Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 6.0.3. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client- side patch update. We will continue to update this list as additional hotfixes are applied.
Hotfixes have been listed by the date they've been implemented.
Patch 6.0.x Information
- Patch 6.0.2 Now Live and Survival Guide
- The Iron Tide: 6.0.2 Patch Notes
- 6.0.2 Hotfixes
- Patch Installation & Troubleshooting
Hallow's End
- Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" now allows the user to ride on a mount while transformed.
Classes
- Resolved an issue where durations for periodic effects were not always being extended for the full amount when refreshed by another ability.
- Death Knight
- Unholy
- Necrosis’ damage has been increased by 67%.
- Scourge Strike’s damage has been increased by 50%.
- Unholy Might now increases Strength by 5% (down from 10%).
- Unholy
- Defile should no longer be growing in radius and damage by more than the intended amount.
- General
- Druids are no longer able to switch specializations while in Flight Form.
- Druid shapeshift forms should now override the transformation from Fire-Watcher's Oath.
- Wrath’s damage has been increased by 25%.
- Starfall’s damage has been increased by 75%.
- Starfire’s damage has been increased by 25%.
- Starsurge’s damage has been increased by 25%. Additionally, resolved an issue where Starsurge may sometimes provide an incorrect Lunar or Solar Empowerment.
- Nature's Swiftness should no longer incorrectly allow Cyclone to be cast while in any shapeshift form.
- [Requires a realm restart.] Nature's Vigil now heals nearby targets for 20% of the healing done (down from 30%), but can now trigger from Multistrikes.
- General
- Adaptation now increases Combat Experience’s damage increase to 70% (down from 85%).
- Beast Mastery
- Kill Command’s damage has been increased by 20%.
- Marksmanship
- Chimaera Shot’s damage has been reduced by 13%.
- Talents
- Focusing Shot now has a 2.5 second cast time (down from 3 seconds), and its damage has been increased by 25%.
- General
- Conjured food no longer has a level requirement to use.
- Arcane
- Resolved an issue where notifications for Arcane Missiles charges may sometimes not display properly.
- Frost
- Frostbolt’s damage has been reduced by 20%.
- Talents
- Cauterize should no longer be dealing more damage than intended to the Mage.
- Alter Time should now work correctly for characters below level 77.
- General
- Resolved an issue where Stance of the Fierce Tiger's movement speed increase was not working correctly for newly created Monks.
- Brewmaster
- Black Ox Statue should no longer be attacking targets.
- Talents
- Chi Explosion now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
- Discipline
- Smite critical hits should no longer incorrectly cause the target to be healed for a greater than intended amount through Atonement while also receiving a larger than intended damage shield that's granted through Divine Aegis.
- Shadow
- Mastery: Mental Anguish now increases damage by 3.125% per point (up from 2.5%).
- Glyphs
- [Requires a realm restart.] Glyph of Inner Fire and Glyph of Inner Sanctum should now be correctly removed as those glyphs no longer exist.
- Combat
- Killing Spree should no longer cancel or end prematurely if one of their targets is immune to damage.
- General
- Lava Burst's visuals should no longer be excessively large.
- Elemental
- Earthquake's visuals are no longer visible for friendly players.
- Shamanism now increases Lightning Bolt's damage by 70% (up from 36%).
- Fire Nova now has a maximum of 7 novas that can be triggered if more than 7 targets are affected by Flame Shock.
- Maelstrom Weapon should no longer incorrectly persist after the Shaman has switched to a different specialization.
- Echo of the Elements effect should now be correctly consumed during Ascendance.
- Elemental Blast's damage has been increased by 20%.
- Demonology
- Molten Core should no longer incorrectly trigger its effect based on the casting Warlock's health
- Resolved an issue where Soul Fire's damage was reduced by a greater than intended amount.
- Resolved a situation where interactions between Immolate, Fire and Brimstone, and Cataclysm could cause Immolate to deal less damage than intended.
- Cataclysm now has a slight visual which can be seen by the Warlock's allies when it's being cast.
- General
- Heroic Leap should no longer allow the Warrior to ignore vertical terrain restrictions while in a Dungeon, Raid, or Battleground.
- Whirlwind’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
- Ravager’s damage has been reduced by 25%.
- Slam’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
Quests
- Breaking the Emperor's Shield: Nakk'rakas should no longer despawn, allowing players to complete the quest.
Creatures
- Damp Shambler's Renewing Mists now heals for less.
Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios
- Siege of Orgrimmar
- [Requires a realm restart.] Paragons of the Klaxxi: Resolved an issue where Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver could not be looted.
- Downfall Wing 4: Resolved an issue where Gnomish Gyrocopters may not be destroying Thresher Turrets for Alliance players.
- Jin'rokh the Breaker's Ionization effect should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
- [Requires a realm restart.] The Lich King's Harvest Soul ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
- Anub'arak's Leeching Swarm should no longer be healing Anub'arak for an excessive amount.
- [Requires a realm restart.] Blackrock Caverns: Angered Earth should now spawn in when Rom'ogg Bonecrusher hits a player with Quake.
- Razorfen Kraul: Groyat, the Blind Hunter's Drain Life ability should no longer damage or heal for an excessive amount.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
- Arenas
- Tol'viron Arena should now correctly have Dampening.
- Battlegrounds
- Deepwind Gorge: Status of the mine cart should now be updating correctly.
- Isle of Conquest: Huge Seaforium Bombs no longer have a level requirement to interact with them.
Items
- Elixirs from the Cataclysm expansion should no longer be more powerful than their counterparts from Mists of Pandaria.
- Boiled Silkworm Pupa now provides a buff to Critical Strike instead of Hit.
- [Requires a realm restart.] Claws of Agony and Claws of Torment's 2-piece set bonus now gives a more reasonable amount of Haste.
- Manual Crowd Pummeler's on-use effect now grants a more reasonable increase to Haste.
- Technique: Glyph of the Executor no longer has an effect as the Glyph it teaches no longer exists.
- Zandalarian Hero Badge now provides a more reasonable amount of Armor.
UI
- Settings for SET ffxGlow should no longer be resetting when exiting the game client.
Quests
- Roll Club: Serpent's Spine should no longer cause players to float and allow them to complete the quest.
- Zarhym Altogether: Spirit Chests looted during the weekly quest no longer contains gold.
World Environment
- World Defense chat channel should be joinable once again.
- Alliance characters taking a flight path to Shattered Beachhead should now arrive safely at their destination (rather than falling through the world).
Battlegrounds and Arenas
- Bonus Honor for winning a Battleground is now only awarded when queuing for a Random Battleground (it was incorrectly awarding the bonus Honor for any Battleground win).