World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (9th May 2026)
Blizzard drops a multi-day hotfix batch covering class tuning, dungeon bugs, and a Mistweaver heal that was quietly failing.
A few days of hotfixes have landed for World of Warcraft, and the May 8 batch is worth a quick scan if you've been running any content this week. Mistweaver Monks got a fix for Rushing Wind Kick's heal occasionally doing nothing at all, not a minor issue when you're the healer and your throughput just silently disappears mid-pull.
The bigger class story sits a few days back. Unholy Death Knight is getting pulled back after overperforming post-12.0.5, with Magus of the Dead, Graveyard, and several Rider of the Apocalypse abilities all taking 15-25% damage cuts. Marksmanship Hunter, meanwhile, got the opposite treatment: Rapid Fire up 20%, Explosive Shot and Steady Shot both doubled. Those are large numbers, and MM players who felt left behind in recent weeks will notice the difference immediately.
On the dungeon side, The Voidspire's raid skip no longer teleports players back to the entrance uninvited, and Magisters Terrace got a fix for Gemellus freezing up entirely if someone died during Astral Grasp. Small fixes, but the kind that ruin a run when they go wrong. Everything in the update is listed below.
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 8, 2026
Abyss Anglers
- Resolved an issue in Abyss Anglers where some players weren't able to complete the Achievement Depth Grease, even if they had met the correct conditions.
Classes
- Monk
- Mistweaver
- Fixed an issue that caused Rushing Wind Kick's heal to sometimes fail.
- Mistweaver
Dungeons and Raids
- Magisters Terrace
- Fixed an issue where sometimes Gemellus would fail to resume using abilities if a player died during Astral Grasp.
- Nexus-Point Xenas
- Fixed an issue causing Mana Batteries to appear as a neutral faction while casting Corespark Overload.
- The Voidspire
- Using the raid skip no longer causes players to automatically teleport when returning to the entrance.
Quests
- Fixed an issue that prevented repeat play of "The Story of the Cauldron of Echoes".
- Resolved an issue where players could be blocked from accepting "Rescue in the Shadows" if they had completed "Crypt in the Mist" during the Zul'Aman campaign.
User Interface
- Fixed a bug causing Wings of the Void to unintentionally appear in the Spellbook.
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