Hotfixes

May 1, 2026

Classes

Paladin
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue that caused Beacon of Light to sometimes not transfer healing from Holy Light or Flash of Light.
Rogue
- Assassination
  - Fixed a bug causing Deathmark to generate less Energy than intended.

Enemies and NPCs

Faithbreaker Ger’lok will now return to his ritual platform if he is pulled far away.

Sound

Reduced the volume of the Gaze of the Alnseer sound effect.

April 30, 2026

Classes

Shaman
- Corrected an issue where the Jet Stream talent would not remove snare effects from allies who enter your Wind Rush Totem’s area.
- Restoration
  - Corrected an issue where the initial healing from dropping a Stormstream Totem was not affected by Mastery: Deep Healing.
  - Farseer: Corrected an issue where summoned Ancestors would not cast Chain Heal when dropping Stormstream Totem.
  - Totemic: Corrected an issue where the effects of the Tidecaller’s Guard shield imbuement would be lost upon dying and resurrecting.

Housing

Players can again place non-default flooring, leave their House, and return to find the flooring where they placed it.

Items

Fixed a bug preventing players from purchasing the Cache of Void-Touched Weapons before unlocking the Void-Touched Sunfury Poleaxe from any item.

Player versus Player

Warrior
- Fixed an issue where Disarm was incorrectly sharing a diminishing return with root effects.

User Interface

Resolved an issue with Action Bar items persisting when you enter a vehicle.

World

Fixed a rare bug that could cause players using DirectX 11 to see zone-wide graphical corruption.

April 29, 2026

Classes

Evoker
- Flameshaper: Twin Flame will no longer bounce to enemy targets that the Evoker is not in combat with.
- Fixed an issue where Titan’s Gift and Titanic Wrath were not increasing the damage of the final few ticks of Disintegrate for Preservation and Devastation Evokers.
Shaman
- Restoration
  - All damage dealt increased by approximately 12%.
  - Developers’ notes: Restoration shamans were intended to gain a 30% damage increase with the release of patch 12.0.5, but an error resulted in them gaining about half of that amount. This 12% increase brings them up to a total of +30% damage when compared to before patch 12.0.5.
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Fixed an issue where Fatal Echoes would consume a Soul Shard when activated.
  - Fixed an issue where Unstable Affliction would consume all stacks of Shard Instability.
Warrior
- Arms
  - Slams from Fervor of Battle which critically strike will now correctly trigger Mortal Wounds.
  - Deep Wounds applied by Execute no longer deal double the intended damage.

Decor Duel

The Enchanted Hourglass now has a progress bar, and its timer is now better aligned with the toy’s duration.

Housing

Fixed a bug where the neighborhood weekly quest “Lost Animals” could become unavailable to players who completed it previously.

Items

Cosmic Hunter’s Glaive and Fangs of the Invader should now have Intellect for Devourer Demon Hunters.

Professions

Cooking
- Fixed an issue with Hearty Well Fed being refreshed by standard Well Fed foods.

Reputation

Midnight World Quests now correctly award increased reputation while Sign of the Emissary is active.

Void Assaults

Imperator Pertinax should no longer die easily during the Eversong Void Incursion.
Fixed a bug that could prevent some players who were properly in combat with the Void-Corrupted creature from receiving credit toward the Cosmic Slayer achievement.

April 28, 2026

Classes

Druid
- Restoration
  - Fixed an issue where Blooming Infusion was counting each target of Nature’s Bounty or Rampant Growth as an additional cast.
Mage
- Frost
  - Fixed an issue causing some spells to be incorrectly locked during Party Sync.
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Fixed an issue where the Abyssal Immolator 4-piece set bonus would not correctly increase the initial stack count of Agony by 2.
  - Fixed an issue where Unstable Affliction applied through Fatal Echoes would consume Shard Instability.

Decor Duel

Fixed a bug that could prevent seekers from receiving participation credit.

Dungeons and Raids

Algeth’ar Academy
- Timer increased to 31 minutes (was 30 minutes).
Maisara Caverns
- Muro’jin and Nekraxx
  - Coordinated Assault damage reduced by 30%, and now ignores armor.
March on Quel’Danas
- Midnight Falls
  - Fixed an issue causing Druids to become untargetable after entering the Darkwell while shapeshifted.

April 27, 2026

Classes

Demon Hunter
- Havoc
  - Fixed an issue that allowed Havoc to benefit from Vengeance’s Annihilator talent Meteoric Rise when using Collective Anguish in specific conditions.
- Vengeance
  - Annihilator: Fixed an issue that caused Celestial Echoes to grant 5 additional Fury per Fracture instead of the intended 3 Fury.
Evoker
- Fixed an issue where Renewing Blaze would not always trigger its healing effect from certain attacks.
Mage
- Frost
  - Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost Rank 2 to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
  - Fixed an issue that could cause Flurry to not benefit fully from the damage bonus of Brain Freeze, when a non-Brain-Freeze-affected Flurry was cast immediately afterwards.
  - Fixed an issue causing some Tracked Buffs for Frostfire to not display correctly.
  - Casting Mass Invisibility now correctly interrupts the Mage’s current spell.
Monk
- Windwalker
  - Touch of Karma now shows as a large defensive buff on raid frames.
Rogue
- Trickster: Cloud Cover’s visual effect is now only visible to the caster in all circumstances.
- Assassination
  - Separated the tracked buffs for Implacable into two elements so they can be tracked separately with the Cooldown Manager.
    - Duration of increased Energy generation.
    - Amount of Energy regeneration you’ll receive when Envenom expires.
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Fixed an issue where Shared Agony would not function after casting a Curse.
  - Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Xalan’s Cruelty would not increase the critical strike chance of Wrath of Nathreza.
  - Fixed an issue where periodic damage caused by Malefic Grasp is unaffected by Death’s Embrace.
  - Soul Harvester: Fixed an issue where consuming Nightfall with Malefic Grasp would not activate Wicked Reaping.
- Demonology
  - Fixed an issue where Fel Armaments would reduce the cooldown of Felstorm by 20 seconds, rather than the intended 10 seconds.

Delves

The Darkway
- Corrupted Leyline will no longer sometimes continue to cast Detected! after it’s out of range.
The Shadow Enclave
- Fixed an issue where characters could lose the ability to strafe after picking up a mirror.

Items and Rewards

Fixed a Great Vault display bug where the World Row indicated an item level of 272 for the Tier 5 Ritual Site, instead of the intended 269 item level.

Player versus Player

Demon Hunter
- Fixed an issue that prevented the target throw effect from being available while using Illidan’s Grasp.
- Havoc
  - Fixed an issue that caused Consume Magic to remove an additional Magic effect from the primary target when the Blood Moon PvP Talent was selected.

Quests

Resolved an issue where players who completed the quest “The Legend of Aln’Sharan” could not gather them on alts without completing the quest first.

April 24, 2026

Achievements

Midnight Keystone Myth - Season One is now available to players who attained a Mythic+ Rating of at least 3400 during Midnight Season 1.

Characters

Pandaren characters who boost during the intro sequence will now be able to port to their houses.

Classes

Death Knight
- Unholy
  - Festering Scythe is now an aura on the player, resolving issues that occur when extending the duration of plagues.
    - Developers’ notes: The underlying issue here was proving to be problematic for a number of reasons and we felt like this would be the safest approach for now.
  - Resolved an issue causing Magus of the Dead to not take action immediately on spawn.
  - Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Knowledge Rank 4 to activate less than stated.
  - Resolved an issue causing Unholy Devotion to grant Haste in addition to attack speed and energy regeneration.
  - Disease Cloud is now cast by the Abomination, resolving issues such as it not interacting with pet scaling talents.
Demon Hunter
- Devourer
  - Fixed an issue causing the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight to not recommend Collapsing Star outside of melee range.
- Vengeance
  - Fixed an issue that caused Metamorphosis to be put on cooldown when Last Resort’s effect triggered.
Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Corrected an issue where Unbreakable Bond could give the damage reduction effect to the hunter rather than their pet.
Mage
- Frost
  - Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost (Rank 2) to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
Paladin
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue that caused Holy Armaments to significantly impact framerates.
Priest
- Shadow
  - Voidweaver: Fixed an issue causing Overwhelming Shadows to increase the damage of Mind Blast.
Rogue
- Trickster: Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Cover’s effect to cost 30 Energy to activate.
- Trickster: Cloud Cover’s visual effect is now only visible to the caster in all circumstances.
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Fixed an issue where Jinx would not function if Foul Mouth was not talented.
- Demonology
  - Fixed an issue where Demonic Gateway would benefit Hellbent Commander.

Delves

Valeera is no longer unwilling to attack Poison Dart Frog or Giant Cursed Bullfrog.
Atal’Aman
- Adjusted the placement of several out-of-range Sanctified Banners in two story variants.
The Darkway
- The Corrupted Leyline will no longer sometimes continue to cast Detected! after being out of its range.

Dungeons and Raids

Maisara Caverns
- Addressed an issue where players could remain in combat after defeating Vordaza.

Housing

Decorative Dornogal Opals (small, medium and large) are now available for purchase from the Disguised Decor Duel Vendor in Silvermoon.

Player versus Player

Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Precise Shots now benefits Kill Shot and Black Arrow at 50% effectiveness in PvP combat.
  - Black Arrow damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  - All damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
    - Developers’ notes: Several talent changes in 12.0.5 led to Marksmanship overperforming in PvP. These updates target changes to Black Arrow and their overall damage to account for the new interactions and reduce their effectiveness at both burst damage and overall pressure.
Mage
- Mass Invisibility will no longer target players carrying the Deephaul Crystal in Deephaul Ravine.
Priest
- Fixed an issue causing Cyclone to be able to be applied while a Priest has Psychic Shroud active.

Quests

Fixed an issue where some Alliance players were unable to see the “Heavy Anchor” for “The Fragrance of the Dunes” quest.
Fixed an issue causing players to be unable to turn in Nebulous Voidcores to Decimus while on the quest “Artifice of Aggression”.
Fixed an issue that could cause Lorna Crowley to phase out when engaged for the Arcantina quest “A Generational Moment”.

April 23, 2026

Classes

Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Corrected an issue where players could gain double the benefit of Pathfinding or Endurance Training when using the Unbreakable Bond talent in combination with the Cunning or Tenacious talents.
  - Cunning or Tenacity pets should no longer sometimes lose their pet passive bonuses of Endurance Training and Pathfinding when changing between the Cunning and Tenacity talent choice node.
Warlock
- Fixed an issue where Frequent Traveler would not function when using another Warlock’s Demonic Gateway.
- Diabolist: Fixed an issue where Abyssal Dominion would not match the duration of Demonic Tyrant with Reign of Tyranny talented.
- Affliction
  - Fixed an issue where Blight of Weakness and Tongues would not properly display on the Cooldown Manager.
- Destruction
  - Removed several spells from the Cooldown Manager, as they are no longer present in-game.

Décor Duel

Hiding players can no longer go near the Seeker’s waiting room.
- Developers’ notes: There was an emergent tactic where hiders would place a bunch of traps near the seekers’ entrance, preventing them from leaving.

Dungeons and Raids

Magisters’ Terrace
- Addressed an issue where Degentrius’ Devouring Entropy could damage players who were immune to it.
Windrunner Spire
- Addressed an issue where Commander Kroluk could melee after finishing casting Bladestorm.
The Voidspire
- Crown of the Cosmos
  - Gravity Collapse damage reduced by 10%.

April 22, 2026

Characters

Fixed a bug that could cause some Night Elf characters to be missing the intended Linen Blindfold option they previously chose.

Classes

Death Knight
- Resolved an issue causing the Commander of the Dead damage increase aura to be applied to Death Knights.
Evoker
- Preservation
  - Fixed an issue where Dream Breath was not being stored in Stasis.
Paladin
- Holy
  - Fixed a bug that could cause Holy Paladins to do less damage than intended.
Rogue
- Fixed a bug that prevented the expected audio from playing when a Rogue enters stealth.

Decor Duel

Fixed a bug that could prevent Decor Duel participants from receiving base Illusionary Coin rewards by incorrectly evaluating them to be AFK.
Humanoid tracking abilities no longer reveal players in Decor Duel.
Achievements earned in Decor Duel are now account-wide, as intended.

Dungeons and Raids

Addressed an issue where Lindormi’s Guidance could be applied to players outside of Mythic+ dungeons.
March on Quel’Danas
- Midnight Falls
  - Resolved issues with Torchbearer failing to prevent players from receiving applications of Midnight or failing to remove applications of Midnight.

Items

Addressed an issue preventing sockets from being added to Champion items obtained from Midnight Renown vendors.
Fixed an issue where acquiring a Nebulous Voidcore with Thalassian Tokens of Merit would cause Decimus to only grant one of his two weekly Nebulous Voidcores upon quest turn-in.
- Developers’ notes: Players who have two Nebulous Voidcores in their currency window while showing “Season Maximum: 1/2” can now safely complete any of Decimus’s quests again to receive their missing Nebulous Voidcore.

Professions

Adjusted the cost of Thalassian Competitor’s Chain Tunic to 5 Heraldry (was 4) to be in line with other crafted PvP chestpieces.

Quests

The Ancient Visionstone can once again be interacted with for the Harandar repeatable legends quests “The Story of the Echoless Flame” and “The Story of Russula’s Outreach”.
Fixed a bug where the daily quest “Ephemeral Masquerade” appeared to be a low-level quest, rather than the intended blue exclamation point.

World of Warcraft: Midnight Hotfixes - 1 May