The War Within Hotfixes for September 25: Season 1 Raid & Dungeon Fixes

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

September 25, 2024

Companion Pets

• Players should now correctly be awarded the Lil’ Bonechewer pet for the achievement Worm Theory. This applies retroactively.
• Lil’ Bonechewer may only be obtained per-account and can no longer be caged.

Dungeons and Raids

• Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
  • Ki’katal the Harvester
    • Resolved an issue where Cultivated Poisons would apply some of its effect through immunities.
    • Resolved an issue where Cultivated Poisons would remain after the encounter ended.
• City of Threads
  • Izo, the Grand Splicer
    • Splice duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 9 seconds).
• The Necrotic Wake
  • Zolramus Gatekeeper’s Wrath of Zolramus damage reduced by 25%.
  • Zolramus Gatekeeper’s enemy forces contribution increased.
  • Surgeon Sitchflesh
    • Stitchflesh’s Creation’s Festering Rot periodic damage reduced by 20%.
• Siege of Boralus
  • Dread Captain Lockwood
    • Dread Captain Lockwood no longer faces players during Mass Bombardment.
    • Clear the Deck now has a cast visual.
  • Viq’goth
    • Addressed an issue where Viq’goth can benefit from Xal’atath’s Bargain: Oblivion.
    • Addressed an issue where Oblivion Crystals can spawn on water or inside terrain.
• The Stonevault
  • Void Bound Howlers will now properly reset their health when leaving combat.

• Nerub-ar Palace
  • Broodtwister Ovi’nax
    • Reduced the health of Colossal Spiders for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the health of Blood Parasites for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the health of Voracious Worms for lower group sizes.
    • Increased the cast time of Poison Burst for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the number of targets for Sticky Web for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage over time of Volatile Concoction for lower group sizes.
  • Nexus-Princess Ky’veza
    • Reduced the health of Nexus-Princess Ky’veza for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Assassination for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Queensbane for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Starless Night for lower group sizes.
    • Reduced the damage of Regicide for lower group sizes.
  • Queen Ansurek
    • Frothy Toxin and Gloom Touch (explosion) damage reduced for lower group sizes.
    • Gloom Touch (DoT) damage reduced for lower group sizes.
    • Chamber Guardian, Chamber Expeller, Devoted Worshipper, and Royal Shackles health reduced for lower group sizes.
    • Grasping Silk no longer spreads from corpses.
    • Fixed an issue causing Frothy Toxin to sometimes apply fewer applications than intended on Mythic difficulty.

Player versus Player

• Fixed a bug that caused Forged Weapons of Conquest to not respect retroactive Conquest gains in certain cases.
• Added a progress bar to Forged Weapon of Conquest.
  • Developers’ notes: Thanks to player reports, we were able to identify an issue with retroactive progress tracking that did not occur during our initial testing. Affected players will simply need to pay a visit to Dornogal and possibly log out and back into the game to update your achievement criteria progress and, if eligible, receive the achievement.
• Rogue
  • Subtlety
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Subtlety Rogue class set bonus to not be decreased in PvP Combat.

Quests

• Taters should be easier to find now for “Tater Trawl”.