Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.2. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below went live 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 in the days to come as additional hotfixes are applied.
Brightly Colored Eggs now have a greatly increased spawn rate.
Quests
To the Skies!: Fixed an issue where players would remain on Thunderwing and be unable to progress to Stage 3.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Assassination Rogues should no longer be receiving non-dagger agility weapons from bonus rolls and Raid Finder.
Vampiric Cave Bat now deals less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Durumu the Forgotten
Eye Sore and Mind Daggers now deal less damage on Raid Finder difficulty.
Amber Fog, Azure Fog, and Crimson Fog now remain visible after being revealed on Raid Finder difficulty.
Items
Inscribed Bag of Hydra-Spawn now has an increased chance to activate its shielding effect.
March 29
Classes
Mage
Tier-15 Fire/Frost 4-piece set bonus should now properly increase Frostbolt's chance to activate Fingers of Frost effect.
Priest
Tier-15 Discipline/Holy 4-piece set bonus should summon a Golden Apparition that now heals for the correct amount and can activate Divine Aegis.
Rogue
Combat
Blade Flurry now has a range of 8 yards, up from 5 yards, and will only hit targets that are within the Rogue's line-of-sight.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Ji-Kun's Feed Young ability should now be slightly easier to intercept.
To the Skies!: Fixed an issue where the Hail of Arrows debuff not being removed after defeating Beastmaster Horaki.
Items
Enchant Weapon - Glorious Tyranny can no longer be used on other player's weapons and will cause bind-on-equipped items to become soulbound.
Lightning-Imbued Chalice now has a greatly increased chance to generate Infinite Power.
March 27
Classes
Druid
Tier-15 Feral Druid 2-piece set bonus should now work correctly with Savage Roar while Glyph of Savagery is active.
Monk
Tier-15 Brewmaster Monk 2-piece set bonus should now correctly increase Stagger by 12%.
Fixed a situation where Tier-15 Mistweaver Monk 2-piece set bonus could cause Renewing Mist to heal more than intended.
Charges of Mana Tea, Tigereye Brew, and Elusive Brew will now be removed after the Preparation buff wears off in Battlegrounds.
Paladin
Fixed an issue where Word of Glory or Eternal Flame did not work when both Divine Purpose and Tier-15 Protection Paladin 2-piece set bonus was present.
Priest
For Discipline Priests with Divine Aegis, Prayer of Healing criticals should now heal for the correct amount.
Power Word: Solace should now correctly have a chance to activate item and enchantment effects.
Shaman
Chain Heal now heals for 20% more.
Healing Rain now heals for 20% more.
Restoration
Earthliving Weapon now heals for 20% more.
Creatures
Itoka's Strange Metal Ingot can now be looted by multiple players.
Fixed an issue where bracers with a random secondary stat may be awarded to the wrong role through Raid Finder or bonus roll.
Fixed an issue where zone drops were incorrectly disenchanting into Haunting Spirit.
Items
Big Bag of Zandalari Supplies is now soulbound.
Dragonmaw, Reborn now has a bonus to spellpower.
The Drakefist Hammer, Reborn now has a bonus to spellpower.
Bug Fixes
Tyrannical Conquest achievement should now be correctly tracking a character's Conquest gains.
March 21
Classes
Warlock
Demonic Gateway should no longer despawn when the casting Warlock moves far away
Quests
Crumbled Chamberlain: Statue pieces now do not despawn when looted, allowing other players to loot the statue piece as well.
Stone Cold: Fixed an issue where players were unable to interact with Grave Guardian statues.
Creatures
Oondastas for everyone! Oondasta now respawns much more frequently.
Exchange Guards have resumed their stance of not interfering with players engaged in Horde/Alliance hostilities(PvP combat).
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Gastropod should now favor attackers that are at range.
Reduced the amount of creatures in the area leading up to Ji-Kun in Raid Finder.
Fixed an issue where players winning a bonus roll after defeating Iron Qon on Heroic mode could receive a non-heroic version of the tier token.
Fixed an issue where damage from Lei Shen's Crashing Thunder, Lightning Whip, Overcharge and Discharged Energy was not being reduced by Feint.
Twin Consorts
Reduced the health of Suen and Lu'lin in 25-player Heroic mode.
Icecrown Citadel
Fixed an issue where Master Looters were unable to assign Shadowfrost Shards to another player.
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
The Prophet Skeram has loot again and no longer creates illusions for now. He'll be back to normal in a future patch.
Items
Increased the cast time to perform the ritual for summonable bosses using Shan'ze Ritual Stones on the Isle of Thunder from 2 seconds to 5 seconds.
All uncommon(green) item drops from the Isle of Thunder should now be disenchantable.
Darkmoon Whistle should no longer cause other players to drop out of stealth.
Essence of the Breeze should now only usable while on the continent of Pandaria.
March 19
Classes
Monk
Tier-15 Mistweaver 2-piece set bonus should now increase the healing of Renewing Mist by the correct amount.
Paladin
Hand of Purity no longer reduces the damage dealt by effects that ignore immunities.
Quests
Captive Audience: Fixed an issue with Rune Prisons that prevented new captives from spawning.
Creatures
Summonable bosses on the Isle of Thunder now leash back instead of despawning when pulled too far from their spawn point.
Zandalari Warbringers are now immune to crowd control and interrupt effects.
Fixed an issue where some players may not receive loot after defeating Nalak.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Mogu'shan Vaults
Increased the time before the gate to closes while engaging Feng the Accursed to 8 seconds, up from 3 seconds.
Throne of Thunder
Council of Elders
Reduced the penalty to damage taken from the Shadowed Soul debuff from 5% to 3% per stack on 10-player Heroic mode.
Dark Animus
Dark Animus will now use its abilities at more consistent intervals.
Interrupting Jolt now deals less damage on 10/25-player Heroic mode.
Explosive Slam now deals significantly less damage on 10-player Heroic mode.
Fixed an issue where Matter Swap could sometimes teleport players beneath the world.
Ji-Kun
Fixed an issue where Bore Worms would remain submerged.
Fixed an issue where Bow Fly Swarms would enter combat while remaining out of melee range.
Lei Shen
Fixed an issue where players defeating Lei Shen did not receive credit towards the Pinnacle of Storms achievement.
Megaera
Reduced the damage dealt by Megaera’s breaths and Ignite Flesh on 10-player Normal mode.
Reduced the damage dealt by Rampage on 10-player Normal mode.
PvP
Season 13 Tyrannical weapons had their item levels increased to ilevel 498, up from ilevel 493, to match Season 12 Elite weapons.
Season 13 Malevolent Honor gear now gives more Stamina, making them comparable to Season 12 counterparts.
Battlegrounds
Eye of the Storm: Horde teams are now being awarded the proper amount of victory points when holding 3 towers.
Items
Ra'sha's Sacrificial Dagger now has an increased cooldown for its special ability.
UI
There should no longer be a delay in displaying Isle of Thunder stage progression status on the World Map.
March 15
Classes
Death Knight
Fixed an issue where Chilblains may fail to apply its snare effect.
Druid
Symbiosis will now cancel properly if the Druid and the target remains separated for a period of time.
Hunter
Dire Beast summons should now have the Avoidance aura.
Mage
General
Incanter's Ward is no longer transferred to a Mage who Spellsteals it, but is dispelled from the target.
Talents
Living Bomb now deals 70% of its damage when used against other players, down from 100%.
Nether Tempest now deals 70% of its damage when used against other players, down from 100%.
Paladin
Divine Purpose should no longer activate from unsuccessful attempts to cast Inquisition.
Warrior
Glyph of Die by the Sword should now only apply its effect for Warriors that have that it set as an active glyph.
Quests
Be Raptor: Fixed an issue where the final cutscene may not display correctly. Players should now be able to obtain completion credit and turn the quest in.
Liquid Gold: Players should now be able to loot supply crates and complete the quest.
Lunk's Adventure: Rendan's Weakness: Iron Summit Guards should now join the conga line, allowing players to complete the quest.
Creatures
Arcanital Mara'kah's barrier spell now lasts 30 seconds, up from 20 seconds.
Players of both factions are now eligible to receive loot from Nalak when at least one of the factions has fully unlocked the Isle of Thunder.
Pet Battles
Resilient should now properly prevent Critter pets from being stunned by Rupture.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Throne of Thunder
Council of Elders
Fixed an issue where the Council of Elders did not always drop 2 items on 10-player normal mode.
Durumu the Forgotten
Azure Fogs are now no longer able to be damaged by area-of-effect spells when they are not revealed.
Twin Consorts
Suen's Fan of Flames now has a 50-yard range.
PvP
Tyrannical Conquest achievement for both factions now requires a character to obtain 25,000 Conquest points in Season 13, down from 27,000 Conquest. The tooltip and progress indicator will still display that the character needs 27,000 Conquest. This will be fixed in a future patch.
Items
Reduced the higher than intended drop rates for Shado-Pan Assault Insignia from Sunreaver Bounty.
UI
Fixed an issue where stage progression on the world map for Isle of Thunder was not displaying correctly for players outside the isle.
Reduced the amount of spam on Local Defense - Isle of Thunder channel while engaging Kirin Tor or Sunreaver NPCs.
Bug Fixes
Using a potion while under Stealth/Invisibility no longer causes the potion to go on permanent cooldown.
March 14
Classes
Monk
Chi Wave should now correctly bounce between targets that are in range.
Creatures
Oondasta should no longer drop Terrorful Weave for Discipline and Holy Priests, and Girdle of Dimorphodontics should no longer drop for Mages and Warlocks.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
The time for players to decide if they want to use a bonus roll has been increased to 3 minutes.
PvP
Conquest quartermasters should now be properly stocked with PvP rings, amulets, and trinkets.
Professions
Thunder Forges on the Isle of Thunder can now also function as a normal anvil and forge.
Archeology
Mantid archeology items should now correctly award a Mantid Amber Sliver when turned in.
Howling Blast had its area-of-ettect splash damage equal to 50% of the damage taken by the primary target (down from 65%).
Unholy
Unholy Frenzy damage will no longer break crowd-control effects that break on damage.
Mage
Talents
Frost Bomb now deals 40% more damage. Frost Bomb now deals 60% of its damage when used against other players, down from 80%.
Living Bomb now deals 40% more damage.
Nether Tempest now deals 40% more damage.
Monk
Windwalker
Spirits summoned by Storm, Earth, and Fire should now deal the correct amount of damage with Rushing Jade Wind.
Priest
Shadow Word: Pain now deals 25% less damage.
Warlock
General
Corruption now deals 25% less damage.
Talents
Blood Horror now checks that the Warlock has at least 5% health before casting to match its current health cost, down from 20%.
Demonology
Doom now deals 25% less damage.
Warrior
Protection
Deep Wounds now deals 50% more damage for Protection Warriors.
Shield Slam now deals 25% more damage.
Quests
Flight in the Firelands: Fixed an issue where players were unable to complete the quest.
Pterrible Ptorment: Spawn rate of Tormented Skyscreamer has been increased and fixed an issue where players in certain situations were unable to complete the quest.
Pet Battles
Gusting Grimoire is now a Rare quality companion pet.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Our lead encounter designer offers his thoughts on feedback regarding raid boss hotfixes.
Throne of Thunder
Horridon
Reduced the health of adds in the Horridon encounter by 15% for 10-player normal mode and 10% for 25-player normal mode.
Lei Shen
Fixed an issue where images of Past Self created by Alter Time could be killed during the encounter.
Megaera
Reduced the health of Megaera's heads in 10-player normal and heroic modes.
Zandalari Council
Kazra'jin's Reckless Charge should no longer hit players twice at the point of impact.
Scholomance
Fixed an issue in Challenge Mode where players may not receive credit for killing Lilian Voss.
PvP
Malevolent Gladiator's Endgame now matches Malevolent Gladiator's Reprieve in PvP Power and PvP Resilience. The additional 274 PvP Power has been replaced with 274 PvP Resilience.
Battlegrounds
Secondary stats on heirloom items should now scale correctly while inside a Battleground.
Items
Protections for unlucky streaks have been added for trinkets that use the RPPM (real procs per minute) system.
Activation chance for trinket effects on a pull has been increased.
Every time the trinket fails to activate, there's an increasing chance that it will activate.
Increased the activation chance for agility and strength trinkets from Throne of Thunder by 10%.
Increased the activation chance for intellect and spirit trinkets from Throne of Thunder by 5%.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where players may be unable to obtain Isle of Thunder daily quests for Stage 2.
Fixed an issue where some players may be unable to loot Isle of Thunder rare spawns.
Players will no longer get dismounted when flying over the Shrine of Goldrinn.
March 11
Classes
Rogue
Blind should now break on damage from Frozen Orb.
Quests
Beast of Fable: Players should now be able to obtain credit for defeating Greyhoof.
More Giant Dinosaur Bones and Many More Giant Dinosaur Bones can now only be completed once per day.
Creatures
Players visiting a different realm are no longer eligible to receive loot from Oondasta or Nalak, The Storm Lord. A forum thread discussing the reasoning for this change have been created.
Fixed an issue that could cause Oondasta to not award loot to some players.
Fetid Meat Pile now properly lets players that are sufficiently far away to drop out of combat.
Zandalari Dinomancers now have a much lower chance to drop the Zandalari Anklerender, Footslasher, Kneebiter, and Toenibbler.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
All raid bosses now drop the appropriate number of tier tokens for Raid Finder, 10/25-player normal and heroic modes.
Fixed an issue where Luck of the Draw would sometimes be incorrectly applied to Challenge Mode groups.
Throne of Thunder
Combustion now deals 100% of the player’s damage to Primordius while the player is under the effects of Fully Mutated.
Reduced the health of The Council of Elders for 10-player normal and heroic mode.
Fixed an issue with Durumu the Forgotten where Life Drain's stun was not transferring correctly.
Reduced the health of the Gurubashi, Amani, Drakkari, and Farraki adds on the Horridon encounter.
Iron Qon for 25-player normal and heroic modes had the following change: The amount of damage dealt by Unleashed Flame and number of people needed to trigger Unleashed Flame had been reduced.
Iron Qon for 10/25-player normal modes had the following changes: Shatter damage have been reduced by 20%, damage from Arching Lightning have been reduced by 10%, and Rising Anger stacks more slowly.
Scholomance
Fixed an issue where Lilian Voss' Dark Blaze was invisible.
Temple of Ahn’Qiraj
The Prophet Skeram and any illusions created during the encounter no longer drop loot or provide reputation when killed. This is a temporary change to address an issue with the encounter.
Battlegrounds
Fixed an issue with latency near the beginning of a Battleground.
Professions
Blacksmithing
Creation of Lightning Steel Ingots now requires at least one of the factions to have unlocked the Thunder Forge.
Items
Saurok Ritualist's Sacrificial Dagger is no longer bind-on-equip (BoE).
Bug Fixes
The Skin of the Saurok disguise in Ihgaluk Crag will no longer cancel Druid Moonkin and Tree of Life forms.
Fixed an issue where Worgen were unable to use Two Forms after crossing into a coalesced zone while in combat.
March 7
Classes
Hunter
Marksmanship
Glyph of Chimera Shot will now properly increase the healing from Chimera Shot from 5% to 7%.
Monk
Chi Spheres are no longer consumed by the Monk when they are at full Chi.
Spear Hand Strike now properly causes the target to be locked out of the school of the interrupted spell.
Priest
Holy/Discipline PvP 4-piece set bonus will no longer reduce the cooldown of Silence incorrectly.
Quests
Cleaning House: Players should now be able to obtain credit for defeating Fizzy Yellow Alemental and complete the quest.
Giant Dinosaur Bone: This quest is now a proper daily quest and can only completed once each day.
Plunder the Black Temple: Door to the Den of Mortal Delights should now open properly when the player reaches the appropriate step in the quest.
The Warren-Mother: Players should now be able to obtain credit for defeating Chaufa and complete the quest.
Where are My Reinforcements?: Players should now be able to receive completion credit after speaking with Ban Bearheart.
Creatures
Ra'sha now scales their health based on the number of players they're engaged in combat with.
Zandalari Prospect now properly drop loot.
Pet Battles
Experience gains from winning a Pet Battle have been reduced.
Heirlooms and experience buffs will now correctly increase the amount of experience gained from winning a Pet Battle.
A brief explanation and list of exact changes to Pet Battle experience could be found here .
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Ghost Iron Lockbox and Elementium Lockbox are no longer eligible for need rolls.
The correct number of tier tokens should now drop for 25-player Normal and Heroic difficulty raids.
Mogu'shan Vaults
Patroller's Girdle of Endless Spring should no longer appear in Cache of Mogu Riches for Druids.
Nullification Barrier once again negates the shield thrown by Feng the Accursed.
Heart of Fear
Blade Lord Ta'yak and Wind Lord Mel'jarak as well as their minions are now affected by the Klaxxi Resonance debuff.
Throne of Thunder
The Mistweaver ability Revival will no longer dispel players who have any of the following effects:
Primordius: Clear Mind, Fully Mutated, Improved Synapses, and Thick Bones
Durumu: Dark Parasite
Jin'rokh the Breaker: Ionization
Crazed Storm-Caller should now be able to use the spell Storm Energy.
Roaming Fog should no longer cause Druids to drop out of shapeshift form.
Spirit Flayers now despawn when Stormbringer Draz'kil is defeated.
Spiritfire Beam will now only jump to targets less than 3 yards away.
Torment now has a duration of 10 seconds.
PvP
Season 13 one-handed weapons, excluding the Spellblade and Gavel had their cost reduced from 2250 to 1750 Honor or Conquest points respectively.
Players taking periodic damage while in PvP should no longer stand up while eating or drinking.
Big Zokk Torquewrench is going on a short leave of absence to take care of unfinished business.
Professions
Jewelcrafting
Primal Diamond no longer requires an anvil to craft.
Serpent's Heart no longer requires an anvil to craft.
Items
Mistlurker Helm, Mistborne Hood, Mountainscaler Hide Helm, and Mountainscaler Satin Hood should display the item information correctly and appear when worn.
Overgrown Lillypad now works when on the Isle of Thunder.
Thunder Caressed Waistguard now gives a bonus to Expertise instead of Parry.
Sunsong Ranch
The way to obtain Work Order quests on the Sunsong Ranch farm has changed. The quests will be given while harvesting crops, or by interacting with the drop-off crate.
Fixed an issue where players could be placed into the incorrect phase after abandoning the quest, "Inherit the Earth".
Fixed an issue where Occupied Soil would sometimes not update correctly or become non-interactive after clearing the associated Squatting Virmen.
March 6
Classes
Death Knight
Frost
Icy Talons now increases attack speed by 30% (was 25%).
Might of the Frozen Wastes now increases melee attack damage by 20% (was 15%).
Threat of Thassarian now increases the damage of Frost Strike by 50% (was 40%).
Monk
General
Stance of the Fierce Tiger now increases the damage done by 10% (was 20%).
Mistweaver
Mistweaver Monks no longer favor non-caster weapons with higher DPS on damage calculations for abilities that are based on weapon damage.
Muscle Memory is now automatically learned at level 20 (was level 65).
Paladin
Retribution
Templar's Verdict should now work properly with Seal of Justice.
Holy PvP 4-piece set bonus no longer causes Eternal Flame to generate a charge of Holy Power.
Priest
General
Shadow Word: Pain now deals 25% more damage .
Discipline
Atonement healing granted from critical strikes now heal for the correct amount.
Shadow
Shadowy Apparitions will no longer pursue targets that are actively stealthed.
Rogues
Assassination
Assassin's Resolve now increases the Rogue's damage by 25% (was 20%).
Warlock
Destruction
Fire and Brimstone version of Incinerate now deals the correct amount of damage.
Shadowburn now properly generates 2 Burning Embers after killing a target that yields experience or honor.
Quests
Fixed an issue where quest items could drop less frequently than intended.
Players should now be able to speak with Waterspeaker Goria to complete the quest, "The Ritual".
Creatures
Shapeshifted players should now be able to use Lightning Rods when fighting Electromancer Ju'le.
Risen Ancestors spawn rate has been increased.
Pet Battles
Sleep effects should now break properly when a pet is attacked.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Living Sand now has 15% less health.
Items
Sunreaver Beacon and Kirin Tor Beacon no longer share the same cooldown.
Sunsong Ranch
Work orders to plant a crop no longer award gold.
UI
Players should no longer see or hear chat from other player's NPCs during the introduction to the Isle of Thunder .