World of Warcraft: Midnight Hotfixes - October 23

Hotfixes

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October 23, 2026

Classes

• Shaman
  • Enhancement
    • Resolved an issue causing Surging Elements to not appear on the Cooldown Manager.
• Warlock
  • Fixed issues that caused some warlock summons and Diabolic Occuli to sometimes incorrectly target enemies outside of combat. This corrects summons from Affliction’s Shadows of Nath’reza, Demonology’s Dominion of Argus, as well as Diabolist summons.

Dungeons

• Den of Nalorakk
  • Addressed an issue where Nalorakk’s Echoing Maul can sometimes happen in the wrong location.
• Murder Row
  • Addressed an issue where Nibbles’ Fel Spray can hit targets outside of the intended area.

Hallow’s End

• Neighborhoods
  • Players can now exit combat with the Shade of Seabreaker Skoloth.

Items

• Fixed an issue that caused items upgraded with Ascendant Venomstones to have incorrect item levels.

Labyrinth

• Shorter character models will no longer fall through floor when respawning in Jan’alai’s Refuge.

October 21, 2026

Labyrinth

• Players can now speak to Kinduru in De Empire’s Rest antechamber to leave the labyrinth while on the Kindo’jan scenario.
• Fixed an issue where L00T RAID-R Minis could not be used in a group inside the labyrinth.
• The lever to start the scenario “A Golden Opportunity” in the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan can now be used by players level 80 and above.
• Players can now hold up to 4 stacks of the Carrying a Jan’alai Tear buff at a time (was 1).
• Fixed an issue in the “Returning the Bounty” scenario that could cause the Pit Boss to despawn when it left combat, preventing the scenario from completing.

Items

• Fixed an issue where the Seriously Sharp Seashell effect from Gebbo’s Bottomless Bag could break stealth and invisibility effects.
• Fixed an issue where Jan’thrazet, the Soul Fang could sometimes fail to trigger reliably from the start of combat for healers.
• Fixed an issue preventing Nebulous Voidcache bonus roll item list previews from updating as items were acquired and removed from consideration. This was only a display issue and did not affect which items a character was eligible for.

Player versus Player

• Priest
  • Holy
    • Fixed an issue where Sanctified Ground applying to allies would interrupt channeled spells such as Divine Hymn.

October 20, 2026

Achievements

• The availability of Fabled: Let Me Solo Him: Kindo’jan has been extended and can now be earned until weekly maintenance during the week of October 27.

Labyrinth

• Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent the “Fools and Curses” scenario from completing.
• Fixed an issue where Spirit Conduit Loa powers could be used during Kindo’jan’s fight.

Items

• Mistcrests are now uncapped.
• Ascendant Venomstones are now available after completing the quest “Ascending with Venomstones”.
• The Ancient Hash’ey Battle Art glove enchantments can now be applied to Warbound Until Equipped items.
• The Void Eruption effect on Kith’ix’s armor pieces can no longer hit targets you aren’t in combat with.

Player versus Player

• Conquest and Bloody Tokens are now uncapped.
• The Spoils of War buff is now available – Conquest gains increased by 50% and Honor gains increased by 40% in Battlegrounds and Arenas.
• The Venomous Equipment Chest is now available for purchase from the conquest quartermaster, Irissa Bloodstar.

Quests

• The furbolgs required for the quest “Not Quite Nalorakk” have returned from their hibernation.
• Fixed an issue where spending Nebulous Voidcores on non-raid sources would not grant credit towards completing the “A Nebulous Endeavour” tutorial quest. This objective will be completed the next time a character spends a Nebulous Voidcore on any Season 2 bonus roll source.
• Resolved an issue where the Skardyn Behemoth could become unattackable, preventing completion of “Draw Its Ire.”
• Fixed an issue that prevented the completion of the Voidstorm quest “To Be Changed”.

October 16, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

• Murder Row
  • Added a visual indicating the safe zone of a barrel during Murder in a Row.
    • Developers’ notes: Recently, we addressed an issue where Zaen Bladesorrow’s Murder in a Row could incorrectly assign a player’s safe spot to a barrel they weren’t hiding behind. With the fix, players must stand closer to a barrel to be protected. To better communicate this change, each barrel will now have a visual indicator showing the radius of the safe area players need to hide behind a barrel during Murder in a Row.
• The Venomous Abyss
  • The Coiled Altar
    • Fixed an issue where the achievement Watch Out Behind You was unable to be completed by raid groups larger than 20 players.

Labyrinth and Delves

• Fixed an issue with the “Returning the Bounty” scenario in Jan’alai’s Refuge that would occasionally prevent the Pit Boss from spawning in the labyrinth.
• Fixed an issue that caused Valeera’s Stagger to not function when there was a healer present in the delve or labyrinth.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Scar of Kathra’natir damage over time effect to deal more damage to Valeera than intended.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to fall through the map in The Speaker’s Chamber area of The Labyrinth of Kindo’jan.
• The Loa-Blessed Wayfarer mount and Loa-Blessed Victory toy are now granted after completing the labyrinth by speaking with Kinduru if they were forgotten to be looted from the Ancestral Bounty chest before leaving.
• Fixed an issue where some creatures and bosses scaled their health and damage values higher than intended when playing in a group.
• Fixed an issue where Sha’kuro’s Soul Storm could be interrupted before all Unfortunate Souls were defeated, negating the damage window gained from the stun.
• Fixed an issue where L00T RAID-R Mini could only be used once while inside The Labyrinth of Kindo’jan.

October 15, 2026

Items

• Fixed an issue where faction-specific mounts were hidden from the Mount Journal on characters of the opposite faction.

Labyrinth

• Fixed an issue where Sullied Revenant and Sha’Kuro’s health would not reset properly when failing the encounter.
• Impressive Treasure Chest, Impressive Treasure Pile, and Impressive Treasure Trove now require level 80 to loot (was 90).
• Scenario bosses should now properly give credit if defeated a second time on the same run.

Quests

• Battle for Azeroth quests should no longer be appearing on the quest logs of characters that didn’t complete them when outside of Battle for Azeroth content.

• Fixed an issue where quest NPCs weren’t available to turn in “De Legend of de Hash’ey” in Zul’Aman.**

  October 14, 2026**

Aqir Invasions

• Fixed an issue where the final boss of the invasion was not properly randomizing between the three different types.

Classes

• Druid
  • Guardian
    • Fixed an issue causing Rebirth in Bear Form to have an incorrect mana cost.
    • Fixed an issue preventing the Bear Form version of Heart of the Wild from being cast.
    • Fixed an issue causing Persistence to grant an incorrect amount of armor.
  • Restoration
    • Fixed an issue where Nature’s Bounty could cause Abundance to fall off the Druid early.

Delves

• Dundun has returned and hides within Bountiful delves once again. May you revel in his radiant prosperity!

Labyrinth

• Fixed an issue where the kill credit for a boss may not register if it was the second time the boss had to be defeated in the same Labyrinth run.
• Fixed an issue where the Kindo’jan encounter would fail to successfully complete when Kindo’jan reached 1 health.
• Fixed an issue in the “Returning the Bounty” scenario that could sometimes prevent the initial bag interaction from being completable.
• Fixed an issue in the “Returning the Bounty” scenario where Hording Looters could sometimes stop spawning.
• Fixed an issue where Ancient Hash’ey Battle Arts enchantment effects can trigger outside of delves and The Labyrinth of Kindo’jan.
• Increased the maximum item level for the Ancient Hash’ey Battle Art enchantment to 344 (was 334).
• Players can no longer cleanse Cursed Energy in the “Fools and Curses” scenario.
• Enemies in Halazzi’s Lair no longer spawn within the walls.
• Characters can no longer fall through the terrain when respawning in Nalorakk’s Rest.

Quests

• Ancient Foes in the Vaults of Atal’Utek will now properly reward Primordial Venom Motes to players who defeat them while in raid groups.
• Fixed issue where NPCs in Amani’Zar Village weren’t visible during the quest “De Legend of de Hash’ey”.

October 13, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

• Altar of Fangs
  • Primal Serpent
    • Piercing Hiss damage reduced by 25%.
    • Piercing Hiss cooldown increased by 10%.
  • Ravenous Descendant
    • Health reduced by 9%.
  • Twinfang Harrower
    • Health reduced by 6%.
    • Paralyzing Shot periodic damage reduced by 20%.
    • Paralyzing Shot duration reduced to 14 seconds (was 20 seconds).
  • Ritual Chieftain
    • Blood Sacrifice healing absorb reduced by 12%.
  • Rattling Writhe
    • Health reduced by 6%.
    • Rattle periodic damage reduced by 25%.
  • High Evolutionist
    • Evolve now has a more prominent visual effect during channel.
  • Bloodletter
    • Health reduced by 5%.
  • Ascendant Serpent
    • Health reduced by 21%.
  • Living Venom
    • Health reduced by 25%.
    • Venom Burst damage reduced by 50%.
  • Rav’i
    • Carrion Burst periodic damage reduced by 10%.
  • Zul’jan
    • Axegrinder periodic damage reduced by 15%.
• Murder Row
  • Zaen Bladesorrow
    • Fire Bomb damage reduced by 33%.
• Ruby Life Pools
  • Earthbound Guardian
    • Earthbound’s Imprint impact damage reduced by 21%.
    • Earthbound’s Imprint periodic damage reduced by 13%.
  • Defier Draghar
    • Health reduced by 27%.
  • Primalist Cinderweaver
    • Living Bomb debuff can now be dispelled and the explosion damage will not occur when dispelled.
  • Storm Warrior
    • Thunderous Stomp damage reduced by 18%.
  • High Channeler Ryvati
    • Tempest Stormshield absorb percentage of maximum health reduced to 15% (was 20%).
  • Melidrussa Chillworn
    • Infused Whelp’s Cold Claws cooldown increased.
  • Kokia Blazehoof
    • Blazebound Firestorm health reduced by 12.5%.
    • Blazebound Firestorm’s Inferno impact damage reduced by 18%.
    • Blazebound Firestorm’s periodic damage reduced by 14%.
• Temple of Sethraliss
  • Static Anomaly
    • Spark Step damage reduced by 25%.
• The Blinding Vale
  • Sporeblight Belcher
    • Reduced health by 11%.
    • Spouting Floret periodic damage reduced by 16%.
    • Belch Sore damage reduced by 16%.
    • Reduced the number of Belch Sore projectiles per tick to 3 (was 5).
  • Radiant Spellsower
    • Light Bolt Volley damage reduced by 16%.
  • Lightwarden Ruia
    • Lightfire periodic damage reduced by 15%.
    • Pulverizing Strikes damage reduced by 12%.
  • Ziekket
    • Lightspawn Lasher health reduced by 10%.
    • Lightspore Shot damage reduced by 16%.
    • Oozing Xylem damage reduced by 16%.
    • Vicious Regrowth haste and damage buff reduced to 20% (was 30%).
• The Venomous Abyss
  • Sszorak
    • Increased the time for Sszorak to reach 100 rage by 5 seconds on Mythic difficulty.
  • The Coiled Altar
    • The initial total number of orbs that spawn during Toxic Deluge in Phase 1 reduced to 8 on Mythic difficulty (was 10).
    • The number of Virulent Mutations that spawn in Phase 1 reduced to 4 on Mythic difficulty (was 5).
    • Virulent Mutation and Mutagenic Venom radius reduced to 6 yards (was 8 yards).
    • The number of players Dreadmarch targets reduced to 3 on Mythic difficulty (was 4).
    • Manifestations of Dread now immediately display their red glow visuals to their fixated target the moment they began fixating on all difficulties.
    • Manifestations of Dread now despawn if their fixated target dies instead of re-fixating on a new player on all difficulties.
    • Increased the angle Manifestations of Dread are detected and stunned by 10 degrees on all difficulties.
    • Eternal Nightfall cast time increased by 2 seconds on all difficulties.
• Voidscar Arena
  • Feral Saberon
    • Savage Leap cooldown increased by 25%.
  • Chitigoth
    • Insidious Aura channel duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Brutal Overseer
    • Brutal Slams damage increase per slam reduced to 8% (was 10%).
  • Atroxus
    • Poison Splash periodic damage reduced by 11%.
    • Toxic Aura periodic damage reduced by 20%.
  • Charonus
    • Condensed Mass periodic damage reduced by 20%.