Season of Discovery Hotfixes - April 23

April 16, 2024

Season of Discovery

• There are now Emerald Warden guard NPCs present near Nightmare Incursion questgivers and quartermasters.
• The Atal’ai Mojo consumables are now Unique (2), allowing two to be carried and used.
• There is now a 2.60 speed version of the off-hand weapon Serpent’s Striker, available from Zalgo the Explorer on Yojamba Isle in exchange for the 1.50 speed version of the item.
• The drop rate of Nightmare Seeds in Sunken Temple has been increased by roughly 50%.
• Sigil of Living Dreams no longer requires a Nightmare Seed.
• Players should no longer occasionally gain no bonus blood when near Kha’damu and affected by Feast of Blood.
• Players will now gain the Honorless Target effect whenever they enter or leave a Nightmare Incursion portal.
• Rainbow Generator should now appear for troll, tauren, night elf, and all other races.
• Grizzwerks Defense Industries has achieved record growth thanks to the efforts of adventurers across Azeroth, and Grizzby is now pleased to offer runes to heroes without requiring quests from them.
• Druid
  • Starsurge no longer consumes Clearcasting procs from Omen of Clarity.
  • Skull Bash rune moved to the Hands slot (was the Leg slot).
  • Lacerate rune moved to the Leg slot (was Hands).
  • Lacerate threat increased substantially.
• Hunter
  • Chimera Shot no longer refreshes Serpent Sting at 1 less damage per tick.
• Mage
  • Impact can now be triggered by the damage from Molten Armor.
  • Deep Freeze will no longer deal damage to players who are temporarily Immune to stuns.
  • Deep Freeze can no longer be overwritten by an Impact stun, unless the new stun would be longer than the remaining duration on Deep Freeze.
    • Developers’ notes: Previously if you Deep Froze a target, and they were then hit with an Impact stun, you could accidentally overwrite a 5-second stun with a 2-second stun. Now you can’t overwrite it unless Deep Freeze is under 2 seconds.
• Paladin
  • Light’s Grace rune moved to the Bracer slot (was Helm).
  • The mana return of Seal of Martyrdom has been increased significantly.
  • Eye for an Eye now works on damage-over-time crits.
• Priest
  • Eye of the Void can no longer engage in melee combat.
  • Eye of the Void’s spells now all have a 35 yard range.
  • Surge of Light’s instant cast effect will no longer be consumed if Surge of Light was gained while casting Smite or Flash Heal.
  • Martyrdom now works to prevent pushback on Void Zone casts.
• Rogue
  • Focused attacks now generates 3 additional energy (was 2).
• Shaman
  • The Internal Cooldown for Overcharged has been increased to 3 seconds.
• Warlock
  • Life tap now grants mana return to warlock pets.
  • Unstable Affliction’s damage has been increased by roughly 120%.
  • Warlocks with Metamorphosis active and the Master Demonologist talent will now gain increased threat generation when they summon an Imp or Felguard (was decreased threat generation).
• Warrior
  • Victory Rush heal increased to 30% of the Warrior’s health (was 10%).