World of Warcraft Hotfixes Patch Notes (7th July 2026)

Blizzard has rolled out a substantial balance pass across World of Warcraft's hotfixes for July 7, 2026, addressing underperforming specs in both raids and PvP while reining in classes that have been running hot.

Restoration Druid gets a significant lift in raid damage with a 15% boost to all damage, though Bear Form Thrash takes a 25% hit to redistribute power elsewhere. The spec was struggling on single-target and overall raid contribution, so this reshuffles where its damage comes from rather than simply inflating numbers. Feral also sees adjustments: a 3% overall bump plus 15% melee auto-attack scaling, with Rip damage up 5%, should improve their single-target consistency without breaking PvP balance.

On the PvP side, the changes are more surgical. Devourer Demon Hunters lose healing efficiency (Shattered Souls now heals for 0.5% instead of 1%), Marksmanship Hunters see Double Tap's burst potential cut from 40% to 16%, and Protection Paladins' Divine Exaction echo drops from 75% to 25% effectiveness. Shadow Priest gets a rare gift: a 4% damage buff plus a 45% increase to Shadow Word: Death specifically, making the spec's niche damage tool actually worthwhile.

The full list includes fixes for Voidspire respawns, housing room awards, quest credit issues, and transport skiff safety in Naigtal.

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

July 7, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

The Voidspire
- Addressed an issue where the Lightblinded Vanguard could respawn after a soft reset after using the raid skip.

Housing

Players who were not properly awarded the Daylight Circle Room or Evening Circle Room when they reached House Levels 3 or 5 should now have access to those rooms.

Items

Fixed an issue with Mycomancer's Hearthspore where multiple Hearthstone charges could be consumed for Human characters.

Pets

Thrillbot 9000 and Chillbot 9000 are now unique.

Quests

Nelthius Shadestone's gravestones should be more reliably interactable for “A Grave Concern”.
Fixed an issue with “A Humble Servant” where objectives were not giving enough credit.
Fixed a bug where the Delves Nemesis briefly did not drop a Magical Primessence for the “Seeking Knowledge Week 4 of 5: Magical Primessence”.