Hotfixes: October 16, 2026

Blizzard published "Hotfixes: October 16, 2026" on October 16, 2026.

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Game version: Retail (Midnight).

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

October 16, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

• Developers’ notes: Recently, we addressed an issue where Zaen Bladesorrow’s Murder in a Row could incorrectly assign a player’s safe spot to a barrel they weren’t hiding behind. With the fix, players must stand closer to a barrel to be protected. To better communicate this change, each barrel will now have a visual indicator showing the radius of the safe area players need to hide behind a barrel
• Fixed an issue where the achievement Watch Out Behind You was unable to be completed by raid groups larger than 20 players.

Labyrinth and Delves

• Fixed an issue with the “Returning the Bounty” scenario in Jan'alai's Refuge that would occasionally prevent the Pit Boss from spawning in the labyrinth.
• Fixed an issue that caused Valeera’s Stagger to not function when there was a healer present in the delve or labyrinth.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Scar of Kathra’natir damage over time effect to deal more damage to Valeera than intended.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to fall through the map in The Speaker's Chamber area of The Labyrinth of Kindo'jan.
• The Loa-Blessed Wayfarer mount and Loa-Blessed Victory toy are now granted after completing the labyrinth by speaking with Kinduru if they were forgotten to be looted from the Ancestral Bounty chest before leaving.
• Fixed an issue where some creatures and bosses scaled their health and damage values higher than intended when playing in a group.
• Fixed an issue where Sha'kuro's Soul Storm could be interrupted before all Unfortunate Souls were defeated, negating the damage window gained from the stun.
• Fixed an issue where L00T RAID-R Mini could only be used once while inside The Labyrinth of Kindo'jan.

October 15, 2026

Items

• Fixed an issue where faction-specific mounts were hidden from the Mount Journal on characters of the opposite faction.

Labyrinth

• Fixed an issue where Sullied Revenant and Sha’Kuro's health would not reset properly when failing the encounter.
• Impressive Treasure Chest, Impressive Treasure Pile, and Impressive Treasure Trove now require level 80 to loot (was 90).
• Scenario bosses should now properly give credit if defeated a second time on the same run.

Quests

• Battle for Azeroth quests should no longer be appearing on the quest logs of characters that didn't complete them when outside of Battle for Azeroth content.
• Fixed an issue where quest NPCs weren't available to turn in "De Legend of de Hash'ey" in Zul'Aman.

October 14, 2026

Aqir Invasions

• Fixed an issue where the final boss of the invasion was not properly randomizing between the three different types.

Classes

• Fixed an issue causing Rebirth in Bear Form to have an incorrect mana cost.
• Fixed an issue preventing the Bear Form version of Heart of the Wild from being cast.
• Fixed an issue causing Persistence to grant an incorrect amount of armor.
• Fixed an issue where Nature's Bounty could cause Abundance to fall off the Druid early.

Delves

• Dundun has returned and hides within Bountiful delves once again. May you revel in his radiant prosperity!

Labyrinth

• Fixed an issue where the kill credit for a boss may not register if it was the second time the boss had to be defeated in the same Labyrinth run.
• Fixed an issue where the Kindo'jan encounter would fail to successfully complete when Kindo'jan reached 1 health.
• Fixed an issue in the “Returning the Bounty” scenario that could sometimes prevent the initial bag interaction from being completable.
• Fixed an issue in the “Returning the Bounty” scenario where Hording Looters could sometimes stop spawning.
• Fixed an issue where Ancient Hash'ey Battle Arts enchantment effects can trigger outside of delves and The Labyrinth of Kindo'jan.
• Increased the maximum item level for the Ancient Hash'ey Battle Art enchantment to 344 (was 334).
• Players can no longer cleanse Cursed Energy in the “Fools and Curses” scenario.
• Enemies in Halazzi's Lair no longer spawn within the walls.
• Characters can no longer fall through the terrain when respawning in Nalorakk's Rest.

Quests

• Ancient Foes in the Vaults of Atal'Utek will now properly reward Primordial Venom Motes to players who defeat them while in raid groups.
• Fixed issue where NPCs in Amani'Zar Village weren't visible during the quest “De Legend of de Hash’ey”.

October 13, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

• Piercing Hiss damage reduced by 25%.
• Piercing Hiss cooldown increased by 10%.
• Health reduced by 9%.
• Health reduced by 6%.
• Paralyzing Shot periodic damage reduced by 20%.
• Paralyzing Shot duration reduced to 14 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• Blood Sacrifice healing absorb reduced by 12%.
• Health reduced by 6%.
• Rattle periodic damage reduced by 25%.
• Evolve now has a more prominent visual effect during channel.
• Health reduced by 5%.
• Health reduced by 21%.
• Health reduced by 25%.
• Venom Burst damage reduced by 50%.
• Carrion Burst periodic damage reduced by 10%.
• Axegrinder periodic damage reduced by 15%.
• Fire Bomb damage reduced by 33%.
• Earthbound’s Imprint impact damage reduced by 21%.
• Earthbound’s Imprint periodic damage reduced by 13%.
• Health reduced by 27%.

On TheWoWDB

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• Retail (Midnight) news on TheWoWDB
• WoW Forever database: items, spells and zones
• WoW Forever Auction House prices
• WoW Forever launch date, times and editions