The War Within Hotfixes for March 17: Bug Fixes & Brann Bronzebeard Adjustments

March 17, 2025

Classes

• Death Knight
  • San’layn: Fixed an issue causing the Incite Terror debuff to be attributed to only one Death Knight in a group.
  • Blood
    • Undermine 2-piece set bonus – Triggering Icebound Fortitude while it is already active will now add the bonus duration instead of replacing the existing effect.
• Demon Hunter
  • Aldrachi Reaver: Fixed an issue causing Wounded Quarry to sometimes incorrectly retain damage from a previous instance of Reaver’s Mark.
  • Vengeance
    • Undermine 2-piece set bonus – Fixed an issue that prevented the bonus from triggering as frequently as intended.
    • Fel-Scarred: Fixed an issue that prevented Violent Transformation’s (Talent) effect if Metamorphosis was activated shortly after the Undermine 2-piece set effect triggered.
• Hunter
  • Fixed an issue that allowed Marksmanship Hunters to benefit from each other’s Spotter’s Mark proc effects like Calling the Shots and On Target.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Spotter’s Mark procs from Ohn’ahran Winds from granting Calling the Shots or On Target proc effects.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Fixed an issue that caused Divine Toll’s radius to be smaller than intended when cast on friendly targets.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Fixed an issue causing mouseover and focus casts of Penance on enemies to sometimes not fire Penance bolts.
    • Oracle: Fixed an issue causing extra Penance bolt visuals to fire when casting Penance with Twinsight talented.

Delves

• Brann Bronzebeard
  • Tank Brann now receives 13% reduced damage overall.
  • Tank Brann now receives 5% reduced damage while using his shotgun.
  • Tank Brann now receives 20% increased healing while using his shotgun.
  • Tank Brann maximum health increased by 10%.
  • The following spells now have a special internal cooldown for Electro-Charged Weapons stacks when healing Tank Brann.
    • Soothing Mists
    • Ultimate Penitence
    • Penance
    • Eternal Flame
    • Nourish
    • Rejuvenation
    • Riptide
    • Atonement
    • Ancient Teachings
  • All versions of Brann now take 50% reduced damage from Area-of-Effect damage.
  • Fixed a bug where Healer Brann’s damage taken was not being reduced as expected.
    • Developers’ notes: Bottom line here is that Season 2 Healer Brann now has a reduction of damage taken that is similar to Season 1 Healer Brann.
  • Healer and Damage Brann’s Aspect of the Turtle cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
  • Healer and Damage Brann’s The Bronzebeard Spirit self-heal cooldown reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).
  • Healer and Damage Brann’s The Bronzebeard Spirit self-heal effect increased to 30% of Brann’s health (was 15%).
  • An issue causing Tank Brann’s level to not properly increase beyond 50 has been resolved.
  • A particularly nasty trio of Hobgoblins appearing in Delves is now a duo of Hobgoblins. The other one went for a swim.
• Earthcrawl Mines
  • Fixed an issue where the Pacifist Rig could cause some bosses to despawn and hunter pets to stop attacking. The Pacifist Rig is now remote controlled!
  • Monks’ Crackling Jade Lightning and other periodic damage effects should now clear webs caused by Web Spreaders.
• Sidestreet Sluice
  • In the Teleporter Tantrums variant, the Remote Teleporter can no longer be used in combat. Additionally, one of the teleport pads is now disabled when Geargrave spawns.

Dungeons and Raids

• Addressed an issue where Xal’atath’s Bargain: Pulsar can be difficult to interact with on elevated terrains.
• Darkflame Cleft
  • Candleflame Bolt cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  • Wicklighter Bolt cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  • Throw Rock cast time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5.seconds) and damage reduced by 25%.
  • Resolved an issue where Ol’ Waxbeard’s Reckless Charge could hit players after his charge had completed.
• Operation Mechagon – Workshop
  • Resolved an issue where Anti-Personnel Squirrel’s visual did not match its area of effect after a knockback effect.
  • Head Machinist Sparkflux’s Discom-BOMB-ulator cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  • Resolved an issue where Omega Buster’s Magneto-Arm would not pull players.
• Liberation of Undermine
  • Rik Reverb
    • Increased the maximum debuff stacks of Lingering Voltage to 99 (was 15) in Heroic and Mythic difficulty.
  • Stix Bunkjunker
    • Territorial Bombshell now leaves its garbage pile at 80% health remaining (was 75%) on Mythic difficulty.
    • Territorial Bombshell health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Scrap Rockets damage reduced by 33% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Short Fuse damage reduced by 33% on Mythic difficulty.
  • Mug’Zee, Heads of Security
    • The door after Mug’zee now properly opens on a soft reset if Mug’zee was defeated.
    • Mug’Zee no longer gains stacks of Moxie during his’s intermission.

Items and Rewards

• Players can earn an extra Fractured Spark of Fortunes by speaking with Custodian Khubon in Dornogal.
• The Jastor Diamond no longer triggers while out of combat.
• Amorphous Relic on-enter-combat effect can only trigger 60 seconds after the last buff was applied. The Massive and Miniature buffs will no longer be removed upon entering combat.
• The parts used to assemble the Handcrank and Steamboil Turbos now stack up to 99.

Player versus Player

• Mage
  • Fixed an issue causing Blast Wave to ignore knockback diminishing returns.
• Monk
  • Windwalker
    • Last Emperor’s Capacitor stacks now clear on Arena or Battleground start.

Undermine

• Addressed an issue where the “Ship Right” and “War Mode Violence” tasks were not granting credit.
• Demolition Dome
  • Resolved an issue where The Underpin’s Cronys could get stuck outside of The Underpin’s arena.