The Cataclysm Classic pre-patch is coming to an end with the launch of Cataclysm Classic on Monday, May 20 at 3:00 p.m. PDT, and we’d like to share some notes on aspects of the expansion that players will want to know.

World Bosses

Poseidus, Mobus, Garr, Xariona, Akma’hat, and Julak-Doom will first begin spawning with the weekly reset the week of June 4. They’ll begin to appear alongside the Baradin Hold raid and its first boss, Argaloth.

Except Poseidus, who drops a mount, world bosses will drop item-level 346 pieces of unique gear alongside a recipe and a random iLvl 359 bind-on-equip epic. These bosses will eventually drop their item-level 359 unique gear when Zul’Gurub and Zul’Aman unlock.

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With a hotfix that we applied a few minutes ago, we’ve fixed a bug that was causing some high-level boss abilities to unintentionally do double damage to players.

For players who have been inside an instance since before the hotfix went out, there will be no change until you leave and start a new instance.

Thank you for your reports and feedback!

Greetings,

The team has been hard at work on Season of Discovery and Cataclysm Classic. There’s a lot happening in Classic right now, and while we’ve been working incredibly hard, we’ve also been fairly quiet, so we felt it would be a good time to provide an update on a few things, including Season of Discovery Phase 4.

Phase 4 Release Update

Cutting straight to it, and as you have no doubt likely noticed, the World of Warcraft team has been delivering a lot of exciting content lately, and this will (of course) continue well through the next few months and beyond. As such, to land Phase 4 at just the right time, our current phase (Phase 3) is going to last longer than previous Season of Discovery content phases. We can’t share Phase 4’s release date just yet, and we know this news and the longer Phase 3 may be disappointing to some, but our timeline will ensure that our Classic team delivers an experience worthy of our players at the high-qualit...

We will shut down the raids today at 6:00 p.m. PDT on the Cataclysm Classic Beta.

Thank you for your participation and issue reports! They have been invaluable.

We believe that this issue has been fixed with an update that we deployed with realm restarts earlier this morning.

Please note that raid testing is happening on the Cataclysm Classic Beta right now, and raid testing will end later today.

This thread is about our launch test, which will occur at 2:00 p.m. PDT today on ...

May 16, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Hunter
  • The Ancient Hysteria effect from Hunter Corehound pets will now clear properly after encounters end.

Hotfixes

May 16, 2024

WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria

• Fixed a bug that initially prevented players who did not own Dragonflight from being able to learn Dragonriding from Lord Andestrasz in Remix: Pandaria. This was unintended.

May 16, 2024

Non-Player Characters

• Jenafur has managed to wash off the strange grey paint that also changed her eye color. Jenafur is now once again a properly striped feline, allegedly.
• Melsysra fell back asleep and found their way back to the Central Encampment in the Emerald Dream, allowing players to continue with their Renown quests.
• Newsy was slow retrieving mail but has had a successful trip to the postmaster in Dalaran, allowing players to return to Loamm and continue with their Renown quests.
• Alleria and Umbric are now always present as expected for quest completion.

Quests

• Fixed a bug that prevented Trolls from unlocking the “Loa’s Blade-Blessing” cosmetic sword appearance if they finished the heritage questline with a character who couldn’t use it. Players will find the sword in their collection after logging into the character who completed the que...

Please join us on the Cataclysm Public Test Realm (PTR) for our launch test tomorrow, May 17 at 2:00 p.m. PDT. At that time, the PTR will step forward from pre-patch content to the deployment of the full Cataclysm expansion.

The PTR is named Public Test Realm (Wrath Classic) in your launcher.

We’ll see you there!

We’ve opened a whole new way to play World of Warcraft, and getting started is easy!

To play WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, all you need to do is:

1. Log into World of Warcraft: Dragonflight in your Battle.net Launcher.
2. Create a new Timerunner character.

Please note: You can create Timerunning characters on any Dragonflight realm. Feel free to change realm before creating your Timerunner, if you wish to.

3. Customize your character, and hit that Enter World button!

Welcome to the WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria forum! This forum is here to provide you with a friendly environment where you can discuss Pandaria Timerunning with other players.

Community forums work best when participants treat their fellow posters with respect and courtesy, so we ask that you take the time to read through the forum Code of Conduct and guidelines before posting.

Code of Conduct: https://battle.net/support/article/000256989

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May 15, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Darkmoon Faire Island is now set to open on May 26 through June 1.
• The Stratholme Main Gate entrance should now place you in the correct location when queued through Random Dungeon Finder.
• Exhaustion, Sated, and Temporal Displacement will now be cleared from pets when they are cleared from their masters.
• Mage
  • Fixed an issue where dispelled Ignite effects were increasing the damage done by future Ignites. Dispels from the Glyph of Polymorph and duels ending will also now clear the damage done.
• Rogue
  • Fixed an issue with Deadly Momentum that caused its increased critical chance to be consumed by auto attacks that did not benefit from that increased chance. This is a true-to-reference 14-year-old bug, but was clearly unintended, so we fixed it.
• Shaman
  • Fixe...

May 15, 2024

Items

• Fixed an issue that caused Conquest and War Mode gear to incorrectly display PvP item level increases in the upgrade UI.

That is indeed the issue. Items that were deleted before the hotfixes and then restored after the hotfixes will not be affected by the hotfixes.

May 14, 2024

Cataclysm Classic

• Fixed missing text in guildmaster’s Rank Permissions panel so that it is clear that the checkbox controls whether the guild rank is considered an officer rank.
• Fixed an issue that would cause c*ckroach Cabins to be uninteractable, preventing the daily “Roach Coach” quest from being completed.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from interacting with the objects required to complete the “Would You Like Some Flies With That?” daily quest.
• Mage
  • Fixed a problem with Focus Magic being useable while not talented into it.
  • Living Bomb critical strikes will no longer trigger Ignite. It did not trigger Ignite in original Cataclysm, as even its final detonation was considered periodic damage.
• Shaman
  • Flametongue Totem will no longer stack with other Spell power increasing effects.
• ...

May 14, 2024

Dungeons

• Azure Vault
  • Fixed an issue causing the time requirement reaching two and three chests on Mythic Keystone difficulty was lower than intended.

Items

• Veteran and Champion track items obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst. This fix is retroactive.
• Veteran and Champion track rings, necklaces, and armor obtained from outdoor activities should now be eligible for socket upgrades. This fix is retroactive.

Mounts

• Fixed an issue causing the Rostrum of Transformation to require level 70.

Non-player Characters

• Cheered up Thomas Bright who was feeling a little low.

Cataclysm Classic

• Fixed missing text in guildmaster’s Rank Permissions panel so t...

The Voidweaver changes in today’s Alpha build are experimental and were aimed at trying to resolve an issue where Void Torrent was required to make the hero talent tree work.

We hear you that the gameplay isn’t as smooth with spawning an Entropic Rift from Shadow Crash, and we will likely move it back to spawning from Void Torrent.

On Shadow Crash firing at your target instead of using a reticle: this was also an experimental change, and if we do end up moving forward with this change in place, we will provide an option to players to use a reticle through a choice node.

Wildstalker

• Symbiotic Blooms now prioritize growing on injured targets.
• Strategic Infusion’s chance for your periodic heals to crit is decreased to 8% (was 10%), but its duration is increased to 10 seconds (was 6 seconds).
• Wildstalker’s Power has been updated: Rip and Ferocious Bite damage increased by 5%. Rejuvenation, Efflorescence, and Lifebloom healing increased by 10%.
• New Talent replacing Wildstalker’s Persistence: Lethal Preservation: When you remove an effect with Soothe or Remove Corruption / Nature’s Cure, gain a combo point and heal for 4% of your maximum health. If you are at full health an injured party or raid member will be healed instead.
• Root Network now increases the healing of all your abilities, ...

Hello Druids,

There are a couple pieces of feedback we received on Keeper of the Grove that informed today’s updates.

Keeper of the Grove

• Dream Surge: Dream Burst damage reduced by 15%.
• Harmony of the Grove: Force of Nature treants increase spell damage by 5% (was 3%).
• Power of Nature now increases Force of Nature Treant melee damage by 100% (was 20%).
• Bounteous Bloom: Each treant generates 6 Astral Power per 2 seconds (was 3 Astral Power).
• Early Spring: Now reduces the cooldown of Force of Nature by 15 seconds (was 10 seconds).
• Cenarius’ Might design updated: Balance: Entering Eclipse / Restoration: Casting Swiftmend increases your Haste by 8% for 6 seconds.
• Power of ...