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Latest WoW War Within Hotfixes

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Latest WoW War Within Hotfixes

The latest WoW War Within Hotfixes.

Below you’ll find the latest list of hotfixes for War Within. We will record the last 5 sets of changes, with all changes starting from the changes that came after the pre-patch.

War Within Hotfixes

The latest War Within hotfixes, are all taken from the Blizzard Bluepost forum. You can find all the latest Class Changes in our dedicated post.

August 28, 2024

Achievements

  • Khaz Algar Lore Hunter has been temporarily removed. We will fix and restore this Achievement in a future patch.

Characters and NPCs

  • Adjusted the scaling of enemies in War Within leveling content to increase their health, bringing the duration of combat more in line with expected WoW behavior. This change is most noticeable at level 70, and has a reduced impact as your level increases. Enemies at level 80 and above are unchanged.
    • Developers’ notes: We’ve seen data and heard a lot of feedback that players coming into Khaz Algar with endgame Dragonflight gear were potent relative to that initial content. It is entirely intended that effort put into gearing translates into a significant combat advantage at the start of a new expansion, but the values we’ve been seeing are extreme, often not even allowing time for normal combat rotations. This disparity also caused mixed-level groups to experience skewed results, with lower-level players contributing drastically more than level 80s.

Delves

  • You can now call Brann Bronzebeard to gather near you from the Explorers’ League Supplies if he manages to wander off on his own.
  • While Brann works on improving his ability dodging skills, the amount of damage that he takes from enemies has been reduced.
  • Corrected an issue where Companion Experience items can persist in the inventory instead of being consumed upon loot.
  • Earthcrawl Mines
    • Fixed an issue where players could end up being feared through a door, causing progress to be blocked.
  • The Waterworks
    • Fixed an issue where Karnk and Pagsly would not follow the player properly.

Events

  • Fixed an issue where enemies on the step Deal with Drunks could get stuck at 1% health during the Theater Troupe event.

Flying

  • Skyriding is now available in the Isle of Dorn after “Secure the Beach” has been completed at least once on the account.

Items and Rewards

  • The Azj-Kahet Nerubian Pheromone Secreter now becomes available at Renown 7 (was Renown 6).
  • Unique, one-time lootable treasures in Azj-Kahet are no longer on a 60-90 minute public respawn. They now spawn for and are available personally for each player until looted.
  • Fixed an issue with Sureki Zealot’s Insignia where healing from player pets and guardians was not reattributed to their owning player when granting Sureki Zealot’s Oath.
  • Reinforced-Wax Plating damage reduction reduced by 50%.
  • Antique Bronze Bullion may now be deleted.
  • For a limited time, Awakened Vendors in Valdrakken are still available for those who have bullion to trade away.
  • The Nerubians got in trouble for the price of their translation potion. Potion of Polymorphic Translation: Nerubian is now available for 33 kej (was 500).

Pet Battles

  • Hallowed Glowfly no longer incorrectly appears in The Ringing Deeps.
  • Waxwick is no longer tradeable.

Player versus Player

  • Brawl: Deepwind Dunk has been replaced with Brawl: Comp Stomp this week, it will return in the normal slot next brawl rotation.
  • Resolved an issue that caused enemies in Epic Battlegrounds to have more health and deal more damage than intended.
  • Sergeant Wilson and Nassar have arrived in the Contender’s Gate in Dornogal for players of questionable repute to sign up as a Mercenary in battlegrounds.

Professions

  • Darkmoon Faire profession quests no longer give Artisan’s Acuity.
  • Darkmoon Faire profession quests now also grant Dragon Isles specialization knowledge for players who know the associated Skill Line. This is not displayed in the list of possible rewards to maintain UI tidiness.
  • Fixed an issue preventing weekly Enchanting quests from being available.
  • Alchemy
    • Algari Potion Cauldron and Algari Flask Cauldron no longer require Artisan’s Acuity to craft.
    • Algari Potion Cauldron’s charges have been increased to 80 (was 40). The cost to craft has been adjusted by a similar proportion.
    • The cost of Meticulous Experimentation has been increased, its cooldown reduced to 20 hours (was 24 hours) and it now guarantees a recipe when used.
      • Developers’ notes: We saw feedback regarding the cooldown increase here and felt it was unnecessary when paired with the improvements to Wild Experimentation. Rather than increase it, it has been decreased to 20 hours to give some flexibility for tight play schedules.
    • Wild Experimentation has had its success chances slightly increased, and failure chances slightly reduced.
    • Recent Catastrophe’s duration has been reduced to 10 minutes (was 15 minutes).
    • Formulated Courage now prevents explosions when performing Wild Experimentation.
    • Increased the chance to discover recipes with Thaumaturgy.
    • Fixed a bug that caused Vicious Flask honor gains to stop functioning and display tooltip errors upon dying.

Quests

  • On’heia was missing from the wildcamp for quest “Open Communications” for some players. He has seen fit to return.
  • Addressed an issue preventing intended steps for “Awakening the Machine” while Speaker Kuldas was a questgiver.
  • Fixed an issue where some Legion quests were unable to be completed once The War Within had been started.
  • Made placing Meaty Bait optional for the quest “In a Pinch.” The boss will now respawn if he hasn’t been killed but the meat has been placed. Moved a Deepflayer’s flying path away from the boss so it would stop engaging him.
  • Quests that grant rewards from the renown track should now be available without being level 80.

August 27, 2024

Achievements

  • Worm Theory is no longer missing its quest criteria.

 

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.

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.

August 22, 2024

Dungeons and Raids

  • All dungeon enemy damage is reduced by 7% in Mythic and Mythic+ difficulties.
  • All dungeon enemy health increased by 10% in Heroic difficulties.
  • The Tyrannical affix health increase on bosses reduced by 5%.
  • Reduced the health and damage of all Battle For Azeroth raid bosses by approximately 40%.
  • Reduced the health and damage of Shadowlands raid bosses by approximately 65%.

Player versus Player

  • The maximum amount of Honor a player can accrue is lowered to 4000 for the duration of The War Within Early Access, and this amount will increase to 15000 with the end of Early Access.
  • Rogue
    • Shiv (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 17%).
    • Echoing Reprimand (Talent) damage now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
    • Assassination
      • Envenom damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 4%).
      • Mutilate damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 4%).
      • Kingsbane (Talent) period damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 8%).
      • Kingsbane (Talent) initial damage now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 32%).
    • Outlaw
      • Dispatch damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 20%).
      • Sinister Strike damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
      • Mastery: Main Gauche damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
      • Blade Rush (Talent) damage is no longer increased in PvP combat (was 5%).
      • Combat Stamina (Talent) now increases Stamina by 12% in PvP combat (was 15% / base 5%).
      • Ace Up Your Sleeve (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
      • Crackshot (Talent) effect now reduced by 20% in PvP combat (was 33%).
    • Subtlety
      • Eviscerate damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 5%).
      • Shadowstrike damage no longer increased in PvP combat (was 8%).
      • Secret Technique (Talent) damage now reduced by 30% in PvP combat (was 40%).
      • Goremaw’s Bite (Talent) damage no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 10%).
      • Flagellation (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).
      • Perforated Veins (Talent) effect no longer reduced in PvP combat (was 20%).

Professions

  • All Dragonflight profession first craft experience bonuses no longer apply to player-characters at or above level 70.
  • All Artisan’s Acuity has been removed from the first-time crafters’ bonus of trainer-taught recipes in The War Within.
  • All Artisan’s Acuity has been removed from gathering journal discovery bonuses.
  • An additional 150 Artisan’s Acuity has been added to the one-time reagent bag players receive from the quest “Crafting to Order”.

Quests

  • Players can once again earn progress towards the achievement Back to the Depths! after completing “Summons from the Depths”.
  • The Mechashark X-Steam has had high octane fuel added to it so you can complete “A Goblin in Shark’s Clothing”.

August 20, 2024

Achievements

  • Fixed several basic Achievements that were unintentionally missing achievement points.
  • Updated several Achievements that were improperly showing as unlearned in Feats of Strength.

 

Quests

  • Humans that complete “Ally of the Netherwing” can now continue aiding the Netherwing.

August 19, 2024

Items

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the application of the Nitro Boost belt enchant on some equipment.

Player versus Player

  • Rated Battleground Blitz
    • Resolved an issue where the absorb from Shield of Protection was scaling too high.

August 15, 2024

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Fixed an issue with Festermight not overlapping.
  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • Fixed an issue causing Radiant Glory to trigger more than intended.
  • Warrior
    • Fury
      • Wrath and Fury is now correctly increasing Raging Blow damage.

Items

  • Bloody Token are now capped at 200,000 tokens.

Professions

  • The Artisan’s Acuity reagent cost for rare and epic Profession tools and accessories may now only be provided by the customer for crafting orders.

Quests

  • Squally can now be summoned from your Pet Journal when “Gryphons of a Feather” is completed.

August 7, 2024

Player-characters

  • Steady Flight should no longer be removed after entering an Arena.

Quests

  • We tuned up the Prototype Shredder MK-03 so that “Eye for an Eye” can be completed.

Radiant Echoes Event

  • Increased Flightstone and upgrade Crest drop rates in the event.
  • Reduced the HP scaling on all event bosses so that they should be killable in a more-reasonable timeframe.
    • Developers’ notes: This includes both ‘minibosses’ (e.g. Hogger, Thorim) and final bosses (e.g. Remembered Onyxia, Ragnaros).
David Hollingsworth
David has written for games media outlets for the last ten years. With his first major esports role being with Esports News UK covering mostly UK League of Legends. David is also a member of the British Esports Association and is an advisor to them on World of Warcraft Esports. More recently David has worked for Esports Insider and Red Bull as an esports journalist. David later became Editor at ESTNN and now leads the current team.