Hotfixes: January 16, 2026

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, 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

January 16, 2026

The Burning Crusade Classic

• Fixed an issue where Blackrock Spire only allowed 5 players to enter.
• Fixed a bug preventing the quest "The First and Last" from starting for eligible players.
• Cleansed Songflowers now apply their buff to the clicking player, not the player's target.
• Paladins should now be able to learn Consecration from their trainer as intended.
• Shamans who were unable to learn Two-Handed Maces and Two-Handed Axes from the weapon trainer should again be able to.
  • Developers' notes: Players may need to log out and back in to pick up this fix.
• Player versus Player
  • The current active increase to Honor gains is now 150% (was a 100% bonus).
  • Added level 51-60 versions of the "For Great Honor" (Horde) and "Concerted Effort" (Alliance) quests.
  • Developers' notes: Soon after launching the Burning Crusade pre-expansion patch, we could see that PvP needed an additional increase in rate of gearing. These quests award 400 Honor (at level 60) when handed in, as well as experience for players from levels 51-59. These quests do not require Eye of the Storm, and their text will soon be updated to reflect that. When the Dark Portal opens, these quests will no longer be available, and the level 61-70 versions of these quests will become available.

January 14, 2026

The Burning Crusade Classic

• Restored character Boost services after a brief outage.
• Enabled Arena Skirmishes, as intended.
• Fixed an issue that caused Addons to be unintentionally throttled.
• Returned the Chronoboon Displacer to its adjusted cost of 1 gold and stack size of 10.