Hotfixes: August 14, 2026

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

August 14, 2026

Achievements

• Reaching Renown 20 with Zul'jaara's Forces now correctly grants Zul'jarra's Forces Champion.
• Family Battler of Outland and all associated type- Battler of Outland achievements now require Bloodknight Antairi (was incorrectly Gorma Asaan).

Classes

• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • Shattering Star now correctly benefits from Mastery: Giantkiller.
• Warrior
  • Arms, Fury
    • Slayer: Fixed a bug that was causing Executioner to have double the intended effect.
• Warlock
  • Fixed an issue where Warlock pets would continually learn Soul Leech.
  • Demonology
    • Soul Harvester: fixed an issue where Shadow Bolt and Hand of Gul'dan would be disabled in the cooldown manager.

Delves

• Fixed an issue where Gorgoneion Gaze would not trigger.
• Fixed an issue where Ula'tek's Gift would not deal damage.
• Fixed an issue where Ula'tek's Gift would not apply more stacks while poisoned.

Dungeons and Raids

• Archmage Timear again permits players to queue for the Raid Finder wings of Tomb of Sargeras.
• Ruby Life Pools
  • Thunderhead
    • Fixed an issue where Electrical Discharge would sometimes fail to hit players.
• Voidscar Arena
  • Addressed an issue where Brutok's Smashing Charge can charge through doors.

Items

• Void-Twisted Sporbits no longer grant Nebulous Voidcores. Nebulous Voidcores obtained in this way after the end of Season 1 have been removed for Season 2.
• Tanks may now roll Need on Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique.
• Survival Hunters may now roll Need on two-handed axes and swords with Agility.
• Trinkets
  • Coiled Fangstone: damage increased by 15%.
  • Crucible of Erratic Energies: critical strike reduced by 15%.
  • Fang of Umbral Malignance: damage increased by 15%.
  • First Mate's Shellward: damage increased by 25%.
  • Font of Venomous Rage: damage increased by 20%.
  • Gaze of the Alnseer: primary stat reduced by 20%.
  • Gebbo's Bottomless Bag: secondary stat effects reduced by 29%.
  • Hex Lord's Dooming Idol: intellect lost per stack reduced by 33% and intellect granted on use per stack increased by 15%.
  • Idol of the Howling Nexus: agility and strength on proc increased by 5%.
  • Knot of Writhing Serpents: damage increased by 15%.
  • Knot of Writhing Serpents no longer drops for healing specializations.
  • Kyrakka's Searing Embers: healing increased by 80% and damage increased by 50%.
  • Mindpiercer's Sigil: damage increased by 15%.
  • Mycolic Medicine: all healing increased by 30%.
  • Preternatural Antivenom: healing increased by 30% and fixed an issue preventing the healing effect from consistently triggering after the aura has been applied to an ally depending on the source of incoming damage.
  • Sapling of the Dawnroot: damage increased by 15%.
  • Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel: absorb reduced by 15%.
  • Sszorak's Ferocity: damage increased by 15%.
  • Tiny Electromental in a Jar: damage increased by 15%.
  • Tumor of the Swarm: damage increased by 15% and healing increased by 40%.
  • Unstable Felheart Crystal: absorb increased by 30%.
  • Vaelgor's Final Stare: mastery reduced by 10%.
  • Vashnik's Sanguine Rancor: damage increased by 15%.
  • Vexhul's Everflowing Gland: damage increased by 15%.

Lairs

• Resolved an issue causing some Bubblefin Shorerunners to not despawn when reaching the Alluring Bubble.

Player versus Player

• Fixed an issue where Ula'tek's Gift was dealing more damage to players than expected.

Professions

• Fixed an issue that prevented Flat Snakeskin Canopy from being crafted.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Flat Snakeskin Canopy from being added to the decor collection when used.

Quests

• Fixed a bug causing Amani Endeavor daily quests to only be offered weekly.
• Players on the quest "Void Walk With Me" are now correctly advanced in the "Traitor's Due" story when entering The Shadow Enclave.
• "Story of a Memorable Victory" no longer drops outside of the Dragon Isles.
• Fixed an issue preventing progress on the quest "Cut Her Strings" in Voidstorm.
• "Awe of She" is no longer stalled by weather effects on the player.
• Fixed a bug preventing players who are seated before entering the Worldsoul Terror as Nek'zali from properly interacting with Injured Hunters on "Fuel the Calling".

Trading Post

• The Trading Post activity "Complete 'A Call for Aid' Storyline" should now require only quests within that storyline.

August 13, 2026

Classes

• Spirit Walk in the Vaults of Atal'utek should now apply to pets.
• Warlock
  • Affliction
    • Fixed an issue where Seed of Corruption would not consume Shard Instability on cast.

Delves

• Fixed an issue where the Delve Shadowguard Point: Shadowguard Survivor would not grant Great Vault credit upon completion.
• Fixed a bug causing Ritual Sites to appear to grant Great Vault rewards that were inconsistent with the available Tiers. Next week, the Great Vault will reward the intended tiers 1-6 for week 1 activities.
• Fixed an issue with the Corrosive Codex that caused Corrosive Powers unlocked on one character to not show up as available options in the Corrosive Codex for other characters.

Dungeons

• Players who have not yet completed precursor campaign quests should now be able to be summoned to the Vaults of Atal'Utek by Altar of Fangs dungeon groups.
• Altar of Fangs
  • Addressed an issue where Uncoiled Writhe constantly switches target with Spiteful Hunt.
  • Addressed an issue where interacting with Infusion Totem may fail to trigger the event.
• Voidscar Arena
  • Addressed an issue where defeating Aegyra the Unyielding while she's channeling Earthsplitter can fail to open the door to the arena.

Items

• Fixed an issue that caused Venomjade Necklace to sometimes be invisible.

Lairs

• Players cannot receive loot from Nymrissa Wavecaller more than once per week in World difficulty.

Player versus Player

• Gorgoneion Gaze no longer petrifies players indefinitely.
• Fixed a bug preventing Otherworldly Sparks of War from dropping in Naigtal and Val activities. The Naigtal and Val Sparks of War quests will no longer be offered when Season 2 begins.

Professions

• [With realm restarts] Jewelcrafting and Tailoring Profession Knowledge books from the forces of Zul'jarra should now correctly award profession Knowledge. Players who got the books prior to this fix should be given the Knowledge retroactively.
• Fixed an issue that caused Contract: Zul'jarra's Forces to sometimes incorrectly apply Amani Tribe Contract when used.

Quests

• Fixed an issue where players could begin Curse of Ula'tek campaign quests without first completing the main Midnight campaign.
  • Developers' notes: The Curse of Ula'tek campaign was intended to require account completion of the main Midnight campaign before it could be started, as completing these features out of order could result in players being in a misleading or confusing state. Players who have not yet started the Curse of Ula'tek campaign must now complete the main Midnight campaign on one character per account. Any player-characters who have already started the Curse of Ula'tek campaign should be unaffected and can continue it and complete it.
• Players who completed "Legends of the Haranir" quests split among multiple characters will now be able to resume "The Empty Cradle" questline.
• "Cold As Ice" no longer sends players on a cold canoe ride into the abyss.
• Removed an incorrect map marker for "A Suspicious Stew".
• Bob has been found and returned to his bartending.

World

• Fixed a bug that could cause players to disconnect when entering the Lunarfall Garrison Excavation area.