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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 26, 2026

Official Blizzard notes

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

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August 26, 2026

16 entries

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

Classes

Demon Hunter

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Devourer

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the effect of the Devourer 2-piece set bonus (Soulburst) from displaying correctly.

Paladin

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Protection

  • Fixed an issue where Avenger's Shield could sometimes fail to activate Glory of the Vanguard while Divine Resonance was active.

Priest

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Holy

  • Fixed an issue where Divine Hymn would put Guardian Spirit on a 60-second cooldown with Guardian Angel talented.

Shaman

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Elemental

  • Farseer: Corrected an issue where Maelstrom Supremacy did not increase the healing of Healing Surge.

Warrior

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  • Fixed a bug that could cause Sudden Death to incorrectly increase cooldowns.

Delves

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Undergraduates in the Infiltrator Garand encounter to spawn in unintended locations.
  • Fixed an issue causing Gnok to cast Ejecting Decay while moving, and Upheaval no longer targets pets.

Dungeons and Raids

The Venemous Abyss

  • Story Mode: Dungeon followers will now properly lead players when Dungeon Assistance is toggled on.

The Lost Explorers

  • Evokers’ Cauterizing Flame should now properly remove the Splinters effect during this encounter.

Ula’tek

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  • Fixed an issue where the targeting of Mother's Wrath could fail, causing Ula'tek to use her raid wide damage despite the tank being in the bubble.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause unintended duplicate applications of Doomscale Shell.

Items and Rewards

  • Players who are offered a Silvermoon Splendor in their Great Vault can still select that option and receive a Nebulous Voidcore.
  • Fixed an issue where raid armor rewards from the Coiled Altar and Ula'tek could not be catalyzed if sourced from the Great Vault or Voidcore rolls. Existing items may now catalyzed.
  • Fixed an issue where some Season 2 items could not have a socket added.
  • "Overflowing" caches for reaching maximum Renown should now contain Veteran Mistcrests during Season 2.

Player versus Player

  • Resolved an issue that prevented Training Grounds: Arena from ending the match when the game-controlled opponents surrender.

Classes in these notes

5 of the day's lines are scoped to a class: Demon Hunter (1), Paladin (1), Priest (1), Shaman (1) and Warrior (1).

Named in these notes

Blizzard's notes for August 26, 2026 name 1 spell and 1 boss. Each opens its page here; the count is how many lines mention it.

Spells (1)

Bosses (1)

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.

  • Healing Surge Named in 1 of these notes (Shaman). Nature, 1.5 sec cast. Taught through the Shaman skill line. Current tooltip: “A quick surge of healing energy that restores of a friendly target's health. Consumes Stormweaver for increased cast speed and healing.”

The Instances and Bosses in These Notes

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