The War Within Hotfixes for October 14: Heroic & Mythic Queen Ansurek Nerfs

Here you’ll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: The War Within, Cataclysm Classic, Season of Discovery, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Hotfixes

October 14, 2024

Achievements

• The achievements Vox Arachni, True Strength, and The Grand Tapestry should now trigger as expected.

Classes

• Mage
  • Fire
    • Corrected an issue with Controlled Destruction’s damage bonus to Ignite.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Fixed an issue where Ruination and Infernal Bolt could not be interrupted.

Delves

• Defeating Zekvir in his Lair now rewards Crests and Valorstones once per character per week.

Dungeons and Raids

• Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking
  • Fixed an issue where Titan Prison Fragment cannot be looted if Yogg-Saron was already killed this week.
• The Dawnbreaker
  • Rasha’nan will no longer continue fighting the player after being brought below 60% health.
  • Resolved an issue causing Encroaching Shadows to be removed by immunity effects.
• Siege of Boralus
  • Resolved an issue causing Fiery Ricochet to not apply its damage over time if a target was far away.
  • Resolved an issue that caused Sighted Artillery to not target players farther away from Dread Captiain Lockwood.
• Stonevault
  • Resolved an issue causing summons such as Auto-Hammers from destroying Volatile Spikes on E.D.N.A
• Nerub-ar Palace
  • Queen Ansurek
    • Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
    • Gloom Blast damage reduced by 15% on Heroic difficulty.
    • When calculating applications of Frothy Toxin, only living players are now counted towards the maximum possible application amount on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
    • On Mythic difficulty:
      • Queen Ansurek’s health reduced by 5%.
      • Frothy Toxin damage reduced by 26.7%.
      • Silken Tomb health reduced by 20%.
      • Wrest damage (Intermission) reduced by 25%.
      • Grasping Silk maximum size reduced by 10%.
      • Shadowgate cast time increased by 20%.
      • Gloom Blast damage reduced by 25%.
      • Acolyte’s Essence periodic damage reduced by 15%.
      • Essence Scarred duration reduced by 50%.
      • Royal Condemnation damage reduced by 10%.
      • Summoned Acolyte health and Dark Barrier shield amount reduced by 15%.
      • Royal Shackle health reduced by 15%.

Player versus Player

• Resolved an issue that allowed Battleground Blitz to grant progress towards the Vicious Skyflayer mount while below the required rating.