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World of Warcraft Hotfixes: September 22, 2026

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

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September 22, 2026

150 entries

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

Classes

Death Knight

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Blood

  • All ability and minion damage reduced by 6%.
  • Death Strike damage increased by 15%.
  • Deadly Reach now causes Death Strike now to deal 60% of its damage to 2 nearby enemies (was 75%).

Deathbringer

  • Exterminate damage increased by 25%.
  • Reaper’s Mark damage increased by 20%.
  • Wave of Souls damage increased by 20%.
  • Bind in Darkness now increases Blood Boil damage by 50% (was 30%).
  • Deathly Blows now increases Death Strike damage by 20% (was 12%).
  • Swift and Painful now increases Strength by 15% (was 10%).

Frost

  • Frostreaper damage increased by 100%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Obliterate damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Unholy

  • Scourging now causes your plagues to erupt at 65%/100% (was 50%/70%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Blightfall deals 200% of the plague damage remaining (was 100%). Does not apply to PvP combat.

San’layn

  • Infliction of Sorrow causes Vampiric Strike to erupt plagues with 75% increased effectiveness (was 30%).
  • Thrill of Blood increases Dread Plague damage by 20% (was 10%).
  • Frenzied Bloodthirst now increases Death Coil and Death Strike damage by 5% per stack.

Demon Hunter

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Devourer

  • Collapsing Star damage to primary target increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Consume/Devour damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Havoc

Aldrachi Reaver

  • Art of the Glaive now increases the damage of enhanced strikes by 15% (was 10%) and 30% (was 20%).
  • Reaver’s Glaive damage increased by 25%.
  • Reaver’s Mark now increases your damage to the target by 7% (was 6%).
  • Broken Spirit chance to shatter a Soul Fragment increased to 20% (was 15%).

Vengeance

Aldrachi Reaver

  • Art of the Glaive now increases the damage of enhanced strikes by 15% (was 10%) and 30% (was 20%).
  • Reaver’s Glaive damage increased by 25%.
  • Reaver’s Mark now increases your damage to the target by 8% (was 7%).

Druid

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Hero Talents

Wildstalker

  • Bursting Growth damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Feral

Wildstalker

  • Patient Custodian increases bleed damage by 10% (was 8%). Does not apply to PvP combat.

Restoration

  • All healing increased by 4%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Fixed an issue where Photosynthesis could trigger from other players’ heal over time effects.

Evoker

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Augmentation

  • Eruption damage increased by 15%.
  • Fire Breath damage increased by 60%.
  • Upheaval damage increased by 40%.
  • Blistering Scales damage increased by 100%.

Devastation

  • Pyre damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Unbound Flame damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Fire Breath damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Azure Strike damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Azure Sweep damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Shattering Star damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Hunter

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Marksmanship

  • Trick Shots now causes Aimed Shot or Rapid Fire ricochets to hit for 75% of damage (was 60%).
  • Volley damage increased by 10%.

Survival

  • Wildfire Bomb damage increased by 20%.
  • Wildfire Bomb now only hits the primary target for 50% additional damage (was 80% additional).

Mage

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Fire

  • Meteor’s damage over time increased by 100%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Frostfire

  • Dualcasting Adept now increases Flamestrike damage by 15% (was 10%).

Sunfury

  • Burden of Power now increases Flamestrike damage by 6% (was 3%).

Frost

  • Frozen Orb damage increased by 15%.
  • Comet Storm damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Frostbite’s Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
  • Glacial Assault icy comet damage increased by 50%.

Monk

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Mistweaver

  • All healing increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Vivify healing increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Sheilun’s Gift healing increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Windwalker

  • Melee auto-attack damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Dual Threat damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Rising Sun Kick damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Paladin

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Protection

  • All ability damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Retribution

Templar

  • Hammer of Light damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Empyrean Hammer damage increased by 12%.

Priest

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Discipline

  • Atonement healing is increased by 40% when not in a raid or battleground instance.
  • Penance mana cost reduced by 20%.

Shadow

  • Mind Blast damage increased by 15%.
  • Void Blast damage increased by 15%.
  • Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 15%.
  • Shadow Word: Madness damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Mind Flay damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Psychic Link now causes direct damage spells to inflict 20% of their damage to all other targets afflicted by Vampiric Touch (was 25%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Shadeburst damage reduced by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Rogue

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Subtlety

Trickster

  • Unseen Blade damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Coup de Grace damage increased by 30%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Warrior

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Fury

Mountain Thane

  • Lightning Strike damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Ground Current damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Protection

Mountain Thane

  • Lightning Strike damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  • Ground Current damage increased by 50%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Dungeons and Raids

Altar of Fangs

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  • Fixed an issue that allowed Blade of the Altar's Laced Edge to cast while crowd controlled.

Temple of Sethraliss

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  • Fixed an issue that allowed Shrouded Fang's Slither Strike to cast while crowd controlled.

Housing

  • The Rustbolt Jetpack has received a firmware update. It will now engage Ocular Non-Obstruction Mode upon detection of unstable decor environments.

Items

Player versus Player

Death Knight

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Unholy

San’layn

  • Inevitable now causes plagues to deal up to 60% increased damage based on the target’s missing health (was 30%) in PvP combat.
  • Vampiric Strike damage increased by 100% in PvP combat.

Druid

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Feral

Druid of the Claw

  • Ravage damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  • Dreadful Wound damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
  • Exacerbating Wounds increases damage taken from your bleed effects by 10% in PvP combat (was 8%).

Restoration

  • Call of Ohn’ahra increases the cooldown of Nature’s Swiftness by 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).
  • Swiftmend healing reduced by 20% in PvP combat.

Evoker

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Augmentation

  • Ebon Might grants 12% primary stat in PvP combat (was 10%).

Preservation

Flameshaper

  • Consume Flame healing reduced by 30% in PvP combat.

Hunter

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Beast Mastery

Dark Ranger

  • Black Arrow damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Survival

  • Takedown Hunter damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
  • Takedown Pet damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Sentinel

  • Moonlight Chakram damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Mage

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Fire

  • Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast or Flamestrike by 160% in PvP combat (was 180%).

Monk

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Windwalker

Conduit of the Celestials

  • Celestial Conduit damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.

Shado-Pan

  • Flurry Strikes damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Paladin

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Retribution

Templar

  • Hammer of Light damage increased by 20%.

Priest

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  • Mindgames direct damage and reversal increased by 50%.

Holy

Archon

  • Halo damage and healing increased by 30% in PvP combat.
  • Focused Outburst now reduces the cast time of Prayer of Healing by 40% in PvP combat (was 15%).
  • Realized Potential now increases Flash Heal healing by 20% in PvP combat (was 10%).

Discipline

  • Atonement healing is no longer increased by 40% in PvP combat.

Shadow

  • Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Rogue

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Assassination

  • All damage reduced by 4% in PvP combat.
  • Deathmark now shows as a large aura on raid frames.

Outlaw

  • All damage increased by 5% in PvP combat.

Shaman

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Elemental

  • Lightning Bolt damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
  • Lava Burst damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • Voltaic Blaze instant damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
  • Purging Flames now causes Lava Bursts to fire at 25% effectiveness in PvP combat (was 40%).

Enhancement

  • All damage increased by 3% in PvP combat.

Warlock

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Affliction

  • Agony damage increased by 40% in PvP combat.
  • Unstable Affliction damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.

Warrior

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Arms

Colossus

  • Practiced Strikes increases the damage of Slam and Mortal Strike by 40% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  • Arterial Bleed now increases Rend and Deep Wounds damage by 5% per stack in PvP combat (was 3%).
  • Cut to the Bone now increases Rend and Deep Wounds damage by 30% in PvP combat (was 15%).

Classes in these notes

139 of the day's lines are scoped to a class: Death Knight (22), Priest (21), Evoker (14), Demon Hunter (12), Hunter (12), Druid (10), Mage (10), Monk (9), Warrior (9), Paladin (6), Rogue (6), Shaman (6) and Warlock (2).

Named in these notes

Blizzard's notes for September 22, 2026 name 14 spells, 9 items and 2 dungeons and raids. Each opens its page here; the count is how many lines mention it.

Spells (14)

Items (9)

Dungeons and raids (2)

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.

  • Fire Breath Named in 2 of these notes (Evoker). Fire, instant, lasts 2.5 sec. Taught through the Evoker skill line. Current tooltip: “Inhale, stoking your inner flame. Release to exhale, burning enemies in a cone in front of you for Fire damage, reduced beyond 5 targets. Increases the duration of your active Ebon Might effects. Empowering causes more of the damage to be dealt immediately instead of over time. I: Deals damage instantly and.”
  • Mindgames Named in 2 of these notes (Priest). Shadow, 1.5 sec cast, lasts 5 sec. Taught through the Venthyr skill line. Current tooltip: “Assault an enemy's mind, dealing Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. Reversed damage and healing restore mana.]”
  • Annihilator Named in 1 of these notes (Demon Hunter). Physical, 2.5 sec cast. Taught through the Blacksmithing skill line.
  • Azure Strike Named in 1 of these notes (Evoker). Frost and Arcane, instant. Taught through the Evoker skill line. Current tooltip: “Project intense energy onto 2 enemies, dealing Spellfrost damage to them.”
  • Blood Boil Named in 1 of these notes (Death Knight). Physical, instant. Taught through the Companions skill line. Current tooltip: “Right Click to summon and dismiss your Blood Boil.”
  • Colossus Named in 1 of these notes (Warrior). Physical, 2 sec cast. Taught through the Enchanting skill line. Current tooltip: “Permanently enchants a melee weapon to make your damaging melee strikes sometimes activate a Mogu protection spell, absorbing up to damage. Cannot be applied to items higher than level.”
  • Death Coil Named in 1 of these notes (Death Knight). Shadow, instant. Taught through the Death Knight skill line. Current tooltip: “Fires a blast of unholy energy at the target, causing Shadow damage to an enemy or healing an Undead ally. Extends the duration of Dread Plague and Virulent Plague.1 sec.”
  • Flash Heal Named in 1 of these notes (Priest). Holy, 1.5 sec cast. Taught through the Priest skill line. Current tooltip: “A fast spell that heals an ally.”
  • Meteor Named in 1 of these notes (Mage). Fire, instant. Taught through the Pet - Primal Fire Elemental skill line. Current tooltip: “Call down a molten meteor on your target, dealing damage to enemies of your target.”
  • Ravage Named in 1 of these notes (Druid). Physical, instant. Taught through the Pet - Ravager skill line. Current tooltip: “The Ravager tears into the enemy, causing the Mortal Wounds effect. Mortal Wounds Grievously wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received.”
  • Sheilun's Gift Named in 1 of these notes (Monk). Nature, 2 sec cast. Taught through the Monk skill line. Current tooltip: “Draws in all nearby clouds of mist generated by Sheilun, healing the target per cloud absorbed.”
  • Slam Named in 1 of these notes (Warrior). Physical, instant. Taught through the Warrior skill line. Current tooltip: “Slams an opponent, causing Physical damage. Generates.”
  • Subtlety Named in 1 of these notes (Rogue). Physical, 2 sec cast. Taught through the Enchanting skill line. Current tooltip: “Permanently enchant a cloak to decrease threat from all attacks and spells by 2%. Cannot be applied to items higher than level.”
  • Vivify Named in 1 of these notes (Monk). Nature, 1.5 sec cast. Taught through the Monk skill line. Current tooltip: “Causes a surge of invigorating mists, healing the target and all allies with your Renewing Mist active.”

The Items in These Notes, as the Game Data Has Them

Slot, type, item level, binding and stats of each item the notes name, from the current game build.

  • Preternatural Antivenom Trinket, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 49 gold26 silver for it.
  • Gaze of the Alnseer Trinket, item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. Tooltip: “There are some places the faithful dare not look.” A vendor pays 7 gold20 silver for it.
  • Vaelgor's Final Stare Trinket, item level 197, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 7 gold28 silver for it.
  • Algeth'ar Puzzle Box Trinket, item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 57 gold37 silver for it.
  • Ruby Whelp Shell Trinket, item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect. A vendor pays 58 gold1 silver for it.
  • Mycolic Medicine Trinket, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. Tooltip: “A draught from a species long lost everywhere but in dreams.” A vendor pays 7 gold15 silver for it.
  • Seed of Radiant Hope Trinket, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 7 gold15 silver for it.
  • Unstable Felheart Crystal Trinket, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 7 gold15 silver for it.
  • Rustbolt Jetpack Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Tailored for Neighborhood and House use only.”

The Instances and Bosses in These Notes

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