#1 - July 4, 2011, 2:58 p.m.
Blizzard Post

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft: Cataclysm patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this thread in the days ahead as additional hotfixes are applied.

Patch Information


6 July

  • General
    • An issue has been corrected that would cause players to lose their progress towards Veteran of the Horde II, Veteran of the Alliance II, Warbringer of the Horde, or Warbound Veteran of the Alliance if Veteran of the Horde or Veteran of the Alliance were complete.
  • Classes
    • Characters should no longer disconnect or receive movement enforcement errors when certain spells, abilities, or item effects are using while on moving transports.
    • Druid
      • Faerie Fire and Faerie Fire (Feral) will now remove Stealth, Invisibility, Vanish, Shadowmeld and Prowl from players.
    • Mages
      • When using Spellsteal on a shaman, Lava Flows will no longer be given to the mage as a buff. The buff, however, will be removed from the shaman.
    • Priests
      • Shadowfiend is now causing the casting priest to enter combat when cast on enemy players.
    • Shaman
      • A Fulmination critical strike for more than 30,000 damage (10-player) or 45,000 damage (25-player) should now properly interrupt Rageface’s Face Rage in the Firelands.
      • When Lava Flows is stolen by a mage via Spellsteal, the mage will no longer gain the Lava Flows buff.
  • Dungeons & Raids
    • Firelands
      • Heroic difficulty has been activated and is accessible in all regions.
      • Pet corpses, guardians, and placed items should no longer provoke Engorged Broodlings to a premature detonation.
      • The pack of creatures fighting each other around Flamewaker Beast Handlers will stop fighting each other and attack the raid once provoked.
      • Flamewaker Subjugators now award 50 reputation, up from 15, while Flamewaker Animators award no reputation or loot.
      • The aggro radius on the third pack of Hells Hounds on the way to Beth’tilac has been reduced.
      • Unstable Pyrelords now have an active stealth detection aura present when the gauntlet is triggered which prevents stealth classes from traversing up the hill undetected.
      • Baleroc
        • Baleroc’s health has been increased on 10-player Heroic difficulty.
        • Baleroc's gate now despawns properly when he resets.
        • Shards of Torment despawn when Baleroc resets even if they are spawned after Baleroc has despawned.
      • Lord Rhyolith
        • Lord Rhyolith can now be quickly snapped from left to right, or right to left, if the appropriate amount of damage is dealt to the opposite foot.
        • Lord Rhyolith now prefers to activate volcanoes that are in front of him over volcanoes that are behind him.
        • Lord Rhyolith now spawns slightly further back on his platform, allowing players to stand on the edge of the terrain and not aggro him.
        • Lord Rhyolith no longer despawns when reaching the end of the encounter area, and does not despawn when casting Drink Magma from any of the possible locations.
        • Lord Rhyolith now summons in volcanoes when intended, and it is no longer possible for the first set of volcanoes to be ignored.
      • Majordomo Staghelm
        • Majordomo Staghelm has had his health increased by 10% on Heroic difficulty.
      • Ragnaros
        • Living Meteors no longer evade and return to their spawn point when their original target dies or uses a threat drop. They will instead choose a new target.
        • The Sons of Flame can no longer be missed by melee attacks and abilities.
      • Shannox
        • Shannox will now rotate when appropriate instead of moving to get in range of his target while being tanked.
        • Shannox will always use Hurl Spear after a raid wipes, even if Riplimb collapsed just prior to the group wiping.
  • Items
    • Jamus’Vaz and Faldren Tillsdale are once again offering players Conquest Points in exchange for Valor Points.
    • Normal and Heroic versions of Deflecting Star now correctly bind when picked up.
    • Eternal Embers are now epic quality.
    • Normal and Heroic versions of Pauldrons of Roaring Flame now have mastery rating instead of hit rating.
    • Ruthless, Vicious, and Bloodthirsty Gladiator’s Clasps of Cruelty have had their Stamina values increased to remain consistent with equivalent belts. Note that the tooltip will require a patch to update.
  • Quests & Creatures
    • Hyjal Regrowth & Molten Front
      • Players are now receiving 6 Marks of the World Tree from Caught Unawares and 10 marks from The Sanctuary Must Not Fall, which now allows players to obtain 20 marks as soon as they finish their first days’ worth of daily quests and unlock the Molten Front. The amount of marks offered is properly updated in player Quest Logs as well.
      • There are now many more Wounded Hyjal Defenders to accommodate a large concurrency of players in the Molten Front.
      • The Fiery Behemoths and Molten Behemoths are now the same size.
      • Rayne Feathersong has been moved from the cave and is still available as a daily quest giver at Malfurion's Breach.

July 1

  • General
    • Characters should no longer randomly suffer falling damage.
  • Classes
    • Pets should no longer be attacking new targets at random while a player is under the effects of any crowd control.
    • Druids
      • It is no longer possible to cancel Lunar Shower by right-clicking the buff, or canceling it via a macro.
      • Starfall is no longer hitting targets that are within 40 yards if they are not in combat with the druid or his/her party/raid members. It is targeting all hostile characters in combat with the druid’s party/raid members, is not hitting Stealth characters, is not breaking crowd control effects, and is not targeting nearby critters.
    • Hunters
      • All of the Hunter-centric rare spawns in Mount Hyjal and Molten Front are now immune to both Distracting Shot and Taunt.
    • Priests
      • The Flash Heal from Surge of Light will now correctly activate Chakra.
      • The heal-over-time effect from the Glyph of Prayer of Healing now will correctly apply to targets that are within 30 yards of the target of Prayer of Healing, but over 40 yards away from the priest.
      • Channeled spells are no longer being interrupted if cast immediately after Shadowfiend.
    • Rogues
      • Sap is no longer placing the rogue in combat when he/she is visible and the target is sapped.
    • Warlocks
      • Warlocks will no longer fall through pillars in Ring of Valor if the pillar is moving when the player uses Demonic Circle: Teleport.
  • Dungeons & Raids
    • Firelands
      • Firelands Heroic difficulty has been turned off in all regions until the following week's realm maintenance.
    • Alysrazor
      • Blazing Talon Clawshapers and Blazing Initiates cannot be interacted with any longer prior to them shifting to human form.
      • The Molten Feather power bar is now reappearing when appropriate.
    • Baleroc
      • Baleroc's gate will now properly unlock itself again after a wipe, even if Shannox is still alive.
    • Beth’tilac
      • Beth'tilac's trash will no longer respawn after she has been killed.
      • Cinderweb Drones will now add threat to players on the bottom floor (below the web) and not give any threat to players above the web.
      • The Widow’s Kiss will now ignore immunities, including Divine Shield and Anti-Magic Shell.
    • Rhyolith
      • Rhyolith is now slightly easier to turn in 10-player mode.
    • Creatures
      • Cinderweb Spiderlings no longer drop any loot and their health is restored to full after players exit combat.
      • The Flame Archon range of Fiery Torment has dramatically increased.
      • The damage-over-time effect from the Hell Hound ability Rend Flesh now stacks up to 5 times, down from 10.
      • Molten Flamefathers had too much health in 10-player mode, and too little health in 25-player mode. This has been corrected.
      • Surger damage dealt by Surge has been reduced.
      • Unbound Blazing Elementals now have a greatly reduced chance to drop epic items and crafting recipes. They also drop less gold.
      • Unbound Pyrelords can properly target banished/cycloned Smoldering Elementals with Ignite Elemental. In addition, Ignite Elemental cannot be interrupted.
      • Unbound Pyrelord health has increased, while Unbound Smoldering Elemental health has decreased.
      • Neither the Sulfuron Span nor Shatterstone volcano are able to be affected by the siege damage done by a Saronite Bomb.
      • The rate at which crafting recipes drop has been greatly reduced.
    • Zul’Drak
      • Players are again successfully able to complete the quest Betrayal.
  • Items
    • The Heroic and normal versions of the crossbows Arbalest of Erupting Fury and Lava Bolt Crossbow no longer have identical stats.

June 30

  • Dungeons & Raids
    • Dungeon Finder
      • It is no longer possible for two separate guild groups with less than five players each to be matched with any other groups or players in the queue from the same guild.
    • Firelands
      • Flamewaker Subjugator, Flamewaker Animator, and Unstable Magma health has been reduced. Flamewaker Subjugator damage has been increased for 25-player raids.

June 29

  • Classes
    • Druids
      • Feral druids can now use Skull Bash in the Firelands raid. It only seems fair.
  • Dungeons & Raids
    • Baradin Hold
      • Eye of Occu’thar damage and health is now properly scaled for 10- and 25-player versions of the dungeon.
    • Blackwing Lair
      • All Brood Affliction debuffs applied by Chromaggus are now removed after zoning out of Blackwing Lair.
    • Firelands
      • The stationary Hell Hound pack at the front of the dungeon should no longer cause players to become stuck in combat.
      • There are now fewer Hell Hounds before Beth’tilac, making the engagement a little less… hellish.
      • Beth’tilac and her offspring now have increased health and damage on Heroic difficulty.
      • Rageface’s Face Rage is now slightly less rageful, as the increase of the rate of damage per tick has been reduced.
      • Creatures linked to Shannox will now respawn every 4 hours until he is killed, up from 2 hours.
    • Zul’Gurub
      • High Priest Venoxis and Zanzil have had the damage of many of their spells and abilities reduced.
  • Items
    • Cauldron of Battle and Big Cauldron of Battle no longer lose flask charges from repeated clicks when players already have one in their inventory.
    • Eternal Embers dropped in the Firelands raid now bind when picked up. Master Looters are only able to give Eternal Embers to players who are on the quest All-Seeing Eye.
    • Paladin tier 12 2-piece set bonus: It should no longer be possible to get a double proc of Flames of the Faithful.
    • Many item procs were not being triggered properly by melee auto attacks after a hotfix made yesterday. This has been corrected.
    • Holiday Rewards
      • Satchel of Chilled Goods, Keg-Shaped Treasure Chest, Heart-Shaped Box, and Loot-Filled Pumpkin will no longer remain in character inventory once the associated holiday is over. Players must loot the items from these caches before the corresponding holiday ends. More information can be found here.
  • PvP
    • Arenas
      • The Ring of Valor
        • There is no longer a 6-second delay on the rising of the pillars after the match has begun.
      • Quests & Creatures
        • It is no longer possible to complete some daily quests more than once a day by turning them in during a small window before the standard reset time.

June 28

  • Dungeons & Raids
    • Blackwing Descent
      • Atramedes's Sonar Pulses are properly moving toward raid members when spawned underneath him.
    • Firelands
      • Fiery Blood from Fire Scorpions now only affects other Fire Scorpions and Giant Fire Scorpions.
      • Fire Turtles should no longer keep players in combat after their pack is killed.
  • Items
    • Alliance and Horde Guild Battle Standards cannot be used inside the Firelands raid.
    • Both Faldren Tillsdale and Jamus'Vaz (Valor Point vendors) now display items grouped together in the following manner: rings, necks, bracers, relics, ranged weapons, thrown weapons, then tier sets.
    • The Severed Visionary Tentacle is no longer infinitely applying to characters.
  • Quests & Creatures
    • Elemental Bonds Quest Chain
      • Aggra's bubble is now significantly larger and has a sparkle effect, making it easier for players to locate her when on the quest Elemental Bonds: Desire.
      • Players should be able to see Therazane and turn in the quest Into Constant Earth while at any stage of Deepholm progression without issue.