World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 25, 2026

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.