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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 17, 2026

Official Blizzard notes

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

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August 17, 2026

4 entries

Source Hotfixes: October 15, 2026, by Blizzard Entertainment (worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com)

Classes

Hunter

Class page

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

Class page

Holy

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

Shaman

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

Warlock

Class page

Destruction

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

Classes in these notes

4 of the day's lines are scoped to a class: Hunter (1), Priest (1), Shaman (1) and Warlock (1).

Named in these notes

Blizzard's notes for August 17, 2026 name 2 spells. Each opens its page here; the count is how many lines mention it.

Spells (2)

The Spells in These Notes, as the Game Data Has Them

Each spell the notes name, read from the current game build: school, cast time, duration, the skill line that teaches it and its tooltip with amounts left out.

  • Primal Strike Named in 1 of these notes (Shaman). Physical, instant. Taught through the Shaman skill line. Current tooltip: “An instant weapon strike that causes Physical damage.”
  • Savagery Named in 1 of these notes (Hunter). Physical, 2 sec cast. Taught through the Enchanting skill line. Current tooltip: “Permanently enchant a two-handed melee weapon to increase attack power. Cannot be applied to items higher than level.”

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