reduced by Haste.
    • Fixed an issue that was causing Circle of Life and Death to incorrectly reduce Pulverize’s duration.
• EVOKER
  • Preservation
    • When Lifebind is applied through a lower value Echo with Temporal Anomaly, its healing value is reduced to match the value of the Echo.
    • When Golden Hour is applied through a lower value Echo with Temporal Anomaly, its healing value is reduced to match the value of the Echo.
• HUNTER
  • Beast Mastery
    • Cobra Shot damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
    • Kill Command damage increased by 10% (was 25%).
    • Barbed Shot damage increased by 12% (was 25%). ...

Hello everyone! Here are the hotfixes from today:

MARCH 3, 2023

Classes

• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Expiation no longer double dips from damage modifiers, no longer critically strikes, and no longer ignores damage reduction effects.

Trading Post

• Fixed an issue where the “Change the Appearance of your Grand Hunt Companion" activity would not complete if the companion isn’t summoned.

The 10.0.7 PTR has been updated with the following changes:

CLASSES

• DRUID
  • Guardian
    • Thorns of Iron has been redesigned – When you cast Ironfur, also deal Physical damage equal to 30% of your armor, split among enemies within 12 yards. Damage reduced above 4 applications.
      • Developers’ note: Implementation of these new effects will be added in a future PTR build, functionality for this week’s PTR might be a little buggy while we work on these new effects.
• EVOKER
  • Preservation
    • Temporal Anomaly absorption value reduced by 20%.
    • Resonating Sphere now applies Echo to the first 4 allies hit (was 6 allies).
    • Temporal Compression can now be gained from casting Tip the Scales.
    • Empowered spells cast with Tip the Scales no longer consume stacks of Temporal Compression.
• HUNTER
  • Developers’ note: Neltharax, Enemy of the Sky is going to be changed in this week’s PTR build. The bow has a bonus effect on it that was intended to be a boost to the Hunter’s auto-shot damage when shooting a...

Here are this week’s updates to the 10.0.7 PTR.

FACTION ENVOY

Represent a Dragon Isles Major Faction every day by visiting the envoys in the Forbidden Reach and earn a 10% reputation increase of the chosen Major Faction for the day. Envoys also occasionally offer quests for extra reputation and Elemental Overflow to spend at the Envoy traders for new rewards such as four new dragonriding customizations, the Buckie battle pet, and the Noble Bruffalon mount.

CLASSES

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Frost
    • Breath of Sindragosa damage has been increased by 25% and Runic Power spent per second increased to 18 (was 16).
    • Frost Strike damage increased by 10% and Runic Power cost increased to 30 (was 25).
      • Developers’ note: Frost Death Knight currently has a surplus of Runic Power income which is leading to wasted Runic Power overflow in Obliteration builds and longer than intended durations in Breath of Sindragosa builds. In order to help address this we are increasing both the cost and damage of Frost Strik...

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone
Here are this week’s 10.0.7 development notes:

RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN REACH

• The Forbidden Reach is now available for testing.
• Treasure Vaults are now on their intended weekly timer (was daily for testing purposes).

WINTERPELT FURBOLG FACTION

• The Winterpelt furbolg speak a language no one seems to understand. Learn to understand, and eventually speak, the language of the Winterpelt furbolg as you help Sonova Snowden crack their peculiar dialect and earn their trust.
• Start the “Academic Assistance” quest by accepting it in the Adventure Guide. “Academic Assistance” will become available after completing the Winterpelt Hollow and Rustpine Den quest chains in the Azure Span.
• Players can access their language progress in the Spellbook.

CLASSES

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Unholy
    • Harbinger of Doom now also increases the damage of your next Death Coil by 20% or Epidemic by 10%.
    • Pestilent Pustules has been removed from the Unholy specialization tree.
    • Defile is no long...

Disintegrate was also fixed. We updated the note to reflect that. Thanks!

The Horde Hall of Fame for Vault of the Incarnates has now been filled with the first 100 guilds to defeat Mythic Raszageth. Congratulations to all players who earned a spot in the annals of raiding history this season!

As of this post, 25 Alliance guilds have defeated Mythic Raszageth, leaving 75 available spots for Alliance guilds to claim their fame in history. Please note that we are aware and are working on a fix for the Hall of Fame webpage not updating recently to reflect this information.

Good luck champions!

Hello everyone. Here is this week’s update to the 10.0.7 PTR:

CLASSES

• DEATH KNIGHT
  • Frost
    • Remorseless Winter has been removed from the talent tree and now learned at level 19.
    • Might of the Frozen Wastes has been removed from the talent tree and now learned at level 25.
    • Frostreaper has been removed from the talent tree and now learned at level 28.
    • New Talent: Fatal Fixation – Killing Machine can stack up to 1 additional time. Replaces Frostreaper on the talent tree.
    • Biting Cold has moved to Remorseless Winter’s old position in the Frost specialization tree.
    • Everfrost has moved to Biting Cold’s old position in the Frost specialization tree.
    • Obliteration now causes Soul Reaper to also grant Killing Machine and have a chance to generate a Rune during Pillar of Frost
      • Developers’ note: Frost will be seeing a few updates to their tree in 10.0.7. Currently Frost feels 1 or 2 points off from being able to make more meaningful choices within their spec tree. To help ease some of this we are...

Greetings Chefs!

With this week’s scheduled maintenance, the Community Feast will become available every 1.5 hours, reduced from its current 3.5-hour schedule.

After this change the event timer will always be visible on the map to show the 15-minute meal prep timer before cooking begins, the 15 minutes while cooking is active, and the 60 minutes of dining time for adventurers to chow down on the soup that you worked so diligently on.

Grab your chef’s hat and ladle. On your mark, get set, COOK!

The Love is in the Air world event is right around the corner, and we’re sharing the love this holiday season.

We’ve heard your feedback on the frustrations with X-45 Heartbreaker’s low drop rate and feeling the pressure of having to farm the mount by cycling through as many alts as possible every day. From now on, the first Heart-Shaped Box you receive each day across your Battle.net account will have a greatly increased chance to contain the X-45 Heartbreaker mount.

Any subsequent Heart-Shaped Boxes you earn on your characters after the first each day will drop the mount at the previous, original rate.

Love is in the Air begins on February 6 at 10:00 a.m. PST in all regions. So spritz on your favorite perfume and head to the Shadowfang Keep event dungeon to defeat Apothecary Hummel for your chance at the fantastic flying fuschia fuselage you’ve fancied far too fervently for what seems like forever.

Good luck adventurers!