Hotfixes: July 7, 2026

Hotfixes

July 7, 2026

• Dungeons and Raids

  • The Voidspire
    • Addressed an issue where the Lightblinded Vanguard could respawn after a soft reset following a raid skip.

• Housing

  • Players who were not properly awarded the Daylight Circle Room or Evening Circle Room upon reaching House Levels 3 or 5 should now have access to those rooms.

• Items

  • Fixed an issue with Mycomancer's Hearthspore where multiple Hearthstone charges could be consumed for Human characters.

• Pets

  • Thrillbot 9000 and Chillbot 9000 are now unique.

• Quests

  • Nelthius Shadestone's gravestones should be more reliably interactable for “A Grave Concern”.
  • Fixed an issue with “A Humble Servant” where objectives were not giving enough credit.
  • Fixed a bug where the Delves Nemesis briefly did not drop a Magical Primessence for the “Seeking Knowledge Week 4 of 5: Magical Primessence”.

June 30, 2026

• Classes

  • Druid

    • Balance: All damage increased by 4%.
    • Feral:
      Developer note: Feral is performing well in M+, but their overall damage in raid is low. These changes shore up their single-target power and total raid damage.
      • All damage increased by 3% (not for PvP).
      • Melee auto-attack damage increased by 15%.
      • Rip damage increased by 5% (not for PvP).
      • Rampant Ferocity damage reduced by 15% (not for PvP).
    • Restoration:
      Developer note: We’re rebalancing some of Restoration Druid’s damage out of Thrash and into the rest of the kit.
      • All damage increased by 15%.
      • Bear Form Thrash damage reduced by 25%.

  • Evoker

    • Devastation: All ability damage increased by 3%.

  • Mage

    • Arcane: All ability damage increased by 3%.

  • Priest

    • Holy:
      • Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 20%.
      • Holy Word: Sanctify healing increased by 20%.

  • Shaman

    • Elemental: Corrected an issue where Purging Flames could cause Lava Burst to generate less Maelstrom.
    • Restoration:
      All healing increased by 4% (not for PvP).

• Player versus Player

  • Demon Hunter

    • Devourer:
      Developer note: Devourer Demon Hunters have been performing above expectations, especially in defensive metrics, so self-healing is being reduced.
      • Shattered Souls now heals for 0.5% of maximum Health per Soul Fragment consumed (was 1%) in PvP.

  • Death Knight

    • Unholy:
      Developer note: Unholy’s burst damage is overwhelming too frequently, so contributing abilities are receiving a reduction with some of that overall damage moving into the steadier output from Dread Plague.
      • Putrify damage reduced by 15% in PvP.
      • Soul Reaper damage reduced by 15% in PvP.
      • Dread Plague damage increased by 15% in PvP.

  • Druid

    • Guardian:
      Developer note: Guardians’ burst potential with their apex talent has been higher than we would like for a tank in PvP.
      • Wild Guardian now echoes at 50% effectiveness (was 200%) in PvP.

  • Evoker

    • Fixed an issue where the Fire Breath Infuser during introductory quests would not reset the cooldown.
    • Augmentation: All damage increased by 8% in PvP.
    • Preservation:
      Developer note: Preservation Evoker is slightly overperforming in PvP, so we’re making a targeted nerf.
      • Temporal Burst increases haste, movement speed, and cooldown recovery rate by 15% (was 30%).

  • Hunter

    • Marksmanship: Double tap now causes Aimed Shot to fire at 16% effectiveness or your next Rapid Fire to fire 16% additional shots (was 40%).
      Developer note: Reducing Double Shot’s burst potential for better enemy reaction.
    • Survival: All damage increased by 3% in PvP.

  • Mage

    • Frost:
      Developer note: Redistributing some Frost Mage damage out of Ray of Frost into the rest of its kit for less burst, more steady pressure.
      • Ray of Frost damage decreased by 20% in PvP.
      • All damage increased by 3% in PvP.

  • Paladin

    • Protection:
      Developer note: Templars’ burst capabilities have made Protection Paladin more offensive than desired.
      • Divine Exaction now casts Divine Toll again at 25% effectiveness (was 75%) in PvP.
      • Hammer of Light damage decreased by 30% in PvP.
    • Retribution:
      Developer note: Performance is better than expected, applying a small damage reduction.
      • All ability damage reduced by 3% in PvP.

  • Priest

    • Discipline:
      Developer note: Voidweaver Priests deal too much damage in PvP.
      • Expiation deals damage equal to 200% of Shadow Word: Pain (was 300%).
      • Inescapable Torment reduced by 25%.
      • Shadow Word: Pain reduced by 10%.
      • Voidweaver: Atonement healing increased by 15%.
      • Oracle: Penance, Smite, Holy Nova damage increased by 20%.
      • Ultimate Penitence healing increased by 25%.
    • Shadow:
      Developer note: Boost overall damage and make Shadow Word: Death more worthwhile in low health.
      • All damage increased by 4%.
      • Shadow Word: Death increased by 45%.

  • Shaman

    • Restoration:
      Developer note: Farseer Restoration Shamans are behind in PvP performance.
      • Farseer: Maelstrom Supremacy healing increased by 20%.
      • Hydrobubble’s effectiveness no longer reduced.
      • Call of the Ancestors healing increased by 30%.

  • Warrior

    • Arms, Protection:
      Developer note: Slightly reducing tank damage to improve kill viability.
      • Mountain of Muscle and Scars reduce damage taken by 3% (was 5%).

  • Warlock

    • Affliction:
      • All damage increased by 3%.
      • Consuming Nightfall with Seed of Corruption on an already afflicted target causes detonation.
    • Demonology:
      Developer note: Adjusting Shadow Bolt and Demonbolt to increase damage.
      • Shadow Bolt damage increased by 200%.
      • Demonbolt damage increased by 30%.
    • Destruction: Incinerate damage increased by 50% in PvP.

• Dungeons and Raids

  • Darkheart Thicket: Players must now defeat Dresaron to complete the dungeon on Timewalking difficulty.
  • Naigtal: Players can no longer be attacked while on Transport Skiffs.

June 25, 2026

• Delves

  • When tank Valeera is accompanied by a healer, she now takes significantly less damage, scaling from 45% less damage at Tier 1 to 29% at Tier 11.

• Dungeons and Raids

  • Sporefall: Resolved an issue where players could interact with the door to Funggor Hollow.

• Naigtal: Players will no longer lose their "Lighthook Grapple" ability when logging out.

• Omnium Folio

  • Starting from Week 2, the weekly Seeking Knowledge quest prerequisites are now account-wide, with the condition to complete the Sunstrider Omnium unlock questline to access quests on alts.

• Quests

  • All quests for Omnium Folio and to unlock Naigtal and Val are now marked as Important quests.
  • Fixed a bug preventing new Midsummer quests from awarding XP.

• Val

  • Damage reduced by 50% for the Spirit Healers' affix "Gravity Shackles".
  • Adjusted world quests:
    • Dissent and Divide: Increased chances of favorable gossip reactions, increased spawn thresholds, added Veilcasters, partial credit for killing gossip targets, movement bonus for Domanaar disguise.
    • Aberration Liberation: Reduced quest objectives to 10, kills give credit to whole party, respawn improvements.
  • Spirit Healers now spawn correctly in Val.

June 23, 2026

• Items

  • Rotmire's Sporeheart now properly triggers from Leech healing.

• Lorewalking

  • During Loa Lorewalking and Darkspear Heritage, Lukou's portals now allow transport during combat.

• Midsummer Fire Festival

  • “Reignite the Skies” dailies in Orgrimmar and Stormwind are now account-wide.
  • Fixed an issue where Satchel of Chilled Goods rerolled upon each opening.
  • Chance to drop Sun Festival Painted Roc in the satchel doubled for the first drop daily; continues to increase until obtained.

• Player versus Player

  • Fixed display issues for major effects and defensives on enemy nameplates.

• Professions

  • Fixed an issue where Empowered Mulch failed to gather herbs.

• Quests

  • The weekly offerings from Lady Liadrin now offer four choices again.

• Val

  • Adjustments to improve quest credit and respawn rates for “Until it is Done” world quest.

• Mists of Pandaria Classic

  • Challenge Mode:
    Challenge Conqueror: Platinum (Season 3) is now earnable.
    Developer note: Realm First! Challenge Conqueror: Platinum (Season 3) was temporarily disabled while the correct winners are assigned.
  • Can no longer install Mists of Pandaria Classic on Windows 7 and 8.

June 22, 2026

• Delves

  • Excavation Site 9 and Sidestreet Sluice delves now display correct names.

• Items

  • Fixed an issue with Draconic Nullcape appearance, now contributes to the Luminant Verdict's Vestments set.

• Naigtal

  • Added more bouncy mushrooms for hard-to-reach spots.
  • Spore Buoy’s slowfall now works mounted.

• Omnium Folio

  • Fixed tooltip for Rune of Void-Tainted Shell.

• Quests

  • “Defying Gravity” now functions with the restored Lair of Predaxas.

• Ritual Sites

  • Players can now accept Lady Darkglen's new Tier 6 Ritual Sites quest in Silvermoon in addition to outside the site.

• The Burning Crusade Classic

  • Fixed an issue where Midsummer Festival Bonfires dealt more damage than intended.

• Mists of Pandaria Classic

  • Siege of Orgrimmar trinkets now properly re-evaluate effects when starting Challenge Mode.

June 18, 2026

• Items

  • Fixed an issue preventing Rotmire's Sporeheart effect from triggering from certain heals.

• Lorewalking

  • Rewards from Loa Lorewalking now scale to level 90.

• Naigtal

  • During the first 3 minutes after spawning, rares are enveloped in shadow and cannot be attacked, giving players more time.

• Player versus Player

  • Resolved an issue where Horde could lose reinforcements instead of Alliance when capturing the Sparring Grounds in Slayer's Rise.

June 17, 2026

• Abundance

  • Fixed an issue preventing starting Abundance in Voidstorm. Players who lost Shards of Dundun will be refunded with Unalloyed Abundance in a future hotfix.

• Island Expeditions

  • Queue system has been corrected and is functioning properly again.

• Items

  • Fixed an issue causing the Void-Touched Torch to have lower than intended Intellect.

• Lorewalking

  • Fixed an issue where the initial quest conversation for “The Prince Who Would Be King” would not complete.

• Naigtal

  • The "Bouncy Mushrooms," "Aerospores," and "The Grappler" unlocks are now account-wide.
  • Nexus-Captain Leth'ir now drops the quest item for “Knocking Off the Top (Heroic)”; players can earn the item on another Heroic kill or via uncompleted wrappers.

• Mists of Pandaria Classic

  • Siege of Orgrimmar:
    • Garrosh Hellscream: Defeating Garrosh now grants a chance to bonus roll for an extra loot piece, starting with realm maintenance.
  • Celestial Dungeons:
    • Kor'kron Arcweavers no longer ignore line of sight, and Magistrike damage has been reduced.
    • Kor'kron Banners now have significantly less health.
    • Kor'kron forces respawn every 2 hours (was 5 minutes).
    • August Stone Clusters now cap at 200 (was 70).
    • The Coffer of Celestial Chance now awards 50-60 Lesser Charms of Good Fortune (was 20-30).