WoW Hotfixes Patch Notes - May 22, 2026

The May 22 hotfixes for World of Warcraft are live, and the headline change is one PvP players have been waiting on: Bloody Tokens no longer have a total accumulation cap. Combined with the earlier removal of the Conquest cap for the rest of Season 1, Blizzard is clearly trying to remove friction for players catching up on PvP currency before the season closes out.

On the class side, an Unholy Death Knight bug was causing the Forbidden Ritual aura to stick permanently, which is the sort of thing that sounds minor until you're the one getting hit by it indefinitely. Protection Paladin also gets a fix for Guardian of the Forgotten Queen, which was incorrectly shrugging off crowd control effects it should have been vulnerable to. Neither change reshapes the meta, but both address real gameplay problems.

Mythic raiders will notice that Midnight Falls continues to receive tuning attention, with Starsplinter and Criticality damage already reduced on May 19 and Heaven's Glaives duration cut in half. Blizzard is clearly still dialling in that encounter. Here's everything that changed.

Full Patch Notes

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 22, 2026

Classes

Death Knight
- Unholy
  - Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Ritual aura to remain permanently on the Death Knight.
Druid
- Restoration
  - Reduced the number of sounds and visuals that play when using the talent Flourish with Tranquility.
Priest
- Discipline
  - Master the Darkness can now be tracked in the cooldown manager.

Player versus Player

There is no longer a cap on the total number of Bloody Tokens a player may accumulate.
Resolved an issue that could prevent players from earning Slayer's Rise Dominance while holding all bases.
Paladin
- Protection
  - Fixed an issue where Guardian of the Forgotten Queen could not be interrupted by some crowd control effects as intended.