WoW Retail: Second Midnight Pre-Expansion Update Notes (Feb 9, 2026): what changed

Exterminate first scythe damage increased by 30%.

Reaper's Mark damage increased by 25%.

Deathly Blows now increases the damage of Frost Strike and Frostbane by 15% (was 5%), and also has an additional effect – Reaper's Mark grants 3 stacks of Bonegrinder if it is known.

Swift and Painful now makes Wave of Souls 100% more effective on the primary target, and now grants 8% increased Strength when no enemies are struck by Soul Rupture (was 5%).

All Horsemen damage reduced by 65%.

Hungering Thirst now increases the damage of diseases, Frost Strike, Frostbane, and Death Coil by 5%, and now also affects Necrotic Coil.

Trollbane's Obliterate now correctly becomes Frost when consuming a Killing Machine with One-Handed weapons.

Feast of Souls now increases the damage of Runic Power abilities by 10% when you have 2 or more active Horsemen (was 20%).

Undeath damage increased by 50%.

Whitemane's Epidemic damage increased 150%.

Trollbane's Icy Fury damage increased by 100%.

Vampiric Strike damage reduced by 20%.

Frenzied Bloodthirst now increases the damage of Death Coil and Epidemic by 3% per stack of Essence of the Blood Queen.

Gift of the San'layn now increases the effectiveness of Essence of the Blood Queen by 80%.

Transfusion now increases the damage of a summoned Lesser Ghoul by 10% (was 20%).

Inevitable now increases the damage of diseases by up to 30% (was 20%).

Infusion of Sorrow now causes Vampiric Strike to extend the duration of plagues by 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).

All damage increased by 15%.

Death Strike damage increased by 20%.

Blood Boil damage increased by 15%.

Heart Strike damage increased by 20%.

Death and Decay damage increased by 25%.

Consumption damage increased by 30%.

Bone Shield Armor increased by 20%.

Blood Fortification Stamina increased to 35% (was 30%).

Obliterate damage increased by 15%.

Frost Strike damage reduced by 10%.

Frostbane damage reduced by 10%.

Breath of Sindragosa and Frostwyrm's Fury cooldowns are no longer reset after an encounter.

New Talent: Scythe of Decay – Festering Scythe casts a Death and Decay at the target location. Can only occur every 30 seconds. Reduced to 15 seconds with Death's Echo. Replaces Death and Decay.

Superstrain has been redesigned – Dread Plague deals damage to an additional nearby enemy at 75% effectiveness and has a chance to grant you 4 Runic Power.

Reanimation has been updated – Putrefy now summons a Magus of the Dead for 15 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Pestilence has been updated – Dark Transformation upgrades your next Outbreak to Pestilence. The rest of the effect remains the same.

Pestilence now deals 150% of the remaining damage of Plagues instantly (was 100%).

Magus of the Dead has been updated – Army of the Dead now again also summons a Magus of the Dead for 15 seconds.

Army of the Dead has been updated – Summons a legion of 8 empowered Lesser Ghouls that last for 15 seconds that are now 75% more effective than normal Lesser Ghouls (was 100%). Generates 40 additional Runic Power. Reduced to 4 Lesser Ghouls in PvP combat.

Raise Abomination and Gargoyle no longer putrefies 2 Lesser Ghouls.

Raise Abomination's Disease Cloud now increases the damage targets take from your minions by 10% (was 20%).

Raise Abomination's Disease Cloud now correctly increases the damage of Putrefy.

Soul Reaper increases Putrefy damage.

Soul Reaper debuff tooltip updated to show disease damage increase.

Soul Reaper now consumes all available Putrefy charges to cast Putrefy at its target.

Unholy Devotion now lasts for 12 seconds (was 5 seconds).

All auto-attack and ability damage dealt reduced by 32%.

Scourge Strike damage reduced by 28%.

Virulent Plague damage increased by 13%.

Epidemic damage increased by 15%.

Dread Plague damage reduced by 15%.

Rapid Variant is now an inherent effect for Dread Plague and now takes enemy bounding box into account for distance calculations.

Putrefy now summons a Lesser Ghoul inherently. The rest of Necromancer's Cunning's effects remain the same.

Putrefy damage reduced by 10%.

Necromancer's Cunning explosion damage increased by 100%.

Clawing Shadows now reduces the damage of each subsequent chain of Scourge Strike by 20% (was 25%).

Dark Transformation now lasts 15 seconds (was 12 seconds) and is extended by Death Coil and Epidemic by 1 second (was 0.5 seconds).

Blightfall now increases all disease damage by 5% (was 10%).

Sudden Doom now reduces the cost of Death Coil and Epidemic by 15 Runic Power (was 10).

Each Unholy specific summon attack and ability power reduced by 25% except for Gargoyle.

All Lesser Ghouls damage reduced by 20%.

• Lesser Ghoul's Sweeping Claws main target damage reduced by 20%.
• Lesser Ghoul's Sweeping Claws secondary target damage reduced by 15%.

Lesser Ghoul's Sweeping Claw now has a global cooldown of 1 second (was 0 seconds).

Outnumber Lesser Ghoul Sweeping Claw damage reduced by 30%.

Pet Ghoul Sweeping Claws damage reduced by 30%.

• Pet Ghoul's Sweeping Claws main target damage reduced by 20%.
• Pet Ghoul's Sweeping Claws secondary target damage reduced by 15%.

Commander of the Dead now causes Dark Transformation to increase the damage of listed summons by 15%/30% (was 25%/50%).

Infected Claws damage reduced by 40%.

Morbidity now increases the damage the target takes per disease by 1% (was 2%).

Fixed an issue that caused Festering Scythe's debuff effect to stop functioning when diseases get extended from any source.

Reaver's Glaive damage reduced by 10%.

Reaver's Mark now increases damage taken by 5% per stack (was 6%).

Flamebound has been updated – Hungering Slash critical strike damage bonus increased to 125% (was 50%). This does not affect PvP combat.

The damage bonus of Metamorphosis-empowered versions of Voidblade, Hungering Slash, and The Hunt reduced to 20% (was 30%).

Monster Rising now grants 15% increased Intellect when outside of Metamorphosis (was 8%).

Enduring Torment now increases the effectiveness of Mastery outside of Metamorphosis by 20% (was 10%).

Student of Suffering now grants 5 Fury per tick (was 3 Fury).

Burning Blades damage bonus increased to 35% (was 30%).

Collapsing Star has been updated – No longer consumes the required Souls at the start of its cast. Now has a 5 second cooldown and triggers its cooldown at the start of its cast. Generates 50% less threat.

Reap damage increased by 100%.

Consume damage increased by 30% and now generates 1 additional Soul Fragment.

Shattered Souls now has a 4% chance to cause a damaging spell to generate a Soul Fragment (was 8%).

Entropy now grants you a Soul Fragment every 12 seconds while in combat (was 8 seconds).

Waste Not now causes Void Ray to have a 200% increased chance of generating a Soul Fragment (was 100%).

Fixed an issue causing male Devourer Demon Hunters to sometimes have a female voice during Void Metamorphosis.

Cycle of Hatred no longer starts you off with 1 stack of the cool down reduction buff before you've cast Eye Beam.

Revel in Pain now heals for 5% of Fire damage dealt (was 2%).

Thick Skin now increases Stamina by 50% (was 60%).

Soul Barrier shield value reduced to 8% of maximum health (was 15%) and an additional 2% per Soul Fragment consumed (was 3%).

Spirit of the Thicket now increases Starfall damage by 12% (was 8%).

Fixed an issue that caused Sylvan Beckoning's Dryad to cast an incorrect, more powerful version of Starfall than intended.

Fixed an issue for Durability of Nature causing the tooltip to display a value of 50% for the amount it increases treant health, when it is actually 100%.

Potent Enchantments increases Incarnation's duration by 6 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Bloodseeker Vines grow at an increased rate when multiple targets are afflicted by your bleeds.

Rampancy causes Bursting Growths to have a 30% chance to trigger (was 20%).

Patient Custodian increases bleed damage by 8% (was 6%).

Fixed an issue that caused Patient Custodian to not increase Bloodseeker Vine damage.

Matted Fur absorption increased by 100%.

Matted Fur lasts 15 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Regrowth direct healing reduced by 15%.

Wild Growth healing increased by 25%.

All ability damage increased by 6%.

Wrath damage increased by 20%.

Starfire damage increased by 20%.

Starfire now deals 70% of primary target damage to nearby enemies (was 50%).

Starfall damage increased by 10%.

Starsurge damage increased by 5%.

Sunseeker Mushroom and Wild Mushroom damage increased by 10%.

Power of Goldrinn damage increased by 19%.

Denizen of the Dream damage increased by 19%.

Stellar Amplification increases your periodic effect damage on affected targets by 16% (was 20%).

Meteorites damage reduced by 10%.

Wild Growth healing increased by 30%.

Rejuvenation healing increased by 30%.

All attack damage increased by 8%.

Cat form Swipe damage increased by 20%.

Focused Frenzy increases the damage of Feral Frenzy by 20% (was 40%).

Wild Growth healing increased by 100%.

Rejuvenation healing increased by 100%.

All damage increased by 20%.

Armor granted by Ironfur increased by 10%.

Mangle damage increased by 30%.

Lunar Beam damage increased by 30%.

Moonfire damage increased by 30%.

Red Moon damage increased by 30%.

Innate Resolve now increases Frenzied Regeneration's healing by up to 80% (was 120%).

Frenzied Regeneration now heals for 32% of maximum health over its duration (was 40%).

Frenzied Regeneration's cooldown reduced to 26 seconds (was 36 seconds).

Ursoc's Fury now grants an absorb shield for 30% of damage dealt by Thrash and Maul (was 40%).

Moonless Night increased to 40% (was 20%).

Killing Blow causes Maul and Raze to deal up to 100% increased damage (was 75%).

Renewing Surge has been updated – Swiftmend cooldown is reduced by 15%, increasing up to 30% on lower health targets. (Benefit is maximized when healing a target at 50% or below.)

Mastery: Harmony effectiveness reduced by 20%.

Intensity increases Regrowth critical healing by 60% (was 75%).

Unstoppable Growth reduces Wild Growth's fall off by 30% per point (was 15%).

Improved Wild Growth increases the number of Wild Growth targets by 2 (was 1).

Regenesis increases healing done by Rejuvenation or Tranquility by up to 30% per point (was 15%).

Embrace of the Dream healing increased by 85%.

Master Shapeshifter generates 20% more mana from Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge.

Nurturing Dormancy increases Rejuvenations duration by up to 6 seconds (was 4 seconds).

Renewing Surge no longer reduced by 25% in PvP combat.

Fixed an issue where the Abundance tooltip would say Regrowth's cast time is reduced by 0%.

Fire Breath's total damage, instant and periodic, should now be consistent at all Empower ranks, with all combinations of Fire Breath-affecting talents.

Panacea healing increased by 60%.

Consume Flame now deals Fire Breath damage at 115% effectiveness (was 150%).

Consume Flame now causes Disintegrate to consume 1.5 seconds of Fire Breath (was 2 seconds).

Consume Flame now causes Pyre to consume 4 seconds of Fire Breath (was 10 seconds) and 1 second of Fire Breath from Disintegrate damage (was 1.5 seconds).

Wingleader now causes Bombardments to reduce the cooldown of Deep Breath by 0.5 seconds (was 1 second), up to 1.5 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Might of the Black Dragonflight increases Black spell damage by 30% (was 20%).

Refined Essence now increases Essence ability damage by 25% (was 15%).

Ebon Might can no longer be aura canceled.

Ebon Might extension range now matches Ebon Might's application range.

Sense Power now dynamically updates its duration if a cooldown is extended.

Sense Power and Prescience have been updated to correctly detect all major throughput cooldowns, and will no longer activate on tank or healer specializations.

Verdant Embrace healing increased by 50%.

Emerald Blossom healing increased by 50%.

Disintegrate damage increased by 32%.

Temporal Anomaly no longer shows on raid frames.

Marksmanship is getting a small bump in AOE paired with a few buffs to underperforming spells like Kill Shot and Volley.

Shadow Thrash now deals Shadow damage, but its damage has been reduced by 30%.

Blighted Quiver now increases Beast Cleave and Kill Cleave effectiveness by 5% (was 10%).

Blighted Quiver has been updated – Trick Shots damage bonus increased to 10% (was 8%). Aspect of the Hydra damage bonus increased to 12% (was 10%).

Black Arrow direct damage increased by 25%.

Black Arrow periodic damage increased by 50%.

Bleak Powder damage increased by 50%

Pact of the Hollow now increases Blighted Arrow damage by 25%.

Boar area damage increased by 200%.

Pack Mentality now grants 4 seconds of cooldown reduction to Barbed Shot (was 6 seconds) and increases Kill Command's damage by 25% (was 50%).

Wyvern damage bonus increased to 15% (was 10%).

No Mercy bleed bonus increased to 35% (was 20%).

Sentinel's Mark has been updated – Wildfire Bomb damage bonus reduced to 40% (was 80%).

Can't Miss, Won't Miss has been updated – Tip of the Spear damage bonus reduced to 4% (was 10%).

Moon's Blessing now grants 4 seconds of Wildfire Bomb cooldown reduction (was 6 seconds).

All damage dealt by the hunter and their pets reduced by 12%.

Stomp damage reduced by 20%.

Dire Beasts deal 15% increased damage.

Huntmaster's Call now summons Hati or Fenryr at 8 stacks (was 6).

Dire Command and the Pack Leader Bear will now properly advance Huntmaster's Call.

Dire Command now benefits from bad luck protection.

Wild Thrash damage bonus when striking 2 or more targets reduced to 200% (was 300%).

Fixed an issue where Fortitude of the Bear's damage reduction effect would persist when switching Pets or Pet Specializations.

Volley damage increased by 25%.

Trick Shots effectiveness increased to 75% (was 65%).

Aspect of the Hydra effectiveness increased to 70% (was 60%).

Kill Shot damage increased by 25% (does not affect Black Arrow).

Headshot now increases damage per stack by 3% (was 2%).

Wildfire Bomb primary target damage bonus increased to 60% (was 40%).

Boomstick damage reduced by 10%.

Two Against Many damage bonus reduced to 10% (was 15%).

Frostfire Empowerment damage bonus reduced to 60% (was 80%).

Heat Sink now increases Fire Blast damage by 15% (was 30%).

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

Flash Freezeburn has been updated – Glacial Spike cleave percentage reduced to 25% (was 50%).

Frostfire Bolt damage reduced by 20%.

Isothermic Core's Meteor now Shatters 1 Freezing stack (was 2).

Duality's Pyroblast damage increased by 100%.

Molten Chill Ignite effectiveness increased to 30% (was 15%).

Infused Splinters has been updated – Chance to grant Arcane Salvo increased to 25% (was 15%).

Controlled Instincts has been updated – Cleave percentage increased to 60% (was 40%).

Splintering Orbs has been updated – Arcane Orb damage bonus increased to 35% (was 25%). Now conjures 2 Arcane Splinters per target hit (was 1).

Arcane Splinter damage increased by 116%.

Signature Spell now increases Arcane Pulse and Arcane Blast damage by 25% (was 15%).

Polished Focus now increases Arcane Barrage damage by 25% (was 15%).

Controlled Instincts damage effectiveness increased to 60% (was 40%).

Frost Splinter damage increased by 20%.

Arcane Phoenix area spell damage increased by 50%.

Burden of Power has been updated – Arcane Blast and Arcane Pulse damage bonus reduced to 5% (was 15%).

Codex of the Sunstriders now grants 1% increased spell damage during Arcane Surge (was 2%).

Arcane Soul duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 6 seconds).

Ashes of Inspiration Haste reduced to 15% (was 20%) and duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Sunfury Execution now grants Arcane Barrage 5% increased damage during Touch of the Magi (was 15%).

Glorious Incandescence now summons a Meteor for every 6 stacks of Arcane Salvo consumed (was 5).

Spellfire Sphere chance to trigger increased to 25% (was 20%).

Hyperthermia duration reduced to 4 seconds (was 6 seconds).

Touch of the Archmage has been updated – Damage taken during Touch of the Magi reduced to 15% (was 20%). Rune primary target damage bonus reduced to 75% (was 100%).

Arcing Cleave now strikes additional targets for 60% of initial damage (was 40%)

Arcane Orb damage increased by 92%.

Arcane Pulse damage increased by 10%.

Arcane Surge damage increased by 25%.

Arcane Barrage damage reduced by 28%.

Arcane Missiles damage reduced by 28%.

Arcane Blast damage reduced by 28%.

Arcane Explosion damage reduced by 20%.

Expanded Mind now additionally causes Arcane Orb to grant 2 stacks of Arcane Salvo.

Resonance now increases Arcane Barrage's damage by 8% for each target beyond the first (was 5%).

Mastery: Ignite effectiveness increased by 15%.

Pyroblast damage increased by 15%.

Fire Blast damage reduced by 40%.

Scald now increases Fireball's damage by 25% (was 50%).

All damage dealt increased by 5%.

Ice Lance damage increased by 25%.

Shatter primary target damage increased by 54%.

Flurry damage reduced by 28%.

Frostbolt damage reduced by 15%.

Frozen Orb damage reduced by 20%.

Glacial Assault chance to trigger reduced to 12% (was 25%).

Splitting Ice now causes Flurry and Frostbolt to strike an additional target at 80% effectiveness (was 100%).

Comet Storm now Shatters 1 Freezing stack per Missile (was 2).

Icicles visual effects now automatically hide and reappear based on whether you're in combat or not.

Fixed an issue that caused all Water Elemental glyphs to not be properly applied to the Water Elemental spell.

Meditative Focus now increases Blackout Combo's increase to Tiger Palm by an additional 100% (was 50%) and increases Press the Advantage's Nature damage by an additional 100% (was 50%).

Way of a Thousand Strikes increases vitality stored by 60% (was 30%) and Path of Resurgence increases vitality stored by 50% (was 25%).

Aspect of Harmony now generates vitality based on 25% of damage dealt and 12% of effective healing (was 15% and 7%, respectively).

Keg Smash damage increased by 40%.

Tiger Palm damage increased by 20%.

Blackout Kick damage increased by 20%.

Spinning Crane Kick damage increased by 20%.

Sheilun's Gift healing increased by 50%. Clouds now increase its effectiveness by 33% (was 50%).

Mistline now increases healing done by 500% (was 100%).

Thunder Focus Tea cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 45 seconds).

Mana Tea is now 20% more effective.

Jadefire Teachings now increases Ancient Teachings by 260% (was 180%).

Way of the Crane now transfers 160% of damage done (was 120%).

Amplified Rush now increases Gust of Mist healing from Renewing Mist by 100% (was 50%).

Way of the Serpent now reduces movement speed by 20% (was 40%).

Rising Sun Kick damage increased by 20%.

Spinning Crane Kick damage increased by 50%.

Jadefire Stomp damage increased by 25%.

Flurry of Xuen damage increased by 40%.

Fists of Fury damage decreased by 10%.

Airborne Rhythm now generates 1 Chi (was 2 Chi).

Rushing Wind Kick no longer has a Chi cost.

Sunfire Spiral now increases Mastery: Combo Strikes by 40% (was 20%).

Universal Energy increases magical damage done by 8% (was 15%).

Memory of the Monastery now increases Combo Breaker's effect chance by 75% (was 25%) and increases Tiger Palm's damage by 30% (was 15%).

Communion with Wind increases the damage of Strike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch by 20% (was 10%).

Tigereye Brew now only reduces its stacks down to 10 while out of combat in a raid instance and now grants 10 stacks or reduces stacks down to 10 at encounter start and Mythic+ start.

Threat generated by Zenith Stomp reduced by 50%.

Vivify Healing increased by 100%.

Vivify Healing is reduced by 33% in PvP combat (was 66%).

Expel Harm healing increased by 30%.

Walk Into Light now has an additional effect – During Avenging Wrath, Hammer of Wrath casts Blade of Justice at 100% effectiveness.

Endless Gleam now has an additional effect – When 2 Dawnlights are struck by Divine Storm, their durations are extended by an additional 0.3 seconds.

Dawnlight damage increased by 120%.

Dawnlight radiates 5% of the its damage and healing to nearby allies or enemies (was 8%).

Sun's Avatar now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets (was 5).

Sun's Avatar damage spell now takes enemy bounding box into account for distance calculations.

Sun's Avatar damage spell rectangle is now 5 yards wide (was 3 yards).

Sun's Avatar damage reduced by 10%.

Solar Grace now grants 2% Haste (was 5%).

Divine Storm will now apply the second Dawnlight to an unaffected enemy hit.

Fixed an issue that caused Blessing of An'she to not activate from Judgment casts.

Fixed an issue that caused Blessing of An'she to not increase the damage of Hammer of Wrath.

Fixed an issue that caused Divine Toll to grant 2 additional charges of Dawnlights.

Fixed an issue causing Sun's Avatar damage effect to occur every 0.5 seconds instead of every 1 second.

An issue causing Divine Toll to grant Hammer of Light has been resolved.

An issue causing Divine Resonance to extend the duration of Divine Hammer with each cast of Judgment has been resolved.

Hammer of Light damage increased by 100%.

Empyrean Hammer damage increased by 50%.

Hammer of Light primary target damage increased by 30%. This change does not affect PvP combat.

Hammer of Light secondary target damage increased by 25%.

Undisputed Ruling now lasts for 10 seconds (was 8 seconds).

Seal of the Templar now increases the damage of Templar's Verdict by 25% (was 15%).

Holy Light healing increased by 25%.

Flash of Light healing increased by 35%.

Holy Shock healing increased by 15% and mana cost reduced by 20%.

Light of Dawn's healing effect is now capped at 5 targets. Healing increased by 10%.

Liberation now causes 12% of Word of Glory and Light of Dawn's healing to be transferred into damage.

Shield of the Righteous damage increased by 100% and now grants 140% more mana.

Shining Righteousness damage increased by 100%.

Hammer of Wrath now costs the same amount of mana as Judgment.

Hammer and Anvil healing now increased by Mastery: Lightbringer. Healing reduced by 30%.

Divine Resonance added to the Cooldown Manager.

Divine Resonance now correctly activates from Holy Bulwark and Sacred Weapon.

Hammer and Anvil now deals reduced damage above 5 targets.

Hammer of Wrath damage reduced by 30%.

Armor granted by Shield of the Righteous reduced by 15%.

Quickened Invocation now reduces the cooldown of Divine Toll by 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Crusading Strikes now decreases auto-attack speed by 35% (was 50%).

Mastery: Highlord's Judgment damage increased by 100%.

Flash of Light healing increased by 85%.

Word of Glory healing increased by 100%.

Haste now correctly reduces the global cooldown after a Templar Strike or Templar Slash.

Fixed an issue that caused Empyrean Power to trigger more than intended in AoE scenarios.

Fixed an issue that caused Quickened Invocation to reduce the cooldown of Divine Toll by 15 seconds instead of 30 seconds.

Fixed an issue that caused Avenging Wrath to not increase the damage of Mastery: Highlord's Judgment damage.

Execution Sentence now deals 20% of the Holy damage dealt (was 10%).

Empowered Surges increases the healing of spells affected by Surge of Light by 5% (was 15%).

Halo healing reduced by 20%.

Halo damage increased by 50%.

Prompt Prognosis increases Penance's first bolt by 125% (was 200%).

Prophet's Insight increases Atonement healing from Holy spells by 15% (was 20%).

Collapsing Void damage increased by 33%.

Entropic Rift damage increased by 60%.

Voidheart now increases Shadow damage by 5% (was 10%).

Overwhelming Shadows now increases Void Torrent damage by 30% (was 50%).

Inner Quietus now increases the damage of Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain by 20% (was 35%).

Quickened Pulse now causes Shadow Word: Pain and Entropic Rift to deal damage 15% more often (was 25%).

Shackle Undead renamed to Shackle Horror and can now additionally be used against Aberrations.

Atonement heals for 45% of damage done (was 50%).

Searing Light applies a damage over time equal to 20% of Penance damage (was 30%).

Shadowfiend chance increased to 100% (was 40%).

Twinsight Penance no longer applies Atonement to allies.

Holy Ray can no longer be chained between multiple Penance casts.

Shadow Mend healing increased by 73%.

Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 25%.

Shadow Word: Death deals 250% increased damage in execute range (was 150%).

Borrowed Time grants 5%/10% Haste (was 4%/8%).

Piety redistributes 15% of overhealing (was 20%).

Preventive Measures increases damage of Smite, Penance, and Holy Nova by 15% (was 20%).

Divine Aegis no longer shows on raid frames.

Borrowed Time and Harsh Discipline have swapped positions in the talent tree.

All healing done increased by 19%.

Flash Heal healing increased by 12%.

Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 12%.

Holy Word: Sanctify healing increased by 12%.

Renew healing increased by 12%.

Benediction (not the Apex talent) renamed to Light's Resurgence.

All damage reduced by 15%.

Mind Blast damage increased by 40%. This also applies to Void Blast.

Shadow Word: Pain damage increased by 25%.

Vampiric Touch damage increased by 100%.

Void Torrent damage reduced by 20%.

Psychic Link now transfers 60% of damage dealt to targets afflicted by Vampiric Touch (was 40%).

Spectral Horrors now causes Shadowy Apparitions to deal 50% increased damage to targets afflicted by Shadow Word: Madness (was 100%).

Flash Heal healing increased by 70%.

Power Word: Shield absorption increased by 50%.

Fixed an issue causing Void Torrent to have a 45 second cooldown instead of the intended 30 second cooldown.

Fixed an issue causing the damage over time effect from Shadow Word: Madness to not properly account for damage modifiers when casting the ability while the debuff is already present.

Fixed an issue causing Tentacle Slam to engage enemies before it deals damage.

Momentum of Despair effect now increases Shuriken Storm and Black Powder critical strike damage by 30% (was 20%).

Follow the Blood now increases Shuriken Storm and Black Powder damage by 15% (was 10%).

Mass Casualty now deals 75% of Deathstalker's Mark (was 60%).

Ravenholdt Mint increases Tails' damage bonus by 12% (was 15%).

Lucky Coin duration reduced to 12 seconds (was 15 seconds).

Fixed an issue that caused Ravenholdt Mint's benefit to not be applied or even reduce overall damage.

Fate Intertwined increases the percentage of damage spread by Caustic Spatter by 5% (was 10%).

Fatebound Coin damage increased by 10%.

Fate Intertwined's increase to the percentage of damage caused by Blade Flurry reduced to 6% (was 8%).

All damage increased by 13%.

Melee damage increased by 10%.

Physical damage dealt by Implacable Strikes increased by 50%.

Doomblade bleed damage increased to 25% of Mutilate damage (was 20%).

Systemic Failure increases the damage dealt by Mutilate and Ambush to targets with Garrote by 30% (was 20%).

Caustic Spatter causes 15% of your Nature damage to hit nearby enemies (was 35%).

Melee damage reduced by 10%.

Blade Flurry causes your abilities to strike nearby enemies for 30% of damage dealt (was 25%).

Menacing Rush increases Adrenaline Rush's damage bonus to affected abilities by 20% (was 15%).

Heightened Rush increases Adrenaline Rush's duration by 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Fixed an issue in Precision Shots' tooltip. The correct damage percent increase of 20% is now shown, instead of 10%.

All damage reduced by 8%.

Primordial Capacity once again increases the maximum stacks of Tidal Waves by 1.

Surging Currents now increases the effectiveness of the next Healing Surge or Chain Heal by 16% per stack (was 20%).

Primal Catalyst chance for Earthliving to trigger is now 8% (was 20%).

All damage reduced by 5%.

Lightning Bolt damage reduced by 10%.

Healing Surge healing increased by 130%.

Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 50%.

Earth Shield healing increased by 50%.

Surging Currents now grants a charge per cast of Tempest.

Healing Surge healing increased by 84%.

Chain Heal healing increased by 100%.

Rolling Thunder now grants the Nature Feral Spirit when Doom Wind activates while Ascendance is talented.

Raging Maelstrom stacks no longer reset with each Maelstrom Weapon spender casts.

Raging Maelstrom now causes Healing Surge and Chain Heal to gain 50% of Maelstrom Weapon benefits (was 100%).

Fixed an issue that caused Maelstrom Weapon spending abilities to incorrectly do damage as if they consumed 10 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon when Raging Maelstrom is talented without Overflowing Maelstrom.

Ascendance has been redesigned – Immediately heal allies within 20 yards and transform into a Water Ascendant for 15 seconds. While ascended, Chain Heal jumps to 3 additional allies with 10% healing reduced for all jumps, Healing Wave always critically heals and heals 1 additional ally at 50% effectiveness, and the mana cost of Chain Heal and Healing Wave is reduced by 25%.

Tidal Waves returned and has been updated – Each cast of Riptide grants 1 stack of Tidal Waves, reducing the cast time of your next Healing Wave or Chain Heal by 20%. Can accumulate up to 2 stacks.

Healing Rain healing increased by 82%.

Chain Heal healing increased by 10%.

Healing Wave healing increased by 10%.

Riptide healing increased by 10%.

Spirit Link Totem has been updated to trigger its pulse more immediately when summoned.

Spirit Link Totem's visual now scales with talents that affect the size of the area.

Lava Surge can no longer trigger when Lava Burst is not talented.

Echo of the Elements and Primal Tide Core have changed positions in the talent tree.

Whispering Waves has been removed.

Infernal Bolt damage increased by 150%.

Ruination damage increased by 50%. This change does not affect PvP combat.

Malevolence damage increased by 230%.

Blackened Soul damage increased by 20%.

Wither damage increased by 25%.

Through the Felvine now increases Chaos Bolt damage by 10% (was 8%) and Rain of Fire damage by 8% (was 4%).

Wicked Reaping now increases the damage of Manifested Avarice's Soul Swipe.

Shared Vessel now increases Mastery by 2% (was 4%).

Manifested Demonic Soul's Soul Swipe damage reduced by 30%. This change does not affect PvP combat.

Soul Anathema damage reduced by 40%.

Sataiel's Volition no longer affects the chance of gaining Nightfall.

Sataiel's Volition now increases Wild Imp damage by 35% (was 5%).

Wicked Reaping now increases all demonic soul damage by 30% (was 10%).

Demonic Soul damage reduced by 3%.

Soul Swipe damage increased by 20%.

Wicked Reaping damage increased by 100%.

Soul Anathema damage increased by 50%.

Dark Harvest damage reduced by 30%.

Only 1 application of Haunt can be active at a time.

Creeping Death no longer affects the chance of gaining Nightfall.

Incinerate damage increased by 50%.

Conflagrate damage increased by 40%. This change does not affect PvP combat.

Chaos Bolt damage increased by 10%. This change does not affect PvP combat.

Summon Overfiend damage increased by 50%.

Soul Fire damage increased by 40%.

Demolish damage increased by 65%.

Colossal Might increases damage of your next Demolish by 5% per stack (was 10%).

Practices Strikes damage bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).

Arterial Bleed damage bonus reduced to 3% per stack (was 5%).

Practiced Strikes damage bonus increased to 15% (was 10%).

Lightning Strike damage increased by 100%.

Thunder Blast damage reduced by 30%.

Crashing Thunder damage bonus to Thunder Clap reduced to 30% (was 40%).

Ground Current damage increased by 150%.

Lightning Strike damage increased by 50%.

Imminent Demise now has an additional effect – Sudden Death has a 100% chance to trigger Reap the Storm.

Slayer's Strike damage reduced by 10%.

Reap the Storm damage reduced by 20%.

Culling Cyclone bonus damage increased to 20% (was 10%).

Slayer's Malice bonus damage reduced to 15% (was 20%).

Reap the Storm's chance to trigger reduced to 20% (was 15%).

Reap the Storm's chance to trigger increased to 35% (was 25%).

Deep Wounds damage reduced by 30%.

Cleave damage increased by 32%.

Bladestorm damage increased by 30%.

Mortal Strike damage reduced by 20%.

Execute damage reduced by 20%.

Dreadnaught damage reduced by 60%.

Barbaric Training now affects Slam, Whirlwind, and Cleave (was Slam, Whirlwind, and Thunder Clap).

Master Tactician now increases Tactician's chance to trigger by 5% (was 10%).

Battlelord now also reduces the Rage cost of your next Heroic Strike by 33%.

Auto-attack damage reduced by 48%.

Bloodthirst damage increased by 10%.

Raging Blow damage reduced by 20%.

Rampage damage reduced by 10%.

Revenge damage increased by 20%.

Shield Slam damage reduced by 20%.

Ignore Pain damage prevented per use increased by 5%.

Fueled by Violence healing increased to 110% of Rend and Deep Wounds damage dealt (was 85%).

Indomitable increases max health by 10% (was 6%) and heals 1% of your health for each 15 Rage spent (was 20 Rage).

Pit of Saron, Skyreach, and Algeth'ar Academy Normal difficulties have reopened.

• Developers' notes: Pit of Saron, Seat of the Triumvirate, Skyreach, and Algeth'ar Academy Heroic and Mythic difficulties will unlock when Midnight Season 1 begins.

Endeavor Coffer now sparkles if it can be looted (i.e. you have completed an endeavor and there are rewards available to you).

Fixed an issue for the quest "Lost Animals" where the player could not interact with the turn-in NPC.

Adjusted Endeavors Quests rewarding too much XP while the quest is scaled to the Endeavor difficulty.

Players can no longer report the names of Public Neighborhoods.

Friends View Houses UI list will no longer load indefinitely while players are on different regions.

Updated Neighborhood Treasure Hunt quests that no longer made sense due to art changes.

Decor Treasure Hunt prop pile will no longer disappear after the player clicks on it while in a raid group.

Made tons of adjustments to various art objects around the neighborhoods that were clipping in odd places.

Fixed an issue in which the reward was not being granted for the "Secrets of Skettis" achievement.

Fixed an issue in which the painting decor coming from Hesta Forlath did not have a first-time acquisition house XP bonus.

Fixed a handful of decor items that had inaccurate icons.

Fixed an issue in which the Endeavor completion toast would not pop up if the Endeavor was not active for your character.

Fixed an issue where attempting to start the tutorial from Founder's Point while on a Horde character wouldn't send the character to Razorwind Shores.

Fixed issues where some Founder's Point and Razorwind Shores plots would have lots of illegal placement areas.

Fixed an issue where players could place decor objects outside of the plot boundaries in AR Mode.

Fixed an error for out of plot boundary placement.

Fixed an issue in Charter Neighborhoods where players could send invites to players who've already purchased a house in the Neighborhood.

Fixed an issue with Endeavors where players were not getting credit for "Abundantly Effective".

Fixed an issue where some NPCs sporting the "Decor Vendor" title were not selling decor.

Fixed an issue where the Endeavors UI could falsely display the "no active Endeavor" UI for a long time after an Endeavor was selected.

Fixed an issue where pressing the Escape button would not cancel Housing Decor placement during AR Mode.

Stitchmaster now heals for 2% of the Lesser Ghoul's maximum health (was 5%).

Fixed an issue that caused Life and Death healing to not function.

Focused Hatred now increases Demonsurge damage by 10% (was 50%) when damaging a single target, reducing by 2% (was 10%) per additional target in PvP combat.

Demonsurge damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.

Consume damage increased by 100% in PvP combat. Does not affect Devour.

Devour damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Reap damage increased by 50% in PvP combat. Does not affect Cull or Eradicate.

Voidblade damage increased by 15% in PvP combat. Does not affect Pierce the Veil.

Void Ray damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Hungering Slash damage increased by 15% in PvP combat. Does not affect Reaper's Toll.

Impending Apocalypse now increases the damage of your next Collapsing Star by 15% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Focused Ray now increases the damage of Void Ray by 15% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Inevitable End now reduces the cast time of Collapsing Star by 25% instead of increasing its damage done.

Predator's Wake damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Devourer's Bite now increases the damage your target takes by 5% per application (was 12%).

Surrender to the Void now increases damage dealt while in Void Metamorphosis by 10% (was 20%).

Boar damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.

Nether Flux (PvP Talent) has been removed.

Secret Technique's Shadow Clone strikes now correctly have damage reduced by 23% in PvP combat, matching the reduction applied to the initial strike.

Totem of Wrath is now summoned by Stormkeeper (was Primordial Wave).

Totem of Wrath is now summoned by Sundering (was Primordial Wave).

Spirit Link Totem's visual now displays a hostile variant when an enemy Shaman uses Spirit Link Totem in PvP combat.

Updated the artifact override system to allow artifact appearances to be set per specialization, per outfit.

Venthyr Covenant members who have unlocked the Bewitched Wardrobe will receive a discount on outfit changes while participating in the Ember Court feature.

When choosing an icon for an outfit slot, the icons for items that are currently used in the appearance will appear at the start of the list.

The currency text will change to red and an error tooltip will appear over the "Save Outfit" button if not enough gold is available to save outfit changes.

Added the ability to use arrow keys to navigate through appearance items.

Manual and automatic situation outfit swaps now display distinct visual effects.

Trial of Style support:

• Added a outfit slot for Trial of Style that costs nothing to apply.
• Ability to apply non-Trial of Style outfits to the Trial of Style slot.

Swimming Situation will now stop when jumping out of the water.

Fixed an issue with spamming the outfit button would turn off the outfit.

Fixed an issue with applying appearances of wands to other weapon types.

Fixed an issue where some characters on different realms were failing to display their transmogrification outfit in the Character Select screen.

Important cast highlighting is now more obvious.

Under "Enemy NPC Buffs/Debuffs," the "Shared CC" checkbox is now enabled by default.

Fixed an issue where raid marker icons were not showing in friendly player nameplates.

Fixed issues with Landslide and Shaman Hex spells not displaying in the shared crowd control section.

Fixed an issue where enemy player buffs would lose priority in being displayed by non-important buffs.

Enemy Damage Taken category has been added.

Death Recap category has been added.

Session data will now persist through logout and client shutdown for the last-played character.

In Edit Mode, added a "Numbers" dropdown to allow for the number format display.

The colors of the spell breakdown bars now match the players' class color or red for enemies.

Added an option to "Lock Scrollbar" to the gear icon dropdown.

A session timer has been added to the title bar:

• For Current and Overall sessions the timer displays when in combat and only for the duration of the session.
• For previous sessions the duration is always displayed and does not update.

Class specific fixes:

• Dark Ranger Hunter spell Bleak Powder is now tracked.
• Mistweaver Monk spell display for Renewing Mist is now consistent with the spell icon.
• Fixed an issue where spell reflection damage counted as self damage instead of damage.

Boss Timeline now has an Edit Mode option to be displayed as timer bars rather than a timeline.

Boss Timeline and Boss Warnings now have Edit Mode options to anchor tooltips to the cursor location.

Default compact raid frame size has increased.

Background color can now be customized with a color picker.

Icon padding can now be set to zero.

Added "Aura applied" and "Aura removed" as combat alert types.

Slash commands added to control Combat Audio Alert settings. Please view them in this article.

Added Voice and Volume settings to each of the following sections in the Combat Audio Alert settings.

• Say Your Health
• Say Target Health
• Say Party Health
• Say Your Resources (Mana, Energy, etc.)
• Say Your Casts
• Say Target Casts

New Combat Audio Alert options were added:

• Say Your Debuffs
• Format
• Voice
• Minimum Duration
• Volume
• Debuff Self Alert
• This option announces when a debuff is applied to the player that they can dispel.

The login screen environment has been updated with new artwork and sound.

The Endeavors progress bar in the Housing Dashboard now has percentage text on it.

The Item Sets tab in the Adventure Guide has been removed.

Fixed an issue where supertracking certain quests would cause performance issues.