Season of Discovery Hotfixes: Battle for Ashenvale Fixes and Reduced Rune Costs

Author: Luxrah
Date: December 14, 2023
Updated: December 14, 2023
Expansion: WoW Classic

Here we are again with another round of hotfixes for Season of Discovery! If you’ve been struggling with some of the rune requirements, you’ll be happy to hear that a few of today’s changes revolve around making runes easier to get.

First, as we already covered, runes that require reputation are now available at Friendly instead of Honored. To further help you get the reputation you need, higher level Waylaid Supplies should now have higher drop rates, and any unfillable versions should no longer drop at all.

Several runes and items that are needed to obtain runes have also had their gold prices reduced. For example, those reputation runes now cost 2, down from 5.

Aside from runes, Blizzard has been making changes to the Ashenvale PvP Event, including population adjustments to layers and more consistent progress tracking. They also announced that they are working on a hotfix to prevent progress resetting to 0% when the last server layer finishes its battle. In a separate post, they said that a hotfix has been applied to prevent players suddenly changing layers mid-combat.

Finally, there are also a couple of fixes to the Blackfathom Deeps raid. The waterfalls that lead to Lorgus Jett‘s room should now despawn when he has been defeated, and the Twilight Lord Kelris‘s Dream Eater debuff should no longer kill you if you enter the second phase with it on you.

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December 13, 2023

Season of Discovery

Population adjustments have been made to layers in the Ashenvale PvP event which should result in an improved experience for players.
Ashenvale progress should be much more consistent.
- Developers’ notes: In a future hotfix, the Battle for Ashenvale progress will no longer reset to 0% when the final layer on the server finishes their battle.
Runes sold at the Honored tier of Azeroth Commerce Authority and Durotar Supply and Logistics reputation are now sold at the Friendly tier.
Drop rates for higher-level Waylaid Supplies have been slightly raised and unfulfillable Waylaid Supplies have been removed.
The gold prices of several runes and rune related items have been reduced.
Blackfathom Deeps
- The waterfalls at the entrance to the Lorgus Jett encounter now properly despawn after he is defeated.
- Dream Eater should no longer kill you if you’re pulled into the second phase of the Twilight Lord Kelris fight while still afflicted by the aura.

About the Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.