6.0.3 Hotfixes: November 17

November 18

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

• Fishing Shack: The building should now correctly still provide a bonus while it's under construction.
• Frostwall Mine: Fixed a number of True Iron Deposits that were spawning inside of pillars and terrain.
• Mage Tower/Spirit Lodge: Characters under a shapeshifting effect should now be able to use an Ogre Waygate to return to their Garrisons.
• Outpost, Nagrand: The building bonus for having a Corral should no longer incorrectly dismount Herbalists while harvesting resource nodes.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Outpost, Spires of Arak: Bonus for the building should now switch correctly when changing buildings for the outpost.
• Salvage Yard: The building should now correctly still provide a bonus while it's under construction.
• Followers
  • Followers that are 3 or more levels below the mission level now receive 10% of the mission XP and bonus XP (up from 0%). Additional information on how Followers and mission level affects their XP gain can be found in a forum thread titled Followers and Garrison Missions XP.

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Empowered Moonkin's clearcasting effect should no longer be incorrectly consumed if it's triggered while the Moonkin is in the middle of casting a spell.
• Mage
  • Talents
    • Comet Storm should now correctly belong to the Frost school and is no longer usable if that school is locked.
• Paladin
  • Talents
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Holy Shield should now correctly deal damage when blocking normal attacks as well.

Quests

• Bonus Objective: Howling Crag: Increased the spawn rates of Pale Orcs and Rylak Eggs.
• Bonus Objective: The Forgotten Caves: Gorg the Host should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
• For the Children!: Manastorm's Duplicator should now be correctly awarded to characters that complete the quest.
• Moving In: Characters that abandon the quest should now have an easier time reacquiring the quest and resume their progress on the main quest line.
• Ogre Diplomacy: Players that have completed Into the Heart of Madness should no longer sometimes be placed into an incorrect phase and be unable to complete the quest.
• Safety Measures: Increased the spawn rate of bog denizens.
• Shadowmoon Invasion! is now automatically removed from the character's quest log if they upgrade to a Tier 3 Garrison as this quest is only available for Tier 2 Garrisons.
• Skimming Off The Top: Increased the drop rates for Volatile Oil.
• Strike While the Iron is Hot: Blocked off the entrance to the Iron Docks so players won't accidentally wander out of the quest area and wind up getting lost.
• The Defense of Karabor: Players resurrecting at a graveyard during this quest should no longer be immediately attacked by Iron Horde NPCs.
• The Iron Wolf: Players should now be able to receive completion credit if they've died and released during the quest.
• Thunderlord Invasion!: The quest is now automatically removed from the character's quest log if they upgrade to a Tier 3 Garrison as this quest is only available for Tier 2 Garrisons.

Creatures and NPCs

• Apexis Traders Dawn-Seeker Krek (Alliance) and Dawn-Seeker Alkset (Horde) are now offering Exceptional gear (item level 645) for sale.
  • Developer Commentary: The vendors' offerings were previously tied to the Highmaul raid unlock, but we wanted to make sure that players have useful items to spend their Apexis Crystals on, rather than positioning them exclusively as a catch-up item vendor. The final tier of Flawless gear (item level 655) will now unlock when the Highmaul raid becomes available, rather than when Blackrock Foundry becomes available.
• Increased the spawn rates for creatures and NPCs in the Skettis Ruins area in Spires of Arak. [Requires a realm restart.] Additionally, resolved an issue where some creatures were incorrectly sharing loot with other players.
• Grizzled Frostwolf Veteran's icon should no longer persist on the mini map after being defeated.
• Rangari Jonaa now has a cooldown on their Scatter Shot ability.
• Rotcap's icon should no longer persist on the mini map after being defeated.
• Typhon's icon should no longer persist on the mini map after being defeated.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

• Characters with Warlords PvP gear that had its secondary item level activated due to being in PvP combat temporarily disqualifies them from queuing for Dungeons and Raid Finder. It can take up to 20 seconds after ending PvP combat before the character will be eligible to queue up normally.
• Upper Blackrock Spire
  • During the Commander Tharbek encounter, players should no longer be kept in a constant state of combat between waves.

PvP

• Reverted a hotfix from October 15 that reduced all PvP damage by 25%.
• Gnomes are now able to increase their reputation with Wrynn's Vanguard.

Items

• Coil of Sturdy Rope, a Horde quest item should no longer be incorrectly dropping for Alliance characters.
• Miner's Coffee movement speed buff should now stack correctly with other movement speed buffs.
• Solium Band rings can now be equipped at level 98 (down from level 100).

November 17

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

• Barracks: Training dummies have been temporarily removed from the Garrison.
• Barracks Level 2: Bodyguard followers accompanying the player are now more likely to assist with the player's current target.
• Mine Level 2: Preserved Mining Picks obtained from mining carts should now work correctly.
• Resolved an issue where players could get stuck on a flight path while attempting to fly into their Garrisons.
• Followers
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Hulda Shadowblade should now be correctly awarded to players that have completed the quest, Standing United.

Classes

• Warlock
  • Talents
    • Grimoire of Supremacy's summoned Terrorguards and Abyssals should now correctly have the Avoidance ability.

Quests

• Articles of the Fallen: Players that have already completed To the Garrison should now be able to see Kal'gor the Honorable to complete the quest.
• Battle in Ashran: The quest now requires players to obtain 100 Artifact Fragments and go to Shadow Hunter Ukambe (Horde) or Scout Valdez (Alliance) to complete the quest.
• Battle of Thunder Pass: Dying or leaving the area during the middle of the Battle of Thunder Pass event should no longer prevent players from completing the event.
• Bled Dry: Cages can now be opened by multiple players simultaneously.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Bushwhacker: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• Challenge of the Masters: Warlord Dharl of the Thrice-Bloodied Blade should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
• Draenor's Secret Power: Completion of this quest is now required before being able to move onto the next step of the Legendary quest chain. For characters that skipped this quest, completion of this quest has also been made into a requirement before being eligible for the next upgrade.
• Fate of Karabor: Players joining a version of this quest that's already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• Honor Has Its Rewards: Resolved an issue where Farseer Drek'Thar may sometimes not accept quest turn-ins.
• Last Steps: Players joining a version of this quest that's already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• Sol Sisters: Sol-Shaper Krashyx should no longer get stuck in evade mode.
• The Battle for Shattrath: Players joining a version of this quest that's already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• The Debt We Share: Players that are mounted should now be able to receive completion credit for this quest.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Infested: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• The Iron Wolf: Added another way for characters to obtain The Iron Wolf invasion quest for characters that upgraded to a Tier 3 Garrison before completing the main Frostfire questline.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Razorbloom: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Voice of Iyu: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.

Creatures and NPCs

• Grand Marshal Tremblade should now drop a Gleaming Ashmaul Strongbox for Horde characters when they're defeated.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

• Dungeons
  • Increased the amount of experience awarded for completing a Draenor level-up dungeon (Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Iron Docks, Auchindoun, and Skyreach) to be more rewarding.
  • Items looted from normal Level-100 dungeons now have a level requirement of 100 instead of 97.
  • Iron Docks
    • Players should no longer be incorrectly receiving credit for completing the Take Cover! achievement without actually completing the achievement.
    • Attempted to resolve an issue where Skulloc may sometimes not grant loot.
  • Slag Mines
    • Players that are dead should now correctly still receive credit for completing the achievement Come With Me If You Want to Live.
  • The Everbloom
    • Coagulated Genesaur Blood is now correctly flagged as a damage dealer trinket.
• Challenge Mode
  • Salyin Battle Banner is no longer eligible to be used during Challenge Modes.
  • Resolved an issue where a realm may sometimes not have a Challenge Mode daily quest available.
  • Auchindoun: Reduced the amount of enemies to kill to 48 (down from 50).
  • Skyreach: Time needed to achieve a gold rating has been increased to 17 minutes (up from 15 minutes). Times for silver and bronze rating have been adjusted accordingly.
  • Upper Blackrock Spire: Players receiving credit for Challenge Master: Upper Blackrock Spire achievement should no longer be incorrectly receiving credit for Challenge Master: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds as well.

PvP

• Honor Quartermasters have been added to Ashran. Austin Feeney (Alliance) and Shadow Hunter Gar'ant (Horde) now sell Honor gear.
• Conquest Quartermasters Marshal Gabriel (Alliance) and General Aevd (Horde) have temporarily stopped selling Conquest gear.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• An item now needs to be at least item level 560 or above before being eligible to be scaled up to 650 in level 100 Battlegrounds and Arenas.

Items

• The following items are now uncommon quality (green) so there's less award pop-ups when retrieving the them from Garrison work orders. There's been no change to the item's functionality or availability.
  • Primal Spirit
  • Savage Blood
  • Burnished Leather
  • Gearspring Parts
  • Hexweave Cloth
  • Metamorphic Crystal
  • Taladite Crystal
  • Truesteel Ingot
  • War Paints
• Blackfire Scepter now grants a more modest increase to Intellect.
• Bloodwood Wand now grants a less astronomical bonus to Spell Power.
• Oralius' Whispering Crystal now increases all stats by 100 (down from 200).
• Shieldtronic Shield should now correctly create a damage absorption shield instead of reflecting the damage back at an attacker.

Bug Fix

• Resolved an issue where boosting characters that have XP disabled could wind up being unable to level.

November 15

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

• Lunar Fall Inn/Frostwall Tavern: Improved the rewards for completing Budd's Gambit, Go Fetch, Ogre Ancestry, and Sky Dancers.
• Stables Level 2: Resolved an issue where characters were not remaining mounted while interacting with herb nodes.
• Trading Post Level 2: Multiple items for Auctioning for Parts should no longer be dropping at the same time.

Quests

• A Collection of Coils: Increased the drop rates for Coil of Sturdy Rope.
• A Feast of Shadows: Increased the spawn rate for Face-Stealers.
• Bonus Objective: Kill Warspear Priests no longer awards a Gleaming Ashmaul Strongbox.
• Bonus Objective: The Howling Crag: Increased the number and rate of Rylak Egg spawns.
• Core of Iron: Core of Iron should now only be found on Heroic difficulty Grimrail Depot.
• In Need Of A Hero: Completion credit for the quest is no longer shared amongst party members. This was causing other party members to be placed into an incorrect phase.
• Icespine Stinger: Increased the number of Icespine Stinger spawns.
• Legacy of the Apexis: Increased the drop rates for Apexis Core.
• Ogre Diplomacy: Increased the spawn rate for Ango'rosh ogres.
• Strike While the Iron Is Hot: Resolved a situation where the Activate Primal Device button doesn't go away after completing the quest.
• The Battle of Thunder Pass: Players joining a party that have already completed the quest should now be able to complete the quest and should no longer get stuck in an incorrect phase.
• The Eldest: Players joining a party that have already completed the quest should now be able to complete the quest and should no longer get stuck in an incorrect phase.
• The Master Siegesmith: Master Siegesmith Uratok now scales his health based on the number of players engaging him.
• The Traitor's True Name: Resolved an issue that could cause players to be unable to complete the quest.
• Wanted: Maa'run's Hoof should no longer incorrectly reward the exact same rings as Engorged Goren.

Creatures and NPCs

• Increased the spawn rates for creatures in the Shivering Trench area in Frostfire Ridge.
• Felwrought Annihilator is now immune to the Warlock's Enslave Demon ability.
• Mandragora now spawns more frequently and can be tapped by multiple players.
• Mor the Dominator can now be tapped by multiple players.
• Xanatos the Defiler will never be a slave and is now immune to the Warlock's Enslave Demon ability.
• Resolved an issue where Thaelin Darkanvil may not be visible as a quest giver to players that have rescued him.
• Resolved an issue where Warriors using Charge against some Grimfrost Lavaslingers could become stuck in the world geometry.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

• Dungeons
  • Increased the frequency of loot awards for Normal difficulty Auchindoun, Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Iron Docks, and Skyreach.
  • Heroic Dungeons should correctly have a daily lockout once more.
  • Auchindoun: Players should now be able to take a Soul Transporter to get back to Teron'gor if the entire party died after defeating him.

PvP

• Coliseum Champion's Spoils and Gleaming Ashmaul Strongboxes should no longer incorrectly have a chance to contain Epic quality PvP weapons.

Professions

• Characters with over 600 skill should no longer continue to find catch-up items for the respective profession.

Items

• Excavated Highmaul Thingamabob, Fungus-Infected Hydra Lung, Pulsating Brain of No'losh, and Thornmother Eye can now trigger its effect from non-healing spells as well.
• Resolved an issue causing the Mists of Pandaria Legendary Cloaks and Metagems to remain effective for level 100 characters.

November 14

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

• Mine Level 2: Mining carts should now be easier to spot and should contain more than 1 piece of ore.
• Followers
  • Artificer Romuul: Resolved an issue where characters were not receiving the quest.

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Resolved an issue where the balance cycle may incorrectly force the Druid to stand up.

Quests

• Defense of Karabor: Resolved an issue where characters may not receive completion credit for the quest.
• I See Dead People: Resolved an issue where Bryan Finn may become unresponsive.
• Kaelynara Sunchaser: Resolved an issue where characters were unable to return to their bodies in Spirit Form if they die inside the Jorune Mines.
• Leave Nothing Behind!: Kur'ak the Binder now spawns more frequently.
• Mulverick's Plight: Increased the drop rate for Mulverick's Axe.
• Ogre Diplomacy: Increased the spawn rates of the Ango'rosh Ogres.
• Save Wolf Home: Gronnstalker Korhol, Beastmaster Trokar, and Giantslayer Zhakta should now spawn more frequently. Additionally, resolved an issue where characters may be unable to complete profession quests while this quest is active.
• The Defense of Karabor: Resolved an issue where completing this quest may cause characters to be unable to progress if they're also on the quest for The Righteous March.

Creatures

• Echo of Murmur now spawns more frequently.
• Made a pass on a number of rare creatures to allow multiple players to receive credit for personal loot if they helped defeat them.
• Reduced the density of Squirrels in Nagrand and, critters and Icespine Hatchlings in Frostfire Ridge.

November 13

Update 3: 09:30pm PST

Classes

• Monk
  • Brewmaster
    • Resolved an issue where Keg Smash may sometimes not generate Chi when used.

Quests

• Artificer Romuul: Resolved an issue where players may sometimes not receive this quest after completing the Embaari Defense Crystal event.
• Book Burning: Shadowborne Dementor should now always drop a Shadow Council Spellbook.
• Shivertail's Den: Made a change to make it easier to receive credit for "Find Shivertail's Mother".
• The Great Salvation: Draenei prisoners should spawn more frequently now.
• The Warlord's Guard: Increased the spawn rates for Thunk, Gullok, and Splorg.
• These Colors Don't Run: Characters now receive credit towards planting a Frostwolf Banner when they defeat or help in defeating a Bladespire Ogre with the exception of Bladespire Mauler, Chef, Boarbuster, Ogron, and Goresnout.
• Wrath of Gronn: Increased the spawn rate for Captive Gronns.

Creatures and NPCs

• Collision geometry has been added to Drek'Thar, Thrall, and Gazlowe in Frostfire Ridge.
• Gorg the Host should now allow multiple players to receive credit for defeating it.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Resolved an issue where item levels for Battlegrounds, Arenas, and Skirmishes brackets below level 100 were not scaling correctly.

Items

• Epic rings that are a part of the Legendary quest line can no longer be disenchanted.

Update 2: 6:00pm PST

Quests

• Adherents of the Sun God: Increased spawn rates for Adherent Bladewing.
• Dark Enemies: Increased spawn rates for Shadowmoon Voidmancer.
• Escape from Shaz'gul: Players can now receive completion credit for the quest by defeating Terrorfang at the end.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Gormaul Tower: (Temporary) Completion credit for the quest is automatically awarded once players reach the top of the hill.
• Great Balls of Fire!: To address an issue where some players were unable to destroy the barricade, players now receive quest completition credit once they get to the top of the ramp.
• Quakefist: Quakefist's health now scales based on the number of players fighting it.
• These Colors Don't Run: Multiple players can now place a banner on a Bladespire Ogre if they had tap rights.

Creatures

• Various Kaliri in the Spires of Arak area should no longer be too high off the ground to be attacked.
• Various creatures should now correctly have a chance to drop fur that could be used for tailoring.

Items

• Abberant's Paw, Gnarled Goren Jaw, and Redclaw's Gutripper now give a bonus to Spell Power.
• Toy Train Set has been temporarily disabled.

Update 1: 1:30pm PST

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance
    • Resolved an issue where the Eclipse indicator in the UI can sometimes not match the Druid's current Balance power.

Quests

• Back to Work / Looking for Lumber: Greatly increased the number of trees available to mark for both Horde and Alliance versions of the quest. Additionally, Lunarfall Ravens respawn much more quickly now.
• Closing the Door: Resolved an issue where Void Portals may sometimes not close correctly.
• Honor Has Its Rewards: The Shamanstone no longer requires characters to interact with it and will grant its blessing to players that are nearby.
• Quakefist: Quakefist now spawns outside of the cave, making it easier to locate.
• Ship Salvage / What We Need: Drudgeboat Salvage should now respawn more quickly.
• The Clarity Elixir: Pristine Star Lily can now be looted by multiple players at the same time.
• These Colors Don't Run: Greatly increased the spawn rates for Bladespire Ogres and made them share tap credit.
• Vengeance for the Fallen: Bleeding Hollow orcs respawn much more quickly now.

Creatures

• Durotan at Beastwatch in Gorgrond is now significantly tougher.
• Gorum can now be tapped by multiple characters. All players who contributed to defeating Gorum will now become eligible for loot.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

• Challenge Mode
  • Characters can switch specializations once more after the Challenge Mode has started.

November 12

Classes

• Death Knight
  • Talents
    • Necrotic Plague now deals 20% more damage.
• Druid
  • Balance
    • Lunar Peak should no longer incorrectly display as having 2 charges (it was always only 1 charge). Additionally, the tooltip will be updated in a future patch to clarify the damage increase only applies to Moonfire's initial damage.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Explosive Trap now deals additional Fire damage over 10 seconds (down from 20 seconds). Total amount of damage dealt remains unchanged.
  • Talents
    • Binding Shot should now correctly stun targets affected by silence when they move more than 5 yards from the arrow. Additionally, targets should no longer incorrectly break out of stealth on entering Binding Shot's area of effect.
    • Resolved an issue where Posthaste may sometimes not trigger correctly with Disengage.
• Mage
  • Fire
    • Combustion is now learned at level 80 (up from level 77).
• Monk
  • Brewmaster
    • Stance of the Sturdy Ox now increases armor by 75% (up from 50%), and reduces magic damage taken by 15% (up from 10%).
• Priest
  • General
    • Power Word: Shield now absorbs 20% more damage.
  • Discipline
    • Holy Nova's healing has been reduced by 41%.
    • Penance's damage and healing has been increased by 20%.
• Warlock
  • Destruction
    • Fire and Brimstone should now correctly hit all secondary targets within 10 yards, regardless of whether they're in combat with the Warlock.
  • Talents
    • Damage caused by Burning Rush while Soul Link is active should no longer incorrectly cause the Warlock to go into combat.
    • Stacks of Demonbolt debuff should no longer be incorrectly removed by Hand of Protection.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

• The Postmaster received a talking to and should no longer be mailing large amounts of unimportant items to players.

Pet Battle

• Grommloc, the delightfully dreadful baby murloc masquerading as Grommash Hellscream, legendary leader of the Warsong clan is now available. Players eligible to receive this pet will find it in their in-game mailbox. An Achievement for obtaining this battle pet will be added in a future patch.

Items

• Darkmoon Top Hat can now only be used while the Darkmoon Faire is active.

November 5

Racials

• Dwarven Stoneform ability should no longer cause the character to break out of stealth.

Classes

• Death Knight
  • General
    • Outbreak modified by Glyph of Outbreak should no longer incorrectly consume Runic Power if the attack misses.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Explosive Trap modified by Glyph of Explosive Trap should now correctly knock enemies away from the trap instead of away from the Hunter.
    • Freezing Trap should now trigger correctly when a stealthed character walks over it.
  • Survival
    • Serpent Sting should now be correctly applied to targets even if they move more than 40 yards away when struck by Arcane Shot.
  • Hunter Pets
    • Tenacity Pet Specialization: Blood of the Rhino now reduces the pet's physical damage taken by 15% instead of increasing armor by 20%.
    • Tenacity Pet Specialization: Great Stamina now increases the pet's health by 60% (up from 12%).
    • Carrion Bird: Bloody Screech can now be set to autocast.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Divine Aegis should now correctly factor in the increase from Might of the Mountain racial passive.
    • Holy Nova's healing has been decreased by 15%.
  • Talents
    • Divine Star's healing or damage (depending on Specialization) has been increased by 15%.
• Warlock
  • General
    • Doomguards should no longer run out of energy from casting Doom Bolts.
• Warrior
  • Talents
    • Sudden Death is now 2.5 RPPM (real procs per minute increased by Haste) instead of a 10% chance to activate from autoattacks.

• Just Around the Corner: Characters should now be able to interact with Sparksocket's Tools.
• The Brothers Bronzebeard: Brann's Flying Machine has been made to be more sturdy and should no longer be destroyed too quickly.
• The Fall of Neferset City: Dark Pharaoh Tekahn should now spawn in correctly, allowing players to complete the quest.
• The Strength of Tortolla: The quest can now be completed by characters with the PvP flag enabled.
• Truce?: Characters should now be able to interact with Dull Carving Knife.

World Environment

• Fixed an issue where Zidormi may send players to an incorrect phase in the Blasted Lands.
• Timeless Isle
  • Resolved an issue where Mist-Covered Treasure Chest could sometimes be empty.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

• Terrace of Endless Spring
  • Protectors of the Endless: Protector Kaolan's Defiled Ground ability now deals less damage.
• Heart of Fear
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Garalon: Destroying Garalon's Legs should now correctly damage Garalon and resolved a situation where players facing one of the legs may incorrectly receive an error message that they're not.
• Dungeons
  • Siege of Niuzao Temple: Players should now be able to complete the achievement, Where's My Air Support?
  • Well of Eternity: Players should now be able to complete the achievement, That's Not Canon!
• Challenge Mode
  • Once a Challenge Mode has started, characters can no longer change specializations, talents, or glyphs.

PvP

• Resolved an issue where some eligible characters did not receive a Prideful Gladiator's Cloud Serpent.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Battlegrounds
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Characters should now receive a popup notifying them with the amount of bonus Honor that was awarded at the end of a Random Battleground match.
• Arenas
  • Priests entering an Arena match while in Spirit of Redemption form should no longer die during the Arena Preparation phase.

Professions

• Mixology should be working correctly doubles the duration of flasks and elixirs once more.

Items

• [Requires a realm restart.] Adjusted a number of item enhancements from earlier expansions that were providing a larger than intended bonus.
• Adjusted a number of potions from the Cataclysm expansion that were providing a larger than intended bonus.
• Crocolisk Au Gratin should now correctly provide a buff to Haste and Stamina instead of Expertise and Stamina.
• Fisherman's Feast now provides a more reasonable buff to Stamina.
• Formula: Enchant Ring - Striking no longer has a use effect as the formula it teaches no longer exists.
• Haunted Memento's Haunted effect is now a buff that can be removed by the character.

• Resolved an issue where items transmogrified into The Horseman's Horrific Hood or The Horseman's Sinister Slicer could revert back to their original state.
• Resolved an issue where boosting characters could cause them to forget spells that have been taught by items.

November 3

Darkmoon Faire

• Reduced the levels of Moonfang, Moonfang Packmate, Moonfang Dreadhowl, Moonfang Snarler, and Darkmoon Rabbit back to pre-Warlords expansion levels. The creatures needs to respawn for the changes to take effect.
• Heirloom items sold at the Darkmoon Faire should no longer have a gold cost associated with them.
• Firebird's Challenge: Blazing Rings are no longer shared with other players.
• It's Hammer Time: Characters that have been flagged as PvP enabled should now be able to complete the quest.

Classes

• Hunter
  • Talents
    • Damage from A Murder of Crows can no longer be dodged.
• Priest
  • Talents
    • Discipline: Spirit Shell's damage absorption shield should no longer be weaker than intended.
• Rogue
  • Talents
    • Burst of Speed should now be usable even if the Rogue is under the effects of other movement speed buffs.
• Shaman
  • Elemental
    • Earthquake's knock down effect is no longer affected by diminishing returns, but the knock down effect now only has a duration of 1.5 seconds.

Quests

• Blood of the Betrayer: Rogues should now be able to remove Arcane Infused Armor from Nalice, and be able to complete the quest.
• Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...: Players should no longer remain stunned indefinitely and be able to complete the quest.
• Get Kraken!: Increased the health for North Sea Kraken by 1000%.

• Raids
  • Throne of Thunder
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Dark Winds debuff should no longer incorrectly persist on the character, preventing them from being able to use mounts.
  • Ulduar
    • XT-002 Deconstructor's Searing Light ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
  • The Obsidian Sanctum
    • Defeating Sartharion too quickly should no longer cause him to not drop a mount.
  • Black Temple
    • Illidan Stormrage: Fixed an issue where defeating Flames of Azzinoth too quickly in phase 2 may cause Illidan to not land.
• Dungeons
  • Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom: Resolved an issue where players defeating multiple packs of creatures in the room too quickly could cause Jedoga Shadowseeker to remain not attackable.
  • Hellfire Ramparts: Players should now be able to loot the Reinforced Fel Iron Chest after defeating Vazruden the Herald.
  • Razorfen Downs: Resolved an issue where Amnennar the Coldbringer may sometimes fail to be summoned when Death Speaker Blackthorn is defeated.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Battlegrounds
  • Increased Honor gains for Arathi Basin, Deepwind Gorge, Eye of the Storm, and The Battle for Gilneas. Honor is now awarded for every 150 resources gathered (up from Honor being awarded for every 250 resources gathered).
  • Returning a flag in Battlegrounds should correctly play an appropriate sound once more.

Items

• Made a number of adjustments where lower level food items were providing a larger than intended buff.

UI

• Timeless Isle Tokens and legendary weapons looted during the fight with Kael'thas Sunstrider in Tempest Keep are no longer included in the guild news panel.
• Bags set to "Ignore this bag" should now be saving the setting correctly when the character logs out or zones into a new area.
• /console colorblindshader [0-8] has been re-enabled and replaced with /console colorblindsimulator [0-8].

Bug Fixes

• Resolved a frame rate stuttering issue that was affecting some Mac OS clients.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Mobile Armory's guild chat should be working once more.

October 30

Hallow's End

• Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" now allows the user to ride on a mount while transformed.

Classes

• Resolved an issue where durations for periodic effects were not always being extended for the full amount when refreshed by another ability.
• Death Knight
  • Unholy
    • Necrosis’ damage has been increased by 67%.
    • Scourge Strike’s damage has been increased by 50%.
    • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 5% (down from 10%).
  • Talents
    • Defile should no longer be growing in radius and damage by more than the intended amount.
• Druid
  • General
    • Druids are no longer able to switch specializations while in Flight Form.
    • Druid shapeshift forms should now override the transformation from Fire-Watcher's Oath.
    • Wrath’s damage has been increased by 25%.
  • Balance
    • Starfall’s damage has been increased by 75%.
    • Starfire’s damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Starsurge’s damage has been increased by 25%. Additionally, resolved an issue where Starsurge may sometimes provide an incorrect Lunar or Solar Empowerment.
  • Restoration
    • Nature's Swiftness should no longer incorrectly allow Cyclone to be cast while in any shapeshift form.
  • Talents
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Nature's Vigil now heals nearby targets for 20% of the healing done (down from 30%), but can now trigger from Multistrikes.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Adaptation now increases Combat Experience’s damage increase to 70% (down from 85%).
  • Beast Mastery
    • Kill Command’s damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Chimaera Shot’s damage has been reduced by 13%.
  • Talents
    • Focusing Shot now has a 2.5 second cast time (down from 3 seconds), and its damage has been increased by 25%.
• Mage
  • General
    • Conjured food no longer has a level requirement to use.
  • Arcane
    • Resolved an issue where notifications for Arcane Missiles charges may sometimes not display properly.
  • Frost
    • Frostbolt’s damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Talents
    • Cauterize should no longer be dealing more damage than intended to the Mage.
    • Alter Time should now work correctly for characters below level 77.
• Monk
  • General
    • Resolved an issue where Stance of the Fierce Tiger's movement speed increase was not working correctly for newly created Monks.
  • Brewmaster
    • Black Ox Statue should no longer be attacking targets.
  • Talents
    • Chi Explosion now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
• Priest
  • Discipline
    • Smite critical hits should no longer incorrectly cause the target to be healed for a greater than intended amount through Atonement while also receiving a larger than intended damage shield that's granted through Divine Aegis.
  • Shadow
    • Mastery: Mental Anguish now increases damage by 3.125% per point (up from 2.5%).
  • Glyphs
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Glyph of Inner Fire and Glyph of Inner Sanctum should now be correctly removed as those glyphs no longner exist.
• Rogue
  • Combat
    • Killing Spree should no longer cancel or end prematurely if one of their targets is immune to damage.
• Shaman
  • General
    • Lava Burst's visuals should no longer be excessively large.
  • Elemental
    • Earthquake's visuals are no longer visible for friendly players.
    • Shamanism now increases Lightning Bolt's damage by 70% (up from 36%).
  • Enhancement
    • Fire Nova now has a maximum of 7 novas that can be triggered if more than 7 targets are affected by Flame Shock.
    • Maelstrom Weapon should no longer incorrectly persist after the Shaman has switched to a different specialization.
  • Talents
    • Echo of the Elements effect should now be correctly consumed during Ascendance.
    • Elemental Blast's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Warlock
  • Demonology
    • Molten Core should no longer incorrectly trigger its effect based on the casting Warlock's health
    • Resolved an issue where Soul Fire's damage was reduced by a greater than intended amount.
  • Destruction
    • Resolved a situation where interactions between Immolate, Fire and Brimstone, and Cataclysm could cause Immolate to deal less damage than intended.
  • Talents
    • Cataclysm now has a slight visual which can be seen by the Warlock's allies when it's being cast.
• Warrior
  • General
    • Heroic Leap should no longer allow the Warrior to ignore vertical terrain restrictions while in a Dungeon, Raid, or Battleground.
    • Whirlwind’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
  • Talents
    • Ravager’s damage has been reduced by 25%.
    • Slam’s damage has been reduced by 30%.

Quests

• Breaking the Emperor's Shield: Nakk'rakas should no longer despawn, allowing players to complete the quest.

Creatures

• Damp Shambler's Renewing Mists now heals for less.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

• Siege of Orgrimmar
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Paragons of the Klaxxi: Resolved an issue where Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver could not be looted.
  • Downfall Wing 4: Resolved an issue where Gnomish Gyrocopters may not be destroying Thresher Turrets for Alliance players.
• Throne of Thunder
  • Jin'rokh the Breaker's Ionization effect should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Icecrown Citadel
  • [Requires a realm restart.] The Lich King's Harvest Soul ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Trial of the Crusader
  • Anub'arak's Leeching Swarm should no longer be healing Anub'arak for an excessive amount.
• Dungeons
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Blackrock Caverns: Angered Earth should now spawn in when Rom'ogg Bonecrusher hits a player with Quake.
  • Razorfen Kraul: Groyat, the Blind Hunter's Drain Life ability should no longer damage or heal for an excessive amount.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Arenas
  • Tol'viron Arena should now correctly have Dampening.
• Battlegrounds
  • Deepwind Gorge: Status of the mine cart should now be updating correctly.
  • Isle of Conquest: Huge Seaforium Bombs no longer have a level requirement to interact with them.

Items

• Elixirs from the Cataclysm expansion should no longer be more powerful than their counterparts from Mists of Pandaria.
• Boiled Silkworm Pupa now provides a buff to Critical Strike instead of Hit.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Claws of Agony and Claws of Torment's 2-piece set bonus now gives a more reasonable amount of Haste.
• Manual Crowd Pummeler's on-use effect now grants a more reasonable increase to Haste.
• Technique: Glyph of the Executor no longer has an effect as the Glyph it teaches no longer exists.
• Zandalarian Hero Badge now provides a more reasonable amount of Armor.

UI

• Settings for SET ffxGlow should no longer be resetting when exiting the game client.

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Quests

• Roll Club: Serpent's Spine should no longer cause players to float and allow them to complete the quest.
• Zarhym Altogether: Spirit Chests looted during the weekly quest no longer contains gold.

World Environment

• World Defense chat channel should be joinable once again.
• Alliance characters taking a flight path to Shattered Beachhead should now arrive safely at their destination (rather than falling through the world).

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Bonus Honor for winning a Battleground is now only awarded when queuing for a Random Battleground (it was incorrectly awarding the bonus Honor for any Battleground win).

World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.3: Hotfixes

For Patch 6.0.2 pre-Warlords expansion patch notes, please see: The Iron Tide: 6.0.2 Patch Notes.
For Patch 6.0.2 Hotfixes, please see: 6.0.2 Hotfixes.

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

• Barracks: Training dummies have been temporarily removed from the Garrison.
• Barracks Level 2: Bodyguard followers accompanying the player are now more likely to assist with the player's current target.
• Fishing Shack: The building should now correctly still provide a bonus while it's under construction.
• Lunar Fall Inn/Frostwall Tavern: Improved the rewards for completing Budd's Gambit, Go Fetch, Ogre Ancestry, and Sky Dancers.
• Mage Tower/Spirit Lodge: Characters under a shapeshifting effect should now be able to use an Ogre Waygate to return to their Garrisons.
• Frostwall Mine: Fixed a number of True Iron Deposits that were spawning inside of pillars and terrain.
• Mine Level 2: Preserved Mining Picks obtained from mining carts should now work correctly.
• Mine Level 2: Mining carts should now be easier to spot and should contain more than 1 piece of ore.
• Outpost, Nagrand: The building bonus for having a Corral should no longer incorrectly dismount Herbalists while harvesting resource nodes.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Outpost, Spires of Arak: Bonus for the building should now switch correctly when changing buildings for the outpost.
• Salvage Yard: The building should now correctly still provide a bonus while it's under construction.
• Stables Level 2: Resolved an issue where characters were not remaining mounted while interacting with herb nodes.
• Trading Post Level 2: Multiple items for Auctioning for Parts should no longer be dropping at the same time.
• Resolved an issue where players could get stuck on a flight path while attempting to fly into their Garrisons.
• Followers
  • Followers that are 3 or more levels below the mission level now receive 10% of the mission XP and bonus XP (up from 0%). Additional information on how Followers and mission level affects their XP gain can be found in a forum thread titled Followers and Garrison Missions XP.
  • Artificer Romuul: Resolved an issue where characters were not receiving the quest.
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Hulda Shadowblade should now be correctly awarded to players that have completed the quest, Standing United.

Darkmoon Faire

• Reduced the levels of Moonfang, Moonfang Packmate, Moonfang Dreadhowl, Moonfang Snarler, and Darkmoon Rabbit back to pre-Warlords expansion levels. The creatures needs to respawn for the changes to take effect.
• Heirloom items sold at the Darkmoon Faire should no longer have a gold cost associated with them.
• Firebird's Challenge: Blazing Rings are no longer shared with other players.
• It's Hammer Time: Characters that have been flagged as PvP enabled should now be able to complete the quest.

Hallow's End

• Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King" now allows the user to ride on a mount while transformed.

Racials

• Dwarven Stoneform ability should no longer cause the character to break out of stealth.

Classes

• Resolved an issue where durations for periodic effects were not always being extended for the full amount when refreshed by another ability.
• Death Knight
  • General
    • Outbreak modified by Glyph of Outbreak should no longer incorrectly consume Runic Power if the attack misses.
  • Unholy
    • Necrosis’ damage has been increased by 67%.
    • Scourge Strike’s damage has been increased by 50%.
    • Unholy Might now increases Strength by 5% (down from 10%).
  • Talents
    • Defile should no longer be growing in radius and damage by more than the intended amount.
    • Necrotic Plague now deals 20% more damage.
• Druid
  • General
    • Druids are no longer able to switch specializations while in Flight Form.
    • Druid shapeshift forms should now override the transformation from Fire-Watcher's Oath.
    • Wrath’s damage has been increased by 25%.
  • Balance
    • Empowered Moonkin's clearcasting effect should no longer be incorrectly consumed if it's triggered while the Moonkin is in the middle of casting a spell.
    • Lunar Peak should no longer incorrectly display as having 2 charges (it was always only 1 charge). Additionally, the tooltip will be updated in a future patch to clarify the damage increase only applies to Moonfire's initial damage.
    • Starfall’s damage has been increased by 75%.
    • Starfire’s damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Starsurge’s damage has been increased by 25%. Additionally, resolved an issue where Starsurge may sometimes provide an incorrect Lunar or Solar Empowerment.
    • Resolved an issue where the balance cycle may incorrectly force the Druid to stand up.
    • Resolved an issue where the Eclipse indicator in the UI can sometimes not match the Druid's current Balance power.
  • Restoration
    • Nature's Swiftness should no longer incorrectly allow Cyclone to be cast while in any shapeshift form.
  • Talents
    • Nature's Vigil now heals nearby targets for 20% of the healing done (down from 30%), but can now trigger from Multistrikes.
• Hunter
  • General
    • Adaptation now increases Combat Experience’s damage increase to 70% (down from 85%).
    • Explosive Trap now deals additional Fire damage over 10 seconds (down from 20 seconds). Total amount of damage dealt remains unchanged.
    • Explosive Trap modified by Glyph of Explosive Trap should now correctly knock enemies away from the trap instead of away from the Hunter.
    • Freezing Trap should now trigger correctly when a stealthed character walks over it.
  • Beast Mastery
    • Kill Command’s damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Marksmanship
    • Chimaera Shot’s damage has been reduced by 13%.
  • Survival
    • Serpent Sting should now be correctly applied to targets even if they move more than 40 yards away when struck by Arcane Shot.
  • Hunter Pets
    • Tenacity Pet Specialization: Blood of the Rhino now reduces the pet's physical damage taken by 15% instead of increasing armor by 20%.
    • Tenacity Pet Specialization: Great Stamina now increases the pet's health by 60% (up from 12%).
    • Carrion Bird: Bloody Screech can now be set to autocast.
  • Talents
    • Binding Shot should now correctly stun targets affected by silence when they move more than 5 yards from the arrow. Additionally, targets should no longer incorrectly break out of stealth on entering Binding Shot's area of effect.
    • Damage from A Murder of Crows can no longer be dodged.
    • Focusing Shot now has a 2.5 second cast time (down from 3 seconds), and its damage has been increased by 25%.
    • Resolved an issue where Posthaste may sometimes not trigger correctly with Disengage.
• Mage
  • General
    • Conjured food no longer has a level requirement to use.
  • Arcane
    • Resolved an issue where notifications for Arcane Missiles charges may sometimes not display properly.
  • Fire
    • Combustion is now learned at level 80 (up from level 77).
  • Frost
    • Frostbolt’s damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Talents
    • Alter Time should now work correctly for characters below level 77.
    • Cauterize should no longer be dealing more damage than intended to the Mage.
    • Comet Storm should now correctly belong to the Frost school and is no longer usable if that school is locked.
• Monk
  • General
    • Resolved an issue where Stance of the Fierce Tiger's movement speed increase was not working correctly for newly created Monks.
  • Brewmaster
    • Black Ox Statue should no longer be attacking targets.
    • Resolved an issue where Keg Smash may sometimes not generate Chi when used.
    • Stance of the Sturdy Ox now increases armor by 75% (up from 50%), and reduces magic damage taken by 15% (up from 10%).
  • Talents
    • Chi Explosion now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
• Paladin
  • Talents
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Holy Shield should now correctly deal damage when blocking normal attacks as well.
• Priest
  • General
    • Power Word: Shield now absorbs 20% more damage.
  • Discipline
    • Divine Aegis should now correctly factor in the increase from Might of the Mountain racial passive.
    • Holy Nova's healing has been reduced by 41%.
    • Penance's damage and healing has been increased by 20%.
    • Smite critical hits should no longer incorrectly cause the target to be healed for a greater than intended amount through Atonement while also receiving a larger than intended damage shield that's granted through Divine Aegis.
  • Shadow
    • Mastery: Mental Anguish now increases damage by 3.125% per point (up from 2.5%).
  • Talents
    • Divine Star's healing or damage (depending on Specialization) has been increased by 15%.
    • Discipline: Spirit Shell's damage absorption shield should no longer be weaker than intended.
  • Glyphs
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Glyph of Inner Fire and Glyph of Inner Sanctum should now be correctly removed as those glyphs no longer exist.
• Rogue
  • Combat
    • Killing Spree should no longer cancel or end prematurely if one of their targets is immune to damage.
  • Talents
    • Burst of Speed should now be usable even if the Rogue is under the effects of other movement speed buffs.
• Shaman
  • General
    • Lava Burst's visuals should no longer be excessively large.
  • Elemental
    • Earthquake's knock down effect is no longer affected by diminishing returns, but the knock down effect now only has a duration of 1.5 seconds.
    • Earthquake's visuals are no longer visible for friendly players.
    • Shamanism now increases Lightning Bolt's damage by 70% (up from 36%).
  • Enhancement
    • Fire Nova now has a maximum of 7 novas that can be triggered if more than 7 targets are affected by Flame Shock.
    • Maelstrom Weapon should no longer incorrectly persist after the Shaman has switched to a different specialization.
  • Talents
    • Echo of the Elements effect should now be correctly consumed during Ascendance.
    • Elemental Blast's damage has been increased by 20%.
• Warlock
  • General
    • Doomguards should no longer run out of energy from casting Doom Bolts.
  • Demonology
    • Molten Core should no longer incorrectly trigger its effect based on the casting Warlock's health
    • Resolved an issue where Soul Fire's damage was reduced by a greater than intended amount.
  • Destruction
    • Fire and Brimstone should now correctly hit all secondary targets within 10 yards, regardless of whether they're in combat with the Warlock.
    • Resolved a situation where interactions between Immolate, Fire and Brimstone, and Cataclysm could cause Immolate to deal less damage than intended.
  • Talents
    • Damage caused by Burning Rush while Soul Link is active should no longer incorrectly cause the Warlock to go into combat.
    • Cataclysm now has a slight visual which can be seen by the Warlock's allies when it's being cast.
    • Grimoire of Supremacy's summoned Terrorguards and Abyssals should now correctly have the Avoidance ability.
    • Stacks of Demonbolt debuff should no longer be incorrectly removed by Hand of Protection.
• Warrior
  • General
    • Heroic Leap should no longer allow the Warrior to ignore vertical terrain restrictions while in a Dungeon, Raid, or Battleground.
    • Whirlwind’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
  • Talents
    • Ravager’s damage has been reduced by 25%.
    • Slam’s damage has been reduced by 30%.
    • Sudden Death is now 2.5 RPPM (real procs per minute increased by Haste) instead of a 10% chance to activate from autoattacks.

Quests

• A Collection of Coils: Increased the drop rates for Coil of Sturdy Rope.
• A Feast of Shadows: Increased the spawn rate for Face-Stealers.
• Adherents of the Sun God: Increased spawn rates for Adherent Bladewing.
• Articles of the Fallen: Players that have already completed To the Garrison should now be able to see Kal'gor the Honorable to complete the quest.
• Artificer Romuul: Resolved an issue where players may sometimes not receive this quest after completing the Embaari Defense Crystal event.
• Back to Work / Looking for Lumber: Greatly increased the number of trees available to mark for both Horde and Alliance versions of the quest. Additionally, Lunarfall Ravens respawn much more quickly now.
• Battle in Ashran: The quest now requires players to obtain 100 Artifact Fragments and go to Shadow Hunter Ukambe (Horde) or Scout Valdez (Alliance) to complete the quest.
• Battle of Thunder Pass: Dying or leaving the area during the middle of the Battle of Thunder Pass event should no longer prevent players from completing the event.
• Bled Dry: Cages can now be opened by multiple players simultaneously.
• Blood of the Betrayer: Rogues should now be able to remove Arcane Infused Armor from Nalice, and be able to complete the quest.
• Bonus Objective: Howling Crag: Increased the spawn rates of Pale Orcs and Rylak Eggs.
• Bonus Objective: Kill Warspear Priests no longer awards a Gleaming Ashmaul Strongbox.
• Bonus Objective: The Forgotten Caves: Gorg the Host should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
• Bonus Objective: The Howling Crag: Increased the number and rate of Rylak Egg spawns.
• Book Burning: Shadowborne Dementor should now always drop a Shadow Council Spellbook.
• Breaking the Emperor's Shield: Nakk'rakas should no longer despawn, allowing players to complete the quest.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Bushwhacker: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• Challenge of the Masters: Warlord Dharl of the Thrice-Bloodied Blade should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
• Closing the Door: Resolved an issue where Void Portals may sometimes not close correctly.
• Core of Iron: Core of Iron should now only be found on Heroic difficulty Grimrail Depot.
• Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...: Players should no longer remain stunned indefinitely and be able to complete the quest.
• Dark Enemies: Increased spawn rates for Shadowmoon Voidmancer.
• Defense of Karabor: Resolved an issue where characters may not receive completion credit for the quest.
• Draenor's Secret Power: Completion of this quest is now required before being able to move onto the next step of the Legendary quest chain. For characters that skipped this quest, completion of this quest has also been made into a requirement before being eligible for the next upgrade.
• Escape from Shaz'gul: Players can now receive completion credit for the quest by defeating Terrorfang at the end.
• Fate of Karabor: Players joining a version of this quest that's already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• For the Children!: Manastorm's Duplicator should now be correctly awarded to characters that complete the quest.
• Get Kraken!: Increased the health for North Sea Kraken by 1000%.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Gormaul Tower: (Temporary) Completion credit for the quest is automatically awarded once players reach the top of the hill.
• Honor Has Its Rewards: Resolved an issue where Farseer Drek'Thar may sometimes not accept quest turn-ins.
• Honor Has Its Rewards: The Shamanstone no longer requires characters to interact with it and will grant its blessing to players that are nearby.
• I See Dead People: Resolved an issue where Bryan Finn may become unresponsive.
• In Need Of A Hero: Completion credit for the quest is no longer shared amongst party members. This was causing other party members to be placed into an incorrect phase.
• Icespine Stinger: Increased the number of Icespine Stinger spawns.
• Just Around the Corner: Characters should now be able to interact with Sparksocket's Tools.
• Kaelynara Sunchaser: Resolved an issue where characters were unable to return to their bodies in Spirit Form if they die inside the Jorune Mines.
• Last Steps: Players joining a version of this quest that's already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• Leave Nothing Behind!: Kur'ak the Binder now spawns more frequently.
• Legacy of the Apexis: Increased the drop rates for Apexis Core.
• Moving In: Characters that abandon the quest should now have an easier time reacquiring the quest and resume their progress on the main quest line.
• Mulverick's Plight: Increased the drop rate for Mulverick's Axe.
• Ogre Diplomacy: Players that have completed Into the Heart of Madness should no longer sometimes be placed into an incorrect phase and be unable to complete the quest.
• Ogre Diplomacy: Increased the spawn rate for Ango'rosh ogres.
• Quakefist: Quakefist's health now scales based on the number of players fighting it.
• Quakefist: Quakefist now spawns outside of the cave, making them easier to find.
• Roll Club: Serpent's Spine should no longer cause players to float and allow them to complete the quest.
• Safety Measures: Increased the spawn rate of bog denizens.
• Save Wolf Home: Gronnstalker Korhol, Beastmaster Trokar, and Giantslayer Zhakta should now spawn more frequently. Additionally, resolved an issue where characters may be unable to complete profession quests while this quest is active.
• Shadowmoon Invasion! is now automatically removed from the character's quest log if they upgrade to a Tier 3 Garrison as this quest is only available for Tier 2 Garrisons.
• Ship Salvage / What We Need: Drudgeboat Salvage should now respawn more quickly.
• Shivertail's Den: Made a change to make it easier to receive credit for "Find Shivertail's Mother".
• Skimming Off The Top: Increased the drop rates for Volatile Oil.
• Sol Sisters: Sol-Shaper Krashyx should no longer get stuck in evade mode.
• Strike While the Iron is Hot: Blocked off the entrance to the Iron Docks so players won't accidentally wander out of the quest area and wind up getting lost.
• Strike While the Iron Is Hot: Resolved a situation where the Activate Primal Device button doesn't go away after completing the quest.
• The Battle for Shattrath: Players joining a version of this quest that's already in-progress should now be able to receive completion credit.
• The Battle of Thunder Pass: Players joining a party that have already completed the quest should now be able to complete the quest and should no longer get stuck in an incorrect phase.
• The Brothers Bronzebeard: Brann's Flying Machine has been made to be more sturdy and should no longer be destroyed too quickly.
• The Clarity Elixir: Pristine Star Lily can now be looted by multiple players at the same time.
• The Debt We Share: Players that are mounted should now be able to receive completion credit for this quest.
• The Defense of Karabor: Players resurrecting at a graveyard during this quest should no longer be immediately attacked by Iron Horde NPCs.
• The Defense of Karabor: Resolved an issue where completing this quest may cause characters to be unable to progress if they're also on the quest for The Righteous March.
• The Eldest: Players joining a party that have already completed the quest should now be able to complete the quest and should no longer get stuck in an incorrect phase.
• The Fall of Neferset City: Dark Pharaoh Tekahn should now spawn in correctly, allowing players to complete the quest.
• The Great Salvation: Draenei prisoners should spawn more frequently now.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Infested: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• The Iron Wolf: Players should now be able to receive completion credit if they've died and released during the quest.
• The Iron Wolf: Added another way for characters to obtain The Iron Wolf invasion quest for characters that upgraded to a Tier 3 Garrison before completing the main Frostfire questline.
• The Master Siegesmith: Master Siegesmith Uratok now scales his health based on the number of players engaging him.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Razorbloom: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• The Strength of Tortolla: The quest can now be completed by characters with the PvP flag enabled.
• The Traitor's True Name: Resolved an issue that could cause players to be unable to complete the quest.
• [Requires a realm restart.] The Voice of Iyu: Resolved an issue where players that have already completed A Heavy Helping Hand would be unable to turn in the quest.
• The Warlord's Guard: Increased the spawn rates for Thunk, Gullok, and Splorg.
• These Colors Don't Run: Characters now receive credit towards planting a Frostwolf Banner when they defeat or help in defeating a Bladespire Ogre with the exception of Bladespire Mauler, Chef, Boarbuster, Ogron, and Goresnout.
• These Colors Don't Run: Multiple players can now place a banner on a Bladespire Ogre if they had tap rights.
• These Colors Don't Run: Greatly increased the spawn rates for Bladespire Ogres and made them share tap credit.
• Thunderlord Invasion!: The quest is now automatically removed from the character's quest log if they upgrade to a Tier 3 Garrison as this quest is only available for Tier 2 Garrisons.
• Truce?: Characters should now be able to interact with Dull Carving Knife.
• Vengeance for the Fallen: Bleeding Hollow orcs respawn much more quickly now.
• Wanted: Maa'run's Hoof should no longer incorrectly reward the exact same rings as Engorged Goren.
• Wrath of Gronn: Increased the spawn rate for Captive Gronns.
• Zarhym Altogether: Spirit Chests looted during the weekly quest no longer contains gold.

World Environment

• World Defense chat channel should be joinable once again.
• Alliance characters taking a flight path to Shattered Beachhead should now arrive safely at their destination (rather than falling through the world).
• Fixed an issue where Zidormi may send players to an incorrect phase in the Blasted Lands.
• Timeless Isle
  • Resolved an issue where Mist-Covered Treasure Chest could sometimes be empty.

Creatures and NPCs

• Apexis Traders Dawn-Seeker Krek (Alliance) and Dawn-Seeker Alkset (Horde) are now offering Exceptional gear (item level 645) for sale.
  • Developer Commentary: The vendors' offerings were previously tied to the Highmaul raid unlock, but we wanted to make sure that players have useful items to spend their Apexis Crystals on, rather than positioning them exclusively as a catch-up item vendor. The final tier of Flawless gear (item level 655) will now unlock when the Highmaul raid becomes available, rather than when Blackrock Foundry becomes available.
• Increased the spawn rates for creatures and NPCs in the Skettis Ruins area in Spires of Arak. [Requires a realm restart.] Additionally, resolved an issue where some creatures were incorrectly sharing loot with other players.
• Increased the spawn rates for creatures in the Shivering Trench area in Frostfire Ridge.
• Made a pass on a number of rare creatures to allow multiple players to receive credit for personal loot if they helped defeat them.
• Reduced the density of Squirrels in Nagrand and, critters and Icespine Hatchlings in Frostfire Ridge.
• Collision geometry has been added to Drek'Thar, Thrall, and Gazlowe in Frostfire Ridge.
• Various Kaliri in the Spires of Arak area should no longer be too high off the ground to be attacked.
• Various creatures should now correctly have a chance to drop fur that could be used for tailoring.
• Damp Shambler's Renewing Mists now heals for less.
• Durotan at Beastwatch in Gorgrond is now significantly tougher.
• Echo of Murmur now spawns more frequently.
• Felwrought Annihilator is now immune to the Warlock's Enslave Demon ability.
• Gorg the Host should now allow multiple players to receive credit for defeating it.
• Gorum can now be tapped by multiple characters. All players who contributed to defeating Gorum will now become eligible for loot.
• Grand Marshal Tremblade should now drop a Gleaming Ashmaul Strongbox for Horde characters when they're defeated.
• Grizzled Frostwolf Veteran's icon should no longer persist on the mini map after being defeated.
• Mandragora now spawns more frequently and can be tapped by multiple players.
• Mor the Dominator can now be tapped by multiple players.
• Rangari Jonaa now has a cooldown on their Scatter Shot ability.
• Rotcap's icon should no longer persist on the mini map after being defeated.
• Typhon's icon should no longer persist on the mini map after being defeated.
• Xanatos the Defiler will never be a slave and is now immune to the Warlock's Enslave Demon ability.
• Resolved an issue where Thaelin Darkanvil may not be visible as a quest giver to players that have rescued him.
• Resolved an issue where Warriors using Charge against some Grimfrost Lavaslingers could become stuck in the world geometry.

Pet Battle

• Grommloc, the delightfully dreadful baby murloc masquerading as Grommash Hellscream, legendary leader of the Warsong clan is now available. Players eligible to receive this pet will find it in their in-game mailbox. An Achievement for obtaining this battle pet will be added in a future patch.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

• Characters with Warlords PvP gear that had its secondary item level activated due to being in PvP combat temporarily disqualifies them from queuing for Dungeons and Raid Finder. It can take up to 20 seconds after ending PvP combat before the character will be eligible to queue up normally.
• The Postmaster received a talking to and should no longer be mailing large amounts of unimportant items to players.
• Siege of Orgrimmar
  • Paragons of the Klaxxi: Resolved an issue where Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver could not be looted.
  • Downfall Wing 4: Resolved an issue where Gnomish Gyrocopters may not be destroying Thresher Turrets for Alliance players.
• Throne of Thunder
  • Jin'rokh the Breaker's Ionization effect should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
  • Dark Winds debuff should no longer incorrectly persist on the character, preventing them from being able to use mounts.
• Terrace of Endless Spring
  • Protectors of the Endless: Protector Kaolan's Defiled Ground ability now deals less damage.
• Heart of Fear
  • Garalon: Destroying Garalon's Legs should now correctly damage Garalon and resolved a situation where players facing one of the legs may incorrectly receive an error message that they're not.
• Icecrown Citadel
  • The Lich King's Harvest Soul ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Trial of the Crusader
  • Anub'arak's Leeching Swarm should no longer be healing Anub'arak for an excessive amount.
• Ulduar
  • XT-002 Deconstructor's Searing Light ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• The Obsidian Sanctum
  • Defeating Sartharion too quickly should no longer cause him to not drop a mount.
• Black Temple
  • Illidan Stormrage: Fixed an issue where defeating Flames of Azzinoth too quickly in phase 2 may cause Illidan to not land.
• Dungeons
  • Increased the amount of experience awarded for completing a Draenor level-up dungeon (Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Iron Docs, Auchindoun, and Skyreach) to be more rewarding.
  • Items looted from normal Level-100 dungeons now have a level requirement of 100 instead of 97.
  • Increased the frequency of loot awards for Normal difficulty Auchindoun, Bloodmaul Slag Mines, Iron Docks, and Skyreach.
  • Heroic Dungeons should correctly have a daily lockout once more.
  • Auchindoun
    • Players should now be able to take a Soul Transporter to get back to Teron'gor if the entire party died after defeating him.
  • Iron Docks
    • Players should no longer be incorrectly receiving credit for completing the Take Cover! achievement without actually completing the achievement.
    • Attempted to resolve an issue where Skulloc may sometimes not grant loot.
  • Slag Mines
    • Players that are dead should now correctly still receive credit for completing the achievement Come With Me If You Want to Live.
  • The Everbloom
    • Coagulated Genesaur Blood is now correctly flagged as a damage dealer trinket.
  • Upper Blackrock Spire
    • During the Commander Tharbek encounter, players should no longer be kept in a constant state of combat between waves.
  • Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom: Resolved an issue where players defeating multiple packs of creatures in the room too quickly could cause Jedoga Shadowseeker to remain not attackable.
  • Blackrock Caverns: Angered Earth should now spawn in when Rom'ogg Bonecrusher hits a player with Quake.
  • Hellfire Ramparts: Players should now be able to loot the Reinforced Fel Iron Chest after defeating Vazruden the Herald.
  • Razorfen Downs: Resolved an issue where Amnennar the Coldbringer may sometimes fail to be summoned when Death Speaker Blackthorn is defeated.
  • Razorfen Kraul: Groyat, the Blind Hunter's Drain Life ability should no longer damage or heal for an excessive amount.
  • Siege of Niuzao Temple: Players should now be able to complete the achievement, Where's My Air Support?
  • Well of Eternity: Players should now be able to complete the achievement, That's Not Canon!
• Challenge Mode
  • Salyin Battle Banner is no longer eligible to be used during Challenge Modes.
  • Resolved an issue where a realm may sometimes not have a Challenge Mode daily quest available.
  • Characters can switch specializations once more after the Challenge Mode has started.
  • Once a Challenge Mode has started, characters can no longer change specializations, talents, or glyphs.
  • Auchindoun
    • Reduced the amount of enemies to kill to 48 (down from 50).
  • Skyreach
    • Time needed to achieve a gold rating has been increased to 17 minutes (up from 15 minutes). Times for silver and bronze rating have been adjusted accordingly.
  • Upper Blackrock Spire
    • Players receiving credit for Challenge Master: Upper Blackrock Spire achievement should no longer be incorrectly receiving credit for Challenge Master: Shadowmoon Burial Grounds as well.

PvP

• Reverted a hotfix from October 15 that reduced all PvP damage by 25%.
• Gnomes are now able to increase their reputation with Wrynn's Vanguard.
• Honor Quartermasters have been added to Ashran. Austin Feeney (Alliance) and Shadow Hunter Gar'ant (Horde) now sell Honor gear.
• Conquest Quartermasters Marshal Gabriel (Alliance) and General Aevd (Horde) have temporarily stopped selling Conquest gear.
• Coliseum Champion's Spoils and Gleaming Ashmaul Strongboxes should no longer incorrectly have a chance to contain Epic quality PvP weapons.
• Resolved an issue where some eligible characters did not receive a Prideful Gladiator's Cloud Serpent.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• An item now needs to be at least item level 560 or above before being eligible to be scaled up to 650 in level 100 Battlegrounds and Arenas.
• Resolved an issue where item levels for Battlegrounds, Arenas, and Skirmishes brackets below level 100 were not scaling correctly.
• Battlegrounds
  • Characters should now receive a popup notifying them with the amount of bonus Honor that was awarded at the end of a Random Battleground match.
  • Increased Honor gains for Arathi Basin, Deepwind Gorge, Eye of the Storm, and The Battle for Gilneas. Honor is now awarded for every 150 resources gathered (up from Honor being awarded for every 250 resources gathered).
  • Returning a flag in Battlegrounds should correctly play an appropriate sound once more.
  • Bonus Honor for winning a Battleground is now only awarded when queued for a Random Battleground (it was incorrectly awarding the bonus Honor for any Battleground win).
  • Deepwind Gorge: Status of the mine cart should now be updating correctly.
  • Isle of Conquest: Huge Seaforium Bombs no longer have a level requirement to interact with them.
• Arenas
  • Priests entering an Arena match while in Spirit of Redemption form should no longer die during the Arena Preparation phase.
  • Tol'viron Arena should now correctly have Dampening.

Professions

• Characters with over 600 skill should no longer continue to find catch-up items for the respective profession.
• Mixology should be working correctly doubles the duration of flasks and elixirs once more.

Items

• Epic rings that are a part of the Legendary quest line can no longer be disenchanted.
• Adjusted a number of item enhancements from earlier expansions that were providing a larger than intended bonus.
• Adjusted a number of potions from the Cataclysm expansion that were providing a larger than intended bonus.
• Elixirs from the Cataclysm expansion should no longer be more powerful than their counterparts from Mists of Pandaria.
• Made a number of adjustments where lower level food items were providing a larger than intended buff.
• The following items are now uncommon quality (green) so there's less award pop-ups when retrieving the them from Garrison work orders. There's been no change to the item's functionality or availability.
  • Primal Spirit
  • Savage Blood
  • Burnished Leather
  • Gearspring Parts
  • Hexweave Cloth
  • Metamorphic Crystal
  • Taladite Crystal
  • Truesteel Ingot
  • War Paints
• Abberant's Paw, Gnarled Goren Jaw, and Redclaw's Gutripper now give a bonus to Spell Power.
• Blackfire Scepter now grants a more modest increase to Intellect.
• Bloodwood Wand now grants a less astronomical bonus to Spell Power.
• Boiled Silkworm Pupa now provides a buff to Critical Strike instead of Hit.
• Claws of Agony and Claws of Torment's 2-piece set bonus now gives a more reasonable amount of Haste.
• Coil of Sturdy Rope, a Horde quest item should no longer be incorrectly dropping for Alliance characters.
• Crocolisk Au Gratin should now correctly provide a buff to Haste and Stamina instead of Expertise and Stamina.
• Darkmoon Top Hat can now only be used while the Darkmoon Faire is active.
• Excavated Highmaul Thingamabob, Fungus-Infected Hydra Lung, Pulsating Brain of No'losh, and Thornmother Eye can now trigger its effect from non-healing spells as well.
• Fisherman's Feast now provides a more reasonable buff to Stamina.
• Formula: Enchant Ring - Striking no longer has a use effect as the formula it teaches no longer exists.
• Haunted Memento's Haunted effect is now a buff that can be removed by the character.
• Manual Crowd Pummeler's on-use effect now grants a more reasonable increase to Haste.
• Miner's Coffee movement speed buff should now stack correctly with other movement speed buffs.
• Oralius' Whispering Crystal now increases all stats by 100 (down from 200).
• Shieldtronic Shield should now correctly create a damage absorption shield instead of reflecting the damage back at an attacker.
• Solium Band rings can now be equipped at level 98 (down from level 100).
• Technique: Glyph of the Executor no longer has an effect as the Glyph it teaches no longer exists.
• Toy Train Set has been temporarily disabled.
• Zandalarian Hero Badge now provides a more reasonable amount of Armor.
• Resolved an issue causing the Mists of Pandaria Legendary Cloaks and Metagems to remain effective for level 100 characters.

UI

• Timeless Isle Tokens and legendary weapons looted during the fight with Kael'thas Sunstrider in Tempest Keep are no longer included in the guild news panel.
• Bags set to "Ignore this bag" should now be saving the setting correctly when the character logs out or zones into a new area.
• /console colorblindshader [0-8] has been re-enabled and replaced with /console colorblindsimulator [0-8].
• Settings for SET ffxGlow should no longer be resetting when exiting the game client.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where boosting characters that have XP disabled could wind up being unable to level.
• Resolved an issue where items transmogrified into The Horseman's Horrific Hood or The Horseman's Sinister Slicer could revert back to their original state.
• Resolved an issue where boosting characters could cause them to forget spells that have been taught by items.
• Resolved a frame rate stuttering issue that was affecting some Mac OS clients.
• [Requires a realm restart.] Mobile Armory's guild chat should be working once more.

World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.3

Updated: 10-28-2014

Note: For the rest of the pre-Warlords expansion patch notes, please see The Iron Tide: 6.0.2 Patch Notes.

World Event: Iron Horde Incursion

• Characters that have completed the Iron Horde Incursion event can now visit a vendor near their faction's respective beachhead to purchase replacement quest rewards.
• Report to the King/Warning the Warchief: Characters with a healing specialization should now be able to select Ironmender's Totem as a quest reward.
• Thrall received a reminder that he is currently still on Azeroth.

Character Models

• Resolved an issue where certain helmets could incorrectly cause an Undead's jaw to disappear.
• Resolved an issue where skin color for Human models were not matching up with their original counterparts.

Classes

• Resolved an issue that could cause characters to remain disarmed for an extended period of time.
• Death Knight
  • Talents
    • Breath of Sindragosa now deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Damage to the primary target remains unchanged.
• Druid
  • Feral
    • Savage Roar should no longer incorrectly consume Omen of Clarity's clearcasting effect.
    • Resolved an issue where Rip refreshed through Ferocious Bite was not extending its duration for the full amount against targets that were below 25% health.
• Paladin
  • Protection
    • The passive ability Sanctuary, is now learned at level 10.
• Priest
  • Shadow
    • Resolved an issue where Shadow Priests in Shadowform were not displaying a targeting outline.
• Shaman
  • General
    • Chain Lightning, Flame Shock, Frost Shock, Lava Burst, and Lightning Bolt now costs 50% less mana.
  • Elemental
    • Earth Shock and Earthquake now costs 50% less mana.
• Warlock
  • Glyphs
    • Glyph of Ember Tap was causing Ember Tap to heal for more than intended. Additionally, the glyph now increases the healing of Ember Tap by 2% (down from 5%).

Creatures

• Gulp Frog no longer drops the Wilted Lilypad.
• Kor'kron Butcher Cleave ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Kor'kron Commanders with the Hemorrhagic Shadowstep ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.

Pet Battles

• Iron Starlette should no longer be excessively noisy when their owner is on a mount.

Quests

• A Villain Unmasked: Resolved an issue where Samuelson Unmasked was dying too quickly to grant quest credit.
• Basilisk Butcher: Basilisk Meat should be dropping again.
• Borrowed Brew: Resolved a number of audio issues with the quest.
• Get Kraken!: Resolved an issue where North Sea Kraken was dying too quickly to grant quest credit.
• Warforged Seal: Added a safeguard to prevent characters from completing the quest if they already have the maximum amount of Warforged Seals.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios

Raids

• Looting bind-on-equip items should no longer automatically bind it to the character on Personal Loot mode.
• Resolved an issue where Guild Raid groups were not receiving credit towards Guild challenges on Mythic difficulty.
• Dragon Soul
  • Spine of Deathwing: Blood of Deathwing should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Firelands
  • Shannox: Rageface's Face Rage ability should no longer deal an excessive amount of damage.
• Blackwing Lair
  • Razorgore the Untamed received a buff to increase his survivability.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

• Battlegrounds
  • For players queued for Random Battlegrounds, the losing team should be receiving 45 Honor again.

Professions

• Resolved an issue where Windwalker Monks were unable to craft more than one item at a time using the "Create All" button.

Items

• Fire-Watcher's Oath should correctly have a 100% chance to grant Bloody Coins on PvP kills once more.
• Living Root of the Wildheart's bonus armor provided by Ursine Blessing for Guardian Druids has been toned down to a more reasonable level.

UI

• PlayMusic API should now work correctly and be able to play MP3s once more.
• PlaySound API should now work correctly and be able to play MP3s once more.
• Resolved an issue where quest headers in the Quest Log may become stuck in a collapsed state.
• Game settings and macros for characters with names that contains an extended ASCII character should be saving correctly once more for users on Mac OS.
• Resolved a number of situations where the mouse cursor can disappear on Mac OS.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where multi-passenger vehicles entering your character's viewing area could cause them to be booted to the character selection screen.
• Resolved a client crash that can occur if a character logs out after copying a calendar event.
• Resolved a Lua error when selecting monitor 3 on systems with multiple video cards.
• Resolved a Lua error from using Command+M on the Credits screen on Mac OS.
• Resolved an issue with the skybox flashing on systems with multiple video cards.