Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and WoW Classic. 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
January 8, 2021
Classes
Warrior
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Condemn (Venthyr Ability) to incorrectly display as Execute when switching into a talent specialization with the Massacre talent chosen.
Covenants
Kyrian
Fixed an issue where players would be unable to see Forgelite Prime Mikanikos during the quest "A Partner for Eternity."
Fixed an issue where players could be unable to see enemies during the quest "Compassion, Blade of Humility."
Night Fae
Fixed an issue with the size of the Podtender (Dreamweaver Soulbind) nameplate when engaged in combat with enemy players.
Venthyr
[With regional restarts] The Ember Court scenario lockout now occurs when Stage 1 ends or the first surprise event is triggered, whichever occurs first (was at the start of the scenario).
Developers’ note: We want to reduce the likelihood that connectivity issues could cause frustrations for players during Ember Court scenario, without encouraging players to replay the scenario repeatedly to get the "perfect" run each week. We hope this hits a nice middle ground, which should allow players experiencing those issues to continue attempting without losing their weekly fun. Party on, dudes.
Creatures and NPCs
Soured-Flesh Growth is now immune to Control Undead.
Dungeons and Raids
De Other Side
The Manastorms
Resolved an issue in where Millhouse and Millificent Manastorm could forget how to fight like the devious masterminds that they truly are.
Items and Rewards
Reduced the frequency of the dialogue from the Battlecry of Krexus toy.
The Rapier of the Fearless treasure now respawns more often.
Fixed a number of issues with receiving the pet Dal.
Player versus Player
Players will now drop PvP flags and Orbs of Power if their Podtender (Dreamweaver Soulbind) is triggered.
Professions
Reaching Rank 2 of a Legendary specialized armor or jewelry recipe no longer removes the recipe from Favorites and it can once again be favorited.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Fixed a rare issue that could cause Empowered floor guardians to permanently evade.
Fixed an issue where the Twisting Corridors reward list would appear duplicated on the Layer selection screen.
Enemies
Maw of the Maw's health and damage lowered by 10%.
Maw of the Maw’s Devour Obleron Armaments cooldown increased to 10 seconds (was 5 seconds) and no longer affects the increased maximum health Anima Power, Obleron Endurance. Maw of the Maw will still return all Obleron Armaments upon leaving combat or dying.
World Quests
Fixed an issue where players could unintentionally enter the Necrotic Wake dungeon during the world quest "Air Supremacy."
January 7, 2021
Classes
Hunter
Hunters can now feed their pets Shadowlands meats.
Covenants
Kyrian
Fixed an issue where players who disconnect during the flight in the quest "Aerial Reconnaissance" would not have a map marker directing them back to Kleia to restart the flight.
Fixed an issue where Nuuminuuru could fail to give credit for the quest "Path of Ascension: Nuuminuuru."
Fixed an issue where other players' Dismantled debuffs would be visible on the Forsworn Colossus in the Eternal Forge. We found the issue, and promptly dismantled it.
Fixed an issue where eligible players could fail to receive the Sundancer mount in Bastion after completing the event.
There are now more enemies available for the quest "Compassion, Blade of Humility."
Night Fae
Fixed an issue where defeating the dungeon boss on Mythic Keystone difficulty wouldn’t provide credit for “A Rare and Unusual Spirit.”
Venthyr
While seeking Feather Caps for “Ember Court: Mushroom Surprise!”, players will now be able to use Grappling Growths as expected.
The preferences of every guest are now always displayed in the Guest List, even before you've discovered them for the first time.
Developers’ note: This change should make it faster and easier to build a guest list that has compatible guests with similar preferences.
The guests Grandmaster Vole and Choofa will no longer appear on the Guest List if you don't have the required reputation to unlock them.
Developers' note: This change does not remove them from existing Guest Lists, but you can revoke their invitation and they will not reappear on the list until you are able to unlock them.
Dungeons and Raids
Plaguefall
Margrave Stradama
Plague Rot can no longer be interrupted.
Items and Rewards
Fixed an issue where the Splintered Heart of Al'ar trinket would fail to trigger after suffering a lethal blow.
Sinful Gladiator's Prestigious Cloak now counts as part of the Sinful Gladiator's Elite transmog sets.
PvP items upgraded to Item Level 226 will now display their Elite appearance.
The disguise from the Acolyte's Guise toy no longer cancels when teleporting.
The Maw
Fixed some issues with missing spawns and incomplete stage progressions in The Beastwarrens Hunts.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
You can now obtain the quest items for “Signs of the Lion” from higher layers of Twisting Corridors.
World Quests
Increased The Undying Army reputation rewarded from Maldraxxus Elite world quests.
January 6, 2021
Classes
Hunter
Wild Spirits (Night Fae Ability) is now briefly visible to the Hunter's allies (was hidden entirely).
Covenants
Kyrian
Fixed an issue during the Kyrian campaign quest "Aerial Advantage" where the Battlesewn Rocs could display a parachute visual.
Venthyr
While on the Campaign Chapter: Confronting Sin, Blackbale Overseers will now also drop the item that starts the quest "Maldraxxian Weapons."
The required animals to rescue for “Ember Court: Glimpse of the Wilds” has been lowered to 10 (was 15).
Niya now moves slightly faster and she can access her speed boost and leap ability more often during “Ember Court: Glimpse of the Wilds.”
Developers’ note: We’ve felt that the Glimpse of the Wilds event was taking a little too long to complete. To give you some breathing room for tackling other surprises at your Ember Court, we wanted to speed it up to be more in line with other events. We have more changes coming in the future to improve the clarity of Ember Court objectives and bonuses like Tubbins's Lucky Teapot, so in the meantime, we wanted to make these smaller changes to improve the experience. When in doubt, take a peek at your map!
The size of the tools near Tulipnose have been increased to make them easier to locate for “Party Pests.”
Your Dredger Butler will now join the Ember Court and awaits your orders near the starting location. He's eager to learn more about etiquette from friendly guests!
Dungeons and Raids
Plaguefall
Margrave Stradama
Fixed an issue where the door to her location could remain closed and lock players out after a wipe.
Items and Rewards
Fixed an issue where players could not use the Eternal Gateway in Purity's Pinnacle after looting the Penitence of Purity treasure.
Construct Disguise now only allows players to be recognized as a construct within the House of Constructs in Maldraxxus, as originally stated by the item. The disguises’ visual appearance is still usable outside the area, but it will no longer fool enemies outside the House of Constructs.
The Philosopher bow now sheathes correctly.
Soul Igniter and Empyreal Ordnance trinkets no longer break crowd controlled enemies or enemies that are out of combat.
Professions
Players should once again be able to use Skaggldrynk while on the Alchemy quest "The Price of the Black Market."
Quests
Bastion
Fixed an issue where enemies in the Temple of Humility would respawn at inconsistent rates for various quests.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Enemies should be less likely to link together in overly large groups when tower forces and prisoners are engaged in combat.
Anima Powers
Decayfly Hatchlings summoned by Pulsing Rot-hive should be less aggressive in seeking out new targets.
Monk
Whirling Stormgem has been removed.
World Quests
The clouds are now more reliable during the Bastion world quest "Flight School: Up and Away!"
January 5, 2021
Covenants
Kyrian
Fixed an issue to make it easier for multiple players in the area to receive credit properly during the quest "Succumbing to Pride."
Alexandros Mograine will once again properly assist players during the quest "Pursuit of Justice."
Fixed an issue where players who abandoned the quest "The Blue Seed" would be unable to exit the cave to destroy the bramble wall after accepting the quest again.
Fixed an issue where the point of interest indicator on the map for “Through Glass” could be in the wrong location for characters that died and released.
Night Fae
Soothing Voice (Dreamweaver Soulbind) can now be removed by effects such as Hand of Freedom.
The starting location for “Searching the Grove” now has a point of interest indicator and should now be easier to see on the map.
Venthyr
Fixed an issue that caused the quest "Sanctum Upgrade: Mirror Network" to display twice for players who had completed Laurent’s rescue mission.
Fixed an issue with the Campaign Chapter progress text requesting players to rescue Laurent from the Ember Ward instead of the correct requirements to complete the chapter.
Creatures and NPCs
Resolved an issue that could cause players to be unable to loot Shadowlands' World Bosses if the boss is defeated while the player is offline.
Iceshatters’ Pulsing Shards now deal appropriate damage.
Dungeons and Raids
Castle Nathria
[For realms in the NA region only] Resolved an issue that could prevent the door leading towards Artificer Xy’mox from opening after defeating Sun King's Salvation in Raid Finder Wing 2, “Reliquary of Opulence.”
De Other Side
Mueh’zala
Resolved an issue where Crushed Soul damage was higher than intended on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
Timewalking
Lowered the amount of loot per person in Timewalking raids to better match Shadowlands raid drop rates.
Items and Rewards
Covenant set bonuses now fade immediately when the armor granting the set bonus is removed.
The Path of Greed effect gained when opening certain Revendreth Treasures can now be removed by right clicking the effect’s icon.
Pet Battles
Certain low-level pet battle quests are no longer suppressed for characters that have not done the introductory quests to Battle for Azeroth.
Quests
Fixed an issue where some Threads of Fate players were unable to use the Sinfall Flight Master.
Fixed an issue where the Tithelord could sometimes become stuck during the first phase of the quest "The Tithelord."
Fixed an issue where level 50 characters could not accept the Twilight Highlands quest "Twilight Shores."
Fixed an issue where the quest "Light Camera Action" would be unavailable to certain characters.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
[Live on NA realms. With regional restarts for other regions] Removed some of the weekly delays between certain Bolvar Fordragon Torghast storyline quests.
Anima Powers
Fixed an issue where Demon Hunter, Death Knight, Monk and Rogue class-specific anima powers were not appearing in Plundered Anima Cells.
Death Knight
The Horsemen's Call now resets the cooldown of Death Gate when ascending floors.
World Quests
Fixed an issue during the Bastion world quest "Things Remembered" where players could fail to receive credit for Kalisthene's portion of the achievement, What Bastion Remembered.
The enemies required for "Allay Their Fears" now respawn faster.
January 4, 2021
Achievements
Players can once again earn the achievement Stay Chill from the Conclave of Wind encounter in Throne of the Four Winds.
Covenants
Kyrian
Fixed an issue where Kynthia would not take off smoothly during the Kyrian Covenant Campaign quest "Trouble on the Western Front."
Fixed an issue where Xandria was visible in two places at once during the Kyrian Covenant Campaign quest "Stronger Together."
Willowblossom is once again present for players who abandoned the quest "Evil Grubbies."
Necrolord
Fixed an issue where the Anima Conductor daily quests in Maldraxxus were granting an incorrect amount of anima. The anima rewards are now equivalent to the other covenants Anima Conductor daily quests.
Venthyr
Players can no longer be seen fighting an invisible creature during the quest "Face Your Fears."
A portal to Oribos will now appear next to the Sinfall Flightmaster once the third tier of the Venthyr Travel Network has been unlocked.
Creatures and NPCs
Resolved an issue where the debuff from Corpse Ticklers in Maldraxxus could not be removed for some players.
Ta'xera in Revendreth now has her correct voice.
Dungeons and Raids
De Other Side
The Manastorms
Resolved an issue where Millhouse Manastorm's Power Overwhelming debuff was missing its text description.
Mueh’zala
Resolved an issue where player immunities (e.g. Divine Shield and Ice Block) could inadvertently cause Stellar Clouds to spawn on Mueh'zala's active platform.
Resolved an issue where the death of Mueh'zala could be delayed if he's channeling Master of Death right before he reaches 10% health.
Items and Rewards
Covenant armor sets can no longer be disenchanted if the item is acquired from covenant vendors.
The Memory of Past Sins trinket now appears within the Castle Nathria Adventure Guide for Enhancement Shaman.
Fixed an issue that allowed some benefits from Inscrutable Quantum Device to persist after the trinket was unequipped.
Fixed an issue with Pocket Portals stacking incorrectly.
Pet Battles
Pet battles have been temporarily disabled in Castle Nathria.
Quests
Threads of Fate characters who are level 60 are now eligible for the quests "Return to Oribos" in each zone.
Maldraxxus
“Bet on Yourself” now displays with a blue daily quest icon.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
Resonant Misery no longer drops Stygia.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Anima Powers
Priest
Bonus damage from Painbreaker Psalm will no longer cause Shadow Word: Death to deal increased backlash damage to the player.
Enemies
Mawsworn Flametender and Empowered Mawsworn Flametender’s Inner Flames now begins its cooldown at the start of the cast (was upon cast completion) and the time between casts increased to 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
December 22, 2020
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) 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, 2020
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 (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 now also reduces the damage enemies deal to you while inside Death and Decay 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 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 has been redesigned – Standing in your Faeline Stomp 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 grants immunity to all damage for 1 second per yard traveled.
December 18, 2020
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 Atonements 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) 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" 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, 2020
Achievements
Fixed an issue where Hunting Party credit was not earned after the Hunt scenario was completed.
Classes
Mage
Shifting Power’s (Night Fae Ability) visual effects now appear much smaller for friendly players.
Monk
Resolved an issue that caused Clouded Focus (Legendary Effect) to provide its bonus while Soothing Mist is not active.
Bonedust Brew (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” 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, 2020
Achievements
Baine can now be targeted by snowballs in Oribos for the Scrooge 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 (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" 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, 2020
Classes
Demon Hunter
Unnatural Malice (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 (Kyrian ability) outside of the Shadowlands when talented into Concentrated Sigils.
Druid
Kindred Spirits (Kyrian Ability) added damage will no longer incorrectly remove Spell Reflection from the target.
Casting Convoke the Spirits (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 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 (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" and "Trouble on the Western Front" 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" 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, 2020
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
[With regional restarts] Mastery: Dreadblade effectiveness reduced by 20%.
Druid
[With regional restarts] Balance of all Things (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 (Legendary Effect) now gains up to 10 stacks in PvP (was 15).
Monk
Faeline Stomp (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 (Kyrian Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 50% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 30%).
[With regional restarts] Echoing Reprimand (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 (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 (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 d
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