World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 25, 2026

Classes

Death Knight

Frost

• All ability damage and melee damage increased by 6%.
• Obliterate damage increased by 15%.

Unholy

• Resolved an issue causing the Unholy Devotion attack speed increase to also reduce attack damage and therefore have a neutral effect.

Demon Hunter

Havoc

• All damage increased by 3%.

Vengeance

• Mastery: Fel Blood effectiveness increased by 24%.

Druid

Restoration

• 4-piece class set bonus increases Genesis duration by 8 seconds (was 4 seconds).
• Rejuvenation and Germination healing increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Wild Growth healing increased by 10%.
• Nature's Bounty replicates 10% of Regrowth's healing (was 20%).
• Everbloom heals 5 targets (was 6 targets).
• Everbloom heals for 48% of Lifebloom's final heal (was 40%). Does not apply to PvP combat.

Evoker

Preservation

• Verdant Embrace healing increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Living Flame healing increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Dream Simulacrum increases healing of Verdant Embrace by 40% (was 30%).

Hunter

Beast Mastery

• Wild Thrash now deals 300% increased damage when striking more than 2 targets (was 200%).
• Beast Cleave now causes your pets to strike nearby enemies for 70% of the damage dealt (was 55%).

Survival

• All damage dealt by you and your pets increased by 4%.

Mage

Frost

• Ice Barrier absorb amount increased to 35% of maximum health (was 30%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Blizzard damage increased by 10%.
• Frostbite Talent: Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
• Frostfire: Isothermic Core - Meteor damage increased by 25%.

Monk

Brewmaster

• All damage increased by 3%.
• Celestial Brew and Celestial Infusion absorb value increased by 20%.

Paladin

Retribution

• Class Set 4-piece Divine Arbiter main target damage increased by 150%.
• Class Set 4-piece Divine Arbiter secondary target damage increased by 75%.

Warlock

• Imp, Voidwalker, Sayaad, and Felhunter damage increased by 350%.

Affliction

• Unstable Affliction damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Hellcaller - Blackened Soul damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Wrath of Nathreza damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Shadow of Nathreza damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Agony damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Corruption damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Hellcaller - Wither damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Demonology

• Shadow Bolt damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Demonbolt damage increased by 30%.
• Wild Imp damage increased by 20%.
• Summon Felguard damage increased by 20%.
• Demons summoned by Dominion of Argus damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
• Call Dreadstalkers damage increased by 30%.

Destruction

• Rain of Fire damage increased by 30%.

Warrior

Protection

• Fight Through the Flames reduces Magic damage by 8% (was 6%).

Delves

• Fixed an issue where Valeera could no longer gain experience from mislaid curiosities.

Dungeons and Raids

The Tidebound Grotto

• Health of Nymrissa Wavecaller reduced by 5% on Heroic difficulty and 10% on Mythic difficulty.
• Abyssal Rain's initial damage reduced by 12.5%.
• Abyssal Rain's periodic damage reduced by 12% on Heroic difficulty and 20% on Mythic difficulty.
• Reduced Abyssal Rain’s damage scaling for larger groups.
• Frost Burst damage reduced by 40%.
• Shatter now occurs after 40 seconds (was 30 seconds).
• Chilling Frost duration reduced by 1.5 seconds.
• Reduced the number Bubblefin Frostscales that appear with each wave of murlocs to 2 (was 3).

Altar of Fangs

• Removed one High Evolutionist in the area after Rav'i.

The Blinding Vale

• Increased enemy forces requirement to 686 (was 655).
• Adjusted spawning in the last area to reduce creature density.
• Removed a Radiant Spellsower before Ziekket.

Potatoad Matriarch

• Increased enemy forces value to 60 (was 30).
• Reduced health by 10%.
• Toxic Spew initial damage reduced by 50%.
• Toadspawn target radius reduced to 3-7 yards (was 10 yards), and eggs now finish hatching even if the Matriarch is dead.

Ikuzz the Light Hunter

• Addressed an issue where Bloodthorn Root is affected by disorient effects.

Den of Nalorakk

• Reduced the number of Earthwhisper Tenders in the first area by 2.

Thornclaw Gatherer

• Rotten Supplies cooldown increased to 17 seconds (was 14 seconds).

Kings' Rest

• Finished Mummy and Half-Finished Mummy are now marked as elites.
• Risen Hexer now casts Shadow Bolt (was Shadowfrost Bolt).
• Phantom Hex Priest now uses Shadow magic (was Nature).
• Increased Shadow of Zul’s ability cooldown.
• Bloodsworn Assassin’s Sudden Rupture now prefers not targeting the same player consecutively.

The Council of Tribes

• Kula the Butcher’s Whirling Axes visual updated.
• Aka'ali the Conqueror and Zanazal the Wise now wait briefly before attacking players.

Murder Row

• Addressed an issue where Malefic Wave can sometimes fail to hit players.
• Addressed an issue where Row Snitch can be uninteractable.

Lithiel Cinderfury

• Fingers of Gul’dan now prefers non-tank players.
• Fingers of Gul’Dan number of targets reduced to 4 (was 5).
• Fingers of Gul’dan number of Wild Imps summoned increased to 4 (was 3).

Ruby Life Pools

• Replaced the Flashfrost Chillweaver nearest to Defier Draghar with a Deepstone Earthshaper, and moved one of the preceding Earthbound Guardians next to this creature.
• Adjusted enemy forces requirement to keep routing the same as before.
• Deepstone Earthshaper’s health reduced by 8%, and Techtonic Strikes damage vulnerability reduced to 25% (was 35%).
• Flashfrost Chillweaver’s health reduced by 10%.
• Primalist Cinderweaver’s Living Bomb periodic damage and explosion damage reduced by 10%.

Temple of Sethraliss

• Replaced a Faithless Subjugator with a Lightning Serpent.
• Adjusted enemy forces requirement to keep routing the same as before.
• Swarming Krolusks now idle for longer after spawning before attacking.

Voidscar Arena

• Adjusted spawning of a pack near the Harrower to be closer to the stairs.

Taz'Rah

• Nether Dash line visuals now turn more smoothly.

Atroxus

• Addressed issues with the voice lines not matching the spells.

The Venomous Abyss

• Reduced the number of creature spawns throughout the zone.
• Reduced the blood required to open doors throughout the Venomous Abyss.
• Reduced the damage of Venom Withdrawal by 30%.
• Reduced the duration of Venom Withdrawal by 50%.
• Reduced the health of Serpent Wards by 75%.

The Lost Explorers

• Resolved an issue where Hoji did not immediately stop casting when the encounter ends, preventing the encounter from completing.

Vashnik the Malignant

• Fixed an issue causing the Solidified Snake Venom to not spawn for the achievement.
• Fixed an issue causing Burning Venom to not move towards the Malignant Cavity after being gripped.
• Reduced the number of Malignant Totems per cast.
• Adjusted the spawn locations of Malignant Totems.
• Fixed a bug causing Imbibe to inflict more damage than intended on Normal and Heroic difficulties.

The Coiled Altar

• Fixed an issue where Sever's vulnerability aura lasted longer than intended.
• Malacrass now casts Dreadmarch on all players 10 seconds after he enrages.
• Reduced Malacrass’s phase 3 health by 10% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
• Eternal Nightfall is no longer affected by Curse of Tongues or similar effects.
• Reduced the absorb value of Veil of Twilight by 15% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.

Ula’tek

• Corrected the target location of Ula'tek's Venomous Heart so that AoE spells more consistently hit it and Ula'tek.
• Fixed a bug preventing the encounter from resetting when no players were alive in Ula’tek’s room.
• Increased the duration of Greasy Hatchling to 35 seconds (was 20 seconds).
• Players are now protected against being targeted by Virulent Spit while crossing the venom pools.
• Resolved an issue causing Death Knights’ Necrotic Coil to have pathing issues.
• Causing the Doomscale Warden to cast Shadow Molt early no longer resets their spell record timings.
• Reduced the number of players required to successfully soak Serpent's Bite across the range of raid sizes.
• Players affected by Calcified Corpse now radiate massive raid damage on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
• An erroneous tenth stack of Stone Venom is no longer applied to the current target during Ula'tek's Mother's Wrath.

Housing

• Previewing decor in the Decor Catalog will now show accurate Voidlight Marl prices for decor sold by Silvermoon's Disguised Decor Duel Vendor.

Omnium Folio

• Fixed a bug that where the Rune of Lingering did not always activate for healers.

Player versus Player

• In Training Grounds, Arena opponents will now properly display their surrender animation when forfeiting their match after a teammate has died.

Demon Hunter

• Glimpse now reduces damage taken by 20% while active (was 25%).

Devourer

• Void Ray damage increased by 33% in PvP combat.
• Blur now reduces damage taken by 15% in PvP combat (was 25%).
• Armor of Souls now increases Armor by 65% (was 100%).

Havoc

• Blur now reduces damage taken by 15% in PvP combat (was 25%).
• Desperate Instincts now reduces damage taken by 5% while below 35% health in PvP combat (was 10%).

Druid

Feral

• Druid of the Claw: Ravage damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Rip damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Rake damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Evoker

Augmentation

• Damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Ebon Might grants 10% primary stat in PvP combat (was 8%).
• Inferno's Blessing damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.

Hunter

Marksmanship

• Sentinel: Moonlight Chakram damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
• Rapid Fire damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Arcane Shot damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Survival

• Sentinel: Moonlight Chakram damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
• Raptor Strike and Raptor Swipe damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Kill Command damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Mage

Fire

• Burnout now explodes for 50% of remaining Ignite damage in PvP combat (was 75%).
• Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast and Flamestrike by 180% in PvP combat (was 230%).
• Molten Fury now increases damage to targets below 35% health by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).

Monk

Brewmaster

• Fixed an issue where Hot Trub PvP talent was incorrectly counting as both a Disorient and an Incapacitate. It now counts as an Incapacitate only.

Windwalker

• Rushing Wind Kick damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
• Rising Sun Kick damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
• Tigereye Brew now increases critical strike damage by 3/6% in PvP combat (was 5/10%).

Paladin

Holy

• Developer's notes: Holy Paladin throughput has increased with recent changes past our targets for them in PvP.
• All healing reduced by 4% in PvP combat.

Protection

• Guardian of the Forgotten Queen duration reduced to 6 seconds.
• Guardian of the Forgotten Queen cooldown increased to 4 minutes.
• Guardian of the Forgotten Queen now has a 6 second internal cooldown.
• Sacrifice of the Just reduces the cooldown of Blessing of Sacrifice by 30 seconds in PvP combat (was 60 seconds).

Retribution

• Shield of Vengeance absorption reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
• Divine Protection now reduces damage taken by 20% in PvP combat (was 25%).
• Templar: Seal of the Templar now increases the damage of Templar's Verdict by 35% (was 25%).
• Templar: Hammer of Light's damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.

Priest

• Mindgames direct damage increased by 150%.
• Mindgames healing and damage reversal increased by 150%.

Discipline

• Flash Heal and Shadow Mend healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Atonement healing increased by 5% in PvP combat.

Holy

• Enlightenment regenerates mana 10% faster in PvP combat (was 25%).
• Prayer of Mending healing reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
• Holy Word: Serenity healing reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
• Oracle: Prompt Prognosis healing reduced by 25% in PvP combat.

Shadow

• Shadow Word: Madness damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Void Volley damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Rogue

Assassination

• Kingsbane initial damage reduced by 12% in PvP combat.
• Implacable (Rank 3) Physical and Nature damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
• Fatebound: Fatebound Coin (Tails) damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.

Outlaw

• Dispatch damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Between the Eyes damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.

Subtlety

• Eviscerate damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Goremaw's Bite bleeding damage increased by 33% in PvP combat.

Shaman

Elemental

• Stormbringer: Tempest damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Lava Burst damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Earth Shock damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
• Earthquake damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.

Restoration

• Mana regeneration is now reduced by 65% in PvP combat (was 60%).
• Totemic: Splitstream now causes Healing Stream Totem to heal an additional ally at 15% effectiveness in PvP combat (was 30%).
• Totemic: Earthsurge now causes allies affected by your Earthliving to receive 5% additional healing from you in PvP combat (was 15%).

Warlock

Affliction

• Agony damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
• Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 20%.

Demonology

• Soul Harvester: Wicked Reaping damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
• Soul Harvester: Necrolyte Teachings now causes Power Siphon to increase the damage of Demonbolt by an additional 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
• Power Siphon now increases the damage of your next 2 Demonbolts by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Destruction

• Chaos Bolt damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Shadowburn damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Warrior

Arms

• Colossus: Demolish damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
• Slayer: Slayer’s Strike damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.
• Fueled by Violence healing reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Prey

• Fixed a bug where the spell Noxious Spitfall was targeting players not on the threat list.
• Fixed a bug where Ral'kala's invulnerability shield would interfere with his timed despawn.
• Pack Hunters and Pack Ambushers will no longer spawn Venom-Bloated Pythons.

Quests

• Fixed an issue causing Li Li Stormstout to comment when the player exits “The War Within Recap”.
• Fixed an issue preventing Soridormi from offering the “Legacy of the Amani” campaign chapter skip.
• The weekly quests "Turn Back the Surge" and "Sparks of War: Eversong Woods" no longer incorrectly suggest that they reward two Sparks of Tide.