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Events: change history

22 changes across 3 patches (Apr 17, 2026 to Oct 6, 2026), newest first. Nerf Radar tracks the 10 most recent official updates for World of Warcraft (Retail), back to Feb 25, 2026.
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  1. WoW Retail Hotfixes: October 6, 2026Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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    Brewfest
    Items that drop from Coren Direbrew should now have the required level set to the player who receives the item. They could still trade it but players at lower levels will have to reach the required level to equip it.
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    Items that drop from Coren Direbrew should now have the required level set to the player who receives the item. They could still trade it but players at lower levels will have to reach the required level to equip it.
  2. WoW Retail: Curse of Ula'tek Content Update Notes (Aug 6, 2026)Adjust 11New 2Removed 1Official notes ↗
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    Ritual Sites
    Ritual Site tiers 1-6 vault rewards have been updated to match the Season 2 Delve tiers 1-6 vault rewards.
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    Ritual Site tiers 1-6 vault rewards have been updated to match the Season 2 Delve tiers 1-6 vault rewards.
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    Ritual Sites
    Ritual Sites now reward Season 2 crests equivalent to Delves at these tiers.
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    Ritual Sites now reward Season 2 crests equivalent to Delves at these tiers.
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    Ritual Sites
    Tiers 1-3 remain at the Season 1 recommended item levels and tuning.
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    Tiers 1-3 remain at the Season 1 recommended item levels and tuning.
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    Ritual Sites
    Ritual Site recommended item levels rise for tiers 4–6: Tier 4 to 259 (was 257), Tier 5 to 268 (was 264) and Tier 6 to 275 (was 274).
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    New recommended item levels for tiers 4-6:
    • Tier 4 – 259 (was 257)
    • Tier 5 – 268 (was 264)
    • Tier 6 – 275 (was 274)
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    Ritual Sites
    The Tier 6 Advanced Ritual Studies quests will no longer offer a Nebulous Voidcore bonus roll reward. The quests remain available to complete for the relevant achievement.
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    The Tier 6 Advanced Ritual Studies quests will no longer offer a Nebulous Voidcore bonus roll reward. The quests remain available to complete for the relevant achievement.
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    Void Assaults
    Void Strikes, Void Incursions, and the Weekly Quest will now give Season 2 Adventurer crests.
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    Void Strikes, Void Incursions, and the Weekly Quest will now give Season 2 Adventurer crests.
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    Void-touched Caches
    New Season 2 Adventurer Warbound caches available for 200 Field Accolades.
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    New Season 2 Adventurer Warbound caches available for 200 Field Accolades.
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    Void-touched Caches
    New Season 2 Veteran Bind-on-Pickup caches available for 500 Field Accolades for a random slot, and 750 Field Accolades for a slot specific item.
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    New Season 2 Veteran Bind-on-Pickup caches available for 500 Field Accolades for a random slot, and 750 Field Accolades for a slot specific item.
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    Void-touched Caches
    The Season 1 gear caches have been removed.
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    The Season 1 gear caches have been removed.
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    Val and Naigtal
    World Quests, Rares, and Elites will now grant Season 2 Adventurer crests in both Normal and Heroic World Tiers.
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    World Quests, Rares, and Elites will now grant Season 2 Adventurer crests in both Normal and Heroic World Tiers.
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    Val and Naigtal
    Rare equipment drops will remain Warbound Until Equipped and will now drop at Season 2 Adventurer 1/6 (Normal) and Adventurer 4/6 (Heroic).
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    Rare equipment drops will remain Warbound Until Equipped and will now drop at Season 2 Adventurer 1/6 (Normal) and Adventurer 4/6 (Heroic).
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    Val and Naigtal
    The World Boss and Weekly Quests will offer Season 2 Adventurer crests in Normal World Tier and Season 2 Veteran crests in Heroic World Tier.
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    The World Boss and Weekly Quests will offer Season 2 Adventurer crests in Normal World Tier and Season 2 Veteran crests in Heroic World Tier.
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    Val and Naigtal
    The World Boss drops will remain as Season 1 drops and can no longer be upgraded.
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    The World Boss drops will remain as Season 1 drops and can no longer be upgraded.
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    Val and Naigtal
    The Mythic quest rewards from "Knocking off the Top (Heroic)" will also remain as Season 1 rewards and can no longer be upgraded.
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    The Mythic quest rewards from "Knocking off the Top (Heroic)" will also remain as Season 1 rewards and can no longer be upgraded.
  3. WoW Retail Hotfixes: April 17, 2026Adjust 5Fix 2Official notes ↗
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    Resolved issues that made Abysslick at the Stormarion Citadel difficult to loot when dead.
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    Resolved issues that made Abysslick at the Stormarion Citadel difficult to loot when dead.
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    The Legends of the Haranir event now has an account-wide lockout, allowing participation once per week per account instead of once per character, starting with the weekly reset on March 10.
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    [With Weekly Reset on March 10] The Legends of the Haranir event now has an account-wide lockout, allowing participation once per week per account (was once per character).
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    Ethereal Energy objects should now be interactable when an Ethereal Tool is equipped even if the Ethereal Disruption event is not currently active.
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    Ethereal Energy objects should now be interactable when an Ethereal Tool is equipped even if the Ethereal Disruption event is not currently active.
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    The Deploy the Defenses user interface for Stormarion Citadel now displays as expected until the timer expires.
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    The Deploy the Defenses user interface for Stormarion Citadel now displays as expected until the timer expires.
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    Abundance events are now available for all characters in a Warband, once one of them has completed opening tutorial questline.
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    Abundance events are now available for all characters in a Warband, once one of them has completed opening tutorial questline.
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    Fixed an issue where the Abundance event in Voidstorm was not granting rewards for Abundant Harvests.
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    Fixed an issue where the Abundance event in Voidstorm was not granting rewards for Abundant Harvests.
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    Jonas Everdawn in Silvermoon City will now offer "Saltheril's Haven" to invite players to Saltheril's Soiree once they have unlocked World Quests and reached level 90.
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    Jonas Everdawn in Silvermoon City will now offer "Saltheril's Haven" to invite players to Saltheril's Soiree once they have unlocked World Quests and reached level 90.

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