Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0. Hotfixes are updates made without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require a realm restarte 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.
July 8
Creatures and NPCs
Tanaan Jungle
- Captain Ironbeard now has a guaranteed chance to drop Equipment Blueprint: Ghostly Spyglass.
- Varyx the Damned now returns to his spawn location instead of despawning if he drops out of combat. Additionally, only 1 beam needs to be blocked to restart the encounter.
Quests
Garrison Quests
- [Requires a realm restart] Fixed an issue where completing daily assault objectives in Tanaan Jungle was incorrectly also granting completion credit for daily assault objectives in the Garrison.
Spires of Arak
- Call of the Raven Mother: Fixed an issue where interacting with items during the ritual was causing player pets to use their abilities.
Raids and Dungeons
Hellfire Citadel
Tyrant Velhari- Fixed a timing issue that could cause Tyrant Velhari to use the incorrect finishing move just as a transition into the next stage happened.
- Adjusted scaling to reduce the amount of health by roughly 10% on Xhul'horac, Omnus, Unstable Voidfiend, and Vanguard Akkelion for a 10-player raid on Normal and Heroic difficulty. Health should remain the same as before for raids with 30 players.
- Mannoroth no longer transforms back into a skeleton after being defeated.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Gazing Shadows to sometimes not reduce movement speed.
PvP
Ashran
- Fixed a number of issues affecting Ashran events that could cause characters to drop out of stealth effects.
Items
- Increased stat bonuses for critical strike, Versatility, Stamina, and Spirit on all Wild Gladiator (Warlords Season 2) trinkets by 50%.
UI
- Clicking “Join Raid” in the Adventure Guide should now open the Premade Groups menu instead of Raid Finder.
Class
Monk
Armor Sets- Yesterday's hotfix on July 7 for Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Mistweaver Monks should now be healing for the correct amount.
Paladin
Talents- Yesterday’s hotfix on July 7 that reduced the healing of Execution Sentence by 25% in PvP combat now only applies to Holy Paladins. It has been returned to its previous effectiveness for Retribution and Protection Paladins.
July 7
Garrison
Ships
- Pandaren Crew now increases success chance on naval missions that last more than 18 hours (was >1 day) and the degree of this success increase is now greater than a Human or Undead Crew.
Naval Missions
- Oil Rig: Pickup Location should no longer require players to complete the wrong blockade mission.
Raids and Dungeons
Hellfire Citadel
Hellfire Assault- Adjusted scaling to reduce the amount of health by roughly 10% on some Hellfire Reinforcements and some Felfire-Imbued Siege Vehicles for a 10-player raid on Heroic difficulty. Health should remain the same as before for raids with 30 players.
- Hellfire Reinforcements: Contracted Engineer, Gorebound Felcasters, Iron Dragoon, Hulking Berserker
- Felfire-Imbued Siege Vehicles: Felfire Artillery, Felfire Crusher, Felfire Demolisher, Felfire Flamebelcher
- Mannoroth should now have a chance to target Hunters with Shadowforce.
- Mannoroth should no longer use Shadowforce on players already affected by Mark of Doom.
- Doomfire now persists for 120 seconds (up from 90).
PvP
Ashran
- Fixed an issue where players that have died during an event may sometimes not receive quest credit after their faction wins the event.
Items
- Hunter's Seeking Crystal and Master Hunter's Seeking Crystal no longer seeks out Varyx the Damned.
Achievements
- Ironsides: Alliance characters should now be able to obtain credit for upgrading a transport to Epic quality and complete the achievement.
Class
Monk
Armor Sets- Tier-18 4-piece set bonus for Mistweaver Monks should no longer incorrectly benefit twice from critical strike chance and multistrike chance.
Paladin
Talents- Execution Sentence now heals for 25% less in PvP combat.
Priest
Talents- Cascade now deals 20% less damage in PvP combat.
Warrior
Armor Sets- Tier-18 2-piece set bonus for Protection Warriors should no longer incorrectly cause Shield Barrier to consume less rage and generate a weaker damage absorption shield than intended.
July 6
Garrisons
Garrison Buildings
Shipyard- Upgrading to a Level 3 Shipyard now unlocks an additional Fleet Command Table at the player's Garrison town hall.
Raids and Dungeons
Hellfire Citadel
General- Players should no longer be incorrectly saved to a Hellfire Citadel raid instance after defeating a Voracious Soulstalker.
Shadow-Lord Iskar
- Shadow-Lord Iskar's Fel Chakram ability no longer requires line-of-sight with the target.
- Sargerei Dominators should no longer immediately attack nearby players after spawning.
- Soulbound Construct should now be able to be damaged by the Warrior talents Dragon Roar and Siegebreaker.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the encounter to not restart correctly after a wipe.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the encounter to not restart correctly after a wipe.
- Xhul'horac now prefers to use Void Surge on players that aren't already affected by Feltouched, Chains of Fel, or Empowered Chains of Fel.
- Xhul'horac now prefers to use Chains of Fel, or Empowered Chains of Fel on players that aren't already affected by Void Surge or Voidtouched.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the encounter to not restart correctly after a wipe.
- Mannoroth should no longer use his Shadowforce ability on players already affected by Mannoroth's Gaze.
- Mannoroth's Empowered Massive Blast Wave should no longer hit the tank at the same time as Massive Blast.
- Using a bonus roll on Mannoroth should no longer have a chance to incorrectly award Tyrant's Decree (the trinket drops from Tyrant Velhari).
- Archimonde's Shackled Torment ability no longer requires line-of-sight with the target.
Dungeons
The Everbloom- Kirin Tor Battle-Mages should no longer continue to receive damage after Entanglement has been destroyed.
PvP
Ashran
- Captains should now be spawning correctly in the central lane once more.
- Ashmaul Burial Grounds event: Increased the spawn rate of Risen Spirits.
- The Ashmaul Strongbox that drops upon defeating Grand Marshal Tremblade or High Warlord Volrath is now rare (blue) quality to avoid confusion as to the qualify of its contents. There's been no change to the contents of the strongbox itself.
- The progressive buff implemented from June 25 now also counts defeating Grand Marshal Tremblade or High Warlord Volrath as winning an event.
- Grand Marshal Tremblade and High Warlord Volrath now only awards an Ashmaul Strongbox if they're defeated while their base is under attack.
Collections
Toy Box
- Darkmoon Ring-Flinger no longer works while in combat.
Items
- Pinchwhistle “Nitro Fuel” damage can no longer be absorbed.
- Soul Capacitor's Spirit Eruption effect should now correctly deal 50% damage to players (was incorrectly only dealing 25% damage).
- Throbbing Blood Orb's Blood Ritual transformation effect no longer allows players to leap while on a mount.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a number of issues that incorrectly allowed buffs from outside a raid instance to be brought into a raid instance.
- Fixed an issue where credit for the Predator achievement was being awarded incorrectly.