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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: August 31, 2026

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

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August 31, 2026

19 entries

Source Hotfixes: September 4, 2026, by Blizzard Entertainment (worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com)

Classes

Death Knight

Unholy

  • Resolved an issue causing Dread and Virulent Plague Erupt effects to not work as intended with the target damage modifiers and caster damage modifiers Foul Infections, Thrill of Blood, Incite Terror, Morbidity, Soul Reaper, Brittle, and the War debuff of Rune of the Apocalypse.

Druid

Restoration

  • Fixed an issue where Grove Guardians were not prioritizing healing the target of your Swiftmend or Wild Growth.
  • Fixed an issue where Everbloom could incorrectly heal 6 targets instead of the intended 5 targets.

Mage

Fire

  • Resolved an issue where the 2-piece set bonus: Flamestrike did not correctly always grant Hot Streak when it is a guaranteed critical strike due to Pyroclasm.

Monk

Mistweaver

  • Fixed an issue where Soothing Mist could rarely cause the incorrect aura to be canceled.

Priest

Holy

  • Fixed an issue where Guardian Angel would not reduce the cooldown of Guardian Spirit when placed on an ally.

Warlock

Affliction

  • Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul would not activate from Unstable Affliction applied via Fatal Echoes.

Delves

Gnarldor Isle

  • Minchi has been hitting the books and now requires adventurers to help him investigate only 4 bone piles (was 6) in the Minchi's Osseous Adventure story.

Dungeons and Raids

The Venomous Abyss

The Coiled Alter

  • Fixed a rare issue where Coalesced Venom's could spawn inside a Virulent Mutation rim on Mythic difficulty.
  • Fixed an issue where Soul Sever was incorrectly highlighting which Manifestations of Dread would be destroyed.
  • Defilement of the Coiled Altar healing absorb reduced by 20% in Mythic difficulty.

Ula’tek

  • Damage from carrying eggs is now treated as periodic damage (was direct damage).
  • Resolved an issue where Blight Vein could occasionally inflict additional damage.
  • Resolved an issue where Toxic Burn could occasionally inflict additional damage.
  • Resolved an issue that could cause Dancing Rune Weapon to fail to cast spells when targeting the Venomous Heart.
  • Increased the range of Grasping Fangs.
  • Corrected an issue that would cause Ula'tek to re-emerge during the intermission.

Omnium Folio

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Rune of Lingering to break crowd-controlled enemies.

User Interface

  • Groups for the Housewarming housing quest are now found in the Questing section of the Premade Group Finder (was the Custom section).
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