World of Warcraft Dragonflight Patch 10.2 is here, and the new season is about to start. Naturally, Blizzard is shipping hotfixes in preparation, and you can find them all below.
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Blizzard is releasing hotfixes more frequently in the weeks following the Dragonflight season three launch on Nov. 14. This is because the developer is aggressively balancing classes, Mythic+ dungeons, and affixes, polishing them to be in the best state possible.
Here are all the hotfixes shipped so far in Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
All hotfixes in WoW Dragonflight Patch 10.2
Nov. 14, 2023
Classes
- Death Knight
- Unholy
- Death Coil damage increased by 10 percent.
- Scourge Strike/Clawing Shadows damage increased by 10 percent.
- Ghoul damage increased by eight percent.
- Virulent Plague damage increased by 20 percent.
- Apocalypse ghoul damage increased by five percent.
- Unholy
- Demon Hunter
- Havoc
- Chaotic Disposition has been reworked to directly benefit the damage of affected abilities instead of duplicating portions of the damage they dealt. The amount of damage generated by the effect has not changed.
- Chaotic Disposition: Your Chaos damage has a 7.77 percent chance to be increased by 17 percent, occurring up to 3/7 total times.
- Vengeance
- Sigil of Silence base duration reduced to five seconds (was six seconds). PvP duration has not changed.
- Fel Flame Fortification reduction to magic damage taken reduced to 10 percent (was 12 percent).
- Illuminated Sigils now increases Parry chance against affected targets by 15 percent (was 20 percent).
- Havoc
- Druid
- Guardian
- Mangle now grants 12 Rage (was 10).
- Cat Form energy regeneration increased by 50 percent (was 35 percent).
- Balance
- Cat Form energy regeneration increased by 50 percent (was 35 percent).
- Restoration
- Rip damage increased by 140 percent. Does not apply in PvP Combat.
- Rake damage increased by 60 percent.
- Shred damage increased by 140 percent.
- Ferocious Bite damage increased by 200 percent. Does not apply in PvP Combat.
- Cat Form energy regeneration increased by 50 percent (was 35 percent).
- Guardian
- Evoker
- Augmentation
- Developers’ notes: The amount of utility that Augmentation Evoker brings on top of its high damage has proven to be too powerful despite recent changes. Therefore we are further reducing their damage contributions to the group in order to balance them against other specializations.
- Ebon Might grants 6.5 percent of the Evoker’s primary stat (was eight percent).
- Close as Clutchmates increases the effectiveness of Ebon Might and Breath of Eons by 10 percent (was 20 percent).
- The amount of Versatility granted by Shifting Sands has been reduced by 15 percent.
- Hunter
- Various pet abilities that deal damage such as Kill Command, Bite, and Flanking Strike will now properly reattribute damage to an Augmentation Evoker who has buffed the Hunter in the combat log.
- Beast Mastery
- Corrected an issue where the Bloody Frenzy talent was granting the effects of Beast Cleave for longer durations than intended and was not properly updating the personal nameplate Beast Cleave icon.
- Paladin
- Retribution
- All ability damage increased by three percent.
- Retribution
- Priest
- Discipline
- Developers’ notes: Discipline healing throughput (particularly in raids) is slightly higher than we would like, given their damage and utility contributions to the group. To balance them, we’re reducing some talents that are giving a lot of power for only one talent point. The goal is to improve talent balance while also bringing them in line with other healers.
- Divine Aegis absorption reduced to five percent of healing done (was 10 percent).
- Inescapable Torment damage reduced by approximately 19 percent.
- Rogue
- Assassination
- Fixed an issue that caused Internal Bleeding to be incorrectly applied by Deathmark’s version of Rupture.
- Fixed an issue that caused Internal Bleeding to not contribute to Sudden Demise.
- Fixed an issue that caused Shrouded Suffocation to incorrectly generate combo points when a duplicated Garrote was applied with Deathmark’s effect.
- Assassination
- Warlock
- Destruction
- Unstable Tear damage increased five percent.
- Shadowy Tear damage increased five percent.
- Chaos Tear damage increased 30 percent.
- Demonology
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible 2-piece Set Bonus now reduces the cooldown of Grimoire: Felguard by 0.5 second (was one second).
- Developers’ notes: We’re reducing the power of Demonology’s previous set bonus to bring it in line with other set bonuses from Aberrus.
- Destruction
Items
- Renown items purchased from Moon Priestess Lasara should now be eligible for conversion at the Revival Catalyst.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Emerald Dream pets from being caged.
- Seedbloom now stacks.
- Jewelcrafting
- Fixed a bug that granted the Band of New Beginnings a higher stamina value than intended.
Player versus Player
- Fixed a bug that prevented the first-win-of-the-day bonus from being properly awarded in Battleground Blitz.
- Battlegrounds
- The following items will be enabled for unrated battlegrounds and battleground brawls, excluding Battleground Blitz:
- Engineering Bombs:
- The chance for bomb malfunctions is now standardized to 5% for all players while in a battleground, regardless of other factors.
- Grease Grenade
- Primal Deconstruction Charge
- Polarity Bomb
- Gravitational Displacer
- Sticky Warp Grenade
- and their EZ-Thro counterparts.
- War Mode Consumables:
- Curious Primordial Fungus
- Pest Fogger
- Wild Dragon Fruit
- Wild Truffle
- Duration reduced to 12 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Energized Temporal Spores
- Gritty Stone Potion
- Speed penalty reduced to 15 percent (was 30 percent).
- Warbanner of Ire
- Now on the Battle Standard cooldown of 10 minutes.
- Bonus primary stat reduced to five percent (was 10 percent).
- Prismatic Snail Mucus
- Critical strike chance bonus reduced to 30 percent (was 50 percent).
- Soothing Emerald Tea
- Now on the Healing Potion cooldown of five minutes.
- Immediate health increased to 25 percent (was 20 percent). Health over time increased to 40 percent(was 15 percent).
- Volatile Crimson Embers
- Damage bonus increased to 30 percent (was 25 percent).
- Damage taken over time reduced to one percent every three seconds (was three percent every three seconds).
- Duration increased to 24 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Additionally, War Mode consumables have been adjusted to no longer be Unique and no longer have charges. These will be stackable items all the way up to 200, and their cost has been reduced from 100 Bloody Tokens down to 50 for a stack of five. Seltherex now offers these items for 500 Honor for a stack of five.
Nov. 13, 2023
Classes
- Demon Hunter
- Fixed an issue that caused the Demon Hunter to briefly remain rooted when The Hunt’s cast was cancelled or interrupted.
- Druid
- Balance
- Incarnation: Chosen of Elune will no longer transform you into an armored Moonkin if you are using a new barbershop customization. The armored Incarnation model will show if you are using classic Moonkin form.
- Balance
- Evoker
- Preservation
- Spiritbloom will now bounce to friendly targets that are meant to be healed during quests and encounters.
- Preservation
- Hunter
- Beast Mastery
- Fixed an issue where Wild Instincts would not properly apply when multiple different hunters were using Call of the Wild.
- Beast Mastery
- Monk
- Fixed an issue causing Chi Torpedo to not trigger Mighty Roar.
- Priest
- Discipline
- Fixed an issue where Schism could fail to apply to your target if they ran out of your range or line of sight as Mind Blast completed.
- Discipline
- Rogue
- Leeching Poison should no longer fall off when changing instances.
- Fixed an issue with the interaction between Premeditation and Shadow Technique.
- Assassination
- Lethal Dose should no longer cause Crimson Tempest, Serrated Bone Spike, or Mutilated Flesh (from Doomblade) to benefit, but not contribute from its effect.
Dungeons and Raids
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible
- Scalecommander Sarkareth no longer casts an erroneous Void Slash in Stage 3.
Items
- Fixed an issue that could cause some gear, such as gear obtained in Fyrakk Assaults, Time Rifts, or Dreamsurges to lose the option to be further upgraded when converted to an Aberrus set item.
Player versus Player
- Demon Hunter
- Fixed an issue that prevented Darkness from having its effect increased to 50% in PvP combat, as intended.
- Hunter
- Rapid Reload (Marksmanship Blazing Dreamstalker 4-piece set bonus) effectiveness reduced by 40% in PvP situations.
Quests
- Balloon drivers who are “Cataloging Thaldrazsus” are now less confused, and no longer send players on a very strange trip to Waking Shores.
User Interface
- Fixed an issue where Dragonriding vigor bars would occasionally show incorrect vigor values on login.
Nov. 10, 2023
Achievements
- Treasures of the Emerald Dream again rewards the Forest Lord’s Antlers.
- Developers’ notes: While this was originally intended to be the reward for the Dream On achievement, a bug resulted in it being rewarded by the Treasures of the Emerald Dream achievement, so we’re going to leave it there permanently and look for something else to potentially reward for Dream On.
Classes
- Druid
- Guardian
- Fixed an issue causing Innate Resolve to not correctly increase Frenzied Regeneration healing.
- Restoration
- Abundance stacks will no longer incorrectly decrease if you happen to have more Rejuvenations active than the maximum amount of Abundance stacks.
- Guardian
- Evoker
- Fixed an issue that caused Evokers who used a Boost to lose 10 item levels.
Emerald Bounty
- Fixed an issue with Scurfpea bloom chest not showing.
- Fixed an issue where Dream Daisys might report an active chest you did not have.
- Dragon’s Daffodil should no longer occasionally report an active chest that is not there.
- The user interface at Lavatouched Lilies should now reflect contributions correctly.
Items
- Reduced the Spirit effect on the Imbued Frostweave Slippers by 70 percent.
- Developers’ notes: After reviewing the performance of this effect, we’ve decided to pull it back quite a bit as to not overshadow other items to the degree that it is. While this is a fun effect that will remain, we feel these slippers don’t necessarily need to be a required optimization for healers.
Quests
- Alt player-characters can now complete the World Quest “Dryad Fire Drill” without completing Chapter One.
- Fixed an issue preventing completion of the Hunter Class Hall Campaign quest “Survive the Night”.
Nov. 9, 2023
Classes
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the talent frame to show the incorrect number of points on talents when trying to refund talent points for Priest, Demon Hunter, and Rogue.
Druid
- Guardian
- Fixed an issue causing Blood Frenzy to not benefit from Haste or Cycle of Life and Death.
Priest
- Discipline
- Ultimate Penitence now clears root effects when cast, instead of returning the error message “You are unable to move.”
Items
- Fixed an issue with Paracausal Fragment of Thunderfin, Humid Blade of the Tideseeker where the trinket effect was not functioning properly.
- The Sarannis’ Mystic Sheen absorb is reduced by 68 percent and the cloak now has primary stats.
Professions
- You can now place crafting orders for Mark of the Auric Dreamstag.
- Alchemy
- Fixed an issue that prevented Phial and Potion cauldrons from being usable in non-keystone Mythic dungeons.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed for Phial auras to persist in rated PvP environments and Battleground Blitz.
- Jewelcrafting
- Cataclysm Jewelcrafting figurines now drop for all classes to aid with completion of the Fantastic Figurines achievement.
Reputation
- Dream Wardens reputation from Emerald Dewdrop contributions into Medium and Large Emerald Blooms during Emerald Bounty now reward a large amount of reputation with the first five each week.
User Interface
- The Quest Journal will now properly display the Emerald Dream portal in the Emerald Conclave in Valdrakken.
Nov. 8, 2023
Dragonriding
- Fixed an issue where Dragon Glyph Resonance was not appearing for specific mounts.
The Emerald Dream
- Firebrand Fystia now correctly knows when she’s dead, and no longer shows up on the zone map.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Seedbloom from being rewarded through the completion of the weekly Blooming Dreamseeds quest. Additionally, if you completed the quest before our hotfix went out, go to the Emerald Dream and then check your mail. The local postmaster should be sending out replacement Seedblooms.
- Filling up a Dreamseed with Emerald Dewdrops should now grant reputation with the Dream Wardens.
Player versus Player
- [With realm restarts] Fixed an issue where Temple of Kotmogu and Silvershard Mines in the Deep Six brawl could have a maximum of eight players.
Quests
- The Timewalking weekly quest “A Savage Path Through Time” again properly rewards a chest containing random Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible items.
Reputation
- Fixed an issue that prevented players who used a level 70 Boost from being able to obtain the intended Renown with Dragonflight factions. Players who have remained logged into the game may need to log out and back into the game on any affected boosted characters.
