Hotfixes: August 27, 2024

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

August 27, 2024

Achievements

• Worm Theory is no longer missing its quest criteria.

Classes

• Death Knight
  

  • Deathbringer
    

    • An issue causing Painful Death to reduce the cost of Obliterate/Marrowrend by 2 Runes instead of 1 has been resolved.

  • Frost

    • Resolved an issue causing Frostwelp’s Aid talent to display 0%.

• Evoker

  • Chronowarden

    • Fixed an issue where Temporality and Motes of Acceleration talents would not function when Hover was cast mid-air.

• Hunter

  • Survival

    • Grenade Juggler Explosive Shot procs no longer proc from Explosive Shot.
    • Grenade Juggler now procs from Wildfire Bomb casts rather than on damage dealt (after a brief delay).
    • Relentless Primal Ferocity will now increase the effectiveness of existing Tip of the Spear stacks when the player casts Coordinated Assault and will appropriately remove the bonus when Coordinated Assault ends.

• Mage

  • Spellslinger

    • Arcane Orb can no longer damage enemies through walls.
    • Controlled Instincts can no longer damage enemies through walls.

• Rogue

  • Deathstalker

    • Resolved a timing issue where Deathstalker’s Mark applied from Stealth or Shadow Dance was being overwritten by Deathstalker’s Mark applied by an active Darkest Night.

• Shaman

  • Stormbringer

    • An issue causing Thorim’s Invocation to switch to Lightning Bolt when Tempest is cast on multiple targets has been resolved.

• Warlock

  • Hellcaller

    • Fixed an issue where Soul Fire and Cataclysm would consume much more mana than intended when Wither is known.

Delves

• Brann should no longer be able to target crowd-controlled enemies.
• Fixed an issue where the Fungal Footpads ability would not work for Demon Hunters or Evokers while within Tak-Rethan Abyss or the Sinkhole.
• Resolved an issue where the Reformed Fury could despawn immediately upon defeating Speaker Davenruth in Nightfall Sanctum.

Dungeons

• City of Threads
  

  • After defeating Izo, the Grand Splicer, players can now drink Unstable Mixture to return to the dungeon entrance.

Events

• Fixed an issue where enemies were not granting audience approval during the “The Cruelty of Dornic” Theater Troupe play.
• Fixed an issue where rewards for the Theater Troupe event were delayed until the next task was completed.

Items

• Emerald and Draconic Marks of Mastery can now be destroyed or vendored.
• The pre-season Heroic dungeon reward item-level has been increased to Explorer 4/8 (was Adventurer 1/8).
• Fixed several plate items that were incorrectly using Agility/Intellect stats, such as Long-Forgotten Girdle and Scrit’s Handmade Girdle.

Pets

• Trogolofrog no longer can spawn with an empty breed.

Player versus Player

• Demon Hunter
  

  • Sigil of Spite (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
  • Soul Rending (Talent) effect now reduced by 17% in PvP combat (was 40%).
  • Havoc

    • Chaos Strike/Annihilation damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 10%).
    • Throw Glaive damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
    • Soulscar (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 8%).
    • Essence Break (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
    • Fel Barrage (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).

Quests

• The map icon for the quests “A Concerned Friend” and “The Last Mage” should no longer remain on the map after you have completed the questlines.
• Fixed a bug causing objectives for “Something’s Fishy” to unintentionally be faction-locked.
• Fixed an issue causing players to be able to be attacked while completing the quest “Rise of the Reckoning.”
• Destroying “Radiant Fuel Crystals” while on the quest “Shadows Below” should no longer prevent quest completion.
• During “Alluring Offer”, the Beguiling Lure may now be used while stealthed.
• Players should now see the Stormriders and can continue to progress through “After the Storm”.
• Interacting with objects during “The Day the Stoneheads Came” should now make them uninteractive, as normal.
• Fixed an issue where players who had already acquired a Restored Coffer Key before starting the quest “Bountiful Delves” were still being asked to acquire a key for the first step. Brann has eased up on things and will now count that for the quest step.
• Now, the entirety of “Bountiful Delves” will auto-complete if a player has already opened a bountiful chest in a Delve before starting the quest.
• Increased the gold and experience awards earned from Bonus Objectives.

User Interface

• Level 80 Rare enemies will no longer display an icon on the minimap for players below level 77.
• Itching Waters insect visuals now only show for the player who’s been targeted.

August 26, 2024

Characters

• Warband Mentored Leveling can no longer be canceled.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to disable experience gain at level 70 instead of the intended 69 and below.
• Some auctioneers in Dornogal have moved downstairs in the auction house.

Classes

• Death Knight
  

  • Soul Rupture now correctly applies the 5% damage reduction debuff.

• Mage

  • Arcane

    • Fixed an issue that caused Touch of the Magi and Magi’s Spark to deal more damage than intended.

• Monk

  • Master of Harmony

    • Fixed an issue with the number of Hero Talent points Master of Harmoany monks had while leveling.

• Rogue

  • Deathstalker

    • Fixed an issue that caused some sources of increased Shadow damage to not increase Deathstalker Plague damage effects.

Delves

• Fungal Folly
  

  • Fixed an issue where Kasthrik couldn’t be interacted with.
  • Sporbits now die upon exploding.

• Kriegval’s Rest

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Tomb-Raider Drywhisker to despawn during the cast of Ground Slam.

• The Sinkhole

  • Increased the duration for which you can hold your breath while under the effects of Kobyss Hex.

Events

• Fixed an issue where enemies were not granting audience approval during the “The Cruelty of Dornic” Theater Troupe play.

Items

• The first piece of gear to drop from a Lamplighter Supply Satchel each week will be Warbound until Equipped and drop at Adventurer 1.
• The Handful of Humming Shinies, Pile of Humming Shinies, Big Pile of Humming Shinies, and Gem-Studded Candelabra can now be opened to claim their contents.

Player versus Player

• Items
  

  • Lava-forged Cogwheel damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.
  • Storm Defender’s Axe damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.
  • Fearbreaker’s Echo damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  • Arathi Demolotion Charge damage reduced by 70% in PvP combat.

Professions

• Fixed an issue where Sharpen Your Knife and Carve Meat would be consumed when skinning trivial enemies.

Quests

• The Resting Blade should now be collectable on the quest “In the Right Hands”.
• Striking Steel: “Spice up your Life” and “Eagle Eye, Eagle Die” are now available after a day, rather than a week. It is intentional that there is a break between part 1 and part 2 of the quest chain.
• Void Ambush should no longer persist indefinitely as players progress through “Kaheti Hospitality”.
• “Laws Apply to All” and “You No Take Plunder!” should now show the correct turn in location.

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