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Glory of the Venomous Raider Achievement Guide

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Glory of the Venomous Raider Achievement Guide
With the release of The Venomous Abyss raid this week, players can now complete the Glory of the Venomous Raider achievement and obtain the Crimson Venomfang mount.

Glory of the Venomous Raider Achievement List

Name

Points

Reward

Glory of the Venomous Raider Complete the raid achievements listed below.

Mount: Crimson Venomfang

Well, Well, Little Sky Defeat Nek'zali, the Soulcoiler after returning Kupamanduka to the Soulcoil Well in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Is Venom Stasis A Joke To You? Defeat the Entombed Sentinels after each Sentinel uses Vitriolic Stasis to restore more than half its total health in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Kept You Waiting Huh? Defeat Vashnik after killing the Solidified Snake Venom in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Accidental Inclusion Defeat The Lost Explorers including Hoji in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Jumping Through Hoops Defeat Sszorak while jumping through each ring that appears in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Taking a Bite out of Slime Defeat the Twin Fangs after feeding Ithraz the following slimes in order during Ravenous Feast in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Watch Out Behind You Defeat The Coiled Altar while all players are afflicted by Unnerving Fixation in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

No Egg Scramble Defeat Ula'tek before the Greasy Hatchling breaks in The Venomous Abyss on Normal difficulty or higher.

Companion Pet: Ula'took

Nek'zali: Well, Well, Little Sky - Talk to the Forgotten Attendant vendor near the raid's entrance and purchase Balm of Flies. Use the item on Kupamanduka, the frog chilling in the venom pool, then bring it to the boss platform. Start the fight, then click on the frog to launch it into the well in the middle.

Entombed Sentinels: Is Venom Stasis A Joke To You? - For this achievement each golem has to use Vitriolic Stasis to heal more than 50% of its total health.

Have all the players focus Blood of Ula'tek and bring it down to around 48% (assuming Breath of Ula'tek doesn't take any damage except from the tank).
Have the first Vitriolic Stasis heal Blood of Ula'tek fully. Do NOT complete the mini puzzle game.
Have all the players focus the other boss, Breath of Ula'tek, and bring him down to 40-45% health (50% points lower than the Blood of Ula'tek).
If done correctly, the criteria should be complete and you can continue the fight as normal. Otherwise complete the mini puzzle game as soon as possible and wait for another Vitriolic Stasis intermission phase.

Vashnik: Kept You Waiting Huh? - For this achievement you'll need to stack up one of each type of venom add (purple, orange and red) to form the Solidified Snake Venom.

Start on the orange and purple platform. In the first intermission, have a Death Knight grip the Shrouded Venom (purple add) to the Fountain of Blood (red fountain) and keep it rooted with a Druid's Entangling Roots.
Stay on the same platform and wait for another intermission, except this time you bring a Burning Venom (orange add) to the Fountain of Blood (red fountain) and keep both adds rooted and slowed using Mass Entanglement, Typhoon and other abilities.
Move the boss close to the Red Fountain and wait for the next intermission. Once the Clotting Venom spawns, kill it so it splits in two smaller Clotting Venoms (red adds).
Keep one of these Clotting Venom adds near the purple and orange adds, and after a few seconds they will transform into the Solidified Snake Venom.

The Lost Explorers: Accidental Inclusion - Interact with the Fish Basket and bring Hoji to the boss area. Make sure NOT to use the extra action button. Start the fight and complete the encounter with Hoji active to get the achievement.

Sszorak: Jumping Through Hoops - Interact with the Overwhelming Incense to activate it, which also completes the achievement criteria (the text goes from red to white). During the fight, several rings appear through the air during Raging Crosswinds, which players have to jump through. Be careful of Turbulent Gusts, as contact with another player will cancel the jump.

The Twin Fangs: Taking a Bite out of Slime - Assign four players to pick up the four slimes required for this achievement. Refer to Daugen's video guide for their locations.

Wait for the Ravenous Feast and have the player with the Crunchy Appetizer go in with their slime.
Once the criteria is complete, the player with the Sumptuous Soup can go in, then the player with the Tasty Blob and finally the player with the Jiggly Dessert.
The criteria can be completed over multiple Ravenous Feasts, so there's no need to rush, you can play it safe.

The Coiled Altar: Watch Out Behind You - For this achievement, everyone must be fixated by Unnerving Fixation when you end the encounter. To make this achievement a lot easier, save the Manifestation of Dread ghosts from Phase 2 by kiting them (and not looking at them) while going in the intermission.

Ula'tek: No Egg Scramble - Pick up the Greasy Hatchling Egg on top of the pillar and assign 4 or more players to catch it.

Every 20 seconds the Greasy Hatchling Egg will launch into the air, leaving the player debuffed for 60 seconds (Butter Fingers), so another player will have to catch it.
In large group sizes you can leave the 4 players on the main platform in the intermission.
For small group sizes, a Demon Hunter's Double Jump, Warlock's Demonic Gateway or Evoker's Deep Breath can make the traversal to the side platforms much easier.
Simply defeat the boss while the egg is still intact and you'll get the achievement.

Nymrissa Wavecaller Tuning Changes

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:21:00 +0000

Nymrissa Wavecaller Tuning Changes

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Hello,

We just sent a hotfix with the following changes to Nymrissa Wavecaller on Mythic difficulty:

Abyssal Rain’s initial damage reduced by 12.5% on Mythic difficulty
Abyssal Rain’s periodic damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty
Reduced Abyssal Rain’s damage scaling based on group size for larger groups
Frost Burst damage reduced by 40%

Upcoming Class Tuning with the Weekly Maintenance - August 25

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:28:00 +0000

Upcoming Class Tuning with the Weekly Maintenance - August 25

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

As we previously indicated, we’re doing broad class tuning each week for the first three weeks of the Curse of Ula’tek content update. With scheduled weekly maintenance in each region, we’ll make the following tuning adjustments.

Classes

Death Knight
- Developers’ notes: Frost Death Knight has performed under our expectations at the beginning of Curse of Ula’tek, especially in the Venomous Abyss raid.
- Frost
  - All ability damage and melee damage increased by 6%.
  - Obliterate damage increased by 15%.
Demon Hunter
- Havoc
  - All damage increased by 3%.
- Vengeance
  - Mastery: Fel Blood effectiveness increased by 24%.
Druid
- Restoration
  - Developers’ notes: These changes are intended to address Rejuvenation and Wild Growth feeling weak in season 2, particularly in dungeons. We’re also increasing the power of the 4-piece class set to make sure it’s an impactful and noticeable set bonus. These changes are accompanied by slight nerfs to their raid healing to keep them around the same power in raid while increasing their power in dungeons.
  - 4-piece class set bonus increases Genesis duration by 8 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  - Rejuvenation and Germination healing increased by 15%.
  - Wild Growth healing increased by 10%.
  - Nature’s Bounty replicates 10% of Regrowth’s healing (was 20%).
  - Everbloom heals 5 targets (was 6 targets).
  - Everbloom heals for 48% of Lifebloom’s final heal (was 40%).
Evoker
- Preservation
  - Developers’ notes: We’re further increasing some of the Preservation triage heals to help them keep up with other healers in dungeons.
  - Verdant Embrace healing increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Living Flame healing increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Dream Simulacrum increases healing of Verdant Embrace by 40% (was 30%).
Hunter
- Beast Mastery
  - Developers’ notes: We’re looking to increase Beast Mastery area damage and cleave capabilities.
  - Wild Thrash now deals 300% increased damage when striking more than 2 targets (was 200%).
  - Beast Cleave now causes your pets to strike nearby enemies for 70% of the damage dealt (was 55%).
- Survival
  - All damage dealt by you and your pets increased by 4%.
Mage
- Frost
  - Developers’ notes: We’re primarily focused on Frost’s performance in Mythic Keystone dungeons. The recent removal of the health increase from Improved Ice Barrier had a greater effect on Frost’s overall survivability than intended. We like the symmetry of the three Improved Barrier talents having one additional effect, and Frost has historically had a slightly larger absorb than Arcane and Fire, so we’re baking it into the baseline absorb amount rather than re-attaching it to Improved Ice Barrier. We’re also making some targeted increases to Frost’s area of effect damage.
  - Ice Barrier absorb amount increased to 35% of maximum health (was 30%). Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Blizzard damage increased by 10%.
  - Frostbite Talent: Shatter damage to nearby enemies increased by 10%.
  - Frostfire: Isothermic Core - Meteor damage increased by 25%.
Monk
- Brewmaster
  - Developers’ note: We’re adjusting the absorption of Celestial Brew and Celestial Infusion to improve its impact as a defensive option and to help address pain points players are experiencing in some encounters.
  - All damage increased by 3%.
  - Celestial Brew and Celestial Infusion absorb value increased by 20%.
Paladin
- Retribution
  - Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the damage of the Curse of Ula’tek 4-piece set bonus Divine Arbiter significantly, to make sure its rotational ask is worth executing.
  - Class Set 4-piece Divine Arbiter main target damage increased by 150%.
  - Class Set 4-piece Divine Arbiter secondary target damage increased by 75%.
Warlock
- Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the throughput of Affliction and Demonology by primarily focusing on their single-target tools with a secondary focus on their multi-target kit. Additionally, we’re considerably increasing the damage of Warlock demons so that they have a larger contribution to overall throughput. This should also help a bit more with aggro concerns during solo play.
- Imp, Voidwalker, Sayaad, and Felhunter damage increased by 350%.
- Affliction
  - Unstable Affliction damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Hellcaller – Blackened Soul damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Wrath of Nathreza damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Shadow of Nathreza damage increased by 25%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Agony damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Corruption damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Hellcaller – Wither damage increased by 10%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Demonology
  - Shadow Bolt damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Demonbolt damage increased by 30%.
  - Wild Imp damage increased by 20%.
  - Summon Felguard damage increased by 20%.
  - Demons summoned by Dominion of Argus damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  - Call Dreadstalkers damage increased by 30%.
- Destruction
  - Rain of Fire damage increased by 30%.
Warrior
- Protection
  - Fight Through the Flames reduces Magic damage by 8% (was 6%).

Player versus Player

Demon Hunter
- Developers’ notes: We feel the defensive kits of Devourer and Havoc are too powerful, so we are reducing some of their passive and active defenses to make them more viable targets for opponents.
- Glimpse now reduces damage taken by 20% while active (was 25%).
- Devourer
  - Void Ray damage increased by 33% in PvP combat.
  - Blur now reduces damage taken by 15% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  - Armor of Souls now increases Armor by 65% (was 100%).
- Havoc
  - Blur now reduces damage taken by 15% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  - Desperate Instincts now reduces damage taken by 5% while below 35% health in PvP combat (was 10%).
Druid
- Feral
  - Developers’ notes: Feral’s sustained damage is lower than our intended target, so we’re targeting their primary damage over time effects to improve this. We’re also targeting a buff for Druid of the Claw which has fallen behind Wildstalker in viability.
  - Druid of the Claw: Ravage damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  - Rip damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Rake damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Evoker
- Augmentation
  - Developers’ notes: Augmentation has been underplayed in PvP, especially arenas, for some time. We’re increasing both their damage support capabilities and their personal damage to increase their viability.
  - Damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  - Ebon Might grants 10% primary stat in PvP combat (was 8%).
  - Inferno’s Blessing damage increased by 25% in PvP combat.
Hunter
- Developers’ notes: Sentinel Hunters are slightly too strong during burst windows in PvP, so we’re reducing the damage of Moonlight Chakram and increasing the throughput of rotational abilities to compensate.
- Marksmanship
  - Sentinel: Moonlight Chakram damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  - Rapid Fire damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Arcane Shot damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- Survival
  - Sentinel: Moonlight Chakram damage reduced by 30% in PvP combat.
  - Raptor Strike and Raptor Swipe damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  - Kill Command damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Mage
- Fire
  - Developers’ notes: Fire Mage execute windows and hard cast Pyroblast damage have been higher than we would like, so we’re reducing the effectiveness of Molten Fury and Pyroclasm in PvP.
  - Pyroclasm now increases the damage of Pyroblast and Flamestrike by 180% in PvP combat (was 230%).
    vMolten Fury now increases damage to targets below 35% health by 10% in PvP combat (was 15%).
Monk
- Windwalker
  - Rushing Wind Kick damage reduced by 20% in PvP combat.
  - Rising Sun Kick damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
  - Tigereye Brew now increases critical strike damage by 3/6% in PvP combat (was 5/10%).
Paladin
- Holy
  - Developer’s notes: Holy Paladin throughput has increased with recent changes past our targets for them in PvP.
  - All healing reduced by 4% in PvP combat.
- Protection
  - Developers’ note: Protection Paladins have been extending the duration of the matches that they participate in with frequent access to group utility. We’re reducing the effectiveness of Blessing of Sacrifice and Guardian of the Forgotten Queen to bring them in line.
  - Guardian of the Forgotten Queen duration reduced to 6 seconds.
  - Guardian of the Forgotten Queen cooldown increased to 4 minutes.
  - Guardian of the Forgotten Queen now has a 6 second internal cooldown.
  - Sacrifice of the Just reduces the cooldown of Blessing of Sacrifice by 30 seconds in PvP combat (was 60 seconds).
- Retribution
  - Developers’ notes: Retribution’s personal durability has been higher than we would like considering their complete team defensive package, and Templar’s damage has not been competitive with Herald of the Sun, so we’re increasing some sources specific to its hero tree.
  - Shield of Vengeance absorption reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
  - Divine Protection now reduces damage taken by 20% in PvP combat (was 25%).
  - Templar: Seal of the Templar now increases the damage of Templar’s Verdict by 35% (was 25%).
  - Templar: Hammer of Light’s damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
Priest
- Developers’ notes: Mindgames has fallen behind other spells and has been an underutilized talent for some time, so we’re increasing its viability to offer all Priest specializations more PvP talent options.
- Mindgames direct damage increased by 150%.
- Mindgames healing and damage reversal increased by 150%.
- Discipline
  - Flash Heal and Shadow Mend healing increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  - Atonement healing increased by 5% in PvP combat.
- Holy
  - Developers’ notes: Holy Priest is vastly overperforming due to a mixture of overall healing increases from the patch as well as some generous PvP specific healing increases to Prayer of Mending and Holy Word: Serenity. We’re reducing these PvP increases to Prayer of Mending, Holy Word: Serenity, and Prompt Prognosis which are all powerful instant cast spells.
  - Enlightenment regenerates mana 10% faster in PvP combat (was 25%).
  - Prayer of Mending healing reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
  - Holy Word: Serenity healing reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Oracle: Prompt Prognosis healing reduced by 25% in PvP combat.
- Shadow
  - Developers’ notes: We feel Shadow is lacking in kill power, so we’re increasing some of its primary sources of burst.
  - Shadow Word: Madness damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Void Volley damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Rogue
- Assassination
  - Developers’ notes: Burst from Assassination’s Apex Talent is exceeding expectations and is getting toned down. Additionally, damage from Fatebound Coins is higher than intended and is being reduced.
  - Kingsbane initial damage reduced by 12% in PvP combat.
  - Implacable (Rank 3) Physical and Nature damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Fatebound: Fatebound Coin (Tails) damage reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
- Outlaw
  - Developers’ notes: Outlaw’s damage and kill pressure is lower than we’d expect, so we’re putting more damage into core finishing moves.
  - Dispatch damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  - Between the Eyes damage increased by 12% in PvP combat.
- Subtlety
  - Developers’ notes: Subtlety’s steady damage pressure is low, without which it can be difficult to create windows that capitalize on their burst potential. We’re increasing * Eviscerate damage moderately and Goremaw’s Bite bleed damage significantly to increase the frequency of these windows.
  - Eviscerate damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  - Goremaw’s Bite bleeding damage increased by 33% in PvP combat.
Shaman
- Elemental
  - Developers’ notes: Elemental is lacking the sustained pressure we expect, so we’re targeting core damage sources to improve its viability.
    Stormbringer: Tempest damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  - Lava Burst damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  - Earth Shock damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
  - Earthquake damage increased by 10% in PvP combat.
- Restoration
  - Developers’ notes: Restoration Shaman is slightly too strong compared to other healers (barring Holy Priest). We’re making some small adjustments to their mana and the Totemic hero talent tree to better balance their mana and throughput.
  - Mana regeneration is now reduced by 65% in PvP combat (was 60%).
  - Totemic: Splitstream now causes Healing Stream Totem to heal an additional ally at 15% effectiveness in PvP combat (was 30%).
  - Totemic: Earthsurge now causes allies affected by your Earthliving to receive 5% additional healing from you in PvP combat (was 15%).
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Developers’ notes: We’re increasing Affliction’s ability to maintain spread pressure by adjusting Agony’s damage and making a small adjustment to Unstable Affliction’s backlash damage to make dispelling all their damage over time effects more punishing.
  - Agony damage increased by 50% in PvP combat.
  - Unstable Affliction backlash damage increased by 20%.
- Demonology
  - Developers’ notes: We feel too much of Demonology’s damage is focused on Wicked Reaping and Power Siphon, so we’re reducing the power of these effects and increasing overall damage through our game-wide Demonology changes above.
  - Soul Harvester: Wicked Reaping damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
  - Soul Harvester: Necrolyte Teachings now causes Power Siphon to increase the damage of Demonbolt by an additional 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
  - Power Siphon now increases the damage of your next 2 Demonbolts by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
- Destruction
  - Developers’ notes: Destruction is lacking in finishing power, so we’re increasing the damage of their primary nuke spells to allow for more burst potential.
  - Chaos Bolt damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Shadowburn damage increased by 30% in PvP combat.
Warrior
- Arms
  - Developers’ notes: To compensate for the reduction in Fueled by Violence self-healing, we’re increasing Arms’ Hero Talents throughput by increasing Slayer’s Strike and Demolish damage in PvP.
  - Colossus: Demolish damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Slayer: Slayer’s Strike damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  - Fueled by Violence healing reduced by 15% in PvP combat.

WoW Hotfixes - August 21, 2026

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:25:00 +0000

WoW Hotfixes - August 21, 2026

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Delves

Phantasmal Spore Toxin and Frostheart Venom will now properly be removed when leaving the delve.
Illusory Deceit no longer incorrectly scales the number of Twilight Illusions based on the number of players during Infiltrator Gulkat's encounter in The Darkway.
Players may now only pick up and carry one Oddball Ingredient at a time.

Dungeons and Raids

Altar of Fangs
- Ravenous Descendant’s Ravenous now grants 10% attack speed per stack (was 20%), and movement speed reduced by 20%.
- Twinfang Harrower’s Paralyzing Shots initial damage reduced by 50%.
- Venom Leech’s Septic Spatter no longer creates a puddle at the leech’s corpse location.
- Ritual Chieftain’s Blood Sacrifice absorb reduced by 10%.
- Caustic Mist Totem’s Unstable Totem damage reduced by 10%.
- High Evolutionist’s Evolve cooldown increased, Envenom cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2.5 seconds), and Mass Envenom cast time increased to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
- Bloodletter’s Bloodletting now procs less frequently.
- Ascendant Serpent health reduced by 10%.
- Rav’i
  - Feeding Frenzy no longer increases the rate of Messy Eater and Carrion Burst.
  - Fresh Meat piles now display a warning visual when Rav’i is close enough to eat from them.
  - Hydrastrike damage reduced by 33%.
- Zul’jan
  - The initial cast of Ritual of the Fang now occurs a few seconds later in the encounter.
  - Ritual of the Fang cast time increased to 5 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  - Fang Empowered damage reduced by 20%.
The Venomous Abyss
- Vashnik the Malignant
  - Reduced target scaling for Adaptive infection to be less punishing for larger group sizes.
  - Fixed an issue causing Thinned Blood to be cast on non-mythic difficulties.
- The Lost Explorers
  - Resolved an issue causing Final Ascension to inflict less damage than intended.
Ula’tek
- Adjusted the Caustic Waves from the Gore Rattler so they remain above the floor of the main platform.
- The tooltip for Ula'tek's Volatile Purge no longer contains an error.

Housing

Previewing decor in the Decor Catalog will now show accurate Voidlight Marl prices for decor sold by Silvermoon's Disguised Decor Duel Vendor.

Items

Hex Lord's Dooming Idol - Hex Lord's Doom stacks are no longer removed upon ending a Mythic+ boss encounter.

Prey

Fixed an issue that prevented alts from being able to access the Prey portal between Silvermoon and The Coiled Isle.

Altar of Fangs Adjustments - August 21

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:07:00 +0000

Altar of Fangs Adjustments - August 21

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

With hotfixes that are now live, we’ve made some adjustments in Altar of Fangs to improve the readability of key abilities and give players more time to respond during some of the dungeon’s more demanding moments, while preserving their intended challenge.

Dungeons

Altar of Fangs
- Ravenous Descendant’s Ravenous now grants 10% attack speed per stack (was 20%), and movement speed reduced by 20%.
- Twinfang Harrower’s Paralyzing Shots initial damage reduced by 50%.
- Venom Leech’s Septic Spatter no longer creates a puddle at the leech’s corpse location.
- Ritual Chieftain’s Blood Sacrifice absorb reduced by 10%.
- Caustic Mist Totem’s Unstable Totem damage reduced by 10%.
- High Evolutionist’s Evolve cooldown increased, Envenom cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2.5 seconds), and Mass Envenom cast time increased to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
- Bloodletter’ Bloodletting now procs less frequently.
- Ascendant Serpent health reduced by 10%.
- Rav’i
  - Feeding Frenzy no longer increases the rate of Messy Eater and Carrion Burst.
  - Fresh Meat piles now display a warning visual when Rav’i is close enough to eat from them.
  - Hydrastrike damage reduced by 33%.
- Zul’jan
  - The initial cast of Ritual of the Fang now occurs a few seconds later in the encounter.
  - Ritual of the Fang cast time increased to 5 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  - Fang Empowered damage reduced by 20%.

WoW Hotfixes - August 20, 2026

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:37:00 +0000

WoW Hotfixes - August 20, 2026

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Classes

Demon Hunter
- Havoc
  - Aldrachi Reaver: Fixed an issue where Evasive Action was not granting an extra cast of Vengeful Retreat.
Druid
- Restoration
  - Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Tranquility incorrectly described how long it extended heal over time effects.
  - Fixed an issue where Overgrowth was applying healing over time effects to the incorrect target when used in tandem with Soul of the Forest.
Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Corrected an issue where Hunters could benefit from the Precise Shots effect twice by casting Arcane Shot or Multi-Shot as Rapid Fire finishes channeling while talented into Unload.
  - Corrected an issue where the AoE damage from Explosive Shot was not properly reduced by damage taken reduction effects.
Priest
- Holy
  - Fixed an issue where casting Benediction and queuing a Holy Word would consume the proc.
Shaman
- Elemental
  - Resolved an issue causing Master of the Elements to not increase the damage of Earthquake.
Warlock
- Hellcaller: Fixed an issue where Blackened Soul could trigger from Unstable Affliction periodic damage.
- Affliction
  - Fixed an issue where Malefic Grasp was not affected by Withering Bolt.
  - Fixed an issue where Withering Bolt did not account for Wither when increasing Shadowbolt Volley damage.
  - Fixed an issue where Wither would not count toward Darkglare Eye Beam damage increase.
  - Fixed an issue where the Unstable Affliction granted by Venomous Abyss 4-piece set bonus would not grant a stack of Wither.

Delves

Fixed an issue where if Azta'rec killed a player it would display that Zek'vir has burrowed away and did not drop loot.

Dungeons and Raids

Ruby Life Pools
- Thunderhead and Flamegullet
  - Fixed an issue where certain abilities could cause their breath spells to cancel unexpectedly.
Temple of Sethraliss
- Avatar of Sethraliss
  - Fixed an issue where the progress bar could reach 100% when the Avatar reached 99% health.
The Venomous Abyss
- Resolved an issue where players could fall through the world in The Serpent Warren.
- Vashnik the Malignant
  - Fixed an issue causing Stygian Burst to inflict damage in a larger area than intended.
  - Shrouded Venom health redistributed and now have 40% health and 60% shields.
  - Fixed an issue causing players to get hit multiple times from the same wave in a short period of time.
  - Fixed a rare issue where players using Harpoon on a Venom while inside the Malignant Cavity would cause them to fall through the playspace.
- The Coiled Altar
  - Fixed an issue where the encounter would rarely fail to properly transition to Phase 3 at the end of the intermission.
- Ula’tek
  - Blight Vein damage reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  - Grasping Fangs now targets three players per side on Heroic difficulty, no matter the instance group size.
  - Volatile Purge's area of effect now scales with raid size in Normal and Heroic difficulties. The effect radius is largest in a 10-player raid and gradually decreases as raid size increases, reaching its smallest size in a 30-player raid.
  - Resolved an issue causing the damage of Spectral Coils to unintentionally scale on non-Mythic difficulties.
  - Spectral Coils now requires 40% of the raid to reduce its damage to a minimum value.
  - Spectral Coils adjusted on Heroic difficulty so it has more consistent timing.
  - Corrected an issue where the Blight Vein debuff did not properly inflict its damage based on the number of stacks applied, on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.
  - Corrected an issue where Hunters’ Stampede pets from the Pack Leader hero talents would not properly damage the Heart of Ula'tek during the encounter.

Items

Companion Command Crystal is now bind-on-pickup.

Omnium Folio

Fixed an issue with a previous change to the Omnium Folio's Rune of Unleashed Fire that resulted in pulling enemies you were not in combat with.

Prey

Decreased the damage and slow effect of Toxic Snare.

Quests

"The Venomous Abyss" campaign quest should now complete for players who were dead at the end of the last encounter.
Fixed an issue that reduced player-characters' turn speed after starting the world quest "Swift of Foot".

Treasures

Fixed an issue where the Unguarded Chest would spawn without Farthik the Plunderer.

Blizzard Reveals Special Guests for BlizzCon 2026

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:42:00 +0000

Blizzard Reveals Special Guests for BlizzCon 2026
Blizzard has announced the lineup of musical artists, performers, creators, and special guests coming to BlizzCon 2026 at the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12-13.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Special Appearances

Special guests appearing on the BlizzCon 2026 show floor include:

Grammy Award-winning artist, streamer, gamer, and longtime Blizzard supporter T-Pain will join the celebrations for the Overwatch® World Cup.
Actor, producer, and avid Blizzard game player Simu Liu will battle it out as a player in the Blizzard Classic Cup StarCraft® II Entertainment Match, in addition to joining the casting desk.
Internationally renowned electronic music producer and longtime gaming enthusiast deadmau5 will attend a Diablo®-focused panel conversation featuring game developers.
One of gaming’s most influential creators, Duke Dennis will join World of Warcraft® activations, community engagements, and creator experiences on the show floor.
Actor, creator, and Blizzard community personality Khleo Thomas will serve as a “BlizzCon Insider,” capturing real-time highlights and behind-the-scenes content throughout the weekend.

Performances

As shared in June, global K-pop sensation LE SSERAFIM will return to BlizzCon, joining the festivities and taking the Main Stage as the weekend’s closing musical act on Sunday, September 13.
International music duo YOASOBI will make BlizzCon history performing at BlizzCon’s first-ever halftime show in the Overwatch World Cup Arena on Sunday, September 13.

Ulduar Trailer 2026 by Hurricane

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:50:00 +0000

Ulduar Trailer 2026 by Hurricane
Hurricane has released a new trailer reimagining Ulduar as a large-scale cinematic experience.

Originally Posted by Hurricane

Ulduar has always been one of my favorite raids in World of Warcraft - an ancient titan complex packed with colossal architecture, mysterious machinery, corrupted Keepers, and some of the most iconic encounters from Wrath of the Lich King.

Our goal was to reimagine this legendary raid as a large-scale cinematic experience - something I had wanted to do since the raid was released in 2009.

I’d like to thank Kruithne and Marlamin for creating wow.export - an essential tool that allowed us to access the necessary in-game models, as well as Phorge for his extensive modeling work.

The finished trailer features 95 shots, compared with 53 in the Black Temple trailer and 57 in the Naxxramas trailer. It was rendered on four RTX 4090s over the past 2 months, and the total production time was 1 year and 9 months.

Disclaimer:
This is a fan-made project and is not affiliated with the official Classic or Anniversary servers.

Music:
Tellent Studio - Infinity Call
Tenacious Orchestra - Strike Force
Cataclysm Classic Announce Trailer Soundtrack
Warlords of Draenor Soundtrack - Times Change
Mark Fabian - Unfortunate Events

MP4 Download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dz0...25FZbSrzS/view

Tools used:
Cinema 4D / Octane / After Effects / Houdini / Photoshop / EmberGen / Blender / ZBrush / Substance 3D Painter / wow.export / Model Viewer / Quixel Megascans / Artlist / VS Code

Special credits:
Phorge: https://www.artstation.com/phorge
My3DPrintForge: https://www.patreon.com/my3dprintforge
Kruithne: https://www.kruithne.net/wow.export/
DoctorDisco: _djvertigo
MotionNova: motion_nova
Mandis
Sir Thompshire

How to Farm Ral'kala in Nightmare Mode for Mount, Pet, Toy and Housing Decor

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:12:00 +0000

How to Farm Ral'kala in Nightmare Mode for Mount, Pet, Toy and Housing Decor
With Prey Season 2 now live, players have discovered an efficient way to farm Ral'kala for the Hexflame Reaver mount and other collectibles.

How to farm Ral'kala for rewards:

Pick up the quest A Slithering Threat in Silvermoon City and complete the storyline to unlock Nightmare Mode.
Speak with Astalor on the Coiled Isle to activate the Curse of the Isle Nightmare Mode.
Search the Group Finder for farming groups called "Haunted Brazier" or "Ral'kala Mount" and join one.

Contribute at least 1 Ossified Relic to the Haunted Brazier to get the buff Whispers from De Other Side, which makes you eligible to receive rewards from Ral'kala.
What makes this farm so efficient is that if everyone in the group contributes 2-3 Ossified Relics then the Haunted Brazier's progress bar fills up very quickly.

Mount: Hexflame Reaver

Pet: Pale Hexscale

Toy: Preyhunter's Masquerade

Housing Decor - Ral'kala Drops & Achievement Rewards

Achievements

While on Curse of the Isle Nightmare Mode, you will also passively gain progress toward several achievements.

Name

Points

Reward

One, Two, Ral'kala's Coming for You Defeat Ral'kala, Terror of the Isle while on Nightmare mode or with Curse of the Isle active.

Decor Reward: Preyhunter's Terror Bust

Nine, Ten, Never Sleep Again Defeat Ral'kala, Terror of the Isle while on Nightmare mode or with Curse of the Isle active fifty times.

Decor Reward: Preyhunter's Terror Effigy

Sashay Away Survive 100 Toxic Snare barrages on Hard or Nightmare Mode.

You Guys, Again? Kill 150 Pack Scouts on Hard or Nightmare Mode.

Kill Me Now Kill 200 Venom-Bloated Python while in Hard or Nightmare Mode.

WoW Hotfixes - August 19, 2026

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:57:00 +0000

WoW Hotfixes - August 19, 2026

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Classes

Death Knight
- Resolved an issue causing Army of the Dead Epidemic Orders to cast from the Death Knight instead of the Lesser Ghoul.
- Unholy
  - Resolved an issue causing Forbidden Knowledge Rank 4 to not have a chance to activate when the Dread Plague target has a damage absorb effect.
  - Resolved an issue causing Transfusion to not empower already summoned Lesser Ghouls.
  - Resolved an issue causing Lord of the Dead to occasionally have a delay in between casts.
  - Dark Simulacrum can now be tracked through the Cooldown Manager.
Druid
- Restoration
  - Fixed an issue where Rejuvenation could be removed early if the player gained or lost haste while it was active.
Hunter
- Marksmanship
  - Corrected an issue where Rapid Fire fired fewer shots than intended when hitting a second target with the Aspect of the Hydra talent.
Paladin
- Retribution
  - Fixed an issue where Paladins talented into Radiant Glory would not have Avenging Wrath be applied after casting Wake of Ashes while silenced.
Shaman
- Restoration
  - Totemic: Corrected an issue where the Whirling Water effect was not properly working.

Delves

Fixed an issue where the “Seasonal Refresher: Midnight” quest could not be completed.
Fasten from Engorged Gnarlticks on Gnarldor Isle should now be removed properly when leaving a delve.

Dungeons and Raids

The Blinding Vale
- Ikuzz the Light Hunter
  - Resolved an issue preventing Death Knights from casting Consumption after the Death Knight has been picked up by Bloodthirsty Gaze.
Ruby Life Pools
- Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein
  - Addressed an issue where Ekhart could target an unexpected player with Stormslam.
Temple of Sethraliss
- Fixed an issue where Spark Channeler could be turned unexpectedly.
- Fixed an issue where Static Anomaly creatures did not contribute properly to the enemy forces count.
  - The enemy forces requirement has been adjusted to take this fix into account. This change does not affect routing.
The Venomous Abyss
- Resolved an issue where the door to The Twin Fangs room would close upon engaging combat but would not reopen, preventing players from backtracking to the entrance of the raid.
- Nek’zali the Soulcaller
  - Addressed an issue preventing Nek'zali from leashing near the entrance of the play space.
- Vashnik, The Malignant
  - Fixed an issue causing Shrouded Venom to sometimes evade after spawning.
- The Lost Explorers
  - Resolved an issue where Trader Gebbo would sometimes not despawn.
- The Twin Fangs
  - Resolved an issue causing Coiling Ichor to impact game client performance.
  - Resolved an issue where Zul'jarra and Orweyna could fail to path across the bridge after The Twin Fangs were defeated.
- The Coiled Altar
  - Fixed an issue where the encounter would end unexpectedly.
  - Resolved an issue causing Hex Lord Malacrass and Zul'jan to regain too much health during their intermission.

Items

Aman'muso, Warlord's Vengeance is again restricted to the main-hand slot only.
- Developers’ notes: The recent change to this weapon was more disruptive than anticipated and resulted in adverse incentives for certain specializations. This does not impact Zatha'tek, Breath of Corruption.

Player versus Player

Conqueror's Venomous Lacquer should now add PvP item level to tier shoulders when used.

Quests

Players above level 80 can once again complete "Step Into the Light".
The weekly quest "Midnight: Vaults of Atal'Utek" no longer incorrectly suggests that it rewards two Sparks of Tide. This was a UI typo only.
Fixed an issue that would prevent "Purging the Vaults" or "Vaults of Atal'Utek: A Toxic Tour" quests from being completed if you already had Trovehunter's Bounty in your inventory.
The required Quest Item for “Seeking Knowledge Week 5 of 5: Off-World Magic” can now drop from Elite Rares, Overseers, and Rivals on Val and Naigtal.