World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (25th April 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

April 24, 2026

Achievements

• Midnight Keystone Myth - Season One is now available to players who attained a Mythic+ Rating of at least 3400 during Midnight Season 1.

Characters

• Pandaren characters who boost during the intro sequence will now be able to port to their houses.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Festering Scythe is now an aura on the player, resolving issues that occur when extending the duration of plagues.
      • Developers’ notes: The underlying issue here was proving to be problematic for a number of reasons and we felt like this would be the safest approach for now.
    • Resolved an issue causing Magus of the Dead to not take action immediately on spawn.
    • Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Knowledge Rank 4 to activate less than stated.
    • Resolved an issue causing Unholy Devotion to grant Haste in addition to attack speed and energy regeneration.
    • Disease Cloud is now cast by the Abomination, resolving issues such as it not interacting with pet scaling talents.
• Demon Hunter
  • Devourer
    • Fixed an issue causing the Single-Button Assistant and Assisted Highlight to not recommend Collapsing Star outside of melee range.
  • Vengeance
    • Fixed an issue that caused Metamorphosis to be put on cooldown when Last Resort's effect triggered.
• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Corrected an issue where Unbreakable Bond could give the damage reduction effect to the hunter rather than their pet.
• Mage
  • Frost
    • Fixed an issue causing Hand of Frost (Rank 2) to not provide the correct percent chance increase per stack of Shatter.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Fixed an issue that caused Holy Armaments to significantly impact framerates.
• Priest
  • Shadow
    • Voidweaver: Fixed an issue causing Overwhelming Shadows to increase the damage of Mind Blast.
• Rogue
  • Trickster: Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Cover's effect to cost 30 Energy to activate.
  • Trickster: Cloud Cover's visual effect is now only visible to the caster in all circumstances.
• Warlock
  • Affliction
    • Fixed an issue where Jinx would not function if Foul Mouth was not talented.
  • Demonology
    • Fixed an issue where Demonic Gateway would benefit Hellbent Commander.

Delves

• Valeera is no longer unwilling to attack Poison Dart Frog or Giant Cursed Bullfrog.
• Atal’Aman
  • Adjusted the placement of several out-of-range Sanctified Banners in two story variants.
• The Darkway
  • The Corrupted Leyline will no longer sometimes continue to cast Detected! after being out of its range.

Dungeons and Raids

• Maisara Caverns
  • Addressed an issue where players could remain in combat after defeating Vordaza.

Housing

• Decorative Dornogal Opals (small, medium and large) are now available for purchase from the Disguised Decor Duel Vendor in Silvermoon.

Player versus Player

• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Precise Shots now benefits Kill Shot and Black Arrow at 50% effectiveness in PvP combat.
    • Black Arrow damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
    • All damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
      • Developers’ notes: Several talent changes in 12.0.5 led to Marksmanship overperforming in PvP. These updates target changes to Black Arrow and their overall damage to account for the new interactions and reduce their effectiveness at both burst damage and overall pressure.
• Mage
  • Mass Invisibility will no longer target players carrying the Deephaul Crystal in Deephaul Ravine.
• Priest
  • Fixed an issue causing Cyclone to be able to be applied while a Priest has Psychic Shroud active.

Quests

• Fixed an issue where some Alliance players were unable to see the "Heavy Anchor" for "The Fragrance of the Dunes" quest.
• Fixed an issue causing players to be unable to turn in Nebulous Voidcores to Decimus while on the quest “Artifice of Aggression”.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Lorna Crowley to phase out when engaged for the Arcantina quest "A Generational Moment".