Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.
Hotfixes
August 10, 2018
Animations and Appearances
The Toad pet family ability "Swarm of Flies" will now continue to swarm around the Toad instead of staying in place.
Hammer of Wrath’s impact visual should now appear on its target.
Classes
Death Knight
Frost
All damage abilities increased by 3%.
Breath of Sindragosa damage reduced by 12%.
Druid
All Feral Affinity-granted abilities increased by 15%.
Feral Affinity Energy regen bonus increased to 45% (was 35%).
Guardian
Lunar Beam will now correctly heal and deal damage while on an elevator.
Hunter
Beast Mastery
All damage abilities increased by 3%.
Marksmanship
All damage abilities increased by 3%.
Priest
Holy Nova damage increased by 20%.
Holy
All damage abilities increased by 8%.
Rogue
Assassination
Crimson Tempest damage reduced by 10%.
Subterfuge bonus reduced to 80% (was 100%).
Shaman
Elemental
All damage abilities increased 4%.
Warlock
Fear mana cost reduced to 10% (was 15%).
Affliction
Summon Darkglare cooldown now resets at the end of encounters.
Demonology
All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Creatures and NPCs
Alzzin the Wildshaper no longer deals excessive damage.
Chromie’s health has been increased.
Bastillax’s health has been decreased.
Darkmoon Faire
The Blight Boar encounter in Darkmoon Faire is no longer more difficult than intended.
Items
Fixed a bug that was causing several trinkets to fail to proc when cast at max range.
Player versus Player
Racial Abilities
Light's Judgment deals 50% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
Light's Reckoning deals 50% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
Death Knight
Unholy Strength increases Strength by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%).
Frost
Pillar of Frost increases Strength by 10% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 15%).
Unholy
Wandering Plague (PvP Talent) damage reduced by 50%.
Sins of the Many increases damage by 8% when engaged in PvP combat with enemy players (was 12%).
Trinity (PvP Talent) increases Atonement healing by 12% (was 20%).
Archangel (PvP Talent) increases healing and absorption by 20% (was 30%).
Shadow
Edge of Insanity (PvP Talent) now properly reduces damage taken when at or above 90 Insanity (60 Insanity while talented into Legacy of the Void).
Rogue
Prey on the Weak increases damage dealt to the target by 5% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 10%).
Death from Above (PvP Talent) increases Eviscerate/Envenom/Dispatch damage dealt by 10% (was 15%).
Assassination
Fixed a bug that caused Creeping Venom (PvP Talent)'s duration to be refreshed to a longer duration than intended.
Creeping Venom (PvP Talent)'s damage has been reduced by 50%.
Deadly Poison deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
Vendetta increases damage dealt to the target by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
Toxic Blade increases Poison damage dealt to the target by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
Garrote deals 20% less damage when engaged in combat with enemy players.
Subterfuge causes Garrote to deal an additional 50% damage when cast from stealth in PvP situations (was 100%).
Outlaw
Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) reduces the target's max health by 10% (was 15%).
Plunder Armor (PvP Talent) increases the Rogue's max health by 10% (was 15%).
Thick as Thieves (PvP Talent) increases the damage you and your Tricks target deal by 10% (was 15%).
Brigand's Blitz (Azerite Trait) is no longer gained from Control is King's Adrenaline Rush.
Subtlety
Shuriken Combo increases Eviscerate damage by 3% per stack when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 5%).
Night's Vengeance (Azerite Trait) effectiveness reduced by 66% in PvP situations.
Shaman
Restoration
Spirit Link (PvP Talent) now redirects 35% damage to the team (was 50%).
Spirit Link's (PvP Talent) mana cost has been increased by 12.5%.
Spirit Link (PvP Talent) reduces the heal generated by Spouting Spirits (Azerite Trait) by 80%.
Quests
"Continue Your Training: Master Woo" and its corresponding daily quest have been temporarily removed.
Hotfixes
August 8, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Gorefiend's Grasp correctly functions on transports such as elevators.
Unholy
Risen Skulker from All Will Serve will now properly change targets to assist while in combat.
Summon Gargoyle and the Dark Arbiter variant will now properly assist in combat and change targets.
Warlock
Succubus will no longer automatically cast Seduction when the Warlock is affected by crowd control effects.
Dungeons and Raids
Tomb of Sargeras
Dresanoth’s Icy Talons ability no longer deals excessive damage.
Lylth the Silent no longer deals excessive damage with Lunar Blast, Shadow Blast, and Star Barrage abilities.
Lieutenant Silvermight no longer deals excessive damage.
Player versus Player
Arathi Blizzard
The number of bases controlled by each faction is now displayed correctly.
Professions
Herbalism
Fixed a bug that made Frost Lotus require a Herbalism skill of 400 to be successfully harvested.
Hotfixes
August 7, 2018
Appearances and Animations
Fixed display issues with Void Elf Heritage Armor and Shadowform with Glyph of Shadow.
Isle of Conquest Airship Cannon's ball of fire visual should again match the actual trajectory of the shot.
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
Raise Dead's Claw ability will no longer incorrectly gain damage from Mastery: Dreadblade. The Dark Transformation upgrade to Sweeping Claws still benefits from Mastery.
Druid
Sunfire will no longer apply to secondary targets that are immune to its effects, such as Rogues with Cloak of Shadow active.
Restoration
Photosynthesis now increases rate of all HoTs by 20% (was 15%).
Photosynthesis haste effect now affects Efflorescence.
Cultivation healing reduced by 17%.
Rejuvenation healing increased by 6%.
Mage
Arcane
Mana Shield drains 50% of damage as mana (was 20%).
Fire
Phoenix Flames's single-target damage now correctly hits Totems and similar targets.
Frost
When using Concentrated Coolness, the Regalia of the Arcane Tempest 4-piece set bonus will properly reduce the cooldown of Frozen Orb.
Monk
Chi Wave healing increased by 25%.
Mistweaver
Renewing Mist healing correctly generates threat.
Windwalker
Blackout Kick damage reduced by 27%.
Paladin
Retribution
All damage abilities have been reduced 3%.
Priest
Smite damage reduced by 6%.
Divine Star healing increased by 25%.
Discipline
Shadow Word: Pain reduced by 9%.
Shadowfiend damage reduced by 16%.
Mindbender damage reduced by 8%.
Fixed a bug where Sins of the Many was not increasing Atonement healing from Shadowfiend/Mindbinder.
Holy
Binding Heal now costs 2.4% of mana (was 2.0%).
Holy Word: Salvation cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
Angel's Mercy cooldown reduction increased.
Shaman
Restoration
Cloudburst now stores 30% of healing done (was 25%).
Unleash Life instant healing increased by 26%.
Rogue
Assassination
All damage abilities reduced 4%.
Outlaw
All damage abilities reduced 3%.
Subtlety
All damage abilities reduced 4%.
Warlock
Affliction
Summon Darkglare will no longer remove all nearby Rogues from stealth.
Warrior
Arms
All damage abilities increased 3%.
Creatures and NPCs
Myra Tyrngaarde was having some trouble understanding how to cross the bridges in Ironforge, but she's been shown the correct path.
Social
Fixed a bug preventing Guild ranks with invite permissions from properly inviting.
Fixed a bug that caused Guild and officer note updates to be delayed if the member was offline.
Fixed multiple bugs that caused some players to be unexpectedly removed from General and Trade chat channels.
Hotfixes
August 6, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Frost
Remorseless Winter now has the correct amount of Global Cooldown reduction applied from Haste.
The talent Inexorable Assault will now correctly always deal damage when using Obliterate or Frostscythe.
Unholy
The Spell Eater talent will now correctly modify the absorb value of Anti-Magic Shell.
The in-combat behavior of the Risen Skulker from the All Will Serve talent has been adjusted to work similarly to other ranged combat companions.
Rogue
Cloak of Shadows will now correctly clear any Hunter's Mark debuffs from the Rogue when activated.
Warlock
Destruction
Rain of Fire should no longer incorrectly pull creatures who may be on a different floor or are otherwise out of line of sight.
Warrior
Fury
Fixed a bug that caused Death Wish to reduce the cooldown of Recklessness when talented into Anger Management.
Creatures and NPCs
The Prophet Velen no longer deals excessive damage.
It should now be less difficult to defeat Patchwerk in the Death Knight starting zone.
Elder Stormhoof should no longer be quite so deadly when Blessed by Earth.
Dungeons
Seat of the Triumverate
Fixed a bug that caused several enemy abilities to hit tanks for more than the intended amount of magic damage.
Items
Relic of the Makers again grants Agility, Intellect, and Strength as intended.
The sound of Hot Buttered Popcorn no longer travels far across zones.
Player versus Player
The effectiveness of Resilience on low-level PvP gear has been greatly reduced.
Players who become Bounty Hunted are now be provided with a parachute if they happen to be on a flying mount.
Battlegrounds
Eye of the Storm
Flag captures, bases assaulted, and bases defended are now in the correct order on the scoreboard.
Seething Shore
Fixed a bug that could cause multiple Azerite nodes to be spawned at the same location at the same time.
Classes
Hunter
Hi-Explosive Trap will now adhere to AoE knockback diminishing returns when interacting with spells such as Shining Force and Thunderstorm.
Paladin
Blessing of Sanctuary can now be cast on low-level player targets.
Professions
Fishing
Darkmoon Faire Island now requires Fishing rank 150 to avoid catching junk (was 600).
Quests
Fixed an issue that prevented some players from progressing in the Rogue class hall campaign.
Quest targets in the Spires of Arak Howling Crag no longer permanently evade when straying too far from their spawn locations.
Hotfixes
August 3, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
The snare effect from Grip of the Dead will now correctly be reapplied to a target standing in your Death and Decay or Defile area if the snare is removed.
Mage
Frost
Blizzard damage once again correctly reduces the cooldown of Frozen Orb.
Rogue
Outlaw
Offhand hits from Killing Spree are no longer able to activate Main Gauche.
Subtlety
Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel 2-piece and 4-piece bonuses now work properly with the Secret Technique talent.
Creatures and NPCs
Witch Lord Morkurk's health lowered by 60%.
Leatherworking
Corrected a bug that caused the vendor Misty Merriweather to require an impossibly-high level of Leatherworking for her offerings.
World
Talador: Artillery Strike gained from picking the Artillery Tower now properly inflicts damage and stuns like it used to.
Hotfixes
August 2, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Frost
Glacial Advance will now properly work when used on an elevator.
Priest
Holy
Apotheosis (from The Alabaster Lady) no longer affects Holy Word: Salvation.
Shaman
Elemental
Liquid Magma Totem, Stormkeeper, and Ancestral Guidance will now cause you to shapeshift out of ghost wolf form.
Warrior
Ravager will now correctly deal damage to enemies who are on elevator.
Dungeons and Raids
Gruul's Lair
Gruul should again drop the Earthen Signet in for “Cudgel of Kar'Desh”.
Quests
Reduced the damage of the summoned imps during “Fire at Will!"
Fixed an issue that could prevent players from accepting the Pandaren quest "Joining the Horde".
Hotfixes
August 1, 2018
Classes
Druid
Balance
Lunar and Solar Empowerment buffs will now show up on your Personal Resource Display bar.
The Fury of Elune talent will now properly deal damage to targets who are on an elevator.
Warlock
Demonology
The Nether Portal talent will now correctly work on elevators.
The Bilescourge Bombers talent will now properly display all of its visual effects when on an elevator.
Creatures and NPCs
Sirana Iceshriek’s Ice Shriek should no longer deal excessive damage.
Fixed a bug causing some Booty Bay Bruisers to deal excessive damage.
High Warlock Xi'lun no longer deals excessive damage.
Dungeons and Raids
Dire Maul
Reduced the damage of several creatures in Gordok Commons.
The Emerald Nightmare
Xavius
Players should now correctly return to their bodies when they die while dreaming.
Halls of Origination
Many of the abilities used by enemies in the Halls of Origination now deal reduced damage.
Magister’s Terrace
Sunblade Imp’s Firebolt now deals more reasonable damage.
Stratholme
Lord Aurius Rivendare now takes expected damage from players.
Items
Steelforged Essence should again work on shields.
Player versus Player
The Epic Battleground queue should now be available at level 20.
PvP trinket items that remove loss of control effects such as the Inherited Insignia of the Horde now share cooldown with PvP Talents such as Gladiator's Medallion.
PvP trinket items that remove loss of control effects such as the Inherited Insignia of the Alliance can no longer be used if the player has learned Adaptation or Relentless.
Professions
Blacksmithing
Arcanomancer Vridiel should once again sell the recipe for Rethu's Incessant Courage.
Quests
Ji Firepaw no longer follows the player after completing “The Horde Way”.
Players unable to speak to Sylvanas during the quest "Killer Queen" should once again be able to do so.
The infected goblins for "Curing With Force" are now a little more resilient to allow players to apply their cure.
World
Razor Hill Watchtower is no longer a sanctuary.
Hotfixes
July 31, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Blood
Dancing Rune Weapon now deals the correct amount of damage when using Heart Strike.
Hunter
Marksmanship
Hunter's Mark will no longer break you out of the effects of Camouflage.
The Trick Shots buff will no longer be applied to a Hunter below character level 50.
Priest
Shadow
The Vestments of Blind Absolution 2-piece set bonus now properly benefits Shadow Word: Void and is consumed when you cast Shadow Word: Void.
Dungeons and Raids
The Nighthold
Gul’dan
Soul Siphon no longer absorbs an excessively high amount.
The Oculus
Ley-Guardian Eregos’s Arcane Barrage and Greater Ley-Whelp’s Arcane Bolt should no longer deal excessive damage to players on drakes.
Well of Eternity
Fixed a bug preventing players from interacting with the Portal Energy Focus in some circumstances.
Player versus Player
Horde and Alliance Bounty Bags from players who are 'Bounty Hunted' and then killed are now lootable by up to 5 players (was 1 player).
Isle of Conquest
Keep Cannons now deal significantly reduced damage to vehicles.
Siege Engines are now immune to all snares and roots.
Health of Glaive Throwers and Demolishers increased.
Damage and siege damage of Airship Cannons significantly increased.
When any gate is destroyed, the corresponding faction loses 50 Reinforcements.
Professions
Leatherworking
Namha Moonwater should once again teach the two legendary Leatherworking recipes.
Quests
Highly Explosive Yaungol Oil again deals an appropriate amount of damage on "The Enemy of My Enemy... Is Still My Enemy!"
Transmogrification
Legion Season 3 and 4 Combatant Ensembles now have the required level of 110 and the correct expansion requirement, allowing you to transmog to the appearances at level 98.
User Interface
Fixed a bug that was preventing some Bonus Objectives from correctly displaying on the world map.
Hotfixes
July 30, 2018
Classes
The experience required to level has been lowered for all levels from 40-100. The reduction averages 14% between levels 60-80, with smaller reductions at other levels.
Monk
Windwalker
Rushing Jade Wind will toggle off if the player has not auto-attacked any target for one minute.
Priest
Fixed a bug causing Spirit of Redemption to be triggered when the fatal damage should have been redirected by spells.
Creatures and NPCs
S.A.F.E. operatives should again be using their guns correctly.
Dungeons and Raids
Black Temple
Lady Malande’s Reflective Shield no longer reflects too much damage.
Neltharion’s Lair
There should no longer be a floating Drogbar on patrol.
Return to Karazhan
Speaking with the Image of Medivh should again properly spawn Arcanagos and begin the Nightbane encounter.
Guilds
The guild achievements Working as a Team and Working Better as a Team no longer require First Aid.
Player versus Player
To celebrate the post-season, the Southshore vs Tarren Mill Brawl will be active this week, outside of the normal Brawl rotation!
Every Man for Himself will now properly cause a 90 second cooldown on similar effects such as Adaptation and Gladiator's Medallion.
Will of the Forsaken, Stoneform, Fireblood will now properly cause a 30 second cooldown on similar effects such as Adaptation and Gladiator's Medallion.
Players that earned Rival: Legion Season 7 should receive the Rival title.
Professions
Tailoring
Flying Carpet should be obtained from Northrend Tailoring trainers instead of the Outland trainers.
Quests
The bounty board for “Wanted: Hogger” went missing, and has been found and put back in its place.
System
Fixed a number of issues with voice chat on Mac operating systems, including support for the use of most keys as hotkeys.
Hotfixes
July 27, 2018
Creatures and NPCs
Melee and spell damage of creatures below level 100 reduced by up to 16%.
Health of creatures between levels 15-100 reduced by up to 24%.
Developers’ note: These changes are live in-game, however unit frames may not fully reflect the new health values until a subsequent companion hotfix that we plan to apply next week.
Classes
Hunter
Fixed a bug causing Serpent Sting to sometimes not correctly fire additional arrows at nearby targets when talented into Hydra’s Bite.
Command Pet should not get overridden with Primal Rage unless the Hunter (and pet) are at least Level 65.
Command Pet should not get overridden with Master's Call unless the Hunter (and pet) are at least Level 74.
Mage
Fixed an issue where Incanter's flow sometimes falls off during combat.
Priest
Holy
Fixed an issue that caused Spirit of Redemption to sometimes trigger incorrectly while other absorbs were present on the Priest.
Shaman
Restoration
Fixed an issue that caused Flash Flood to sometimes fail to apply its buff.
Dungeons and Raids
Blackrock Foundry
Players who defeat all of the Primal Elementalists and then the Heart of the Mountain within 10 seconds should be awarded the achievement Ya, We've Got Time...
Return to Karazhan
Flying Tomes are no longer flying out of reach.
Tomb of Sargeras
Maiden of Vigilance
Titanic Bulwark no longer absorbs more damage than intended.
Items
Toe Knee's Promise should now deal reasonable damage
Stormchops should now deal reasonable damage.
Eonar's Compassion’s effect, Eonar's Verdant Embrace, now triggers from Power Word: Shield for Discipline Priests.
Pet Battles
Uuna's accessories should now display correctly.
Players can again initiate the pet battle for "Help a Whelp" in Azsuna.
Player versus Player
Resolved an issue with Temple of Kotmogu's scoreboard displaying Victory Points and Orb Possessions.
Alterac Valley and Isle of Conquest Reinforcements increased by 100.
Isle of Conquest
Gate health reduced by 20%.
Demolishers now deal more siege damage against gates.
Significantly increased Siege Engine player damage.
The Quarry and the Refinery now give additional reinforcements more frequently.
Death Knight
Unholy
Reanimation's explosion should now be more responsive when striking moving targets.
Monk
Windwalker
Effects from Control the Mists should no longer persist after removing the talent.
Warlock
Affliction
Fixed a bug that caused Rot and Decay to function with Drain Soul.
Professions
Alchemy
The Alchemist Flask should now appear in the correct expansion category and no longer require Pandaria Alchemy to use.
Tailoring
Tanithria should now once again teach Celumbra, the Night's Dichotomy to tailors.
Quests
Storm Brew Grenades now deal damage for “Storm Brew Hustle”.
Fixed a bug that was preventing the completion of the questline that started with captain Sanders’ Treasure Map in Westfall.
“A Village in Peril” can again be turned in to Mayor Heathrow.
World
The Mount Hyjal achievement Bounce should now function properly.
The Deadmines meeting stone has been found and returned to its proper placement.
Hotfixes
July 26, 2018
Classes
Hunter
Survival
Serpent Sting's periodic damage is now able to critically strike.
Kill Command's periodic damage is now able to critically strike, when talented into Bloodseeker.
Monk
Chi Burst correctly travels its full 40-yard range.
Warrior
Protection
Dragon Roar should generate threat as intended.
Creatures and NPCs
Vile Tutors’ Shadow Shields no longer shield them too much.
Darkshore
A number of creatures in Darkshore can now be skinned, as intended.
Dungeons and Raids
The Nighthold
Star Augur Etraeus
Frigid Nova no longer inflicts excessive damage.
Scarlet Halls
Armsmaster Harlan's Blades of Light should release players on completion.
Trial of the Crusader
Anub’arak’s Pursuing Spikes again pursue with an intended speed of pursuit.
Professions
Inscription
Players should now have "Research: Ink of the Sea" which will allow progress in the Northrend Inscription skill.
The ability "Research: Ethereal Ink" should now appear in your recipe list for those who have Outland Inscription learned.
Quests
Garrosh should again properly throw Overlord Krom'gar off a cliff during "To Be Horde...".
During “Pursuing the Black Harvest”, Kanrethad Ebonlocke’s Excruciating Agony no longer deals excessive damage.
During "The Battle of Sardor", Karonas will once again carry your character across the channel.
Fixed an issue where The Defense of Karabor scenario in Shadowmoon Valley would fail to start properly for some players.
The Lantern of the Sorcerer King can again be obtained in Mogu'shan Palace for "Relics of the Four Kings”.
Fixed an issue where a Mana-Drained Whelpling was visible during "The Withered Return".
Hotfixes
July 25, 2018
Classes
Warlock
Summoned Demons should no longer fail to be summoned when the Warlock is on steep terrain or near obstacles such as rocks or trees.
Creatures and NPCs
Illusionary Mystics in the Proving Grounds again heal for a correct amount of health.
Enemies who use Ticking Bomb no longer inflict higher damage than intended.
Kosumoth the Hungering should no longer be as hungry.
Darkshore
The NPCs in the Grove of the Ancients will no longer offer their low-level quests while players are progressing through "The Warchief's Agenda”.
Oil Pumps are now interactable by multiple players at once.
Frenzied Wisps will now correctly grant group credit.
Dungeons and Raids
Antorus, the Burning Throne
Creatures throughout Antorus now deal 10% less damage.
Felhounds of Sargeras
Smouldering damage reduced by 65%.
Imonar the Soul Hunter
Several of Imonar’s abilities now deal 25% less damage.
Items
Auto-Self-Cauterizer now correctly removes Bleed effects.
Player versus Player
Toggling War Mode in Orgrimmar or Stormwind should now immediately flag the player for PvP and enable PvP Talents.
Unrated Battlegrounds now award item level 185 gear (was 176).
Fixed an issue that caused the Glorious Pennant Honor reward to use the same visual appearance as the Esteemed Pennant.
Hotfixes
July 24, 2018
Classes
Druid
Swift Flight Form again correctly travels at the same speed as fast flying mounts.
Balance
Fixed a bug where Nature's Balance was granting slightly less Astral Power than listed.
Twin Moons now correctly interacts with the Lady and the Child Legendary Shoulder armor effect.
Paladin
Holy
Healing from Avenging Crusader will correctly be increased if the target has Mystic Touch or Chaos Brand.
Retribution
Fixed a bug where Inquisition would not work correctly together with the Light’s Vanguard Battleplate 4-piece bonus or Divine Purpose.
Priest
Discipline
Healing from Atonement will correctly be increased if the target has Mystic Touch or Chaos Brand.
Creatures and NPCs
Various rare hunter pets around the world are now correctly level scaling again.
Prince Navarius’ Soul Blast no longer deals excessive damage.
Vile Tutors’ Shadow Shields no longer absorb an excessive amount.
Dungeons and Raids
Antorus, the Burning Throne
Felhounds of Sargeras
Shatug’s Decay now hits for less damage.
Aggramar
Blazing Eruption damage reduced by 20%.
Argus the Unmaker
Sentence of Sargeras damage reduced by 30%.
Rent Soul damage reduced by 30%.
Withering Roots damage reduced by 60%.
Blackfathom Deeps
Corrupted Healing Totem no longer excessively heals enemies.
Dire Maul
Immol'thar will now slay the Highborne Summoners after all of the nearby pylons have been deactivated.
Hellfire Citadel
Tyrant Velhari’s Aura of Oppression's rate of damage increase has been reduced.
Maraudon
Lord Vyletongue's Multishot damage has been reduced.
Maw of Souls
Resolved an issue with Helya's Brackwater Barrage which caused some of the visuals to function incorrectly.
Mogu’shan Vaults
Defeating the Stone Guard on Raid Finder will award loot correctly if the Jade Guardian is the last to fall.
Pit of Saron
Fixed a bug that made some NPCs have the wrong appearance.
Scarlet Halls
Burning Books damage has been reduced to an appropriate level.
Garrisons
The Garrison Fishing Shack quests have been updated with the appropriate skill requirement and can once again be accepted and completed.
The Universal Language Module is no longer required for "Auctioning for Parts".
Items
Fixed an issue where the Lightforged Warframe called from the Vindicaar was unintentionally fragile. Artificer Romuul has replaced its Vindicator Plating, significantly increasing resistance to demonic threats.
Fixed an issue where defeating Viz'aduum in Karazhan did not contribute towards earning the Legion Class Hall Leggings.
Player versus Player
The Twin Spire Ruins graveyard again changes control when one faction brings their Battle Standard to its location.
Isle of Conquest
Health of gates has been increased by 100%.
Health of NPC generals has been increased by 30%.
Demolisher vehicles now deal an appropriate amount of damage.
Keep Cannons and Glaive Throwers now deal reduced damage to players.
Professions
Cloak enchantments from Warlords of Draenor can now only be applied to items with an item level of 151 or lower.
Blacksmithing Sharpening Stones and Enchanting Oils have had their max item level requirements updated.
Ancient Gem Veins can now be mined with the Outland Mining skill.
The Gnomish Army Knife and Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife should now be usable again by engineers.
Players with Warlords of Draenor fishing can again catch large fish or Lunkers.
Quests
Increased experience rewards during the Death Knight introductory quests, allowing them to enter either Burning Crusade or Wrath of the Lich King content immediately after completing the starting experience.
Fixed a bug that prevented the completion of “The Felsoul Experiments”.
Illidan Stormrage again knows several useful spells during “Ravencrest’s Legacy”.
Players can again complete and turn in "The Legend of the Four Hammers". If a new Armorcrafter's Commendation is needed, it is now offered for 1000 Nethershards from Warmage Kath'reen.
Fixed a bug that caused Yenniku to sometimes get killed and make “Saving Yenniku” impossible.
The Warsong Battle Standard has had its toughness increased in order to survive longer against the Anu'bar Invaders during "The Might of the Horde".
Fixed a bug that was preventing the completion of “Wooly Justice”.
Fixed several issues in "The Defense of Karabor" that could prevent completion.
On "Rocket Rescue", the Pirate-Destroying Bombs will once again wreak their deadly havoc.
Fixed an issue where Saurfang did not exercise enough restraint against Warriors dueling him during the quest "Secrets of the Axes".
During "A Little Help From My Friends", slapping Ringo will no longer instantly kill him.
Hotfixes
July 23, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Rune of the Fallen Crusader and Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle are now available at level 55.
Blood
Dreadwake Armor 2-piece bonus will now correctly reduce the cooldown of Dancing Rune Weapon when a charge of Bone Shield is consumed.
Hunter
Tamed diemetradons are no longer dino-sized.
Monk
Windwalker
Tiger Style should no longer incorrectly affect Flying Serpent Kick.
Paladin
Avenger’s Shield will correctly interrupt or silence only one target, regardless of effects that add damage targets.
Rogue
Subtlety
Fixed a bug where The First of the Dead did not work with Shadowstrike and Gloomblade.
Shaman
Fixed an issue that caused Riptide's healing to be increased more than intended by Earth Shield.
Warrior
Fury
Fixed a bug where Execute with Massacre talent and Whirlwind active could not correctly deal damage.
Warlock
Fixed a bug preventing several spells from correctly granting Soul Leech.
Character Services
Fixed a bug where boosting a Demon Hunter character or using a class trial Demon Hunter equipped the character with rogue gear.
Creatures and NPCs
Slitherblade Myrmidon's Localized Toxin no longer deals excessive amounts of damage.
Dungeons and Raids
Antorus, the Burning Throne
Felhounds of Sargeras
Singed damage reduced by 75%.
Eonar
Strike damage reduced by 60%.
Reduced the health of Fel Hound, Fel Lord, and Felguard.
Antoran High Command
Psychic Assault damage stacks less aggressively.
Portal Keeper Hasabel
Blazing Imp health reduced by 30%.
Imonar
Pulse Grenade damage reduced by 30%.
Stasis Trap damage reduced by 30%.
Coven of Shivarra
Shadow Blades damage reduced by 50%.
Aggramar
Wake of Flame damage reduced by 20%.
Auchenai Crypts
Shirrak the Dead Watcher
Carnivorous Bite now does considerably less damage.
Blackrock Depths
Reduced General Angerforge's attack damage.
Reduced Fineous Darkvire’s attack damage.
Blackwing Lair
Ebonroc
Shadow of Ebonroc no longer heals for excessive amounts.
Dire Maul
Reduced the damage done by Gordok Reavers summoned by Captain Kromcrush.
Forge of Souls
Reduced Bronjahm’s damage and the damage increase done by Magic's Bane to casters.
Halls of Origination
Reduced Anhurr's Divine Reckoning damage.
Gate of the Setting Sun
Fixed an issue where Ga'dok would fall and despawn.
Grimrail Depot
Borka the Brute and Railmaster Rocketspark
Unmanaged Aggression now does considerably less damage and provides less haste.
Lower Blackrock Spire
Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin’s Curse of Blood no longer increases damage taken by an excessive amount.
Maraudon
Reduced Rotgrip’s attack damage.
Maw of Souls
Helya
Piercing Tentacle no longer does excessive damage.
Mogu’shan Palace
Reduced the damage done by Gekkan and his associates.
Mogu’shan Vaults
Fixed a bug where The Spirit Kings could sometimes unintentionally respawn.
Neltharion’s Lair
Dargrul’s Crystal Spikes no longer incorrectly prioritizes tanks.
The Nighthold
Tichondrius
The healing amount of Vampiric Aura has been reduced to 10% of the target’s health.
Feast of Blood now activates Vampiric Aura (was an increase to Vampiric Aura).
The Oculus
Reduced the damage of Drakos the Interrogator’s Sphere Detonation and melee attacks.
Pit of Saron
Reduced Forgemaster Garfrost’s damage.
Return to Karazhan
Centurion, Pyrelord, and Core Hound creatures summoned by Backup Singer should no longer have excessive health.
Scarlet Halls
Exploding Shot Stalker no longer deals excessive damage.
Scarlet Monastery
Scorched Earth no longer deals excessive damage.
Tomb of Sargeras
Kil’Jaeden
Demonic Obelisk should no longer deal excessive damage.
Ulduar
Vehicle power scaling adjusted to better fit post-squish item levels.
The Underbog
Swamplord Muselek no longer deals excessive damage.
Utgarde Keep
Ingvar the Plunderer’s Dark Smash and Dreadful Roar no longer paint his face with as much of your blood.
Vortex Pinnacle
Reduced the damage done by Altairus' Chilling Breath and Lightning Blast.
Items
Sticky Bomb damage has been reduced.
Mecha-Blast Rocket damage has been reduced.
Gunpowder Charge damage has been reduced.
Player versus Player
The item Net-O-Matic 5000 should work in Stormwind and Orgrimmar on targets who are flagged for PvP and have War Mode enabled.
Paladin
The rate at which Hammer of Reckoning stacks are gained has been reduced to 1 stack per 5% of the Paladin's maximum health in damage.
Priest
Crowd control spells that immediately break on damage such as Polymorph and Freezing Trap will now remove Shadow Mend's damage over time effect in PvP combat.
Warrior
Fury Warriors can no longer continuously cast Heroic Leap when they have the Honor Talent Barbarian.
Barbarian will correctly interact with the additional Heroic Leap charges granted by Timeless Stratagem.
Quests
Fixed a bug with the Emergency Fire Ward on “Bael’dun Rescue”.
“The Stolen Silver” can again be properly looted when clicking on the Stolen Silver Lockbox.
Enemies no longer do excessive damage in “The Defense of Karabor”.
Gymer should now be better at surviving throughout “The Storm King’s Vengeance”.
Bone Armor now more substantial and effective on “Ever Watching From Above”.
The Great Northern Elderhorn should no longer vanish during the Leatherworking quest “Mounting Made Easy”.
Fixed a bug where Thrall would not complete the Hour of Twilight event if Arcurion was killed quickly.
The Forest’s Edge bounty board again offers “WANTED: Hogger”.
Horde players can again use the Sunreaver Portal during "Insertion".
Fixed a bug causing the spell Soul Blast to deal too much damage during "The Storm King's Vengeance".
Enemy machine gun fire no longer deals excessive damage on “The Pride of Kezan”.
Fixed a bug preventing the turn in of "Captain Sanders' Hidden Treasure".
Hotfixes
July 20, 2018
Classes
Monk
The Earth and Fire clone from Storm, Earth, and Fire should correctly mimic Rushing Jade Wind, regardless of the player’s target.
Paladin
Protection
Fixed a bug preventing the Light’s Vanguard Battleplate 4-piece bonus from activating and deactivating as intended.
Fixed an issue where Consecration occasionally failed to provide its self-buff.
Rogue
Assassination
Fixed a bug where Blindside was not learnable until level 40.
Warlock
Demonology
The Command Demon version of Spell Lock can no longer be cast without a target.
Demonic Calling can now correctly be activated by casting Demonbolt.
Character Services
Characters at level 110 and above may now move up to 1,000,000 gold when performing a Character Transfer.
Creatures and NPCs
Fixed a visual bug that caused some characters to lose the tops of their heads.
Dungeons and Raids
The health and damage of all enemies in Emerald Nightmare, Trial of Valor, The Nighthold, and Tomb of Sargeras has been significantly reduced.
The experience awarded on completion of a random dungeon has been increased.
Antorus, the Burning Throne
Fixed a bug preventing Death’s Advance from functioning correctly in certain encounter situations, such as Aggramar’s Flame Rend.
Eye of Azshara
Damage dealt by Lightning Strike, Warlord Parjesh’s Crashing Wave, and Quicksand have been significantly reduced.
The Nexus
Chaotic Energy Bursts from Chaotic Rifts no longer inflict excessive damage.
Obsidian Sanctum
Sartharion’s Large Satchel of Spoils should again contain loot.
Return to Karazhan
Mana Confluences’ Ablative Shield should no longer absorb an excessive amount of damage.
Utgarde Keep
Dragonflayer Runecaster’s Bolthorn's Rune of Flame now deals less damage.
Items
Darkmoon Deck: Promises no longer reduces some non-mana resources.
Fixed a bug that prevented banners from granting expected honor, experience, and reputation bonuses.
Fishing Chair and Nat's Fishing Chair have been temporarily converted into objects that are not chairs, while a bug with their functionality is fixed. They will return to their former function in a future patch.
Player versus Player
Adjusted PvP scaling to reduce the difference in power and damage between players of different item levels at level 110.
Fixed a bug preventing some players from obtaining Honorable Medallion while PvP-enabled.
Professions
Fishing
Fixed a bug that caused the wrong sound when casting.
Quests
Fixed a bug with the reputation bonus on completion of "Death to Agogridon". If you previously completed the quest, speak to Karnum Marshweaver in Desolace to receive your reward.
The talking quest NPC should no longer appear for players who are nearby, but are not the Hunter on “Never Hunt Alone”.
Players should again be able to complete “All Charged Up”.
Fixed a bug with the conversation required for “Secrets of Wrymskull Uncovered”, allowing completion of “The Echo of Ymiron”.
Low-level players are now able to do appropriate damage to the Devilsaur Queen during "The Ballad of Maximillian”.
“Pitching In” can again be completed.
World
It is again possible to earn credit toward "Field Photographer" when using the S.E.L.F.I.E. cam anywhere within the Path of Uther.
Alliance characters can again complete "Uther's Blessing" by approaching Uther's statue.
Hotfixes
July 19, 2018
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
Gravewarden Armaments 4-piece set bonus now reduces the cooldown of Army of the Dead by 2.0 seconds per Rune spent (was 6.0 seconds per Rune spent).
Hunter
Marksmanship
Serpenstalker Guise 2-piece set bonus has been changed to increase all physical damage dealt by 5% (was an incorrect melee attack power increase).
The Trick Shots effect will now always correctly apply when Multi-Shot hits three or more targets.
Mage
Shimmer should not interrupt channeled spells.
Displacement functions correctly if you cast Shimmer while casting another spell.
Warrior
Protection
Juggernaut Battlegear 2-piece set bonus has been changed to increase Armor by 5%.
Creatures and NPCs
Damage dealt by all creatures below level 100 has been reduced by up to 25%.
Defeating Shok’Thokar creatures in Desolace now grants both Gelkis and Magram reputation.
The Sky Crystal no longer instantly kills Alani when used by a high-level player, and Alani is once again lootable.
Dungeons and Raids
Antorus, the Burning Throne
Reduced the damage done by a number of "tank swap" abilities throughout the zone.
Argus the Unmaker
Reduced the damage dealt by Sweeping Scythe by 30%.
The Arcway
Ivanyr
Volatile Magic damage reduced on Mythic difficulty.
Dire Maul
Prince Tortheldrin
Whirlwind should no longer deal excessive damage.
Heart of Fear
Empress Shek’zeer
Casting spells within Shek’zeer’s Dissonance Field once again depletes its energy.
Neltharion's Lair
Dargrul
Corrected an issue that caused Dargrul’s energy to refill too rapidly.
The Nighthold
Gul’dan
Soul Siphon no longer heals for an excessive amount.