[The Cataclysm Classic Pre-Expansion Patch Arrives April 30] The Cataclysm Classic pre-expansion patch ushers in the shattering of Azeroth and the changed landscape in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, a variety of systems changes along with new class and race combinations, and the new Worgen and G…

April 25, 2024 Season of Discovery Using an Unconscious Dig Rat no longer dismisses pets. Mage Displacement no longer functions if the most recent use of Blink was on a different continent or in a different instance.

April 25, 2024 Classes Fixed a bug with damage dealt by Rip & Tear, Internal Combustion, and Tear Open Wounds in Awakened raids. Dungeons and Raids Raid Finder now required item level 463 if the raid is Awakened. Brackenhide Hollow Addressed an issue where Stinkbreath can turn while casting S…

This week’s Alpha build brings more updates to Windwalker and we’d like to go over the underlying philosophy and reasoning for these changes. The main changes we’ll be discussing are to Tiger Palm and its damage distribution, making Combo Strikes more consistent and intuitive, and some incoming shif…

Greetings Warlocks, Today, we have various Core and Affliction tree changes hitting the Alpha. We want to take a moment to go a bit more in depth as to what certain changes were made and why. As a refresher, here are the goals for our Core and Afflictions that we posted last week along with some ad…

Hello Mages! We have a lot of Fire Mage changes hitting the Alpha today, and we want to take some time to go over what changes were made and why. As mentioned in our update post last week, we have a few goals that span all mage specializations. These are: Allow you to acquire each specialization’…

With today’s Alpha update, Fel-Scarred Hero Talents are now available for testing. Fel-Scarred Demon Hunters embrace the monster within! Blasts of devastating Fel fire are unleashed while in demon form, and activating Metamorphosis greatly empowers additional Fel-themed abilities. The Fel-Scarred …

Greetings, Alpha testers! With today’s Alpha update, testers can all rock the Earthen first hand. First, some context. To get right into the action, new Earthen on the Alpha bypass their starting quest experience. We also have abilities that are in the final stages of design but aren’t quite read…

The War Within Alpha has been updated with Alpha #2, build 54361. NEW ZONES AND DELVES The Ringing Deeps NEW DUNGEONS The Stonevault Darkflame Cleft NEW ALLIED RACE Earthen CHARACTER LEVEL Developers’ note: With each phase, we encourage players to make a new template character and avoid u…

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[Cataclysm Classic: Leveling in a Shattered Landscape] With the pre-expansion content update, players will experience a changed landscape in both Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Players will be able to embark on new quests from level 1-60 in these transformed territories as well as begin their jo…

We are not planning to convert these. Going forward, you can collect them and use them as before.

A few minutes ago, we deployed a hotfix for this issue that should alleviate it going forward. We’re working on a fix-up for players who were already affected.

1.36.2.21100 PTR 2 Patch Notes Changelog Added / Modified Changes Bugfixes Fixed an issue where ping was displaying incorrectly in the custom game list Human Arcane Tower hero feedback reduced from 16 to 14 Knights and Saundering Blades no longer require Lumber Mill to build Saundering …

[29.2.2 Patch Notes] Patch 29.2.2 brings huge balance updates to Standard, Wild, and Battlegrounds. View Full Article

Hello! Earlier this evening, we rolled out a fix-up for players who opened their Timewalking dungeon / Raid cache before 2:30 p.m. PDT today. Affected players have received an in-game mail with the cache replacement. Players who opened their cache after 2:30 p.m. PDT today should find that they re…

Just want to confirm this with some details. Everyone essentially started Season 4 in catch-up mode. Players were able to get 1 Splintered Spark of Awakening from the weekly quest, whether that’s the weekly “Last Hurrah” quest or the PvP weeklies offered by Malicia. And then you’re able to get a…

Hey everyone, we’re working to address this issue now. See this post for details: Regarding Competitive Leaver Penalties in Season 10

Greetings heroes, We’ve identified an issue that incorrectly penalized some players with a Season Ban after being disconnected from only a single Competitive Game on April 23rd. We have identified the issue and have prevented additional bans. We are now working to remove the Season Ban from impacte…

Greetings! As we prepare for the release of the Cataclysm Classic pre-patch next week, we want to update you on some of the currency conversions that will take place during maintenance. Just like the original transition from Wrath of the Lich King to Cataclysm, the currency systems used for purchas…

The Dark Heart PTR has been updated to the latest test build: 54366.

We’ve updated the 10.2.7 PTR to the latest test build: 54366. You should be able to login and test now.

[Embrace Two New Races in Cataclysm Classic] Two new races—worgen and goblin—join the Alliance and Horde, each bringing their unique edge to Azeroth. View Full Article

We’re sending out a big wave of invites soon.

Please join Blizzard developers in the Cataclysm Beta on Friday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. PDT (4:00 p.m. EDT) as we test Rated Battlegrounds. Here are the details: When 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 26 (4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT) Where The Cataclysm Classic Beta Realm name: Classic Be…