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.
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 2-Set bonus effect now always functions while talented into Arcane Concentration.
Players that die during the Stone Legion Generals encounter in Castle Nathria will now properly earn the Feed Me, Seymour! achievement with the rest of their raid.
Classes
Tank Specializations
[ With regional restarts ] Threat generation for all Tanks increased by 10%.
Death Knight
Blood
[ With regional restarts ] Blood Boil damage increased by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Heart Strike damage increased by 15%.
[ With regional restarts ] Marrowrend damage increased by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Death Strike damage increased by 5%.
Unholy
[ With regional restarts ] Mastery: Dreadblade effectiveness reduced by 15%.
Demon Hunter
Havoc
[ With regional restarts ] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Rogue
Assassination
[ With regional restarts ] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Shaman
Restoration
[ With regional restarts ] All healing abilities reduced by 4%.
[ With regional restarts ] Healing Rain reduced by an additional 10%.
Warlock
Destruction
[ With regional restarts ] Chaos Bolt damage increased by 22%.
Warrior
Arms
[ With regional restarts ] Mortal Strike damage increased by 20%. Damage reduced by an equivalent amount in PvP.
[ With regional restarts ] Slam (Rank 3) now increases Slam’s damage by 50% (was 25%).
Fury
[ With regional restarts ] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Covenants
Kyrian
Captured Forgehands should be more reliable during the quest “Stewards of a Feather.”
Fixed an issue where Sika could despawn during the Kyrian Covenant Campaign chapter “Phaestus, Genesis of Aeons.”
Venthyr
Fixed an issue where if players disconnected while attempting to enter the Ember Court scenario, they would be unable to re-enter for the week.
Creatures and NPCs
NPCs who comment on your choice of covenant will now do so less frequently.
Resolved an issue where Sanngror the Torturer would sometimes become stuck.
Dungeons and Raids
Castle Nathria
[ With regional restarts ] Fixed a bug that caused additional loot to unintentionally drop from bosses on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Resolved an issue that prevented many of the non-boss NPCs in Castle Nathria from scaling their health and damage as raid size increased. Non-boss NPCs base health before scaling has been reduced by 10%.
Huntsman Altimor
Resolved an issue where players may not be able to enter Huntsman Altimor’s area after completing the Artificer Xy’mox or Sun King’s Salvation encounters.
Sun King’s Salvation
Increased the healing done by Infuser’s Boon to 200% per stack on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 50%).
Reduced the max stack count of Infuser’s Boon to 5 on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 10).
Essence Overflow now heals Kael’thas Sunstrider for 1.5% of his maximum health on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 1%).
Sludgefist
Stonequake’s ground visual effect has been updated to be more noticeable.
Screen effect for players standing in Stonequake has been changed.
Occurrences of Falling Rubble over the duration of the encounter reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
The number of players affected by Chain Link has been lowered and no longer scales with the number of pillars destroyed on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Sludgefist’s health reduced by 12% on Normal difficulty.
Sire Denathrius
Warlock’s Corruption will no longer be removed from enemies when using the teleporters.
Items and Rewards
[ With daily resets ] The percentage based trigger effects from Eternal Palace weapons Diver’s Folly, Dream’s End, and Orgozoa’s Paralytic Barb no longer function for players above level 50.
Sanguifang’s Pulsating Canine damage has been reduced and can no longer be used against enemy players.
Shadowghast Ingot can now be placed in Mining bags.
Consumptive Infusion trinket is now also triggered by damaging abilities, allowing Mistweaver abilities such as Rising Sun Kick to trigger it.
Fixed an issue that caused the Soul Igniter trinket to not allow the use of another on-use trinket.
Eternal Stats and Sacred Stats chest enchant tooltips now correctly reflects that they affect the primary stat and not all stats.
Quests
Players who are unable to complete “The Sweetest Tribute” due to a Ripe Purian already showing up in the tribute tray should abandon the quest and then talk to Elios to restart it.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Resolved an issue where enemies afflicted with the Blinding Smoke Capsule debuff would engage in combat with the player if they got too close but not attack them.
Minions of Torghast should be less likely to hit players with volley type abilities that they are not in combat with.
Torments
Eye of Skoldus and Fracturing Forces no longer spawn assassins on boss floors.
Breath of Coldheart health bonus per stack lowered to 3% maximum health (was 5%).
Anima Powers
Resonant Mawfang damage reduced to 2% of target’s maximum health (was 10%).
Frostchipper damage reduced to 5% of the target’s current health (was 20%).
The buffs provided by Dark Fortress and Fallen Armaments now stack to 5 (was 10).
World Quests
Demonology Warlocks and Beast Mastery Hunters will now receive kyrian aid during the Bastion World Quest “Air Supremacy.”
WoW Companion App
Fixed issue where some players on iPhone 11 and 12 could not access Guilds & Communities.
Various bug fixes and improvements on iOS. All users will need to reset their settings.
Resolved an issue that could cause Wildfire Bomb to deal more damage than intended to targets that were falling.
Monk
General
Fixed an issue where Tear of Morning (Legendary Effect) would cause the replicated Enveloping Mist to cast Gust of Mists.
Brewmaster
Fixed an issue that caused the Stagger passive to not apply to the character when switching specializations while in Soulshape (Night Fae Ability).
Rogue
Assassination
Resolved an issue that prevented Doomblade (Legendary Effect) from working in Rated Battlegrounds and Arenas.
Covenants
Kyrian
Fixed an issue where Kyrian players who had finished Chapter 3 of their campaign could float on top of the Crest of Ascension, and could see players from a previous state as if they were floating. Forgelite Prime Mikanikos has applied a new invention to prevent this from occurring.
Energy Core and Forgeflame from the Eternal Forge in Bastion can no longer be used outside of the area.
Fixed an issue where player pets would display as if they were floating above the Crest of Ascension for Kyrian players who had finished Chapter 3 of their campaign.
Fixed additional issues causing Kyrian players with the Unburden effect to encounter issues when using a flight path.
Creatures and NPCs
Corrected the back seats of the Revendreth Carriages so players are no longer hovering in the wrong direction when riding in back.
Valfir the Unrelenting has taken a break and will only spawn if anima is sent to Tirna Scithe.
Dungeons and Raids
Castle Nathria
Huntsman Altimor
Resolved an issue that caused Sinseeker’s damage over time to scale too aggressively with raid size on all difficulties.
Sinseeker’s cast time increased to 5.5 seconds on all difficulties (was 4 seconds).
Devour Soul buff reduced to 100% on Normal difficulty and 150% on Heroic difficulty (was 200%).
Devour Soul duration decreased to 30 seconds in Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 60 seconds).
Hungering Destroyer
Hungering Destroyer will now target up to 1 fewer player when casting Gluttonous Miasma on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
The cast time of Hungering Destroyer’s Volatile Ejection has been increased to 4.5 seconds on Normal difficulty (was 4 seconds).
Lady Inerva Darkvein
Harnessed Specters should be less prone to using Condemn while a tank is engaged with them.
Sun King’s Salvation
Soul Pedestal healing substantially increased on all difficulties.
Enemies in this encounter now berserk after 14 minutes on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Rockbound Vanquisher’s Concussive Smash damage reduced by 15% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Bleakwing Assassin’s Crimson Flurry initial damage and damage over time reduced by 15% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Shade of Kael’thas’s Ember Blast reduced by 20% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Fixed an issue where the Shade of Kael’thas could fail to disappear when defeated.
Artificer Xy’Mox
Glyph of Destruction periodic damage over time reduced by 50% on Normal difficulty.
Rift Blast cast time increased to 3.75 seconds on Normal difficulty (was 3 seconds).
Rift Blast damage reduced by 18% on Normal difficulty.
Fleeting Spirit now summons 2 spirits in a 10 person raid, scaling with raid size to up to 6 spirits on all difficulties.
Limited the number of healing specialized players that can be targeted by Fleeting Spirits on all difficulties.
Seeds of Extinction cast time of Extinction increased by 2 seconds on Normal difficulty.
Sludgefist
Fixed an issue where Hateful Gaze would sometimes not cast immediately when Sludgefist hits 100 rage.
Halls of Atonement
High Adjudicator Aleez
Resolved an issue where High Adjudicator Aleez’s mirror teleporters functioned prior to her being defeated.
Necrotic Wake
A Winged Champion will now appear to teleport players to the Stitchwerks once the dungeon has been completed on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
Plaguefall
Slime tentacles no longer continue to cast Vile Spit while banished.
Using Banish while in the Crushing Embrace of a Slime Tentacle within Plaguefall will now release you.
Resolved an issue where Margrave Stradama’s Plague Crash is affecting players in unintended locations.
Items and Rewards
Fixed an issue that caused the Extinguished Soul Anima from Castle Nathria to grant excessive credit for Anima-collection quest progress.
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect should now show up in the correct slot filter in the Auction House.
The Heart of Azeroth should no longer grant bonus threat to tanks in Shadowlands areas.
Gluttonous Spike will no longer drop for Holy Paladins.
Player versus Player
Zo’sorg and his business associates now offer a quest for rated PvP.
Quests
Threads of Fate
Threads of Fate players will now see the anima engorged Maw as a result of the ending of Revendreth’s storyline.
Bastion
Fixed an issue during the quest “You Go First” where the Chamber Incense Burner could fail to spawn.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Empowered Coldheart creatures no longer cast Fallen Armaments or Dark Fortress.
Empowered Coldheart Agents cast Shadow Spear less frequently.
Monk
Anima Powers
Fae Aftershock (Night Fae) now deals damage correctly for Windwalker Monks.
Fae Aftershock (Night Fae) now deals damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds (was a 2 second duration).
User Interface
All Shadowlands dungeon and raid entrances are now visible on the map, regardless if their locations have yet to be discovered.
World Quests
Players who disconnect during the Bastion World Quest “Flight School: Flapping Frenzy” will now be placed at the quest start on login.
Bloodthirsty Vulpera no longer get lost on the return home to their camps after leaving the Arena.
Classes
Paladin
General
Punish the Guilty (Potency Conduit) damage has been reduced by 70%.
Creatures and NPCs
Valfir the Unrelenting has bolstered his defense, making oncoming attacks much less effective. Players that wish to take down the beast will first need to send anima to this location to unlock the key to Valfir’s demise.
Valfir the Unrelenting will no longer wander quite so far from his spawn.
Dungeons and Raids
Sanguine Depths
General Kaal
After rescuing Essence of Z’rali and before the final fight, General Kaal now removes her Evasive Mantle upon entering combat to alleviate an issue if she is pulled to her next position in the gauntlet early.
Items and Rewards
[ With regional restarts ] Battle for Azeroth Emissary quests and Paragon caches will have their gold rewards reduced to 10% of their current value when Shadowlands Season 1 begins in each region.
The Engineering device Disposable Spectrophasic Reanimator is now disposed upon use.
Fixed an issue where Forgemaster’s Crate and the Tailoring items, Lace Draperies and Excuisitely Woven Rug, could not be opened.
Scorched Crypt Keys will no longer drop if you already have one in your inventory.
Professions
Fixed an issue where some professions were able to learn the recipe Novice Crafter’s Mark before Crafter’s Mark 1.
Quests
Covenant Campaign
“Prove Your Worth” can now be obtained after clearing quests from a full quest log.
Covenant Campaign
Players will now be able to complete the Ember Court unlock questline even while the World Quest “Tea Tales” is active. Affected players should seek out Tubbins in the Ember Ward to accept the quest “Formal Refreshments” to continue.
Oribos, the Eternal City
Highlord Bolvar Fordragon and Taelia Fordragon have leveled up on their listening skills and no longer talk over one another after the “A Glimpse into Darkness” quest cinematic has ended.
Bastion
Players who pass through Oribos, the Eternal City, and have an extra Broken Kyrian Flute in their bags that they cannot get rid of, should be taken care of thanks to an undisclosed Broker contact in the area.
Ardenweald
The location of Marasmius is now shown on the map for completing the daily quest “Glittering Gritty Goodness.”
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
Daily and weekly quests within the Maw can no longer be held beyond the day or week in which they were picked up by the player.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Flame Vents and Soul Emanation traps now trigger less frequently and have slightly larger areas of effect.
Rogue
Anima Powers
First Steps now correctly increases the damage of Subtlety’s Secret Technique (Talent).
Warrior
Anima Powers
New Anima Power: Notched Axe Head (Rare) – Gain the Victorious effect every 20 seconds, allowing the use of Victory Rush (or Impending Victory, when talented).
New Anima Power: Tarnished Medallion (Uncommon) – Berserker Rage restores 5% health instantly, and every 3 seconds.
World Quests
Nasho is now less distracted when rushing into the Forgotten Forge to stop Specialist Entra during the world quest “Forged in Secret.”
The teapot for “Tea Tales: Gubbins and Tubbins” is now easier to see.
Fixed an issue during the Bastion World Quest “Centurions, Assemble!” where the Steward Mechanic ability would fail to heal the player’s chosen centurion.
Players should no longer be able to get into a state where they are unable to pick up dredgers in the “Dirty Job: Wood Work” and “Dirty Job: Demolition Detail” world quests.
WoW Classic
Pets will now automatically attack hostile enemies and players when set to Aggressive stance.
Addressed an issue where Damaged Necrotic Shards do not take damage from defeating Shadows of Doom.
Entering Naxxramas now places you on the lower platform, while the teleport to Sapphiron’s Lair is triggered on the upper platform, allowing you to zone in and explore the 4 wings.
Developers’ note: The behavior of immediately teleporting players to Sapphiron’s Lair upon re-entry to the raid following the defeat of the 4 wing-bosses, IS authentic, but we felt the inability to return and collect Frozen Runes that had been missed was punishing enough to warrant a change here. In keeping with the theme, however, there is still no escape from Frostwyrm Lair short of using your Hearthstone or teleporting. Naxxramas is, among other things, a prison, from which the damned find escape difficult.
Demon Hunters can now dodge and parry while casting The Hunt (Night Fae Ability).
The animation and visual effects when Metamorphasis ends has returned.
Mage
General
Fixed an issue where enemies under the effects of Frost Nova with the Grisly Icicle (Legendary Effect) would not be broken out by other player attacks.
Monk
Brewmaster
Resolved an issue that prevented Blackout Combo (Talent) from empowering Celestial Brew.
Rogue
General
The use of a Stealth ability provided by Sepsis (Night Fae Ability) will no longer be consumed while under the effects of Stealth, Vanish, Subterfuge, Shadow Dance, and Shadowmeld.
Warlock
Demonology
Bilescourge summoned from Nether Portal (Talent) no longer melee while casting Toxic Bile.
Creatures and NPCs
Valfir the Unrelenting has bolstered his defense, making oncoming attacks much less effective. Players that wish to take down the beast will first need to send anima to this location to unlock the key to Valfir’s demise.
Valfir the Unrelenting will no longer wander quite so far from his spawn.
Dungeons and Raids
De Other Side
Mueh’zala
Resolved an issue that could allow Mueh’zala to be attacked prior to defeating the other bosses of De Other Side.
Halls of Atonement
The visual effects of Depraved Obliterator’s Curse of Obliteration spell will now more closely match the range of the spell’s impact, regardless of the player’s race.
Necrotic Wake
Nalthor the Rimebinder
Summoned pets will now properly follow their master back to Nalthor the Rimebinder’s platform after completing the Dark Exile gauntlet.
Sanguine Depths
Decanter of Anima-Charged Winds will now have a chance to drop for Survival Hunters.
General Kaal
Fixed an issue where General Kaal would not provide loot while also being declared defeated if players were being knocked off the platform as they finished the fight.
Items and Rewards
Increased the drop rate of Legendary Memories in dungeons.
The stats on Battle for Azeroth gems, Leviathan’s Eye and Kraken’s Eye, have been reduced.
The Unholy Aura buff from Runeblade of Baron Rivendare works for players level 50 and above once again.
Fixed an issue where players who deleted a Purian could not loot it again for collecting the Scroll of Aeons toy.
Fixed an issue where some warglaives were not sheathing properly.
Party members are now able to escape the slime summoned from the Phial of Ravenous Slime toy.
Player versus Player
Completing Battleground objectives will now provide credit for the weekly PvP quests, “Observing Battle” and “Observing War.”
PvP World Quests will now count for the associated zone’s defense Callings.
Professions
Increased the cost of the following reagents to 9 Gold:
Luminous Flux
Machinist’s Oil
Malleable Wire
Sealing Wax
Distilled Death Extract
Curing Salt
Penumbra Thread
Immortal Shard
Increased the amount of vendor reagents required for crafting several Shadowlands armor and weapon recipes.
Crafted Shadowlands weapons and armor now yield less Soul Dust when disenchanted.
Reduced the number of vendor reagents required for Relic of the Past IV and Relic of the Past V for all professions and expansions.
Jewelcrafters will no longer lose the “Jewelcrafting: Gem Studded Bangle” World Quest recipe when they leave and return to the world quest location.
Writ of Grave Robbing can now be placed in Inscription bags.
Quests
Threads of Fate
Players who are eligible for Threads of Fate but choose to replay the narrative campaign now retain the option to visit Fatescribe Roh-Tahl and skip the remainder of the campaign after reaching level 60.
Threads of Fate characters at level 60 who still have “Bolstering Bastion”, “Rallying Maldraxxus”, “Support the Court”, and “Reinforcing Revendreth” quests available can now receive credit from doing max-level World Quests.
Fixed an issue that prevented players who chose the Venthyr Covenant from using the Sinfall flightmaster until they had completed the quest “Sinfall” at level 60.
Covenant Campaign
Players will now be able to complete the Ember Court unlock questline even while the World Quest “Tea Tales” is active. Affected players should seek out Tubbins in the Ember Ward to accept the quest “Formal Refreshments” to continue.
Bastion
The quest “RSVP: Kleia and Pelagos” will now allow the player to use the soul mirror again and face their memories if they were defeated in a previous attempt.
Ardenweald
Brigdin now offers her quest “Forest Disappearances” while she’s in combat.
Fixed an issue where the Croaking Bag ability disappeared when a player exits and returns to the game while on the quest “To Serve Spriggan.”
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
Ve’nari has upgraded her wards in The Maw, granting players a brief window of invisibility and immunity as they exit her refuge or after landing from an Animaflow flight.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Reduced the damage of Observer Zelgar’s Ocular Beam on higher Layers.
Mawsworn Shadestalkers called in by Torments have had their health reduced by 30%.
Mawsworn Seekers called in by Torments have had their damage reduced by 15%.
The Brokers working in Torghast will now bring with them some Stygian Stew for those brave adventurers that find themselves without refreshments.
Deadsoul Chorus now appears less frequently within a single floor.
Reduced the drop rate of Edgelurker and Protective Phantasma anima powers.
Monk
Anima Powers
Resolved an issue that prevented the Tiger Style and Crane Style buffs by Tiger and Crane Figurines from providing the correct amount of Mastery, Versatility, Critical Strike, and Haste.
Rogue
Anima Powers
Organized Vial Satchel now reduces the cooldown of Crimson Vial by 10 seconds per stack (was 5 seconds) and has a max stacks of 3, for 30 seconds cooldown reduction (instant cast vials).
Restless Onyx Geodes now grants 15 seconds of Cloak of Shadows, Evasion, Feint, or Crimson Vial when casting Shadowstep or Grappling Hook (was 3 seconds).
Scroll of Forewarning now has a max stack of 3 and now increases the duration of Evasion, Feint, Cloak of Shadows, and Vanish by 3/6/9 seconds (was a 1 second increase).
Leather Apron is now Common rarity.
Leather Apron now has a max stack of 2 and decreases a target’s damage dealt by 15/30% after recovering from your crowd control abilities (was a flat 10%).
Quicksilver Mixture is now in the defense category.
Quicksilver Mixture now grants Cloak, Evasion, or Feint for 6 seconds when casting Crimson Vial (was 4 seconds).
Warrior
Anima Powers
Periapt of Furor now increases the duration of Berserker Rage by 300% (was 100%), and now stacks up to 2 times (was 3 times).
Hurricane Heart now causes Whirlwind and Thunder Clap to heal for 80% of damage dealt (was 50%), and now stacks up to 3 times (was 5 times).
Unbound Fortitude now increases the duration of a major defensive ability by 20% per stack of Soul Remnant’s Blessing (was 10%), and now stacks up to 3 times (was 5 times).
Bladed Bulwark now makes Ignore Pain have a 50% chance to cast your major defensive ability (was 20%), and no longer stacks.
User Interface
The Broker’s Den in Oribos is now easier to find on the map.
Players can once again earn the achievement Straight Six from the Elegon raid encounter in the Mogu’shan Vaults.
Removed the Draenor and the Broken Isles Pathfinder achievement requirements for released spirits to quickly fly back to their bodies.
Characters
Fixed an issue where Kyrian players using a flight path with the Unburden buff would encounter issues on the resulting flight.
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
Clawing Shadows (Talent) damage is now properly capped at 5 targets while inside Death and Decay.
Demon Hunter
General
Growing Inferno (Potency Conduit) damage is now capped at 10 times Immolation Aura’s base damage.
Updated the names and icons of several Legendary Memories to better represent their effects.
Throw Glaive now correctly throws 3 glaives per Fel Bombardment (Legendary Effect) stack.
Monk
Windwalker
Storm, Earth, and Fire can now be cancelled.
Warlock
General
Fixed an issue where Fel Commando (Potency Conduit) would not enhance a Felguard that’s under the effect of Glyph of Wrathguard.
Warrior
General
Fixed an issue where, when Signet of Tormented Kings (Legendary Effect) would trigger a second Ravager, any existing Ravagers would stop dealing damage and generating Rage.
Creatures and NPCs
Sinrunner Blanchy now has new custom sounds. Now ride forth on this noble steed and avenge her unjustly demise.
Added new sounds for the Hulking Deathroc mount. He is now less chatty.
The rewards from Gorged Shadehound can now be looted once a week.
Blackthorn Ambushers and Mire Tricksters in Ardenweald will no longer cast Swift Slash.
Dungeons and Raids
Corrected an issue causing Castle Nathria to show up in the Adventure Guide prematurely. This will return next week!
Plaguefall
Margrave Stradama
Fixed an issue that caused Infinitely Divisible Ooze to drop for players in healer specializations.
Sanguine Depths
Fixed an issue where Essence of Z’rali could no longer be picked up after dying multiple times while holding the naaru.
Spires of Ascension
Oryphrion
Improved the visual performance on Empyreal Ordnance. Instances of this should now leech less anima from graphics cards.
Vault of the Wardens
Dreadlord Mendacius’ summoned Grimguard now deals appropriate damage.
Items and Rewards
The Overflowing Ember Mirror trinket now properly notes that it deals 33% of the remaining absorb for the explosion when it expires.
Fixed an issue where the Unbound Changeling trinket was granting less Haste than indicated in the tooltip. Additionally, the Unbound Changeling transformation that provides all three stats (Critical Strike, Haste and Mastery) has had the stats reduced by 16% and the transformation now persists through death.
Strength of Blood offered by Ta’tru now increases Strength by 10 and is comparable to the other stat potions he barters.
The Tuft of Smoldering Plumage trinket now correctly instantly heals players that suffer lethal damage.
Fixed an issue where the minions summoned from the Satchel of Misbegotten Minions trinket would sometimes run in place if they triggered on a target that died. The minion should now rush to your current target or the location where the previous enemy was defeated.
The Enchanted Chest in Ardenweald will now respawn instantly when looted.
Player versus Player
PvP trinkets should no longer break stuns that weren’t breakable with conventional stun breaks (e.g. Ice Block).
Quests
Covenant Campaign
Venthyr players will no longer sometimes incorrectly receive the Gracious Guest debuff, preventing them from completing the Ember Court scenario.
Some material costs for Ember Court restock quests have been adjusted to account for current market values.
Fixed an issue where Night Fae players could complete the Maw quest “Setting the Ground Rules” without having first done the Night Fae quest “Do What We Cannot.” Players who did not do this quest and have the campaign chapter “For Queen and Grove!” displaying as incomplete should be fixed the next time they return to Oribos.
Ardenweald
“That Darn Fox” will once again provide quest rewards, including the adorable pet vulpin Renny.
Battle for Azeroth
Lady Sylvanas Windrunner is now in the appropriate phase for turning in the Horde quest “A Cycle of Hatred.”
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
Fixed an issue which prevented some Maw daily quests from granting bonus rewards while in War Mode.
Mawsworn Crossbows no longer deal excessive damage to enemy players in War Mode.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Patrician Cromwell and Synod have had ability adjustments to bring them more in line with other bosses.
Observer Zelgar, Kosarus the Fallen, Binder Baritas, and Warden of Souls have had minor ability adjustments to be more melee friendly.
Kosarus the Fallen now gains stacks of Enrage at a slower rate while under the effects of Predator’s Gaze and his health has been reduced by 20%.
Reduced the health of enemies when 4 or 5 players are present.
World Quests
To prevent phasing issues, “Tied Totem Toter” must now be completed before being eligible for the World Quest “Trouble at the Gormling Corral.”
Picking up an Acolyte’s Spear will no longer stop players from using their Purity Chime during “Vesiphone’s Vicious Vesper.”
Fixed an issue during the Bastion World Quest “Remedial Lessons” where players could destroy the Mirror Fragments and Mirrors of Ancient Teachings, blocking progress on completed objectives.
Fixed an issue where the Kyrian Wings could continue outside of the intended course area during the Bastion World Quest "Flight School: Flapping Frenzy.”
Opening Misplaced Supplies should now count progress towards the achievement Treasures of Maldraxxus . Players may need to collect it a second time to earn credit.
The Elusive Faerie Cache required for Treasures of Ardenweald is now less elusive.
Classes
Hunter
Beast Mastery
Wild Spirits (Night Fae Ability) will no longer deal damage multiple times when using Bestial Wrath with Animal Companion (Talent) or when using Barbed Shot with Stomp (Talent).
Marksmanship
Corrected an issue where Shadowcore Oil Blast would incorrectly interfere with Steady Focus (Talent) when casting two Steady Shots in a row.
Corrected an issue where Bursting Shot was causing Wild Spirits (Night Fae Ability) to unintentionally deal multiple hits to the enemy.
Death Knight
General
Resolved several issues with Death Knight voice effects. Go forth and intimidate your enemies with a clearer /roar!
Priest
General
Phantasmic Detonation will now properly explode when the Volatile Phantasm (Torghast Power) illusion is defeated.
Shaman
Restoration
[ Work in progress ] The Primal Tide Core Legendary effect will now only apply Riptide to friendly players.
Covenants
Added two Battle Ready Tauralus outside the Seat of the Primus for faster travel through the covenant hall.
Creatures and NPCs
Nikara Blackheart at Sophia’s Aria in Bastion now deals appropriate damage and is now less challenging.
Wingsmash is now ready to help fight Harika the Horrid in Revendreth no matter how many players give him weapons at the same time. Additionally, the Ballista Bolts respawn more frequently, and Sacks of Dredhaven Tools will no longer spawn as they are obsolete. Wingsmash will also no longer get stuck at the broken ballista and now resets properly.
Dungeons and Raids
De Other Side
Mueh’zala
Added a power bar to Mueh’zala so that he may better convey when his next Soulcrusher is coming.
Necrotic Wake
Dungeon enemies can no longer immediately recast Spine Crush.
Plaguefall
Infinitely Divisible Ooze now correctly drops for Agility and Intellect classes.
Spires of Ascension
The transport kyrian will now carry druids in their combat shapeshift forms.
Items and Rewards
Reduced the idle sound effect volume of the Warstitched Darkhound mount.
The Hearty Dragon Plume toy now has a 15 minute cooldown (was 5 minutes).
Players are now able to watch other’s strum their Fae Harp toy. Enjoy the show!
Fixed an issue that caused characters to remain laughing after using the S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera MkII.
Deep Fried Seraph Tenders now only work outdoors and not in dungeons or battlegrounds. Tooltips will be updated to reflect this in a future patch.
Pre-Mixed Pot of Noodles now grants an appropriate amount of Versatility for Pandaren characters at level 60.
Player versus Player
Oribos PvP quests, such as “Observing Battle,” should now show a turn-in location once completed.
Hunter
Hunter’s Mark now lasts 30 seconds instead of indefinitely when used against an enemy player.
Professions
[ With regional restarts ] Resolved an issue where experience gained from crafting a Legendary item would sometimes not retain after relogging into the game.
Budding Lashers now reward Herbalists loot after gathering their corpses.
Quests
Covenant Campaign
Fixed an issue where players below level 50 who entered into the Threads of Fate experience would have issues accessing quests in the Shadowlands.
Fixed an issue where Anima Salvage Callings could not be abandoned or completed after changing covenants.
Bastion
Fixed an issue where opening Silver Strongboxes would sometimes not reward credit for “The Sweetest Tribute” quest.
“A Friendly Rivalry” can now be turned in while the “Training Regimen” World Quest is available.
Fixed an issue where the quest, “Hero’s Rest” could not be turned into the ever-present version of Kalisthene.
Fixed an issue where the Chamber Incense Burner could be not be interacted with during the quest “You Go First.”
Maldraxxus
Mounts are no longer allowed on the island that holds the Unfinished Blade for “Through the Fire and Flames.”
Players on the quest “Return to Draka” will now find her at the Seat of the Primus.
More enemies now have a chance to drop Poxedskin Samples required for the dungeon quest “Plaguefall: Knee Deep In It.”
Increased the Traitor’s Head drop rate required for “Bring Me Their Heads.”
The Animates required to recruit for the quest “Ani-Matter Animator” has been lowered to 12 (was 15) and the respawn rate has been increased.
Increased the respawn rate of the Ash Ghouls required for “Unbearable Light.”
Enemi should now offer the quests “Slaughter Daughter” and "Bottled up Inside’ for players who have lost them.
Ardenweald
Fixed a bug that caused quest objectives to sometimes be invisible on “Cut the Roots” and “Take the Power”.
Revendreth
Stonehead is hungry! “Snacks for Stonehead” should now correctly be available to all players in the Ember Ward.
“Halls of Atonement: Your Absolution” should now be correctly offered to all Venthyr covenant players by Archivist Fane in Halls of Atonement.
The Maw
Prince Renathal now stealths when the player enters stealth during the storyline quest, “Torghast, Tower of the Damned”.
Added more souls to rescue within Cocyrus for the quest “Rule 1: Have an Escape Plan.” We’re not proud about damning more souls into the Maw… but it should help make completing the quest easier.
Exile’s Reach
Fixed an issue where players on Exile’s Reach who completed either “Down with the Quilboar” or “Forbidden Quilboar Necromancy” without accepting the other quest would be unable to see Mithdran Dawntracker to continue the story.
Soulbinds
Run Without Tiring (Niya Soulbind Ability) no longer continues to heal when health is full.
The Maw: Eye of the Jailer
Saving Souls with the Soulkeeper present no longer grants Stygia after reaching Threat Level 5.
Fixed an issue which could cause the Soulkeeper to unexpectedly be present with your character in the Maw when Anima Salvage was an active calling. It will once again only be present when you are tasked with collecting souls.
World Quests
Fixed an issue with world quest “Allay Their Fears” not appearing.
Fixed an issue where Korinna’s Allaying Crook could be used on living targets during the Bastion World Quest “Allay Their Fears.”
Fixed an issue where it was more challenging than intended to maintain a Precision streak during the Bastion World Quest “We’ll Make an Aspirant Out of You.”
Fixed an issue where “Battles Won Long Ago” could erroneously be repeated.
Battle Pet World Quests should now properly count for Callings that require you to complete activities in a zone.
Increased the respawn rate of the Crates of Salvaged Explosions for the Maldraxxus World Quest “Gettin’ Even.”
Hello everyone. The note for Soul Ash has been updated:
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Any Soul Ash that was not looted from defeated enemies will now be sent directly to your character’s currency collection the next time you log back into the game.
And I’ve let the team know about the quest “Halls of Atonement: Your Absolution”. Thanks!
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
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 2-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 drop Stygia.
[ With regional restarts ] Elite creatures in the Maw now drop additional Stygia.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
[ With regional restarts ] Enemy health increased for healer specializations and enemy physical damage increased for tank specializations. These changes are targeted towards solo players and have a reduced effect while in a group.
[ With regional restarts ] Enemy health and damage increased on floors 2, 4, and 5.
[ With regional restarts ] Dark Ascended Corrus, Warden Skoldus, and Cellblock Sentinel received minor ability adjustments and health tuning to bring them more in line with other bosses.
Anima Powers
Corrected an issue where a player with Orb of Replenishment could have more than 6 healing orbs out at a time.
Venthyr
[ With regional restarts ] Murmuring Shawl now causes Door of Shadows to increase your chance to dodge by 40% (was 20%) for 20 seconds (was 15 seconds). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
Night Fae
[ With regional restarts ] Clinging Fog now causes Flicker to reduce the movement speed of enemies by 70% (was 30%). Obtainable 1 time (was 3) and it will appear as a choice slightly less often.
Druid
[ With regional restarts ] String of Fangs and Talons can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Steelwood Slab can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Writings of Lycara gives 140 of a secondary stat (was 43). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Bottle of Moonshine can be obtained 2 times (was 1).
Draught of Midnight Blazes now properly grants its damage and healing increase while Moonfire is active on 3 targets.
Hunter
[ With regional restarts ] Amplifying Mirror increases your Misdirection’s target damage by 50% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Necrotic Venom damage increased to 50% (was 30%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Euphoria Emblem reduces Exhilaration’s cooldown by 30 seconds (was 20 seconds). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Bone Barbs increases Kill Shot damage by 100% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 1).
[ With regional restarts ] Piercing Scope increases damage taken to Hunter’s Mark target by 15% (was 10%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Neural Pet Enhancer pet damage while under the effects of Eyes of the Beast increased to 500% (was 200%). Obtainable 1 time (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Cadaverous Cleats damage reduction now also applies to your pets. The tooltip will be updated in a future patch.
Mage
[ With regional restarts ] Constellation Shield damage reduction increased to 20% (was 15%). Obtainable 3 times (was 4).
[ With regional restarts ] Resolute Medallion absorb amount increased to 70% (was 40%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Runecloth Wrappings damage increased when casting Arcane Blast, Fireball, and Frostbolt while Invisible reduced to 500% (was 2000%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Pandemonium Lens no longer increases the radius of Flamestrike, Blizzard, and Arcane Explosion. Now increases the damage of Flamestrike, Blizzard, and Arcane Explosion by 15%. Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Seeker’s Scroll now always increases the damage of your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Arcane Blast (was only your next cast). Fireball, Frostbolt, and Arcane Blast damage per stack reduced to 2% (was 10%). Stacks 100 times. Obtainable 1 time (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Everwarm Socks now also heals 60% of your maximum health over Ice Block’s duration.
Paladin
[ With regional restarts ] Ancient Writ of Order can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Blood Beacon can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Shattered Gauntlet can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Defiled Prayer Beads now correctly affects Blessing of Seasons. Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Radiant Essence increases Forbearance damage dealt by 15% (was 25%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Ember of the Carillon can be obtained 2 times (was 4).
[ With regional restarts ] Hallowed Candle now deals 30% increased damage or healing from Ashen Hallow (was 50%).
[ With regional restarts ] Golden Plume increases the effects of Avenging Wrath by 60% (was 100%).
Priest
[ With regional restarts ] Mask of Sheer Terror damage required to break Psychic Scream increased to 400% (was 300%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Painwheel now also causes Shadow Word: Pain to deal 25% increased damage. Obtainable 5 times (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Vandal’s Zeal has been redesigned and now gives you 1% Mind Blast and Holy Fire damage per Phylactery destroyed, up to a maximum of 40%. Obtainable 1 time.
[ With regional restarts ] Enemies affected by Pandemonium now run away much slower.
[ With regional restarts ] Soul Sapper causes Power Infusion’s cooldown to recover 200% faster (was 100%).
[ With regional restarts ] Fragments of Obscurity now always causes Fade to grant freedom from movement reduction abilities and provides 40% increased movement speed (was prevent movement speed from being reduced below 80%). Additional stacks of this power only reduce the cooldown of Fade further.
Rogue
Resolved an issue where Draped Prism Shawl’s effect didn’t increase when obtaining multiples of this anima power.
Shaman
[ With regional restarts ] Wailing Winds reduces the cooldown of Wind Shear by 4 seconds (was 3 seconds Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Deadened Earth reduces the cooldown of Earth Elemental by 40% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 4).
[ With regional restarts ] Storm Conduit increases Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage by 50% (was 30%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Essence of the Ancestors now grants an additional 15% Haste to Bloodlust (was 10%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Elemental Core now requires 20 stacks to reduce the cooldown of Lava Burst or Stormstrike by 50% (was 50 stacks) and the increased damage per stack is now 3% (was 1%).
[ With regional restarts ] Leeching Lilypad damage increased by 50%. Obtainable 1 time (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Flames of the Cauldron now causes Flame Shock’s damage over time effect to happen 40% more frequently (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Tsunami Relic increases healing spelling cast speed by 50% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Fixed an issue where Deathseer’s Satchel would not drop a Liquid Magma Totem.
Warlock
[ With regional restarts ] Blood-Stained Dagger pet damage reduction increased to 35% (was 10%). Obtainable 1 time (was 3).
[ With regional restarts ] Claw of Endereth drains health 25% faster (was 10%). Obtainable 2 times (was 7).
[ With regional restarts ] Hellfire Pact increases summoned demons’ damage by 50% (was 25%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Pact of Thickness primary summoned demons health increased to 50% (was 25%). Obtainable 3 times (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Thirsting Chain increases Drain Life healing by 40% (was 20%). Obtainable 2 times (was 10).
[ With regional restarts ] Warlock’s Bargain has been redesigned and now grants the Warlock 20% Haste at the cost of 10% of the Warlock’s health.
[ With regional restarts ] Dissolving Vial now also makes Corruption instant for Demonology and Destruction Warlocks. For all three Warlock specializations, it now also increases Corruption’s damage by 100%.
Warrior
[ With regional restarts ] Bloodstained Whetstone increases the damage of Whirlwind and Thunder Clap by 50% (was 30%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Champion’s Decree increases the damage of next Revenge or Slam by 50% (was 20%). Effect stacks up to 40 (was 100). Obtainable 3 times (was 5). This power will appear as a choice slightly less often.
[ With regional restarts ] Succulent Carpaccio can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Soulwrought Studs can be obtained 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Resonant Throatbands increases damage taken by 30% (was 20%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Zovaal’s Warbanner increases the duration of major cooldowns by 60% (was 40%). Obtainable 3 times (was 5).
[ With regional restarts ] Scratched Knife increases the damage of the first Shattering Throw on each floor by 4000% (was 10000%). No longer works against bosses.
Warlock
Demonology
[ With regional restarts ] The bonus damage from Demonic Consumption (Talent) will now only apply to a single Demonic Tyrant when summoned in Torghast, rather than all Demonic Tyrants.
World Quests
Fixed an issue where ordering Gatamatos to search an area would fail to break stealth during the Bastion World Quest “Training Regimen.”
WoW Classic
Spirit of Redemption no longer counts as two deaths on the battlegrounds scoreboard.
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Achievements
Players that die during the Stone Legion Generals encounter in Castle Nathria will now properly earn the Feed Me, Seymour! achievement with the rest of their raid.
Classes
Tank Specializations
[ With regional restarts ] Threat generation for all Tanks increased by 10%.
Death Knight
Blood
[ With regional restarts ] Blood Boil damage increased by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Heart Strike damage increased by 15%.
[ With regional restarts ] Marrowrend damage increased by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Death Strike damage increased by 5%.
Unholy
[ With regional restarts ] Mastery: Dreadblade effectiveness reduced by 15%.
Demon Hunter
Havoc
[ With regional restarts ] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Rogue
Assassination
[ With regional restarts ] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Shaman
Restoration
[ With regional restarts ] All healing abilities reduced by 4%.
[ With regional restarts ] Healing Rain reduced by an additional 10%.
Warlock
Destruction
[ With regional restarts ] Chaos Bolt damage increased by 22%.
Warrior
Arms
[ With regional restarts ] Mortal Strike damage increased by 20%. Damage reduced by an equivalent amount in PvP.
[ With regional restarts ] Slam (Rank 3) now increases Slam’s damage by 50% (was 25%).
Fury
[ With regional restarts ] All damage abilities increased by 5%.
Covenants
Kyrian
Captured Forgehands should be more reliable during the quest “Stewards of a Feather.”
Fixed an issue where Sika could despawn during the Kyrian Covenant Campaign chapter “Phaestus, Genesis of Aeons.”
Venthyr
Fixed an issue where if players disconnected while attempting to enter the Ember Court scenario, they would be unable to re-enter for the week.
Creatures and NPCs
NPCs who comment on your choice of covenant will now do so less frequently.
Resolved an issue where Sanngror the Torturer would sometimes become stuck.
Dungeons and Raids
Castle Nathria
[ With regional restarts ] Fixed a bug that caused additional loot to unintentionally drop from bosses on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Resolved an issue that prevented many of the non-boss NPCs in Castle Nathria from scaling their health and damage as raid size increased. Non-boss NPCs base health before scaling has been reduced by 10%.
Huntsman Altimor
Resolved an issue where players may not be able to enter Huntsman Altimor’s area after completing the Artificer Xy’mox or Sun King’s Salvation encounters.
Sun King’s Salvation
Increased the healing done by Infuser’s Boon to 200% per stack on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 50%).
Reduced the max stack count of Infuser’s Boon to 5 on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 10).
Essence Overflow now heals Kael’thas Sunstrider for 1.5% of his maximum health on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 1%).
Sludgefist
Stonequake’s ground visual effect has been updated to be more noticeable.
Screen effect for players standing in Stonequake has been changed.
Occurrences of Falling Rubble over the duration of the encounter reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
The number of players affected by Chain Link has been lowered and no longer scales with the number of pillars destroyed on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Sludgefist’s health reduced by 12% on Normal difficulty.
Sire Denathrius
Warlock’s Corruption will no longer be removed from enemies when using the teleporters.
Items and Rewards
[ With daily resets ] The percentage based trigger effects from Eternal Palace weapons Diver’s Folly, Dream’s End, and Orgozoa’s Paralytic Barb no longer function for players above level 50.
Sanguifang’s Pulsating Canine damage has been reduced and can no longer be used against enemy players.
Shadowghast Ingot can now be placed in Mining bags.
Consumptive Infusion trinket is now also triggered by damaging abilities, allowing Mistweaver abilities such as Rising Sun Kick to trigger it.
Fixed an issue that caused the Soul Igniter trinket to not allow the use of another on-use trinket.
Eternal Stats and Sacred Stats chest enchant tooltips now correctly reflects that they affect the primary stat and not all stats.
Quests
Players who are unable to complete “The Sweetest Tribute” due to a Ripe Purian already showing up in the tribute tray should abandon the quest and then talk to Elios to restart it.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Resolved an issue where enemies afflicted with the Blinding Smoke Capsule debuff would engage in combat with the player if they got too close but not attack them.
Minions of Torghast should be less likely to hit players with volley type abilities that they are not in combat with.
Torments
Eye of Skoldus and Fracturing Forces no longer spawn assassins on boss floors.
Breath of Coldheart health bonus per stack lowered to 3% maximum health (was 5%).
Anima Powers
Resonant Mawfang damage reduced to 2% of target’s maximum health (was 10%).
Frostchipper damage reduced to 5% of the target’s current health (was 20%).
The buffs provided by Dark Fortress and Fallen Armaments now stack to 5 (was 10).
World Quests
Demonology Warlocks and Beast Mastery Hunters will now receive kyrian aid during the Bastion World Quest “Air Supremacy.”
WoW Companion App
Fixed issue where some players on iPhone 11 and 12 could not access Guilds & Communities.
Various bug fixes and improvements on iOS. All users will need to reset their settings.
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
Fixed an issue where Withering Ground (Night Fae Conduit) would not grant bonus damage with Defile (Talent).
Druid
General
Oath of the Elder Druid (Legendary Effect) will no longer incorrectly activate from shifting into Mount Form during combat.
Restoration
Vision of Unending Growth (Legendary Effect) will no longer consume Soul of the Forest (Talent).
Priest
General
Fixed an issue where the Item Level 200 Haunting Apparitions (Conduit) had an incorrect scaling value, and was less powerful than the lower item level versions.
Shadow
Psychic Link (Talent) will no longer replicate increased damage taken bonuses from the target.
Covenants
Fixed an issue preventing players from completing the Conduit tutorial quests for their covenant if conduits were added to the Forge of Bonds before accepting the quest.
Kyrian
Fixed an issue where Mikanikos could not be infused with anima for the quest “Partner for Eternity.”
Path of Ascension
Increased the reflect damage from Spiritforged Aegis.
Fixed an issue where Myn’ir would not attack her target when they were hiding behind a pillar. She now understands how to play the game of hide and seek.
Fixed an issue where enemy debuffs would be removed when switching between Mikanikos and Bron.
Night Fae
Corrected the research time of the third tier of the Night Fae Anima Conductor to be consistent with the other covenants.
Venthyr
Fixed an issue that caused the automatic guest list refresh that occurs after the Ember Court scenario to incorrectly consume a Blank Invitation.
Developers’ note: Speak with Lady Ilinca above Sinfall to purchase additional Blank Invitations. Blank Invitations allow you to swap a guest on your Guest List to invite a specific guest you want to be BFFs with, build the most compatible party crew, or just replace guests that you haven’t unlocked yet.
Creatures and NPCs
Azgar no longer evades while casting Torrent of Ash.
Mayhem the slime kitten has taken his name less seriously and will now appear for all players to pet, regardless of what phase they are in.
Taerlina has restocked her Inscription supplies and now sells Rune Etched Vials and Aerated Water.
The icon for the Unguarded Gorm Eggs event will no longer display on the minimap if the event is not active.
Dungeons and Raids
Castle Nathria
Lady Inerva Darkvein
Lady Inerva Darkvein’s health reduced by 10% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Harnessed Specter’s health reduced by 10% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Council of Blood
All council members will now stay within the dance hall and allow for the encounter to be reset.
De Other Side
Resolved an issue where scale increasing auras, such as the Prideful Affix on Mythic Keystone difficulty, could prevent some larger player models from passing through doorways within the gnome wing.
Necrotic Wake
Kyrian Stitchwerk will now attack the closest player when its main target is out of range. Additionally, Tenderize now stacks to 4 (was 6) and Mutilate damage reduced by 8%.
Quests
“The Final Pieces” now automatically progresses if the quest items are in the player’s bank or obtained from a Guild Bank.
Hello everyone! There was a bug in 9.0.2 that caused some helms to hide character elements like Draenei horns. We’re working on fixing the bug as quickly as we can.
The Combat Analysis Mechagnome Racial now correctly scales with level.
Fixed an issue where players may be unable to turn in the Vulpera quest, “Playing to their Strengths”.
Classes
Monk
Windwalker
Resolved an issue that prevented Xuen’s Crackling Tiger Lightning from gaining benefit from Haste.
Paladin
Protection
Shining Light (Passive) now has a 30 second buff duration.
Priest
Shadow
Tentacles will now appear on the caster when using Voidform.
The global cooldown of Damnation (Talent) is now correctly modified by Haste.
Fixed an issue where Damnation (Talent) would incorrectly cause Vampiric Touch to deal bonus instant damage.
Warrior
Fury and Protection
Dragon Roar (Talent) now deals reduced damage to secondary targets.
Dungeons and Raids
Blackrock Caverns
Karsh Steelbender
Heat Wave now deals appropriate damage on all difficulties.
Icecrown Citadel
Blood-Queen Lana’thel
Pact of the Darkfallen now deals appropriate damage on all difficulties.
The Eternal Palace
Radiance of Azshara
Radiance of Azshara will once again generate energy on all difficulties.
Items and Rewards
Lady Jaina Proudmoore and N’Zoth the Corruptor should once again drop 2 mounts regardless of group size when defeated on Mythic difficulty. This will change when Shadowlands launches.
Corrected an issue that caused Thaumaturge Vashreen to provide lower item level Azerite armor pieces than intended. Vashreen went on brief hiatus while this issue was being resolved, and should now be back in Boralus and Zuldazar at the usual locations.
Professions
Skinning can now be leveled to 300 in outdoor Classic zones.
Quests
Resolved the issues that prevented Alliance players from completing the Drustvar quests, “An Improvised Arsenal” and “Break on Through”.
Deathcursed Terror will now attack the player instead of the unsuspecting Waycrest Guards during the Alliance quest, “The Final Effigy”.
Players will once again receive the Falconer’s Whistle that is required to complete the World Quest, “This Bird You Cannot Change”.
The Engineering quest “All Charged Up” should now properly award kill credit when using the gunpowder charges on the Shimmering Oleanders.
World Events
Salvaged Supplies for the “Frontline Resupply” daily quest now appear more frequently.
Apologies for the confusion Kurock. These changes are going live with next week’s restart on Tuesday, November 17. We’ve updated the article with a note clarifying the date as well.
Here are the class changes coming with this week’s restart.
November 9, 2020
Classes
General
[ With regional restarts ] All tank specializations passive threat generation has increased.
Druid
Feral
[ With regional restarts ] Damage of all abilities increased by 8%.
Restoration
[ With regional restarts ] Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
Hunter
Beast Mastery
[ With regional restarts ] The damage of all abilities except Cobra Shot and Barbed Shot have been reduced by 5%.
Marksmanship
[ With regional restarts ] Volley (Talent) damage reduced by 30%.
Mage
General
[ With regional restarts ] Arcane Explosion damage reduced by 8%.
Frost
[ With regional restarts ] Splitting Ice’s Ice Lance damage to secondary targets reduced to 65% (was 80%).
[ With regional restarts ] Ice Lance damage reduced by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Freezing Rain’s Blizzard damage increased to 60% (was 50%).
[ With regional restarts ] Comet Storm damage increased by 5%.
Monk
Windwalker
[ With regional restarts ] Damage of all abilities increased by 5%.
Paladin
General
[ With regional restarts ] Crusader Strike mana cost reduced to 9% base mana (was 14%).
[ With regional restarts ] Shield of the Righteous damage reduced by 15%.
Holy
[ With regional restarts ] Holy Shock healing increased by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Word of Glory healing increased by 9%.
[ With regional restarts ] Glimmer of Light (Talent) healing reduced by 10%.
Protection
[ With regional restarts ] Protection Paladin passive Armor bonus reduced to 10% (was 20%).
[ With regional restarts ] Word of Glory healing increased by 9% and healing when casting Word of Glory (Rank 2) on yourself reduced to 250% based on your missing health (was 300%).
Retribution
[ With regional restarts ] Damage of all abilities increased by 4%.
[ With regional restarts ] Execution Sentence (Talent) no longer has a chance to critically strike and initial damage reduced by 25%.
[ With regional restarts ] Final Reckoning (Talent) increased damage taken reduced to 35% (was 50%).
[ With regional restarts ] Sanctified Wrath (Talent) damage increased by 50%.
Priest
Discipline
[ With regional restarts ] Power Word: Shield absorb reduced by 8%.
[ With regional restarts ] Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Purge the Wicked (Talent) damage reduced by 10%.
Rogue
Subtlety
Resolved an issue that allowed Subtlety Rogue’s Eviscerate to deal additional damage to targets that have another Rogue’s Find Weakness active.
Shaman
General
[ With regional restarts ] Chain Heal healing reduced by 7%.
Restoration
[ With regional restarts ] The bonus damage for choosing the Restoration Shaman specialization has been lowered to 15% (was 40%). At level 37, this value increases back to 40%.
Warrior
Arms
[ With regional restarts ] Damage of all abilities increased by 6%.
[ With regional restarts ] Cleave (Talent) no longer replaces Sweeping Strikes.
Fury
[ With regional restarts ] Damage of all abilities increased by 10%.
[ With regional restarts ] Whirlwind additional target damage reduced to 45% (was 50%).
[ With regional restarts ] Bladestorm (Talent) damage increased by 8%.
[ With regional restarts ] Frenzy (Talent) Haste reduced to 2% (was 3%) and max stacks increased to 4 (was 3).
Primal Primer (Azerite Trait) now correctly activates when Flametongue Weapon is applied to your weapon.
Dungeons and Raids
Experience granted to players in dungeons is now standardized, and does not change with the size of the player’s party.
Developers’ notes: This standardized experience value is equal to what the leveling player would have previously earned in a 5-person party. Dungeon experience was tuned around the expectation of full parties, and we saw that taplist loopholes in combination with pre-patch changes to dungeon scaling revealed some extreme leveling tactics by fewer than 5 players. We want dungeons to remain lucrative, and to be a valid alternative to questing and other experience sources, rather than to overshadow them.
Quests
Anduin Wrynn should now be present in the throne room to turn in quests for players who are still on the Darkshore introduction storyline.
Fixed an issue that caused Glyph of Crackling Flames to break the animations of several abilities.
Rogue
General
Tricks of the Trade can now be cast on characters level 10 and above.
Shaman
Enhancement
Fixed an issue where the Hailstorm (Talent) buff persisted after switching specializations.
Warlock
General
Warlocks below level 10 now have a pet action bar to control their summoned demons.
Dungeons and Raids
Ny’alotha, the Waking City
The damage and health of all enemies have been reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
Carapace of N’Zoth
Infinite Void damage reduced by 50% per stack on all difficulties.
Black Scar damage reduced by 10% on all difficulties.
Mandible Slam damage reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
Icecrown Citadel
The Lich King
Fixed an issue where the Necrotic Plague debuff wouldn’t be removed upon exiting the instance.
Items and Rewards
Wands can now be transmogrified into two-handed Legion Artifact weapons.
Player versus Player
Battleground gates will once again open when the countdown timer expires.
Quests
During the quest, “The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened”, the falling rocks in the Scar of the Worldbreaker are no longer quite so punishing on Martek’s Hog.
Players are once again able to steer the Keg Bomb during the “Do a Barrel Roll!” quest in Kun-Lai Summit.
Fixed an issue that caused Feign Death to not cancel an enemy’s spell cast when used towards the end of the cast.
Paladin
General
Blessing of Protection is now learned at level 32 (was level 41).
Retribution
Retribution Aura now correctly extends an existing Crusade (Talent) without resetting its stacks.
Dungeons and Raids
Ny’alotha, the Waking City
N’Zoth the Corruptor
Fixed an issue where Basher Tentacles would cast Void Lash more frequently on all difficulties.
Items and Rewards
Blink-Trigger Headgun and Tactical Headgun on-use effects now have a 5 minute cooldown (was 30 seconds).
Quests
Sylvanas Windrunner should now be present in Grommash Hold if you have quests to turn in to her while you’re also in the middle of the Vulpera Allied Race questline. Shhh… Don’t tell Tyrande.
The mythic boss mount drop rates won’t be reduced to 1% until Shadowlands so there’s still time to collect them.
Feel free to refer to the Time Runs Short article for all the details of what’s going away and what’s going to be more difficult to obtain in the pre-expansion patch and Shadowlands.
Here are today’s hotfixes.
Here are today’s changes
Here are the hotfixes from today.