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World of Warcraft: Midnight Hotfixes - 15 September

Linxy
Community Manager
Post #34
World of Warcraft EU

September 15, 2026

Classes

  • Hunter
    • Marksmanship
      • Fixed an issue where Aimed Shot was not properly playing its cast animation when using a gun or crossbow.
  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • Fixed an issue where Consecration’s first tick would not benefit from the Venomous Abyss tier set’s increase to its critical strike chance.
  • Priest
    • Holy
      • Fixed an issue where Renewed Vigor from the Venomous Abyss 2-piece tier bonus could exceed 3 stacks.

Dungeons and Raids

  • The Venomous Abyss
    • Sszorak
      • Tempest damage reduced by 20% on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
      • Caustic Claws no longer forms a pool of Caustic Residue on Heroic difficulty.
    • Twin Fangs
      • Corrosive Spit damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Reduced the amount of Broodlings of Ithraz spawned by Rouse the Brood to 10.
      • Visceral Burst cast time increased by 0.5 seconds.
    • The Coiled Altar
      • Venom Rupture damage reduced by 10% on Heroic and Mythic difficulty.
      • Mutagenic Venom damage reduced by 15%.
      • Wail of Terror cast time increased to 12 seconds on Heroic difficulty.
      • Wail of Terror cast time increased to 10 seconds on Mythic difficulty.
      • Spiteful Soulcoiler’s spawning and relocation when interrupted are now more predictable.
      • 1 Spiteful Soulcoiler will always spawn nearby Malacrass on Mythic difficulty.
      • The number of players targeted by Dreadmarch no longer increases throughout the phase on all difficulties.
      • Manifestations of Dread now deprioritize fixating on players that currently have Unnerving Fixation.
      • Manifestations of Dread revealed by interrupting Wail of Terror now remain visible for an additional 3 seconds.
      • The number of Fragments of Malacrass that spawn during the intermission reduced by 25% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Fixed an issue where Coalesced Venoms and Virulent Mutations would fail to drop on the ground if a priest carrying one enters Spirit of Redemption.
    • Ula’tek
      • Failing to stand within Mother’s Wrath now only inflicts 1 stack of Stone Venom onto the raid on Raid Finder difficulty.
      • Doomscale Warden’s Malice cast time increased to 5 seconds (was 1.5 seconds) and damage reduced on Raid Finder difficulty.
      • The number of Bligthscale Spawn reduced to 6 during Stage 2 on Raid Finder difficulty.
      • Ula’tek’s Unchecked Rage damage reduced on Raid Finder difficulty.
      • Gore Rattler’s Rattler Slam damage reduced on Raid Finder difficulty.
      • Stone Venom damage reduced on all difficulties.
      • Putrid Membrane duration reduced to 30 seconds on Mythic difficulty (was 1 hour).
      • The number of Blightscale Spawn summoned from Serpent’s Call reduced to 8 per wave during Stage 1 on Mythic difficulty (was 13).
      • The number of Blightscale Spawn reduced to 12 per side during Stage 2 on Mythic difficulty (was 14).
      • The number of eggs dropped by Serpent’s Call during the intermission reduced to 8 on Mythic difficulty (was 14).

Items

  • Players who are behind on Spark of Tides (they have more Spark Dust than they do Sparks in their bags/gear), will be receiving their missing sparks directly into their bags upon login.

Quests

  • Fixed an issue where the Hijacked Portal for “Still Behind Enemy Portals” was failing to teleport players to the correct destination.
  • Delves should once again count for progress towards the objective of “Hope in the Darkest Corners”.

The Coiled Isle

  • Curse Surges now rotate every 30 minutes (was 45 minutes).
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