Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Midnight, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, Burning Crusade Classic, 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

March 4, 2026

Achievements

• Addressed an issue with The Highest Peaks displaying incorrect progress.
• Players who have completed Cataclysmic Lumberjack may now properly harvest lumber while remaining mounted in Cataclysm zones.
• To earn With Flying Colors rewards, players must now complete a The War Within delve of any tier.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Frost
    • Remorseless Winter will no longer dismount the player when it deals damage.
• Demon Hunter
  • Devourer
    • Fixed an issue causing Eradicate to become un-castable if it was gained during Metamorphosis and Metamorphosis expires.
    • Fixed an issue causing the incorrect body type to be shown during Void Metamorphosis' removal animation.
• Druid
  • Feral, Guardian, Restoration
    • Fixed an issue where Nurturing Instinct, Circle of the Heavens, and Call of the Elder Druid were not affecting Wrath, Starfire, or Starsurge.
• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue causing Nature's Ally Animal Companions to provide their Command Pet abilities.
  • Increased the consistency of the Pack Leader's Boar's pathing on sloped terrain.
  • Tracker's Net is now treated like other breakable crowd controls, where it has a damage threshold before breaking.
  • Fixed an issue where many damage dealing effects would not break Tracker's Net.
  • Survival
    • Fixed an issue preventing a talent tree connection from Intimidation to Cold Feet.
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue where Reverberate's additional cast was incorrectly generating Splinters, Arcane Salvo stacks, and Spellfire Spheres.
  • Fixed an issue where Comet Storm was usable while Fleeing or Feared.
  • Fixed an issue causing Scorch to not deal the correct damage when talented into Scald and Heat Shimmer.
  • Fixed an issue causing the Fractured Frost to incorrectly reduced Ice Lance's damage.
  • Fixed an issue causing Spontaneous Combustion to grant an incorrect number of Fire Blast charges.
  • Fixed an issue causing Splitting Ice to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
  • Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn's area damage to strike enemies in breakable crowd control.
  • Fixed an issue causing Flash Freezeburn's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
  • Fixed an issue causing Controlled Instinct's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
  • Fixed an issue causing Splintering Ray's area damage to inconsistently damage the correct number of units.
  • Fixed an issue allowing Arcane Surge to be usable in the Assisted Rotation for Arcane Mages.
  • Chilled effect no longer shows "Immune" floating combat text when an enemy is not crowd-controllable.
• Monk
  • Brewmaster
    • Empty the Cellar now has a shorter range and should no longer target out of combat creatures.
  • Windwalker
    • Spells such as Fists of Fury should now consistently hit hovering enemies such as mana wyrms.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue that caused Airborne Irritant to incorrectly apply its old AoE effect to Blind. The effect now matches the current and intended talent description.
  • Assassination
    • Crimson Tempest no longer generates a combo point if it hits no targets.
• Shaman
  • Enhancement
    • Resolved an issue allowing Windfury Weapon to be cast on both Main Hand and Off-hand weapons at the same time.
    • Resolved an issue causing Arc Discharge to display a 20% increase to Chain Lightning damage increase, rather than the intended 40%.
    • Resolved an issue causing Arc Discharge to be consumed by Lightning Bolt.
    • Ride the Lightning now reduces Chain Lightning's effectiveness by 20% per jump, as intended.
    • Primordial Storm has been added to the Single-Button Assistant.
• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where Blight of Tongues and Weakness would not reset on encounter wipe.
  • Fixed an issue where Shard Instability would be consumed if activated while casting Unstable Affliction.

Enemies and NPCs

• Players can now engage in battle with Voidseer Orivane as expected.
• Territorial Petalwings should no longer evade when engaged in combat.

Events

• Ethereal Energy objects should now be interactable when an Ethereal Tool is equipped even if the Ethereal Disruption event is not currently active.
• The Deploy the Defenses user interface for Stormarion Citadel now displays as expected until the timer expires.
• Abundance events are now available for all characters in a Warband, once one of them has completed opening tutorial questline.
• Fixed an issue where the Abundance event in Voidstorm was not granting rewards for Abundant Harvests.
• Jonas Everdawn in Silvermoon City will now offer "Saltheril's Haven" to invite players to Saltheril's Soiree once they have unlocked World Quests and reached level 90.

Housing

• Players on Midnight Epic Edition can now purchase additional copies of the eight Epic Edition decor items from Dennia Silvertongue in Silvermoon City.
• Harvesting lumber now provides a small amount of experience.
• The decor Fungal Pergola can now be placed inside player houses.

Items

• Fixed an issue with Void Execution Mandate where it did not trigger a shared cooldown with other trinkets.
• Rare quality profession tools and profession accessories are now Bind-on-Equip (was Bind-on-Pickup).
• Amani Extract Potion healing increased by 100%.

Player versus Player

• Resolved a Slayer's Rise issue preventing players from respawning at the Shenzar Refinery graveyard.
• Vicious Flask of Honor, Vicious Flask of Manifested Fury, Vicious Flask of the Wrecking Ball, and Vicious Flask of Classical Spirits no longer work above level 80.
• Rogue
  • Fixed a bug preventing Hemotoxin from functioning.
• Shaman
  • Resolved an issue causing the Shamanism PvP talent to not function under the effects of Sated.

Prey

• Corrected an issue where the starting location of the Power of Anguish quest was not visible on the map.
• Increased the amount of Experience earned by completing Prey quests, including Prey-specific world quests.

Professions

• Enchanting
  • Illusory Adornments no longer replace shoulder enchants.
  • Increased the stats granted by Midnight ring enchants.

Quests

• Players who are progressing through The War Within recap at level 81+ can now enter The Rookery and complete "Calling the Stormriders".
• The "To Be Changed" questline in Voidstorm is now available for characters who have not completed the main campaign.
• Corrected the starting location on the map for "Watch the Den".
• On "One Will Not Kill", Knife Priestess Hezzia will now properly die upon her spell's expiration.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be unable to progress the quest "Champions of Quel'Danas".
• Fixed an issue where abandoning "One by One", "Intercepted", or "Keys Are Optional" could permanently prevent Valeera from appearing, blocking progression on "The Crimson Rogue" questline.
• Resolved an issue where Risen Witherbark did not provide credit for "The Crypt in the Mist."
• Players above level 80 should now be able to access the scenario "A Light in the Dark" while on the quest of the same name.
• Resolved an issue where two sets of Zul'jarra and Liadrin could be visible on "Brutal Feast."
• Resolved an issue where Witherbark Visitors were not visible to players prior to the quest "I Have a Permit."
• Resolved an issue where the conversation with Vun'zarah on "Coals of a Dead Loa" could be triggered repeatedly.
• Fixed an issue where warlocks could become unable to complete "Pardon the Interruption".
• "Truth of the Past" should now be available to players who have reached Voidstorm.
• Fixed an issue preventing glyph hunters in Eversong Woods from finding the Shining Span Skyriding glyph for "Eversong Woods Glyph Hunter".
• Fixed a bug where players were blocked from using the Discordant Tune on Snapdragons for "Put a Little Snap in Their Step".
• Players who completed "Legends of the Haranir" in the current week and then pick up "Legendary Prosperity" will now have "Legendary Prosperity" automatically complete.
• Players on the Zul'Aman campaign quest "Blade Shattered" will no longer receive credit for other players killing Mor'duun. You have to do it yourself.

Renown and Reputation

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from earning Renown above rank 11.

World

• The Camp Stonewash innkeeper now provides rest and instant logout as intended.
• Fixed a spot where players could get stuck on a tree in Quel'danas.

March 2, 2026

Achievements

• A Frayed Scroll is no longer required for Midnight Lore Hunter.

Delves

• Companions will now gather the correct materials in delves.

Dungeons

• The minimum required item-level for joining a public dungeon on Heroic difficulty has been reduced to 211 (was iLvl 214).

Quests

• Fixed an issue causing visual effects to not play during "Take Up Your Gift."
• The Relic of Liberation used for "These Violent Delights" no longer requires player level 86.
• Fixed an issue preventing players from advancing "The Void Peers Back" in Adventure Mode.
• Fixed an issue preventing completion of "Fair Breeze, Light Bloom" for players who opt to complete the Voidstorm campaign before the Eversong campaign.

Spells

• Blessing: Ensorcelling Flame cooldown duration increased, and frequency of effect reduced.
• The portal from the Arcantina now returns you to your saved location, rather than Silvermoon.

Twilight Ascension Event

• Materialist Ophinell and Armorer Kalinovan now offer Twilight Ascension event items for Resonance Crystals (was Twilight's Blade Insignia) in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Twilight Highlands. They will be available until the beginning of Midnight Season 1.

March 1, 2026

Classes

• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue causing Stomp and Wild Thrash to damage enemies through walls.
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue causing Comet Storm to pull enemies through walls without damaging them.
  • Fixed an issue causing Shatter to pull enemies through walls.
  • Fixed an issue causing Duality Pyroblasts to pull enemies through walls.

Delves

• Valeera's maximum level is 45 until Midnight Season 1 starts.

Dungeons

• Voidscar Arena
  • Fixed an issue where the arena event could fail to progress.

Items

• Contained Stormarion Defender and Vivacious Chloroceros should now appear in the mount collection.

Prey

• Players who were unable to access the Hunt Table in Astalor's Sanctum after completing a Prey quest should once again be able to accept new hunts, as long as they haven't completed the 4 weekly hunt maximum.
  • Developers' notes: There is currently a display bug for those who were affected by the previous issue that may show they have 1 more hunt available than they actually do. This will be fixed with weekly restarts.

Quests

• Creatures in the Midnight introduction that takes you to the Isle of Quel'Danas now have lower health and deal less damage.
• Players should be able to continue handing out fliers to folks during "Mobilize! Enlist! Recruit!" if they leave and then come back to their task.
• Fixed an issue where Rage-Riddled Drifter would take a long time to respawn for "Overcoming the Unknown" world quest.

User Interface and Accessibility

• To ensure that macro usage aligns with our overall goals for addons, there have been some minor changes made to macro capabilities:
  • Macros are prevented from setting a target marker on more than 3 units within a very short time.
• And the following restrictions only apply while the player is in an active encounter:
  • Macros are no longer allowed to send chat messages to chat channels that are not exclusive to the group (custom chat channels, guild, communities, etc).
  • Macros are still allowed to send chat in group-exclusive channels (/raid, /party, /rw, etc), but are prevented from sending multiple messages to those channels within a very short time. In addition, all members of the group must be inside the instance or macro chat will not be allowed in these channels.
  • Macros are still allowed to send chat in whispers but the whisper target must also be in the instance. Macros are also prevented from sending multiple whispers within a very short time.

February 28, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

• Den of Nalorakk
  • Resolved an issue that could result in Nalorakk becoming unattackable.
• Magisters' Terrace
  • Completing the Magisters' Terrace dungeon at any difficulty will now complete the quest "Magisters' Terrace: Homecoming", even if the player has not completed the first objective to speak with Umbric.

Items

• Fixed a bug causing some Bind-on-Equip items from Midnight content to require a player level lower than intended for the item level of the gear.
• Resolved an issue causing some items from Midnight content that were equipped by players to be temporarily unusable.
• Items that unintentionally cost 750 Voidlight Marl now cost 25 Marl.
• Fixed a bug that could cause War Supply Crate to spawn underground in Eversong Woods.

Professions

• To account for the acquisition of Knowledge in Early Access, two weeks' worth of Knowledge will be granted to players from activities (Crafting Orders, treasure drops, Patron Orders, gathering) during the first full week of Midnight (March 3-10).

Quests

• Fixed an issue with the Void Beast in "The Line Must Be Drawn Here" sometimes being unkillable, blocking quest progress.
• Fixed a bug preventing progress on "Wrath Unleashed". Players who are stuck on this quest can now abandon and retry the quest to proceed with the story.
• Players who leave before completing the "Ethereal Eradication" or "Light's Arsenal" quests should now be able to resume them.
• Fixed a bug where Sunbath Schools were not available for "A Fish!".
• Fixed an issue during "Abyssus, Abyssum" causing the quest boss to be more difficult than intended.
• Moved the location of Empowering Shadow enemies to make them easier to target on "Break the Blade".

User Interface

• Adjusted the order of some items in the Transmog collection.
• The Renown Vendor for Silvermoon Court is now indicated on the zone map while in Eversong Woods.