#1 - May 16, 2025, 11:48 p.m.
Blizzard Post

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, Cataclysm Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. 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.

Hotfixes

May 16, 2025

Classes

  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • An issue with Radiant Glory and Avenging Wrath interaction has been resolved.
  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Fixed an issue where dying while channeling Rapid Fire could keep Hunters in combat upon resurrecting.

Dungeons

  • Priory of the Sacred Flame
    • Addressed an issue where Captain Dailcry can sometimes be rooted after Savage Mauling.

Player versus Player

  • Warrior
    • Wrecking Throw’s damage increase to shields is now 75% less effective in PvP combat (was 30% less effective).
    • Shattering Throw’s damage increase to shields is now 75% less effective in PvP combat (was 30%).

Trading Post

  • Earning reputation with the Flame’s Radiance and The Cartels of Undermine factions now counts for the Trading Post activity "Earn Reputation Throughout Khaz Algar", as intended.

Season of Discovery

  • Items
    • Spire of Sacrifice now prevents being healed by Chain Heal or Healing Rain and no longer damages the wielder with Healing Rain ticks.
  • Mage
    • The Scarlet Enclave 4-piece healer set bonus will now correctly reduce incoming damage.
  • Rogue
    • Carnage will no longer fall off prematurely when Cutthroat's variant of Garrote is used.

May 9, 2025

Dungeons and Raids

  • Liberation of Undermine
    • Lentil Sprocket now sends players to a slightly different location for the X-Treme transit One Armed Bandit shortcut within the Gallagio.

Season of Discovery

  • Fixed an issue where the Corrupted Ashbringer questline could get soft locked if you died while inside of Mount Hyjal between quests.
    • Thisalee will allow you to go to Mount Hyjal after completing her quests, and will no longer allow you back into Mount Hyjal once you are finished there.
    • If you complete the quest “Falling Into Place” and did not accept the follow-up quest “A Difficult Path” before the Will of the Ashbringer despawned, talk to Rix Xizzix in Booty Bay to get a replacement. How this Goblin got the Inert Ashbringer in his possession? We don't know, but you're just glad he found it!
  • Paladin
    • Sunlight will now correctly benefit from the Scarlet Enclave Shockadin 6-set bonus.

May 8, 2025

Classes

  • Hunter
    • Survival
      • Fixed an issue where Aspect of the Eagle variants of Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite were dealing less damage than intended.
      • Fixed an issue where casting Coordinated Assault at greater than 30 yards away could grant Howl of the Pack Leader twice.
      • Fixed an issue where Aspect of the Eagle was not correctly extending the range of Spirit Bond.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Liberation of Undermine
    • Mug’zee
      • Fixed an issue where placing Hot Mess on the stairs of the encounter would cause it to sometimes not reach the arena floor.

Player versus Player

  • Hunter
    • Master's Call now applies its effect to you and your pet when targeting your own pet.
    • Master's Call now correctly applies to you and your pet if you are targeting an enemy.
    • Master's Call now correctly applies to you and your pet if you are targeting nothing.
    • Command Pet will now maintain its overridden spell when entering arenas and other instances.
    • Survival
      • Fixed an issue causing Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite to not deal damage when cast onto targets in breakable crowd control.
      • Flanking Strike will now correctly fail to cast and not go on cooldown if your pet is rooted or crowd-controlled.

User Interface and Accessibility

  • Players in Random Battleground matches can no longer see the names of opposing members until the match begins.
    • Developers' notes: We have reinforced the measures taken to prevent players from obtaining information about their potential PvP opponents in advance of a battleground. This is applicable to all rated battlegrounds, unrated battlegrounds, rated brawls, and unrated brawls.

Season of Discovery

  • The Abandoned Experiment will no longer play its proc sound effect while you are at maximum stacks.
  • Paladin
    • Leonid Barthalomew now temporarily exchanges the Scarlet Enclave Holy to Shockadin tier set (in addition to the Retribution to Shockadin set exchange). These will be removed from the vendor list on May 20.
    • The Shockadin 6-piece set bonus has been adjusted – Now grants 8% spell power per stack of Holy Power consumed while using a one-handed weapon, and 18% spell power per stack of Holy Power consumed when using a 2-handed weapon (was 15% spell power per stack of Holy Power consumed).
  • Enchanting
    • Access to the New Avalon Mage Tower now requires Enchanting 280 (was 300), matching the requirements of the rest of the puzzle.

May 6, 2025

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Aldrachi Reaver
      • Fixed an issue where stacks of Art of the Glaive were not correctly being tracked on the Cooldown Manager.
    • Havoc
      • Fixed an issue that prevented A Fire Inside from dynamically updating the damage bonus granted to Immolation Aura based on your current Mastery amount, like when activating a trinket that increases Mastery.
  • Druid
    • Guardian
      • Bristling Fur and several PvP talents added to the Cooldown Manager.
      • Tooth and Claw added to Tracked Buffs.
      • Maul now only displays on the Cooldown Manager when either Tooth and Claw or Ravage is known.
  • Evoker
    • Augmentation
      • Fixed an issue where Mass Eruption would not benefit from other effects that increased the damage of Eruption.
      • Fixed an issue where Mass Eruption and Bombardments could trigger from Eruptions cast from Overlord while not talented into Breath of Eons.
  • Monk
    • Zen Flight no longer restricts casting.
    • Fixed an issue that caused physical damage modifiers to reduce the healing magical damage transfers through Ancient Teachings.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Aspect of Harmony to not apply to targets with a healing absorb present.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Unity Within to not automatically if no enemy targets are present when the channel ends for Windwalker Monks.
  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • Added support for Sentinel and several PvP talents to the Cooldown Manager.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Liberation of Undermine
    • Stix Bunkjunker
      • Stix Bunkjunker health reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Scrapmaster health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Sprocketmonger Lockenstock
      • Polarized Catastro-Blast damage reduced by 60%.
    • One-Armed Bandit
      • Reel Assistant health reduced by 10% on all difficulties.
      • Reward: Coin and Bomb health bonus reduced by 25% on all difficulties.
      • Scattered Payout damage reduced by 10% on all difficulties.
      • Traveling Flames damage reduced by 19% on Mythic and 7% on Heroic difficulty.
      • Crushed! damage reduced by 47% on Mythic and 20% on Heroic difficulty.
  • Darkflame Cleft
    • Fixed an issue where Ol' Waxbeard can unexpectedly reset during the encounter

Items

  • When casting Reins of Anu'relos you will now be awarded the bonus items if you need them. If you have the item in your inventory or already have the tracking quest completed, you will not be given that matching item. Each item is checked separately.
  • The Feather of the Blazing Somnowl can now be destroyed if you have a duplicate.

Player versus Player

  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Spotter's Marks applied via Ohn'ahran Winds will now correctly obey PvP mults.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Fixed an issue that caused Feather Feet to not function with Song of Chi-Ji.

Cataclysm Classic

  • Tailoring
    • Several previous season recipes for Fireweave and Emberfire items can now be trained from Cataclysm Tailoring trainers.

Season of Discovery

  • Fixed an issue that prevented players who have completed the quest "Decapitation Strike" from being able to view a certain roleplay event that starts at Light's Hope Chapel when another player turns in the quest "Fall of the Grand Crusader".
  • The proc from Mirage will no longer cause the master to stand up when their Mirage casts Arcane Explosion.
  • Scarlet Enclave
    • Caldoran now drops 1 additional non-tier token piece of loot.
    • Lilian Voss now drops a Crusader's Chalice.
    • The first boss you loot after Balnazzar now drops a Jostled Chalice Fragment once per week.
    • Developers' notes: This means if you did the raid in a linear manner, looting Beatrix would grant you a Jostled Chalice Fragment. But if you forgot to loot her, joined the raid late, or joined a pick up group that was already in progress, the first boss you loot will grant you a Jostled Chalice Fragment.

May 5, 2025

Nightfall Event

  • Dissenter Troosilver and Whisperer Bravefort have now joined the Sureki assault in eastern Hallowfall.

Player versus Player

  • Shaman
    • Elemental
      • Fixed an issue that caused Storm Conduit to not grant its interrupt protection or cooldown reduction on Tempest casts.

Season of Discovery

  • The buffs granted from Corrupted Ashbringer are no longer Magic effects.
  • Paladin
    • The Scarlet Enclave Protection 6-set bonus now correctly also allows the use of Avenging Wrath while under the effects of Forbearance.

May 2, 2025

Achievements

  • Fixed a bug preventing completion of Gilded of the Undermine. If you have attained item level 675 but have not yet received the achievement, log out in a zone from The War Within (such as Dornogal) and then log back in.

Classes

  • Warrior
    • Protection
      • Fixed a bug causing Shield Charge to deal damage extra times or to targets near their starting position.

Dungeons

  • Priory of the Sacred Flame
    • Resolved a Captain Dailcry issue where Hurl Spear could damage players that were not in the indicated path of his spear.

Items

  • Carved Blazikon Wax bonus Versatility increased by 150%.
  • Entropic Skardyn Core Intellect increased by 15% and fragments will attempt to return to the core.
  • Soulletting Ruby Critical Strike increased by 10%.

Mounts

  • Fixed a bug that caused Ground Skimming during Skyriding to recover less vigor than intended.

Nightfall Event

  • Increased all Flame’s Radiance reputation gains by 100%, including first time completion, Quest, and Weekly Quest reputation rewards.
  • Nightfall Item vendors now offer all Arathi Abbot’s, Arathi Cleric’s, Arathi Crusader’s, and Arathi Zealot’s weapons and shields.

Transmogrification

  • Fixed an issue where the Mythic and Elite variants of the Shaman Liberation of Undermine class set gloves were missing additional lightning visual effects.

Season of Discovery

  • Elemental Invasions now spawn every 1-2 hours (was every 24-48 hours).
  • The Grand Arcanist and Grand Sorcerer enchants now additionally grant Healing Power equal to the same amount of spell power.
  • The Grand Arcanist and Grand Sorcerer enchants now have a 0.1 second cooldown on them to prevent players from getting multiple procs of the mana restoration effect on a singular spell cast.
  • The Grand Arcanist and Grand Sorcerer enchants can now proc from non-periodic healing spells that heal during combat.
  • The Mirage summoned from the Mirage, Rod of Illusion will no longer attempt to melee attack under certain conditions.
  • Immolation Traps will no longer Melee during the Alexei the Beastlord encounter.
  • Classes
    • Warlock
      • The Naxxramas damage 4-piece bonus will now correctly apply to and activate the Corruption applied by the Scarlet Enclave tank 2-piece bonus.
      • The Scarlet Enclave Tank 4-piece bonus now correctly applies its heal from Corruption ticks off the instant tick from the Naxxramas damage 4-piece bonus.

April 30, 2025

Classes

  • Priest
    • Discipline
      • Resolved an issue causing the Cooldown Manager to track the duration of Power Word: Shield on the Priest instead of tracking its cooldown.
    • Holy
      • Fixed an issue causing Prayer of Healing to be able to be displayed on the Cooldown Manager when not talented.
  • Rogue
    • Trickster: Fixed an issue that prevented Blade Flurry and Nimble Flurry from dealing increased damage to targets with the Fazed debuff applied.
    • Assassination
      • Kingsbane can no longer be parried.
    • Outlaw
      • Fixed an issue that could cause Blade Flurry to strike below the maximum number of available targets when fighting near dead enemies.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Blade Flurry to deal an incorrect amount of damage with the Deft Maneuvers talent selected.
      • Fixed an issue that prevented Roll the Bones' Grand Melee buff from updating Blade Flurry's damage output dynamically when gaining or losing the buff.
    • Subtlety
      • Trickster: Fixed an issue that could cause Nimble Flurry to strike below the maximum number of available targets when fighting near dead enemies.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Fixed an issue causing damage from Acid Rain to not generate threat or aggro enemies.
  • Warlock
    • Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul would not generate a stack if two Soul Shard spenders were cast in quick succession.
    • Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Wither would not pandemic when refreshed with no stacks.
    • Demonology
      • Fixed an issue where Shadow Bolt would appear on the essential cooldown bar without Diabolic Ritual being learned.
      • Fixed an issue where Hand of Gul'dan would appear on the essential cooldown bar without Secrets of the Coven being learned.
      • Fixed an issue where Hand of Gul'dan and Chaos Bolt would glow whenever Demonic Art was active.
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • Colossus Smash can no longer be parried.

Dungeons

  • Darkflame Cleft
    • Addressed an issue where Eerie Molds' damage fails to count towards damage taken spells like Rewind and Death Strike.

Quests

  • Resolved an issue preventing looting the quest object after another player looted it first in "Preserve the Legacy" from the Fate of the Kirin Tor questline.

Season of Discovery

  • Lucky Doubloon now has a small 1.5 second cooldown, even if you flip heads to clear the cooldown on the item. This is to prevent it from being flipped multiple times unintentionally.
  • The Quartermaster's Crate is now provided upon acceptance of “Prove Your Worth” from Bryon Steelblade.
  • Classes
    • Paladin
      • The Avenging Shield buff granted from the Scarlet Enclave 6-piece set bonus for Protection Paladins correctly lasts the same duration as Avenging Wrath.
  • Scarlet Enclave
    • There are now 3 Torn Pages containing Torn Diary Pages in them in Scarlet Enclave. These should be lootable by and tradable to players who were present for the Reborn Council encounter. Torn Pages should no longer disappear if there is a soft reset after the Reborn Council but before Lillian Voss.
    • Berserk Timers for all bosses, except Caldoran, have been increased to 10 minutes.
    • Caldoran will now Berserk 6 minutes after Phase 2 begins (was 5 minutes after).
    • The aggro radiuses of the Reborn Council have been lowered to allow for easier prepositioning before pulling the boss.

The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.