WoW Retail Hotfixes: July 28, 2026: what changed

Fixed a bug that caused the Dance of Midnight Apex talent ranks 2 and 3 to incorrectly increase damage taken. They now decrease damage taken, as intended.

Fixed an issue where using Will of the Forsaken to break Mind Control would not show the cooldown on your PvP trinket.

Fixed a bug that could prevent alt characters from receiving soulbound items when killing the World Boss.

Fixed a bug where rewards could include a piece unmatched to the player's chosen spec.

The last 30 seconds of a Decor Duel match no longer auto-reveals remaining hiders.

The rate of energy increase for seekers is slowed by 20%.

Hiders no longer attract flies.

Illusionary Coins rewards increased by 100%.

Demon Muzzle now reduces magic damage taken by 5% in PvP combat (was 15%).

Glimpse now reduces damage taken by 25% (was 35%) while airborne after using Vengeful Retreat.

Way of the Crane now transfers 100% of Spinning Crane Kick's damage into healing in PvP Combat (was 340%).

Healing of all spells increased by 3% in PvP combat.

Holy Fire direct damage increased by 15%.

Holy Fire periodic damage increased by 27%.

All healing increased by 3%.

Riptide healing increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Dawnwell questgivers should now correctly be in place to turn in the quest "From Darkness, Light" and should stick around until the player has picked up "Hagar's Invitation".

Rune of Lingering damage-over-time damage no longer interrupts flag captures in PVP.

Fixed a bug preventing the quest item for "Maisara Caverns: Master of Souls" from dropping in Mythic difficulty.

Grand Magister Rommath has now provided a portal to the Magister's Terrace next to the Magister's Missive for all those seeking knowledge through the Omnium Folio Weekly Quests.

Lighthook Grapple will now only appear as an extra action button for player-characters who are in Naigtal.

Addressed an issue where the Lightblinded Vanguard could respawn after a soft reset after using the raid skip.

Players who were not properly awarded the Daylight Circle Room or Evening Circle Room when they reached House Levels 3 or 5 should now have access to those rooms.

Fixed an issue with Mycomancer's Hearthspore where multiple Hearthstone charges could be consumed for Human characters.

Thrillbot 9000 and Chillbot 9000 are now unique.

Nelthius Shadestone's gravestones should be more reliably interactable for "A Grave Concern".

Fixed an issue with "A Humble Servant" where objectives were not giving enough credit.

Fixed a bug where the Delves Nemesis briefly did not drop a Magical Primessence for the "Seeking Knowledge Week 4 of 5: Magical Primessence".

All damage increased by 4%.

All damage increased by 3%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Melee auto-attack damage increased by 15%.

Rip damage increased by 5%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

Rampant Ferocity damage reduced by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.

All damage increased by 15%.

Bear Form Thrash damage reduced by 25%.

All ability damage increased by 3%.

All ability damage increased by 3%.

Holy Word: Serenity healing increased by 20%.

Holy Word: Sanctify healing increased by 20%.

Corrected an issue where Purging Flames could cause Lava Burst to generate less Maelstrom than intended.

All healing increased by 4%. This does not apply to PvP combat.

Shattered Souls now heals for 0.5% of maximum Health per Soul Fragment consumed (was 1%) in PvP combat.

Putrefy damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Soul Reaper damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

Dread Plague damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.

Wild Guardian now echoes at 50% effectiveness (was 200%) in PvP combat.

Fixed an issue where the Fire Breath Infuser during Evoker's introductory quests would not reset the cooldown of Fire Breath.

All damage increased by 8% in PvP combat.

Temporal Burst increases haste, movement speed, and cooldown recovery rate by 15% in PvP combat (was 30%).

Double tap now causes Aimed Shot to fire at 16% effectiveness or your next Rapid Fire to fire 16% additional shots (was 40%).

All damage increased by 3% in PvP Combat.

Ray of Frost damage decreased by 20% in PvP combat.

All damage increased 3% in PvP combat.

Divine Exaction now casts Divine Toll again at 25% effectiveness (was 75%) in PvP combat.

Hammer of Light damage decreased by 30% in PvP combat.

All ability damage reduced by 3% in PvP combat.

Expiation deals damage equal to 200% of the amount consumed from Shadow Word: Pain in PvP combat (was 300%).

Inescapable Torment damage reduced by 25% in PvP combat.

Shadow Word: Pain damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.

Voidweaver: Atonement healing increased by 15%.

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

Ultimate Penitence healing increased by 25%.

All ability damage increased by 4% in PvP combat.

Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 45% in PvP combat.

Farseer: Maelstrom Supremacy increases healing of affected spells in PvP by 20% (was 15%).

Farseer: Hydrobubble's effectiveness is no longer reduced in PvP (was a 20% reduction).

Farseer: Heals cast by Call of the Ancestors increased in PvP by 30% (was 20%).

Mountain of Muscle and Scars reduces damage taken by 3% in PvP combat (was 5%).

All damage increased by 3% in PvP combat.

Consuming Nightfall with Seed of Corruption on a target already afflicted with Seed of Corruption will cause the preexisting Seed of Corruption to detonate.

Shadow Bolt damage increased by 200% in PvP combat.

Demonbolt damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.

Incinerate damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.

Players must now defeat Dresaron to complete the dungeon on Timewalking difficulty.

Players can no longer be attacked while on Transport Skiffs in Naigtal.

When tank Valeera is accompanied by a healer, she now takes significantly less damage, scaling from 45% less damage at Tier 1 to 29% less damage at Tier 11.

Resolved an issue causing players to be able to interact with the door to Funggor Hollow.

Players will no longer lose their "Lighthook Grapple" ability when they log out of Naigtal.

Starting with Week 2, the weekly Seeking Knowledge quest prerequisites are now account-wide. Characters must still complete the Sunstrider Omnium unlock questline to access the weekly quests on alts.

All of the quests required for the Omnium Folio and to unlock and enter Val or Naigtal are now marked as Important quests.

Fixed a bug preventing new Midsummer quests from rewarding XP.

Gravity Shackles affix damage reduced by 50%.

Adjusted the World Quest "Dissent and Divide".

• Increased the chances of a favorable gossip reaction even when selecting inappropriate gossip options for the target.
• Increased base spawn thresholds for conversation targets.
• Added additional Veilcasters around the quest area.
• Added partial credit for killing gossip targets.
• Added a movement bonus to the Domanaar disguise.

Adjusted the World Quest "Aberration Liberation".

• Reduced the quest objective count to 10 (was 12).
• Kills now give credit to the whole party (was the interacting player).
• Improved respawning when many players are present.

Spirit Healers now correctly spawn in Val.

Rotmire's Sporeheart once again triggers from Leech healing.

During Loa Lorewalking (and Darkspear Heritage), Lukou's portals will now allow transport while in combat.

"Reignite the Skies: Orgrimmar" and "Reignite the Skies: Stormwind" Midsummer dailies unlocks are now account-wide.

Fixed an issue that allowed the contents Satchel of Chilled Goods to reroll each time it was opened.

Sun Festival Painted Roc's chance to drop in Satchel of Chilled Goods has been doubled for the first drop of the day on the account. The drop rate from the first satchel will continue to increase each day until it is obtained.

Fixed an issue where some important effects and major defensives were not displaying on enemy player nameplates.

Fixed an issue where Empowered Mulch would result in no herbs being gathered.

The weekly offerings from Lady Liadrin should once again offer four choices to players.

Adjustments made to the "Until it is Done" world quest, improving quest credit earned and increasing creature respawn rates.

The Excavation Site 9 and Sidestreet Sluice delves should be reliably displaying the correct names again.

Fixed an issue causing the Draconic Nullcape cloak to use an unintended appearance. This item now contributes towards the Luminant Verdict's Vestments transmog sets.

More bouncy mushrooms have been added to help with some hard-to-reach locations.

The Spore Buoy's slowfall effect now works on mounted players.

Fixed an issue with Rune of Void-Tainted Shell's tooltip.

"Defying Gravity" should once again function with the Lair of Predaxas restored.

Players can now pick up Lady Darkglen's new quest for Tier 6 Ritual Sites in the Silvermoon hub in addition to outside the active Ritual Site.

Fixed an issue that could prevent Rotmire's Sporeheart's effect from triggering from certain sources of healing.

Rewards from the Loa Lorewalking campaign should now scale all the way to level 90.

Rares are now enveloped in shadow for the first 3 minutes after spawning and cannot be attacked, giving players additional time to reach the encounter.

Resolved an issue that could cause Horde to lose reinforcements instead of Alliance when they capture the Sparring Grounds in Slayer's Rise.

Fixed an issue where players could not begin Abundance in Voidstorm. All players who lost Shards of Dundun due to this issue will be refunded with Unalloyed Abundance in an upcoming hotfix.

Island Expeditions should be queueing correctly once again.

Fixed an issue where the Void-Touched Torch had lower Intellect than intended.

Fixed an issue where the initial objective conversation for "The Prince Who Would Be King" would not complete.

The "Bouncy Mushrooms," "Aerospores", and "The Grappler" unlocks in Naigtal are now account wide.

Fixed an issue that prevented Nexus-Captain Leth'ir from dropping the quest item for "Knocking Off the Top (Heroic)." Characters that encountered the issue can earn their emblem from another Heroic kill of Nexus-Captain Leth'ir or from a wrapper quest they have not completed.