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
April 29, 2026
Classes
Evoker
Flameshaper: Twin Flame will no longer bounce to enemy targets that the Evoker is not in combat with.
Fixed an issue where Titan’s Gift and Titanic Wrath were not increasing the damage of the final few ticks of Disintegrate for Preservation and Devastation Evokers.
Shaman
Restoration
All damage dealt increased by approximately 12%.
Developers’ notes: Restoration shamans were intended to gain a 30% damage increase with the release of patch 12.0.5, but an error resulted in them gaining about half of that amount. This 12% increase brings them up to a total of +30% damage when compared to before patch 12.0.5.
Warlock
Affliction
Fixed an issue where Fatal Echoes would consume a Soul Shard when activated.
Fixed an issue where Unstable Affliction would consume all stacks of Shard Instability.
Warrior
Arms
Slams from Fervor of Battle which critically strike will now correctly trigger Mortal Wounds.
Deep Wounds applied by Execute no longer deal double the intended damage.
Decor Duel
The Enchanted Hourglass now has a progress bar, and its timer is now better aligned with the toy’s duration.
Housing
Fixed a bug where the neighborhood weekly quest “Lost Animals” could become unavailable to players who completed it previously.
Items
Cosmic Hunter’s Glaive and Fangs of the Invader should now have Intellect for Devourer Demon Hunters.
Professions
Cooking
Fixed an issue with Hearty Well Fed being refreshed by standard Well Fed foods.
Reputation
Midnight World Quests now correctly award increased reputation while Sign of the Emissary is active.
Void Assaults
Imperator Pertinax should no longer die easily during the Eversong Void Incursion.
Fixed a bug that could prevent some players who were properly in combat with the Void-Corrupted creature from receiving credit toward the Cosmic Slayer achievement.
April 28, 2026
Classes
Druid
Restoration
Fixed an issue where Blooming Infusion was counting each target of Nature’s Bounty or Rampant Growth as an additional cast.
Mage
Frost
Fixed an issue causing some spells to be incorrectly locked during Party Sync.
Warlock
Affliction
Fixed an issue where the Abyssal Immolator 4-piece set bonus would not correctly increase the initial stack count of Agony by 2.
Fixed an issue where Unstable Affliction applied through Fatal Echoes would consume Shard Instability.
Decor Duel
Fixed a bug that could prevent seekers from receiving participation credit.
Dungeons and Raids
Algeth’ar Academy
Timer increased to 31 minutes (was 30 minutes).
Maisara Caverns
Muro’jin and Nekraxx
Coordinated Assault damage reduced by 30%, and now ignores armor.
March on Quel’Danas
Midnight Falls
Fixed an issue causing Druids to become untargetable after entering the Darkwell while shapeshifted.
April 27, 2026
Classes
Demon Hunter
Havoc
Fixed an issue that allowed Havoc to benefit from Vengeance’s Annihilator talent Meteoric Rise when using Collective Anguish in specific conditions.
Vengeance
Annihilator: Fixed an issue that caused Celestial Echoes to grant 5 additional Fury per Fracture instead of the intended 3 Fury.
Evoker
Fixed an issue where Renewing Blaze would not always trigger its healing effect from certain attacks.
Mage
Frost
Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost Rank 2 to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
Fixed an issue that could cause Flurry to not benefit fully from the damage bonus of Brain Freeze, when a non-Brain-Freeze-affected Flurry was cast immediately afterwards.
Fixed an issue causing some Tracked Buffs for Frostfire to not display correctly.
Casting Mass Invisibility now correctly interrupts the Mage’s current spell.
Monk
Windwalker
Touch of Karma now shows as a large defensive buff on raid frames.
Rogue
Trickster: Cloud Cover’s visual effect is now only visible to the caster in all circumstances.
Assassination
Separated the tracked buffs for Implacable into two elements so they can be tracked separately with the Cooldown Manager.
Duration of increased Energy generation.
Amount of Energy regeneration you’ll receive when Envenom expires.
Warlock
Affliction
Fixed an issue where Shared Agony would not function after casting a Curse.
Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Xalan’s Cruelty would not increase the critical strike chance of Wrath of Nathreza.
Fixed an issue where periodic damage caused by Malefic Grasp is unaffected by Death’s Embrace.
Soul Harvester: Fixed an issue where consuming Nightfall with Malefic Grasp would not activate Wicked Reaping.
Demonology
Fixed an issue where Fel Armaments would reduce the cooldown of Felstorm by 20 seconds, rather than the intended 10 seconds.
Delves
The Darkway
Corrupted Leyline will no longer sometimes continue to cast Detected! after it’s out of range.
The Shadow Enclave
Fixed an issue where characters could lose the ability to strafe after picking up a mirror.
Items and Rewards
Fixed a Great Vault display bug where the World Row indicated an item level of 272 for the Tier 5 Ritual Site, instead of the intended 269 item level.
Player versus Player
Demon Hunter
Fixed an issue that prevented the target throw effect from being available while using Illidan’s Grasp.
Havoc
Fixed an issue that caused Consume Magic to remove an additional Magic effect from the primary target when the Blood Moon PvP Talent was selected.
Quests
Resolved an issue where players who completed the quest “The Legend of Aln’Sharan” could not gather them on alts without completing the quest first.
April 24, 2026
Achievements
Midnight Keystone Myth – Season One is now available to players who attained a Mythic+ Rating of at least 3400 during Midnight Season 1.
Characters
Pandaren characters who boost during the intro sequence will now be able to port to their houses.
Classes
Death Knight
Unholy
Festering Scythe is now an aura on the player, resolving issues that occur when extending the duration of plagues.
Developers’ notes: The underlying issue here was proving to be problematic for a number of reasons and we felt like this would be the safest approach for now.
Resolved an issue causing Magus of the Dead to not take action immediately on spawn.
Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Knowledge Rank 4 to activate less than stated.
Resolved an issue causing Unholy Devotion to grant Haste in addition to attack speed and energy regeneration.
Disease Cloud is now cast by the Abomination, resolving issues such as it not interacting with pet scaling talents.
Demon Hunter
Devourer
Fixed an issue causing the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight to not recommend Collapsing Star outside of melee range.
Vengeance
Fixed an issue that caused Metamorphosis to be put on cooldown when Last Resort’s effect triggered.
Hunter
Marksmanship
Corrected an issue where Unbreakable Bond could give the damage reduction effect to the hunter rather than their pet.
Mage
Frost
Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost (Rank 2) to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
Paladin
Holy
Fixed an issue that caused Holy Armaments to significantly impact framerates.
Priest
Shadow
Voidweaver: Fixed an issue causing Overwhelming Shadows to increase the damage of Mind Blast.
Rogue
Trickster: Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Cover’s effect to cost 30 Energy to activate.
Trickster: Cloud Cover’s visual effect is now only visible to the caster in all circumstances.
Warlock
Affliction
Fixed an issue where Jinx would not function if Foul Mouth was not talented.
Demonology
Fixed an issue where Demonic Gateway would benefit Hellbent Commander.
Delves
Valeera is no longer unwilling to attack Poison Dart Frog or Giant Cursed Bullfrog.
Atal’Aman
Adjusted the placement of several out-of-range Sanctified Banners in two story variants.
The Darkway
The Corrupted Leyline will no longer sometimes continue to cast Detected! after being out of its range.
Dungeons and Raids
Maisara Caverns
Addressed an issue where players could remain in combat after defeating Vordaza.
Housing
Decorative Dornogal Opals (small, medium and large) are now available for purchase from the Disguised Decor Duel Vendor in Silvermoon.
Player versus Player
Hunter
Marksmanship
Precise Shots now benefits Kill Shot and Black Arrow at 50% effectiveness in PvP combat.
Black Arrow damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
All damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
Developers’ notes: Several talent changes in 12.0.5 led to Marksmanship overperforming in PvP. These updates target changes to Black Arrow and their overall damage to account for the new interactions and reduce their effectiveness at both burst damage and overall pressure.
Mage
Mass Invisibility will no longer target players carrying the Deephaul Crystal in Deephaul Ravine.
Priest
Fixed an issue causing Cyclone to be able to be applied while a Priest has Psychic Shroud active.
Quests
Fixed an issue where some Alliance players were unable to see the “Heavy Anchor” for “The Fragrance of the Dunes” quest.
Fixed an issue causing players to be unable to turn in Nebulous Voidcores to Decimus while on the quest “Artifice of Aggression”.
Fixed an issue that could cause Lorna Crowley to phase out when engaged for the Arcantina quest “A Generational Moment”.
April 23, 2026
Classes
Hunter
Marksmanship
Corrected an issue where players could gain double the benefit of Pathfinding or Endurance Training when using the Unbreakable Bond talent in combination with the Cunning or Tenacious talents.
Cunning or Tenacity pets should no longer sometimes lose their pet passive bonuses of Endurance Training and Pathfinding when changing between the Cunning and Tenacity talent choice node.
Warlock
Fixed an issue where Frequent Traveler would not function when using another Warlock’s Demonic Gateway.
Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Abyssal Dominion would not match the duration of Demonic Tyrant with Reign of Tyranny talented.
Affliction
Fixed an issue where Blight of Weakness and Tongues would not properly display on the Cooldown Manager.
Destruction
Removed several spells from the Cooldown Manager, as they are no longer present in-game.
Décor Duel
Hiding players can no longer go near the Seeker’s waiting room.
Developers’ notes: There was an emergent tactic where hiders would place a bunch of traps near the seekers’ entrance, preventing them from leaving.
Dungeons and Raids
Magisters’ Terrace
Addressed an issue where Degentrius’ Devouring Entropy could damage players who were immune to it.
Windrunner Spire
Addressed an issue where Commander Kroluk could melee after finishing casting Bladestorm.
The Voidspire
Crown of the Cosmos
Gravity Collapse damage reduced by 10%.
April 22, 2026
Characters
Fixed a bug that could cause some Night Elf characters to be missing the intended Linen Blindfold option they previously chose.
Classes
Death Knight
Resolved an issue causing the Commander of the Dead damage increase aura to be applied to Death Knights.
Evoker
Preservation
Fixed an issue where Dream Breath was not being stored in Stasis.
Paladin
Holy
Fixed a bug that could cause Holy Paladins to do less damage than intended.
Rogue
Fixed a bug that prevented the expected audio from playing when a Rogue enters stealth.
Decor Duel
Fixed a bug that could prevent Decor Duel participants from receiving base Illusionary Coin rewards by incorrectly evaluating them to be AFK.
Humanoid tracking abilities no longer reveal players in Decor Duel.
Achievements earned in Decor Duel are now account-wide, as intended.
Dungeons and Raids
Addressed an issue where Lindormi’s Guidance could be applied to players outside of Mythic+ dungeons.
March on Quel’Danas
Midnight Falls
Resolved issues with Torchbearer failing to prevent players from receiving applications of Midnight or failing to remove applications of Midnight.
Items
Addressed an issue preventing sockets from being added to Champion items obtained from Midnight Renown vendors.
Fixed an issue where acquiring a Nebulous Voidcore with Thalassian Tokens of Merit would cause Decimus to only grant one of his two weekly Nebulous Voidcores upon quest turn-in.
Developers’ notes: Players who have two Nebulous Voidcores in their currency window while showing “Season Maximum: 1/2” can now safely complete any of Decimus’s quests again to receive their missing Nebulous Voidcore.
Professions
Adjusted the cost of Thalassian Competitor’s Chain Tunic to 5 Heraldry (was 4) to be in line with other crafted PvP chestpieces.
Quests
The Ancient Visionstone can once again be interacted with for the Harandar repeatable legends quests “The Story of the Echoless Flame” and “The Story of Russula’s Outreach”.
Fixed a bug where the daily quest “Ephemeral Masquerade” appeared to be a low-level quest, rather than the intended blue exclamation point.