World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (19th May 2026)

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

May 19, 2026

Classes

• Paladin
  • Retribution
    • Templar: Resolved an issue causing Hammer of Light to not cast properly in high haste situations.
• Warlock
  • Affliction
    • Fixed an issue where Soul Swap would carry Unstable Affliction stacks when entering or exiting an instanced area.

Dungeons and Raids

• March on Quel’Danas
  • The Hall of Fame for players who have completed Mythic difficulty is now closed.
  • Midnight Falls
    • Fixed an issue causing The Dark Archangel to sometimes not cancel upon triggering the final phase on Mythic difficulty.
    • Heaven’s Glaives maximum duration reduced to 1 minute (was 2 minutes).
    • Reduced the spread of Midnight Crystals on Mythic difficulty.
    • Starsplinter initial damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Criticality damage reduced by 20%.

Items and Rewards

• There is no longer a cap on the amount of upgrade Crests that can be accumulated by each player.

Player versus Player

• There is no longer a cap on the amount of Conquest that can be earned, for the rest of Season 1.

Quests

• The repeatable “Legends of the Haranir” quests are now available to player-characters who belong to a Warband that includes a character who has completed the first-time versions of the quests, and they may now be obtained by more than one character in your warband per week.