Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this list as additional hotfixes are applied.
Below is a listing of 5.4 hotfixes listed by date.
With the conclusion of the Battlefield: Barrens event, realm coalescing has been re-enabled for the Durotar area.
Classes
Hunters
General
Deterrence should now correctly have a 5-second cooldown after using a charge for Hunters with the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera talent.
Monks
Talents
Xuen summoned by Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger should now be able to use Crackling Tiger Lightning against Aberration type creatures.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Sha of Pride
Sha of Pride no longer drops Droplet of Y'shaarj on Raid Finder difficulty.
Alter Time no longer teleports players that have been banished on Heroic difficulty.
Galakras
Resetting the Galakras encounter should no longer cause doors to the towers to remain closed.
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Siegecrafter Blackfuse will no longer Overcharge more than one cluster of Crawler Mines per wave on Heroic difficulty.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
The Crowd Chose You should now be correctly applied to players that are under the effects of Cyclone.
Proving Grounds
Healer Trials
NPC party members should now be better at moving out of the fire, and use their area-of-effect attacks and swap targets correctly.
Large Illusionary Flamecallers no longer cast Pyroblast against targets that have been recently hit by a Fireball.
September 18
Classes
Druid
General
Nature's Grasp triggering Entangling Roots should no longer be incorrectly using up Nature's Swiftness.
Rogue
Combat
Killing Spree's range is no longer being incorrectly modified by Blade Flurry.
Creatures
Cursed Hozen Swabby now has a 2-second cooldown on their Rusty Shank ability.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
Players on Raid Finder difficulty with the Despair aura should no longer remain in the wrong phase when the fight ends.
Garrosh Hellscream
Removing the Touch of Y'Shaarj or Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj debuff now also removes Weakened Blows, Mortal Wounds, and Master Poisoner effects from the player.
Timeless Isle
Fixed quest tracking issues that affected some of the quests on the Timeless Isle.
September 17
Classes
Hunter
Talents
Lynx Rush should now correctly apply its bleed effect against very large targets.
Mage
General
Blink modified by the Glyph of Rapid Displacement should no longer incorrectly free the Mage from stuns and bonds.
Priest
Talents
Cascade should no longer hit PvP enabled players if the Priest is not PvP enabled.
Shaman
Glyphs
Glyph of Chain Lightning should now be properly reducing the damage of Chain Lightning
Warrior
Glyphs
Glyph of Victory Rush should now properly increase the total healing provided by Victory Rush.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Mages and Warlocks now have a chance to obtain Gaze of Arrogance (Sha of Pride) and Lever of the Megantholithic Apparatus (Siegecrafter Blackfuse) through bonus rolls on Normal difficulty.
Non-boss NPCs in 10-player Normal difficulty should no longer incorrectly drop Flexible Raid quality items.
Sha of Pride
Swelling Pride's secondary effects can no longer be incorrectly redirected by Zen Meditation.
Malkorok
Ancient Barrier should now allow Surging Mist glyphed with Glyph of Surging Mist to generate Chi normally.
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Players with the Strong Legs buff should no longer be getting knocked off the platform early.
Players that acquire "the Prime" title during the fight and successfully complete the encounter now have a buff that allows them to retain the title for 60 minutes.
Garrosh Hellscream
Fixed an issue where the Kor'kron Iron Star did not damage targets that were under a silence effect.
Throne of Thunder
Waterspouts in Tortos' Lair should allow players to travel back to the Council of Elders area once more.
Fixed an issue where Ice Comets had less health than intended.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Conquest vendors have been temporarily removed while we investigate an issue with Conquest caps.
Items
Timeless Curio should no longer create Contemplation of Chi-Ji for Elemental Shamans, Shadow Priests, and Balance Druids.
Timeless Isle
[Requires a realm restart] Celestials in The Celestial Court will now only rotate their order after they have been defeated.
Time-Lost Shrines reactivate much more frequently now.
Proving Grounds
In Tanking trials, Sikari the Mistweaver's Crackling Jade Thunderstorm should now have a chance to break crowd-control effects that have a chance to break on damage.
September 16
Classes
Priest
Holy
Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.
Creatures
Dread Ship Vazuvius should no longer be knocking players back after it has been defeated.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Spoils of Pandaria
Claw of Burning Anger now deals more damage.
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Fixed an issue where more than one player was able to obtain the Power of the Paragons buff from the same Paragon.
Garrosh Hellscream
Garrosh Hellscream should now properly drop three Tier-16 armor tokens in 25-player mode.
Please check this forum post for additional information on the hotfix.
Professions
Cooking
Fixed an issue where the new cooking recipes were only obtainable by characters with a cooking skill of exactly 525.
Items
Spark of Zandalar should now scale down correctly in Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, and Arenas.
September 13
Classes
Druid
Talents
Force of Nature Treant summoned by Restoration Druids should no longer die immediately after casting Swiftmend and Efflorescence.
Priest
Shadow
Landing a killing blow with Shadow Word: Death should no longer incorrectly grant 2 Shadow Orbs.
Warlocks
Destruction
Conflagrate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Talents
Soul Link is no longer incorrectly being applied to the second demon summoned through Grimoire of Service.
Quests
The Darnassus Mission: Players on this quest should no longer be placed into an incorrect phase when using Curious Bronze Timepiece from Journey to the Timeless Isle.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
The raid leader's boss progression in the raid instance now determines which bosses are still available when starting a Flexible Raid. Check out this forum post for a detailed explanation on the change.
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
Purifying Lights now always spawn in the same locations on Flexible Raid difficulty.
Damage from Titanic Corruption's Hurl Corruption ability can now be absorbed by damage absorption shields.
Sha of Pride
Fixed an issue where players were able to obtain a second Titan Runestone from the Sha of Pride after having already received one on a different difficulty setting.
Galakras
Flames of Galakrond is now more responsive in detecting when it passes through a player and provides a a clearer visual as the flames decreases in severity.
Lor'themar Theron (Horde)/King Varian Wyrnn (Alliance) no longer uses taunt on Galakras.
Spoils of Pandaria
Reduced the delay before Crates of Pandaren Relics may be opened on Flexible, Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Malkorok
Malkorok will now correctly apply Fatal Strikes on a tank even if they successfully dodge his melee attacks.
Kor'kron War Wolf's Dread Howl now works like a normal fear and can be removed or dispelled by non-self cast abilities. Self-cast abilities like Berserker Rage or Will of the Forsaken do not work at this time and will be addressed in a future patch.
Mistweaver Monks stunned with the Touch of Y'Shaarj affliction will no longer be impossible to hit due to Dematerialize.
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Fixed an issue where players can take damage from creatures that are still locked in their cage.
Garrosh Hellscream
Faith, Hope, and Courage effects no longer stack with each other while in the Realm of Y'Shaarj.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Rogues can no longer use Shadowstep on Antipersonnel Cannons in Strand of the Ancients.
Items
Effects for Legendary cloaks no longer activate while fighting against other players.
Timeless Isle
Fire-Watcher achievement now requires players to obtain 2,000 Bloody Coins as an Emissary of Ordos or Ordon Fire-Watcher (down from 10,000 Bloody Coins).
Players will now correctly receive credit for Big Bag of Herbs towards the Going To Need A Bigger Bag achievement.
Proving Grounds
Lava pools created by Illusionary Flamecallers should no longer damage Monk statues or Shaman totems.
September 12
Classes
Paladin
Talents
Evil is a Point of View should no longer incorrectly cause Turn Evil to affect targets that are immune to loss of control effects.
Priest
General
Prayer of Mending is now generating a heal and absorption shield for the correct amount when critically striking for a Discipline Priest.
Warlock
General
Fel Flame's mana cost has been increased by 100%.
Destruction
Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.
Quests
A Pandaren Legend: Lorewalker Cho should no longer confuse Worgen and Alliance Pandaren players as being part of the Horde while retelling their story.
A Time-Lost Treasure: This quest no longer has a faction requirement with Order of the Cloud Serpent.
The Path of the Mistwalker: Completing this daily quest now awards 250 reputation with the Emperor Shaohao faction. In addition, Southsea Plunderer and Southsea Lookout elites now award credit towards completing this quest.
The Temple of the Jade Serpent: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move after the cutscene.
Creatures
Ordos
Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings now has a chance to award Flexible Raid quality items (up from Raid Finder quality.
Kor'kron related NPCs and creatures in Northern Barrens should be neutral to players below level 85 once more.
Highwind Albatross already carrying a player will no longer have its flight path interrupted when attacked by other players. Players who have been picked up by an Albatross can still interrupt its flight by attacking it.
Lil' Canny is back after a tune-up and is wandering around in the Shrine of Seven Stars once more.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Players standing on the conveyor belt should now be able to see Shockwave Missile and its damage effect regardless of the Shockwave Missile's position in the room.
Garrosh Hellscream
Farseer Wolf Rider can no longer be hit multiple times by the same Iron Star.
Kor'kron Warbringer can no longer deal critical strikes to players.
Items
Fixed an issue where many mana regeneration drinks was not regenerating mana.
For Death Knights, the Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.
Timeless Isle
The Celestial Court spirit walls no longer close while engaging the Celestials.
Chests on the Timeless Isle now have a Level-90 requirement to open.
Reduced the chance for Burdens of Eternity to drop from Kukuru's Caches.
Mogu Rune of Fate now costs 1000 Timeless Coins (down from 2500 Timeless Coins).
Bug Fixes
The Release Spirit prompt should no longer pop up after performing a reloadui after dying and resurrecting.
Players dying and releasing while inside the Siege of Orgrimmar raid instance should no longer see the loading bar multiple times before arriving at the graveyard.
Tracked quests, achievements, and tutorials should now be saving correctly after relogging.
September 11
Classes
Hunter
Talents
Dire Beast should no longer summon snakes that were larger than usual while on the Timeless Isle.
Mage
General
Fixed an issue where a Mana Gem modified by the Glyph of Loose Mana was restoring more mana than intended. The total amount of mana restored should now be the same as an unglyphed Mana Gem.
Quests
A Change of Command: The gate leading to High Marshal Twinbraid at Lion's Landing should now be open, allowing Horde characters to complete the quest.
A Vision in Time: Fixed an issue where the music wasn't playing correctly after using Vision of Time.
Ace in the Hole: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.
Bad Feeling, Worse Result: Players are now able to use the Lin Family Scroll to resummon the Ghost of Lin Da-Gu.
When Death is Not Enough: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.
Creatures
Burning Berserkers and Eternal Kilnmasters no longer use Fiery Charge on targets who are not in combat.
Dread Ship Vazuvius now deals less damage with its Cannon Barrage, the range of its knockback ability has been reduced, and can apply its Eerie Fog effect more readily.
Nomi should now have the correct conversation text for players on the appropriate reputation level.
Zarhym should now properly despawn after a player has started the event to search for his body.
Rare creatures in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms should now follow the correct tapping mechanics.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Thok the Bloodthirsty's rate of energy regeneration should now increase properly after each use of Deafening Screech on Flexible, Normal, and Heroic difficulty.
Garrosh Hellscream
Embodied Despair can no longer be stunned.
Items
Capacitive Primal Diamond no longer has a 1-second internal cooldown for the Capacitance effect.
Cliffbreaker Breastplate should now correctly have a socket bonus for Strength instead of Intelligence.
Gar'tok, Strength of the Faithful should no longer be incorrectly flagged as a caster weapon.
Spark of Zandalar should now be awarding the appropriate amount of Strength to players based on the item's level instead of the player's level.
Timeless Isle
A Rock-breaking Hammer will now always be available to players inside of the Mysterious Den.
Snowdrift Tiger Talons, Riverspeaker's Trident, and Flameheart Shawl will now properly destroy rocks in the Mysterious Den.
Bug Fixes
Players in the Silent Sanctuary area in Vale of Eternal Blossoms should no longer be put into an incorrect phase.
Items that starts a quest with Tina Mudclaw should now be dropping at the appropriate friendship faction levels.
Fixed an issue where the Healer Proving Grounds had a chance to cause the realm to crash.
Hotfixes: Listed By Date
September 19
General
With the conclusion of the Battlefield: Barrens event, realm coalescing has been re-enabled for the Durotar area.
Classes
Hunters
General
Deterrence should now correctly have a 5-second cooldown after using a charge for Hunters with the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera talent.
Monks
Talents
Xuen summoned by Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger should now be able to use Crackling Tiger Lightning against Aberration type creatures.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Sha of Pride
Sha of Pride no longer drops Droplet of Y'shaarj on Raid Finder difficulty.
Alter Time no longer teleports players that have been banished on Heroic difficulty.
Galakras
Resetting the Galakras encounter should no longer cause doors to the towers to remain closed.
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Siegecrafter Blackfuse will no longer Overcharge more than one cluster of Crawler Mines per wave on Heroic difficulty.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
The Crowd Chose You should now be correctly applied to players that are under the effects of Cyclone.
Proving Grounds
Healer Trials
NPC party members should now be better at moving out of the fire, and use their area-of-effect attacks and swap targets correctly.
Large Illusionary Flamecallers no longer cast Pyroblast against targets that have been recently hit by a Fireball.
September 18
Classes
Druid
General
Nature's Grasp triggering Entangling Roots should no longer be incorrectly using up Nature's Swiftness.
Rogue
Combat
Killing Spree's range is no longer being incorrectly modified by Blade Flurry.
Creatures
Cursed Hozen Swabby now has a 2-second cooldown on their Rusty Shank ability.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
Players on Raid Finder difficulty with the Despair aura should no longer remain in the wrong phase when the fight ends.
Garrosh Hellscream
Removing the Touch of Y'Shaarj or Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj debuff now also removes Weakened Blows, Mortal Wounds, and Master Poisoner effects from the player.
Timeless Isle
Fixed quest tracking issues that affected some of the quests on the Timeless Isle.
September 17
Classes
Hunter
Talents
Lynx Rush should now correctly apply its bleed effect against very large targets.
Mage
General
Blink modified by the Glyph of Rapid Displacement should no longer incorrectly free the Mage from stuns and bonds.
Priest
Talents
Cascade should no longer hit PvP enabled players if the Priest is not PvP enabled.
Shaman
Glyphs
Glyph of Chain Lightning should now be properly reducing the damage of Chain Lightning
Warrior
Glyphs
Glyph of Victory Rush should now properly increase the total healing provided by Victory Rush.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Mages and Warlocks now have a chance to obtain Gaze of Arrogance (Sha of Pride) and Lever of the Megantholithic Apparatus (Siegecrafter Blackfuse) through bonus rolls on Normal difficulty.
Non-boss NPCs in 10-player Normal difficulty should no longer incorrectly drop Flexible Raid quality items.
Sha of Pride
Swelling Pride's secondary effects can no longer be incorrectly redirected by Zen Meditation.
Malkorok
Ancient Barrier should now allow Surging Mist glyphed with Glyph of Surging Mist to generate Chi normally.
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Players with the Strong Legs buff should no longer be getting knocked off the platform early.
Players that acquire "the Prime" title during the fight and successfully complete the encounter now have a buff that allows them to retain the title for 60 minutes.
Garrosh Hellscream
Fixed an issue where the Kor'kron Iron Star did not damage targets that were under a silence effect.
Throne of Thunder
Waterspouts in Tortos' Lair should allow players to travel back to the Council of Elders area once more.
Fixed an issue where Ice Comets had less health than intended.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Conquest vendors have been temporarily removed while we investigate an issue with Conquest caps.
Items
Timeless Curio should no longer create Contemplation of Chi-Ji for Elemental Shamans, Shadow Priests, and Balance Druids.
Timeless Isle
[Requires a realm restart] Celestials in The Celestial Court will now only rotate their order after they have been defeated.
Time-Lost Shrines reactivate much more frequently now.
Proving Grounds
In Tanking trials, Sikari the Mistweaver's Crackling Jade Thunderstorm should now have a chance to break crowd-control effects that have a chance to break on damage.
September 16
Classes
Priest
Holy
Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.
Creatures
Dread Ship Vazuvius should no longer be knocking players back after it has been defeated.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Spoils of Pandaria
Claw of Burning Anger now deals more damage.
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Fixed an issue where more than one player was able to obtain the Power of the Paragons buff from the same Paragon.
Garrosh Hellscream
Garrosh Hellscream should now properly drop three Tier-16 armor tokens in 25-player mode.
Please check this forum post for additional information on the hotfix.
Professions
Cooking
Fixed an issue where the new cooking recipes were only obtainable by characters with a cooking skill of exactly 525.
Items
Spark of Zandalar should now scale down correctly in Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, and Arenas.
September 13
Classes
Druid
Talents
Force of Nature Treant summoned by Restoration Druids should no longer die immediately after casting Swiftmend and Efflorescence.
Priest
Shadow
Landing a killing blow with Shadow Word: Death should no longer incorrectly grant 2 Shadow Orbs.
Warlocks
Destruction
Conflagrate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Talents
Soul Link is no longer incorrectly being applied to the second demon summoned through Grimoire of Service.
Quests
The Darnassus Mission: Players on this quest should no longer be placed into an incorrect phase when using Curious Bronze Timepiece from Journey to the Timeless Isle.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
The raid leader's boss progression in the raid instance now determines which bosses are still available when starting a Flexible Raid. Check out this forum post for a detailed explanation on the change.
Siege of Orgrimmar
Norushen
Purifying Lights now always spawn in the same locations on Flexible Raid difficulty.
Damage from Titanic Corruption's Hurl Corruption ability can now be absorbed by damage absorption shields.
Sha of Pride
Fixed an issue where players were able to obtain a second Titan Runestone from the Sha of Pride after having already received one on a different difficulty setting.
Galakras
Flames of Galakrond is now more responsive in detecting when it passes through a player and provides a a clearer visual as the flames decreases in severity.
Lor'themar Theron (Horde)/King Varian Wyrnn (Alliance) no longer uses taunt on Galakras.
Spoils of Pandaria
Reduced the delay before Crates of Pandaren Relics may be opened on Flexible, Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Malkorok
Malkorok will now correctly apply Fatal Strikes on a tank even if they successfully dodge his melee attacks.
Kor'kron War Wolf's Dread Howl now works like a normal fear and can be removed or dispelled by non-self cast abilities. Self-cast abilities like Berserker Rage or Will of the Forsaken do not work at this time and will be addressed in a future patch.
Mistweaver Monks stunned with the Touch of Y'Shaarj affliction will no longer be impossible to hit due to Dematerialize.
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Fixed an issue where players can take damage from creatures that are still locked in their cage.
Garrosh Hellscream
Faith, Hope, and Courage effects no longer stack with each other while in the Realm of Y'Shaarj.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Rogues can no longer use Shadowstep on Antipersonnel Cannons in Strand of the Ancients.
Items
Effects for Legendary cloaks no longer activate while fighting against other players.
Timeless Isle
Fire-Watcher achievement now requires players to obtain 2,000 Bloody Coins as an Emissary of Ordos or Ordon Fire-Watcher (down from 10,000 Bloody Coins).
Players will now correctly receive credit for Big Bag of Herbs towards the Going To Need A Bigger Bag achievement.
Proving Grounds
Lava pools created by Illusionary Flamecallers should no longer damage Monk statues or Shaman totems.
September 12
Classes
Paladin
Talents
Evil is a Point of View should no longer incorrectly cause Turn Evil to affect targets that are immune to loss of control effects.
Priest
General
Prayer of Mending is now generating a heal and absorption shield for the correct amount when critically striking for a Discipline Priest.
Warlock
General
Fel Flame's mana cost has been increased by 100%.
Destruction
Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.
Quests
A Pandaren Legend: Lorewalker Cho should no longer confuse Worgen and Alliance Pandaren players as being part of the Horde while retelling their story.
A Time-Lost Treasure: This quest no longer has a faction requirement with Order of the Cloud Serpent.
The Path of the Mistwalker: Completing this daily quest now awards 250 reputation with the Emperor Shaohao faction. In addition, Southsea Plunderer and Southsea Lookout elites now award credit towards completing this quest.
The Temple of the Jade Serpent: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move after the cutscene.
Creatures
Ordos
Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings now has a chance to award Flexible Raid quality items (up from Raid Finder quality.
Kor'kron related NPCs and creatures in Northern Barrens should be neutral to players below level 85 once more.
Highwind Albatross already carrying a player will no longer have its flight path interrupted when attacked by other players. Players who have been picked up by an Albatross can still interrupt its flight by attacking it.
Lil' Canny is back after a tune-up and is wandering around in the Shrine of Seven Stars once more.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Players standing on the conveyor belt should now be able to see Shockwave Missile and its damage effect regardless of the Shockwave Missile's position in the room.
Garrosh Hellscream
Farseer Wolf Rider can no longer be hit multiple times by the same Iron Star.
Kor'kron Warbringer can no longer deal critical strikes to players.
Items
Fixed an issue where many mana regeneration drinks was not regenerating mana.
For Death Knights, the Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.
Timeless Isle
The Celestial Court spirit walls no longer close while engaging the Celestials.
Chests on the Timeless Isle now have a Level-90 requirement to open.
Reduced the chance for Burdens of Eternity to drop from Kukuru's Caches.
Mogu Rune of Fate now costs 1000 Timeless Coins (down from 2500 Timeless Coins).
Bug Fixes
The Release Spirit prompt should no longer pop up after performing a reloadui after dying and resurrecting.
Players dying and releasing while inside the Siege of Orgrimmar raid instance should no longer see the loading bar multiple times before arriving at the graveyard.
Tracked quests, achievements, and tutorials should now be saving correctly after relogging.
September 11
Classes
Hunter
Talents
Dire Beast should no longer summon snakes that were larger than usual while on the Timeless Isle.
Mage
General
Fixed an issue where a Mana Gem modified by the Glyph of Loose Mana was restoring more mana than intended. The total amount of mana restored should now be the same as an unglyphed Mana Gem.
Quests
A Change of Command: The gate leading to High Marshal Twinbraid at Lion's Landing should now be open, allowing Horde characters to complete the quest.
A Vision in Time: Fixed an issue where the music wasn't playing correctly after using Vision of Time.
Ace in the Hole: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.
Bad Feeling, Worse Result: Players are now able to use the Lin Family Scroll to resummon the Ghost of Lin Da-Gu.
When Death is Not Enough: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.
Creatures
Burning Berserkers and Eternal Kilnmasters no longer use Fiery Charge on targets who are not in combat.
Dread Ship Vazuvius now deals less damage with its Cannon Barrage, the range of its knockback ability has been reduced, and can apply its Eerie Fog effect more readily.
Nomi should now have the correct conversation text for players on the appropriate reputation level.
Zarhym should now properly despawn after a player has started the event to search for his body.
Rare creatures in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms should now follow the correct tapping mechanics.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Thok the Bloodthirsty's rate of energy regeneration should now increase properly after each use of Deafening Screech on Flexible, Normal, and Heroic difficulty.
Garrosh Hellscream
Embodied Despair can no longer be stunned.
Items
Capacitive Primal Diamond no longer has a 1-second internal cooldown for the Capacitance effect.
Cliffbreaker Breastplate should now correctly have a socket bonus for Strength instead of Intelligence.
Gar'tok, Strength of the Faithful should no longer be incorrectly flagged as a caster weapon.
Spark of Zandalar should now be awarding the appropriate amount of Strength to players based on the item's level instead of the player's level.
Timeless Isle
A Rock-breaking Hammer will now always be available to players inside of the Mysterious Den.
Snowdrift Tiger Talons, Riverspeaker's Trident, and Flameheart Shawl will now properly destroy rocks in the Mysterious Den.
Bug Fixes
Players in the Silent Sanctuary area in Vale of Eternal Blossoms should no longer be put into an incorrect phase.
Items that starts a quest with Tina Mudclaw should now be dropping at the appropriate friendship faction levels.
Fixed an issue where the Healer Proving Grounds had a chance to cause the realm to crash.
Hotfixes: Complete List
General
With the conclusion of the Battlefield: Barrens event, realm coalescing has been re-enabled for the Durotar area.
Classes
Druid
General
Nature's Grasp triggering Entangling Roots should no longer be incorrectly using up Nature's Swiftness.
Talents
Force of Nature Treant summoned by Restoration Druids should no longer die immediately after casting Swiftmend and Efflorescence.
Hunters
General
Deterrence should now correctly have a 5-second cooldown after using a charge for Hunters with the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera talent.
Talents
Dire Beast should no longer summon snakes that were larger than usual while on the Timeless Isle.
Lynx Rush should now correctly apply its bleed effect against very large targets.
Mage
General
Blink modified by the Glyph of Rapid Displacement should no longer incorrectly free the Mage from stuns and bonds.
Fixed an issue where a Mana Gem modified by the Glyph of Loose Mana was restoring more mana than intended. The total amount of mana restored should now be the same as an unglyphed Mana Gem.
Monks
Talents
Xuen summoned by Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger should now be able to use Crackling Tiger Lightning against Aberration type creatures.
Paladin
Talents
Evil is a Point of View should no longer incorrectly cause Turn Evil to affect targets that are immune to loss of control effects.
Priest
General
Prayer of Mending is now generating a heal and absorption shield for the correct amount when critically striking for a Discipline Priest.
Holy
Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.
Shadow
Landing a killing blow with Shadow Word: Death should no longer incorrectly grant 2 Shadow Orbs.
Talents
Cascade should no longer hit PvP enabled players if the Priest is not PvP enabled.
Rogue
Combat
Killing Spree's range is no longer being incorrectly modified by Blade Flurry.
Shaman
Glyphs
Glyph of Chain Lightning should now be properly reducing the damage of Chain Lightning.
Warlock
General
Fel Flame's mana cost has been increased by 100%.
Destruction
Conflagrate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.
Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.
Talents
Soul Link is no longer incorrectly being applied to the second demon summoned through Grimoire of Service.
Warrior
Glyphs
Glyph of Victory Rush should now properly increase the total healing provided by Victory Rush.
Quests
A Change of Command: The gate leading to High Marshal Twinbraid at Lion's Landing should now be open, allowing Horde characters to complete the quest.
A Pandaren Legend: Lorewalker Cho should no longer confuse Worgen and Alliance Pandaren players as being part of the Horde while retelling their story.
A Time-Lost Treasure: This quest no longer has a faction requirement with Order of the Cloud Serpent.
A Vision in Time: Fixed an issue where the music wasn't playing correctly after using Vision of Time.
Ace in the Hole: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.
Bad Feeling, Worse Result: Players are now able to use the Lin Family Scroll to resummon the Ghost of Lin Da-Gu.
The Darnassus Mission: Players on this quest should no longer be placed into an incorrect phase when using Curious Bronze Timepiece from Journey to the Timeless Isle.
The Path of the Mistwalker: Completing this daily quest now awards 250 reputation with the Emperor Shaohao faction. In addition, Southsea Plunderer and Southsea Lookout elites now award credit towards completing this quest.
The Temple of the Jade Serpent: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move after the cutscene.
When Death is Not Enough: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.
Creatures
Ordos
Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings now has a chance to award Flexible Raid quality items (up from Raid Finder quality.
Rare creatures in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms should now follow the correct tapping mechanics.
Burning Berserkers and Eternal Kilnmasters no longer use Fiery Charge on targets who are not in combat.
Cursed Hozen Swabby now has a 2-second cooldown on their Rusty Shank ability.
Dread Ship Vazuvius should no longer be knocking players back after it has been defeated.
Dread Ship Vazuvius now deals less damage with its Cannon Barrage, the range of its knockback ability has been reduced, and can apply its Eerie Fog effect more readily.
Highwind Albatross already carrying a player will no longer have its flight path interrupted when attacked by other players. Players who have been picked up by an Albatross can still interrupt its flight by attacking it.
Kor'kron related NPCs and creatures in Northern Barrens should be neutral to players below level 85 once more.
Lil' Canny is back after a tune-up and is wandering around in the Shrine of Seven Stars once more.
Nomi should now have the correct conversation text for players on the appropriate reputation level.
Zarhym should now properly despawn after a player has started the event to search for his body.
Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios
Siege of Orgrimmar
The raid leader's boss progression in the raid instance now determines which bosses are still available when starting a Flexible Raid. Check out this forum post for a detailed explanation on the change.
Mages and Warlocks now have a chance to obtain Gaze of Arrogance (Sha of Pride) and Lever of the Megantholithic Apparatus (Siegecrafter Blackfuse) through bonus rolls on Normal difficulty.
Non-boss NPCs in 10-player Normal difficulty should no longer incorrectly drop Flexible Raid quality items.
Norushen
Players on Raid Finder difficulty with the Despair aura should no longer remain in the wrong phase when the fight ends.
Purifying Lights now always spawn in the same locations on Flexible Raid difficulty.
Damage from Titanic Corruption's Hurl Corruption ability can now be absorbed by damage absorption shields.
Sha of Pride
Sha of Pride no longer drops Droplet of Y'shaarj on Raid Finder difficulty.
Swelling Pride's secondary effects can no longer be incorrectly redirected by Zen Meditation.
Alter Time no longer teleports players that have been banished on Heroic difficulty.
Fixed an issue where players were able to obtain a second Titan Runestone from the Sha of Pride after having already received one on a different difficulty setting.
Galakras
Resetting the Galakras encounter should no longer cause doors to the towers to remain closed.
Flames of Galakrond is now more responsive in detecting when it passes through a player and provides a a clearer visual as the flames decreases in severity.
Lor'themar Theron (Horde)/King Varian Wyrnn (Alliance) no longer uses taunt on Galakras.
Malkorok
Malkorok will now correctly apply Fatal Strikes on a tank even if they successfully dodge his melee attacks.
Kor'kron War Wolf's Dread Howl now works like a normal fear and can be removed or dispelled by non-self cast abilities. Self-cast abilities like Berserker Rage or Will of the Forsaken do not work at this time and will be addressed in a future patch.
Mistweaver Monks stunned with the Touch of Y'Shaarj affliction will no longer be impossible to hit due to Dematerialize.
Ancient Barrier should now allow Surging Mist glyphed with Glyph of Surging Mist to generate Chi normally.
Spoils of Pandaria
Claw of Burning Anger now deals more damage.
Reduced the delay before Crates of Pandaren Relics may be opened on Flexible, Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Thok the Bloodthirsty
Thok the Bloodthirsty's rate of energy regeneration should now increase properly after each use of Deafening Screech on Flexible, Normal, and Heroic difficulty.
Fixed an issue where players can take damage from creatures that are still locked in their cage.
Siegecrafter Blackfuse
Players standing on the conveyor belt should now be able to see Shockwave Missile and its damage effect regardless of the Shockwave Missile's position in the room.
Siegecrafter Blackfuse will no longer Overcharge more than one cluster of Crawler Mines per wave on Heroic difficulty.
Paragons of the Klaxxi
Players with the Strong Legs buff should no longer be getting knocked off the platform early.
Players that acquire "the Prime" title during the fight and successfully complete the encounter now have a buff that allows them to retain the title for 60 minutes.
Fixed an issue where more than one player was able to obtain the Power of the Paragons buff from the same Paragon.
Garrosh Hellscream
Garrosh Hellscream should now properly drop three Tier-16 armor tokens in 25-player mode.
Faith, Hope, and Courage effects no longer stack with each other while in the Realm of Y'Shaarj.
Removing the Touch of Y'Shaarj or Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj debuff now also removes Weakened Blows, Mortal Wounds, and Master Poisoner effects from the player.
Embodied Despair can no longer be stunned.
Farseer Wolf Rider can no longer be hit multiple times by the same Iron Star.
Kor'kron Warbringer can no longer deal critical strikes to players.
Fixed an issue where the Kor'kron Iron Star did not damage targets that were under a silence effect.
Throne of Thunder
Waterspouts in Tortos' Lair should allow players to travel back to the Council of Elders area once more.
Fixed an issue where Ice Comets had less health than intended.
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Conquest vendors have been temporarily removed while we investigate an issue with Conquest caps.
The Crowd Chose You should now be correctly applied to players that are under the effects of Cyclone.
Rogues can no longer use Shadowstep on Antipersonnel Cannons in Strand of the Ancients.
Professions
Cooking
Fixed an issue where the new cooking recipes were only obtainable by characters with a cooking skill of exactly 525.
Items
Effects for Legendary cloaks no longer activate while fighting against other players.
For Death Knights, the Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.
Capacitive Primal Diamond no longer has a 1-second internal cooldown for the Capacitance effect.
Cliffbreaker Breastplate should now correctly have a socket bonus for Strength instead of Intelligence.
Gar'tok, Strength of the Faithful should no longer be incorrectly flagged as a caster weapon.
Spark of Zandalar should now be awarding the appropriate amount of Strength to players based on the item's level instead of the player's level.
Spark of Zandalar should now scale down correctly in Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, and Arenas.
Timeless Curio should no longer create Contemplation of Chi-Ji for Elemental Shamans, Shadow Priests, and Balance Druids.
Fixed an issue where many mana regeneration drinks was not regenerating mana.
Timeless Isle
Fire-Watcher achievement now requires players to obtain 2,000 Bloody Coins as an Emissary of Ordos or Ordon Fire-Watcher (down from 10,000 Bloody Coins).
Players will now correctly receive credit for Big Bag of Herbs towards the Going To Need A Bigger Bag achievement.
Fixed quest tracking issues that affected some of the quests on the Timeless Isle.
Celestials in The Celestial Court will now only rotate their order after they have been defeated.
Time-Lost Shrines reactivate much more frequently now.
The Celestial Court spirit walls no longer close while engaging the Celestials.
Chests on the Timeless Isle now have a Level-90 requirement to open.
Reduced the chance for Burdens of Eternity to drop from Kukuru's Caches.
Mogu Rune of Fate now costs 1000 Timeless Coins (down from 2500 Timeless Coins).
A Rock-breaking Hammer will now always be available to players inside of the Mysterious Den.
Snowdrift Tiger Talons, Riverspeaker's Trident, and Flameheart Shawl will now properly destroy rocks in the Mysterious Den.
Proving Grounds
Lava pools created by Illusionary Flamecallers should no longer damage Monk statues or Shaman totems.
Healer Trials
NPC party members should now be better at moving out of the fire, and use their area-of-effect attacks and swap targets correctly.
Large Illusionary Flamecallers no longer cast Pyroblast against targets that have been recently hit by a Fireball.
Tank Trials
In Tanking trials, Sikari the Mistweaver's Crackling Jade Thunderstorm should now have a chance to break crowd-control effects that have a chance to break on damage.
Bug Fixes
The Release Spirit prompt should no longer pop up after performing a reloadui after dying and resurrecting.
Players dying and releasing while inside the Siege of Orgrimmar raid instance should no longer see the loading bar multiple times before arriving at the graveyard.
Tracked quests, achievements, and tutorials should now be saving correctly after relogging.
Players in the Silent Sanctuary area in Vale of Eternal Blossoms should no longer be put into an incorrect phase.
Items that starts a quest with Tina Mudclaw should now be dropping at the appropriate friendship faction levels.
Fixed an issue where the Healer Proving Grounds had a chance to cause the realm to crash.