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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 17, 2026

10 entries posted by Blizzard Entertainment for this date, shown in full.

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August 17, 2026

10 entries

Source Hotfixes: September 4, 2026, by Blizzard Entertainment (worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com)

Classes

Hunter

Beast Mastery

  • Corrected an issue where Dire Beast Kill Commands from the Wildspeaker Talent did not properly benefit from Killer Instinct, Alpha Predator, Specialized Arsenal, or Savagery.

Priest

Holy

  • Corrected an issue where swapping from Shadow to Holy specializations could improperly cause Shadow Word: Pain to not turn into Holy Fire.

Shaman

  • Corrected an issue where swapping between specs may incorrectly cause Lava Burst to show up as Primal Strike in your spellbook.

Warlock

Destruction

  • Fixed an issue where the tooltip of Shadowburn would not display the correct duration.

Delves

  • In Delves, Ula'tek's Amphisbaena Writhing Strike poison can only get one aura at a time. Damage reduced 25%, and the cooldown on Writhing Strike increased.
  • Fixed an issue causing Corrosive Bilespear to not proc at higher ranks.

Lairs

  • Resolved an issue causing the sharks to not bite in The Tidebound Grotto.

Naigtal and Val

  • Players in Heroic World Tier can again talk with a sprit healer to exit Heroic World Tier and resurrect.

Quests

  • Ofi the Sly should now properly accept that the concoction is complete for "Acceptable Apprentice".
  • Fixed an issue preventing characters under level 90 from completing activities related to Saltheril's Soiree and Abundance.
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