World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 20, 2026

Classes

Demon Hunter

Havoc

• Aldrachi Reaver: Fixed an issue where Evasive Action was not granting an extra cast of Vengeful Retreat.

Druid

Restoration

• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Tranquility incorrectly described how long it extended heal over time effects.
• Fixed an issue where Overgrowth was applying healing over time effects to the incorrect target when used in tandem with Soul of the Forest.

Hunter

Marksmanship

• Corrected an issue where Hunters could benefit from the Precise Shots effect twice by casting Arcane Shot or Multi-Shot as Rapid Fire finishes channeling while talented into Unload.
• Corrected an issue where the AoE damage from Explosive Shot was not properly reduced by damage taken reduction effects.

Priest

Holy

• Fixed an issue where casting Benediction and queuing a Holy Word would consume the proc.

Shaman

Elemental

• Resolved an issue causing Master of the Elements to not increase the damage of Earthquake.

Warlock

• Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul could trigger from Unstable Affliction periodic damage.

Affliction

• Fixed an issue where Malefic Grasp was not affected by Withering Bolt.
• Fixed an issue where Withering Bolt did not account for Wither when increasing Shadowbolt Volley damage.
• Fixed an issue where Wither would not count toward Darkglare Eye Beam damage increase.
• Fixed an issue where the Unstable Affliction granted by Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus would not grant a stack of Wither.

Delves

• Fixed an issue where if Azta'rec killed a player it would display that Zek'vir has burrowed away and did not drop loot.

Dungeons and Raids

Ruby Life Pools

Thunderhead and Flamegullet

• Fixed an issue where certain abilities could cause their breath spells to cancel unexpectedly.

Temple of Sethraliss

Avatar of Sethraliss

• Fixed an issue where the progress bar could reach 100% when the Avatar reached 99% health.

The Venomous Abyss

• Resolved an issue where players could fall through the world in The Serpent Warren.

Vashnik the Malignant

• Fixed an issue causing Stygian Burst to inflict damage in a larger area than intended.
• Shrouded Venom health redistributed and now have 40% health and 60% shields.
• Fixed an issue causing players to get hit multiple times from the same wave in a short period of time.
• Fixed a rare issue where players using Harpoon on a Venom while inside the Malignant Cavity would cause them to fall through the playspace.

The Coiled Altar

• Fixed an issue where the encounter would rarely fail to properly transition to Phase 3 at the end of the intermission.

Ula’tek

• Blight Vein damage reduced on Heroic difficulty.
• Grasping Fangs now targets three players per side on Heroic difficulty, no matter the instance group size.
• Volatile Purge's area of effect now scales with raid size in Normal and Heroic difficulties. The effect radius is largest in a 10-player raid and gradually decreases as raid size increases, reaching its smallest size in a 30-player raid.
• Resolved an issue causing the damage of Spectral Coils to unintentionally scale on non-Mythic difficulties.
• Spectral Coils now requires 40% of the raid to reduce its damage to a minimum value.
• Spectral Coils adjusted on Heroic difficulty so it has more consistent timing.
• Corrected an issue where the Blight Vein debuff did not properly inflict its damage based on the number of stacks applied, on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
• Corrected an issue where Hunters’ Stampede pets from the Pack Leader hero talents would not properly damage the Heart of Ula'tek during the encounter.

Items

• Companion Command Crystal is now bind-on-pickup.

Omnium Folio

• Fixed an issue with a previous change to the Omnium Folio's Rune of Unleashed Fire that resulted in pulling enemies you were not in combat with.

Prey

• Decreased the damage and slow effect of Toxic Snare.

Quests

• "The Venomous Abyss" campaign quest should now complete for players who were dead at the end of the last encounter.
• Fixed an issue that reduced player-characters' turn speed after starting the world quest "Swift of Foot".

Treasures

• Fixed an issue where the Unguarded Chest would spawn without Farthik the Plunderer.