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World of Warcraft & WOW CLASSIC – August 2021 Patch Notes

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World of Warcraft & WOW CLASSIC – August 2021 Patch Notes

Introduction

In the latest round of updates for the popular game, several classes have undergone changes to improve gameplay balance. One notable change is the reduction of Condensed Anima Sphere effectiveness by 50% in PvP combat for all classes. Death Knights can now rest easy knowing that the issue causing Defile to activate Kevin's Oozeling has been fixed. Druids, on the other hand, will experience a 60% reduction in mana regeneration during PvP combat. Monks can rejoice as the problem with Bonedust Brew causing Kevin's Oozeling to overstay its welcome has been resolved. Shaman healers will also see a reduction in mana regeneration by 55% during PvP combat.

AUGUST 30, 2021

Classes

  • [With regional restarts] Condensed Anima Sphere (Conduit) effectiveness reduced by 50% in PvP combat for all classes.
  • Death Knight
    • Unholy
      • Fixed an issue where Defile (Talent) would activate Kevin's Oozeling (Necrolord Soulbind).
  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • [With regional restarts] Mana regeneration reduced by 60% in PvP combat (was 55%).
  • Monk
    • Fixed an issue where Bonedust Brew (Necrolord Ability) caused Kevin's Oozeling (Necrolord Soulbind) to stay too long.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • [With regional restarts] Mana regeneration reduced by 55% in PvP combat (was 50%).

Items and Rewards

  • The maximum value the Anima Reservoir can hold has been greatly increased to 200,000 (was 35,000).
    • Developers’ note: We'll be introducing a way for characters who have fully upgraded a Covenant Sanctum to transfer anima, either to their alts or to other covenants on the same character, and so we're increasing the anima cap in anticipation of this change.
  • Shards of Domination
    • [With regional restarts] All Domination gear now activate a gem set bonus.
    • [With regional restarts] Sanctum of Domination Legs for all armor types now activate a gem set bonus.
      • Cloth: Legs – Blood, Bracers – Frost, Belt – Unholy
      • Leather: Legs – Frost, Gloves – Unholy, Boots – Blood
      • Mail: Legs – Blood, Belt – Unholy, Boots – Frost
      • Plate: Legs – Frost, Bracers – Unholy, Gloves – Blood
      • Developers’ note: Requiring a specific slot from the raid to take advantage of the set bonus is proving to be too elusive for some players even with some assistance from the Great Vault. If you have previously acquired an item affected by this change but have destroyed it, you can use the Item Restoration service to recreate it after the hotfix goes live with this week’s maintenance. Please note, there is no benefit from having the activation spell twice.
    • [With regional restarts] Shard of Kyr effectiveness reduced by 75% in PvP combat (was 50%).
  • Players should now correctly see the Mastercraft Gravewing in the Mounts tab of their Collections window.

Korthia and the Maw

  • Player abilities that have restricted use indoors such as Heroic Leap and Demonic Gateway are now easier to use in Korthia and the Maw.

AUGUST 26, 2021

Covenants

  • Necrolord
    • Plague Deviser Marileth
      • Resolved an issue where Kevin's Oozeling would last longer than it should.
      • Resolved an issue where Kevin's Oozeling would remain after swapping Soulbinds.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Painsmith Raznal
      • Fixed an issue that caused players affected by Priest’s Spirit of Redemption to trigger Flameclasp Traps.
    • Sylvanas Windrunner
      • Fixed an issue causing Rage to cancel the channel effect of Shaman Fae Transfusion.

AUGUST 24, 2021

Achievements

  • Players can now continue to give Rendle hats to complete Rendle's Big Day after becoming his best friend.

Classes

  • Priest
    • Fixed an issue where Kevin's Oozeling (Necrolord Soulbind) would not activate when Unholy Nova (Necrolord Ability) does not heal.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Kel'Thuzad
      • Glacial Spikes now properly kill themselves and apply Frozen Destruction even if they receive no damage from the players.

Items and Rewards

  • Runecarving memories which required reputation with a faction to use now instead require the reputation in order to purchase, allowing them to be used when obtained by Chronicle of Lost Memories without having the required reputation.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Reinforced Stygian Shoulders to drop for non-plate classes when opening the Escaped Wilderlings' Talon-Pierced Mawsworn Lockbox.
  • Credit for feeding Darkmaul will now be granted while in a raid group.

Quests

  • “A Suitable Demise” can now be completed while the Kyrian assault is active.

AUGUST 19, 2021

Classes

  • Mage
    • Fixed and issue with Harmonic Echo (Runecarving Power) not damaging nearby enemies on the 4th stack of Radiant Spark Vulnerability (Kyrian Ability).
    • Fire
      • Fixed an issue with Sun King's Blessing (Runecarving Power) triggering after consuming 9 Hot Streaks instead of the intended 8.
      • Fixed and issue with Sun King's Blessing (Runecarving Power) not granting the buff when Hot Streak is consumed by Flamestrike.
  • Monk
    • Fixed an issue with Call to Arms (Runecarving Power) not correctly tracking Xuen's empowered lightning damage when activated by Weapons of Order (Kyrian Ability).

Creatures and NPCs

  • Fleshwing should now always correctly fly to the ground, even if its initial flight down is interrupted by combat.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Eye of the Jailer
      • Fixed an issue where a debuff was not appearing on players targeted by Desolation Beam on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
    • Painsmith Raznal
      • Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes be hit twice by the Physical damage of Shadowsteel Chains.
    • Guardian of the First Ones
      • Resolved an issue where several abilities could damage pets.
  • Halls of Atonement
    • Depraved Obliterator’s Wicked Bolt cast time has increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds).

Quests

  • The mirrors in Revendreth related to the assault should now always be visible, regardless of any other quests that you have active in the area.
  • The clickable quest items for “Continued Efforts: Seeker's Quorum” now grant credit to party members.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • Anima Powers
    • Death Knight
      • Engorged Limb should now trigger from all rune spending abilities.

AUGUST 17, 2021

Classes

  • Warlock
    • The Demonic Momentum conduit will now grant the correct amount of movement speed at item level 252.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Characters must now be level 60 to list Group Finder groups for Mythic+ dungeons or Shadowlands raids.
  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Fatescribe Roh-Kalo
      • Fixed an issue where players who have Forgeborne Reveries (Bonesmith Heirmir Soulbind) could be targeted for Grim Portent and Runic Affinity.
  • Sanguine Depths
    • Fixed an issue that unintentionally allowed players to leave the dungeon with the Sinfall Boon aura.

Items and Rewards

  • The Soultwining Crescent and Death-Bound Shard should now grant conduits by your current specialization instead of by your class.
    • Developers’ note: Players will need to switch their specialization to get conduits for the other specs, just changing your Loot Specialization will not work.
  • The Death-Bound Shard is more likely to appear on completion of the Adamant Vaults in Torghast, Tower of the Damned.
  • The Chronicle of Lost Memories item is now also available for 2000 Cataloged Research from Archivist Roh-Suir when you have Tier 3 Research with The Archivists' Codex.
    • Developers’ note: Thank you for all of your feedback on alts and how difficult it can be to acquire some legendary patterns, especially from Castle Nathria now that Sanctum of Domination is out. We hope that this change can give players a new way to acquire their last few legendaries by engaging with the newer Korthia content.
  • Increased the amount of Korthite Crystals rewarded in the Maw Assault box, Korthia weekly box, and Broker daily quests.
  • Shards of Domination
    • Shard of Zed is now affected by the caster's Versatility, rather than the target’s Versatility.
    • Fixed an issue where Shard of Zed could deal more damage than intended when applied to specific pets.

Quests

  • Resolved an issue with gromits during the “Think of the Critters” quest in Korthia. Hungry Gromits now anxiously await your delicious treats!

AUGUST 16, 2021

Covenants

  • Kyrian
    • Forgelite Prime Mikanikos
      • Fixed an issue where Bron’s Call to Action would gain 2 stacks for some projectile-based abilities and spells.
      • Fixed an issue where some abilities were not correctly adding stacks of Bron’s Call to Action.

Items and Rewards

  • Shards of Domination
    • Blood Link should now be more responsive to damage.

AUGUST 13, 2021

Classes

  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Resolved an issue where Storm, Earth, and Fire spirits could deal increased damage with their abilities during the small window of time while they are returning to your Monk after Storm, Earth, and Fire’s duration has expired.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Sylvanas Windrunner
      • Resolved an issue that could cause Veil of Darkness to not strike any targets in Stage 3.

Items and Rewards

  • Some leather and mail covenant armor should now show up properly on the Kyrian and Necrolord Renown Quartermasters with the default filters set.

AUGUST 12, 2021

Classes

  • Priest
    • Glyph of the Sha will now benefit from the Rabid Shadows conduit.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • Anima Powers
    • Priest
      • Fallen Priest's Blessing will now grant more damage to Devouring Plague, Penance, and Holy Word: Chastise when acquiring multiple stacks of the power.
      • Discipline
        • Fallen Priest's Blessing will no longer gain stacks when Purge the Wicked (Talent) deals damage.

AUGUST 11, 2021

Achievements

  • Death's Advance, The Archivists' Codex, Ve'nari, and The Avowed reputations should now count towards the Exalted Reputation achievements.
    • Developers’ note: Some players who have already capped out their reputation with these factions may not see these update until next week’s restarts. We have a code change coming with restarts that will fix those players, but we want to get the data updated to prevent new players from running into the issue.

Classes

  • Warlock
    • Fixed an issue where Decaying Soul Satchel and Wrath of Consumption Runecarving effects would persist after the items were removed.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Fatescribe Roh-Kalo
      • The Loom of Fates should more easily maintain counterclockwise rotation without interruption.
  • Mists of Tirna Scithe
    • Ingra Maloch
      • Repulsive Visage will no longer be cast when Droman Oulfarran is at 25% HP or less.
        • Developers’ note: Currently it's possible to get Oulfarran to 20% just as Maloch begins casting Repulsive Visage, and this can feel frustrating and difficult to control when it happens. The goal of this change is to give players a small buffer so they can play around this ability more reliably.

Quests

  • Fixed an issue in the "The Power of Elune" quest where Shandris Feathermoon would sometimes use Sentinel's Ward at improper times.

AUGUST 10, 2021

Korthia and the Maw

  • A new set of grapple points were added to connect the southwest part of the Seeker's Quorum to the Vault of Secrets island to the south.
    • Developers’ note: This is available once your character has completed Chapter 3 in Korthia and should allow players close to the Vault to get across without having to go back to town and take the flayedwing flight.
  • The Tormentors of Torghast will now arrive at their destination in the Maw 5 minutes after the event announcement is broadcast.

Player versus Player

  • Brawls
    • Enemies in Comp Stomp are now stronger.

Quests

  • Fixed an issue where the quest “Tazavesh: A Hard Bargain” could not be turned in if the instance was allowed to reset after completing Myza's Oasis.
  • Thrall and Jaina are now available to turn in “Doorway in the Dark” after the cutscene completes.

AUGUST 9, 2021

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • The Runecarver continues to hone his craft and can now forge Death's Certainty as a necklace.
    • Blood
      • Fixed an issue where Dancing Rune Weapon would not mimic the caster's abilities while Mnemonic Equipment (Bonesmith Heirmir Soulbind) is active.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Fodder to the Flame (Necrolord Ability) no longer causes Kevin's Oozeling (Plague Deviser Marileth Soulbind) to last indefinitely.
  • Druid
    • Fixed an issue where applying Kindred Spirits (Kyrian Ability) triggered Combat Meditation (Pelagos Soulbind).
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Fists of Fury will now count towards Bron's Call to Action (Forgelite Prime Mikanikos Soulbind).

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Painsmith Raznal
      • [With regional restarts] A gap now appears in every row of spikes during Stage Two on Mythic difficulty.
      • [With regional restarts] Health of Painsmith Raznal, Spiked Balls, and Shadowsteel Horrors reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
  • Mythic+
    • De Other Side
      • [With regional restarts] Enraged Spirit’s Rage duration reduced to 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
    • Halls of Atonement
      • [With regional restarts] The completion timer has been increased to 32 minutes (was 31 minutes).
      • Echelon
        • [With regional restarts] Stone Shattering Leap damage reduced by 15% in Mythic and Mythic+ difficulties.
    • Mists of Tirna Scithe
      • Ingra Maloch
        • [With regional restarts] The duration of Droman's Wrath has been increased to 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).
    • Plaguefall
      • [With regional restarts] Plaguebelcher’s summoned Slimy Morsels have had their health reduced by 50%.
      • Globgrog
        • [With regional restarts] Slimy Morsel health reduced by 30%.
    • Sanguine Depths
      • [With regional restarts] Gluttonous Tick should now lose any stacks of Engorge when they leave combat.
      • Infused Quill-feathers no longer trigger on death affixes such as Bolstering, Sanguine, etc.
      • Kryxis the Voracious
        • [With regional restarts] Juggernaut Rush damage reduced by 20%.
    • The Necrotic Wake
      • Surgeon Stitchflesh
        • [With regional restarts] Health reduced by 10%.
    • Theater of Pain
      • Affront of Challengers
        • [With regional restarts] Sathel the Accursed's One With Death now absorbs 20% of their maximum health (was 30%).
        • [With regional restarts] Dessia the Decapitator's Slam damage reduced by 40%.

Items and Rewards

  • Increased the Stygia that can be rewarded from Maw daily quests by 2x. Additionally, the chance for Stygia to be picked as the reward increased by 15%.
  • Fixed an issue that was caused The Shaded Judgement Stone and the Stolen Korthian Supplies to not drop from all creatures in the Korthia and Maw Rifts.

Player versus Player

  • Death Knight
    • [With regional restarts] Rune of the Fallen Crusader no longer has its Strength bonus reduced in PvP situations (was reduced by 33%).
    • Unholy
      • [With regional restarts] Necrotic Wounds (PvP Talent) debuff duration increased to 15 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  • Hunter
    • [With regional restarts] Arcane Shot damage increased by 9% in PvP situations.
    • Marksmanship
      • [With regional restarts] Aimed Shot PvP damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • [With regional restarts] Mana regeneration reduced by 30% in PvP situations (was 40%).
      • [With regional restarts] Renewing Mist healing increased by 10% in PvP situations.
      • [With regional restarts] Vivify healing increased by 10% in PvP situations. Brewmaster and Windwalker Vivify healing unchanged.
  • Warlock
    • [With regional restarts] Demon Armor (PvP Talent) maximum health bonus increased to 10% (was 5%).
    • Affliction
      • [With regional restarts] Agony PvP damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
      • [With regional restarts] Corruption PvP damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
      • [With regional restarts] Siphon Life (Talent) PvP damage increased by 15% in PvP situations.
      • [With regional restarts] Shadow Bolt damage increased by 10% in PvP situations.

AUGUST 6, 2021

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Resolved an issue that caused Blood Moon (PvP Talent) to dispel two Magic effects from the initial target.
  • Druid
    • Fixed an issue where Lone Empowerment (Kyrian Ability) was not granting additional Mastery via Kindred Affinity (Runecarving Effect).
  • Monk
    • Resolved an issue that allowed Monks to activate Transcendence: Transfer while crowd-controlled by certain types of effects.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Timewalking
    • Increased experience earned from Timewalking dungeon completion by 50%.
      • Developers’ note: There was a bug introduced in 9.1 that caused Timewalking to give much more completion experience than the UI advertised, ramping up more the lower-level the base expansion was, which is why this wasn’t noticed with Warlords of Draenor Timewalking a few weeks ago. The intent is for all Timewalking weeks to give comparable experience – we put in a quick fix last night and have deployed the proper fix today. We also took the opportunity to recalibrate Timewalking experience and increase it.

Items and Rewards

  • Shards of Domination
    • The tooltip for Shards of Domination bonuses have been updated to more clearly indicate that the Rune Words are only active in the Maw or related areas. This is a tooltip change only.

Burning Crusade Classic

  • The Midsummer Fire Festival has been configured to run for 16 days, in order to give players a little extra time to complete its many quests. This means that Burning Blossoms, which expire after being held for 14 days, may disappear if they were collected in the first two days of the event and then never spent.

AUGUST 5, 2021

Classes

  • Demon Hunter
    • Fixed an issue that caused Blood Moon (PvP Talent) to fail to grant the Demon Hunter leech.
    • Fixed an issue that could prevent the Demon Hunter from gaining Fury/Pain with Consume Magic.
  • Monk
    • Windwalker
      • Earth and Fire spirits now properly remove themselves from crowd-control effects when the Storm spirit activates effects such as Gladiator's Medallion.
  • Rogue
    • Serrated Bone Spike (Necrolord Ability) will no longer remove itself after a short duration on some targets such as target dummies.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Serrated Bone Spike (Necrolord Ability) from refunding a charge when targets die after being affected by the ability multiple times.
    • Assassination
      • Fixed an issue that prevented Echoing Reprimand (Kyrian Ability) from granting the proper duration to Envenom when consumed.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Added death gates to assist in traversing through the Sanctum of Domination.
    • Painsmith Raznal
      • Fixed an issue that caused hunter’s Feign Death to remove the visual of Shadowsteel Chains for other players.
    • Sylvanas Windrunner
      • Wailing Arrow and Black Arrow should no longer fail to cast on targets who become invisible.
      • Fixed an issue that caused the portal from Throne of the Damned to The Pinnacle of Domination to be active during the encounter.
      • Fixed an issue that could cause the Mawforged Goliath's Aura of Violence to apply to player pets and guardians.

Player versus Player

  • Arenas
    • Fixed an issue that caused some players actively engaging in combat inside the Robodrome from being Zapped by the anti-exploit starting area lasers.

Quests

  • "The Dawnkeep Prisoner" quest is no longer required for completing The Unseen Guests chapter of the Chains of Domination campaign.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • Torments
    • Fixed an issue where Reinforced: Commanding was applied on unintended targets. The buff should now only apply to nearby enemies friendly to each Elite creature.

AUGUST 4, 2021

Classes

  • Death Knight
    • Fixed an issue with the healing from Death Coil not reducing the cooldown of Apocalypse and Army of the Dead when talented into Army of the Damned.
  • Monk
    • Mistweaver
      • Fixed an issue that prevented Peaceweaver (PvP Talent) from applying to targets in Smoke Bomb.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
    • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck under a shipwreck in the Stormheim section.
  • Timewalking
    • Fixed an issue where an incorrect amount of experience was being awarded when completing a Timewalking dungeon.

Burning Crusade Classic

  • Midsummer Fire Festival
    • "A Thief's Reward" is now available after returning the flames of all major enemy city's bonfires.

AUGUST 3, 2021

Items and Rewards

  • Shards of Domination
    • Shards of Domination can no longer be inserted into an occupied socket.
      • Developers’ notes: We’ve made this change to prevent accidentally losing a shard by inserting another shard in its place without extracting it first. You can purchase a Soulfire Chisel to extract embedded shards from Bonesmith Heirmir in Korthia for 2500 Stygia.
    • Fixed a bug which counted critical overhealing towards Winds of Winter's accumulated value. Only effective healing and damage are intended to count towards the effect.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • Torments
    • Phantasmic Amalgamation’s spawned with Unstable Phantasma no longer spawn near the party members on a lower floor if there are party members on a higher floor.

AUGUST 2, 2021

Classes

  • Priest
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Courageous Ascension conduit to grant a low amount of damage while it was at 252 item level.

Dungeons and Raids

  • Sanctum of Domination
    • Fixed an issue that caused Hollowsoul's Gaoler's Chains to hit targets not inside the area-of-effect.

Items and Rewards

  • Shards of Domination
    • [With weekly maintenance in each region] Shard of Rev now also has a chance to drop from Sylvanas Windrunner.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

  • Anima Powers
    • Sweet Dreams should no longer teleport players to unintended locations.

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