#1 - April 6, 2017, 3:16 a.m.
Blizzard Post

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Legion. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Additional information about the expansion can be found below.

April 5

Hotfixes

Achievements

  • The "Defender of the Broken Isles" achievement is no longer required as part of the Legion Pathfinder, Part Two meta-achievement.

Developers’ notes: The rotating Legion Assault schedule is designed to have them active at varying times of day over the course of a given week, to accommodate different work schedules and available free time. We're hesitant to have an Assault last for too long, because they stomp on the entire World Quest content of a given zone for the duration, potentially leaving players with nothing to do there once the Assault is complete. But this design doesn't mesh well with an important achievement that requires completion of all four zones - if anything, it causes stress over scheduling and potentially missing specific zones during the cycle. The Defender achievement was never intended to be a major obstacle on the path to flight in the Broken Isles; its inclusion was more for thematic purposes and completeness. As such, we're removing it from the meta-achievement required to unlock flying.

Artifact Challenges

  • Arcane Mages can no longer use an immunity, such as Ice Block, to remove Arcane Biology.
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing some players from being ported back to the mage tower when leaving the scenario.

Assaults

  • While the Assault in Azsuna is active, Prince Farondis should now be visible to eligible players in Farondale.
  • Vile Soulwardens in Val'sharah are no longer hesitant to engage in combat.
  • Spires of Dread can no longer suffer damage from players' AoE abilities, and they no longer turn to face nearby players.
  • Jarod Shadowsong will now appear for players at the base of Black Rook Hold if they leave the terrace before completing "Battle for Val'sharah".
  • Drol'maz will now respawn even if his Dark Ritualists were not killed with him.
  • Destruction of Fel Spreaders will now grant group credit for “Defense of Emerald Bay”.
  • Fixed a bug where players were not receiving quest credit if they were in a raid group during the intro Legion Assault quests.

Broken Shore

  • The Sentinax should no longer advertise that it is finished recharging when it hasn't.

Classes

  • Druid
    • Fixed a bug that caused a Druid to sometimes be disconnected when casting Typhoon.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Nighthold
    • Skorpyron
      • Resolved an issue in which Arcanoslash could place an Arcane Tether on a non-struck tank target.

Items

  • Royal Dagger Haft now absorbs the intended amount of damage. For Brewmaster Monks, this absorb amount is always counted after Stagger has reduced the damage.

Player versus Player

  • Death Knight
    • Ice Block can now be cast by the Death Knight after being copied by Dark Simulacrum.

April 4

Hotfixes

Broken Shore

  • Our Valarjar allies have deployed grapple points in key locations on Broken Shore.
  • Broken Shore Rare Elite icons will now appear on the Broken Shore map even when the player is not currently in the Broken Shore.
  • Creatures other than Rare Elites and Sentinax Lieutenants no longer drop Nethershards for players who are in a raid group.
  • Rare Elites now drop fewer Sentinax Beacons.
  • Portal enemies should now drop their beacon type much more often.
  • Sentinax Lieutenants should drop multiple beacons for every player, allowing a quick restart after the break.
  • Sentinax Lieutenants now drop many more Nethershards when slain.
  • Sentinax cool-down time lowered to 3 minutes (was 5 minutes).
    • Developers’ notes: These changes are aimed at aligning the pacing of the Sentinax area without significantly changing the rewards. Upgraded portals should feel more special, portal beacons more scarce, and the final boss for each round of Sentinax activity should be a more welcome sight. Since tapping rules and behaviors of large raids of players don’t present a good experience for nearby parties of five or fewer, and especially solo players who might come along, the change to drops for raid groups is intended to allow everyone more opportunities to tap enemies.

Classes

  • Hunter
    • (Hotfix in testing) Feet of Wind should now properly suppress movement speed reduction effects, as intended.
  • Rogue
    • From the Shadows no longer breaks Vanish.

Dungeons and Raids

  • (Hotfix in testing) Creatures in Mythic Keystone dungeons that do not proc Bolstering on death should also no longer summon Explosive Orbs.
  • Corrected the Premade Group Finder difficulty display from "Mythic+" to "Mythic Keystone", for consistency and easier searching.
  • Cathedral of Eternal Night
    • Agronox
      • Succulent Lashers now have significantly less health in Mythic difficulty.
      • Succulent Secretion now does much less damage in Mythic difficulty.
      • Poisonous Spores now hits for slightly less, and is limited to 5 stacks in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Fulminating Lashers can now be stunned or snared.

April 3

Hotfixes

Artifact Challenges

  • Tanks
    • Stunning Inquisitor Variss on encounter start no longer prevents him from using Aura of Decay.
    • Eye health has been reduced by 30%.
    • Infernal spawn frequency has been reduced by 5 seconds.

Classes

  • Hunter
    • The Windburst/Cyclonic Burst effect can now correctly extend further than 40 yards from the Hunter.
    • Cyclonic Burst can now crit for its periodic damage.
    • Cyclonic Burst should work correctly when another Hunter's Cyclonic Burst is already on the target.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Mage Tower: Knowledgeable is now less lucrative in dungeons of lower difficulty.
  • Return to Karazhan
    • Moroes
      • The periodic damage of Garrote has been reduced by 30% in Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Players can now use their abilities to remove the bleed damage.
  • The Nighthold
    • Gul’dan
      • Damage done by Bonds of Fel and Empowered Bonds of Fel have been reduced for smaller raid sizes.
      • Eye of Gul'dan and Empowered Eye of Gul'dan now take up to 50% longer to reach max energy (and begin to cast Duplicate), to better accommodate smaller raid sizes.
      • Resolved an issue in which Gul'dan could inadvertently teleport to the wrong tank after Storm of the Destroyer.

Player Versus Player

  • PvP Template Primary stat reduced by 5% for all non-healers.
  • PvP Template Stamina increased by 5%.
  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • PvP Template Strength increased by 5%
  • Druid
    • In PvP, Bear Form now grants 125% Armor (was 200% Armor). Guardian Druid Bear Form unchanged.
    • In PvP, Bear Form now grants 40% Stamina (was 55% Stamina). Guardian Druid Bear Form unchanged.
    • Balance
      • PvP Template Intellect reduced by 5%.
      • Full Moon and Half Moon damage decreased by 10% in PvP situations.
    • Feral
      • PvP Template Agility reduced by 3%.
    • Restoration
      • PvP Template Intellect reduced by 5%.
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Sidewinders damage reduced by 10%.
      • Marked Shot damage reduced by 10%.
      • Rapid Killing increases Critical Strike damage by 30% (was 50%).
  • Mage
    • PvP Template Intellect reduced by 5% (all specs).
  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • Shield of Vengeance can no longer be dispelled.
  •  Priest
    • Discipline
      • Rapture can no longer be dispelled.
    • Shadow
      • Shadow Mania increases the healing of Vampiric Touch by 35% (was 50%).
  • Shaman
    • Skyfury Totem now increases Critical Strike damage by 20% (was 30%). Critical strike healing unchanged.
    • Skyfury Totem's cooldown reduced by 5 seconds.
  • Warrior
    • Opportunities Strike is no longer activated by Windfury Totem.

Quests

  • Quest credit for “Unlikely Seduction” should now be appropriately given.
  • Players above level 100 should now be able to acquire "In the Blink of an Eye."

March 31

Hotfixes

Brawlers Guild

  • The Stranglethorn Streak Brawl is unavailable.

Broken Shore

  • The message sent when a Sentinax boss appears should now play a loud warning sound.
  • The Sentinax should now send a message when it has finished recharging and is ready to respond to beacons again.
  • Rare elite enemies now drop significantly more Nethershards.
  • Creatures summoned below the Sentinax now drop significantly more Nethershards.
  • A number of unintended sources of Nethershards no longer drop Nethershards.

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Fiery Brand should now be applied to the correct target when cast using an @focus macro.
  • Druid
    • Glyph of Twilight Bloom and Autumnal Bloom should again modify your Lifebloom spell.
    • Stellar Empowerment no longer buffs the initial damage of Moonfire and Sunfire.
    • Wax and Wane now increases the damage of your next Moonfire by 25% per stack (was 15%).
  • Hunter
    • Echo of Ohn’ara’s proc chance increased to 20% (was 10%).
    • Talon Bonds can proc Mastery: Hunting Companion.
  • Paladin
    • Blessed Stalwart now increases Shield of the Righteous's effects by 8% (was 25%).
  • Priest
    • Fixed a bug that caused Cosmic Ripple to incorrectly cost mana.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Corrected an issue that was preventing the Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements for Gul'dan from being properly awarded.
  • Artifact Power rewards will now correctly scale for Mythic Keystone levels 11 through 14.

Player Versus Player

  • Dampening now starts at a 20% healing reduction in 2v2 matches.
  • Combatant's gear now starts at item level 840 and goes up to item level 860 (before Warforging), based on your character's average item level.
  • Druid
    • Overrun's range has returned to a minimum of 8 yards and maximum of 25 yards.
  • Hunter
    • Trueshot aura will continue to countdown correctly when the Hunter is under the effect of Cyclone.
  • Paladin
    • Flash of Light now heals for 35% more in PvP situations.
    • Holy Light now heals for 50% more in PvP situations.
    • Light's Grace now increases the healing of Holy Light by 50% (was 100%).
  • Priest
    • Holy Ward will now cause the target to be immune to Scatter Shot.
  • Shaman
    • Ethereal Form can now be cast in Arenas and Battlegrounds.
    • Restoration PvP Template Mastery has been increased by 10%.

Quests

  • Eyir has returned from a critically important meeting with Odyn and is once again available in her vault for the worthy.

March 30

Hotfixes

Broken Shore

  • Hidden Wyrmtongue Caches can now be used by 5 players within 15 seconds of the first player looting them.
  • Hidden Wyrmtongue Caches should now appear on the minimap.
  • Rare elite corpses should now linger for 30 seconds longer after being looted to help prevent them from disappearing from the map.
  • Increased the Nethershard rewards from the Sentinax Lieutenants.
  • Beacons that reward gathering materials can now be used while the Sentinax is on cooldown.
  • The message sent when a Sentinax boss appears should now play a loud warning sound.
  • The Sentinax should now send a message when it has finished recharging and is ready to respond to beacons again.
  • The Eye of Gurgh has received additional training in the art of fighting adventurers.
  • On PvP realms, Deliverance Point should now have a rest area.
  • Rare Elite commanders on Broken Shore are rumored to now drop more loot.

Classes

  • Druid
    • Glyph of Twilight Bloom and Autumnal Bloom should again modify your Lifebloom spell.
  • Mage
    • The cooldown for Displacement is now correctly reduced by Everywhere At Once.

Class Hall

  • Matilda Skoptidottir inside the Warrior Order Hall should once more be visible to players who just finished research.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The dungeon quest "Return to Karazhan: The Tower of Power" is now completable in Mythic Keystone difficulty, in addition to all other difficulties.

Player Versus Player

  • Focused Assault and Brutal Assault are now being applied to flag carriers.
  • Druid
    • Frenzied Regeneration now heals 25% of incoming player damage in the last 5 seconds, (was 50%) for all specs except Guardian.
  • Monk
    • Ancient Mistweaver Arts no longer allows Soothing Mist to continue to heal while the player is stunned, silenced, disoriented, or otherwise interrupted.

Professions

  • Archaeology
    • Surveying in elite digsites with Luron now gives credit towards "Surveying Student".

March 29

Hotfixes

Broken Shore

  • The number of Legionfall War Supplies required to complete construction of the Broken Shore buildings has been significantly reduced.
  • Broken Shore rare spawn creatures that get markers on your map and minimap should remain marked for you after they’ve been slain.

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Howling Blast will now correctly deal its area damage if it kills the primary target.
    • Runic Chills reduces Sindragosa's Fury cooldown by 1 second per proc (was 3 seconds).
    • Thronebreaker damage reduced by 50%.
  • Druid
    • Wax and Wane bonus 15% (from 5%).
    • Wax and Wane affects Sunfire in addition to Moonfire (tooltip won't be clear about this in 7.2).
  • Hunter
    • Unerring Arrows bonus is now 4% per point (was 10% per point).
  • Mage
    • Aegwynn's Intensity trait adds the correct amount of critical strike % to Arcane Missiles.
  • Monk
    • Split Personality cooldown reduction increased to 5 seconds per rank (was 3 seconds per rank).
    • Whispers  of Shaohao’s heal radius is now set to 30 yards from the respective Mist.
  • Paladin
    • Righteous Verdict bonus increased to 8% per point (was 5% per point).
  • Priest
    • Shadowfiend modified by Glyph of the Sha is now properly affected by the Artifact Trait Fiending Dark.
  • Rogue
    • Sinister Circulation now has a 0.5 second proc cooldown.
  • Warlock
    • Rend Souls proc rate is now 4% (was 12%).
    • Rend Souls damage is no longer doubled by Reap Souls, but its proc rate still is.
  • Warrior
    • Soul of the Slaughter Artifact Trait proc chance increased to 1.0%/Rage (was 0.5%) and healing increased by 50%.

Class Hall

  • Active Artifact Knowledge work orders will instantly complete when a player zones into the order hall if that player has 25 or less total Artifact Knowledge.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Cathedral of Eternal Night
    • Group Finder groups should now properly end the dungeon with Mephistroth.
  • The Nighthold
    • High Botanist Tel’arn
      • Solarist Tel'arn and Naturalist Tel'arn now properly mirror High Botanist Telarn's current health when they spawn after Nightosis and all throughout the fight.
    • Spellblade Aluriel
      • Fel Stomp (Mythic difficulty-only) once again properly displays its visual.

Items

  • Distilled Titan Essence will now reliably upgrade Legion Legendary items from 910 to 940.

Professions

  • An appropriate amount of Obliterum is now given from obliterating crafted items.

Quests

  • Players are no longer prevented from entering the Vault of Eyir if “The Gates Are Closed” is available.

March 28

Hotfixes

Creatures

  • Skittering Demons and Sister Silkreaver should no longer randomly evade.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Nighthold
    • The Achievement Ahead of the Curve: Gul'dan can once again be earned. It will be available until Tomb of Sargeras opens.

Quests

  • Completing World Quests that award reputation should again bring you across the threshold from Revered to Exalted.
  • Gryphons should be easier to shoot during “The Splintered Fleet”.
  • Players should now be able to turn in "The Final Judgement" after completing it.

Zone

  • Players who die in Xylem's Tower or the surrounding area are now placed at the closer tower graveyard.

Patch 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras is live! For more details, click here.