Hotfixes: March 17, 2021
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands and WoW Classic. 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
March 17, 2021
Classes
- Priest
- Fixed an issue where Measured Contemplation (Runecarving Power) would break invisibility potion effects.
- Shadow
- Fixed an issue where Insanity would break invisibility potion effects.
- Warlock
- Fixed an issue where Inevitable Demise (Talent), Soul Leech (Talent), and Demon Skin (Talent) would break invisibility potion effects.
Covenants
- Venthyr
- Fixed several issues that were preventing the quest “Common Ground” from being acquired or turned in.
Dungeons and Raids
- Theater of Pain
- Gorechop
- Fixed an issue that caused players at range to not always be pulled in before Tenderizing Smash is cast.
- Gorechop
Items and Rewards
- Mawsworn Crossbow will no longer be available outside of the Maw.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where Shadowlands bonus event quests would not launch properly in some cases.
- The Mole Machine for the Warlords of Draenor Alliance quest "Mole Machine, Go Home” will now allow smaller races to interact with it.
March 16, 2021
Classes
- Hunter
- Fixed an issue where Aspect of the Cheetah would break invisibility potion effects.
- Shaman
- Fixed an issue where Spirit Wolf (Talent) would break invisibility potion effects.
- Enhancement
- Fixed an issue where Maelstrom Weapon could break invisibility potion effects.
- Restoration
- Increased the damage of Lava Burst by 10%.
- Developers' note: This change is to counter the 10% damage reduction to Lava Burst in patch 9.0.5 which was primarily intended as a change to Elemental Shaman.
- Increased the damage of Lava Burst by 10%.
- Warrior
- Protection
- Fixed an issue preventing Stalwart Guardian's (Conduit) cooldown reduction effect for Shield Wall from improving with item level.
- Protection
Covenants
- Venthyr
- Fixed an issue where players who were a member of the Venthyr covenant, swapped to a different covenant, and swapped back could have the first chapter of their campaign display as incomplete.
Dungeons and Raids
- Spires of Ascension
- Fixed an issue where the first pack of Etherdivers and a Forsworn Skirmisher just after the Kin-Tara encounter would sometimes evade.
Items and Rewards
- Fixed an issue that allowed some of the Covenant Hearthstone toys to be used on alts that are not a part of that covenant. The tooltips will be updated in a future patch to reflect this requirement.
Player versus Player
- Arathi Blizzard has replaced Tarren Mill vs Southshore for the weekly brawl.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where Blazing Ingots and Animacones for the quests "Acquisition: Blazing Ingots" and "A Dangerous Harvest" were unintentionally respawning at low rates.
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Anima Powers
- Shaman
- Restoration
- The Bottle of Swirling Maelstrom Healing Rain damage effect will now properly cause creatures to attack you.
- Restoration
- Warlock
- Fixed an issue where Bottled Shadow would create two icons in your Anima Power user interface.
- Shaman
March 15, 2021
Classes
- Death Knight
- Frost
- Fixed an issue where Inexorable Assault (Talent) and Cold Heart (Talent) would break invisibility potion effects.
- Frost
- Druid
- Fixed an issue where Eclipse would break invisibility potion effects.
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Fixed an issue where Renewing Mist would break invisibility potion effects.
- Mistweaver
- Priest
- Divine Image's (Runecarving Power) repertoire of spells are now 30% more effective and now have a slightly higher chance to appear when casting a Holy Word spell.
- Divine Image (Runecarving Power) will no longer cast Dazzling Lights for each target hit by Prayer of Healing, Holy Word: Sanctify, or Circle of Healing.
- Rogue
- Fixed an issue that could cause Serrated Bone Spike's (Necrolord Ability) bleed effect to be unintentionally removed at significant ranges.
- Shaman
- Fixed an issue where several abilities were usable while Hexed.
- Warlock
- Healthstones will now despawn in Mythic Keystone Dungeons if the Warlock is not present.
Covenants
- Necrolord
- Fixed an issuing causing Fleshcraft's passive cooldown reduction effect to break invisibility and stealth effects.
Dungeons and Raids
- Castle Nathria
- Lady Inerva Darkvein
- Fixed an issue where Shared Suffering and Concentrate Anima would target Healers with lower priority than desired on Mythic difficulty.
- Artificer Xy’mox
- [With regional restarts] Health reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
- [With regional restarts] Withering Touch damage reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
- Sire Denathrius
- [With regional restarts] Health reduced by 9% on Heroic difficulty.
- [With regional restarts] Hand of Destruction damage reduced by 10% on Heroic Difficulty.
- Fixed an issue where priests in Spirit of Redemption form could Neutralize their allies on Mythic difficulty.
- Lady Inerva Darkvein
- Spires of Ascension
- Ventunax
- Fixed an issue where players could get hit by Weakened.
- Ventunax
Items and Rewards
- The Battle for Azeroth items, Battleborn Sigil and Warlord’s Trophy, are now Poor quality and can no longer be used.
Quests
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Enthralled Gorm to sometimes not respawn for the quest “Mizik the Haughty.”
March 12, 2021
Classes
- Death Knight
- Anti-Magic Zone will now consistently grant its damage reduction to the casting Death Knight.
- Warrior
- Protection
- Reprisal (Runecarving Power) now grants 4 seconds of Shield Block (was 6 seconds).
- Protection
Covenants
- Venthyr
- Fixed an issue where Ember Court items could still drop from Revendreth Tributes after players changed covenants away from Venthyr.
- Venthyr players should now always receive either a Blank Invitation or Ambassador's Reserve from the Revendreth normal Calling reward, Tribute of the Court, and both items from the epic Calling reward, Favor of the Court.
Dungeons and Raids
- Halls of Atonement
- Halkias
- Fixed an issue that could cause Refracted Sunlight’s visual effect to not accurately depict the damaging area.
- Halkias
Pet Battles
- The Plump Turkey pet no longer jumps into a nearby campfire and sets itself on fire repeatedly, it has returned back to jumping into the campfire once and combusting. Press F for our feathery friend.
Player versus Player
- Warrior
- Arms
- War Banner (PvP Talent) will now apply to players who were already crowd controlled before the banner was placed.
- Arms
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Anima Powers
- Death Knight
- Occult Emitter will now grant increased Runic Power generation while the Death Knight stands within their Anti-Magic Zone.
- Death Knight
March 11, 2021
Classes
- Hunter
- The damage effect from Soulforge Embers (Runecarving Power) can no longer be spell reflected.
- Mage
- Fixed an issue with Disciplinary Command (Runecarving Power) triggering with non-class spells.
- Arcane
- Fixed an issue with Clearcasting gained from Mirrors of Torment (Venthyr Ability) not working with the Amplification or Slipstream talents.
- Monk
- Windwalker
- Fixed an issue that prevented Dance of Chi-Ji (Talent) from increasing Spinning Crane Kick's damage properly.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Fists of Fury from striking its 6th target.
- Windwalker
- Paladin
- Retribution
- Final Verdict (Runecarving Power) will no longer double benefit from Divine Purpose (Talent).
- Retribution
- Rogue
- Shiv is now displayed correctly in the combat log.
Covenants
- Necrolord
- The cosmetic accessory for Abominable Stitching "Plague Pack" is now available to be constructed if you have earned the corresponding transmog.
Dungeons and Raids
- Castle Nathria
- Players should now respawn closer to Stone Legion Generals and Sire Denathrius if they were engaged in combat after utilizing the shortcut quest to skip bosses.
- Sun King’s Salvation
- Fixed an issue where Essence Fonts were not healing Kael'thas Sunstrider for the correct amount.
- Sire Denathrius
- Fixed an issue where the dialogue could fail to play for some players after defeating him.
- Sanguine Depths
- Regal Mistdancer’s Echoing Thrust no longer hits pets.
Quests
- The point of interest indicator for “A Valuable Find: Tirna Scithe” no longer covers the World Quest, “Oranomonos the Everbranching.”
Torghast, Tower of the Damned
- Anima Powers
- Mage
- Gravity Dynamo's effectiveness will now increase as you gain stacks of the power.
- Mage
March 10, 2021
Achievements
- Fixed an issue where Shard Labor was not being granted to some players who found all of the lost anima crystal shards.
Classes
- Death Knight
- Unholy
- Ghouls can once again successfully apply Gnaw on enemy targets.
- Unholy
- Rogue
- Outlaw
- Fixed an issue that prevented Control is King (PvP Talent) from granting the Rogue Adrenaline Rush.
- Outlaw
- Warlock
- Diabolic Bloodstone (Conduit) will once again function when allies consume Healthstones generated from a Soulwell.
Covenants
- Necrolord
- Fixed an issue where the Abominable Stitching items Backbone, Mu’dud, Bindings of Wellbeing, and Bonesewn Fleshroc were not correctly showing their associated Anima crafting cost.
Creatures and NPCs
- Fixed an issue that prevented Lord Melenas, Tur Ragepaw, and various other druid NPCs from shapeshifting.
Dungeons and Raids
- Mists of Tirna Scithe
- Tred’ova
- Fixed an issue where the damage from Shared Pain was not increasing the healing of a Death Knight’s Death Strike.
- Tred’ova
- The Necrotic Wake
- Blightbone
- Fixed an issue where Fetid Gas was silencing Priests that were under the effects of Spirit of Redemption.
- Nalthor the Rimebinder
- Fixed an issue that caused the encounter to not reset correctly when a player is in stealth on his platform.
- Blightbone
- Mythic Keystone Dungeons
- Fixed an issue where Necrolords falling off the map during Forgeborne Reveries (Bonesmith Heirmir Soulbind) would count as two deaths.
Items and Rewards
- Fixed an issue where guns and crossbows from Mythic dungeons were the incorrect item level.
Quests
- Azmogal no longer spawns during the fight with Sabriel the Bonecleaver for the Maldraxxus quest, “Spoiling For A Fight.”
March 9, 2021
Classes
- Monk
- Windwalker
- Fixed an issue that prevented Spinning Crane Kick's damage from being increased by the correct amount of recent targets struck by Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick, and Rising Sun Kick.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Blackout Kick's cooldown reduction from affecting Rising Sun Kick and Fists of Fury while Serenity (Talent) is active.
- Windwalker
- Priest
- Shadow
- Fixed an issue where Painbreaker Psalm (Runecarving Power) would generate Insanity when the legendary was not equipped.
- Shadow
- Rogue
- Subtlety
- Shadow Blades no longer incorrectly affects Flagellation (Venthyr Ability).
- Subtlety
- Warlock
- Demonology
- Call Dreadstalkers will now consistently trigger Dreadbite when the Dreadstalkers reach their target.
- Demonology
Covenants
- Fixed an issue where the Return Lost Souls weekly quest was rewarding 250 Anima instead of 500 Anima.
Items and Rewards
- Rhinestone Sunglasses are now Bind on Equip.
- Fixed an issue that allowed the Tablet of Despair trinket to unintentionally scale with Haste.
Player versus Player
- Player pets should now benefit from the PvP trinket set bonus.
The hotfix notes for the previous patch can be found here.