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Midnight Pre-Patch Hotfixes for January 26, 2026 – Class Hotfixes and Bug Fixes

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for today which includes class bug fixes!

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, 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
January 26, 2026

Classes

Demon Hunter

Devourer

An issue causing the Soul Fragments of Devourer Demon Hunter to not function on the Dawnbreaker has been resolved.

Druid

Restoration

Grove Guardians no longer cost mana when they are summoned.

Monk

Mistweaver

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

Mana Tea effectiveness increased by 20%.

Shaman

Enhancement

An issue causing Maelstrom Weapon to require level 12 has been resolved.

Restoration

Chain Heal healing increased by 25%.

Healing Rain healing increased by 82%.

Dungeons and Raids

The random Heroic Dragonflight dungeon queue should now require the correct average item-level.

Temple of Sethraliss

Fixed an issue that caused the Avatar of Sethraliss encounter to become soft-locked.

Vault of the Incarnates

Fixed several issues with the Raszageth encounter not cleaning up properly when a player is defeated on Story Mode.

Horrific Visions

Item-level rewards will no longer be displayed on the Horrific Vision event widget.

Rewards increase based on how far you get in a Horrific Vision run at the new squished item levels appropriate for Season 3.

Housing

Daily rotating Endeavor quests no longer reset on logout, and are now Weekly quests, and are now all up at the same time.

The Grand Collector now has an increased tap limit, allowing many people to get credit for the Endeavor task "Blade of the Skyguard" at once.

Some decor that was accidentally hidden in the catalog has been made accessible:

Murloc Driftwood Hut

Scroll of the Adherent

"Rising Glory of Rukhmar" Statue

Shellscale Standard

High Arakkoan Alchemist's Shelf

High Arakkoan Shelf

Items

The item-level of gear provided by the Level 80 Boost has been increased to 102 (was iLvl 80).

Trading Post

A new Trading Post activity has been added to January: "Legion Remix: Mix Up". The timelines have bent once more, granting the efforts of some to all. Players who log-in during the month of January will earn 650 points for their Traveler's Log.

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WoW News

Midnight Pre-Patch Hotfixes for January 26, 2026 – Class Hotfixes and Bug Fixes

Blizzard has posted hotfixes for today which includes class bug fixes!

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, 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
January 26, 2026

Classes

Demon Hunter

Devourer

An issue causing the Soul Fragments of Devourer Demon Hunter to not function on the Dawnbreaker has been resolved.

Druid

Restoration

Grove Guardians no longer cost mana when they are summoned.

Monk

Mistweaver

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

Mana Tea effectiveness increased by 20%.

Shaman

Enhancement

An issue causing Maelstrom Weapon to require level 12 has been resolved.

Restoration

Chain Heal healing increased by 25%.

Healing Rain healing increased by 82%.

Dungeons and Raids

The random Heroic Dragonflight dungeon queue should now require the correct average item-level.

Temple of Sethraliss

Fixed an issue that caused the Avatar of Sethraliss encounter to become soft-locked.

Vault of the Incarnates

Fixed several issues with the Raszageth encounter not cleaning up properly when a player is defeated on Story Mode.

Horrific Visions

Item-level rewards will no longer be displayed on the Horrific Vision event widget.

Rewards increase based on how far you get in a Horrific Vision run at the new squished item levels appropriate for Season 3.

Housing

Daily rotating Endeavor quests no longer reset on logout, and are now Weekly quests, and are now all up at the same time.

The Grand Collector now has an increased tap limit, allowing many people to get credit for the Endeavor task "Blade of the Skyguard" at once.

Some decor that was accidentally hidden in the catalog has been made accessible:

Murloc Driftwood Hut

Scroll of the Adherent

"Rising Glory of Rukhmar" Statue

Shellscale Standard

High Arakkoan Alchemist's Shelf

High Arakkoan Shelf

Items

The item-level of gear provided by the Level 80 Boost has been increased to 102 (was iLvl 80).

Trading Post

A new Trading Post activity has been added to January: "Legion Remix: Mix Up". The timelines have bent once more, granting the efforts of some to all. Players who log-in during the month of January will earn 650 points for their Traveler's Log.

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