World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 21, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

Altar of Fangs

• Ravenous Descendant’s Ravenous now grants 10% attack speed per stack (was 20%), and movement speed reduced by 20%.
• Twinfang Harrower’s Paralyzing Shots initial damage reduced by 50%.
• Venom Leech’s Septic Spatter no longer creates a puddle at the leech’s corpse location.
• Ritual Chieftain’s Blood Sacrifice absorb reduced by 10%.
• Caustic Mist Totem’s Unstable Totem damage reduced by 10%.
• High Evolutionist’s Evolve cooldown increased, Envenom cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2.5 seconds), and Mass Envenom cast time increased to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
• Bloodletter’s Bloodletting now procs less frequently.
• Ascendant Serpent health reduced by 10%.

Rav’i

• Feeding Frenzy no longer increases the rate of Messy Eater and Carrion Burst.
• Fresh Meat piles now display a warning visual when Rav’i is close enough to eat from them.
• Hydrastrike damage reduced by 33%.

Zul’jan

• The initial cast of Ritual of the Fang now occurs a few seconds later in the encounter.
• Ritual of the Fang cast time increased to 5 seconds (was 4 seconds).
• Fang Empowered damage reduced by 20%.

The Venomous Abyss

Vashnik the Malignant

• Reduced target scaling for Adaptive infection to be less punishing for larger group sizes.
• Fixed an issue causing Thinned Blood to be cast on non-mythic difficulties.

The Lost Explorers

• Resolved an issue causing Final Ascension to inflict less damage than intended.

Ula’tek

• Adjusted the Caustic Waves from the Gore Rattler so they remain above the floor of the main platform.
• The tooltip for Ula'tek's Volatile Purge no longer contains an error.