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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

4 entries

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

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.

Named in these notes

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

Bosses (1)

The Instances and Bosses in These Notes

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