Please note that these do not include the recently datamined hotfixes to Venomcursed raid gear and the Hunter's Ritual Stone.
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Midnight, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, Burning Crusade Classic, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.
Hotfixes
August 17, 2026
Classes
Hunter
Beast Mastery
Corrected an issue where Dire Beast Kill Commands from the Wildspeaker Talent did not properly benefit from Killer Instinct, Alpha Predator, Specialized Arsenal, or Savagery.
Priest
Holy
Corrected an issue where swapping from Shadow to Holy specializations could improperly cause Shadow Word: Pain to not turn into Holy Fire.
Shaman
Corrected an issue where swapping between specs may incorrectly cause Lava Burst to show up as Primal Strike in your spellbook.
Warlock
Destruction
Fixed an issue where the tooltip of Shadowburn would not display the correct duration.
Delves
In Delves, Ula'tek's Amphisbaena Writhing Strike poison can only get one aura at a time. Damage reduced 25%, and the cooldown on Writhing Strike increased.
Fixed an issue causing Corrosive Bilespear to not proc at higher ranks.
Lairs
Resolved an issue causing the sharks to not bite in The Tidebound Grotto.
Naigtal and Val
Players in Heroic World Tier can again talk with a sprit healer to exit Heroic World Tier and resurrect.
Quests
Ofi the Sly should now properly accept that the concoction is complete for "Acceptable Apprentice".
Fixed an issue preventing characters under level 90 from completing activities related to Saltheril's Soiree and Abundance.
