Hotfixes/2020 Archive

Archive of Hotfixes from 2020
==December==
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===December 22===
;Achievements
*Resolved an issue where some players that interacted with Anima Crystal Shards in Bastion were not receiving credit towards Shard Labor.
;Auction House
*Fixed an issue where Favorited items would disappear after a sudden disconnect.
;Classes
*Death Knight
**Frost
***Heartstop Aura (PvP Talent) will no longer affect the cooldown of Gladiator's Medallion.
*Mage
**Fixed an issue with Flow of Time (conduit) (Conduit) not reducing the Shimmer (Talent) cooldown by the appropriate amount at higher item levels.
;Covenants
*Night Fae
**The enemies required for "Minions of Mueh'zala" now respawn faster.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Larion Treats can no longer be used in instances, nor can the larions aid you in instances.
*Corrupted Cloudfeathers can no longer be skinned.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**[With regional restarts] Fixed an issue where players couldn't summon party members with a Warlock portal inside Castle Nathria on Mythic difficulty.
**Artificer Xy'mox
***Resolved an issue where abilities would change their sequence if Artificer Xy'mox changes phases before casting Dimensional Tear.
***Glyph of Destruction now applies to targets that are not in line of sight.
**Lady Inerva Darkvein
***Warrior's Spell Reflect will no longer negate the Expose Desires ability.
**Council of Blood
***Fixed an issue preventing Dancing Fever from being reapplied properly on Mythic difficulty.
**Sire Denathrius
***Fixed an issue where Dusk Elegy was not correctly reducing incoming healing.
*De Other Side
**Increased the time to complete the dungeon by 2 minutes on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
*The Necrotic Wake
**The damage against enemies with Flesh Crafter's Throw Cleaver no longer increases with stacks of Bolster from the Bolstering Affix on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
*Sanguine Depths
**Executor Tarvold
***Castigate now inflicts damage every 1 second (was 0.75 seconds).
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue with Sephuz's Proclamation (Legendary Effect) granting its buff regardless of whether the crowd controlling ability was successful or not.
;Player versus Player
*Vanndar Stormpike peered across the Alterac Valley battleground and saw that his adversary's health was 20% higher than his own. Not to be outdone, Vanndar has put in the work and increased his own health by 20%.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Anima Powers
**Multiple Elethium anima powers will no longer appear in the same Anima Cell. In addition, their elemental damage and healing penalties have been reduced to -25% (was -75%).
;WoW Classic
*Rogue's Bonescythe 8-Set bonus effect is now always consumed when Hemorrhage is used.
===December 21===
;Covenants
*The weekly quests "Return Lost Souls" and "Replenish the Reservoir" will now display as a part of players' Covenant Campaigns to better highlight their importance.
*Soulbind abilities that generate loot such as Nature's Splendor (soulbind trait) (Niya Soulbind) can no longer generate loot from enemies that don't drop loot, such as summoned enemies.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Stone Legion Generals
***Anima Orbs and Massive Anima Orbs can no longer be picked up by players with Anima Injection, Anima Infection, Volatile Anima Injection or Volatile Anima Infection.
***Resolved an issue where Wicked Blade was not following the targeted players correctly on Normal difficulty.
***Stone Legion Skirmisher's now cast Wicked Slaughter every 10 seconds on Mythic difficulty (was 8 seconds).
***Stone Legion Commando's Volatile Stone Shell absorb shield has been reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
*Plaguefall
**Fungalmancer's Binding Fungus can now be interrupted and has a cast time of 3 seconds (was 6 seconds).
**Fen Hatchling's Clinging Infestation damage reduced by 50% per stack.
**Fungi Stormer's Fungistorm damage reduced by 20%.
**Brood Ambusher's Enveloping Webbing can now be interrupted.
**Globgrog
***Health reduced by 10% on all difficulties.
***Reduced the health of Slimy Smorgasbord by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
*Spires of Ascension
**Forsworn Goliath health reduced by 25%.
**Kyrian Dark-Praetor health reduced by 30%.
**Etherdiver no longer use the Maw-Touched Spittle ability.
**Forsworn Helion no longer use the Crescendo ability.
**The Intimidated and Oppression debuffs are removed more quickly after the casting Lieutenant (Klotos, Lakesis or Astronos) has been defeated.
*The Necrotic Wake
**Amarth
***Tortured Echoes now expires after 30 seconds (was permanent), and its damage has been increased by 100% on Mythic difficulty.
*Theater of Pain
**Kul'tharok
***Grasping Hands now correctly appears at two locations.
***Fixed an issue that sometimes caused only one soul to become bound by Grasping Hands while two players stood at the spectral hands' location.
**Mordretha, the Endless Empress
***Echoes of Carnage periodic damage reduced by 50% on Mythic difficulty.
***Dark Devastation cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 1.5 seconds) and increased the size of the casting visual effect to be more noticeable.
***Ghostly Charge cast time increased to 3.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
;Items and Rewards
*The Battle for Azeroth mission "Present Yourself" now awards the correct version of Stolen Present.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Anima Powers
**Death Knight
***[With regional restarts] New Anima Power: Hungerstone – Death Strike heals for an additional 10% of your maximum health over 5 seconds. Can be obtained 3 times.
***[With regional restarts] Blightstone has been redesigned – Now increases the damage of your Blood Plague, Frost Fever, and Virulent Plague by 15%. Can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Creeping Decay (anima power) now also reduces the damage enemies deal to you while inside Death and Decay (death knight ability) by 10%. Can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Necromantic Bile has been redesigned – Now increases the damage of your Heart Strike, Obliterate, and Scourge Strike by 15%. Can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Skull Bloomer damage increased to 75% (was 50%) and now also increases the damage of Frost Strike and Death Strike. Can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Blood-tinged Poker now also increases the damage of Sacrificial Pact by 300%.
***[With regional restarts] Slick Ice (anima power) has been removed.
**Monk
***[With regional restarts] Maw-Darkened Slippers damage increased by 20% and now only deals damage when Rolling (was jumping and Rolling).
***[With regional restarts] Dowsing Rod (anima power) has been redesigned – Standing in your Faeline Stomp (Covenant ability) reduces the damage you and your allies take by 10%, but Faeline Stomp's length is reduced.
***[With regional restarts] Ever-tumbling Stone has been redesigned – When you activate this power, and whenever you change floors in Torghast, Roll (monk ability) grants immunity to all damage for 1 second per yard traveled.
===December 18===
;Achievements
*While Anduin Wrynn and Baine Bloodhoof are somewhere in the Shadowlands, their criteria has been removed from the BB King Feast of Winter Veil achievement.
;Adventures
*Forest Shriekers now correctly display as melee.
;Classes
*Mage
**Arcane
***Touch of the Magi will no longer replicate increased damage taken bonuses from the target.
*Priest
**Discipline
***Clarity of Mind (Legendary Effect) while talented into Spirit Shell will now properly extend Atonement while other Discipline Priests are present in the group.
***Clarity of Mind (Legendary Effect) while talented into Spirit Shell will now extend Atonements that were applied right before casting Spirit Shell.
**Holy
***Cardinal Mending's (PvP Talent) healing on pets and NPCs can no longer exceed the caster's maximum health.
*Warlock
**Affliction
***Focused Malignancy (conduit) (Conduit) will now provide its damage increase when selecting the Rampant Afflictions talent.
;Covenants
*Kyrian
**Fixed an issue where characters who swapped to the Kyrian Covenant would be told to complete the quest "A Calling in Bastion," but be unable to complete the quest.
**Fixed an issue where Xandria could phase out while on the :Kyrian Campaign quest "A Perilous Journey" while she still offered a Calling quest.
**Fixed an issue where Kyrian players who disconnected, summoned, or otherwise left the vehicle during the quest "Fight and Flight (Kyrian)" would not be placed near Xandria and may be unable to interact with her.
*Night Fae
**Soulbound Spectre's now deal appropriate damage and absorption during the quest "Cleansing the Forest."
**Fixed an issue where a small number of players were unable to see Featherlight for the quests "Break a Leg", "The Fourth Wall, er, War", and "What's My Motivation?"
*Venthyr
**Stock: Appetizers now unlocks when reaching Friendly with the Ember Court. This upgrade grants you an additional 2 minutes in the Ember Court once you complete the quest chain that starts from Picky Stefan, your refreshment coordinator.
***Developers' note: While we are seeing people successfully making their guests happy, we want to give players a little more time to explore and try new guest combinations to help them prepare for when they unlock 3 guests in a few weeks.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Corrected an issue that could cause players to have reduced combat bonuses against level 40 and lower enemies (notably legacy raid and dungeon content) when leveling past 50.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Huntsman Altimor
***Fixed an issue that caused Huntsman Altimor to not be afflicted with Broken Bond after Hecutis was defeated.
**Sun King's Salvation
***Smoldering Remnants now wait 1.5 seconds before starting to inflict damage on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Reduced the damage of Smoldering Remnants by 10% on Normal difficulty.
**Council of Blood
***Fixed an issue that would prevent Veteran Stoneguard from being attackable during Danse Macabre.
**Stone Legion Generals
***Anima Infusion, Anima Infection, Volatile Anima Infusion, and Volatile Anima Infection can no longer be removed by immunities.
***Fixed issue that caused Wicked Blade to sometimes hit moving players twice.
***Fixed issue sometimes causing 2 Wicked Blades to be launched simultaneously.
*Mythic Keystone Dungeons
**Holy Priests will now have their deaths count against the dungeon timer.
*Spires of Ascension
**Fixed an issue preventing certain charge abilities from working on Forsworn Justicar.
**Kin-Tara
***Overhead Slash now only strikes her primary target and its damage has been reduced by 40%. The tooltip will be updated in a future patch.
***Increased the distance at which melee characters can attack Kin-Tara.
*Theater of Pain
**Adjusted Blighted Sludge-Spewers visual effects to easily distinguish them from Disgusting Refuse.
;Items and Rewards
*The Great Vault's Stygia reward is now more detailed about how much Stygia it provides.
*Corrected an issue that caused some item levels on rewards granted from World Quests to not keep pace with character progress correctly.
*The "Glowing Gift" trinket claimed from defeating the Greench should now scale to a more appropriate item level.
*Momentum Redistributor Boots has had its damage capped at 20% of the player's health. It has also been given a 5 minute cooldown.
;Player versus Player
*Battlegrounds
**[With regional restarts] Level 60 non-player enemies in Alterac Valley should now be appropriately powerful and dangerous.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue where "Field Seance" couldn't be accepted while in a group.
*Ardenweald
**Fixed an issue where defeating Thulsketha the Binder would not provide credit for the quest "A Swift Intervention."
**Players can now complete "Witch's Satchel" while "Terrors in Tirna Scithe" World Quest is active.
*Bastion
**Players on or eligible for the Bastion quest "Fruit of the Gods" can now see Elios in Hero's Rest.
*Threads of Fate
**The quests "Bolstering Bastion", "Rallying Maldraxxus", "Support the Court", and "Reinforcing Revendreth" will now be pushed to players in Threads of Fate mode who enter the appropriate corresponding level-up dungeon.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Fixed an issue that could prevent the respawn of feeding rituals during the Shadehounds Hunt to not respawn.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Refuge of the Damned and Shrouded buffs now have a stealth visual effect.
*Empowered Imperial Consular's Shadow Bolt Volley damage decreased by 40%.
*The starting Anima Cell can now be reset after clearing the first floor (was after killing the final boss on the layer).
*Anima Powers
**Death Knight
***Twisted Hellchoker is no longer strong enough to charm The Tarragrue.
**Monk
***Resolved an issue that prevented Stroke of Elegance from reducing the cooldown of Celestial Brew.
===December 17===
;Achievements
*Fixed an issue where Hunting Party (achievement) credit was not earned after the Hunt scenario was completed.
;Classes
*Mage
**Shifting Power (covenant ability)'s (Night Fae Ability) visual effects now appear much smaller for friendly players.
*Monk
**Resolved an issue that caused Clouded Focus (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) to provide its bonus while Soothing Mist is not active.
**Bonedust Brew (Covenant ability) (Necrolord Ability) will no longer deal greatly increased damage against enemies that take increased damage.
*Priest
**Thoughtsteal (PvP Talent) no longer plays a misleading error sound when trying to cast the stolen spell.
**Divine Ascension (PvP Talent) is now considered a Holy spell.
**Shadow
***Unfurling Darkness (Talent) will no longer display on raid frames.
*Shaman
**Restoration'''
***Corrected an issue where some raid encounter abilities were incorrectly triggering the bonus mana restoration of Water Shield.
;Covenants
*Kyrian
**Fixed an issue where some players who swapped to the Kyrian covenant would be unable to interact with Haephus for the quest "It's All Coming Together."
**Players who have left the Kyrian Covenant should no longer be able to loot Path of Ascension crafting materials.
*Venthyr
**Glenzu will be more careful to make his Glenzu Original only available to the person that paid him for it during the quest "Ember Court: Mortal Reminders."
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Council of Blood
***Dutiful Attendants should no longer become stuck evading.
*Mythic Keystone Dungeons
**Level 10 Keystone end-of-run chest items have returned back to item level 203.
**Fixed an issue where the Bursting Affix was not inflicting an appropriate amount of damage for Shadowlands Mythic dungeons.
**Fixed an issue that caused the Storming Affix to inflict more damage than intended.
**Theater of Pain
***Xav the Unfallen
****Resolved an issue that prevented players targeted by Blood and Glory from landing in the dueling arena.
*Mists of Tirna Scithe
**Mistveil Nightblossom now casts Triple Bite less often and its poison duration has been lowered.
*Plaguefall
**Margrave Stradama
***Plague Crash tentacles now hit a wider area, and their placement has been adjusted accordingly.
*The Necrotic Wake
**Abominations will now only cast Tenderize and Mutilate on their current target.
***Tenderize now increases Physical damage taken by 12% per stack (was 15%).
***Mutilate damage reduced by 15%.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue that prevented the Infinitely Divisible Ooze trinket from scaling with some player stats.
*Periodic heals present prior to Consumptive Infusion's effect triggering will no longer consume the trinket's effect.
;Quests
*Ardenweald
**The point of interest indicator for "Kivarr's Den" should now be easier to see on the map.
*Maldraxxus
**The point of interest indicators for "Fight and Flight (Necrolord)" should now be easier to see on the map.
*Battle for Azeroth
**The quests "An Unwelcome Advisor" and "Return of the Black Prince" should now be automatically provided to eligible players in Boralus Harbor and Zuldazar.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Quests with a weekly reset in The Maw no longer erroneously claim to be daily quests in the quest log and are now displayed with a yellow quest icon.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*For all classes, major cooldowns will now reset when you transition to a new floor.
**Developers' note: This functionality should mirror the way cooldowns reset at the end of a raid encounter, or when starting a Mythic Keystone dungeon, affecting most abilities with a cooldown of 3 minutes or longer.
*Health and damage of all creatures in Torghast reduced by 6% at Layer 1, increasing to 26% at Layer 8.
**Developers' note: The net effect should be that Layer 8 is now roughly as difficult as Layer 6 was prior to this change, with other Layers' difficulty is reduced proportionally.
*Health of all creatures reduced for players in groups by up to 25%.
*Damage of all creatures reduced for 4- and 5-player groups by up to 20%.
*The Jailer's Directive in the Upper Reaches now increases health by 10% (was 50%).
*Some friendly NPCs in Torghast can no longer be found using /target or similar macros.
*Anima Powers
**The starting Anima Cell in Torghast now offers a stronger selection of Anima powers.
**Anima Cells dropped by rare creatures within Torghast now always have at least 3 choices to choose from.
**The chance for an Anima Cell to drop from a creature on any given floor has been increased.
**Unnatural Power no longer provides immunity to crowd controlling effects at 10 stacks.
**Rogue
***Corrected an issue where the Terror-laden Slumbersand was incorrectly breaking the Sap effect from enemies.
*Bosses
**Elder Longbranch's Bounty of the Forest cast time increased to 4 seconds (was 2 seconds), time between casts increased to 45 seconds (was 30 seconds), and Hardened Shell now only requires 6 attacks or skills to remove (was 9 attacks).
**Decayspeaker's Hardened Shell now only requires 6 attacks or skills to remove (was 9 attacks).
*Enemies
**Massive Crusher's Armor Plating cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 1 second) and can be interrupted and/or dispelled. Recast time increased to 16 seconds (was 8 seconds).
**Tower Sentinel's Oppressive Aura haste reduction and slow now scales up to 10% (was 25%).
**Deadsoul Chorus's Death Blast now reduces healing received by 15% and stacks 5 times (was 25% and stacks 4 times).
**Skeletal Remains and Lumbering Creation's Bone Shrapnel now marks the ground and then explodes after 2 seconds, giving players time to move away (was instant).
**Deadsoul Stalker now fades away after 15 melee attacks (was 7) and remains hidden for 15 seconds (was 30 seconds).
**Deadsoul Devil now reincarnates with 15% health remaining (was at 40% health).
*Torments
**Fracturing Forces and Eye of Skoldus now begin their timer when you leave combat.
**Fracturing Forces and Eye of Skoldus enemies have had their health and damage reduced by 50%.
**Fracturing Forces and Eye of Skoldus now increase assassin health by 5% per stack (was 10%).
;WoW Classic
*Wielders of the Corrupted Ashbringer will once again hear the whispers of Alexandros Mograine...
===December 16===
;Achievements
*Baine can now be targeted by snowballs in Oribos for the Scrooge (Horde) achievement. Happy Winter's Veil!
;Adventures
*While progressing through the Adventures campaign, certain Maw Adventures now have fixed difficulty and availability.
;Classes
*Warlock
**Affliction
***Unstable Affliction's damage is now increased by Shadow Embrace and Haunt (warlock talent) (Talent).
;Covenants
*Fixed an issue where training dummies in covenant sanctums would keep players in combat for too long.
*Kyrian
**Fixed an issue where Alexandros Mograine could fail to appear during the Kyrian Campaign quest "An Expected Visitor."
*Night Fae
**A cinematic now plays when earning Dreamweaver as a Soulbind.
**Fixed an issue where Night Fae players who abandon the quest "The Garden of Night" would be unable to see Qadarin to accept it again.
**Fixed an issue during the Night Fae campaign quest "Broken Webs" where Qadarin would not be near the player after relogging.
**Fixed an issue where Qadarin would be unavailable to turn in the Night Fae quest "Spriggan Snares" if players had turned in "A Little Pruning" and "Broken Webs" first.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Oranomonos the Everbranching's Dirge of the Fallen Sanctum ability no longer hits players who are not in combat with it.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Lady Inerva Darkvein
***Fixed an issue that prevented the UI Widget from displaying how many Anima Containers are open.
**Sludgefist
***Fixed an issue where Chain Slam would sometimes hit players twice.
***Fixed an issue where Giant Fists would sometimes not hit the closest player to Sludgefist's melee target.
**Sire Denathrius
***Fixed an issue where Druids could cancel their shapeshift forms to escape the reduced movement speed effect from March of the Penitent.
*Plaguefall
**Fixed an issue where Plaguebound Devoted could sometimes fail to contribute to the Enemy Forces requirements on Mythic Keystone difficulty
*Sanguine Depths
**General Kaal
***Fixed an issue where Piercing Blur images could turn and dash in an unintended direction.
;Items and Rewards
*Puremind Piercer now has appropriate secondary stats.
*Increased the healing from Heavy Shrouded Cloth Bandage and Shrouded Cloth Bandage.
*Fixed an issue that was causing the Decanter of Anima-Charged Winds trinket from hitting physically large enemies.
*The Unbound Changeling trinket now triggers more reliably.
*Players can now change the stats of Unbound Changeling as many times as they like, but they still have one chance per day to get the all stats transformation.
;Quests
*"The Great Vault (Shadowlands)" quest can now be completed while in a raid group.
*The quest "Lead the Way" will no longer become blocked by members of the opposite faction.
*Fixed an issue where progress would not display for the quest "Observing Arenas."
*Skaggldrynk can once again be used by players in Vault of the Wardens to complete the quest "Vault of the Wardens: Demon's Bile", regardless of their level.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Adjusted the per-player health scaling on Soulsteel Colossus to bring his overall combat duration down to a reasonable level.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Corrected an issue that could cause actors in a flashback scene triggered by returning the Runecarver's memories to fail to display correctly.
*Empowered enemies at the end of a floor now have more delay in between their basic magic damage spells.
*Reduced the amount of damage some area of effect spells were doing to party sizes greater than 1.
*Reduced the maximum number of targets a Deadsoul Echo can fire Discordant Barrage at.
*Reduced the visual clutter intensity of Discordant Barrage.
*Goxul the Devourer
**Time between casts of Mass Devour increased to 36 seconds (was 18 seconds).
**Health and damage reduced by 10%.
;World Quests
*The Tea Tales series of World Quests in Revendreth should now correctly continue to appear for players who have completed all 4 characters' tales. Theotar apologizes profusely for his inadvertent rudeness in neglecting your previous invitations.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed an issue that caused the Cryptstalker 4-Set bonus effect to sometimes place the Hunter back in combat after using Feign Death.
*Warlock's Plagueheart 4-Set bonus effect now properly affects Corruption damage.
*Mage's Enigma 5-Set bonus effect now activates when Arcane Missiles are resisted.
*Mage's Enigma 3-Set bonus effect now always functions while talented into Arcane Concentration.
===December 15===
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**Unnatural Malice (conduit) (Night Fae Conduit) has its effect reduced by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
**Chaos Strike (Rank 3) now correctly affects Annihilation.
**Corrected an issue where the main hand portion of Chaos Strike was dealing too little damage.
**Vengeance
***Fixed an issue preventing Vengeance Demon Hunters from casting Elysian Decree (Covenant ability) (Kyrian ability) outside of the Shadowlands when talented into Concentrated Sigils.
*Druid
**Kindred Spirits (druid ability) (Kyrian Ability) added damage will no longer incorrectly remove Spell Reflection from the target.
**Casting Convoke the Spirits (Covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability) while under the effects of Mass Invisibility will now cause Mass Invisibility to drop.
**Convoke the Spirits (Night Fae Ability) will no longer target totems.
**Starfall no longer damages a target that was crowd controlled immediately before the star lands.
**Frenzied Regeneration provided with Guardian Affinity (Talent) is no longer incorrectly put on cooldown when Heart of the Wild (Talent) ends.
**Dash (druid ability) no longer incorrectly removes Stampeding Roar.
**Balance
***Twin Moons (Talent) will no longer cast the second Moonfire at totems.
***Zandalari Trolls will no longer display a duplicate visual effect when casting Celestial Alignment.
*Priest
**Divine Image (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) will no longer cause other pets and guardians such as your Steward to attempt to cast spells.
;Covenants
*Kyrian
**Fixed an issue where some quests in the Kyrian Covenant Campaign chapter "Among the Kyrian" would display as incomplete for players who joined the Kyrian from another covenant and did not do certain optional quests. Players in this state should visit Oribos to have their status updated.
**Fixed an issue where players who disconnect during the Kyrian Campaign quests "Aerial Advantage (Kyrian)" and "Trouble on the Western Front (Kyrian)" would fall to their deaths on login.
**Fixed an issue where players who disconnect during the Kyrian Campaign quest "Stronger Together" would be unable to reach the Zerekriss.
**Fixed an issue where players could not get back to the Zerekriss to accept the Kyrian Campaign quest "Fight and Flight (Kyrian)" if they left the area.
**Fixed an issue where voice over narrations would overlap with a nearby World Quest during the Kyrian Covenant Campaign quest "Stronger Together."
*Necrolord
**Fixed an issue where players who changed covenants to join the Necrolords could be unable to turn in certain quests to Draka.
*Night Fae
**Fixed an issue during the :Night Fae Campaign in the "Night Warrior's Curse" chapter where players would be unable to accept both "Broken Webs" after accepting "A Little Pruning" from Qadarin.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Huntsman Altimor
***Increased the distance of Spreadshot on all difficulties.
**Artificer Xy'mox
***Resolved an issue in which Artificer Xy'mox's door may remain closed during a soft reset scenario.
**Council of Blood
***Fixed an issue where Danse Macabre's spotlight visual effect would sometimes not appear.
**Sludgefist
***Fixed an issue where Sludgefist's Giant Fists were not hitting the secondary target for the correct amount of damage.
***Sludgefist's melee attack damage has been decreased by 18% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
**Stone Legion Generals
***Ravenous Feast no longer targets players afflicted with Wicked Mark unless there are no other options.
***Wicked Blade no longer targets players stunned by Ravenous Feast unless there are no other options.
*Halls of Atonement
**Inquisitor Sigar has earned more experience from all the Tormented Souls he communed with and is now level 61 (was level 60).
*Plaguefall
**Venomous Snipers no longer have the Venompiercer ability.
***Developers' note: This change was targeted at lowering the complexity and difficulty of the mechanics near Domina Venomblade's platform, particularly for melee roles.
*Spires of Ascension
**Fixed an issue where players could fail to force Devos back down out of her air phase when she's flying on the far left or right.
**Fixed an issue where players could cause Devos to enter combat before Oryphrion is defeated.
**Ventunax
***Shadowhirls now provide additional warning before activating during the encounter.
;Items and Rewards
*Max-level vendor water and Mage conjured Mana Buns ramp up mana regeneration faster so they're consistent with other types of max-level water.
*The Raw Dream Silk will no longer be hidden if the Ardenweald World Quest "Spriggan Riot" is active.
*Fixed an issue which allowed Charm of Eternal Winter's mind control effect to work on shapeshifted Druids.
*Increased the Physical damage from the Viscera of Coalesced Hatred trinket by 43%.
;Player versus Player
*Battle for Azeroth Assaults no longer award Conquest.
;Quests
*Resolved an issue where the stairway to complete the quest "Sustain, In Vain" was blocked off.
*Reduced Entropic Cascade's visual effects during the Lightforged Draenei Allied Race quest "The Lightforged."
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*If you return to life in Torghast, the enemies that previously caused your demise will let you take the first swing before attacking you.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed an issue that caused the Crystalline Tear required for the quest "Long Forgotten Memories" to sometimes become unresponsive after a player previously on the quest did not complete the quest event correctly.
===December 14===
;Classes
*Death Knight
**Unholy
***[With regional restarts] Mastery: Dreadblade effectiveness reduced by 20%.
*Druid
**[With regional restarts] Balance of All Things (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) now causes Eclipse to increase your critical strike chance with Arcane or Nature spells by 40%, decreasing by 8% every 1 second (was 50% crit, decreasing by 10% per second).
**Balance
***[With regional restarts] Starfall damage reduced by 6%.
*Hunter
**Marksmanship
***[With regional restarts] The damage of Aimed Shot has been reduced by 5%.
***[With regional restarts] The damage of Arcane Shot has been reduced by 5%.
*Mage
**[With regional restarts] Arcane Harmony (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) now gains up to 10 stacks in PvP (was 15).
*Monk
**Faeline Stomp (Covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability) now correctly fades from view for friendly players other than the casting Monk.
**Mistweaver
***Resolved an issue that could cause Summon Jade Serpent Statue (Talent) from casting Soothing Mist.
*Rogue
**[With regional restarts] Reverberation (conduit) (Kyrian Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
**[With regional restarts] Echoing Reprimand (Covenant ability) (Kyrian Ability) initial damage reduced by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
**Assassination
***[With regional restarts] Nightstalker (Talent) increases damage dealt while Stealth is active by 25% (was 50%).
**Subtlety
***[With regional restarts] Cold Blood (rogue PvP talent) (PvP Talent) damage is now properly reduced by effects such as Versatility.
***[With regional restarts] Nightstalker (Talent) increases damage dealt while Stealth or Shadow Dance is active by 8% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 12%).
***[With regional restarts] Shadow Blades now deals an additional 30% damage against enemy players (was 40%).
*Shaman
**Elemental
***Echoes of Great Sundering (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) buff duration increased to 25 seconds (was 15 seconds).
;Covenants
*Kyrian
**[With regional restarts] Combat Meditation (Pelagos Soulbind) Mastery value reduced by 50% in PvP and duration increased by 50% in PvP.
**[With regional restarts] Nemea has finished rearing a new generation of larions who have taken up residence in areas near Elysian Hold in Bastion to provide flight to and from the hold for Kyrian Covenant members.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Sun King's Salvation
***Fixed an issue where the encounter would sometimes not complete correctly.
**Sire Denathrius
***Fixed an issue where Remornia's Massacre ability had a very small chance to fail.
*De Other Side
**Improved the readability on Skeletal Warlord's Undying Rage.
**Decreased the size of the Enraged Spirit's Enraged Mask, the gameplay remains the same.
**Added a visual effect for Night Fae players to denote the radius of the Haunted Urn.
**Mueh'zala
***Resolved an issue where Mojo Infusion was being affected by a player's Haste when freeing Bwonsamdi from Primeval Grasp.
*Sanguine Depths
**General Kaal
***Fixed an issue where the door to her platform could become stuck and lock players out after a wipe.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue which caused the Force Multiplier weapon enchant to increase in power as a player's level increased from 50 to 60. This enchant's strength is now correctly capped at level 50.
*Fixed an issue that caused some players who didn't join the Venthyr covenant to receive Ember Court items from the Revendreth Calling tribute, Favor of the Court.
*Increased the visibility of the posed Venthyr dancers created from Macabre Sheet Music.
;Player versus Player
*[With regional restarts] Battle for Azeroth Call to Arms quests award reduced Honor.
*Due to the relatively increased pace of PvP combat in Shadowlands, Dampening will no longer begin at 20% in 2v2 Arena. Dampening is applied immediately in 2v2 and after 5 minutes in 3v3.
;Quests
*Threads of Fate
**Fixed an issue where the turn-in marker for the quest "Support the Court" would be in the wrong location for Night Fae players who completed the quest at level 60.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*The Lingering Cloak of Ve'nari buff has been limited to War Mode only.
*Altered the visuals attached to Lingering Cloak of Ve'nari and Edict of the Eternal Ones to make them less overwhelming when they are active.
*Resolved an issue where Hunts could sometimes not progress to the next stage.
*Fixed an issue where players were being redirected to a far graveyard when releasing their spirit within Perdition Hold.
*The sounds associated with entering The Maw from Oribos are now an optional experience.
*[With regional restarts] Particularly puny creatures in the Maw no longer drop Stygia.
*[With regional restarts] Elite creatures in the Maw now drop additional Stygia.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*[With regional restarts] Enemy health increased for healer specializations and enemy physical damage increased for tank specializations. These changes are targeted towards solo players and have a reduced effect while in a group.
*[With regional restarts] Enemy health and damage increased on floors 2, 4, and 5.
*[With regional restarts] Dark Ascended Corrus, Warden Skoldus, and Cellblock Sentinel received minor ability adjustments and health tuning to bring them more in line with other bosses.
*Anima Powers
**Corrected an issue where a player with Orb of Replenishment could have more than 6 healing orbs out at a time.
**Venthyr
***[With regional restarts] Murmuring Shawl now causes Door of Shadows to increase your chance to dodge by 40% (was 20%) for 20 seconds (was 15 seconds). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
**Night Fae
***[With regional restarts] Clinging Fog now causes Flicker to reduce the movement speed of enemies by 70% (was 30%). Obtainable 1 time (was 3) and it will appear as a choice slightly less often.
**Druid
***[With regional restarts] String of Fangs and Talons can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Steelwood Slab can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Writings of Lycara gives 140 of a secondary stat (was 43). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Bottle of Moonshine can be obtained 2 times (was 1).
***Draught of Midnight Blazes now properly grants its damage and healing increase while Moonfire is active on 3 targets.
**Hunter
***[With regional restarts] Amplifying Mirror increases your Misdirection's target damage by 50% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Necrotic Venom damage increased to 50% (was 30%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Euphoria Emblem reduces Exhilaration's cooldown by 30 seconds (was 20 seconds). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Bone Barbs increases Kill Shot damage by 100% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 1).
***[With regional restarts] Piercing Scope increases damage taken to Hunter's Mark target by 15% (was 10%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Neural Pet Enhancer pet damage while under the effects of Eyes of the Beast increased to 500% (was 200%). Obtainable 1 time (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Cadaverous Cleats damage reduction now also applies to your pets. The tooltip will be updated in a future patch.
**Mage
***[With regional restarts] Constellation Shield damage reduction increased to 20% (was 15%). Obtainable 3 times (was 4).
***[With regional restarts] Resolute Medallion absorb amount increased to 70% (was 40%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Runecloth Wrappings damage increased when casting Arcane Blast, Fireball, and Frostbolt while Invisible reduced to 500% (was 2000%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Pandemonium Lens no longer increases the radius of Flamestrike, Blizzard, and Arcane Explosion. Now increases the damage of Flamestrike, Blizzard, and Arcane Explosion by 15%. Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Seeker's Scroll now always increases the damage of your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Arcane Blast (was only your next cast). Fireball, Frostbolt, and Arcane Blast damage per stack reduced to 2% (was 10%). Stacks 100 times. Obtainable 1 time (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Everwarm Socks now also heals 60% of your maximum health over Ice Block's duration.
**Paladin
***[With regional restarts] Ancient Writ of Order can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Blood Beacon can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Shattered Gauntlet can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Defiled Prayer Beads now correctly affects Blessing of Seasons. Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Radiant Essence increases Forbearance damage dealt by 15% (was 25%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Ember of the Carillon can be obtained 2 times (was 4).
***[With regional restarts] Hallowed Candle now deals 30% increased damage or healing from Ashen Hallow (was 50%).
***[With regional restarts] Golden Plume increases the effects of Avenging Wrath by 60% (was 100%).
**Priest
***[With regional restarts] Mask of Sheer Terror damage required to break Psychic Scream increased to 400% (was 300%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Painwheel now also causes Shadow Word: Pain to deal 25% increased damage. Obtainable 5 times (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Vandal's Zeal has been redesigned and now gives you 1% Mind Blast and Holy Fire damage per Phylactery destroyed, up to a maximum of 40%. Obtainable 1 time.
***[With regional restarts] Enemies affected by Pandemonium now run away much slower.
***[With regional restarts] Soul Sapper causes Power Infusion's cooldown to recover 200% faster (was 100%).
***[With regional restarts] Fragments of Obscurity now always causes Fade to grant freedom from movement reduction abilities and provides 40% increased movement speed (was prevent movement speed from being reduced below 80%). Additional stacks of this power only reduce the cooldown of Fade further.
**Rogue
***Resolved an issue where Draped Prism Shawl's effect didn't increase when obtaining multiples of this anima power.
**Shaman
***[With regional restarts] Wailing Winds reduces the cooldown of Wind Shear by 4 seconds (was 3 seconds Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Deadened Earth reduces the cooldown of Earth Elemental by 40% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 4).
***[With regional restarts] Storm Conduit increases Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage by 50% (was 30%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Essence of the Ancestors now grants an additional 15% Haste to Bloodlust (was 10%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Elemental Core now requires 20 stacks to reduce the cooldown of Lava Burst or Stormstrike by 50% (was 50 stacks) and the increased damage per stack is now 3% (was 1%).
***[With regional restarts] Leeching Lilypad damage increased by 50%. Obtainable 1 time (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Flames of the Cauldron (anima power) now causes Flame Shock's damage over time effect to happen 40% more frequently (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Tsunami Relic increases healing spelling cast speed by 50% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Fixed an issue where Deathseer's Satchel would not drop a Liquid Magma Totem.
**Warlock
***[With regional restarts] Blood-Stained Dagger pet damage reduction increased to 35% (was 10%). Obtainable 1 time (was 3).
***[With regional restarts] Claw of Endereth drains health 25% faster (was 10%). Obtainable 2 times (was 7).
***[With regional restarts] Hellfire Pact increases summoned demons' damage by 50% (was 25%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Pact of Thickness primary summoned demons health increased to 50% (was 25%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Thirsting Chain increases Drain Life healing by 40% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 10).
***[With regional restarts] Warlock's Bargain has been redesigned and now grants the Warlock 20% Haste at the cost of 10% of the Warlock's health.
***[With regional restarts] Dissolving Vial now also makes Corruption instant for Demonology and Destruction Warlocks. For all three Warlock specializations, it now also increases Corruption's damage by 100%.
**Warrior
***[With regional restarts] Bloodstained Whetstone increases the damage of Whirlwind and Thunder Clap by 50% (was 30%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Champion's Decree increases the damage of next Revenge or Slam by 50% (was 20%). Effect stacks up to 40 (was 100). Obtainable 3 times (was 5). This power will appear as a choice slightly less often.
***[With regional restarts] Succulent Carpaccio can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Soulwrought Studs can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Resonant Throatbands increases damage taken by 30% (was 20%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Zovaal's Warbanner increases the duration of major cooldowns by 60% (was 40%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
***[With regional restarts] Scratched Knife increases the damage of the first Shattering Throw on each floor by 4000% (was 10000%). No longer works against bosses.
*Warlock
**Demonology
***[With regional restarts] The bonus damage from Demonic Consumption (Talent) will now only apply to a single Demonic Tyrant when summoned in Torghast, rather than all Demonic Tyrants.
;World Quests
*Fixed an issue where ordering Gatamatos to search an area would fail to break stealth during the Bastion World Quest "Training Regimen."
;WoW Classic
*Spirit of Redemption no longer counts as two deaths on the battlegrounds scoreboard.
===December 11===
;Achievements 
*Players that die during the Stone Legion Generals encounter in Castle Nathria will now properly earn the Feed Me, Seymour! achievement with the rest of their raid.
;Classes
*Tank Specializations
**[With regional restarts] Threat generation for all Tanks increased by 10%.
*Death Knight
**Blood
***​[With regional restarts] Blood Boil damage increased by 10%.
***[With regional restarts] Heart Strike damage increased by 15%.
***[With regional restarts] Marrowrend damage increased by 10%.
***[With regional restarts] Death Strike damage increased by 5%.
**Unholy
***[With regional restarts] Mastery: Dreadblade effectiveness reduced by 15%
*Demon Hunter
**Havoc
***[With regional restarts] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
*Rogue
**Assassination
***[With regional restarts] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
*Shaman
**Restoration
***[With regional restarts] All healing abilities reduced by 4%.
***[With regional restarts] Healing Rain reduced by an additional 10%.
*Warlock
**Destruction
***[With regional restarts] Chaos Bolt damage increased by 22%.
*Warrior
**Arms
***[With regional restarts] Mortal Strike damage increased by 20%. Damage reduced by an equivalent amount in PvP.
***[With regional restarts] Slam (Rank 3) now increases Slam's damage by 50% (was 25%).
**Fury
***[With regional restarts] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
;Covenants
*Kyrian
**Captured Forgehands should be more reliable during the quest "Stewards of a Feather."
**Fixed an issue where Sika could despawn during the Kyrian Covenant Campaign chapter "Phaestus, Genesis of Aeons."
*Venthyr
**Fixed an issue where if players disconnected while attempting to enter the Ember Court scenario, they would be unable to re-enter for the week.
;Creatures and NPCs
*NPCs who comment on your choice of covenant will now do so less frequently.
*Resolved an issue where Sanngror the Torturer would sometimes become stuck.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**[With regional restarts] Fixed a bug that caused additional loot to unintentionally drop from bosses on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
**Resolved an issue that prevented many of the non-boss NPCs in Castle Nathria from scaling their health and damage as raid size increased. Non-boss NPCs base health before scaling has been reduced by 10%.
**Huntsman Altimor
***Resolved an issue where players may not be able to enter Huntsman Altimor's area after completing the Artificer Xy'mox or Sun King's Salvation encounters.
**Sun King's Salvation
***Increased the healing done by Infuser's Boon to 200% per stack on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 50%).
***Reduced the max stack count of Infuser's Boon to 5 on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 10).
***Essence Overflow now heals Kael'thas Sunstrider for 1.5% of his maximum health on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 1%).
**Sludgefist
***Stonequake's ground visual effect has been updated to be more noticeable.
***Screen effect for players standing in Stonequake has been changed.
***Occurrences of Falling Rubble over the duration of the encounter reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
***The number of players affected by Chain Link has been lowered and no longer scales with the number of pillars destroyed on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Sludgefist's health reduced by 12% on Normal difficulty.
**Sire Denathrius
***Warlock's Corruption will no longer be removed from enemies when using the teleporters.
;Items and Rewards
*[With daily resets] The percentage based trigger effects from Eternal Palace weapons Diver's Folly, Dream's End, and Orgozoa's Paralytic Barb no longer function for players above level 50.
*Sanguifang's Pulsating Canine damage has been reduced and can no longer be used against enemy players.
*Shadowghast Ingot can now be placed in Mining bags.
*Consumptive Infusion trinket is now also triggered by damaging abilities, allowing Mistweaver abilities such as Rising Sun Kick to trigger it.
*Fixed an issue that caused the Soul Igniter trinket to not allow the use of another on-use trinket.
*Eternal Stats and Sacred Stats chest enchant tooltips now correctly reflects that they affect the primary stat and not all stats.
;Quests
*Players who are unable to complete "The Sweetest Tribute" due to a Ripe Purian already showing up in the tribute tray should abandon the quest and then talk to Elios to restart it.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Resolved an issue where enemies afflicted with the Blinding Smoke Capsule debuff would engage in combat with the player if they got too close but not attack them.
*Minions of Torghast should be less likely to hit players with volley type abilities that they are not in combat with.
*Torments
**Eye of Skoldus and Fracturing Forces no longer spawn assassins on boss floors.
**Breath of Coldheart health bonus per stack lowered to 3% maximum health (was 5%).
*Anima Powers
**Resonant Mawfang damage reduced to 2% of target's maximum health (was 10%).
**Frostchipper damage reduced to 5% of the target's current health (was 20%).
**The buffs provided by Dark Fortress and Fallen Armaments now stack to 5 (was 10).
;World Quests
*Demonology Warlocks and Beast Mastery Hunters will now receive kyrian aid during the Bastion World Quest "Air Supremacy."
;WoW Companion App
*Fixed issue where some players on iPhone 11 and 12 could not access Guilds & Communities.
*Various bug fixes and improvements on iOS. All users will need to reset their settings.
===December 10===
;Classes
*Death Knight
**Unholy
***Fixed an issue where Withering Ground (Night Fae Conduit) would not grant bonus damage with Defile (Talent).
*Druid
**General
***Oath of the Elder Druid (Legendary Effect) will no longer incorrectly activate from shifting into Mount Form during combat.
**Restoration
***Vision of Unending Growth (Legendary Effect) will no longer consume Soul of the Forest (Talent).
*Priest
**General
***Fixed an issue where the Item Level 200 Haunting Apparitions (Conduit) had an incorrect scaling value, and was less powerful than the lower item level versions.
**Shadow
***Psychic Link (Talent) will no longer replicate increased damage taken bonuses from the target.
;Covenants
*Fixed an issue preventing players from completing the Conduit tutorial quests for their covenant if conduits were added to the Forge of Bonds before accepting the quest.
*Kyrian
**Fixed an issue where Mikanikos could not be infused with anima for the quest "Partner for Eternity."
**Path of Ascension
***Increased the reflect damage from Spiritforged Aegis.
***Fixed an issue where Myn'ir would not attack her target when they were hiding behind a pillar. She now understands how to play the game of hide and seek.
***Fixed an issue where enemy debuffs would be removed when switching between Mikanikos and Bron.
*Night Fae
**Corrected the research time of the third tier of the Night Fae Anima Conductor to be consistent with the other covenants.
*Venthyr
**Fixed an issue that caused the automatic guest list refresh that occurs after the Ember Court scenario to incorrectly consume a Blank Invitation.
***Developers' note: Speak with Lady Ilinca above Sinfall to purchase additional Blank Invitations. Blank Invitations allow you to swap a guest on your Guest List to invite a specific guest you want to be BFFs with, build the most compatible party crew, or just replace guests that you haven't unlocked yet.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Azgar no longer evades while casting Torrent of Ash.
*Mayhem the slime kitten has taken his name less seriously and will now appear for all players to pet, regardless of what phase they are in.
*Taerlina has restocked her Inscription supplies and now sells Rune Etched Vials and Aerated Water.
*The icon for the Unguarded Gorm Eggs event will no longer display on the minimap if the event is not active.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Lady Inerva Darkvein
***Lady Inerva Darkvein's health reduced by 10% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Harnessed Specter's health reduced by 10% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
**Council of Blood
***All council members will now stay within the dance hall and allow for the encounter to be reset.
*De Other Side
**Resolved an issue where scale increasing auras, such as the Prideful Affix on Mythic Keystone difficulty, could prevent some larger player models from passing through doorways within the gnome wing.
*Necrotic Wake
**Kyrian Stitchwerk will now attack the closest player when its main target is out of range. Additionally, Tenderize now stacks to 4 (was 6) and Mutilate damage reduced by 8%.
;Quests
*"The Final Pieces" now automatically progresses if the quest items are in the player's bank or obtained from a Guild Bank.
*Twigin should now return to give players a ride back to the necropolis in case you leave during the quest "This Way Out."
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*"Feed Your Soul", "Guaranteed Delivery", "Stalking the Warrens", "Power of the Colossus", "Forces of Perdition" and "Words of Warding" are no longer classified as group quests.
*Fixed an issue that prevented completion of "Stalking the Warrens" after successfully completing a Hunt in the Maw.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Fixed a few locations where it was possible to get trapped behind the exit portal on a certain floors, preventing the player from continuing to progress through the tower.
*Anima Powers
**Rogue
***Pouch of Soul-Ash reduces the remaining cooldown of Vanish by 10 seconds (was 5 seconds) after defeating an enemy.
***Slippery Wraithcoil reduces the cooldown of Shadowstep/Grappling Hook by 6 seconds (was 5 seconds). This anima power can be selected a maximum of 3 times (was 5).
***Unceasing Chain Link causes Finishing Moves to increase the damage of your next combo point generator by 150% (was 100%). This anima power can be selected a maximum of 3 times (was 5).
***Rupturing Spike causes Shadowstrike/Ambush to apply a 5 combo point Rupture (was 1). This anima power can be selected a maximum of 1 time (was 5).
***Vial of Unseen Poison can now be selected a maximum of 3 times (was 1).
***Silent Footpads now heals you for 15% of your maximum health when entering Stealth (was 5%) and leaving Stealth now increases your damage by 10% (was 5%) for 5 seconds (was 3 seconds). This anima power can be selected a maximum of 2 times (was 3).
***Resolved an issue that prevented Red Ink from increasing the damage of all bleed and poison effects.
;World Quests
*Fixed an issue where not all Battered Souls would give credit when returned in large numbers to Collector Marissa during the World Quest "Battered and Bruised."
;WoW Classic
*Naxxramas
**Fixed an issue where Instructor Razuvious might attack totems or pets instead of players when engaged.
===December 9===
;Classes
*Hunter
**Survival
***Resolved an issue that could cause Wildfire Bomb to deal more damage than intended to targets that were falling.
*Monk
**General
***Fixed an issue where Tear of Morning (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) would cause the replicated Enveloping Mist to cast Gust of Mists.
**Brewmaster
***Fixed an issue that caused the Stagger passive to not apply to the character when switching specializations while in Soulshape (Night Fae Ability).
*Rogue
**Assassination
***Resolved an issue that prevented Doomblade (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) from working in Rated Battlegrounds and Arenas.
;Covenants
*Kyrian
**Fixed an issue where Kyrian players who had finished Chapter 3 of their campaign could float on top of the Crest of Ascension, and could see players from a previous state as if they were floating. Forgelite Prime Mikanikos has applied a new invention to prevent this from occurring.
**Energy Core and Forgeflame from the Eternal Forge in Bastion can no longer be used outside of the area.
**Fixed an issue where player pets would display as if they were floating above the Crest of Ascension for Kyrian players who had finished Chapter 3 of their campaign.
**Fixed additional issues causing Kyrian players with the Unburden effect to encounter issues when using a flight path.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Corrected the back seats of the Revendreth Carriages so players are no longer hovering in the wrong direction when riding in back.
*Valfir the Unrelenting has taken a break and will only spawn if anima is sent to Tirna Scithe.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Castle Nathria
**Huntsman Altimor
***Resolved an issue that caused Sinseeker's damage over time to scale too aggressively with raid size on all difficulties.
***Sinseeker's cast time increased to 5.5 seconds on all difficulties (was 4 seconds).
***Devour Soul buff reduced to 100% on Normal difficulty and 150% on Heroic difficulty (was 200%).
***Devour Soul duration decreased to 30 seconds in Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 60 seconds).
**Hungering Destroyer
***Hungering Destroyer will now target up to 1 fewer player when casting Gluttonous Miasma on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***The cast time of Hungering Destroyer's Volatile Ejection has been increased to 4.5 seconds on Normal difficulty (was 4 seconds).
**Lady Inerva Darkvein
***Harnessed Specters should be less prone to using Condemn while a tank is engaged with them.
**Sun King's Salvation
***Soul Pedestal healing substantially increased on all difficulties.
***Enemies in this encounter now berserk after 14 minutes on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Rockbound Vanquisher's Concussive Smash damage reduced by 15% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Bleakwing Assassin's Crimson Flurry initial damage and damage over time reduced by 15% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Shade of Kael'thas's Ember Blast reduced by 20% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
***Fixed an issue where the Shade of Kael'thas could fail to disappear when defeated.
**Artificer Xy'Mox
***Glyph of Destruction periodic damage over time reduced by 50% on Normal difficulty.
***Rift Blast cast time increased to 3.75 seconds on Normal difficulty (was 3 seconds).
***Rift Blast damage reduced by 18% on Normal difficulty.
***Fleeting Spirit now summons 2 spirits in a 10 person raid, scaling with raid size to up to 6 spirits on all difficulties.
***Limited the number of healing specialized players that can be targeted by Fleeting Spirits on all difficulties.
***Seeds of Extinction cast time of Extinction increased by 2 seconds on Normal difficulty.
**Sludgefist
***Fixed an issue where Hateful Gaze would sometimes not cast immediately when Sludgefist hits 100 rage.
*Halls of Atonement
**High Adjudicator Aleez
***Resolved an issue where High Adjudicator Aleez's mirror teleporters functioned prior to her being defeated.
*Necrotic Wake
**A Winged Champion will now appear to teleport players to the Stitchwerks once the dungeon has been completed on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
*Plaguefall
**Slime tentacles no longer continue to cast Vile Spit while banished.
**Using Banish while in the Crushing Embrace of a Slime Tentacle within Plaguefall will now release you.
**Resolved an issue where Margrave Stradama's Plague Crash is affecting players in unintended locations.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue that caused the Extinguished Soul Anima from Castle Nathria to grant excessive credit for Anima-collection quest progress.
*Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect should now show up in the correct slot filter in the Auction House.
*The Heart of Azeroth should no longer grant bonus threat to tanks in Shadowlands areas.
*Gluttonous Spike will no longer drop for Holy Paladins.
;Player versus Player
*Zo'sorg and his business associates now offer a quest for rated PvP.
;Quests
*Threads of Fate
**Threads of Fate players will now see the anima engorged Maw as a result of the ending of Revendreth's storyline.
*Bastion
**Fixed an issue during the quest "You Go First" where the Chamber Incense Burner could fail to spawn.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Empowered Coldheart creatures no longer cast Fallen Armaments or Dark Fortress.
*Empowered Coldheart Agents cast Shadow Spear less frequently.
*Monk
**Anima Powers
***Fae Aftershock (Night Fae) now deals damage correctly for Windwalker Monks.
***Fae Aftershock (Night Fae) now deals damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds (was a 2 second duration).
;User Interface
*All Shadowlands dungeon and raid entrances are now visible on the map, regardless if their locations have yet to be discovered.
;World Quests
*Players who disconnect during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Flapping Frenzy" will now be placed at the quest start on login.
===December 8===
;Achievements
*Fixed an issue where completing the Paragon's Challenge during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Flapping Frenzy" could fail to grant credit for both the Flight School Graduate and Aerial Ace achievements at once.
;Classes
*Monk
**Brewmaster
***Resolved an issue that caused Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox's Stomp damage to be higher than intended when purifying Stagger damage with Purifying Brew.
**Windwalker
***Fixed the interactions between Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits and Mastery: Combo Strikes.
***Your spirits now benefit from your Hit Combo (Talent) stacks, instead of maintaining their own.
***Resolved an issue that prevented some damaging abilities cast by Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits from contributing to Xuen's Empowered Tiger Lightning.
***Resolved an issue that prevented Touch of Karma damage from contributing to Xuen's Empowered Tiger Lightning.
*Rogue
**General
***Resolved an issue that prevented the Rotbriar Sprout trinket's area of effect damage from breaking Sap.
**Subtlety
***Shadow Blades no longer benefits from increased damage taken effects twice.
*Warlock
**General
***Subjugate Demon now cancels Grimoire of Sacrifice (Talent).
*Warrior
**General
***Signet of Tormented Kings (Legendary Effect) no longer has a cooldown on how often its effect can occur.
;Covenants
*Fixed an issue where "Replenishing the Reservoir" could not be progressed while in a raid group.
*Fixed an issue where professions and pet battle World Quests could fail to give credit for "Bolstering Bastion", "Rallying Maldraxxus", "Support the Court", and "Reinforcing Revendreth."
*Fixed an issue where the world map marker would not display for the quest "Choosing Your Purpose."
*Venthyr
**Reduced the Ember Court weekly restock requirement of Infused Rubies to 20 (was 50).
**Reduced the cost of the Blank Invitation (used to reroll a guest) to 8 Infused Rubies (was 15).
**New Venthyr members completing their first Ember Court will now also see a Blank Invitation alongside the item opening their second guest slot.
***Developers' note: While players have had a lot of time to gather enough Infused Rubies for the first week, we want to give players a bit more freedom to customize their guest list and account for the other activities starting in Season 1 that will take more of their time.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Inquisitors in the Halls of Atonement area of Revendreth now correctly provide full reputation rewards to all players who attacked them, including the player who breaks the Inquisitor's immunity.
*Aspirant Eolis should now still be able to be summoned if one player loots the Fragile Humility Scroll without using it.
*Shadowlands World Bosses should now be properly supported by the Premade Group Finder.
*The Broker fishing vendors has stopped hogging the cooking station and allowed the Broker cooking vendor and trainer to take their rightful spot.
*Restricted the total number of additional Rotting Minions that World Boss Mortanis can spawn.
;Dungeons and Raids
*De Other Side
**Resolved an issue where Dark Lotus would inflict too much damage when the Risen Cultist is player controlled.
*Plaguefall
**The slime tentacles in the gauntlet have moved to placements that better suit their purposes.
;Items and Rewards
*Instructor's Divine Bell trinket now gives the correct amount of Mastery.
*Enchant Chest: Eternal Bounds now shows the correct Mana gain when applied to equipment.
*The Cloudwalker's Coffer will no longer appear available to players that aren't yet eligible. This will reduce wasted journeys into the heights without rewards.
;Player versus Player
*The Engineering gadgets Momentum Redistributor Boots and 50UL-TR4P are no longer usable in rated arenas and battlegrounds.
*Ambroria Dew can now be used in PvP arena and battlegrounds.
*Corrected the amount of Honor credited toward the Great Vault for the first 3v3 win of the day.
*N'Zoth no longer has an active communication link between Azeroth and Shadowlands, preventing Horde and Alliance Assassins in War Mode from hearing the whispers in Shadowlands...
*The following Battle for Azeroth trinkets have had their effectiveness reduced by 60% while engaged in combat with enemy players:
**Forbidden Obsidian Claw
**Remote Guidance Device
**Mirror of Entwined Fate
**Rotcrusted Voodoo Doll
**Razdunk's Big Red Button
**Trunksy
**Merektha's Fang
**Cyclotronic Blast
*The following Battle for Azeroth trinkets have had their effectiveness reduced by 55% while engaged in combat with enemy players:
**Writhing Segment of Drest'agath
**Aquipotent Nautilus
**Tidestorm Codex
**Invocation of Yu'lon
**Grong's Primal Rage
**Inoculating Extract
**Bottled Lightning
**Revitalizing Voodoo Totem
**My'das Talisman
*The following Battle for Azeroth trinkets have had their effectiveness reduced by 50% while engaged in combat with enemy players:
**Idol of Indiscriminate Consumption
**Shiver Venom Relic
**Living Oil Canister
**Mayor Striggs
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*While in the Maw, harvesting Nightshade now increases the threat level of Eye of the Jailer and rewards Stygia.
*Threat Level 5: Immediate Extermination now retains its stacks when you leave the zone and re-enter.
*Stygia and reputation gains in the Maw are now only disabled when Immediate Extermination reaches 10 stacks, rather than when it is first applied to you. Push your luck a little further... if you dare!
*Fixed a rare issue which could cause Eye of the Jailer to fail to reset if you were present in the zone during the daily reset.
*Lingering Cloak of Ve'nari now applies to end-game players as they enter The Maw.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Added three new Common self-healing powers: Bloodgorged Leech, Refilling Elixir of Life, and Orb of Replenishment.
;World Quests
*Bastion's resilience at the Temple of Courage has spurred the Maldraxxi assailants to increase their efforts, resulting in more available targets during the World Quest "Air Supremacy."
*Players can no longer have more than 8 Neglected Souls at a time during the World Quest "Battered and Bruised."
;WoW Classic
*Naxxramas
**To prevent an issue with the cage door remaining locked, Noth the Plaguebringer can no longer die while he's preparing to teleport.
**Fixed an issue where Heigan the Unclean's slow eruptions could sometimes overlap with the fast eruptions.
;WoW Companion App
*Fixed a crash affecting players on Android 10 and 11. Users will need to reset their settings.
*Various bug fixes and improvements on Android.
===December 7===
;Adventures
*The companion buff indicators now remain visible when swapping between the Companions and Adventures tabs on the Command Table.
;Allied Races
*(With realm restarts) Resolved an issue where some players were unable to create a new Allied Race character.
;Classes
*Druid
**Casting Nourish will no longer incorrectly cancel Nature's Swiftness.
*Hunter
**Marksmanship
***Fixed an issue where Wild Spirits (Night Fae ability) was benefitting from the damage increase of the mastery stat twice.
***Damage of Wild Spirits has been increased by 25% for Marksmanship Hunters.
*Monk
**Fixed an issue with Tear of Morning (runecarving power) ( Runecarving ) that caused Enveloping Mist to not spread Renewing Mist.
**Fixed an issue that caused Tear of Morning ( Runecarving ) to grant Vivify additional healing on targets without Renewing Mists.
**Mistweaver
***Resolved an issue with the interaction between having both Summon Jade Serpent Statue (Talent) and Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent active.
**Windwalker
***Resolved an issue that prevented Dance of Chi-Ji from triggering from Chi spent by Spinning Crane Kick.
***Resolved an issue that prevented Xuen's Empowered Tiger Lightning from counting damage dealt by Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits.
*Priest
**Mindgames (Covenant ability) (Venthyr ability) will now display on nameplates to the casting Priest.
*Rogue
**Shadowy Duel (PvP Talent) will no longer sometimes cause the Rogue to be invisible to the target being dueled.
;Covenants
*Necrolord
**The objectives for "Challenges in Maldraxxus" Venthyr Callings quest are now easier to locate on the map.
*Night Fae
**Players will no longer be able to use the Pinch of Faerie Dust item while they have the Faerie's Blessing from a Basket of Enchanted Wings.
**Fixed an issue where Podtender ( Soulbind ) would sometimes stun the player after dying and releasing.
**Podtender now displays an icon on raid frames while the player is rejuvenating in the wildseed .
;Creatures and NPCs
*(With realm restarts) Huntmaster Petrus now always spawns accompanied by Reza and Geza. Should he fall in battle, it's possible his pets might be left behind and open to making new friends.
*(With realm restarts) Skuld Vit's barrier can now be bypassed by those with the right tricks.
*Feenix Arcshine in Orgrimmar has learned the art of Arcane Momentum and will offer his training to fellow mages.
*Battle for Azeroth creatures that increase their health as the player's item level increases now stop scaling at a lower, more appropriate item level.
*Gorm spawned near Decayed Husks will now respawn at a more appropriate rate.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Plaguefall
**Margrave Stradama
***Resolved an issue where players could inadvertently avoid Plague Crash while swimming in and around Margrave Stradama's plague jacuzzi.
*Sanguine Depths
*Fixed an issue with General Kaal where her door could become stuck and lock players out after a wipe.
;Items and Rewards
*Weapons sold for Conquest by Zo'sorg in Oribos will not require additional Achievements to purchase.
*Corrected an issue that could allow crafted Common-quality base items for Runecarving to incorrectly affect tradability of items obtained in raids and dungeons.
*Resolved an issue preventing Conduit item icons from matching in the Soulbind user interface.
*Players now receive an understandable error when trying to add the Arboreal Gulper mount to their collection, if they are ineligible.
*Fixed a bug that could cause some of the unique Revendreth consumables to be mailed to you when you already had one of them in your inventory.
*Fixed a bug preventing Memory of the Arbiter's Judgment from being obtainable .
;Player versus Player
*(With realm restarts) The number of players on each side in Ashran has been increased to 30 (was 25).
*Resolved an issue in The Maw that caused Player vs Player deaths to incur a larger Stygia penalty than intended.
*Fixed a bug that was causing PvP trinkets' spell visuals and sounds to not play.
*Hunter
**(With realm restarts) Aimed Shot no longer deals 10% increased damage in PvP situations.
**(With realm restarts) Double Tap's extra Aimed Shot deals 50% reduced damage in PvP situations.
*Paladin
**(With realm restarts) Ringing Clarity (Kyrian) can now trigger up to 2 multi-casts in PvP situations (was 3).
**(With realm restarts) Judgment (Kyrian) cast from Divine Toll (Covenant ability) deals 75% increased damage in PvP situations (was 100%).
**(With realm restarts) Final Reckoning increases the damage of Holy Power abilities by 30% in PvP situations (was 50%).
*Rogue
**(With realm restarts) Reverberation (conduit)'s (Kyrian) increase to Echoing Reprimand (Covenant ability) (Kyrian) damage has been reduced by 30% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
;Professions
*(With realm restarts) Blacksmiths and Engineers can now use the anvil in Sinfall to craft their recipes.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*(With realm restarts) The Empowered enemies at the end of a floor have been made more threatening.
*(With realm restarts) Wing bosses Binder Baritas and Watchers of Death have been made more threatening as they were previously too easy to defeat.
*Frostbite Wand's effect now hits for a percentage of current health (was a percentage of maximum health).
*Frostchipper's effect now hits for a percentage of current health (was a percentage of maximum health).
*Vitality Guillotine's effect no longer reduces the health of a boss enemy. Its function is unchanged against rare and elite enemies .
*Heart-Piercing Spine's effect now reduces targets to 70% health (was a r educ tion to 50% health ) .
;World
*The capitals Stormwind and Orgrimmar will once again no longer shard on Role Playing realms.
;World Quests
*Fixed an issue where unintended buffs would display during the Bastion World Quest "AHH! Real Monsters!"
*Fixed an issue where one of the jumps would occasionally fail to work during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Up and Away!"
;WoW Classic
*Naxxramas
**Spell Penetration bonuses no longer decrease the effect of Frost Resistance on Sapphiron's Frost Aura.
===December 4===
;Allied Races
*Bloodthirsty Vulpera no longer get lost on the return home to their camps after leaving the Arena.
;Classes
*Paladin
**General
***Punish the Guilty (Potency Conduit) damage has been reduced by 70%.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Valfir the Unrelenting has bolstered his defense, making oncoming attacks much less effective. Players that wish to take down the beast will first need to send anima to this location to unlock the key to Valfir's demise.
*Valfir the Unrelenting will no longer wander quite so far from his spawn.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Sanguine Depths
**General Kaal
***After rescuing Essence of Z'rali and before the final fight, General Kaal now removes her Evasive Mantle upon entering combat to alleviate an issue if she is pulled to her next position in the gauntlet early.
;Items and Rewards
*[With regional restarts] Battle for Azeroth Emissary quests and Paragon caches will have their gold rewards reduced to 10% of their current value when Shadowlands Season 1 begins in each region.
*The Engineering device Disposable Spectrophasic Reanimator is now disposed upon use.
*Fixed an issue where Forgemaster's Crate and the Tailoring items, Lace Draperies and Excuisitely Woven Rug, could not be opened.
*Scorched Crypt Key will no longer drop if you already have one in your inventory.
;Professions
*Fixed an issue where some professions were able to learn the recipe Novice Crafter's Mark before Crafter's Mark 1.
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**"Prove Your Worth" can now be obtained after clearing quests from a full quest log.
*Covenant Campaign
**Players will now be able to complete the Ember Court unlock questline even while the World Quest "Tea Tales" is active. Affected players should seek out Tubbins in the Ember Ward to accept the quest "Formal Refreshments" to continue.
*Oribos, the Eternal City
**Highlord Bolvar Fordragon and Taelia Fordragon have leveled up on their listening skills and no longer talk over one another after the "A Glimpse into Darkness" quest cinematic has ended.
*Bastion
**Players who pass through Oribos, the Eternal City, and have an extra Broken Kyrian Flute in their bags that they cannot get rid of, should be taken care of thanks to an undisclosed Broker contact in the area.
*Ardenweald
**The location of Marasmius is now shown on the map for completing the daily quest "Glittering Gritty Goodness."
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Daily and weekly quests within the Maw can no longer be held beyond the day or week in which they were picked up by the player.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Flame Vents and Soul Emanation traps now trigger less frequently and have slightly larger areas of effect.
*Rogue
**Anima Powers
***First Steps now correctly increases the damage of Subtlety's Secret Technique (Talent).
*Warrior
**Anima Powers
***New Anima Power: Notched Axe Head (Rare) – Gain the Victorious effect every 20 seconds, allowing the use of Victory Rush (or Impending Victory, when talented).
***New Anima Power: Tarnished Medallion (Uncommon) – Berserker Rage restores 5% health instantly, and every 3 seconds.
;World Quests
*Nasho is now less distracted when rushing into the Forgotten Forge to stop Specialist Entra during the world quest "Forged in Secret."
*The teapot for "Tea Tales: Gubbins and Tubbins" is now easier to see.
*Fixed an issue during the Bastion World Quest "Centurions, Assemble!" where the Steward Mechanic ability would fail to heal the player's chosen centurion.
*Players should no longer be able to get into a state where they are unable to pick up dredgers in the "Dirty Job: Wood Work" and "Dirty Job: Demolition Detail" world quests.
;WoW Classic
*Pets will now automatically attack hostile enemies and players when set to Aggressive stance.
*Addressed an issue where Damaged Necrotic Shards do not take damage from defeating Shadows of Doom.
*Entering Naxxramas now places you on the lower platform, while the teleport to Sapphiron's Lair is triggered on the upper platform, allowing you to zone in and explore the 4 wings.
**Developers' note: The behavior of immediately teleporting players to Sapphiron's Lair upon re-entry to the raid following the defeat of the 4 wing-bosses, IS authentic, but we felt the inability to return and collect Frozen Runes that had been missed was punishing enough to warrant a change here. In keeping with the theme, however, there is still no escape from Frostwyrm Lair short of using your Hearthstone or teleporting. Naxxramas is, among other things, a prison, from which the damned find escape difficult.
===December 3===
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**General
***Demon Hunters can now dodge and parry while casting The Hunt (Covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability).
***The animation and visual effects when Metamorphasis ends has returned.
*Mage
**General
***Fixed an issue where enemies under the effects of Frost Nova with the Grisly Icicle (Legendary Effect) would not be broken out by other player attacks.
*Monk
**Brewmaster
***Resolved an issue that prevented Blackout Combo (Talent) from empowering Celestial Brew.
*Rogue
**General
***The use of a Stealth ability provided by Sepsis (Covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability) will no longer be consumed while under the effects of Stealth, Vanish, Subterfuge, Shadow Dance, and Shadowmeld.
*Warlock
**Demonology
***Bilescourge summoned from Nether Portal (Talent) no longer melee while casting Toxic Bile.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Valfir the Unrelenting has bolstered his defense, making oncoming attacks much less effective. Players that wish to take down the beast will first need to send anima to this location to unlock the key to Valfir's demise.
*Valfir the Unrelenting will no longer wander quite so far from his spawn.
;Dungeons and Raids
*De Other Side
**Mueh'zala
***Resolved an issue that could allow Mueh'zala to be attacked prior to defeating the other bosses of De Other Side.
*Halls of Atonement
**The visual effects of Depraved Obliterator's Curse of Obliteration spell will now more closely match the range of the spell's impact, regardless of the player's race.
*Necrotic Wake
**Nalthor the Rimebinder
***Summoned pets will now properly follow their master back to Nalthor the Rimebinder's platform after completing the Dark Exile gauntlet.
*Sanguine Depths
**Decanter of Anima-Charged Winds will now have a chance to drop for Survival Hunters.
**General Kaal
***Fixed an issue where General Kaal would not provide loot while also being declared defeated if players were being knocked off the platform as they finished the fight.
;Items and Rewards
*Increased the drop rate of Legendary Memories in dungeons.
*The stats on Battle for Azeroth gems, Leviathan's Eye and Kraken's Eye, have been reduced.
*The Unholy Aura buff from Runeblade of Baron Rivendare works for players level 50 and above once again.
*Fixed an issue where players who deleted a Purian could not loot it again for collecting the Scroll of Aeons toy.
*Fixed an issue where some warglaives were not sheathing properly.
*Party members are now able to escape the slime summoned from the Phial of Ravenous Slime toy.
;Player versus Player
*Completing Battleground objectives will now provide credit for the weekly PvP quests, "Observing Battle" and "Observing War."
*PvP World Quests will now count for the associated zone's defense Callings.
;Professions
*Increased the cost of the following reagents to 9 Gold:
**Luminous Flux
**Machinist's Oil
**Malleable Wire
**Sealing Wax
**Distilled Death Extract
**Curing Salt
**Penumbra Thread
**Immortal Shard
*Increased the amount of vendor reagents required for crafting several Shadowlands armor and weapon recipes.
*Crafted Shadowlands weapons and armor now yield less Soul Dust when disenchanted.
*Reduced the number of vendor reagents required for Relic of the Past IV and Relic of the Past V for all professions and expansions.
*Jewelcrafters will no longer lose the "Jewelcrafting: Gem Studded Bangle" World Quest recipe when they leave and return to the world quest location.
*Writ of Grave Robbing can now be placed in Inscription bags.
;Quests
*Threads of Fate
**Players who are eligible for Threads of Fate but choose to replay the narrative campaign now retain the option to visit Fatescribe Roh-Tahl and skip the remainder of the campaign after reaching level 60.
**Threads of Fate characters at level 60 who still have "Bolstering Bastion", "Rallying Maldraxxus", "Support the Court", and "Reinforcing Revendreth" quests available can now receive credit from doing max-level World Quests.
**Fixed an issue that prevented players who chose the Venthyr Covenant from using the Sinfall flightmaster until they had completed the quest "Sinfall (quest)" at level 60.
*Covenant Campaign
**Players will now be able to complete the Ember Court unlock questline even while the World Quest "Tea Tales" is active. Affected players should seek out Tubbins in the Ember Ward to accept the quest "Formal Refreshments" to continue.
*Bastion
**The quest "RSVP: Kleia and Pelagos (quest)" will now allow the player to use the soul mirror again and face their memories if they were defeated in a previous attempt.
*Ardenweald
**Brigdin now offers her quest "Forest Disappearances" while she's in combat.
**Fixed an issue where the Croaking Bag ability disappeared when a player exits and returns to the game while on the quest "To Serve Spriggan."
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Ve'nari has upgraded her wards in The Maw, granting players a brief window of invisibility and immunity as they exit her refuge or after landing from an Animaflow flight.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Reduced the damage of Observer Zelgar's Ocular Beam on higher Layers.
*Mawsworn Shadestalkers called in by Torments have had their health reduced by 30%.
*Mawsworn Seekers called in by Torments have had their damage reduced by 15%.
*The Brokers working in Torghast will now bring with them some Stygian Stew for those brave adventurers that find themselves without refreshments.
*Deadsoul Chorus now appears less frequently within a single floor.
*Reduced the drop rate of Edgelurker and Protective Phantasma anima powers.
*Monk
**Anima Powers
***Resolved an issue that prevented the Tiger Style and Crane Style buffs by Tiger and Crane Figurines from providing the correct amount of Mastery, Versatility, Critical Strike, and Haste.
*Rogue
**Anima Powers
***Organized Vial Satchel now reduces the cooldown of Crimson Vial by 10 seconds per stack (was 5 seconds) and has a max stacks of 3, for 30 seconds cooldown reduction (instant cast vials).
***Restless Onyx Geodes now grants 15 seconds of Cloak of Shadows, Evasion, Feint, or Crimson Vial when casting Shadowstep or Grappling Hook (was 3 seconds).
***Scroll of Forewarning now has a max stack of 3 and now increases the duration of Evasion, Feint, Cloak of Shadows, and Vanish by 3/6/9 seconds (was a 1 second increase).
***Leather Apron is now Common rarity.
***Leather Apron now has a max stack of 2 and decreases a target's damage dealt by 15/30% after recovering from your crowd control abilities (was a flat 10%).
***Quicksilver Mixture is now in the defense category.
***Quicksilver Mixture now grants Cloak, Evasion, or Feint for 6 seconds when casting Crimson Vial (was 4 seconds).
*Warrior
**Anima Powers
***Periapt of Furor now increases the duration of Berserker Rage by 300% (was 100%), and now stacks up to 2 times (was 3 times).
***Hurricane Heart now causes Whirlwind and Thunder Clap to heal for 80% of damage dealt (was 50%), and now stacks up to 3 times (was 5 times).
***Unbound Fortitude now increases the duration of a major defensive ability by 20% per stack of Soul Remnant's Blessing (was 10%), and now stacks up to 3 times (was 5 times).
***Bladed Bulwark now makes Ignore Pain have a 50% chance to cast your major defensive ability (was 20%), and no longer stacks.
;User Interface
*The Broker's Den in Oribos is now easier to find on the map.
===December 2===
;Achievements
*Players can once again earn the achievement Straight Six from the Elegon raid encounter in the Mogu'shan Vaults.
*Removed the Draenor and the Broken Isles Pathfinder achievement requirements for released spirits to quickly fly back to their bodies.
;Characters
*Fixed an issue where Kyrian players using a flight path with the Unburden buff would encounter issues on the resulting flight.
;Classes
*Death Knight
**Unholy
***Clawing Shadows (Talent) damage is now properly capped at 5 targets while inside Death and Decay (death knight ability).
*Demon Hunter
**General
***Growing Inferno (conduit) (Potency Conduit) damage is now capped at 10 times Immolation Aura's base damage.
***Updated the names and icons of several Legendary Memories to better represent their effects.
***Throw Glaive now correctly throws 3 glaives per Fel Bombardment (Legendary Effect) stack.
*Monk
**Windwalker
***Storm, Earth, and Fire can now be cancelled.
*Warlock
**General
***Fixed an issue where Fel Commando (Potency Conduit) would not enhance a Felguard that's under the effect of Glyph of Wrathguard.
*Warrior
**General
***Fixed an issue where, when Signet of Tormented Kings (Legendary Effect) would trigger a second Ravager (warrior ability), any existing Ravagers would stop dealing damage and generating Rage.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Sinrunner Blanchy now has new custom sounds. Now ride forth on this noble steed and avenge her unjustly demise.
*Added new sounds for the Hulking Deathroc mount. He is now less chatty.
*The rewards from Gorged Shadehound can now be looted once a week.
*Blackthorn Ambushers and Mire Tricksters in Ardenweald will no longer cast Swift Slash.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Corrected an issue causing Castle Nathria to show up in the Adventure Guide prematurely. This will return next week!
*Plaguefall
**Margrave Stradama
***Fixed an issue that caused Infinitely Divisible Ooze to drop for players in healer specializations.
*Sanguine Depths
**Fixed an issue where Essence of Z'rali could no longer be picked up after dying multiple times while holding the naaru.
*Spires of Ascension
**Oryphrion
***Improved the visual performance on Empyreal Ordnance. Instances of this should now leech less anima from graphics cards.
*Vault of the Wardens
**Dreadlord Mendacius' summoned Grimguard now deals appropriate damage.
;Items and Rewards
*The Overflowing Ember Mirror trinket now properly notes that it deals 33% of the remaining absorb for the explosion when it expires.
*Fixed an issue where the Unbound Changeling trinket was granting less Haste than indicated in the tooltip. Additionally, the Unbound Changeling transformation that provides all three stats (Critical Strike, Haste and Mastery) has had the stats reduced by 16% and the transformation now persists through death.
*Strength of Blood offered by Ta'tru now increases Strength by 10 and is comparable to the other stat potions he barters.
*The Tuft of Smoldering Plumage trinket now correctly instantly heals players that suffer lethal damage.
*Fixed an issue where the minions summoned from the Satchel of Misbegotten Minions trinket would sometimes run in place if they triggered on a target that died. The minion should now rush to your current target or the location where the previous enemy was defeated.
*The Enchanted Chest in Ardenweald will now respawn instantly when looted.
;Player versus Player
*PvP trinkets should no longer break stuns that weren't breakable with conventional stun breaks (e.g. Ice Block).
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**Venthyr players will no longer sometimes incorrectly receive the Gracious Guest debuff, preventing them from completing the Ember Court scenario.
**Some material costs for Ember Court restock quests have been adjusted to account for current market values.
**Fixed an issue where Night Fae players could complete the Maw quest "Setting the Ground Rules" without having first done the Night Fae quest "Do What We Cannot." Players who did not do this quest and have the campaign chapter "For Queen and Grove!" displaying as incomplete should be fixed the next time they return to Oribos.
*Ardenweald
**"That Darn Fox" will once again provide quest rewards, including the adorable pet vulpin Renny.
*Battle for Azeroth
**Lady Sylvanas Windrunner is now in the appropriate phase for turning in the Horde quest "A Cycle of Hatred."
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Fixed an issue which prevented some Maw daily quests from granting bonus rewards while in War Mode.
*Mawsworn Crossbows no longer deal excessive damage to enemy players in War Mode.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Patrician Cromwell and Synod have had ability adjustments to bring them more in line with other bosses.
*Observer Zelgar, Kosarus the Fallen, Binder Baritas, and Warden of Souls have had minor ability adjustments to be more melee friendly.
*Kosarus the Fallen now gains stacks of Enrage at a slower rate while under the effects of Predator's Gaze and his health has been reduced by 20%.
*Reduced the health of enemies when 4 or 5 players are present.
;World Quests
*To prevent phasing issues, "Tied Totem Toter" must now be completed before being eligible for the World Quest "Trouble at the Gormling Corral."
*Picking up an Acolyte's Spear will no longer stop players from using their Purity Chime during "Vesiphone's Vicious Vesper."
*Fixed an issue during the Bastion World Quest "Remedial Lessons" where players could destroy the Mirror Fragments and Mirrors of Ancient Teachings, blocking progress on completed objectives.
*Fixed an issue where the Kyrian Wings could continue outside of the intended course area during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Flapping Frenzy."
===December 1===
;Adventures
*The tutorial quests for your covenant's Command Table can now be completed, even if you abandon the quests after completing the tutorial mission.
*The tutorial tip explaining troops at the Command Table has been updated to more accurately convey that multiple troops of any type can be assigned in a single Adventure.
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**General
***The Fodder to the Flame (Covenant ability) (Necrolord Ability) buff is now removed when the summoned demon is defeated.
**Havoc
***Felborn Pendant (Torghast Power) now correctly applies to Chaos Strike.
*Druid
**General
***Using Soulshape (Night Fae Signature Ability) while in a shapeshift form will once again correctly return Druids to their previous form after Soulshape ends.
***Kindred Spirits (druid ability) (Kyrian Ability) now correctly allows the casting Druid to be bound to only one ally at a time.
***Fixed an issue where Thorns (PvP Talent) was not dealing damage to attackers after being melee attacked.
*Hunter
**Marksmanship
***Corrected an issue where the Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil (Legendary Effect) was being consumed at the same time as the Lock and Load (Talent) effect. Also corrected an issue where an in-flight Aimed Shot could incorrectly consume the Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil effect.
*Mage
**General
***Fevered Incantation (runecarving power) (Legendary Effect) is now activated only by Mage spell critical strikes (was all critical strikes).
***Memory of a Temporal Warp (Legendary Effect) can now be crafted by all three specializations.
**Fire
***Fixed an issue where Phoenix Flames critical strikes would not grant Fevered Incantation (Legendary Effect) stacks.
***Combustion no longer interrupts the channeling of Shifting Power (covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability).
*Paladin
**General
***Fixed an issue that was causing Paladins that were boosted with a Shadowlands Character Boost to give the incorrect item level of equipment. The fix will only apply to newly created boost characters. If your boosted character still has the lower item level equipment, please contact Customer Support.
***Memory of a Relentless Inquisitor (Legendary Effect) can now be crafted by all three specializations.
*Priest
**General
***Fixed an issue where Flash Concentration (Legendary Effect) was not reducing Heal's cast time by 0.2 seconds per stack as indicated by the tooltip.
**Shadow
***Surrender to Madness (Talent) will no longer play a heartbeat sound after the enemy is defeated.
*Rogue
**General
***Memory of the Deathly Shadows (Legendary Effect) can now be crafted by all three specializations.
*Warrior
**General
***Fixed an issue causing Battle Shout to grant more Attack Power than intended to Hunters.
;Covenants
*Summon Steward (Kyrian Ability) will now provide Phials of Serenity to players who are stealthed.
*Summon Steward (Kyrian Ability) now offers Ambroria Dew and Ethereal Pomegranate for sale, in addition to the Candied Walnuts and Purified Skyspring Water they already carried.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Wingsmash can no longer be knocked off the cliff by Harika the Horrid's ability, Colossal Blowback.
*Mystic Rainbowhorn now only has a chance to drop Runestag Soul for players who have joined the Night Fae Covenant.
*Scunner has had his difficulty lowered and apologizes for any trouble.
*Depraved Stalker's health and damage has been reduced.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Removed the daily lockout on Shadowlands dungeons on Heroic difficulty.
*De Other Side
**Mueh'zala
***Resolved an issue that could cause a Primeval Grasp totem to be interactable when unintended.
***Resolved an issue that could prevent Mueh'zala from visually entering his defeated state.
*Mists of Tirna Scithe
**Fixed an issue where one of the incorrect doors in the maze would not send the party back to the beginning of the maze on Mythic difficulty.
*Sanguine Depths
**General Kaal
***Fixed an issue where General Kaal would respawn after she was defeated.
*Theater of Pain
**Players holding the Strange Orb now drop the orb when they accept a summon or leave the platform the orb is supposed to be used on.
**Soulletting Ruby will now have a chance to drop for all Intellect users.
;Items and Rewards
*Treatise on Sinstone Fragment Acquisition is now consumed on use.
*Unusually Large Mushroom no longer drops after defeating Humon'gozz for the day.
*Fixed an issue that caused level 55 and 60 water to return the same amount of mana. The level 60 water now returns 40,000 mana and the level 55 water was increased to return 20,000 mana.
*Level 55 food no longer scales up to level 60 and is now a static value.
*The level 60 food and water now costs slightly more than the level 55 food and water.
*The tooltip text displaying eligibility to purchase and upgrade Covenant armor sets now correctly matches the requirements.
;Pet Battles
*Gorgemouth in the Failed Experiment World Quest has correctly applied its Spiked Skin passive ability so that it now properly reduces and reflects damage to its attackers.
;Professions
*Fixed several herb and mining nodes in Ardenweald that were unreachable to gather.
*Fixed an issue in The Maw where Elethium Deposits could be gathered before players had unlocked the Eye of the Jailer.
*Warlords of Draenor neck enchantments can no longer be applied to items above Item Level 99.
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**Kyrian players helping to defend Maldraxxus will now face the bony wastes with an Aspirant at their side for "Training in Maldraxxus" Calling quest.
*Maldraxxus
**Players are no longer trapped in the Sepulcher of Knowledge if they abandon the quest "Trust Fall" or are defeated inside the Sepulcher while on the quest.
*Ardenweald
**The "Anima-Laden Dreamcatcher" will now direct players to Dreamsong Fenn to turn in the quest.
**Fixed an issue where the quest "Break a Leg" could not be completed if Glimmerdust, As Kil'jaeden throws the player off the stage.
**Increased the number of captured night fae to free for the quest "Cult of Personality."
;Reputation
*The Court of Night faction now appears in the Reputation tab.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Absorb shields and pets are no longer effective against Threat Level 5: Immediate Extermination. No one is safe when they've caught the Jailer's attention.
*Fixed an issue that caused the defeat of some rare creatures while in a raid group to not increase your Threat Level.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Broker Ve'ken has gathered information about your Torghast run and will now share with you the identity of the next boss you will face.
*Unnatural Power (Torghast Power) no longer grants interrupt immunity upon reaching 10 stacks.
*10 stacks of Unnatural Power no longer makes the enemy immune to Priest's Mind Flay.
;World Quests
*Moved the minimap location of Sarah Wight so she's easier to locate to complete the World Quest "Thrashin' the Camp."
*The enemies required for "Spore Losers" now respawn faster.
*Reduced the damage dealt by enemies during the Bastion World Quest "Air Supremacy."
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===November 30===
;Achievements
*Opening Misplaced Supplies should now count progress towards the achievement Treasures of Maldraxxus. Players may need to collect it a second time to earn credit.
*The Elusive Faerie Cache required for Treasures of Ardenweald is now less elusive.
;Classes
*Hunter
**Beast Mastery
***Wild Spirits (Night Fae Ability) will no longer deal damage multiple times when using Bestial Wrath with Animal Companion (Talent) or when using Barbed Shot with Stomp (Talent).
**Marksmanship
***Corrected an issue where Shadowcore Oil Blast would incorrectly interfere with Steady Focus (Talent) when casting two Steady Shots in a row.
***Corrected an issue where Bursting Shot was causing Wild Spirits (Night Fae Ability) to unintentionally deal multiple hits to the enemy.
*Death Knight
**General
***Resolved several issues with Death Knight voice effects. Go forth and intimidate your enemies with a clearer /roar!
*Priest
**General
***Phantasmic Detonation will now properly explode when the Volatile Phantasm (Torghast Power) illusion is defeated.
*Shaman
**Restoration
***[Work in progress] The Primal Tide Core (runecarving power) Legendary effect will now only apply Riptide to friendly players.
;Covenants
*Added two Battle Ready Tauralus outside the Seat of the Primus for faster travel through the covenant hall.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Nikara Blackheart at Sophia's Aria in Bastion now deals appropriate damage and is now less challenging.
*Wingsmash is now ready to help fight Harika the Horrid in Revendreth no matter how many players give him weapons at the same time. Additionally, the Ballista Bolts respawn more frequently, and Sacks of Dredhaven Tools will no longer spawn as they are obsolete. Wingsmash will also no longer get stuck at the broken ballista and now resets properly.
;Dungeons and Raids
*De Other Side
**Mueh'zala
***Added a power bar to Mueh'zala so that he may better convey when his next Soulcrusher is coming.
*Necrotic Wake
**Dungeon enemies can no longer immediately recast Spine Crush.
*Plaguefall
**Infinitely Divisible Ooze now correctly drops for Agility and Intellect classes.
*Spires of Ascension
**The transport kyrian will now carry druids in their combat shapeshift forms.
;Items and Rewards
*Reduced the idle sound effect volume of the [Warstitched Darkhound]] mount.
*The Hearty Dragon Plume toy now has a 15 minute cooldown (was 5 minutes).
*Players are now able to watch other's strum their Fae Harp toy. Enjoy the show!
*Fixed an issue that caused characters to remain laughing after using the S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera MkII.
*Deep Fried Seraph Tenders now only work outdoors and not in dungeons or battlegrounds. Tooltips will be updated to reflect this in a future patch.
*Pre-Mixed Pot of Noodles now grants an appropriate amount of Versatility for Pandaren characters at level 60.
;Player versus Player
*Oribos PvP quests, such as "Observing Battle," should now show a turn-in location once completed.
*Hunter
**Hunter's Mark now lasts 30 seconds instead of indefinitely when used against an enemy player.
;Professions
*[With regional restarts] Resolved an issue where experience gained from crafting a Legendary item would sometimes not retain after relogging into the game.
*Budding Lashers now reward Herbalists loot after gathering their corpses.
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**Fixed an issue where players below level 50 who entered into the Threads of Fate experience would have issues accessing quests in the Shadowlands.
**Fixed an issue where Anima Salvage Callings could not be abandoned or completed after changing covenants.
*Bastion
**Fixed an issue where opening Silver Strongboxes would sometimes not reward credit for "The Sweetest Tribute" quest.
**"A Friendly Rivalry" can now be turned in while the "Training Regimen" World Quest is available.
**Fixed an issue where the quest, "Hero's Rest (quest)" could not be turned into the ever-present version of Kalisthene.
**Fixed an issue where the Chamber Incense Burner could be not be interacted with during the quest "You Go First."
*Maldraxxus
**Mounts are no longer allowed on the island that holds the Unfinished Blade for "Through the Fire and Flames."
**Players on the quest "Return to Draka" will now find her at the Seat of the Primus.
**More enemies now have a chance to drop Poxedskin Samples required for the dungeon quest "Plaguefall: Knee Deep In It."
**Increased the Traitor's Head drop rate required for "Bring Me Their Heads."
**The Animates required to recruit for the quest "Ani-Matter Animator" has been lowered to 12 (was 15) and the respawn rate has been increased.
**Increased the respawn rate of the Ash Ghouls required for "Unbearable Light."
**Enemi should now offer the quests "Slaughter Daughter" and "Bottled up Inside' for players who have lost them.
*Ardenweald
**Fixed a bug that caused quest objectives to sometimes be invisible on "Cut the Roots" and "Take the Power."
**Revendreth'''
**Stonehead is hungry! "Snacks for Stonehead" should now correctly be available to all players in the Ember Ward.
**"Halls of Atonement: Your Absolution" should now be correctly offered to all Venthyr covenant players by Archivist Fane in Halls of Atonement.
*The Maw
**Prince Renathal now stealths when the player enters stealth during the storyline quest, "Torghast, Tower of the Damned (quest)."
**Added more souls to rescue within Cocyrus for the quest "Rule 1: Have an Escape Plan." We're not proud about damning more souls into the Maw... but it should help make completing the quest easier.
*Exile's Reach
**Fixed an issue where players on Exile's Reach who completed either "Down with the Quilboar" or "Forbidden Quilboar Necromancy" without accepting the other quest would be unable to see Mithdran Dawntracker to continue the story.
;Soulbinds
*Run Without Tiring (Niya Soulbind Ability) no longer continues to heal when health is full.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Saving Souls with the Soulkeeper present no longer grants Stygia after reaching Threat Level 5.
*Fixed an issue which could cause the Soulkeeper to unexpectedly be present with your character in the Maw when Anima Salvage was an active calling. It will once again only be present when you are tasked with collecting souls.
;World Quests
*Fixed an issue with world quest "Allay Their Fears" not appearing.
*Fixed an issue where Korinna's Allaying Crook (usable) could be used on living targets during the Bastion World Quest "Allay Their Fears."
*Fixed an issue where it was more challenging than intended to maintain a Precision streak during the Bastion World Quest "We'll Make an Aspirant Out of You."
*Fixed an issue where "Battles Won Long Ago" could erroneously be repeated.
*Battle Pet World Quests should now properly count for Callings that require you to complete activities in a zone.
*Increased the respawn rate of the Crates of Salvaged Explosions for the Maldraxxus World Quest "Gettin' Even."
===November 27===
;Classes
*Mage
**General
***Fixed an issue where Clouded Diamond (Torghast Anima Power) would not trigger with Arcane Momentum.
*Warlock
**General
***Corrected an issue where Soul Rot (Covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability) was unable to be used if the warlock was low on health.
;Covenants
*Corrected an issue that could cause players who were trying to switch covenants to incorrectly be treated as having previously been a member of their desired new covenant.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Stablemaster Vasilica has taken up shop in Sinfall to help Venthyr covenant members recover their lost pets.
;Items and Rewards
*The Mistcaller Ocarina trinket now refreshes its buff duration when the buff is already applied and the buff now lasts 15 minutes (was 5 minutes).
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**Fixed an issue where characters who chose to enter the Threads of Fate could have quests in their log from "The Looming Dark" campaign that could no longer be completed.
*Bastion
**Fixed an issue where there were two Centurion Colossi visible during the quest "The Final Countdown."
*Maldraxxus
**Characters in Threads of Fate mode should no longer be offered the Maldraxxus quest "WANTED: The Key of Eyes" as it takes place in a level 60 area.
*Ardenweald
**Fixed an issue during the quest "Ride to Heartwood Grove" where the Riding Stag would not want to be mounted.
*Revendreth
**Players who logout during "Refuge of Revendreth" should no longer be required to restart the quest to complete it.
**Archivist Fane will now allow those sworn to the Venthyr to obtain the quest "Halls of Atonement: Your Absolution."
**Prince Renathal will now accept the turn in of "Cages For All Occasions" while mounted on a Bridled Shadehound.
*The Maw
**Resolved an issue where Brethlun the Brand can become stuck and permanently evade all oncoming attacks during the quest "The Brand Holds the Key."
*Battle for Azeroth
**Fixed an issue where Tyrande could get stuck in combat during the Battle for Azeroth Alliance scenario "In Darkest Night."
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Any Soul Ash that was not looted from defeated enemies will now be sent directly to your character's currency collection the next time you log back into the game.
;World Quests
*Increased the spawn frequency of Brittle Bark Mischief-Makers needed for the World Quest "Spriggan Size Me!"
*Fixed an issue where Kleia could display incorrectly during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Falling With Style."
===November 26===
;Character
*[With regional restarts] Oribos no longer separates players with War Mode enabled from those who have it disabled.
*Falling off the edge of the Shattered Grove in Maldraxxus will no longer send the character to Westfall or the Barrens. Falling to your death is enough punishment.
;Classes
*Mage
**General
***Fixed an issue where Dimensional Blade (Torghast Anima Power) would sometimes not instantly kill Mawrats when Blinking through them.
*Paladin
**Retribution
***Seraphim (Talent) now correctly triggers Selfless Healer (Talent).
*Shaman
**Enhancement
***Windfury Totem procs now have sound and the volume of the Maelstrom Weapon proc sound has been lowered.
;Covenants
*Players who switch covenants after completing the Maw introduction and gathering 5 Redeemed Souls for their first covenant should now find that they have 5 Redeemed Souls waiting for them in their new covenant. Players who changed covenants prior to this fix and were roadblocked by missing Redeemed Souls should visit Oribos, which will perform a process that corrects the issue.
*Adventures missions now appear immediately after completing the tutorial when switching covenants.
*Kleia is now a bit more chatty and now welcomes being the chosen Soulbind in Elysian Hold.
*Fixed an issue that caused a player to be rejected from their chosen covenant. Covenant pacts lost in this way can now be re-selected.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Scorched Crypt Key can now open the Crypt Door to Innervus.
*Night Fae characters in Soulshape form can now pass through the barrier protecting Skuld Vit.
*Derwynnthlmn will now offer his Flight Master services to players that have chosen the Night Fae Covenant.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Halls of Atonement
**Fixed an issue where Revendreth players with combat pets could not correctly interact with Loyal Stoneborn.
;Items and Rewards
*The cooldown of Slumberwood Band's effect can no longer be prematurely cleared by death or by using immunities and similar effects.
*The Oribobber now makes sound when a fish is hooked.
*Resolved an issue where Master Duelist's Chit trinket would fail to correctly display its visual effect when striking targets at range.
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**Fixed an issue where depositing anima during the :Covenant Campaign tutorial quest "Into the Reservoir" could sometimes consume the player's earned anima instead of the tutorial anima.
**Fixed an issue where Night Fae players who skipped parts of Covenant Chapter 1 by speaking to the Winter Queen, but had not yet done the campaign quests at the Star Lake Amphitheater on any character, would be unable to turn in the quest "Show, Don't Tell."
**The boss will no longer reset when dealing the killing shot at the same time as being ejected from Bron during the Mikanikos "Path of Ascension" scenario.
**Lady Moonberry has finished her prank and is no longer in two places at once for Night Fae who leveled via Threads of Fate during the quest "The Boon of Shapes."
*Bastion
**The chest for "Trial of Courage" no longer despawns as soon as you reach it.
**Fixed an issue where the Chamber Guardians could fail to attack during the quest, "You Go First."
*Maldraxxus
**The Harvesting Hook required for "Give Them a Hand" now displays that it's on cooldown.
**To prevent phasing issues, "Kill Them, Of Course" must be turned in before "Secrets Among the Shelves" can be accepted.
**Ve'nari's Orb of Teleportation now correctly brings all members of a party along for the ride during the quest "Hope Never Dies."
**Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a door to not open while progressing through the quest, "Secrets Among the Shelves."
*Ardenweald
**Elder Finnan, Elder Gwenna, and Groonoomcrooek have all returned to their homes, if you are searching for them for the Lady of the Falls after accepting "Ages-Echoing Wisdom."
**Nesting Valeshrieker will now respawn after a hunter tames the beast while on the quest "Wildseed Rescue."
*Revendreth
**Fixed an issue where Stage 3 of "The Master of Lies" scenario completed automatically if the objective's area was reached on an earlier stage.
**General Kaal will now accept the turn in for "The Master Awaits" after dismounting Myskia.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Added missing sounds to some creatures and boss abilities.
*Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Arch-Suppressor Laguas to become afflicted with Thrall's Earthen Crush ability and permanently evade all oncoming attacks.
*Fixed an issue that allowed Unnatural Power to be removed with mind control abilities.
;World Quests
*Fixed an issue where some players could not see the obstacles during the Bastion World Quest, "Flight School: Flapping Frenzy."
*Increased the respawn rate of the enemies required for completing "Pest Removal."
*"Calling the Champions" now gives credit to all party members.
===November 25===
;Character
*Players can now :hearthstone from the Maw despite being afflicted with Immediate Extermination.
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**Vengeance
***The impact from Soul Cleave now has sound.
*Paladin
**Retribution
***Execution Sentence (Talent) now has a more pronounced sound.
*Rogue
**General
***Resolved an issue that prevented the reactivation of Flagellation (Covenant ability) (Venthyr Ability) and granting Haste while the Rogue's target is still alive.
;Covenants
*Beginning construction of the Venthyr Anima Conductor now properly consumes available Anima.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Battle Ready Tauralus can no longer be interacted with while mounted.
*Male Gilnean guards now have male voices.
*Stygian Abductors now abide by the laws of gravity after being slain.
*Resolved an issue that caused the Forlorn Prisoner's Forlorn's Grace buff to increase damage instead of decrease damage.
*A Plague Watcher now stands watch at the Marileth Camp in Blighted Scar.
*Fixed an issue where Sundancer's Echo of Dresaelus buff could be taken into unintended areas.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Mists of Tirna Scithe
**Fixed an issue in the Misty Forest where a maze door would not open when approaching the door from the side.
**Slain gorms should now drop loot as intended.
**Tred'ova
***Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Mind Link to become unbreakable if targeted players were 40 yards apart when the spell was cast.
*Theater of Pain
**Mistress Dyrax
***Players are no longer afflicted by Mass Temptation after combat has ended.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue which caused Selfless Forgelite's mail armor on Forgelite Neptira to be incorrectly ineligible for purchase and use in transmogrification.
*Slumberwood Band can no longer trigger in Arena or Rated Battlegrounds.
*Veiled Satchel of Cooperation can now be opened from characters level 50 to 60. Satchels earned prior to the fix will require reaching level 60 to open.
*The Garb of the Harmonious transmogrification set now displays the correct chestplate.
*Turning in Twinklestar's Gardening Toolkit to Twinklestar no longer consumes other players' toolkits.
*Many Shadowlands Inscription supplies can now be placed in an Inscription bag.
*The Brimming Ember Shard trinket channel is now intentionally interrupted when casting another spell during the channel.
;Quests
*Covenant Campaign
**Fixed an issue where players who choose to skip portions of Chapter 1 of their :Covenant Campaign would not have any Redeemed Souls available to them. Players who experienced this issue should now receive the Redeemed Souls the next time they visit their Covenant Sanctum.
**Fixed an issue where the quests following the Covenant Campaign quests "A Call to Service" could become unavailable if players logged out before accepting the next quest.
**Fixed an issue where the Kyrian Covenant Campaign quest "Our Most Precious Resource" could become unavailable if players logged out before accepting it.
**Fixed an issue where players aligned with the Kyrian Covenant who skipped the campaign quest "It's All Coming Together" would not see the chapter "Among the Kyrian" as complete.
**Sesselie now appears in the appropriate phase to offer the Night Fae Covenant Campaign quest "Replenish the Reservoir."
**The patrol have bolstered themselves and can no longer be defeated while on the Night Fae Covenant quest "A Night in the Woods."
*Bastion
**Fixed an issue where players could be unintentionally killed while escaping the Necrotic Wake during the quest, "A Time for Courage."
**The objective to the quest "The Mnemonic Locus" should now be visually clearer.
**A teleportation pad is now available to use after jumping off the platform while completing "The Hand of Doubt" in Bastion.
*Maldraxxus
**Stringy Spores and Stringy Growths are now visible on the minimap for easier collecting during the quests, "Spores Galore" and "Pulling Hairs."
**The Unfinished Blade required for "Through the Fire and Flames" can now be looted by multiple players at the same time and respawns faster.
**Players who defeat Chelicera without first obtaining the Key of Eyes will no longer be blocked from completing the quest, "WANTED: The Key of Eyes."
**Aspirant Thales and the Rune of Might are now immediately available after exiting the Soulfused Construct during the quest, "In The Flesh."
**Renny the Fox, the sly star of "That Darn Fox" has been given a stern talking to and should be responsive to players trying to catch him after their heroic rescue in Maldraxxus.
**Increased the respawn rate of the enemies required to complete "The Hunt for the Baron."
*Ardenweald
**Fixed an issue where players who completed "Shooing Wildlife" would not see Dreamweaver to start "Tending to Wildseeds."
**Guardian Molan is now visible for turning in "Blooming Villains."
**Te'zan and Niya now return to the forest after completing "Recovering the Heart" in Ardenweald.
**Primrose will now correctly stealth if the player uses stealth during "Break it Down."
*Revendreth
**Characters should no longer get stuck in combat for extended durations in the Ember Ward while on the quest "An Uneventful Stroll."
**Lord Chamberlain's Protection now applies to all party members on the quest "The Accuser's Secret."
**Fixed an issue where some players were unable to speak to Vorpalia to complete the quest "In the Ruin of Rebellion."
**Prince Renathal should now make an appearance at the end of the "Master of Lies" scenario even if players have killed all the Royal Nightcloaks between Myskia and Sire Denathrius.
*Fixed an issue where the fight event during the Rogue Order Hall Campaign quest "Picking A Fight" would sometimes not start.
*Master Cheng now deals appropriate damage while on the Monk quest, "Begin Your Training: Master Cheng." Master Hight had a talk with Cheng about how many new monks were being battered, bruised, and literally set on fire within the Peak of "Serenity" and asked that he scale it back a bit.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
*Fixed an issue where players who reached Threat Level 5 would still have the Eye of the Jailer Stygia and Ve'nari Reputation reduction debuff the next day.
;Torghast, Tower of the Damned
*Fixed an issue that prevented Frostbite Wand (Torghast Anima Power) from healing targets under the effect of Cyclone.
;World Quests
*The manifestations for "Swarming Souls" now respawn more frequently and the completion requirement has been lessened.
*Fixed an issue where some players could not interact with Gatamatos during the Bastion World Quest "Training Regimen."
*Increased the health of the accompanied dredger and the time between waves of enemies for "Demolition Detail."
===November 24===
;Classes
*Hunter
**General
***Resolved an issue where Hunters leaving their Resonating Arrow (Kyrian Ability) area effect could apply the Resonating Arrow debuff to unintended targets.
***Wild Spirit's (Night Fae Ability) visual effects now appear for enemy players.
*Monk
**General
***Calculated Strikes (Potency Conduit) no longer causes Spinning Crane Kick to deal less damage than intended when using a two-handed weapon.
**Windwalker
***Resolved an issue that prevented Bonedust Brew (Covenant ability) (Necrolord Ability) from refunding Chi when using Spinning Crane Kick.
*Shaman
**General
***Deathseer Choker (Torghast Anima Power) now properly increases the damage of any summoned units.
***Vesper Totem (Kyrian Ability) will no longer incorrectly pulse a heal when casting Stormkeeper (Talent) as Elemental and Enhancement specializations.
**Elemental
***Fixed an issue that allowed Chain Harvest (Venthyr Ability) to work with Echoing Shock (Talent).
**Restoration
***Mana Tide Totem will no longer incorrectly applies to enemy players in PvP combat.
*Warlock
**General
***Fixed an issue that caused Smoking Shard of Teleportation (Torghast Anima Power) to not work properly if an active demon isn't summoned.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Zo'sorg and Purveyor Zo'kuul went on a brief hiatus while an issue was being resolved. The PvP vendors should now be back in Oribos at the usual location.
*Players above level 50 now properly retain their full combat bonus when fighting enemies from the Legion expansion.
*Fixed an issue where some of the Aspirant Defenders at Aspirant's Rest in Bastion would not help nearby players. They have since come to an agreement that you need no further training and are once again ready to assist.
*Indomitable Schmitd should now react to the Fuseless Special bomb more reliably.
*Foreman Thorodir is now immune to damage and will accept your quest turn in without interruption from nearby gorm.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Spires of Ascension
**The kyrian in Path of Ascension will stay lower to the ground when using their diving attacks.
;Items and Rewards
*The Phial of Ravenous Slime toy has been temporarily disabled.
*Pinch of Faerie Dust should now only be usable in Ardenweald, and should be unavailable inside dungeons, including Mists of Tirna Scithe.
*Kyrian Javelins are no longer able to be used against enemy players.
*The Empyreal Ordnance trinket from the Spires of Ascension dungeon should now only drop for caster specializations.
*The Overflowing Ember Mirror trinket no longer double dips into Versatility.
*The Brimming Ember Shard trinket channel has been reduced to 1.2 seconds (was 6 seconds) and the number of pulses during the channel has been increased. Additionally, the overall healing has been increased by 36% and the overall damage increased by 56%.
;Professions
*Alchemy
**Spectral Flask of Power should no longer provide a 2 hour duration for non-Alchemists.
*Leatherworking
**Bone Bound Knuckles are now Bind on Equip.
;Quests
*Changed a setting that should allow players to consistently see and interact with others in their group in the four Shadowlands zones and the introductory Maw.
*The quest "Shadowlands: A Chilling Summons" should no longer be offered to players who have not activated the expansion.
*All quest credit for "Through the Shattered Sky" is now shared with all party members when Party Sync is enabled.
*Horde players on the Battle for Azeroth War Campaign will automatically be removed from the instanced version of Orgrimmar while on the introductory quests for Shadowlands.
*The Echoes of Mortality required for the quest "The Eternal Traveler" are now obtainable in the Shadowlands.
*Darion Mograine should no longer be phased out for some party members before accepting the quest "Field Seance."
*Fixed an issue that caused players to disconnect if they fall into the Maw's dark abyss during the introduction questline. The Jailer won't be pleased to hear the news of your escape…
*Fixed an issue where party members were unable to see Thanikos Spinerender during the Bastion quest "A Time for Courage."
*Fixed an issue during the Bastion quest "A Temple in Need" where Galistos' Burdens would appear before players had successfully completed the previous wave of Galistos' Burdens.
*Fixed an issue where the Hurl Kyrian Hammer vehicle ability could fail to appear during the Bastion quest "The Enemy You Know."
*Players may now turn in the Bastion side quest "Functioning Anima Core" to Kalisthene when they first meet her during the campaign quest "Go in Service."
*Fixed an issue where players who were not eligible to close Swelling Tears in Bastion could see them.
*Fixed several issues that would prevent Andira from being retrieved for some players during the quest, "Larion at Large."
*Fixed an issue where neutral enemies would attack players unprovoked during the Bastion world quest "A Crisis of Memory."
*Adjusted the Ardenweald Campaign so that it will no longer overlap with the Maldraxxus Campaign.
*"The Arbiter's Will" and "A Land of Strife" are now under Chapter 1 of the Maldraxxus Campaign.
*Secutior Mavix no longer disappears after abandoning the Maldraxxus quest, "A Deadly Distraction."
*Ve'nari's Anima Shroud stealth aura has been buffed while on the quest, "Delving Deeper."
*The quest objectives needed to complete "Hazardous Waste Collection" should now spawn more frequently.
*Players can no longer be attacked by enemy players while under the effects of Paralytic Plague during the quest "Fit For a Margrave" and while stunned in the air during the quest "Through the Fire and Flames."
*Baroness Vashj is now able to multitask and will accept the turn in for the Maldraxxus quest "Straight to the Heart" while she's engaged in combat. She does have four arms after all.
*Quest credit for "A Bond Beyond Death" will now continue after defeating Deslan the Torturer.
*Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the cutscene in the Grove of Awakening to fail to play.
*Fixed an issue where grouped players could have a party member become unable to complete the Ardenweald quest "Wildseed Rescue."
*Fixed an issue where the Blighted Beast would become stuck with no way to complete the quest, "Toppling the Brute."
*Dreamweaver's position has been updated for accepting the quest, "Hungry for Animacones."
*Flutterby has given her questly duties to Sesselie so now players can turn in the quest "Replenish the Reservoir."
*While on the Revendreth quest "A Reflection of Truth", the ground visual for Crimson Barrage should remain visible when Projected Textures is disabled in the System Settings menu.
*Fixed an issue where grouped players could have a party member become unable to complete the Revendreth quest "A Reflection of Truth."
*"The Master of Lies" scenario will now advance beyond Stage 1 for the entire party, regardless of watching or exiting the cutscene. Additionally, the area required for completing Stage 3 is now easier to locate.
*The Signaling Beacon required for completing the Maw quest "Rule 3: Trust is Earned" should no longer be affected by combat in its vicinity.
===November 23===
;Classes
*Druid
**General
***Fixed an issue where characters would occasionally be shifted out of Travel Form when logging in after being disconnected or force quitting the game.
**Balance
***Fixed an issue where Adaptive Swarm (Covenant ability) (Necrolord Ability) would not increase the damage of damage over time effects.
**Feral
***Each Ferocious Bite from Convoke the Spirits (Covenant ability) (Night Fae Ability), with Sabertooth (Talent) selected, should now extend Rip by 5 seconds.
*Priest
**Shadow
***Shadowform is now learned at level 10 (was level 12).
***Devouring Plague is now learned at level 12 (was level 10).
*Mage
**Frost
***Resolved an issue where Ray of Frost (Talent) would sometimes not grant 2 charges of Fingers of Frost after the channeled icy beam has completed.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Fixed an issue that could cause Mothbane the Mighty to despawn immediately when engaged in combat.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Halls of Atonement
**Halkias
***The damage from Refracted Sinlight should now properly align with the beam’s visual effect.
**Black Rook Hold
***Reduced the damage from being hit by boulders in the boulder gauntlet.
;Items and Rewards
*The Draught of Ten Lands is now capped at level 49 (was level 50).
*The maximum level on Lightning-Forged Augment Rune has been increased to 59 (was level 50).
*Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve will no longer grant Draconic Empowerment for characters above level 50.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Fixed an issue that could cause some characters who had previously used Laser Matrix (Azerite Trait) to enter combat with creatures even after the trait was unequipped.
;Quests
*The Death Gate to the Maw should now be available when ready to turn in the Alliance quest, "The Path to Salvation".
*Fixed an issue where groups doing the Bastion quest "The Work of One's Hands" could get into a state where the heat bar would fail to progress.
*The House of Rituals has sent reinforcements to Bastion, resulting in more available targets for the quest "Double Tap".
*Fixed an issue where groups could have difficulties completing the Bastion quest "Step Back From That Ledge, My Friend".
*Fixed an issue where interacting with Vulnerable Aspirants would dismount you during the Bastion quest "On the Edge of a Revelation".
*Necrotic Droplets in the Temple of Courage are no longer level 60 and are very sorry for being so aggressive.
*Fixed an issue where Gerdus would not always be available to turn in the Bastion quest, "WANTED: Gorgebeak".
*Fixed an issue that caused the name of The Jailer to be missing from the subtitles in the Maw cinematic.
;World Events
*Death Rising vendor, Crusader Adevald Ironbeard, has found his way to the Argent Tournament grounds and has stationed himself alongside the tournament reward vendors.
===November 20===
;Classes
*Hunter
**Marksmanship
***The cooldown of Survival of the Fittest (hunter talent) (Lone Wolf Ability) will now reset when a raid boss encounter ends.
*Monk
**Brewmaster
***The cooldown of Fortifying Brew is now correctly 6 minutes.
*Rogue
**Outlaw
***Acrobatic Strikes (Talent) now correctly increases the range of Dreadblades (Talent).
;Creatures and NPCs
*Resolved an issue where characters boosted with the Shadowlands boost were unable to see Magni Bronzebeard in the Chamber of the Heart after receiving the Heart of Azeroth.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Atal'Dazar
**Yazma
***Resolved an issue that caused the Shadowy Remains pools left behind by Echoes of Shadra to become nearly invisible.
*Vault of the Wardens
**Glazer
***The Lens should now reflect Glazer's Focusing Beam properly.
;Items and Rewards
*After Shadowlands launches, there will not be a new set of Battle for Azeroth weekly chests that correspond with the current week of activities (November 17-23). Loot your final Battle for Azeroth weekly chests now!
*Resolved an issue that caused some helms to hide Draenei female horns.
;Player versus Player
*Corrected an issue that caused Arena and Rated Battleground matches played during the Battle for Azeroth post-season to count towards some Shadowlands Seasonal achievements.
;Quests
*Killing the Frightened Provincial Minuteman during "Ace in the Hole" will once again summon a val'kyr to raise them as Forsaken.
===November 19===
;Classes
*Druid
**Balance
***Eclipse now correctly activates if two Starfire are cast simultaneously using Owlkin Frenzy.
*Monk
**Brewmaster
***The global cooldown of Rushing Jade Wind (Talent), Admonishment (PvP Talent), and Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox are now correctly 1 second.
*Paladin
**Retribution
***Execution Sentence (Talent) initial damage increased by 31%. Damage is unchanged when engaged in combat with enemy players.
*Priest
**Discipline
***Damage of all abilities reduced by 6%.
;Exile's Reach
*The destroyed version of the Undercity is now visible to new characters that have completed Exile's Reach.
===November 18===
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**General
***Disrupt (Rank 2), Disrupt (Rank 3), Consume Magic (Rank 2), Immolation Aura (Rank 2), and Spectral Sight (Rank 2) bonus effects are now properly granted when unlocked.
**Vengeance
***Sigil of Silence (Rank 2) is now unlocked at level 47 (was level 48).
*Rogue
**Assassination
***Resolved an issue that prevented Shiv critical strikes from generating additional combo points with Seal Fate.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Fixed an issue that caused Dunegorger Kraulok to not drop the mount, Mollie. Players that previously defeated Dunegorger Kraulok can defeat it again for a chance at its loot.
;Items and Rewards
*The repeatable treasures in Tanaan Jungle now grant reduced experience.
;Player versus Player
*Fixed an issue in the Twin Peaks battleground where flag carriers standing on the turn in point do not automatically capture the flag if the enemy flag is returned.
;Professions
*Technique: Glyph of the Lightspawn now correctly requires Legion Inscription to learn the new skill.
*Ore and herbs located inside the Draenor Garrison no longer grant experience when gathered.
;User Interface
*Fixed an issue that removed the ability to connect to Twitter and post tweets from in game.
===November 17===
;Allied Races
*The Combat Analysis Mechagnome Racial now correctly scales with level.
*Fixed an issue where players may be unable to turn in the Vulpera quest, "Playing to their Strengths".
;Classes
*Monk
**Windwalker
***Resolved an issue that prevented Xuen's Crackling Tiger Lightning from gaining benefit from Haste.
*Paladin
**Protection
***Shining Light (Passive) now has a 30 second buff duration.
*Priest
**Shadow
***Tentacles will now appear on the caster when using Voidform.
***The global cooldown of Damnation (priest talent) (Talent) is now correctly modified by Haste.
***Fixed an issue where Damnation (Talent) would incorrectly cause Vampiric Touch to deal bonus instant damage.
*Warrior
**Fury and Protection
***Dragon Roar (Talent) now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Blackrock Caverns
**Karsh Steelbender
***Heat Wave now deals appropriate damage on all difficulties.
*Icecrown Citadel
**Blood-Queen Lana'thel
***Pact of the Darkfallen now deals appropriate damage on all difficulties.
*The Eternal Palace
**Radiance of Azshara
***Radiance of Azshara will once again generate energy on all difficulties.
;Items and Rewards
*Lady Jaina Proudmoore and N'Zoth the Corruptor should once again drop 2 mounts regardless of group size when defeated on Mythic difficulty. This will change when Shadowlands launches.
*Corrected an issue that caused Thaumaturge Vashreen to provide lower item level Azerite armor pieces than intended. Vashreen went on brief hiatus while this issue was being resolved, and should now be back in Boralus and Zuldazar at the usual locations.
;Professions
*Skinning can now be leveled to 300 in outdoor Classic zones.
;Quests
*Resolved the issues that prevented Alliance players from completing the Drustvar quests, "An Improvised Arsenal" and "Break on Through".
*Deathcursed Terror will now attack the player instead of the unsuspecting Waycrest Guards during the Alliance quest, "The Final Effigy".
*Players will once again receive the Falconer's Whistle that is required to complete the World Quest, "This Bird You Cannot Change".
*The Engineering quest "All Charged Up" should now properly award kill credit when using the gunpowder charges on the Shimmering Oleanders.
;World Events
*Salvaged Supplies for the "Frontline Resupply" daily quest now appear more frequently.
===November 16===
;Classes
*Mage
**General
***[With regional restarts] Rune of Power (Talent) duration is now 12 seconds (was 15 seconds).
**Fire
***[With regional restarts] Flamestrike damage reduced by 8%.
**Frost
***[With regional restarts] All damage abilities reduced by 4%.
*Priest
**Discipline
***[With regional restarts] Spirit Shell (Talent) absorb shield cap of 60% health is now shared among all casting Priests.
***[With regional restarts] Spirit Shell (Talent) absorb shield duration is now 10 seconds (was 15 seconds).
;Creatures and NPCs
*Rare elite creatures have received a health boost when faced with more than 20 players.
;Items and Rewards
*Heart of Azeroth
**[With regional restarts] The Heart of Azeroth's secondary stats have been reduced by 20%.
***Developers' note: We've identified a number of items that were disproportionately powerful for their item level, especially going into Shadowlands, where reaching max level should come with new, more powerful items to wear. So we're making the following adjustments with patch 9.0.2.
**[With regional restarts] The power of several legacy trinkets has been reduced in all content. The effectiveness of the following trinkets have been reduced by 15%:
***Dead-Eye Spyglass
***Harlan's Loaded Dice
***Lustrous Golden Plumage
***Peerless Alchemist Stone
***Tiny Electromental in a Jar
***Torment in a Jar
***Vial of Animated Blood
***Writhing Segment of Drest'agath
**[With regional restarts] The effectiveness of the following trinkets have been reduced by 25%:
***Azshara's Font of Power
***Corrupted Gladiator's Badge
***Corrupted Gladiator's Insignia
***Galecaller's Boon
***Manifesto of Madness
***Vita-Charged Titanshard
**[With regional restarts] The effectiveness of the following trinkets have been reduced by 40%:
***Ashvane's Razor Coral
***Highborne Compendium of Storms
;World Events
*The additional second-week content of the Shadowlands Pre-patch, Death Rising, is now available. New quests can be found in Icecrown and capital cities, and you are advised to take extra precautions. Zombies are invading!
*The minions of the Maw are calling the rare spawns of Icecrown much more frequently.
*Players working on the Quel'Delar questline are now able to continue their adventures during the Death Rising events in Icecrown.
;WoW Classic
*Naxxramas attunement is now available. Visit Archmage Angela Dosantos at Light's Hope Chapel to get started. Light be with you!
===November 12===
;Classes
*Death Knight
**Unholy
***Last Surprise (Azerite Trait) no longer double dips into Mastery: Dreadblades.
===November 11===
;Dungeons and Raids
*The Eternal Palace
**Blackwater Behemoth
***Blackwater Behemoth will once again swim to another platform upon reaching 100% energy on all difficulties.
;Quests
*Darkblaze can once again be defeated to complete the Redridge Mountains Alliance quest, "Darkblaze, Brood of the Worldbreaker".
;World Events
*Resolved an issue with the Icecrown Chilling Winds weather debuff lasting longer than intended.
*Resolved an issue preventing players from accessing Trial of the Crusader raid and Trial of the Champion dungeon during the Death Rising event.
===November 10===
;Quests
*The battle pet quests "Varzok (quest)" and "Audrey Burnhep (quest)" no longer incorrectly provide an abnormally high gold reward.
*During the Feralas quest "Might of the Sentinels", the fight against Cho'gall no longer takes an unreasonable amount of time.
;World Events
*The Icecrown area will now shard on Roleplay (RP) servers for the duration of the Death Rising event.
*Characters who defeated Nathanos but didn't receive a reward should be eligible to complete the World Quest to defeat him again and earn the reward.
*Fixed an issue where dead players didn't receive a cinematic after slaying Nathanos Blightcaller while on the quest "Nathanos Blightcaller (quest)".
===November 9===
;Classes
*General
**[With regional restarts] All tank specializations passive threat generation has increased.
*Druid
**Feral
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 8%.
**Restoration
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
*Hunter
**Beast Mastery
***[With regional restarts] The damage of all abilities except Cobra Shot and Barbed Shot have been reduced by 5%.
**Marksmanship
***[With regional restarts] Volley (Talent) damage reduced by 30%.
*Mage
**General
***[With regional restarts] Arcane Explosion damage reduced by 8%.
**Frost
***[With regional restarts] Splitting Ice's Ice Lance damage to secondary targets reduced to 65% (was 80%).
***[With regional restarts] Ice Lance damage reduced by 10%.
***[With regional restarts] Freezing Rain's Blizzard damage increased to 60% (was 50%).
***[With regional restarts] Comet Storm damage increased by 5%.
*Monk
**Windwalker
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
*Paladin
**General
***[With regional restarts] Crusader Strike mana cost reduced to 9% base mana (was 14%).
***[With regional restarts] Shield of the Righteous damage reduced by 15%.
**Holy
***[With regional restarts] Holy Shock healing increased by 10%.
***[With regional restarts] Word of Glory healing increased by 9%.
***[With regional restarts] Glimmer of Light (Talent) healing reduced by 10%.
**Protection
***[With regional restarts] Protection Paladin passive Armor bonus reduced to 10% (was 20%).
***[With regional restarts] Word of Glory healing increased by 9% and healing when casting Word of Glory (Rank 2) on yourself reduced to 250% based on your missing health (was 300%).
**Retribution
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 4%.
***[With regional restarts] Execution Sentence (Talent) no longer has a chance to critically strike and initial damage reduced by 25%.
***[With regional restarts] Final Reckoning (Talent) increased damage taken reduced to 35% (was 50%).
***[With regional restarts] Sanctified Wrath (Talent) damage increased by 50%.
*Priest
**Discipline
***[With regional restarts] Power Word: Shield absorb reduced by 8%.
***[With regional restarts] Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 10%.
***[With regional restarts] Purge the Wicked (Talent) damage reduced by 10%.
*Rogue
**Subtlety
***Resolved an issue that allowed Subtlety Rogue's Eviscerate to deal additional damage to targets that have another Rogue's Find Weakness active.
*Shaman
**General
***[With regional restarts] Chain Heal healing reduced by 7%.
**Restoration
***[With regional restarts] The bonus damage for choosing the Restoration Shaman specialization has been lowered to 15% (was 40%). At level 37, this value increases back to 40%.
*Warrior
**Arms
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 6%.
***[With regional restarts] Cleave (Talent) no longer replaces Sweeping Strikes.
**Fury
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 10%.
***[With regional restarts] Whirlwind additional target damage reduced to 45% (was 50%).
***[With regional restarts] Bladestorm (Talent) damage increased by 8%.
***[With regional restarts] Frenzy (warrior talent) (Talent) Haste reduced to 2% (was 3%) and max stacks increased to 4 (was 3).
===November 5===
;Allied Races
*Fixed an issue where Zandalari Death Knights could not select a zone upon arriving in Zandalar. Turns out having a friend on de other side can be nice.
;Items and Rewards
*Various legacy consumables including Swiftness Potion, Invisibility Potion, Free Action Potion, and Purification Potion have had their max usable level increased to 50.
===November 4===
;Allied Races
*Fixed an issue where Kul Tiran Death Knights could not select a zone upon arriving in Kul Tiras.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Zidormi in Tirisfal Glades is now visible to new characters that have completed Exile's Reach.
;Quests
*Chromie has identified level 50 players stuck in Timewalking Campaigns and will safely extract them the next time they're in the open world so that they may queue for Battle for Azeroth dungeons.
===November 2===
;Quests
*"The Hunter and the Prince" quest can now be completed once more.
;WoW's 16th Anniversary
*(With overnight restarts) Fixed an issue that prevented many players from queuing for the Korrak's Revenge battleground.
*Quest experience and reputation gains should now properly be increased by 16% during WoW's 16th Anniversary event.
*Players that have previously completed "A Timely Invitation" and "Soldier of Time" should once again be eligible for the quest.
*Characters who are still on Exile's Reach will now earn the WoW's 16th Anniversary achievement and associated mail upon their first login after escaping the island.
;WoW Classic
*Original WoW 1.11 Nature Resist gear is now obtainable.
==October==
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===October 28===
;Classes
*;Paladin
**;Retribution
***Fixed an issue where the Aura of Reckoning (PvP Talent) buff persisted after switching specializations.
;Horrific Visions
*;Orgrimmar
**Fixed an issue where you were unable to release after dying.
;Quests
*Fearbreaker should now appear in all phases during the Alliance quest, "Return of the Warrior King".
*The Warlords of Draenor Garrison Campaign quests, "Missing Grunt", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Awakening", "Deep Recon", and "Crows In The Field" are once again obtainable and completable.
;User Interface
*You can once again link quests in chat.
*Fixed an issue that caused guilds that were recruiting only max level characters to not appear in Guild Finder and Community Finder.
*Fixed an issue that caused some players to be unable to queue as a tank or healer specialization for specific dungeons in the Dungeon Finder.
===October 27===
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**;Dark Inquisitor Xanesh
***Fixed an issue that prevented the encounter from starting after defeating the enemies in the Ritual Chamber on all difficulties.
*;Wailing Caverns
**;Lady Anacondra
***Thorns now deals appropriate damage.
===October 26===
;Classes
*;Shaman
**;Enhancement
***Primal Primer (Azerite Trait) now correctly activates when Flametongue Weapon is applied to your weapon.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Experience granted to players in dungeons is now standardized, and does not change with the size of the player's party.
**Developers' notes: This standardized experience value is equal to what the leveling player would have previously earned in a 5-person party. Dungeon experience was tuned around the expectation of full parties, and we saw that taplist loopholes in combination with pre-patch changes to dungeon scaling revealed some extreme leveling tactics by fewer than 5 players. We want dungeons to remain lucrative, and to be a valid alternative to questing and other experience sources, rather than to overshadow them.
;Quests
*Anduin Wrynn should now be present in the throne room to turn in quests for players who are still on the Darkshore introduction storyline.
===October 23===
;Classes
*;Demon Hunter
**;General
***Fixed an issue that caused Glyph of Crackling Flames to break the animations of several abilities.
*;Rogue
**;General
***Tricks of the Trade can now be cast on characters level 10 and above.
*;Shaman
**;Enhancement
***Fixed an issue where the Hailstorm (shaman talent) (Talent) buff persisted after switching specializations.
*;Warlock
**;General
***Warlocks below level 10 now have a pet action bar to control their summoned demons.
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**The damage and health of all enemies have been reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
**;Carapace of N'Zoth
***Infinite Void damage reduced by 50% per stack on all difficulties.
***Black Scar damage reduced by 10% on all difficulties.
***Mandible Slam damage reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
*;Icecrown Citadel
**;The Lich King
***Fixed an issue where the Necrotic Plague debuff wouldn't be removed upon exiting the instance.
;Items and Rewards
*Wands can now be transmogrified into two-handed Legion Artifact weapons.
;Player versus Player
*Battleground gates will once again open when the countdown timer expires.
;Quests
*During the quest, "The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened", the falling rocks in the Scar of the Worldbreaker are no longer quite so punishing on Martek's Hog.
*Players are once again able to steer the Keg Bomb during the "Do a Barrel Roll!" quest in Kun-Lai Summit.
===October 22===
;Classes
*;Hunter
**;General
***Fixed an issue that caused Feign Death to not cancel an enemy's spell cast when used towards the end of the cast.
*;Paladin
**;General
***Blessing of Protection is now learned at level 32 (was level 41).
**;Retribution
***Retribution Aura now correctly extends an existing Crusade (Talent) without resetting its stacks.
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**;N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Fixed an issue where Basher Tentacles would cast Void Lash more frequently on all difficulties.
;Items and Rewards
*Blink-Trigger Headgun and Tactical Headgun on-use effects now have a 5 minute cooldown (was 30 seconds).
;Quests
*Sylvanas Windrunner should now be present in Grommash Hold if you have quests to turn in to her while you're also in the middle of the Vulpera Allied Race questline. Shhh... Don't tell Tyrande.
===October 21===
;Characters
*The Character Transfer gold limit for characters level 40-49 has increased to 250,000 gold.
;Classes
*;Demon Hunter
**;Vengeance
***Fixed an issue that caused Armor to decrease when using Demon Spikes while there is an active Demon Spikes Armor buff.
*;Mage
**;Arcane
***Arcane Pummeling (Azerite Trait) damage per wave reduced by 40%.
****Developers' note: With the change to Arcane's Mastery and Clearcasted Arcane Missiles, the Arcane Pummeling Azerite Trait gained more power than intended.
*;Priest
**;Discipline
***Fixed an issue causing Atonement to heal for too little at low levels.
**;Shadow
***Spiteful Apparitions (Azerite Trait) damage reduced by 34%.
***Whispers of the Damned (Azerite trait) (Azerite Trait) Insanity generation reduced by 50%.
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Utgarde Pinnacle
**;King Ymiron
***Dark Slash now deals appropriate damage on Normal difficulty.
;Quests
*You'll now be ported back onto the ship if you accidentally fall off during the Horde quest "Paint it Red" and Alliance quest "Unleash Hell".
;WoW Classic
*The Hallow's End Tricked or Treated aura can no longer be pushed off by other auras when reaching the aura limit.
===October 20===
*;Achievements
**The Will of the Emperor encounter special ability, Opportunistic Strike, is obtainable once again for completing the achievement Show Me Your Moves!.
;Classes
*;Death Knight
**;Unholy
***The additional Shadow damage from Soul Reaper's (Talent) explosion is now correctly affected by Mastery.
*;Druid
**;Balance
***Damage caused by Starfall will break the caster out of stealth.
*;Mage
**;General
***Vision of Perfection (Azerite Essence) no longer procs Rune of Power (Talent).
**;Frost
***The Water Elemental pet now learns Freeze at level 23.
*;Priest
**;General
***Priests on the quest "Blade in Twilight" can now use the Tirisfal Camp Scroll again to get back to the Whispering Forest if they leave the area.
*;Warlock
**;General
***Unstable Affliction's damage dealt when it is dispelled has been reduced by 35%.
;Items and Rewards
*Many Burning Crusade gems have had their stats updated to the correct numbers.
;Pet Battles
*The Sun Darter Hatchling is obtainable once again. Happy hunting!
;Player versus Player
*Fixed an issue where some Gladiator mounts were not accessible across the account.
*The Conquest limit has been increased and players can once again progress on their Weekly Conquest reward.
;Quests
*Players who are eligible to visit Nazjatar will no longer be prompted upon log in to start the quests, "The Warchief's Order" or "The Wolf's Offensive". Instead, players can begin their journey to Nazjatar by starting the quest, "Send the Fleet", by speaking to Nathanos or Genn Greymane.
*Reduced the difficulty of the enemies in the Alliance quest "Fairwind's "Friends"'.
;World Events
*The Hallow's End Candy Bucket located in The Veiled Stair now appears in all phases.
===October 19===
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**;Vexiona
***Fixed an issue that occasionally caused Vexiona to not follow her target.
Island Expeditions
*Resolved an issue that prevented Azerite Extractors from functioning correctly.
;Player versus Player
*Rated Battleground listings will once again appear in the Group Finder menu.
;Quests
*After completing "An End to Beginnings", the instructions have been clarified on how to unlock the Timewalking Campaign for players that have already leveled a character before.
*Players who have started the Battle for Azeroth introduction are now able to complete "The Legion Returns" and any remaining Legion introduction content.
*Nathanos is visible once again for Horde players to turn in "The Battle for Lordaeron".
*Fixed an issue where Alliance players were unable to pick up "Battle for Azeroth: Tides of War" from Hero's Herald.
===October 16===
;Barber Shop
*Resolved some issues with the Barber Shop previewing textures from other character models.
*Worgen players are now able to save changes to their Human forms.
*Resolved an issue with a Night Elf skin color and eye color not displaying correctly to other players.
;Classes
*;Mage
**;General
***Portals can now be used by all members of the Mage's party, regardless of level.
****Mages who are not yet high enough level to fly can now take a portal to the abandoned Kirin Tor camp during the quest "The Deadwind Site."
***Starving prisoners are now less picky and will eat any level of Mage conjured food offered to them during the quest, "More Than Just a Food Vendor".
**;Arcane
***Master of Escape (PvP Talent) no longer reduces the cooldown of Mass Invisibility (PvP Talent).
*;Warrior
**;Protection
***All Protection Warriors with Punish (Talent) selected can now apply multiple Punish debuffs on a single target.
;Dungeons and Raids
**Grievous and Bursting affixes now deal appropriate damage on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
**;Atal'Dazar
***Shadowy spiders summoned by Echoes of Shadra no longer deal damage while in the Awakened (affix) affix realm on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
;Exile's Reach
*After several complaints from Captain Garrick and Warlord Grimaxe, new recruits can no longer duel aboard the Horde and Alliance ships. Additionally, Health regeneration will recover more slowly while dueling on Exile's Reach. Now take your fights to the island, recruits!
*Resolved an issue where the objective to speak with Warlord Grimaxe wouldn't complete during the Exile's Reach Horde quest, "Dungeon: Darkmaul Citadel (Horde)".
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue causing the Humming Black Dragonscale trinket's slow fall effect to not apply the Draconic Descent buff aura. Additionally, the trinket's slow fall effect can now be used while mounted.
*Alliance players can loot 7th Legion Service Medal once again.
;Quests
*Completing "Quartermaster's Bounty" will reward a Warlord's Trophy for your efforts once again.
*The turn in locations for the Vulpera Allied Race quests, "A Little Goodwill" and "Worthwhile Repairs" have been updated to their correct positions.
*"Adventurers Wanted: Chromie's Call" will correctly be categorized under Orgrimmar for Horde characters.
*The Legionfall Construction Table is no longer empty during the quest "Begin Construction".
*Vanthir is once again visible for turning in the Suramar quest, "All Along the Waterways".
*Fixed an issue that prevented players from completing the Shadowmoon Valley quest, "The Ashtongue Corruptors".
*The protective shield surrounding Animus in the Thousand Needles quest, "The Doomstone (quest)", can no longer withstand the might of Magatha Grimtotem's Elemental Nullifier.
*Honor's Stand Officers in Southern Barrens will once again drop the Roadway Plans that start the quest, "The Low Road".
===October 15===
;Classes
*;Death Knight
**;Unholy
***Unholy Blight (Talent) now applies Virulent Plague at max melee range.
*;Druid
**;General
***The Legion Class Hall Dreamwalk teleport is now available to players starting at level 10 (was level 12) after completing the quest "To The Dreamgrove".
*;Balance
**Vision of Perfection (Azerite Essence) should now properly extend the duration of both Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse if it activates while Celestial Alignment is already active.
*;Paladin
**;Protection
***The absorb from First Avenger (Talent) no longer double dips into Versatility.
*;Shaman
**;Enhancement
***Lightning Shield no longer gains stacks of Maelstrom Weapon before level 29.
;Creatures and NPCs
**Various Druid NPCs have remembered how to shapeshift.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Players leveling through Battle for Azeroth can now queue for Freehold and Atal'Dazar in the Dungeon Finder at lower levels.
**Alliance players will unlock Freehold at level 10 and Atal'Dazar at level 16. 
**Horde players will unlock Atal'Dazar at level 10 and Freehold at level 16. 
*;Temple of the Jade Serpent
**;Sha of Doubt
***Touch of Nothingness now deals appropriate damage on Normal difficulty.
;Items and Rewards
*The Flash of Brilliance 4-piece Heirloom set bonus will no longer hit enemies that you are not engaged in combat with, except for players of the opposite faction when War Mode is enabled. They probably deserved it.
;Quests
*Players who reach level 50 will once again receive the quest, "A Dying World", and will be directed to Magni Bronzebeard in Silithus to obtain their Heart of Azeroth. There is no escaping from his storytelling!
*Players can again escape from the Frozen Throne through Bwonsamdi's Death Gate during the quest "Jailor of the Damned".
*Fixed an issue where lower level Priests were unable to complete the Priest Class Hall Campaign quest "Murloc Mind Control".
*Resolved an issue where "Stay of Execution" was unavailable for some players.
*Cork Fizzlepop's location will now display if he despawns while on the Horde quest "Finding Your Way".
===October 14===
;Allied Races
*Unlocking Mechagnome no longer requires reaching exalted with the Rustbolt Resistance.
;Barber Shop
*Gender changes in the Barber Shop will no longer revert after entering combat and relogging into the game.
;Classes
*;Death Knight
**;General
***Death Knights that have been boosted with a Shadowlands Character Boost can once again summon their Death Gate.
**;Unholy
***Shadow Bolt cast by Magus of the Dead (Azerite Trait) no longer double dips into Mastery: Dreadblades.
*;Monk
**;Windwalker
***Resolved an issue that caused Whirling Dragon Punch (Talent) to deal more damage than intended.
*;Paladin
**;General
***Resolved an issue with Unbound Freedom (PvP Talent) affecting the cooldown of Blessing of Freedom.
*;Rogue
**;Outlaw
***Snake Eyes (Azerite trait) (Azerite Trait) no longer procs off of Roll the Bones.
**;Subtlety
***Replicating Shadows (Azerite trait) (Azerite Trait) now properly affects Rupture.
***Night's Vengeance (Azerite Trait) now properly procs affects Rupture.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Queueing for Legion dungeons on Normal difficulty no longer requires obtaining an Artifact weapon.
*;Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**;Inquisitor Xanesh
***Fan of Venomblades will no longer be cast during the encounter.
**;N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Paranoia now deals appropriate damage on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
*;Nighthold
**;High Botanist Tel'arn
***Recursive Strikes now deals appropriate damage on Mythic difficulty.
*;Hellfire Citadel
**;Tyrant Velhari
***Aura of Oppression now deals appropriate damage on Mythic difficulty.
;Exile's Reach
*Fixed an issue where players who completed Exile's Reach could end up getting stuck on the island. Players who are currently stuck in this state on the island will be teleported back to Stormwind or Orgrimmar. We were going to send another expedition to rescue you but that turned into a whole thing, so now you'll just be teleported out.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue that caused some weapon illusions to not persist when closing and reentering the game.
*Black Empire head, shoulder, and chest tokens will no longer create Azerite-empowered armor for characters that have not obtained the Heart of Azeroth.
;Player versus Player
*Gladiator titles will once again only be used by characters who earned the achievements.
*Fixed an issue that caused terrain issues for some characters in the Cooking Impossible Brawl.
*Honorable Kills are once again tracked in Achievements and the Scoreboard.
;Professions
*Players should once again be able to :disenchant items as they're leveling up through the different expansions in Timewalking Campaigns.
;Quests
*Players should now be able queue for the "Battle for Lordaeron" scenario.
*Players should once again be able to use the spells available during "Ravencrest's Legacy (quest)" in Val'sharah.
*"Students of Chi-Ji" in Krasarang Wilds can now be completed by all players eligible to accept the quest, regardless of level.
*The Argent Cannon during the Icecrown quest, "The Last Line of Defense", can once again generate enough mana to fuel the Reckoning Bomb.
===October 9===
;Items and Rewards
*Players can once again locate some of the missing treasures in Spires of Arak.
===October 5===
;Quests
*Fixed an issue where characters who were in the process of unlocking the Vulpera as an Allied Race were unable to turn in the quest "A Cycle of Hatred" in Grommash Hold.
===October 1===
;Impressive Influence
*The Impressive Influence 100% reputation buff has returned and will continue through the entirety of October.
==September==
:
===September 22===
;System
*Removed the flashing spell effect when teleporting out of the Brewfest Chowdown area.
===September 15===
;Allied Races
*The mechagnome Allied Race unlock storyline is no longer offered to characters on accounts that have already unlocked mechagnomes.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that prevented Alliance players from completing the quest "Storm's Judgement".
===September 14===
;WoW Classic
*Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj
**Fixed an issue that caused Ossirian the Unscarred to not reset correctly when quickly engaging back into combat.
===September 3===
;Achievements
*Fixed a bug that prevented players from earning the achievement You Said Crossing the Streams Was Bad during the Durumu the Forgotten encounter in Throne of Thunder.
;Allied Races
*Mechagnomes' Emergency Failsafe (racial) cooldown can no longer be removed by immunities.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that prevented completion of "Rescue The Farseer".
==August==
:
===August 28===
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that prevented completion of the quest "Meeting their Quota" in Suramar.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed a bug that unintentionally allowed Combustion to apply a permanent buff to crit chance.
===August 21===
;Player versus Player
*Corrected an issue that could cause socketed gems to slightly reduce players' effectiveness in PvP combat under some circumstances.
===August 13===
;Quests
*Zandalari Trolls are now able to accept the Argent Tournament quest "A Valiant of Orgrimmar".
===August 11===
;Classes
*;Warlock
**Resolved an issue that prevented Singe Magic from triggering the correct cooldown when Glyph of the Fel Imp is applied to your Summon Imp spell.
;Timewalking
*[For realms in the EU region only] The Cataclysm Timewalking event incorrectly began a day early in Europe.
**Developers’ note: We have adjusted this week's event duration and spawned the appropriate vendors early to ensure that it runs until the next weekly reset. The weekly event schedule should remain on Wednesdays for EU realms going forward.
===August 7===
;WoW Classic
*The Qiraji Hilt, Qiraji Drape, and Qiraji Ring quest items are now tradeable and will no longer stack.
**Developers' note: In order to enable the ability to trade to eligible looters within 2 hours of looting the Qiraji hilts, drapes, and rings, we've removed the ability to stack multiples of them. Additionally, only one of these items are needed for the non-repeatable quest so there's no reason for them to stack.
===August 5===
;WoW Classic
*Fixed a bug that prevented Wands from weakening Viscidus in Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.
===August 4===
;Player versus Player
*This week's Comp Stomp Brawl has been replaced with Temple of Hotmogu.
**Developers' note: We've identified some issues with Comp Stomp and have removed it from the rotation. Comp Stomp will return to the rotation in Shadowlands.
;WoW Classic
*The Blue Scepter Shard, Green Scepter Shard, and Red Scepter Shard quest items are now Epic quality.
**Developers' note: We're changing the item quality on the Scepter Shard quest items to Epic (purple) so that they'll be easier to distribute to the correct person in raids using Group Loot or Master Looter.
*Fixed an issue that caused C'Thun within Temple of Ahn'Qiraj to incorrectly delay casting Eye Beam when engaging in combat.
===August 3===
;WoW Classic
*Lefty within Blackrock Depths should now inflict damage with his Five Fat Finger Exploding Heart Technique.
==July==
:
===July 31===
;Items and Rewards
*;Corrupted Items
**Reverted the recent change made on the interaction between Fist of Justice and Ineffable Truth for Holy and Protection Paladins.
;WoW Classic
*Attacking Anachronos now flags you for PvP.
*The Ectoplasmic Distiller quest item no longer generates threat.
**Developers' note: Ordinarily we err on the side of authenticity when it comes to clever use of mechanics in Classic, even if we believe the original development team would have made a change given the same information we now have. The Ectoplasmic Distiller presents a rare exception mainly due to its severity: this new discovery of an unintended mechanic would completely trivialize most threat gameplay in raids for the remainder of Classic if left unchecked, including upcoming bosses in Ahn'Qiraj and Naxxramas.
*The pages for the quest "Draconic for Dummies" are now Epic quality.
**Developers' note: We're changing the item quality on "Draconic for Dummies" quest pages to Epic (purple) so that they'll be easier to distribute to the correct person in raids using Group Loot or Master Looter.
===July 28===
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that delayed the start of the Classic Ashran brawl.
;WoW Classic
*Baristolth of the Shifting Sands now respawns slightly faster, and attacking Baristolth now flags you for PvP.
===July 23===
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent recently boosted Alliance Demon Hunters from entering the Stormwind Portal Room.
;Items and Rewards
*Heart of Azeroth
**The chance to receive Rank 4 of the Worldvein Resonance Essence from Island Expeditions has been slightly increased.
**The achievements Expedition Leader, Expert Expeditioner, and Azerite Admiral have had their increased chance to receive Rank 4 of the Worldvein Resonance Essence further increased.
**The achievements Island Conqueror, Helping Hand, Tell Me A Tale, and Competent Captain now increase your chance to receive Rank 4 of the Worldvein Resonance Essence.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that caused some players to incorrectly be ineligible for the Shimmering Crystal quest-starter from Warlords of Draenor Timewalking.
*Fixed an issue that caused Forsaken Deathstalker to evade and prevent completion of the quest "Signal Boost".
;System
*Fixed an issue that caused the camera to become attached to mouse movement.
*Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the mouse cursor to become stuck.
===July 22===
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Ny'alotha the Waking City
**;Prophet Skitra
***Corrected an issue that unintentionally increased Prophet Skitra's health on Mythic difficulty.
**;N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Thought Harvester will now stop moving to cast Harvest Thoughts and will no longer use melee attacks during the cast.
;WoW Classic
*On a realm that is currently layered, turning in Head of Onyxia, Head of Nefarian, Head of Rend Blackhand, or Heart of Hakkar will now start the event dialogue for each layer in which the NPC is currently alive.
===July 20===
;Quests
*Fixed an issue where some Alliance characters were unable to accept the quests "To Be Prepared" and "The Battle for Broken Shore" after completing the quest "The Legion Returns" in Stormwind Harbor.
;WoW Classic
*Blocked off a location outside of intended play within Warsong Gulch.
===July 17===
;WoW Classic
*Casting animations should no longer break when briefly pausing in between spell casts.
*Using Sap on Overlord Runthak, Major Mattingly, or Field Marshal Afrasiabi during their event dialogue no longer prevents the Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer buff from being applied.
*[With regional restarts] Resolved some issues that could prevent Tyrion from offering quests.
===July 13===
;Dungeons and Raids
*;Mythic Keystone Dungeons
**;Corrupted Affix
***The ground visual for Explosive Scarab's Volatile Rupture should remain visible with lowered Graphics Quality in the System Settings menu.
;Horrific Visions
*[With regional restarts] The Leaden Foot slow effect is now capped at 50% of movement speed (was 90%).
*[With regional restarts] Split Personality clones are now spawned for 5 seconds (was 6 seconds), and its disorient effect now lasts 2 seconds (was 4 seconds).
===July 9===
;Classes
*;Warlock
**;Demonology
***The mana cost of Shadow Bolt has been reduced by 25%.
***The mana cost of Demonbolt has been reduced by 25%.
****Developers' note: Demonology Warlocks are running out of mana in prolonged fights when using high levels of Haste so we're reducing the mana costs of their most frequent rotational spells.
;Items and Rewards
*;Corrupted Items
**[With regional restarts] Players with a Corruption level of 200 or higher will now receive an additional negative effect, Inescapable Consequences, which deals 25% of your maximum health in damage every second while you are in combat.
***Developers' note: While Corruption's damage taken and healing received debuffs are substantial at high Corruption amounts, players possessed of particular ingenuity have constructed strategies allowing them to deal nearly infinite damage during brief windows when they themselves are immune to damage. It's important to us that players feel like they can play around with how much Corruption they can afford to wear, but we're setting a hard limit at 200 Corruption – going beyond that, N'Zoth's dark power will defeat you.
===July 8===
;WoW Classic
*Time-based instance limits are now enforced per-character.
**Developers' notes: The newer limit of 30 instances in a 24-hour period is an extension of the 5 instances per hour limit, which was tracked per-realm since it was first implemented in 2005. The intention behind both of these restrictions is to reduce the profits for new bots when they first come online and haven't been removed yet. We've concluded that a per-character limit will be just as effective, while being less restrictive to legitimate players who have multiple characters on the same realm.
===July 2===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Operation: Mechagon – Workshop
**King Mechagon's hologram within Ampvolt Arcade should no longer trigger more than once and spawn additional waves of enemies.
==June==
:
===June 30===
;Timewalking
*Ulduar
**Kologarn
***Right Arm should now only Stone Grip 1 target regardless of raid size.
===June 25===
;Items and Rewards
*Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve
**Fixed an issue that prevented players who were one upgrade below the cap from purchasing their final Malefic Core from MOTHER.
===June 24===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Black Temple
**Illidan Stormrage
***Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent players from receiving loot after defeating Illidan Stormrage.
;Items and Rewards
*Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve
**MOTHER now offers Malefic Core for 2,000 Echoes of Ny'alotha to players who have upgraded their legendary cloak to Rank 15. Malefic Cores can be purchased repeatedly up to the current maximum Resistance that the cloak allows (currently 92 Corruption Resistance, and next week this will increase to 95).
***Developers' note: The intent of Malefic Cores was to provide ongoing incremental weekly power gains, to help overcome remaining challenges in this final tier of Battle for Azeroth. This has been similar to past systems in Warlords of Draenor (upgrading the legendary rings via Archimonde drops) and Legion (upgrading trinkets from Argus the Unmaker). While each extra bit of Corruption Resistance only represents a small increase in potential power, we understand the frustration of feeling weeks behind, especially without any controlled way of closing the gap faster. With this hotfix, players can further supplement their progress through the wide variety of endgame content that rewards Echoes of Ny'alotha. It will still be possible to earn up to two Malefic Cores per week by fully clearing a Horrific Vision and/or defeating N'Zoth the Corruptor on Normal difficulty or higher.
===June 23===
;Classes
*Warlock
**Affliction
***The mana cost of Shadow Bolt has been reduced by 25%.
**Destruction
***The mana cost of Incinerate has been reduced by 25%.
**Developers' note: Affliction and Destruction Warlocks are running out of mana in prolonged fights when using high levels of Haste so we're reducing the mana costs of their primary filler spells.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Players can once again embark on their world tour with Uuna and show her the impressiveness of the Gate of the Setting Sun.
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that prevented the slow effect from Monks Sweep the Leg (Azerite Trait) from being removed with snare immunities.
===June 22===
;WoW Classic
*The combat log range has been increased for players who are inside dungeons and raids.
**Developers' notes: This was originally planned for the next patch (1.13.5), but we wanted to gain its benefits in the live game as soon as possible. The combat log range in the open world remains restricted to prevent a larger radius of stealth detection than existed in original WoW.
===June 19===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Resolved an issue that allowed players to skip the Maut encounter within Raid Finder Wing 1, "Vision of Destiny".
;WoW Classic
*Blade of Eternal Darkness will no longer proc from non-damaging spells.
**Developers' notes: In original WoW patch 1.12.1, we fixed some misbehavior with Blade of Eternal Darkness that unfortunately got carried into WoW Classic. We fixed it again in the WoW Classic AQ patch (1.13.5), but decided to go ahead and bring the fix to the live game.
*40-player raid instances are no longer affected by the 30-per-day limit on entering dungeons.
**Developers' notes: We have seen only a small handful of legitimate players encountering the recently added instance limit, but we want to ensure that anyone who does hit the cap is still able to freely participate in raid content.
===June 17===
;Auction House
*Significantly relaxed the throttle on all Auction House operations except canceling auctions.
;Items and Rewards
*Heart of Azeroth
**Acquiring Rustbolt Resistance, Ankoan/Unshackled, Rajani, and Uldum Accord Paragon caches now increases your chance to receive the Rank 4 Essences associated with those reputations.
**The achievements Azerite Admiral, Expert Expeditioner, and Expedition Leader now increase your chance to receive Rank 4 of the Worldvein Resonance Essence from Island Expeditions.
;WoW Classic
*Resolved an issue with Mind Control between teams of the same faction in War Games.
===June 16===
;Auction House
*Implemented a system that will throttle players who are using addons to run rapid queries to scan the Auction House for specific items to buy and relist in huge quantities.
**Developers' note: Through our continuing work to address service issues as they crop up, as well as our constant efforts to find gameplay issues and fix them, we've observed that a small minority of all players generate the majority of Auction House traffic. The players who generate all of the AH traffic are using addon-driven automation to gain a competitive economic advantage over other players, in addition to the increasing strain on the game service. Neither of these things is good for the game as a whole. With this hotfix, we've implemented a new system that effectively gives each player a "budget" of AH actions per minute, and only kicks in once that budget has been exceeded. The system is tuned so that is should never affect players using the AH typically: buying consumables, listing gathered or crafted goods for sale, searching for specific items you want to purchase, etc. It should be essentially impossible to encounter the new limits for most players.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Battle of Dazar'alor
**Players who have previously defeated Lady Jaina Proudmoore on Mythic difficulty can now interact with Otoye (Horde) / Ensign Roberts (Alliance) at the entrance of the instance to skip ahead to her encounter.
***Developers' note: We've become aware of an exploit that allowed Horde players using a combination of abilities and mounts to get out of bounds and skip to the end of the instance. This was commonly used to more easily get a chance at the Glacial Tidestorm from the Lady Jaina Proudmoore encounter. Rather than just fixing that loophole, we'd like to provide a legitimate avenue that yields the same result.
;WoW Classic
*You may now enter a maximum of 30 unique instances (dungeon and raid) per day, per realm.
**Developers' note: We're implementing this change as part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate exploitative and automated gameplay. This restriction complements the current limit of 5 instances per hour. Now, when a player enters a dungeon or a raid, the game checks to see if they have entered 5 instances in the last hour or 30 instances in the last 24 hours, and if they have, they cannot enter the instance until enough time has elapsed. This check is across all of your characters on your realm. These limits only apply to dungeon and raid instances, and do not apply to PvP battlegrounds.
===June 9===
;Classes
*Monk
**Mistweaver
***Chrysalis (PvP Talent) now reduces the cooldown of Life Cocoon by 25 seconds (was 45 seconds).
;Dungeons and Raids
*Skyreach
**Araknath
***Energize damage has been reduced by 50% on Heroic and Timewalking difficulties.
;Horrific Visions
*Horrific Vision of Orgrimmar
**Thrall's throne has been blocked off to prevent a rare occurrence where characters could become stuck if feared into the throne.
;Items and Rewards
*Azerite Essences
**Conflict and Strife (Major – Rank 2) now increases the defensive benefit of your Versatility by 50% while stunned (was 100%).
;Player versus Player
*Items and Rewards
**Corrupted Gladiator's Spite can once again stack more quickly when multiple Corrupted Gladiator's Spite trinkets are used against a target.
***Azerite Essences
****Reaping Flames (Major – Rank 3) no longer activates on player-controlled targets such as pets, totems, or guardians.
****Resolved an issue that prevented Conflict and Strife (Major – Rank 2) effect from providing additional defensive benefit from Versatility under the effects of certain class stuns.
***Corrupted Items
****The effectiveness of Versatile (Corruption Effect) has been reduced by 33% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
;Quests
*Fixed several quests that could be unintentionally shared and trigger a teleport upon accepting.
;Timewalking
*We have reduced the magnitude of the stat adjustment applied to players to compensate for their Corruption level.
**Developers' note: Timewalking is designed to largely be a gear-agnostic experience that allows players of different levels and stages of progression to group together. Since Legion, we've used stat adjustments to offset the unique power benefits from systems like Artifacts or Essences to try to keep power constant. We were being too aggressive in compensating for Corruption, and this was making Timewalking dungeons in Visions of N'Zoth more difficult than intended.
*Auchindoun
**Teron'gor
***Agony should now inflict the appropriate amount of damage as it increases over time.
***The Seed of Malevolence explosion should now inflict damage to all players near the affected target.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed an issue that would cause a Dragon of Nightmare to spawn again shortly after its death.
===June 8===
;Classes
*Rogue
**Subtlety
***Resolved an issue that prevented Subtlety Rogues from being visible to their target during Shadowy Duel (PvP Talent).
;Items and Rewards
*The gateway summoned by Corrupted Gladiator's Breach trinket is now slightly larger and easier to interact with when there are nearby units.
===June 5===
;WoW Classic
*More world buffs have been added to the Advanced Combat Log and will now be recorded when starting a raid encounter.
===June 4===
;WoW Classic
*When using Advanced Combat Logging, the presence of various world buffs (e.g. Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer) will now be consistently recorded when starting a raid encounter.
*Players who are interacting with their mailbox or bank can no longer be interrupted by trade requests.
===June 2===
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**Gushing Wound (Corruption Effect) damage over time effect has been reduced by 35%.
***Developer's note: While we try to avoid changes like this outside of regular balance patch intervals, the changes we've made to the Corruption system to make Corruption more targetable and attainable risks turning a rare but powerful Corruption into the optimal choice in nearly every situation. With this reduction in damage, Gushing Wound will remain reasonably powerful in all situations, but will no longer be the most efficient source of damage per Corruption in all situations.
**Fixed a bug that caused the lockout time of interrupted spell schools to increase when the Ineffable Truth Corruption effect ends.
===June 1===
;Quests
*Bowmistress Li should once again be available on Serpent's Spine to offer the quests "Falling Down" and "Nope".
==May==
:
===May 28===
;Items and Rewards
*Preserved Contaminant and Gouged Eye of N'Zoth can now be applied to items acquired from weekly rated PvP quests.
;Player versus player
*Corrupted Gladiator's Spite on use effect now keeps the afflicted enemies in combat for the full duration of its effect.
*Fixed an issue where Mantid Fire Bomb damage was scaling incorrectly against players.
;WoW Classic
*Black Lotus now spawns more often and can appear in many new locations.
*Black Lotus cannot be seen on-screen or on the minimap by players who are dead, unless they have Herbalism at level 300 or higher.
*In Warsong Gulch, several locations outside of the intended play area have been blocked off.
===May 27===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**N'Zoth, the Corruptor
***Fixed a bug that could cause Spike Tentacles to repeatedly target a player with multiple casts of in succession rather than randomizing targets.
===May 21===
;Items and Rewards
*Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve
**Fixed a bug that caused Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve to despawn only the most recently spawned Eye of Corruption instead of all active Eyes of Corruption.
*Preserved Contaminant
**Preserved Contaminant can now be applied to all items that have been cleansed of Corruption prior to this week's maintenance.
;Player versus player
*Temple of Kotmogu
**Fixed an issue that caused Orbs of Power to drop when taking the gateway created by Corrupted Gladiator's Breach trinket.
;Quests
*The quests within the Shadowbarb Drone questline can no longer be completed with Party Sync activated.
**Developers' note: Issues using Party Sync to complete this questline could cause progress on the Aqir Hatchling faction to reset.
===May 20===
;Items and Rewards
*Preserved Contaminant
**Preserved Contaminant can now apply a Corruption effect to Season 4 crafted items, excluding items that cannot be Corrupted such as engineering goggles (Azerite) and alchemist stones (trinkets). Crafted items still cannot be initially Corrupted when they are crafted.
===May 19===
;Items and Rewards
*Echoes of Ny'alotha
**MOTHER now offers several Preserved Contaminants, a new item to purchase with Echoes of Ny'alotha. Preserved Contaminants allow for a specific Corruption effect to be applied to any uncorrupted item that can be Corrupted or any items that have been cleansed after this week's restart. The inventory of available Preserved Contaminants will change twice each week, mirroring the Assault cadence, and will cycle through all available Corruption effects at various levels of potency.
===May 18===
;Classes
*Demon Hunter
**Fixed a bug that prevented Haste from reducing the global cooldown of Darkness.
;Items and Rewards
*Torn Pages of "Fear and Flesh" and "The Final Truth"
**The number of Torn Pages of "Fear and Flesh" and "The Final Truth" quest items required for the rank 10–15 cloak quests has been reduced.
***Ranks 10 and 11 now require 4 Torn Pages (was 6 and 8).
***Ranks 13–15 now require 2 Torn Pages (was 4, 6, and 8).
***Developer's note: This change will make each of the quests completable in a single Horrific Vision if a player completes all objectives within the instance. This should help newer characters catch up quicker to their peers.
;Echoes of Ny'alotha
*Echoes of Ny'alotha now drop after completing the quest "Beginning the Descent" and obtaining Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve.
*Echoes of Ny'alotha are much more abundant than before. The droprate of Echoes of Ny'alotha and the cost to purchase items with Echoes of Ny'alotha has been increased by a factor of 5.
**Developer's note: When these changes take effect, a Major Assault will award 625 Echoes of Ny'alotha, whereas before this change they awarded 125. The cost to purchase an Essence from MOTHER will also increase by the same factor, from 500 to 2500. If you are planning to purchase a Rank 3 Essence with Echoes of Ny'alotha that you've already earned, you should do so now, before these costs change.
**MOTHER now offers Vessels of Horrific Visions in exchange for 1750 Echoes of Ny'alotha.
***Developer's note: This is to provide an additional source of access to Horrific Visions that does not require completion of Assaults.
**Developer's note: After the weekly restart, characters can start building up Echoes of Ny'alotha. The Preserved Contaminants Corruption vendor items that will use this currency is in the final testing phases and we hope to have them available from MOTHER as soon as possible.
===May 14===
;Items and Rewards
*The vendor sell price of Enchanter's Umbral Wand has been reduced by 40%.
===May 13===
;Creatures and NPCs
*Rare elite creatures found in Nazjatar with War Mode enabled now drop 1 Nazjatar Battle Commendation.
===May 12===
;WoW Classic
*Fixed a bug that caused some players to be returned to an incorrect location when leaving a War Game.
===May 11===
;Quests
*The turn in location for "Supplies from the Rajani" and "Supplies from the Uldum Accord" now appear on the world map.
===May 7===
;Items
*Faceless Mask of the Burned Bridge (quest item), Faceless Mask of the Daredevil (quest item), Faceless Mask of Dark Imagination (quest item), Faceless Mask of the Long Night (quest item), and Faceless Mask of the Pained (quest item) can no longer be sold to a vendor.
===May 5===
;Character
*Players can now restore one deleted character every 7 days (was 15 days).
;Dungeons and Raids
*Freehold
**Ring of Booty
***(Finally) fixed an issue that could cause Trothak's Flailing Sharks to move too quickly when players used certain trinkets or area-of-effect spells as they became active.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed an issue that caused players to immediately accept a Zul'Gurub instance lockout if they were in a party with a player who defeated Gahz'ranka.
===May 4===
;WoW Classic
*Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving the correct amount of Cenarion Circle reputation from killing the Abyssal High Council while in a raid.
===May 1===
;Achievements
*The Perfectly Timed Differential blueprint is no longer required for Junkyard Collector.
*The Bitten Hand debuff required for You Can Pet the Dog, But... can no longer be removed through immunity effects.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**N'Zoth, the Corruptor
***Fixed an issue where Basher, Corruptor and Spike Tentacles could get stuck under the ground if they are stunned when Psychus is slain in Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties.
==April==
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===April 28===
;WoW Classic
*In the Americas region, battleground holidays now start at the same time for all realms.
**Developers' note: While this is a change to how original WoW worked, with battlegroups of realms including only realms that were in the same time zone, it allows us to treat US-East and US-West realms as a single battlegroup for the purposes of matchmaking. Players on US-East realms will now begin and end their battleground holidays three hours later than before.
*Players can now restore deleted characters on locked realms, if the character is applicable for restoration.
*Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause fewer than all four Dragons of Nightmare to spawn as intended.
*Many item enchantments now stack with certain items that provide an identical buff.
*Many item enchantments that previously took up a hidden buff slot no longer consume a hidden buff slot.
===April 27===
;Classes
*[With regional restarts] Mistweaver Monks' Rising Mist can now extend a heal-over-time effect by up to 100% of its original duration.
**Developers' note: When we buffed Rising Mist with the intention of making melee Mistweaver a viable playstyle, players discovered that stacking extreme amounts of haste and cooldown reduction can reach a breaking point of infinite duration on Mistweaver Monks' heal-over-time effects. Even though it's exciting to see people discover new builds and interactions, the sheer power level in this case is likely to have a negative effect on the healing game for the remainder of Battle for Azeroth. This change is intended to prevent the infinite extension, while allowing Rising Mist to still enable an effective melee playstyle.
===April 22===
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that prevented Heart of Darkness (Azerite Trait) from being reduced by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
===April 21===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Operation: Mechagon
**K.U.-J.O.
***K.U.-J.O. should now always find a target for the Air Drop crate.
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Dark Inquisitor Xanesh
***Health reduced by 5% on all difficulties.
***Terror Wave cast time increased to 5.5 seconds on Mythic difficulty (was 5 seconds).
**Shad'har the Insatiable
***Increased the duration to collect Tasty Morsels to 10 seconds on Mythic difficulty (was 7 seconds).
***Umbral Eruption missile travel time increased to 2.5 seconds on all difficulties (was 2 seconds).
**The Hivemind
***Aqir Darter health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
***Psionic Resonance damage reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
*Developers' note: Now that the Hall of Fame for Ny'alotha is full and the raid is available on Mythic difficulty to cross-realm groups in all regions, we're undertaking an additional tuning pass aimed at smoothing out the difficulty curve on Mythic for groups that are beginning or continuing progression through Ny'alotha.
===April 20===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Drest'agath
***[With regional restarts] Reduced the health of Eye of Drest'agath, Maw of Dest'agath, and Tentacle of Drest'agath by 8% on Mythic difficulty.
**Il'gynoth
***[With regional restarts] Organs and Bloods' health reduced by 5% on all difficulties.
***[With regional restarts] Reduced the damage requirement to free an allied player from Touch of the Corruptor's mind control effect by 10% on all difficulties.
***[With regional restarts] Corrupted Blood maximum radius reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
**Ra-Den the Despoiled
***[With regional restarts] Reduced the percent value of Decaying Wound to 75% of the target's current health on Mythic difficulty (was 100%).
***[With regional restarts] Reduced the health of Essence of Vita, Essence of Void, and Essence of Nightmare by 15% on Mythic difficulty.  
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***[With regional restarts] Paranoia now only drains Sanity once per second while near any number of non-paired players on all difficulties.
***[With regional restarts] N'Zoth the Corruptor's health reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
***Thought Harvester
****[With regional restarts] Harvest Thoughts now drains 250 Sanity divided among all players hit by the effect on Mythic difficulty (was 300 Sanity).
***[With regional restarts] Evoke Anguish's damage has been reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
*Developers' note: Now that the Hall of Fame for Ny'alotha is full and the raid is available on Mythic difficulty to cross-realm groups in all regions, we're undertaking an additional tuning pass aimed at smoothing out the difficulty curve on Mythic for groups that are beginning or continuing progression through Ny'alotha.
;WoW Classic
*Gurubashi enchantments from Zul'Gurub will no longer apply to characters who are not the correct Class or are lower than level 60.
===April 7===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Resolved an issue that could cause Horrific Hemorrhages to spawn in incorrect positions on Mythic difficulty.
;Blackrock Foundry
*Operator Thogar
**Resolved an issue that prevented all of the passengers from disembarking a train before and during the encounter.
==March==
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===March 31===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ashvane Warden
**The ground visual for Lockdown should remain visible when Projected Textures is disabled in the System Settings menu.
*Ashvane Warden
**The ground visual for Lockdown should remain visible when Projected Textures is disabled in the System Settings menu.
;Items and Rewards
*Legion Raids and Dungeons
**[With regional restarts] Legacy loot rules are now in place for Legion raids and dungeons.
***Developers' note: Standard encounters drop an amount of loot scaled by the amount of players in the raid, which results in fewer pieces for players who defeated encounters in small groups or as a solo player. In Legacy loot rules, raid and dungeon encounters will drop a fixed quantity of class-agnostic loot, regardless of the group size.
===March 25===
;Battle Pets
*Black Chitinous Plate should now drop more frequently from Skikx'traz in Uldum while the Aqir Assault is active.
;Mounts
*Malevolent Drone should now drop more frequently from Corpse Eater in Uldum while the Aqir Assault is active.
===March 24===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Atal'Dazar
**Priestess Alun'za
***The ground visual for Tainted Blood should remain visible when Projected Textures is disabled in the System Settings menu.
*Temple of Sethraliss
**Spark Channeler
***The ground visual for Call Lightning should remain visible when Projected Textures is disabled in the System Settings menu.
===March 20===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Resolved an issue in which Adaptive Membrane was being removed after player-sourced absorb shields, unintentionally making the mechanic harder than intended.
;Essences
*Restrictions on acquiring role-specific Azerite Essences from MOTHER have been lifted.
**Rank 3 tanking, healing, and damage-specific Essences are now grouped together and can be purchased with Echoes of Ny'alotha when at least one is unlocked on a character.
***Spark of Inspiration, Unwavering Ward, Strength of the Warden (obtained from Horrific Visions)
***Touch of the Everlasting, Spirit of Preservation, Breath of the Dying (obtained from reputation with Rajani)
***Blood of the Enemy, Artifice of Time, Sphere of Suppression (obtained from Battlegrounds)
***Condensed Life Force, Vitality Conduit, Azeroth's Undying Gift (obtained from raiding in The Eternal Palace)
***Essence of the Focusing Iris, Life-Binder's Invocation, Anima of Life and Death (obtained from Mythic Keystone dungeons)
**Developers' note: This update to the new Echoes of Ny'alotha system is intended to make Essences much more available to your characters whose specializations put them in different roles (tanking, healing, damage). A side-effect of this change is that even a single character now has a way to obtain these off-role Essences, and can either use Echoes to purchase them from MOTHER or use the original means of acquisition.
===March 18===
;World Quests
*Emissary Quests turn-ins no longer award 10 bonus reputation when a Contract is active. No other quest turn-ins are affected.
**Developers' note: This seemingly random change was done to address an obscure bug that arose after the introduction of Echoes of Ny'alotha this past week. There is an internal limit on the number of different rewards that a single WoW quest can offer, and adding Echoes into the mix could push some Emissary quests past that cap in certain situations, preventing those quests from being turned in. Raising that long-standing limit is beyond the scope of a hotfix, and removing the conditional 10 bonus rep was the least disruptive fix in the short term.
===March 16===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Resolved an issue that caused players to get locked inside the Chamber of Heart if both Carapace of N'Zoth and N'Zoth the Corruptor encounters were defeated but other bosses undefeated on Mythic difficulty.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Tank-specialization characters should no longer be targeted by Paranoia on all difficulties.
****Developers' note: Paranoia's coordination requirements when tanks are involved is a bit higher than we'd like. This fix prevents tanks from being targeted altogether, preventing awkward moments where a ranged character would need to run a long distance to meet up with a tank partner.
*Mythic Keystone Dungeon
**Tidesage Council
***Blessing of the Tempest should now be more visible when active on Galecaller Faye.
***Blowback damage reduced by 20%.
***Slicing Blast damage reduced by 20%.
**Waycrest Manor
***Reduced the rate at which members of the Heartsbane Triad gain energy from the Focusing Iris, resulting in an increased delay before Dire Ritual is cast.
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**[With regional restarts] All equipment rewards from Horrific Visions are now Corrupted.
***Developers' note: We've heard from many players that Corrupted Items were not obtainable enough, limiting their ability to play with the system and its inherent tradeoffs. This change will substantially increase the number of Corrupted Items reliably earned each week, allowing players to choose from among a greater selection of Corrupted pieces and enjoy those that work best in a given situation.
**Twisted Appendage no longer benefits from buffs like Power Word: Shield or Earthen Wall.
**Twisted Appendage and Infinite Stars can no longer trigger more than once every 12 seconds during player versus player combat.
*Heart of Azeroth
**[With regional restarts] Players who have Rank 3 Azerite Essences on at least one character can now more easily acquire those Essences on other characters on the same account via a new currency: Echoes of Ny'alotha. MOTHER will offer any eligible character a Rank 3 Essence for 500 Echoes of Ny'alotha each. Any player who is eligible to purchase at least one Essence from MOTHER will now receive Echoes of Ny'alotha from a wide range of activities in current content:
**Black Empire Assault – 125 Echoes of Ny'alotha
**Aqir/Amathet/Mantid/Mogu Assault – 75 Echoes of Ny'alotha
**Horrific Visions – 50 Echoes of Ny'alotha, plus 25 per additional objective completed (i.e. 150 Echoes of Ny'alotha for a full clear)
**Emissary Quest – 50 Echoes of Ny'alotha
**Heroic Darkshore Warfront – 75 Echoes of Ny'alotha
**Normal/Heroic/Mythic Ny'alotha raid bosses – 15-25 Echoes of Ny'alotha each, once per week per boss
**Ny'alotha Raid Finder wings – 25 Echoes of Ny'alotha
**Random Battleground wins – 15-25 Echoes of Ny'alotha
**Rated Arena wins – 10-25 Echoes of Ny'alotha baseline, scaling up with PvP rank
**Rated Battleground wins – 35 Echoes of Ny'alotha baseline, scaling up with PvP rank
**Weekly PvP Cache – 175 to 300 Echoes of Ny'alotha, based on PvP rank
**Mythic Keystone dungeon end-of-run chest – 3 Echoes of Ny'alotha per Keystone Level (i.e. 30 Echoes of Ny'alotha for a Mythic 10)
**Weekly Mythic Keystone Dungeon Cache – 20 Echoes of Ny'alotha per highest Keystone Level
***Developers' note: The general goal here is that doing Assaults and associated Horrific Visions should provide enough to get at least one Rank 3 Essence of your choice per week. Doing other content you like (PvP, dungeons, or raids) will increase that significantly, depending on the level of content you're doing. Of course, Essences can still be earned normally via their associated activities, so if you want to get your Essence of the Focusing Iris directly via Mythic Keystone dungeons and then buy others from MOTHER, that's now an option. Within a couple of weeks of hitting max-level on your alt, you should be able to obtain your preferred Essences by playing the game as you usually would.
***Please note: Echoes of Ny'alotha may appear to replace Azerite in the Emissary and PvP reward panes, however, it does not. Echoes of Ny'alotha are always additive with existing rewards. We believe that it is more important to release this update with a reward display issue than hold the change for a fix. We expect to fix the display issue in the next week or two.
***For more information read our forum post.
===March 11===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Characters are now required to have Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve to queue for Raid Finder Wing 4, "The Waking Dream".
***Developers' note: Due to the mechanics of both Wing 4's boss fights, players who do not have the legendary cloak equipped are immediately mind controlled, burdening other players in their raid by not contributing to the kill. By enforcing this new restriction, Raid Finder groups will be set up for success and have a much higher chance of completing "The Waking Dream".
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Increased the radius for Synaptic Shock to 15 yards (was 8 yards) on Raid Finder difficulty.
***Reduced the total radius and expansion rate of Creeping Anguish on Raid Finder difficulty.
****Developers' note: These quality-of-life changes should increase the damage output of Raid Finder groups, specifically empowering them to bring down Psychus before it casts Manifest Madness and effectively becomes unkillable while wiping the raid.
*Mythic Keystone Dungeon
**Siege of Boralus
***Sergeant Bainbridge (Horde) / Chopper Redhook (Alliance)
****Damage inflicted when Heavy Ordnance expires now scales with keystone level. Damage inflicted when players or creatures run into Heavy Ordnance already scaled properly and remains unchanged.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed a bug that allowed Sanguifang's Pulsating Canine to be used outside of Kul Tiras, Mechagon, Nazjatar, and Zandalar.
;Mounts
*Slightly increased the drop rate for Felblaze Infernal, Ironhoof Destroyer, and Swift Zulian Panther mounts.
===March 9===
;Achievements
*Wrecking Ball achievement can now be earned in the PvP Brawl "Tarren Mill vs. Southshore".
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Writhing Segment's on-use ability to trigger Rogues' Blade Flurry.
;Player versus Player
*Ashran team size reduced to 25 (was 40).
**While we work to improve the performance of Ashran, we are temporarily reducing the player count.
;WoW Classic
*Characters under level 30 can no longer enter Maraudon by using the Scepter of Celebras.
===March 5===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn
***Cursebreak damage within the smallest ring sizes reduced by 30% on Mythic difficulty.
****Developers' note: With the following change to Cursebreak, raid groups are far less punished for dispelling the debuff with proper timing.
**Carapace of N'Zoth
***Resolved an issue where Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve sometimes attempted to send players to Wrathion twice.
;Items and Rewards
*Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve
**Draconic Empowerment (Rank 12 effect) now grants the wearer 3,648 of their primary stat when triggered (was 3,386).
**Corrupted Items
***Fixed an issue that prevented the Gouged Eye of N'Zoth from adding sockets to some raid weapons with a set Corrupted Effect (e.g. Eyestalk of Il'gynoth).
***Fixed a bug that prevented Ineffable Truth (Corruption Effect) from reducing the cooldown on some abilities that have charges.
****Demon Hunter: Demon Spikes, Fracture, Throw Glaive
****Monk: Guard, Healing Sphere, Renewing Mist
****Mage: Phoenix Flames
****Warlock: Dark Soul
;WoW Classic
*The Item Restoration self-service system now retains information on disposed of Uncommon and Rare quality items for 30 days (was 7 days for Uncommon quality items, 15 days for Rare quality items). This hotfix is not retroactive and will not apply to any items for which the retention period has already expired.
===March 2===
;Classes
*Hunters can again tame Juggernaut pets within the Siege of Orgrimmar raid instance.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Prophet Skitra
***Prophet Skitra now has 2 intermission phases (was 4 intermission phases) on all difficulties.
****Prophet Skitra now enters intermission phases at 33% and 66% health (was 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% health).
***Dark Ritual's debuff effect now increases by 4% per stack (was 2% per stack) on all difficulties.
****Developers' note: Especially as raids' overall damage output increases, many groups are spending a disproportionate amount of time dealing with Skitra's illusions, and often skipping other mechanics entirely. This change is aimed at making the overall pace of the fight more consistent regardless of raid damage.
**Ra-den the Despoiled
***Void Collapse cast time increased to 4.5 seconds on Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties.
***Reduced the damage of Void Collapse on all difficulties.
***Void Defilement duration decreased to 6 seconds on Mythic difficulty.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Azeroth's Radiance now restores 25 Sanity (was 20 Sanity).
****Thought Harvester
*****Harvest Thoughts Shadow damage reduced by 10%.
*****Harvest Thoughts Sanity drain reduced to 300 (was 400).
******Developers' note: We've seen extensive use of player immunities to avoid the consequences of certain raid mechanics, and while we want to allow player utility to function wherever possible, we're wary when specific class compositions feel required. The changes to both Ra-den and N'Zoth are intended to make a wider range of raid compositions feel viable on Mythic difficulty.
***Mindgrasp can no longer be interrupted by Priests' Cosmic Ripple (Talent).
;Items and Rewards
*The currency limit for Coalescing Visions has been removed.
**Developers' note: Especially since the removal of the unique cap on Vessels, we've seen a lot of feedback about the inventory clutter of multiple Vessels. By removing the cap on Coalescing Visions, players should now feel free to buy Vessels from Wrathion as needed, rather than stockpiling them in bags.
*Cache of the Black Empire will award 12,500 Coalescing Visions instead of a Vessel of Horrific Visions and 2,500 Coalescing Visions.
*Memory Cube can now only be used in non-instanced areas.
*Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented Manifesto of Madness' on-use effect from working in Mythic and Mythic Keystone Dungeon difficulties.
**Corrupted Items
***Twilight Devastation's effectiveness has been reduced in situations where it strikes more than 5 targets. It has been changed as follows:
****Deals normal damage on up to 5 targets.
****Deals 50% reduced damage to targets 6 through 10.
****Shrinks in radius each time it damages a target above 5, causing it to disappear after hitting 10 targets.
***Heart of Azeroth
****The Formless Void's Rank 3 (Essence) Minor Power should no longer break Rogues out of stealth.
****Corrected an issue with Memory of Lucid Dreams (Essence) where Frost Mages using Glacial Spike and an instant cast Flurry could sometimes have their icicle buff count and visual display not match.
;Player versus Player
*Heart of Azeroth
**Corrected an issue where Vision of Perfection (Essence) Rank 3 Minor Power's effect was removed when entering an Arena match.
;N'Zoth Assaults
*Added a portal to exit the Pools of Power after defeating Vil'raxx in Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
;Timewalking
*Updated player health, damage, and healing scaling to compensate for Azerite Essences and Corruption.
**Developers' note: Timewalking is meant to be largely gear-agnostic, allowing players with different progression and even different levels to group together. We've generally added hidden modifiers to offset the power of special systems like Legion's artifact weapons while still allowing them to function, but had not done so for recent Battle for Azeroth systems, causing large imbalances in power between endgame players with Corruption and Essences.
==February==
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===February 24===
;Classes
*Druid
**Restoration
***[With regional restarts] Rejuvenation now costs 10% base mana (was 10.5%).
***[With regional restarts] Efflorescence now costs 17% base mana (was 21.6%).
***[With regional restarts] Tranquility direct healing increased 11%.
****Developers' note: These changes should improve Restoration Druid's raid healing output, without much impact to their already strong capabilities in dungeons and Arena.
*Hunter
**Marksmanship
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
*Mage
**Frost
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
*Monk
**Windwalker
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
****Damage unchanged in PvP.
*Rogue
**Outlaw
***Resolved an issue that could prevent Blade Flurry from damaging some types of creatures in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
*Shaman
**Enhancement
***Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
*Warlock
**Demonology
***[With regional restarts] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Mythic Keystone Dungeons
**Explosive Affix
***Explosive Orbs again immediately put players into combat.
***Explosive Orbs can again be tab-targeted.
****Developers' note: When testing the Awakened affix, we found that Explosive Orbs could sometimes prevent players from entering or exiting Ny'alotha Spires and Rifts if their party was in combat inside the instance. To solve this issue, we changed them to not place players in combat immediately. However, this had the unintended side effect of breaking player expectations around tab-targeting Explosive Orbs, so we're reverting their threat-generation behavior and trying an alternate solution.
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Azeroth's Radiance now properly restores Sanity to players who are under the effects of an Immunity spell on all difficulties.
**Vexiona
***Cultists now have their health adjusted based on raid size, up to a maximum 10% reduction for 10-player raids on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
**Ra-den the Despoiled
***Resolved an issue that allowed Re-origination Anchors to be attackable with area of effect spells.
;Horrific Visions
*Research into Synchronized Mind Stabilizer has improved, now always reviving the player with at least half their Sanity.
**Horrific Vision of Stormwind
***Magister Umbric now casts Frozen Storm twice during the encounter (was 3 times).
;Items and Rewards
*Torn Pages of "Fear and Flesh"
**The number of Torn Pages of "Fear and Flesh" quest items required for the rank 13-15 cloak quests has been reduced.
***Rank 13 now requires 4 Torn Pages (down from 6).
***Rank 14 now requires 6 Torn Pages (down from 12).
***Rank 15 now requires 8 Torn Pages (down from 18).
****Developers' note: This change should make all the quests completable by most players in the week and not require players to feel the need to save as many keys week to week. Along with our other quality-of-life changes, this should help newer characters catch up with their peers.
**[With regional restarts] Up to 4 Torn Pages of "Fear and Flesh" quest items can now drop in Horrific Visions from objectives on the rank 7-11 legendary cloak upgrade quests (max of 2).
***Developers' note: Players will need to clear more than two side areas in one run to get more than two pages. The rank 13-15 quests will still drop a max of 2 pages, only from Lost Area objectives.
*Coalescing Visions
**Coalescing Visions now drop in higher numbers from Assaults and Daily Quests.
**[With regional restarts] Visions of N'Zoth daily quests now reward 30% more Coalescing Visions.
**[With regional restarts] The N'Zoth Assault now rewards 2500 Coalescing Visions (in addition to a Vessel of Horrific Visions).
**[With regional restarts] Lesser Threats will now reward 6500 Coalescing Visions (was 5500).
*Heart of Azeroth
**Reaping Flames (Essence) will no longer have its cooldown reduced to 5 seconds and deal additional damage when killing Twisted Appendages.
;Player versus Player
*Tank-specialization characters take an additional 50% damage from enemy players (was 40%).
**Death Knight
***Blood
****Death Strike now heals for 19% of damage taken when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 25%).
****Death Strike now heals for a minimum of 3.5% of maximum health when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 7%).
***Frost, Unholy
****[With regional restarts] Death Strike now heals for 30% of damage taken when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 40%).
****[With regional restarts] Death Strike now heals for a minimum of 5% of maximum health when engaged in combat with enemy players, down from 10%.
**Mage
***Arcane
****[With regional restarts] Prismatic Barrier now absorbs 40% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
***Fire
****[With regional restarts] Blazing Barrier absorbs 40% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
***Frost
****[With regional restarts] Ice Barrier absorbs 40% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
*Warlock
**Affliction, Destruction
***[With regional restarts] Demon Armor now increases Stamina by 5%, (was 10%).
***[With regional restarts] Demon Armor now increases Armor by 90% (was 150%).
;WoW Classic
*Razorgore the Untamed now only saves players to the raid instance if defeated after the eggs have been destroyed.
===February 20===
;Classes
*Monk
**Windwalker
***Resolved an issue that prevented Spinning Crane Kick from tracking the correct number of targets with your Mark of the Crane active.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Return to Karazhan
**Players should now appear in the instance's entrance after zoning in.
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Azeroth's Radiance now properly restores Sanity to players who are under the effects of an Immunity spell on all difficulties.
;Horrific Visions
*Fixed a rare issue where more than 2 Torn Page of "Fear and Flesh" could drop in a Horrific Vision.
;Items and Rewards
*Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve's active ability now resets its cooldown when a boss encounter ends.
**Corrupted Items
***Fixed a bug which prevented Void Ritual from scaling down to the level of the content in Timewalking.
**Heart of Azeroth
***Resolved an issue that prevented the correct visual effects of Worldvein Resonance Rank 4 from displaying.
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that allowed characters to remain as a Servant of N'Zoth while not in War Mode.
*The Alliance mount Vicious White Warsaber now correctly changes to Vicious White Bonesteed for Horde characters.
===February 19===
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that could prevent a character from gaining progress towards earning the Season 4 seasonal mount and Vicious Saddles.
===February 18===
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue that prevented Lady Jaina Proudmoore and N'Zoth the Corruptor from dropping mounts when defeated on Mythic difficulty.
**Developers' note: Last week we made a change to increase the mount rewards from defeating these bosses from 1 to 2. However, the hotfix caused an issue that prevented any mounts from dropping, so we've reverted it back to the previous iteration as a temporary fix (1 mount rewarded). These bosses will drop 2 mounts with restarts in each region.
;Quests
*Eligible players can again turn in "Supplies from the Rajani" or "Supplies from the Uldum Accord" for Paragon Cache rewards.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed a performance issue resulting from communications initiated by the Real Mob Health add-on. Please uninstall the current version of this add-on.
===February 14===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Battle of Dazar'alor
**Lady Jaina Proudmoore now drops 2 Glacial Tidestorm mounts (was 1) when defeated on Mythic difficulty.
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**N'Zoth the Corruptor now drops 2 Ny'alotha Allseer mounts (was 1) when defeated on Mythic difficulty.
***With these mounts becoming quite rare once Shadowlands comes out, taking 20 weeks or more for a full Mythic raid group to get the mounts felt excessive.
;Horrific Visions
*Reduced the health of enemies for groups of 2 or more that include at least 1 healer.
**Developers' note: We expected that groups with a healer would gain efficiency by taking more risks, but we've found that this gain is offset by healers shifting focus from damage to healing as group size increases, so we're adjusting creature health accordingly.
*Stormwind
**Alleria Windrunner
***Darkened Sky now drains 40 Sanity (was 60 Sanity).
***When the Trade District bonus objective is complete, Chains of Servitude is now cast once during the fight (was twice).
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**Fixed an issue which prevented items from being forged with the +12 Corruption version of Ineffable Truth (Corruption Effect).
;Player versus Player
*The upcoming Teeming Islands Brawl has been replaced with Temple of Hotmogu.
*Temple of Hotmogu Brawl's bonus movement speed and haste have been increased to 50%.
;WoW Classic
*Fixed an issue that could cause the player to disconnect from the game while waiting in a long queue for a Battleground.
===February 13===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Mythic Keystone Dungeons
**Mindrend Tentacle
***Mind Flay
****Damage reduced by 25%.
**Ravenous Fleshfiend
***Tear Flesh's bleed damage reduced by 20%.
**Samh'rek, Beckoner of Chaos
***Cascading Terror
****Damage reduced by 40%.
****Fear duration reduced to 2 seconds (was 3 seconds).
****Cast frequency reduced.
*****Developers' note: This ability works well as a dispel challenge, but its damage and disruption has proven to be more punishing than we'd like.
**Urg'roth, Breaker of Heroes
***Spirit Breaker's damage reduced by 20%.
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**Rogues' Detection no longer builds Echoing Void.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Changing a Minor Essence while The Crucible of Flame (Essence) is equipped in the Major Slot no longer causes Concentrated Flame to go on cooldown.
;Quests
*Saurfang is no longer present in Grommash Hold while players are on the quest "A Gift for the Warchief's Advisor".
;WoW Classic
*Blackwing Lair
**Razorgore the Untamed
***Fixed an issue where Nefarian's troops would sometimes continue attacking the group after Razorgore's eggs were destroyed.
===February 12===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Operation: Mechagon – Workshop
**Fixed an issue where Explosives could spawn in inaccessible locations when the Explosive affix is active on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
*Siege of Boralus
**Ashvane Snipers' Shoot damage reduced by 20%.
**Dockhound Packmasters now gain 40% increased damage from Feral Bond while near a Snarling Dockhound (was 125%).
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**Rogues' Detection no longer builds Echoing Void.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Changing a Minor Essence while The Crucible of Flame (Essence) is equipped in the Major Slot no longer causes Concentrated Flame to go on cooldown.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that allowed Horde players to receive credit for "Heroic Warfronts: The Battle for Darkshore" when completing the Warfront on Normal difficulty.
===February 11===
;Achievements
*Players can again properly earn the I Pitied the Fool achievement in Arathi Basin.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Wrathion, The Black Emperor
***Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving loot if they did not generate threat during the encounter.
*Operation: Mechagon – Junkyard
**Resolved an issue where Scrapbone Grunters summoned during the King Gobbamak encounter could spawn Explosive Orbs on Mythic Keystone dungeon difficulty.
;Items and Rewards
*Thaumaturge Vashreen has relocated his supplies of the Deathslaver's Hauberk, and it can again be obtained for Titan Residuum.
**Corrupted Items
***Fixed a bug which caused Devour Vitality (Corrupted Effect) on the polearm An'zig Vra to have a lower Critical Hit chance than intended.
***Fixed a bug which could cause Devour Vitality to fail to deal damage for players with Balance Affinity who were auto-attacking from maximum range.
***Fixed a bug where canceling the Echoing Void (Corrupted Effect) buff did not immediately stop it from dealing damage.
***Ineffable Truth (Corruption Effect) should again correctly reduce the cooldown of Fire Elemental spell and the Stormkeeper and Storm Elemental Talents for Elemental Shaman.
***Thing from Beyond's (Corrupted Effect) damage is no longer increased by Demonology's Master Demonologist passive or Beast Mastery's Master of Beasts passive.
***Thing from Beyond's damage is no longer increased by the corrupted player's Versatility.
***Resolved an issue that could cause Twisted Appendage and Infinite Stars (Corrupted Effects) to break crowd control effects on players (e.g. Mages' Polymorph).
;Missions
*Fixed a bug that prevented the new Visions of N'Zoth troops from counting towards Champion abilities.
;Quests
*"Aqir Instincts" and "Honing Instincts" no longer have their progress blocked by being in a raid group or when summoning or dismissing the Shadowbarb Hatchling. Kills made while in a raid group will still fail to grant experience to grow your Shadowbarb Hatchling.
**Developers' note: Players who return to H'partho Ardoros in Ramkahen will be automatically granted credit and can turn in these quests. Players can resume their questline the following day.
;WoW Classic
*Battleground scoreboards no longer list the enemy team until your entire team has clicked Enter Battleground. The scoreboard remains visible for everyone once the battleground has started.
===February 10===
;Classes
*Paladin
**[Live with regional resets] Avenging Wrath may be activated if another Avenging Wrath is active (such as from Vision of Perfection).
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Wrathion, The Black Emperor
***Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving loot if they did not generate threat during the encounter.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***[Live with regional resets] N'Zoth's health reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
***[Live with regional resets] Thought Harvesters' health reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
**Tol Dagor
***The Sand Queen
****Upheaval's damage reduced by 13%.
***Overseer Korgus
****Explosive Burst damage reduced by 18%.
****Blast Rounds knockback distance reduced.
;Items and Rewards
*Thaumaturge Vashreen has relocated his supplies of the Deathslaver's Hauberk, and it can once again be obtained for Titan Residuum.
**Corrupted Items
***[Live with regional resets] Avoidant now subjects you to 20% less Corruption at each rank.
***[Live with regional resets] Deadly Momentum's buff duration has been increased to 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).
***[Live with regional resets] Echoing Void damage has been reduced by 50%.
****Echoing Void no longer deals reduced damage in PvP combat.
****[Live with regional resets] Fixed a bug which caused Gushing Wound (Corrupted Effect) to extend its duration if it triggered on a target it was already active on.
***[Live with regional resets] Reduced Gushing Wound's damage by 15%.
***[Live with regional resets] Surging Vitality's Versatility value has been increased by 10%.
***[Live with regional resets] Void Ritual's stat bonus per stack has been approximately doubled at each rank.
***Grasping Tendrils is no longer dispellable by Magic dispels and will no longer appear on players' raid frame UI; it can still be removed by abilities that remove snares.
****Developer's Note: We originally made this effect's snare dispellable so that players could save each other if they were afflicted with it in unfortunate Void Zone-like circumstances. However, we've received feedback that in large-group environments, Grasping Tendrils' appearance on raid frames could sometimes cause players to overlook more critical debuffs to dispel. We're making this change so players can better see Magic effects in their raid frames as significant debuffs that should be paid attention to and react accordingly.
;UI
*Fixed an issue that caused the Onyx War Hyena to appear in the Mounts tab of the Collection journal.
===February 5===
;Darkmoon Arcade
*Previously unlocked Rune Matching difficulty levels no longer reset weekly; once a character has unlocked a difficulty level, it will remain unlocked.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Carapace of N'Zoth
***Resolved an issue where Fury of N'Zoth could gain Mycelial Infusion while transitioning into the Den of Transfusion on Mythic difficulty.
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**Fixed an issue with some Corruption Effects scaling improperly during Timewalking instances.
**Fixed an issue with Faralos, Empire's Dream causing its Corruption Effect to not reliably hit large enemies.
;System
*MacOS
**Players who have experienced crashes or freezes on MacOS systems can now change the Particle Density visual effects setting to "Disabled". This may help users work around the issue while we investigate it further.
===February 4===
;Characters
*Character transfers and faction changes no longer set back progress on the Titan Research Archive.
;Darkmoon Faire
*Players who have the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in their inventory should no longer receive error messages after killing enemies in Mythic Keystone dungeons.
**Darkmoon Arcade
***Players who die on the HexSweeper board are now teleported near the Arcade console.
***Players can now walk on top of flagged hexes without triggering them.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Ra-den the Despoiled
***Void Eruption should no longer damage pets on all difficulties.
***Decaying Wound's damage over time effect no longer persists after the end of the encounter on all difficulties.
***Night Terror's Dread Inferno spell no longer interrupts channeled abilities on Mythic difficulty.
***Reduced the health of Ra-den, Essence of Void, Essence of Nightmare, Crackling Stalker, Void Hunter, and Night Terror by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
**Carapace of N'Zoth
***Reduced the number of spells that stop Fury of N'Zoth's movement during the encounter.
***Resolved an issue where Madness and Insanity Bomb could potentially remove the sanity of the primary afflicted target.
***Resolved an issue where players could get stuck in the final chamber.
***Resolved an issue where Adaptive Membrane was removing players' buffs on Mythic difficulty.
*Operation: Mechagon – Junkyard
**Scrapbone Grunters in the King Gobbamak encounter now inflict the same amount of damage as their counterparts in the rest of the dungeon on all difficulties.
**Scrapbone Grunters' melee damage has been reduced by 43% on all difficulties.
**Heavy Scrapbot and Malfunctioning Scrapbot now cast Gyro Scrap and Exhaust less frequently on all difficulties.
*Operation: Mechagon – Workshop
**Fixed an issue where players were sometimes unable to utilize Spires of Ny'alotha on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
*Siege of Boralus
**Adjusted the Spire of Ny'alotha's position when the Awakened affix is active on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
***Developers' note: This Spire was near a group of powerful enemies for Alliance players, but not for Horde players. It should now be in a more comparable location for both factions.
;Horrific Visions
*Stormwind
**Fallen Riftwalker
***Rift Strike damage reduced by 37.5% and is cast less frequently.
***Shadow Shift now reduces damage taken by 50% (was 75%).
;Items and Rewards
*Unguent Caress' Corruption Effect now properly takes enemy target radius into account, ensuring that it more consistently damages very large enemies.
*Using Remote Guidance Device now always properly incurs the shared 20 second cooldown for on-use trinkets and item effects.
*Sparks of Unwavering Strength should no longer erroneously create Quickening Azerite Geode for Guardian Druids and will correctly create Manual of Unbalanced Tactics.
*Corrupted Items
**Obsidian and Searing Breath (Corrupted Effects) no longer strike targets that are not in line of sight.
**The Thing from Beyond (Corrupted Effect) is now slightly less terrifying in Timewalking, as it will scale down to the wearer's item level.
**The Thing from Beyond's presence will no longer cause other monsters to attack the wearer.
**The Thing from Beyond can no longer daze the wearer.
**Fixed an issue that caused Thing from Beyond to sometimes miss players. The Thing from Beyond always gets its target, in the end.
;Player versus Player
*Players can once again queue for the Cooking Impossible Brawl.
===February 3===
;Classes
*Hunter
**Angerhoof Bull, Anzu, Blaithe, Doe, Greathorn Stag, Irewing, Motorback Ape, and Porkchop are now tamable.
**Ji-Kun, Ssinkrix, Qroshekx, Xaarshej should now retain their names when tamed.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Lalathin should now appear in all phases of Suramar.
;Horrific Visions
*Further reduced the health of enemies in Horrific Visions for players who enter the instance as a solo healer or tank specialization; healers will face enemies with 42% less health and tanks will fight enemies with 25% reduced health.
**Developers' note: We'd like players to be able to upgrade their legendary cloak without feeling like they have to change specialization. The difficulty of Horrific Visions adjusts dynamically based on party composition, but they're still a bit rough for solo healers and tanks, so we're making some tweaks to help those players out.
*Fixed an issue that prevented Vision Hunters' buff text from displaying the proper values.
;Items and Rewards
*The Humming Black Dragonscale proc no longer affects character movement, but it can be activated to slow the wearer's falling speed as long as they are wearing their legendary cloak.
*Unequipping Manifesto of Madness will remove its associated effects.
*Unequipping Humming Black Dragonscale after using it will cancel its effects.
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===January 30===
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Shad'har the Insatiable
***Fixed a bug with Entropic Buildup that could cause it to explode multiple times if multiple players were absorbing the same one on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented players from upgrading their farms at the Sunsong Ranch in the Valley of the Four Winds.
*Vulpera player-characters can now accept "A Perfect Costume".
===January 29===
;Classes
*Hunter
**Dread Ravens, Rocs, Sea Serpents, and Mechanical Chickens are now tamable.
**Iron Juggernauts summoned by Hunters in Siege of Orgrimmar now scale their levels to the summoning player.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Brinebeak Albatross is now properly classified as a Bird of Prey.
*Lalathin has escaped her cage and can be found just outside Suramar.
*Shadowclaw now looks more appropriate.
*Shale Crawler, Frenzied Pterrordax, and Dreadtick Latcher are now the correct creature types.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Ra-den the Despoiled
***Unstable Nightmare no longer damages pets on Mythic difficulty.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed an issue that caused Guardian Druids to obtain the damage-dealer Essence Token of Death's Mark (Breath of the Dying) when using the Breath of Everlasting Spirit.
*Revitalizing Voodoo Totem's effectiveness is reduced by 50% when used by non-healer specializations while engaged in combat with enemy players.
*The Void-Twisted Titanshard will now trigger correctly from healing spells.
*Corrupted Items
**Twilight Devastation's visual effect can no longer be seen by friendly players except in the outdoor world.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Corrected an issue with Memory of Lucid Dreams (Essence) that caused Frost Mages' icicle buff counter and visual display to sometimes not match up when using its on-use effect.
;Quests
*Fixed an issue that prevented completion of "Heroic Warfront: The Battle for Darkshore" for Alliance characters.
===January 28===
;Classes
*Hunter
**Certain aqir creatures in Uldum should now be tamable.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Freehold
**Damage dealt by Captain Eudora's Powder Shot reduced by 15% on all difficulties.
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Shad'har the Insatiable
***Increased Shad'har the Insatiable's health by 30% on Heroic difficulty.
****Developers' note: This change is meant to bring the encounter in line with the rest of the instance on Heroic difficulty.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***The Paranoia debuff can no longer be removed through immunity effects (e.g. Paladins' Divine Shield) on all difficulties; damage and loss of sanity from Paranoia can still be temporarily avoided by using immunities.
***A few of Exposed Synapses in N'Zoth's Mind have been moved a small distance.
****Developers' note: This quality-of-life change should help melee characters better reach Exposed Synapses during the encounter.
;Items and Rewards
*Cloaks no longer drop in Mythic Keystone end-of-run chests.
*Corrupted Items
**Flash of Insight (Corruption Effect) now correctly scales with the total Intellect value of the character.
**Echoing Void damage reduced by 20%
***Developer's Note: Echoing Void's design makes its damage fairly reliable and high in most combat situations. As it's less situational than some other Corruption effects, we feel it is doing too much damage per Corruption by comparison.
*Sk'shuul Vaz
**This weapon's Obsidian Destruction (Corruption Effect) now divides its damage among targets struck and deals additional damage for each target struck, up to maximum damage dealt at 6 targets.
**Damage against a single target has been increased to 700% of armor (was 175% of armor).
*Fixed an issue which could cause Cache of Ny'alothan Treasures to display a tooltip indicating that it was Corrupted, even if it was not going to drop a Corrupted item. (The chance of your Cache item being corrupted has not changed.)
*Fixed an issue which allowed Obsidian Destruction and Searing Flames to ignore Line of Sight on some targets.
*Resolved an issue that caused crowd control that breaks on damage (Mages' Polymorph) to be removed by Eye of Corruption damage.
;Lesser Visions
*Fixed a bug where the small chests found in the Lesser Visions weren't rewarding their Corrupted Mementos.
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that prevented PvP Talent weapon disarm effects (e.g. Rogues' Dismantle) from correctly having diminishing returns on their duration when cast against players that were recently affected by other disarm effects.
*Resolved an issue that prevented characters from earning the Dreadflame illusion after earning the Duelist: Battle for Azeroth Season 4 achievement.
;World Quests
*"Vuk'laz the Earthbreaker" should now properly get pushed to Horde players.
===January 27===
;Achievements
*Fixed a bug that prevented eligible players from receiving credit for It's Not a Cult if a raid member died during the N'Zoth the Corruptor encounter on Normal or Heroic difficulties.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Credit for rare creatures in the Vale of Eternal Twilight and Vision of the Twisting Sands is now shared.
*The Spirit Drinker creatures should no longer get stuck in an immune state.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Corrected an issue that prevented Protection Paladins' Blessed Hammer (Talent) from dealing damage to Wrathion, Drest'agath, and Il'gynoth.
**Wrathion
***Fixed a bug that prevented players from looting Wrathion if he was defeated while transitioning.
**Maut
***The amount of mana gained by Maut through Dark Offering has been increased on Normal difficulty.
***Mana gained by Maut through Devour Manifestation has been increased on Normal difficulty.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Harvest Thoughts no longer counts player pets and guardians when dividing the damage and Sanity loss effect.
***Slightly expanded the distance at which melee characters can attack Exposed Synapses on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
;Horrific Visions
*Fixed an issue where Split Personality and Dark Delusions removed players from stealth.
;Lesser Visions
*Starting with this week's resets, the first Lesser Vision daily quest of the week now gives 3000 Coalescing Visions (was 2000 Coalescing Visions).
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Gladiator's Spite's on-use ability cooldown has been reduced to 60 seconds (was 90 seconds).
*Humming Black Dragonscale's levitation effect no longer triggers if the player is affected by a Neural Silencer or Magical Intrusion Dampener.
*Writhing Segment of Drest'agath's damage has been increased by 20%.
*Corrupted Items
**Echoing Void (Corrupted Effect) can now only trigger from abilities that are on the global cooldown.
**Echoing Void can now be removed by abilities that dispel Magic effects.
**Twisted Appendage's (Corrupted Effect) health has been reduced to 1% of the player's maximum health (was 20%).
**The ground spell effect indicating Eye of Corruption's (Corrupted Effect) radius of effect is now easier to see on sloped terrain.
**Lingering Psychic Shell
***Now applies an absorb shield that prevents 80% of incoming damage, up to the amount of damage indicated on the item.
***While inside Ny'alotha, the Waking City instance, the wearer's Corruption Resistance increases the total amount of damage absorbed by up to 50%.
****Developers' note: Due to several issues with this trinket, we have changed its functionality to be more intuitive. The tooltip will be updated in a future patch to more accurately reflect the trinket's functionality.
**Twisted Appendages (Corrupted Effect) can no longer be struck by area-of-effect attacks such as Mages' Arcane Explosion.
**Killing Twisted Appendages no longer grant on-kill bonuses from Talents and abilities (e.g. Warriors' Victory Rush).
**Fixed a bug which prevented Ineffable Truth (Corruption Effect) from triggering on some melee and ranged abilities.
**Heart of Azeroth
***Corrected an issue where Crucible of Flame (Essence) sometimes incorrectly healed Wrathion during his encounter in the Nyalotha, the Waking City raid.
;Player versus Player
*Twilight Devastation (Corruption Effect) has a 12-second cooldown when engaged in combat with enemy players.
*Twilight Devastation now deals 50% reduced damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
*Echoing Void (Corruption Effect) now deals 50% reduced damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
;Professions
*Players should be able to discover Cataclysm Engineering recipes again from crafting recipes on that list.
;Quests
*Players are now able to perform the Nordrassil ritual during "Lunar Preservation" without breaking any rituals afterward.
;WoW Classic
*Quest credit for Elune's Blessing should now be granted more consistently.
===January 24===
;Dungeons and Raids
*N'Zoth, the Corruptor
**Fixed a bug where Azeroth's Radiance could shorten its channel duration without the player casting or moving.
**Azeroth's Radiance now resets its cooldown on a wipe and at the start of the encounter.
**Developers' note: This quality-of-life change should dispel confusion about needing to wait for the cooldown to clear before a subsequent attempt.
*Horrific Visions
**Fixed an issue wherein Emergency Cranial Defibrillation didn't heal the player while under the effects of Inquisitor Darkspeak's Convert.
;Items and Rewards
*Emissary equipment caches no longer reward cloaks during Battle for Azeroth Season 4.
*The power of the following trinkets from Ny'alotha, the Waking City have been increased by around 10%: Vita-Charged Titanshard, Void-Twisted Titanshard, Humming Black Dragonscale, and Manifesto of Madness.
*The damage absorb effect of the Void-Twisted Titanshard will now be consumed after most standard damage absorb effects.
*Corrupted Items
**Glimpse of Clarity will no longer interact with the Warlock ability Command Demon, or the Hunter ability Command Pet.
**Lash of the Void
***Lash of the Void's (Corruption Effect) damage now scales with the item level of Unguent Caress, instead of the character's Attack Power.
***Fixed a bug which caused Lash of the Void to trigger more often than intended, but it still strikes all targets in a cone in front of the user.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Corrected several issues with Destruction Warlocks using Vision of Perfection either not getting an Infernal to spawn on their target, or a real summoned Infernal to incorrectly have the lowered Vision of Perfection duration applied to it.
;WoW Classic
*Players in Alterac Valley with the Honorless Target buff will no longer grant loot.
===January 23===
;Allied Races
**Vulperas' Bag of Tricks (racial) cooldown is now correctly modified by haste.
;Creatures and NPCs
**Lorewalker Cho should once again be visible to all players in Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Operation: Mechagon
**In Mechagon Junkyard and Mechagon Workshop on Mythic Keystone difficulties, end-of-run chests now award Engine of Mecha-Perfection, or Blueprint: Perfectly Timed Differential, or Progression Sprockets for players' Vision of Perfection (Essence).
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Carapace of N'Zoth
***Resolved an issue where using Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve while in the Den of Transfusion may fail to bring players to Wrathion's side.
***Resolved an issue where using Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve could remove some player buffs when used.
***Resolved an issue where Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve's cooldown was not being reset upon the encounter starting.
***Reduced the health of Mycelial Cysts by 30%.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Dispelling corrupted mind should not drain sanity ever, and letting it expire naturally should.
;Horrific Visions
*Fixed an issue where players on the quest "Reconstructing "Fear and Flesh"" who skipped all Corrupted Area objectives and completed a Lost Area objective first would not get 1 of their 2 Torn Page of "Fear and Flesh" for that run.
;Items and Rewards
*Corrupted Items
**Damage dealt by Infinite Stars, Twisted Appendages, and Gushing Wound (Corrupted Effects) is now based on the item level of a Corrupted item, rather than scaling dynamically with Attack Power and Spell Power.
***Developers' note: Previously the damage dealt by these powers was modified by Attack Power and Spell Power, which meant that certain specialization abilities or random bonuses could cause drastic swings in their effectiveness. Infinite Stars in particular was too strong against single targets as a result of this and other factors. This change also adjusts Infinite Stars base damage accordingly, as the scaling method was one of the primary factors behind some of the extreme outliers we saw in our logs and from player feedback. Our goal with this change and other adjustments to Corruption powers is to improve parity in the effectiveness per point of Corruption of the different bonuses available on Visions of N'Zoth items.
**Grand Delusions' (Corrupted Effect) summoned entity no longer despawns when its owner is crowd controlled by enemy players.
*Fixed a bug that allowed the Lurking Schemer's Band a small chance at rolling a socket in addition to its baseline socket.
*Corrupted Gladiator's Spite now has a distinct visual difference between hostile corruption pools and allied corruption pools.
*Humming Black Dragonscale's visual effect should no longer break some animations and will now appear as intended when mounted.
;Quests
*Dying during "Waking a Dreamer" can cause players to be unable to see Goldrinn and turn in the quest.
*While D.I.S.C.O. may be fun for some, dancing is now prohibited within the vicinity of the Chamber of Heart teleporter.
*Rugged Hyena Pelts now drop from all hyenas in Uldum as well as Amathet Hunters. Players with the Skinning skill will still be able to skin the hyenas for a guaranteed pelt, in addition to any that drop.
===January 22===
;Achievements
*You Can Pet the Dog, But... is now properly rewarded to all raid members who /pet Shad'har regardless if they or another player died during the encounter on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
;Allied Races
*Allied Races characters that are not Death Knights no longer learn an unusable Acherus Deathcharger class mount at level 58.
;Classes
*Mage
**Fixed an issue causing Mage's Invisibility and Greater Invisibility spells to not display the intended screen effects.
*Warlock
**Demonology
***Casting Hand of Gul'dan with a wand equipped and no Soul Shards no longer causes players to start autoattacking the target.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Reduced the unavoidable damage from Tashara's Ground Shatter. Players now have more time to move out of her secondary effect.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn
***Fixed a bug where Il'gynoth could get to 0% health but not transition to Stage 2 of the encounter.
;Horrific Visions
*Fixed an issue that prevented Gift of the Titans from triggering in certain situations.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed a bug that allowed the Lurking Schemer's Band a small chance at rolling a socket in addition to its baseline socket.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Corrected an issue that sometimes caused Unwavering Ward (Essence) to lose its Corruption Resistance.
**Breath of the Dying (Essence) Rank 2 Minor Power's self-healing no longer heals for an excessive amount when dealing damage to lower-level targets.
;Quests
*Visions of N'Zoth Threat Daily Quests
**Reputation gain increased from 75 to 125.
**Coalescing Visions increased from 50 to 250.
*Lesser Vision Daily Quests
**Coalescing Visions rewards increased from 1000 to 1500.
**Corrupted Mementos rewards increased from 8 to 30.
*War Mode reward bonuses for completing Visions of N'Zoth daily quests are now correctly displayed in the UI.
*Creatures and objects needed to complete Visions of N'Zoth daily quests should now spawn more quickly.
*The quest item required to complete "Stepping Through the Darkness" can now be found in Lost Area chests in addition to the Corrupted area chests.
*The quest objectives for the legendary cloak storyline are now easier to track.
*Players returning to Silithus after completing the Blackwing Descent scenario now arrive in the appropriate phase and location. Time travel is quite difficult!
*Quest credit for "Alpaca It Up" and "Alpaca It In" can now be earned while in raid groups.
*Self-inflicted damage from N'lyeth, Silver of N'Zoth no longer critically strikes the wearer or benefits from damage modifiers.
*Players on the quest "Journey to the Sunwell" should now be able to complete "A People Shattered".
*Increased Goliath Trophy quest item drop rate for "Getting Ahead".
===January 21===
;Allied Races
*Vulpera characters can now correctly disable Holy Relic after discovering it through their Rummage Your Bag racial ability.
*Vulpera and mechagnomes can now read the Ancient Tome of Dinomancy.
;Assaults
*Vale of Eternal Blossoms
**Invoke Xuen
***Xuen's autoattack damage has been reduced by 80%.
***The power of Xuen's abilities have been increased by 100%.
***Xuen's abilities deal 80% reduced damage against other players in PvP situations.
;Classes
*Death Knight
**Unholy
***Resolved an issue that allowed Virulent Plague to spread to Explosives found in Mythic Keystone dungeons.
*Druid
**Guardian
***Damage caused by Protector of the Pack (PvP Talent) can no longer be absorbed or reduced by damage reduction effects.
***Brambles will no longer deal damage after suffering damage from Protector of the Pack (PvP Talent).
***Den Mother's (PvP Talent) increased maximum health effect no longer affects the Guardian Druid.
*Hunter
**Beast Mastery
***Resolved an issue that could prevent additional pets summoned by Animal Companion from gaining benefit from abilities such as Bestial Wrath, Beast Cleave, or Dash (pet ability).
*Monk
**Resolved an issue that caused Grapple Weapon to reduce the duration of subsequent Silence effects cast on the target.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Ny'alotha, the Waking City
**Fixed an issue which prevented Ny'alotha bosses from rewarding Artifact Power.
**Removed the requirement that Shad'har the Insatiable had to be defeated before entering Drest'agath's encounter arena on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
**N'Zoth the Corruptor
***Fixed an issue that caused Paranoia to target more players than intended on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
**Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn
***Resolved an issue in which Prophet Skitra being defeated would cause Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn to not spawn on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
;Horrific Visions
*Fixed an issue wherein players weren't interactable for a short period after dying in Horrific Visions.
;Items and Rewards
*Trashmaster's Mantle can no longer drop in Mythic Keystone dungeons.
*Heart of Azeroth
**Resolved an issue that allowed Vitality Conduit (Essence) to remove crowd control effects (e.g. Polymorph).
*Corrupted Items
**Fixed an issue which could cause Infinite Stars and Twisted Appendage to fail to keep track of updates to characters' Attack Power or Spell Power.
**Psyche Shredder's on-equip effect can now only be triggered by spells.
;Pet Battles
*Blackrock Depths Pet Battle Dungeon
**The difficulty of Therin Skysong, Alran Heartshade, Zuna Skullcrush pet battle encounters have been lowered.
**Manapoof Link now properly has the option to teleport a player who has completed the Blackrock Depths Pet Dungeon to the entrance of Blackrock Depths.
;Quests
*Faceless Mask quests are no longer shareable.
*War Mode once again grants the correct reward quest completion bonuses for daily quests offered during Visions of N'Zoth Assaults. The UI currently does not reflect the rewards granted, but we're working on correcting it.
*Fixed an issue that caused the Gift of N'Zoth's visual effect to sometimes disappear when a character entered Orgrimmar, Stormwind, Uldum, or Vale of Eternal Blossoms. N'Zoth has not forgotten those who are loyal to him.
;World Quests
*Resolved an issue that prevented some players from receiving credit for the "Grand Empress Shek'zara (quest)" after defeating Grand Empress Shek'zara.
*Players will now properly receive credit for defeating King Dazar for the "Kings' Rest: Kingsguard" World Quest.
===January 17===
;Achievements
*Fixed an issue where a dead player's Damage Over Time effect could cause the raid to fail The Best of Us.
;Auction House
*Bids now display properly in the sell tab for caged pets.
*Fixed a bug causing the quantity field to be empty when selling a non-commodity.
*The "Uncollected" filter now filters owned battle pets as expected.
*The "Upgrades Only" filter now correctly applies to wands and shields.
*The "Usable" filter now filters profession-restricted items and owned toys as intended.
*Purchasing an entire listing now displays the item count in the seller's auction list.
*Players can now buyout an auction for which they are already the high bidder.
*Fixed a bug that caused some mail from the Auction House to exclude expected attached gold.
;Creatures and NPCs
*The Gaze of N'Zoth can now only be faction tapped while in War Mode.
*Onyx Warserpent's Lightning Pool no longer hits players harder than intended.
*Taijing the Cyclone now resets properly.
*The spawn frequency of several Rare enemies in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms Assault areas has been increased.
;Items
*Azerite Essences
**Fixed an issue that caused Breath of the Dying's minor damage effect at Rank 1 or 2 to benefit from the Rank 3 increased proc chance against low health targets.
*Corruption Effects
**Fixed an issue preventing Twilight Devastation from triggering on ranged attacks.
**Infinite Stars damage reduced by 25% at all Corruption levels.
;Player versus Player
*The red punchcard Subroutine: Defragmentation now heals for 50% in PvP situations.
*Fixed an issue causing Breath of the Dying to have an incorrectly-lowered cooldown when used against player pets in PvP.
;Races
*The Vulpera Holy Relic Trick now heals for the correct amount.
*Fixed a bug preventing Mechagnomes and Vulpera from using ghost flying mounts when dead in appropriate areas.
*Fixed an expected sound effect on the voices of Pandaren Death Knights.
;Quests
*Vulpera can once again proceed during the Tirisfal Glades quest, "A Scarlet Letter".
*Players who are outside of the Vision while their party defeats Ysedra the Darkener now receive quest credit for "Deeper Into the Darkness".
*Fixed a bug that could prevent Magni Bronzebeard from spawning as expected in "The Halls of Origination".
*It is again possible to turn in "Ancient Crypt Key".
*Titan Artifacts should now appear for the quest "Unearthed Artifacts" regardless of the completion status of the Assault bar-fill objective.
*Assault daily quests such as "The Sun King's Chosen" or "The Strongest Among Them" now require 3 Rare kills (was 4).
*Rare kills now provide more credit for Assaults.
;User Interface
*Guild and community setting dropdowns no longer appear when they are grayed out.
;Visions
*Players should now find their Sanity draining more quickly after an extended period within Vision of the Twisting Sands and Vale of Eternal Twilight.
*Fixed an issue that was preventing an iLvl 430 item from dropping when you had completed two objectives and the boss in a Horrific Vision. This item will be awarded to players on their next run if they satisfy these conditions.
===January 15===
;Allied Races
*Eligible players who earned the account-wide achievements The Mechagonian Threat and Rustbolt Rebellion on a Horde character can once again begin the process to unlock mechagnomes on an Alliance character.
*Fixed an issue that prevented Prince Erazmin from appearing on Mechagon Island after completing the mechagnome Allied Race unlock storyline.
;Classes
*Attempting to burn the corpses of egg-infested bodies in Uldum will no longer remove Druids from Travel Form.
;Dungeons and Raids
*Mechagon – Junkyard and Mechagon – Workshop
**Mechagon – Junkyard and Mechagon – Workshop no longer share a lockout for Heroic difficulty.
;Items and Rewards
*Items awarded from Horrific Visions of N'Zoth are no longer tradeable.
;Quests
*Starting "A World Worth Saving" once again transports players into the Halls of Origination dungeon full of enemies.
*Fixed an issue where players who were eligible to attend the late Kind Varian Wrynn's funeral could be unable to complete the introductory quests for Visions of N'Zoth.
*Players who enter a Lesser Vision of N'Zoth without accepting "Unscarred Black Scale" will now be offered the daily quest while inside the instance.
*Credit for completing "Alpaca It Up" quest is no longer shared between group members.
*"Against Overwhelming Odds" now grants quest credit for enemy players slain in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
===January 14===
;Assaults
*Void Conduits now grant credit toward Assaults.
;Creatures and NPCs
*Knockback reduced on Magni Bronzebeard's Reverberating Clap.
*Blastatron X-81 no longer taps, so all combatants can receive credit.
*Kames, Blade of the Dawn's Sun's Retribution ability now has a 3 second cooldown.
;Items and Rewards
*Fixed a bug that allowed some Honorbound and 7th Legion items to both Corrupt and Titanforge. N'Zoth works in mysterious and terrible ways.
*The Kernel of E-Steam now correctly awards reputation to characters not yet Exalted with the Rustbolt Resistance.
;Player versus Player
*Resolved an issue that prevented the weekly Brawl quest "Something Different" from starting when entering the Deepwind Gorge Battleground highlight brawl.
;Quests
*Players investigating Blackwing Descent with Wrathion should no longer be blocked from entering the instance during "Beginning the Descent" and "To the Catacombs!".
*Highland Worgs are no longer endangered and can be readily slaughtered to fulfill "A Little Goodwill."
*Fixed an issue that caused the first Lesser Vision daily quest, "A Dark, Glaring Reality" to incorrectly reward 1,000 Coalescing Visions instead of 2,000 Coalescing Visions for some players. Players affected by this issue will be offered the quest rewarding 2,000 Coalescing Visions tomorrow.
*Zahra Sandstalker should no longer disappear for nearby players when someone accepts "To The Moon." Additionally, multiple copies will no longer show up.
*Locating the anomalous source for "Deeper Into Darkness" now shares credit with all party members.
*"Against Overwhelming Odds" now grants credit for slaying enemy players in Uldum when Assaults are active.
;World
*Players should no longer disconnect when traveling on the boat between Booty Bay and Gadgetzan.
;WoW Classic
*Alterac Valley
**Spirit Guides in the starting caves now apply Honorless Target to the players they resurrect.
***Developers' note: We observed some behavior in Alterac Valley that can only be described as griefing—a violation of the In-Game Code of Conduct. If this had taken place in original WoW, it would have been seen as either a situation that needed to be fixed preventatively or a circumstance that called for account suspensions. We feel that the preventative solution is the more amicable one.
===January 7===
;Battle Pets
*Jenafur has grown tentacles.
;Player versus Player
*Players who earned the appropriate PvP rating for a Battle for Azeroth Season 3 title while the season was inactive, but then dropped below the required rating before the season could be reactivated, should earn that title when first logging in after the weekly reset.
*[With realm restarts] Corrected an issue that prevented players from receiving loot after completing last week's "Conquest's Reward" quest.
**Developers' note: If you are up to date with Conquest rewards, you'll be able to complete this week's quest after maintenance, and then move on to the next one. Players who earned the 500 Conquest necessary for the quest will still receive their weekly PvP chest and players who didn't complete last week's quest will remain unaffected.
;WoW Classic
*Resolved an issue that caused /stopattack or /startattack macros to pause the swing timer (rather than reset) when used with abilities such as a Warrior's Slam).
*Fixed a bug that caused Somnus to permanently evade after being leashed across zone boundaries.
Hotfixes 2020