Patch 2.1.0

Patch 2.1.0
“The Black Temple”
Release date	May 22, 2007
Initial version	6692
Interface .toc	20100 (changes)
Highlights & notes
Black Temple introduced Many new solo and small group quests and quest hubs Interface additions Druid epic flight form added New arena, Ruins of Lordaeron Arena Many, many, many bug fixes Class changes
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Patch 2.1.0, titled Black Temple, is the first content patch for The Burning Crusade which released on 22 May 2007.

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Patch Notes[]

The Black Temple[]

The Temple of Karabor was the center of draenei worship until its priests were slaughtered by demonically corrupted orcs. In the massacre's aftermath the warlocks of the Shadow Council seized the structure and gave it a new name: the Black Temple.

When the Alliance invaded Draenor after the Second War, the orc shaman Ner'zhul hastily opened several dimensional portals in order to escape. The resulting magical backlash ripped the world apart. Drawn by these portals, the pit lord Magtheridon arrived in what had come to be known as Outland and took the temple as his seat of power.

His dominion over Outland remained unchallenged until the arrival of Illidan the Betrayer. The pit lord proved no match for the wielder of the Twin Blades of Azzinoth. Today Illidan occupies the temple, awaiting any and all who would challenge his rule.

Druid Epic Flight Form Introduced[]

The Druid Epic flight form will be available through a series of quests, similar to the Warlock and Paladin Epic mount quests before it. This quest series will also open up a new boss in Sethekk Halls, and ultimately lead to the epic flight form.

Ethereum Prison[]

Players in good standing with the Consortium will be tasked to deal with the most recent activities of the nefarious Ethereum. With new quests, items, and content for the solo and small-group level 70 player, the Ethereum Prison will be the proving grounds for many aspiring to greatness.

Skettis[]

The Skyguard, Sha'tari warriors specializing in their command of the skies above Shattrath, have taken the offensive directly to the Arakkoa capital city, Skettis. Perched high in the mountains of Terrokar, and only accessible with use of a flying mount, Skettis holds new and exciting content for the solo or small-group level 70 player. All new quests, 5-person bosses, rare and epic items, and a new type of flying mount await those willing to lend their sword or stave to the battle.

Nether Drake[]

The Netherwing faction and quest line continues and the long awaited Nether Drake becomes available. The Nether Drake is a special 280% speed epic flying mount that is obtainable through solo and small-group play. The quest to obtain one will be difficult, but the reward will surely show your dedication to the Netherwing cause as you soar through the skies of Outland on your very own ethereal drake.

Ogri'la[]

The ogre plateau of enlightenment opens to those who prove their worth in Blade's Edge Mountains. Level 70 players will be able to help the ogres of Ogri'la battle invading forces and engage in new and exciting quests, such as a repeatable and ever popular bombing-run, this time using your own flying mount but with a dangerous twist! Featuring tons of new quests, the Ogri'la faction, 5-person bosses, and rare and epic items, Ogri'la is a place we're hoping all will aspire to enter.

The Ruins of Lordaeron Arena[]

For those combatants engaging in the Steamwheedle Cartel's gladiatorial combat, an arena nestled within the Ruins of Lordaeron has been added to the mix of venues. Players taking part in either rated battles or skirmishes may now find themselves battling for glory within the new arena.

General[]

PvP[]

• Arenas
  • The Ruins of Lordaeron Arena is now available for play.
  • The [Shadow Sight] buff now allows players to see other stealthed players at a greater range.
  • The cyclone in the Nagrand Arena has been removed.
  • There is now a tightrope in the Blades Edge Arena that connects the main bridge to the columns.
• Battlegrounds
  • The new battleground matchmaking system is now implemented and active. This system allows the battleground to select teams of similar equipment quality and organizational level to battle each other. For now, the system will be very forgiving about creating matchups in order to keep queue times low. However, the parameters will be adjusted as necessary when more organized teams become active in the battlegrounds.

Druids[]

• The Druid Epic Flight Form is now available through a series of quests.
• [Barkskin] now reduces all damage taken, with its duration reduced to 12 seconds and cooldown reduced to 1 minute. The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate this ability can be used while frozen, incapacitated, or cowering in fear. That functionality was already present, but not listed in the tooltip.
• [Bear Form] and [Dire Bear Form]: The bonus health from shapeshifting into these forms will again be removed correctly when shifting out of these forms.
• [Bestial Wrath]: The immunity granted by this ability now lasts the full duration of the ability. Bestial Wrath now grants immunity to Cyclone. Cyclone will no longer prevent the immunities from being granted.
• [Celestial Focus]: The delay on the stun effect for [Starfire] has been reduced.
• [Cyclone]: This ability will no longer work on hunters with [The Beast Within] active or hunter pets with Bestial Wrath active.
• [Feral Charge] now suppresses all Slowing effects while charging the target.
• Fixed a data error that caused [Swiftmend] to generate more threat than intended.
• [Force of Nature]: These pets will now come into the game with full health, including that gained from a percentage of their master's stamina.
• Force of Nature: The Treants summoned by this spell will now correctly attack your target even if it is neutral or non-aggressive.
• [Gift of the Wild], ranks 1 and 2, are now available on trainers.
• Gift of the Wild: Rank 3 of this ability now has the same range as ranks 1 and 2.
• [Improved Leader of the Pack]: This ability will no longer generate threat.
• [Lacerate]: The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it does initial bleed damage when the ability first lands.
• [Lifebloom]: Each additional application of this spell will now include the full bonus from effects which increase healing. The final heal, however, is still unaffected by stacking multiple applications of this spell.
• [Mangle (Bear)]: Damage increased by 15%, but bonus threat reduced so that overall threat generation will be unchanged.
• [Nature's Grace]: This talent is now triggered by [Swiftmend] and [Lifebloom], and is triggered by and affects [Cyclone].
• [Nature's Grasp]: The mana cost has been removed from all ranks as intended.
• [Omen of Clarity]: This spell is no longer castable in Tree of Life Form or [Moonkin Form].
• [Prowl] will now be broken correctly by damage shields such as  [Oil of Immolation].
• [Rake]: The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate the initial damage done is bleed damage. In addition, Rake can now always be re-applied, even when Mangle is active.
• Shapeshifting will no longer remove the Rotting Putrescence creature debuff.
• [Subtlety](Restoration Talent) now applies to all spells, not just healing spells.
• [Swiftmend]: This ability will now be correctly penalized for casting low rank Rejuvenations and Regrowths just as other healing spells are penalized.
• Swiftmend: The button for this ability will now be greyed out when your current target does not have Rejuvenation or Regrowth.
• [Teleport: Moonglade]: This spell is no longer castable in Tree of Life Form.
• Tree of Life Form: The tooltip has been corrected to indicate [Nature's Swiftness] and [Rebirth] are castable in this form.

Hunters[]

Mages[]

• Added a new rank of [Ice Barrier] to mage trainers.
• [Arcane Brilliance], rank 1, is now available from trainers.
• Arcane Brilliance: Rank 2 of this ability now has the same range as rank 1.
• [Arcane Missiles]: Rank 3-11 will now consistently pulse 5 shots of arcane damage.
• Arcane Missiles: This spell is now affected by Spell Haste.
• [Arctic Winds] (Frost Talent) now also increases all Frost damage caused by 1-5%.
• [Cold Snap]: The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it only resets cooldowns caused by Frost spells. e.g.: Cold Snap will not reset the cooldown caused by [Dragon's Breath].
• [Conjure Mana Emerald]: This spell now triggers a global cooldown as intended.
• [Counterspell] duration reduced to 8 seconds, and the cooldown reduced to 24 seconds.
• Fixed some data errors that caused [Arcane Blast], [Ice Lance] and [Molten Armor] to generate more threat than intended.
• [Frostbite] effect is now subject to diminishing returns in PvP.
• [Frostbolt]: Damage on rank 12 has been increased slightly to ensure it did more damage than rank 11 at all levels.
• Hypothermia: If this debuff would prevent you from casting a spell on a given target, the button for that ability is now grayed out.
• [Ice Armor]:Rank 5 will now still trigger when all damage received is prevented by a damage shield, such as [Mana Shield].
• [Ice Block]: This ability no longer makes mages immune to Weakened Soul from [Power Word: Shield]. However, using this ability now causes Hypothermia, making the mage unable to cast Ice Block again for 30 sec.
• [Improved Fire Ward]: This talent will now work correctly with rank 6 of [Fire Ward].
• [Invisibility]: Clarified the tooltip on this ability to indicate any action breaks the invisibility effect.
• [Molten Armor]: This ability will no longer be triggered erroneously by some non-melee attacks, such as Feral Faerie Fire. It will also no longer break crowd controlling affects such as [Polymorph].
• Spell Steal: Stolen buffs that affect specific spells from the original target's class will no longer have any effect for the mage.
• The [Arcane Blast] debuff can no longer be dispelled.
• Water Elemental: This pet will now come into the game with full health and mana, including that gained from a percentage of its master's stamina and intellect.

Paladins[]

Priests[]

• [Binding Heal]: The mana cost has been reduced by 32%. The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it is a low threat spell, which was already the case.
• [Blackout]: The delay on the stun effect has been reduced.
• [Circle of Healing] (Holy) effect increased.
• [Empowered Healing] and [Holy Concentration] now affect [Binding Heal].
• [Focused Power] (Discipline) now also increases the chance to hit with [Mass Dispel], reduces the cast time of Mass Dispel but no longer increases the damage against feared targets.
• [Holy Fire]: The rank 9 tooltip has been corrected to indicate it does Holy damage.
• [Holy Nova]: Rank 2 will no longer receive double the intended increase in range from Holy Reach.
• [Mass Dispel] mana cost reduced.
• Mind control no longer has a 100 yard range limitation in instances.
• [Pain Suppression] now reduces damage taken by 65% and increases resistance to Dispel mechanics by 65% for the duration.
• [Power Infusion]: This ability is now unuseable on Rogues or Warriors.
• [Power Word: Shield]: The Weakened Soul effect will no longer sometimes be re-applied while zoning with this buff on.
• [Prayer of Fortitude]: The range on rank 3 has been changed to match all other ranks of this spell.
• Prayer of Fortitude, ranks 1 and 2, are now available on trainers.
• [Prayer of Mending]: This spell is now affected by [Silent Resolve], [Amplify Magic], and [Dampen Magic].
• [Prayer of Shadow Protection], rank 1, is now available on trainers.
• [Reflective Shield]: When this effect is triggered, the priest will no longer be forced to stand up.
• [Shadowfiend]: This pet will now come into the game with full health and mana, including that gained from a percentage of its master's stamina and intellect.
• Shadowfiend: The Shadowfiend will now correctly attack your target even if it is neutral or non-aggressive.
• Shadowfiend: Increased the Shadowfiend's chance to hit higher level enemies.
• [Shadowguard]: The rank 7 tooltip is now consistent with all other ranks of Shadowguard.
• [Shadow Weaving] (Shadow): Effect reduced by 1% per rank and Mana Burn will now correctly trigger this talent.
• [Shadow Word: Death]: Cooldown increased to 12 sec and will now properly damage the casting Priest when it is reflected.
• [Silent Resolve]: Some priest spells were unaffected by this talent. They should now all be affected.
• [Spirit of Redemption] and [Spiritual Guidance] now work while the priest is in [Shadowform].
• [Spirit Tap]: This ability will no longer be triggered by killing some creature-cast totems.
• [Spiritual Guidance]: This talent now works while the Priest is in [Shadowform].
• [Surge of Light]: [Smite] spells triggered by this talent will no longer sometimes critically strike. In addition, the free Smite granted will not consume the effect of [Inner Focus]. [Holy Nova] heals can now trigger Surge of Light as well.
• [Touch of Weakness]: This spell can now activate [Surge of Light].
• [Vampiric Touch]: This spell now consumes the [Inner Focus] buff.
• Weakened Soul: If this debuff would prevent you from casting a spell on a given target, the button for that ability is now grayed out.

Rogues[]

Shaman[]

• [Earth Elemental Totem]: This pet will now come into the game with full health, including that gained from a percentage of its master's stamina.
• [Earth Shield]: Adjusted the tooltip to indicate this ability works against all types of attacks, not just melee. This ability will also now properly trigger only from taking direct damage effects.
• [Earth Shock]: Rank 8 is now properly considered an Interrupt effect for talents and abilities that affect interrupts.
• [Elemental Focus]: This talent now reduces the cost of the next damage spell by 60%. It will also now trigger from bonus spells cast by [Lightning Overload].
• [Eye of the Storm] (Elemental): Clarified the tooltip on this talent to indicate it only works with Shaman spells.
• [Fire Elemental Totem]: This pet will now come into the game with full health and mana, including that gained from a percentage of its master's stamina and intellect. It will also now properly get increased stamina from a percentage of its master's stamina.
• [Flametongue Weapon]: This effect will no longer trigger while you are disarmed.
• [Frostbrand Weapon]: Rank 6 now properly receives increased effect from spell damage bonuses.
• [Healing Focus]: The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it only works with Shaman spells. e.g.: Does not work with [Gift of the Naaru].
• [Healing Way]: This talent now correctly modifies the healing done after all bonus effects have been applied.
• [Heroism]: Training cost increased to match the cost of [Bloodlust].
• [Lightning Shield]: Ranks 8 and 9 of this spell now trigger correctly while mounted.
• [Magma Totem]: This totem will now correctly do damage on its 10th tick, right before despawning.
• [Mana Spring Totem]: Duration increased to 2 minutes.
• [Mana Tide Totem]: This totem will no longer sometimes grant mana after it has been destroyed. It will also consistently grant mana 4 times instead of sometimes 3 and sometimes 5.
• [Healing Stream Totem]: Duration increased to 2 minutes.
• [Mental Quickness]: This talent now correctly reduces the cost of [Purge], [Flame Shock], [Frost Shock], [Earth Shock], [Bloodlust], [Heroism], [Lightning Shield], [Cure Poison], and [Cure Disease].
• [Nature's Guardian] (Restoration): Some spells and abilities did not trigger this talent. That has been fixed.
• [Restorative Totems] (Restoration): This talent no longer gives a bonus to a variety of jewelcrafting items.
• Trainer Animations: All new Shaman abilities will now correctly play the training animation when learned.
• [Water Shield]: When a Shaman with this spell active is afflicted with [Cyclone], the charge burned will now grant mana.
• [Windfury Weapon]: Mixing two different ranks of Windfury Weapon while dual-wielding will no longer increase the number of Windfury Weapon procs.
• Windfury Weapon: A bug with this spell was making off-hand procs receive less bonus damage than intended. It is now fixed.

Warlocks[]

Warriors[]

Pets[]

• Abilities and items that are triggered when you kill a target are also now triggered when your pet kills a target.
• Fixed the amount of happiness lost when you dismiss a Nether Ray pet.
• Voidwalkers will stop while they are consuming shadows.
• Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when you summon a mount. These pets will return on dismount. This does not affect pet happiness for Hunters.
• Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when you untalent.

Items[]

• The majority of level 70 epic items have been upgraded to reflect their intended power.
• Armor: All Burning Crusade items that spent part of their budget on increased armor have been re-evaluated. Some gained additional armor, while others gained other additional bonuses.
• Common unique items will not drop for you if you already have them in your inventory.
• Items which start quests you've already completed will show the correct feedback if you try to use them.
• Heroic difficulty instances end bosses will now always drop an epic item, in addition all bosses in Heroic difficulty instances will have a chance to drop an epic gem!
• Additional darkmoon cards can now be found on high level outland creatures. They can be turned in to the darkmoon faire to make powerful new darkmoon card trinkets. Look for Lunacy, Storms, Furies and Blessings cards.
•  [Serpent-Coil Braid]: The bonus spell damage from this trinket is now removed if the trinket is unequipped.
•  [Argussian Compass]: A bug where this trinket sometimes caused all the damage from an attack to be absorbed has been fixed.
• Health Regeneration: This effect on random property items has been renamed to Health per 5 sec.
• Khorium Lockboxes will now drop occasionally off creatures over level 65.
•  [Devilsaur Tooth]: This item has been reverted to pre-Burning Crusade design, granting an automatic critical strike to your pet's next attack.
•  [Nethershard],  [Ceremonial Kris],  [Illidari-Bane Mageblade],  [Summoner's Blade],  [Thunderlord Scalpel],  [Vibro Dagger],  [Vibro Sword], and  [Revered Mother's Crysknife]: These weapons can now only be used in the main hand.
• The  [Serpentshrine Shuriken] can now be sold to vendors.
•  [Xavian Stiletto] can now be sold to vendors.
•  [Wand of Biting Cold] can now be sold to vendors.
•  [Bloodseeker] now can now be sold to vendors.
• The  [Ironscale War Cloak] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Boots of the Infernal Coven] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Crown of Endless Knowledge] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Valanos' Longbow] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Ravager's Cuffs] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Deep Core Lantern] can now be disenchanted.
• The  [Devilshark Cape] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Demon Hide Spaulders] can now be disenchanted.
•  [Gladiator's Heavy Crossbow] can no longer be disenchanted.
• Tranquilien Reputation Items: Some of the items on this vendor were disenchantable. They no longer are disenchantable.
•  [Gladiator's Endgame] can no longer be disenchanted.
• Corrected a typo in the tooltip of  [The Hammer of Destiny]'s proc.
• Corrected a typo in the tooltip of  [Anesthetic Poison] in regards to the number of charge applied.
• Malefic Raiment: Corrected a tooltip calculation error.
•  [Bangle of Endless Blessings]: Fixed tooltip error on Meditation effect.
• Cataclysm Harness: Fixed a tooltip error on Invigorated effect.
• Updated the tooltip for Vengeance of the Illdari to clarify that it increases spell damage.
•  [Blade of Eternal Darkness]: The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it only works with direct damage spells.
•  [Wushoolay's Charm of Nature]: The tooltip has been corrected to indicate it grants spell haste.
• Corrected a naming inconsistency with Windchanneller's items.
•  [Figurine of the Colossus]: Corrected a typo in the tooltip of the buff provided by this item.
•  [Marsh Lichen]: This food is now considered a fungus.
•  [Stromgarde Muenster] is now correctly considered cheese for the purposes of feeding pets.
•  [Edible Fern] now triggers a global cooldown on use.
•  [Rumsey Rum],  [Rumsey Rum Light],  [Rumsey Rum Dark],  [Rumsey Rum Black Label],  [Halaani Whiskey],  [Gordok Green Grog],  [Raptor Punch],  [Stormstout],  [Trogg Ale], and Thunderbrew Lager: The stat bonuses from these drinks no longer stacks with stamina bonuses from other foods.
• Felguard Annihilators will now drop the proper loot in Heroic difficulty.
• Khorium Lockboxes will now contain loot of the appropriate level.
• Aeonus will now properly drop a Primal Nether in Heroic Difficulty.
• Coilfang Collaborators will now drop the proper loot in Heroic Difficulty.
• Demon Hunter Supplicants now drop the proper loot.
• Auchenai Death-Speakers and Doomsayers will now drop the appropriate loot.
• Netherstrike armor has had its socket bonuses changed.
• PvP Set Bonuses: Set bonuses of 35 resilience rating will now stack correctly if received from two different sets.
• Alliance Shaman PvP Sets: These sets now have set bonuses as intended.
•  [General's Dreadweave Boots]: Now available for purchase from the PvP vendor as intended.
• Assassination Set: The haste bonus from this set will no longer be triggered if your attack does not land on the target.
• Avatar Regalia Set: Tooltips corrected on the [Shadow Word: Pain] set bonus to indicate the triggered bonus works on the next spell cast only. The bonus also now correctly affects healing spells.
• Black Dragonscale Set: The hit rating bonus from this set now stacks properly with hit rating bonuses from other effects.
• Black Dragon Mail Set: The hit rating and critical strike rating set bonuses from this set will now stack correctly with other sources of those ratings.
• Cataclysm Harness Set: The cast time reduction to [Lesser Healing Wave] will now be displayed correctly as 1.5 sec in the Invigorated tooltip.
• Cenarion Raiment Set: The spell critical strike rating set bonus will now stack properly with other effects that give spell critical strike rating.
• Defiler's Purpose Set: The critical strike rating rom this set bonus will now be applied properly.
• Defiler's Resolution Set: The critical strike rating from this set will now stack correctly with other bonuses to critical strike rating.
• Devilsaur Set: The hit rating set bonus will now stack correctly with hit rating bonuses from other items.
• Earthfury Set: The set bonus that increases totem radius now works on [Wrath of Air Totem].
• Ebon Netherscale Set: The hit rating bonus from this set will now stack correctly with other hit rating bonuses.
• Frostfire Set: The 4 piece set bonus now works correctly with rank 4 [Mage Armor].
• Frozen Shadoweave Set: The set bonus from these items will no longer have its tooltip modified by the [Vampiric Embrace] talent and can no longer cause a critical strike heal.
• Hallowed Raiment Set: The [Binding Heal] set bonus on this set has been changed to 30% chance to resist losing casting time off Binding Heal when taking damage.
• Imbued Netherweave Set: The critical strike rating set bonus now stacks correctly with other effects that grant critical strike rating.
• Incanter's Set: Corrected precision error in display of cast time reduction in [Flamestrike]. The actual value is unchanged; it was displaying a rounded-off value before.
• Justicar Armor Set: The bonus to [Seal of Vengeance] now functions correctly.
• Malefic Raiment Set: The set bonus granting heals from periodic spells can no longer get critical strikes.
• Netherblade Set: The set bonus giving a chance to gain combo points on finishers now works correctly with [Slice and Dice] and [Deadly Throw].
• Overlord's Resolution Set: The dodge rating bonus from this set now stacks correctly with all other dodge rating effects.
• Voidheart Set: This set bonus will now trigger correctly from all shadow and fire spells.
• Warbringer Armor Set: The [Revenge] set bonus will no longer apply an excessive bonus to [Heroic Strike].
• Wyrmhide Set: Adjusted the tooltip on [Moonfire] cost reduction to indicate it is reduced by a percentage of the base cost, not the talented cost.
• Nordrassil Regalia: The [Regrowth] set bonus will now correctly be consumed by the first casting of Regrowth.
•  [Clefthoof Hide Leggings]: There were two items with this name. The world drop item has been renamed as  [Elekk Hide Leggings].
•  [Fathom-Brooch of the Tidewalker]: Healing spells and spells which are not critical strikes can now trigger this trinket.
•  [Heavenly Inspiration] no longer shares a cooldown with other trinkets which temporarily increase spell damage.
• The  [Talon of Al'ar]: This trinket now applies correctly to [Scatter Shot] and [Silencing Shot].
•  [Energized Wristwraps]: This item was incorrectly set to superior quality. It has been changed to good quality with the stat bonuses unchanged.
• Murloc Eggs: These pet-summoning items are now set to superior quality.
• Swift Flying Mounts: All the swift flying mounts will now display as epic items, rather than superior-quality items.
• The  [Twin-Bladed Ripper] icon has been changed.
• The  [Netherwhelp's Collar] now has it's own unique icon.
• The  [Lightsworn Hammer] icon has been changed to a mace icon.
• Replaced the placeholder art for Zeth'gor Shield and  [Dragonscale Shield] with permanent art.
•  [Staff of Prehistoria]: A placeholder icon will no longer become visible when creating this staff.
• Corrected the stats of  [Girdle of the Endless Pit].
• Corrected the stats of  [Supple Leather Boots].
•  [Scroll of Strength V] will now give the proper stat increase.
• Corrected many issues with helmets displaying and not displaying hair correctly.
• The  [Stealther's Helmet of Second Sight] will now properly hide facial hair.
•  [Warmaul Helmet]: This helmet no longer displays facial hair clipping through the helm.
• The  [Citrine Pendant of Golden Healing] should now properly work on players of all levels.
• Removed the level requirement on  [Battle Scarred Leggings].
• The  [Consortium Combatant's Robes] level requirement has been removed.
• The Spellfire and Shadoweave tunics have been changed to robes.
•  [Robes of Insight] will again correctly have its effect consumed by casting [Blink].
•  [Masquerade Gown] will now be triggered correctly by any spell, not just critical strikes.
• Adamantite Weight Stones now work on staves and fist weapons.
•  [Fel Weightstone] now works on fist weapons.
•  [Spymaster's Crossbow] can now be used by non-hunters.
• The  [Azerothian Longbow] will now properly display its firing animation.
• Halaa Ammo has been reduced in damage and is bind on acquire, but you can carry any number of them.
•  [Draenic Light Crossbow] now correctly uses arrows and has had its firing animation corrected.
• Lead Slug Shotgun: Correct sounds and animations are now attached.
•  [Longbeard Rifle] now has a gun animation and sound.
•  [Dragonbreath Musket],  [PC-54 Shotgun],  [Sporting Rifle], and  [Tauren Runed Musket] all now have a gun sound and animation instead of crossbow.
•  [The Night Blade]: The chance for the effect on this item to trigger has been reduced.
• The  [Flarethorn] will now display properly when sheathed.
•  [Aldor Guardian Rifle] will now work correctly.
•  [Mag'hari Light Recurve] will now work correctly.
•  [Ragehammer] again grants increased damage instead of attack power.
•  [Searing Needle]: The damage effect from this item is fixed and now works correctly.
• Atiesh (Greatstaff of the Guardian): The party aura from these items will now be reapplied correctly when a player logs into the game while already mounted.
• Hammer of Destiny: The mana restoring effect from this item will now display in the combat log.
•  [Earthwarden]: Damage when not shapeshifted reduced on this weapon; this was intended to be reduced like other feral weapons, but was overlooked.
• The  [Silver Star]: This low-level quest reward has been fixed to match the new system for thrown weapons. For technical reasons, all old Silver Stars are now listed as Broken and cannot be used. New ones gained will work correctly.
•  [Grunt's Waterskin]: This item now has the same effect as Footman's Waterskin.
•  [The Decapitator] should no longer give an immune message when used on certain creature types.
• The  [Discombobulator Ray] no longer works on flying targets.
•  [Goblin Rocket Launcher]: When this item stuns a warrior opponent, it can now trigger [Second Wind].
•  [Cosmic Infuser]: This item now works with [Gift of the Naaru] and [Holy Nova]. It does not work with affects which cause a target to heal themselves, [Earth Shield], [Lifebloom], [Prayer of Mending], etc., or which are caused by draining life or vampirism. Health potions and other consumables will no longer trigger it either.
•  [Mana Thistle]: Picking this herb will no longer case abilities such as [Lightning Shield] to trigger and burn changes.
•  [Nightmare Vine]: The poison from picking this herb is now considered Nature damage instead of Physical damage.
•  [Pendant of the Violet Eye] will no longer trigger from spells with no mana cost. It will also no longer get double procs from some Paladin spells.
• Pendant of Golden Healing: This item no longer gains benefit from bonus healing effects.
•  [Bangle of Endless Blessings] will no longer proc off of tradeskills.
•  [Bogslayer Bracers] now make the proper sound when moved in your inventory.
• Reduced the Silence and Interrupt reduction provided by  [Talisman of the Breaker].
•  [Band of the Eternal Champion]: This item is no longer triggered from being hit by ranged attacks.
•  [Band of the Eternal Defender]: The effect from this item now only affects the wearer, instead of the whole party.
•  [Eye of Gruul] has been redesigned to give a chance for a discount to be applied each time a heal is cast.
•  [Oculus of the Hidden Eye]: The tooltip for this item now specifies the user must kill a creature to gain its benefit.
•  [Lesser Rune of Warding]: This effect will now continue to work correctly after the target dies and resurrects.
•  [Greater Rune of Warding]: This effect will now continue to work correctly after the target dies and resurrects.
•  [Mark of Conquest]: The mana energizing effect from this item now correctly occurs on dealing ranged damage instead of taking it.
• Glyph of Renewal: The mana regeneration from this enchantment will now stack correctly with all other mana regeneration effects.
• Libram of Eternal Rest was causing Judgement of the Crusader not to refresh on each hit. That has been fixed.
•  [Auslese's Light Channeler]: [Avenger's Shield] will now consume the effect from this item.
•  [Hazza'rah's Charm of Healing] now provides haste rating as intended, instead of a fixed reduced cast time.
•  [Aegis of Preservation]: This item will now correctly heal the user; it was showing up in the log, but not increasing actual health.
•  [Mystical Skyfire Diamond]: The triggering rate on this item has been increased, but it now only reduces the cast time on spells by half; and Warlocks casting [Corruption] with maximum ranks in [Improved Corruption] will no longer consume the Focus buff from this gem.
•  [Lifegiving Gem]: This item will now only increase maximum and current health of the user by 1500. It will not also heal the user for 1500.
• Enraged Fel Sparks now properly drop Motes of Fire instead of Motes of Shadow.
• Primal Nethers may now be purchased from G'eras for Badges of Justice.
•  [Oracle Belt of Timeless Mystery]: The On Use effect changed to On Equip as intended.
•  [Abyssal Cloth Slippers]: There were two items with this name. The ones from the Burning Crusade have been renamed  [Abyssal Cloth Footwraps].
• Updated the  [General's Leather Boots] to properly reflect the Alliance counterpart.
•  [Area 52 Defender's Pants]: Arcane resistance on this item was unintended and has been removed.
•  [Brood Mother Leggings]: Now has a spell price and can be worn by non-hunters.
•  [Razaani-Buster Leggings]: This item can now be sold to a vendor.
•  [Mok'Nathal Hero's Pantaloons] now has a sell price and can be worn by non-hunters.
• Enchant Boots - Vitality: The health regeneration from this enchantment will now work in combat.
• Enchant Weapon- Spellsurge: The mana gained from this enchantment will now show up in the combat log.
• Malorne Raiment and Malorne Regalia: These sets no longer erroneously apply a reduction in cost to some Druid spells.
• Cyclone Regalia: The chance for a mana cost reduction to occur has been reduced.
• Warrior Tier 4 Tanking Set: The Blade Turning Bonus now prevents the correct amount of damage, 200.
• Priest Tier 5 Shadow Set: The Sadist buff will no longer be consumed when casting a spell which does neither damage nor healing.
• Priest Tier 4 Shadow Set: [Mind Flay] will now benefit correctly from the 4 piece bonus.
• Shaman Tier 5 Spell Damage Set: The 4 piece bonus will no longer be triggered by Shocks and [Chain Lightning].

Professions[]

• Alchemy
  • The chance of a discovery occurring while making potions has been substantially increased.
  • Elixirs now stack in two categories, Battle (Offensive) and Guardian (Defensive) Elixirs. You can only have one of each type of Elixir up at a time. As a result Elixirs now stack with class abilities such as [Arcane Intellect].
  • Elixirs now stack to 20.
  • Four new defensive elixirs have been added. Two are on trainers, one is in Halaa and one is in Cenarion Expedition.
  • Flask of Petrification can no longer be turned off during its duration, but it now will clear all threat from all monsters for the duration of the effect, though monsters may reacquire you after the effect ends.
  • Cooldown time on Earthstorm and  [Skyfire Diamond] transmutes has been reduced to 1 day.
  • Invulnerability potions now stop the first 120 damage per hit for 8 seconds, rather than making the imbiber physically immune.
  • The major protection potions made by Alchemy now require more  [Mana Thistle] and vials, but create 5 potions instead of just one.
  • Fel Strength elixirs now work correctly with elixir mastery.
  • Elemental Absorption potions now have a 2 minute duration rather than the 60 min duration they used to have.
  • Alchemy transmute of Heart of Fire to Elemental Fire changed to 15 minute cooldown.
  • Reagent cost and potency of all flasks has been reduced.
  • The cost of Imbued Vials has been reduced.
  • The chance to find a  [Fel Lotus] while picking an herb has been increased.
  •  [Juju Chill] and  [Juju Ember] are now considered Guardian Elixirs and do not stack with other resistance buffs.
  •  [Juju Flurry] is now considered a Battle Elixir and has been converted from haste to haste rating.
  •  [Ground Scorpok Assay],  [Juju Might],  [Juju Power], and R.O.I.D.S are now considered Battle Elixirs.
  •  [Crystal Force],  [Crystal Ward], [Gizzard Gum],  [Cerebral Cortex Compound],  [Juju Escape], [Lung Juice Cocktail],  [Juju Guile],  [Sheen of Zanza] and  [Swiftness of Zanza] are all now considered Guardian Elixirs.
  •  [Sheen of Zanza] is now considered a Guardian Elixir. Stamina and Spirit bonuses have been reduced to 25.
  •  [Elixir of Fortitude] now correctly displays its name in its buff tooltip.
  • The Alchemist's Stone bonus now works on potions that restore both health and mana.
  • Super Mana Potions now require 2  [Dreaming Glory] instead of 2  [Netherbloom] to create.
  • Super Healing Potions now require 2  [Netherbloom] instead of 2  [Dreaming Glory] to create.
  • Reduced the number of  [Stonescale Oil] required to make Greater Stoneshield Potions.
  • Reduced the reagents required to make Ironshield Potions.
  • New cauldron recipes can now be discovered when making most major protection potions. Cauldrons can provide an entire raid with a major protection potion.
• Enchanting
  • Enchant Bracer-Spellpower had its primal costs reduced slightly.
  • Enchanting recipes that increase spell damage now also increase healing as well.
  • The Major Defense Bracer enchantment has been moved from Ethereum Researchers to Ethereum Nullifiers.
• Engineering
• Fishing
  • The fishing timer has been reduced from 30 to 20 seconds and it now takes less time to fish.--> You now catch fish faster.
  • The fishing timer can no longer run through its duration without a fish biting.
  • Fishing has been removed from Arathi Basin and Alterac Valley.
  • Fixed a bug where you could catch 2 fish at once in some zones.
  • You can now fish in The Underbog.
• Jewelcrafting
• Leatherworking
• Herbalism
• Additional Profession Changes

Quest[]

• You can now interact with wanted posters while mounted.
• Grishnath Orbs can no longer be interacted with unless the character is on the quest,  [20-30] Exorcising the Trees.
• The Ammen Vale quest,   [1-10] Rescue the Survivors! is now properly flagged as draenei-only. Non-draenei who have this quest in their log should abandon it.
• Fixed a grammatical error in the quest,  [1-30] The Ring of Mmmrrrggglll.
• The quest,  [58] Defiling Uther's Tomb no longer has a time limit attached to it.
• The level for the Hellfire Peninsula quest,  [10-30] Natural Remedies has been dropped from 64 to 63.
• The  [Shadowy Disguise] for the quest,  [15-30] Who Are They? can no longer be gained while shapeshifted.
• Adjusted a few  [Restless Bones] piles in the Bone Wastes so that they were not under the ground.
• Fixed an issue with the quest,  [25-30G] Sabotage the Warp-Gate!, which would sometimes fail the escort as it began.
• The Blade's Edge Mountains quest,  [20-30] On Spirit's Wings is no longer shareable.
• Fixed some typos in the quest,  [20-30] Reunion.
• Completing the Horde quest, Reunion, will now auto-launch the next quest in the series, On Spirit's Wings.
• Directions to the Bloodmaul Camp are now included in the quest,  [20-30] The Smallest Creatures.
• The Horde version of the quest,  [20-30] Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater is no longer shareable.
• Completing the Horde version of the quest Gorgrom the Dragon-Eater will now auto-launch the quest,  [20-30G] Prisoner of the Bladespire.
• Directions to Gruul's Lair are now included in the quest, Prisoner of the Bladespire.
• The Scrap Reaver X6000 from the quest,  [25-30] You, Robot, no longer has its Repair ability.
• Matron Varah of Mok'Nathal Village no longer offers the quest,  [20-30] Understanding the Mok'Nathal. Now, only Leoroxx has that distinction, as was intended.
• Minimap arrow for the quest,  [15-30] Report to Allerian Post fixed.
•  [20-30] Whispers of the Raven God: Understanding Ravenspeech will now hit players at range.
• Bash'ir Landing and Razaan's Landing in Blade's Edge Mountains have been significantly expanded to support questing.
• Skettis in Terokkar Forest has had some adjustments to support questing.
• Millhouse Manastorm will now only award players credit for completing the  [30H] Trial of the Naaru: Tenacity upon the death of Harbinger Skyriss and only ONCE. Players will no longer receive credit through a gossip option on Millhouse.
• Goliathon, involved in the  [10-30] Natural Remedies quest, is now level 63. Goliathon Shardlings are now level 60-61.
• Uvuros in Shadowmoon Valley has had its powers and abilities reduced.
• The Brain Damage buff given from Ethereum Essences now lasts 60 seconds.
• Ethereum Relay corpses will now be viewable and lootable without having to be under the influence of Brain Damage.
• The quests  [20-30D] Trouble at Auchindoun, The Codex of Blood,  [20-30D] Into the Heart of the Labyrinth,  [20-30D] Find Spy To'gun, and  [20-30D] The Soul Devices, have had their minimum level reduced to 68.
• The drop rate for Rotten Arakkoa Eggs used in the quest  [25-30] Of Thistleheads and Eggs... has been increased.
•  [25-30G4] The Cipher of Damnation - Borak's Charge, has had its recommended players increased to 4.
• Ruul the Darkener has had his hit points and abilities slightly adjusted to make him not as punishing.
• The questline,  [25-30G] Zuluhed the Whacked now requires that players kill Zuluhed as part of the completion criteria.
• The  [Charred Bone Fragment] for the quest  [70] Digging Up the Past is now on a quicker respawn timer.
•  [Sunfury Disguise] pieces are now flagged as multi-drop.
• The Enraged Wraiths that spawn during the Eversong quest Powering Our Defenses have been scaled back in difficulty.
• Fengus' Ferocity, Mol'dar's Moxie, [Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer], Slip'kik's Savvy, and [Spirit of Zandalar] these buffs will no longer work on targets over level 63.
• Of Thistleheads and Eggs: The Rotting Putresence debuff gained during this quest is now correctly considered a stun, and effects which remove stuns will remove it.
•  [10-30] Shizz Work: The Stanky debuff will no longer cause some procs to trigger.
• The drops for  [30R] The Vials of Eternity have been modified. Vashj's and Kael's Vial Remnants are now multi-drop quest items. This means they'll be lootable by each raid member who is on the quest, as opposed to the four vials that drop at the moment.
• Void Crystals maximum stack size has been increased to 20 from 10.
• Zephyrium Capacitorium: This interactable object now makes a player immune to all attacks and spells while it is operating on them.
• Reduced the number of Black Dragonscales required for the warlock mount quest.

Reputation[]

Dungeons and Raids[]

• Sounds and voice-overs have been added to all Outland dungeons and raid zones.
• All 25 man raid bosses who drop set tokens will now drop an additional token.
• Lightsworn Vindicators outside the Black Temple will no longer attack players who are Hostile with the Aldor.
• Creatures will no longer Cleave targets that aren't in front of them.
• Silence spell duration has been changed from 6 to 5 seconds.
• Polymorph spell duration has been changed from 20 seconds to 8 seconds.
• Hooked Net spell duration changed from 10 to 6 seconds.
• Electrified Net spell duration changed from 10 to 6 seconds.
• Net spell duration changed from 10 to 6 seconds.
• Creatures will no longer perform Sweeping Strikes.
• Creature versions of Hamstring now deal 20% of the creature's normal melee damage, and is no longer tied to the creature's normal swings.
• Creature versions of Wing Clip now deal 20% of the creature's normal melee damage.
• Many humanoid Heroic creatures that are marked as uncharmable can now be seduced by a Warlock's Succubus pet.
• There is now a control panel to control the waterfall that blocks the entrance to Coilfang Raid to allow people stuck on the other side of the waterfall to leave.
• Mortog Steamhead standing outside of the Coilfang dungeons will repair armor and weapons as well as sell various items to those exalted with the Cenarion Expedition.
• Mortog will trade players Cenarion healing and mana salves for  [Coilfang Armaments]. These potions only work inside the Coilfang dungeon and raid zones.
• Most dungeon boss creatures will no longer slow their movement speed when they are wounded.
• Arcanist Xorith of the Scryers and Haldor the Compulsive of the Aldor will sell specialized flasks only usable in raid zones to players who are exalted with Cenarion Expedition: the Sha'tar and the Scryers or the Aldor (respectively). The flasks will only be purchasable with tokens obtained from creatures in Tempest Keep: The Eye, The Serpentshrine, and The Black Temple.
• The Domination spell can no longer choose pets as valid targets.
• Gruul is now more likely to use his Hurtful Strike and Ground Slam abilities on players instead of Cave-In.
• Hellfire Citadel:Ramparts
  • Bonechewer Destroyers now has a 2 second melee round time and will no longer Knock Away and wipe the target's threat on Heroic.
  • Bonechewer Evokers now attack slower.
  • Bleeding Hollow Scryer's Fear extended the repeat cooldown so the ability will happen less frequently.
  • Bonechewer Raveners on Heroic, damage has been reduced and will now attack slower.
  • The Liquid Fire damage radius graphic has been slightly altered to align more properly with damage; and damage has been significantly reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • Omor the Unscarred's Treacherous Bane ability on Heroic will now have the correct damage listed on the tooltip. The damage has also been reduced in Heroic. Changed the graphic to be more noticeable.
  • Added a 2 second cast time to Omor the Unscarred's Treacherous Aura and Treacherous Bane abilities.
  • Vazruden's Revenge damage has been raised on Heroic difficulty.
  • Nazan now emotes before landing.
  • Nazan now has a slight delay before fireballing after breathing fire while landed.
  • Vazruden's Warn Horn is now present in Hellfire Ramparts. It can be used to call Vazruden back if he leaves the instance between wipes.
• Hellfire Citadel: Blood Furnace
  • Shadowmoon Adepts on Heroic now double attack instead of triple attack on occasion.
  • Laughing Skull Legionnaire no longer uses the Sweeping Strikes ability.
  • Shadowmoon Technician's Silence spell is used less frequently.
  • Laughing Skull Warden will stay engaged with his main target on Heroic difficulty.
  • The Maker's Exploding Beaker damage and knockback radii have changed for consistency to both be 8 yards.
  • The Maker's Exploding Beaker damage has been increased on Heroic difficulty.
  • Shadowmoon Technician's Throw Dynamite ability damage has been increased.
  • Nascent Fel Orc will Dual Wield properly now.
  • Keli'dan the Breaker's Shadow Bolt Volley has had both its damage and range increased
  • Shadowmoon Channeler's Mark of Shadow will have a longer delay before being cast at the start of the fight and now does more damage.
  • Felguard Annihilators and Felguard Brutes will now do less damage.
• Hellfire Citadel:Magtheridon's Lair
  • Hellfire Warders have been significantly reduced in difficulty.
  • Hellfire Channeler's Shadow Bolt Volley has been made much more easy to interrupt.
  • The melee damage of Burning Abyssals has been significantly reduced.
• Hellfire Citadel: Shattered Halls
  • The Resist Shadow buff cast by Shadowmoon Acolytes will be dispelled from players if they leave the dungeon.
  • Shattered Hand Reavers will do less damage in Heroic difficulty.
  • The Uppercut used by the Shattered Hand Reaver now has a smaller combat range.
  • Rabid Warhounds on Heroic will now do less damage.
  • Shattered Hand Houndmaster's Impaling bolt damage and movement impairing effects have been increased.
  • Warbringer O'mrogg now applies a smaller amount of threat to the target of his Beatdown ability and will now correctly disable his Burning Maul ability after a wipe.
  • Warbringer O'mrogg and Warchief Kargath Bladefist can be seen from a farther distance.
  • Warchief Kargath Bladefist can now travel slightly farther during Blade Dance.
• Coilfang: The Slave Pens
  • Coilfang Defenders are only found in pairs while in Heroic difficulty.
  • Wastewalker Slaves will now be more difficult in Heroic difficulty.
  • Coilfang Defenders in Heroic difficulty no longer dual wield with their shields.
  • Rokmar the Crackler will now only apply Grievous Wound to his current target.
  • The maximum range of Quagmirran's Poison Bolt Volley has been increased and the spell now ignores line of sight. The damage over time component also is now fully affected by a player's nature resistance.
  • Coilfang Defenders should come in no more than a 2 pulls in Slave Pens on Heroic Difficulty.
  • The 2 Myrmidon, 1 Sorceress, 1 Slavehandler pull has been changed to a 2 Myrmidon pull.
  • Naturalist Bite is now level 70 in Heroic difficulty Slave Pens.
• Coilfang: The Underbog
  • Underbat in Heroic difficulty damage has been reduced.
  • Underbog Lurker in Heroic difficulty damage has been reduced.
  • Wild Growth on the Underbog Lurkers has been fixed.
  • Underbog Lurkers will now have a slight delay before using the Coral Cut ability on a target.
  • Murkblood Oracles and Murkblood Healers now have more mana.
  • The Murkblood Spearmen's Throw ability does more damage in Heroic difficulty.
  • Lykul Wasp and Lykul Stinger melee damage has been reduced.
  • Underbog Lords have had their damage reduced.
  • The Black Stalker's Spore Strider Summon should happen at more regular intervals and be less random.
• Coilfang: Steamvaults
  • Coilfang Oracles, Coilfang Sirens and Coilfang Sorceresses now have more mana.
  • Coilfang Engineer damage has been increased in Heroic difficulty.
  • Coilfang Engineer Throw Bomb ability damage has been increased and will throw more frequently.
  • Steam Surger damage damage has been significantly reduced.
  • Tidal Surger damage has been slightly reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • The Bog Overlord's Trample has been changed to be a 50 yard radius effect, but now does decreased damage and will be used less frequently in both heroic and normal difficulty.
  • Coilfang Siren's Fear now has a 1 second cast time and no longer removes all threat from feared players.
• Coilfang: Serpentshrine Cavern
  • The creatures that lead up to Hydross the Unstable and creatures at the six pumping stations are now on a 2 hour respawn instead of 45 minutes.
  • Slight changes on most creatures have been made including: aggro range changed to 30 yards detect, 15 yard call for help and hitpoints reduced. (Boss specific adds are not affected by this hitpoint reduction.)
  • Slightly reduced the number of creatures from the cavern entrance.
  • Modified the patrol patterns of some of the murlocs in Morogrim's room to make them easier to pull.
  • Non-boss creatures in Serpentshrine will now no longer respawn if the nearby boss has been killed, and should not respawn while in combat with the boss in question.
  • Fixed an issue with Hydross where you would kill him and he would instead change into his alternate form with 1 health.
  • The Mark of Hydross and Mark of Corruption debuffs can now affect the increases of the nature or frost damage taken up to 500%.
  • Refreshing Mist now correctly restores health.
  • Fixed an exploit related to Leotheras' Consuming Madness spell.
  • Lady Vashj can no longer use the ability Persuasion.
  • Toxic Spores no longer deal damage upon impact.
  • Tidewalker Lurkers no longer call for help from other nearby creatures.
  • Greyheart Technicians are now much easier to kill, and deal less damage.
  • Coilfang Priestesses may now be polymorphed.
  • Coilfang Priestess' Holy Fire spell now deals Holy damage, and the damage dealt by the spell has been lowered.
  • Morogrim Tidewalker's Earthquake no longer obeys line of sight restrictions
  • Creatures in the Serpentshrine now have a chance to drop  [Coilfang Armaments].
  • Hydross the Unstable's Vile Sludge spell will no longer hit pets.
  • Hydross the Unstable's melee damage has been reduced.
  • The spawns of Hydross have fewer hit points.
  • The Coilfang Frenzy now does increased melee damage, but Scalding Water damage has been decreased.
  • Leotheras the Blind's Chaos Blast radius has been significantly reduced, which will allow additional melee to damage Leotheras while he is in metamorphosis form.
  • Leotheras the Blind will now also spend less time whirlwinding before shifting into his metamorphosis form.
  • Leotheras the Blind's hit points have been reduced.
  • Inner Demons are now slightly easier to kill and deal less damage.
  • Serpentshrine Lurkers are now banishable and fearable, and no longer create mushrooms so quickly.
  • Morogrim Tidewalker has been moved to a more central location in his room.
  • Hydross the Unstable's hit points have been slightly reduced.
  • Colossus Ragers have had their health reduced significantly.
• Auchindoun: Mana-Tombs
  • Ethereal Sorcerer's in Heroic difficulty will summon Arcane Fiends less frequently.
  • The Dark Shell of Pandemonious is now more visibly noticeable when cast. The duration has been lowered from 8 to 6 seconds for Heroic difficulty.
  • Ethereal Priests, Ethereal Sorcerors, Spellbinders, and Theurgists now have more mana.
  • Nexus-Prince Shaffar's will now summon Ethereal Beacon at a more regular interval.
• Auchindoun: Auchenai Crypts
  • Angered and Raging Skeletons have had their movement speed decreased on Heroic difficulty.
  • Avatar of the Martyred's Mortal Strike damage has been reduced.
  • Shirrak the Dead Watcher's Fiery Blast damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • Raging Souls will now correctly despawn after casting their Rage spell on Heroic difficulty.
• Auchindoun: Sethekk Halls
  • Sethekk Guard's damage has been greatly reduced.
  • Sethekk Ravenguard's damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • Darkweaver Syth's aggro radius has been increased, and he can now see through both stealth and invisibility.
  • Sethekk Oracle's Arcane Lightning damage reduced and it will be cast less frequently.
  • Sethekk Oracles, Sethekk Shamans, Cobalt Serpents, and Time-Lost Scryers in Normal difficulty now have mor mana.
  • Sethekk Prophets, Time-Lost Controllers, and Time-Lost Shadowmages in both difficultys now have mor mana.
  • Added a 1 second cast time to the Spell Reflection ability of the Sethekk Initiates. Note that this is an ability and not a spell, and as such the ability can not be interrupted via counterspell, kick, and other interrupts.
  • The Arcane Destruction buff cast by Sethekk Scryers when mind controlled or spell-steal is used, will now be automatically dispelled when a player leaves the instance.
  • Sethekk Talon Lords now wield a scimitar and shield instead of a polearm.
  • Time-Lost Shadowmage will now be able to cast Curse of the Dark Talon spell more than once.
  • Talon King Ikiss on Heroic difficulty has been significantly reworked. He now has a point blank area of effect slow spell, increased damage on the Arcane volley , increased damage on the Arcane Explosion, and reduced the frequency on his Polymorph.
  • Talon King Ikiss is more obvious when he is about to cast Arcane Explosion.
• Auchindoun: Shadow Labyrinth
  • The Shadow Defense spell cast by a Cabal Acolyte when mind controlled or spell-steal is used, will now be automatically dispelled when a player leaves the instance.
  • Fel Overseer's Mortal Strike in Heroic difficulty now deals less damage.
  • Malicious Instructor, Cabal Cultist, Cabal Assassin, Cabal Fanatic and Blackheart the Inciter have all had their damage reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • Cabal Cultist's damage has been reduced in Heroic difficulty changed.
  • The damage dealt by Murmur's Thundering Storm is now increased properly by Resonance.
  • Reduced the number of creatures in Shadow Labyrinth.
• Caverns of Time: Escape from Durnholde
  • The Durnholde Mage's Polymorph spell will be cast less frequently.
  • Infinite Slayer's Mortal Strike damage has been reduced.
  • Lieutenant Drake's melee speed has been slowed slightly and damage reduced.
  • Captain Skarloc's Consecration ability and melee damage has been increased on Heroic difficulty.He will now take damage properly when he dispels Unstable Affliction.
  • Infinite Defiler's Curse of Infinity on Heroic difficulty has been renamed to Bane of Infinity, since the effect is not removable as a curse.
  • The Human Illusion spell will now interact correctly with [Shadowform] and Druid shapeshifts.
• Caverns of Time: Opening of the Dark Portal
  • Temporus' Spell Reflection ability on Heroic difficulty now has a duration of 6 instead of 8 seconds.
  • Temporus may no longer be disarmed.
  • Chrono Lord Deja's Time Lapse may no longer be reflected.
• Karazhan
• Tempest Keep
  • The hitpoints of all non-boss mobs has been reduced. The boss specific adds should not be affected by this change.
  • Creatures in Tempest Keep: The Eye, The Arcatraz, The Mechanar, The Botanica all have a chance at dropping health and mana potions that will only function inside the Tempest Keep raid and dungeon instances.
  • The damage dealt by Novice Astromancers and Apprentice Star Scryers has been greatly reduced.
  • Crystalcore Sentinels no longer Trample.
  • The range of Crimson Hand Battle Mage's Frost Bolt Volley has been increased.
  • Astromancers and Astromancer Lords no longer use the Blast Wave ability, and the range of their Fireball Volley spells has been increased.
  • The damage over time and radius of the Star Scryer's Starfall spell has been reduced.
  • Arcane Resistance will prove much more effective against High Astromancer Solarian's spells.
  • High Astromancer Solarian now summons fewer Solarian agents, and the Solarium Agents now deal less damage.
  • The Al'ar encounter has been significantly reworked. Her movement around the room will now be more predictable, Al'ar's hit points have been reduced, and killing the Embers of Al'ar will now be both much more possible and more rewarding to the raid.
  • High Astromancer Solarian's hit points have been greatly reduced.
  • Reduced the radius of Fragmentation Bombs in Tempest Keep to better match their visual.
• Tempest Keep: The Botanica
  • Bloodwarder Protector's Crystal Strike may now be dodged and parried.
  • Tempest-Forge Peacekeepers now deal Physical melee damage instead of Arcane, and now longer perform the Arcane Blast ability on Heroic difficulty.
  • The duration of Vial of Poison has been reduced significantly.
  • Greater Frayer's do more damage in Heroic difficulty.
  • Nethervine Reapers and Inciters' damage has been reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • Thorngrin the Tender's damage has been reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • Mutate Fleshlasher's damage has bene reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • The Sunseeker Gene-Splicer's Death & Decay will occur less frequently and the damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • Mutat Fear-Shrieker and Mutate Horror hit points are reduced
  • Warp Splinter's Arcane Volley damage has been reduced on Heroic.
  • The Bloodwarder Protector's involved in the fight with the Mutate Horror's and Mutate Fear-Shrieker's in The Botanica no longer remain at 1 health and will properly be killed.
• Tempest Keep: The Mechanar
  • Bloodwarder Physicians now have more mana.
  • Nethermancer Sepethrea will no longer break nearby players' stealth when engaged.
• Tempest Keep: The Arcatraz
  • Protean Nightmare,and Arcatraz Defenders damage has been reduced in Heroic difficulty.
  • There are less Arcatraz Sentinel corpses in the dungeon.
  • Zereketh the Unbound's Seed of Corruption will not knock players back as far.
  • Zereketh's melee damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • Zereketh's Shadow Nova and the Death Watcher's Death Blastdamage has been reduced..
  • The Arcatraz Sentinel's Energy Discharge damage has been reduced..
  • Negaton Screamer and Negatron Warp-Master melee damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • Eredar Deathbringer's Diminish Soul damage has been reduced.
  • Eredar Soul-Eater's Soul Chill damage has been significantly reduced.
  • Skulking Witch's Chastise ability damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • The Unbound Devastator will no longer be able to use the Devastate and Deafening Roar abilities at the same time. A small shared cooldown has been added to both abilities.
  • Ethereum Wave-Casters, Ethereum Life-Binder, and Gargantuan Abyssal melee damage has been reduced on Heroic difficulty.
  • Unchained Doombringer's War Stomp now deals less damage.
  • Harbinger Skyriss's Mind Rend will be used less frequently and the damage has been reduced.
  • Harbinger Skyriss's Domination duration has been changed to 6 seconds.
  • Harbinger Skyriss's Mana Burn drain has been reduced on Heroic.
  • Akkiris Lightning-Waker's Lightning Discharge damage has been reduced on Heroic.
  • There are fewer Protean Nightmares roaming the halls of the Arcatraz.

User Interface[]

• Players will now be able to access the Looking For Group Channel by joining the Looking For Group/Looking for More tool.
• Using abilities and casting spells that cannot be used while mounted will now auto-dismount players as needed. This can be disabled by turning off the auto-dismount option in the UI options.
• Spells that have reagent costs will show the number of uses left in the lower right corner of the action icon, just like consumable items on the action bar.
• Holding down the shift key while mousing over an equippable item that you can use will now show you the tooltip for the item you currently have equipped in that slot as well (much like how the auction house currently works).
• The network performance meter now shows framerate and how much memory AddOns are using.
• You can socket items while in flight.
• When consuming reagents or using items on the action bar, smaller stacks will be used before larger stacks.
• Players who feign death no longer appear dead to party and raid members and friendly spells will not be interrupted.
• Sending item links with invalid enchantments will disconnect you.
• Equippable items displayed as quest rewards will always show you the tooltip of the item you are currently wearing in that slot.
• The area of interest while on a flight path is farther along the path instead of in front of you.
• Your current target will now display all of the duration based spells that you have cast on them with cooldown rings so you will know how much longer they will last. Very useful for warlock damage over time spells and druid healing over time spells as well as many others.
• Raid Windows now remember their position in the gamefield between sessions.
• A Main tank and Main assist window have been added to the raid UI that can be pulled out into the gamefield. These windows automatically show the main tank/main assist's target by default.
• Profession UI now has a search field. Text that is entered into the search field searches against item names, reagent names and item levels (if you include a level). For instance you can type Peace into the search field to see all of your recipes that use Peacebloom, or type in 20-30 to see all of you level 20-30 recipes. This search field only appears once you have more than 75 skill in your profession.
• Profession UI now has a checkbox that allows you to search by only items that you have the materials to make.
• Active corpses or objects (ones with loot on them) now can be selected and looted, even if they are underneath another corpse that does not have loot on it.
• While flying or swimming the 'X' key will now make you move down.
• Hunter Pets now display their spell damage bonus on the pet pane. The actual effect will nearly always be less than the bonus listed as it depends on the bonus coefficient of the spell the pet is using.
• Hunters now have a UI option Auto Attack/Auto Shot that if turned off means that the hunter will not automatically switch between ranged attack and melee attack difficulty when the range changes.
• Party members will no longer see a hunter who is feigning death as actually dead.
• Shamans are now a darker blue in the raid UI so they have a more distinct color.
• Items that have additional armor on them higher than standard for an item of that quality and level will have the armor value displayed in green.
• Gems are now searchable in the Auction House under the heading of Gem with the gems then broken up by color so you can search for all gems of a specific color.
• When items are being put up for sale on the Auction House, if the item you are putting up for bid is the same item and quantity as the previous item you put up for bid, it will automatically fill in the price and buyout for you with your previous price.
• The 'Status Bar Text' option in the interface options UI will now display numeric values for all party members health/mana bars in addition to your own.
• Raid and Battleground chat options have been added to the chat button that is attached to the chat log.
• New Tips of the day have been added.
• You can now link recipes into chat. If you have chat input open and you shift-click on one of your recipes in your profession UI then it will put a link to that recipe with the reagents it requires to make into chat.
• Raid assistants can now start a ready check.
• You can now display the amount of healing you do to a target in the gamefield. This option can be turned on with the Healing option in the floating combat text section of interface options.
• The Auction House now has a reset button that will reset all fields you have entered to allow you to quickly try a different search.
• Movement now interrupts the usage of the  [Evergrove Wand].
• Casting beneficial spells while using the  [Overseer Disguise] will now drop the disguise.
• The Overseer Disguise now has a 1 second casting time, and can no longer be activated while in combat.
• The  [Triangulation Device] from the Triangulation Point quests in Netherstorm will no longer allow the character to see Ethereum Relays.
• The directional indicators on the minimap for the towns have been added in Outlands.
• Searches in the auction house for French, German, and Spanish now do character swapping for some accented characters to yield better results.
• There is now a Rotate Minimap feature.
• You can now enable target of target in raid windows
• New interface option: Open Loot Window at Mouse
• New interface option: Disable Lua Errors
• You now see the season stats instead of weekly stats for arena teams when you inspect another player
• Guild names now appear in player tooltips
• Stackable items retrieved from mail will automatically stack in your inventory
• You are now able to right click a player name to report them to GMs for spam. Please note that reporting any other issues through this method may result in them not being processed correctly.
• User Interface Scripting
  • Macro Features:
    • New conditional [flyable] which is true if you're in a location where you could use a flying mount
    • You can use %f in chat text to refer to your focus, the same way %t or %n refers to your target.
    • Added macro option support for /dismount
    • Macros containing conditionals will automatically update their visual feedback as appropriate during play.
      1. show and #showtooltip can be given conditionals and will update dynamically
      2. show and #showtooltip can be given a slot number, to display the appropriate feedback for that slot
    • Added bag and slot number support to: /castsequence, /cast, /castrandom, /use, /userandom, /equip, /equipslot
    • New slash command /cancelform
    • The /equip command can take item identifiers specified as item:<id>: e.g. /equip [modifier:alt] item:25640
    • You can provide several conditional clauses for a single action, which will be performed if any of the clauses evaluates to true. e.g. /cast [target=target,help,nodead] [target=targettarget,help,nodead] [target=player] Flash of Light
  • For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros Forum.

World Environment[]

• Two new graveyards have been added to Blade's Edge Mountains.
• Wandering NPCs will turn to face you more quickly when you interact with them.
• The Fel Cannons in Outland should no longer be falling thru the terrain.
• Obsidian Elementals are now correctly immune to bleed effects.
• The casting of the Sun Shield" spell used by Firewing Warlocks will now show up in the combat log.
• Void Baron Galaxis will no longer despawn 10 seconds after death.
• Uvuros now moves considerably faster than before.
• Arch Mage Xintor now has pickpocket loot.
• Auchenai Crypts: Creatures here will no longer occasionally drop aquatic-oriented items, Fish Scales, etc.
• Boulderfist Warrior: Mages can now [Blink] when stunned by this creature. In addition, its "Shoulder Charge" ability now has a minimum range.
• Dark Worg: This creature no longer drops cash.
• Dragonhawks: Some of these creatures were unskinnable. Almost all are now skinnable. Exception: Feral Dragonhawk Hatchlings.
• Dust Howler: This creature's "Howling Dust" ability is now correctly removed by " [Cloak of Shadows]".
• Earthcaller Ryga, Eclipsion Cavalier,Eclipsion Soldier,Vyral the Vile, Eclipsion Spellbinder,Gan'arg Sapper,Grillok Darkeye, Hand of Kargath, Mag'har Grunt, Unliving Caretaker, Unyielding Sorcerer,Worg Master Kruush, Z'kral, Blacktalon the Savage and Debilitated Mag'har Grunt all now have pickpocket loot.
• Fel Cannons: These creatures now drop loot.
• Krellack can now be skinned.
• Lady Shav'rar: Druid shapeshifting now breaks the creature's freeze affect.
• Mana Wraith: This creature is no longer immune to the hunter pet ability [Warp].
• Mennu: The boss's healing ward totem will no longer trigger kill procs when killed.
• Mosh'ogg Witch Doctor: The Ward of Laze totems summoned by this creature can no longer be destroyed by area attacks.
• Motes of Mana: Several water-themed creatures were dropping Motes of Mana; they now drop Motes of Water.
• Murkblood Scavengers: The cash dropped by these creatures has been drastically reduced.
• Rockflayers: All creatures of this type now have pickpocket loot.
• Scarshield Spellbinder: The fire resist buff from this creature will no longer work on targets over level 63.
• Skettis Arakkoa: These creatures will now drop Arakkoa Feathers as intended.
• Unbound Devastator: The disarm from this creature now fails against disarm-immune targets.
• Throne Hound: This creature now has elite-quality loot.
• Throne of Kil'jaedan: Elite creatures in this area now drop elite-quality loot.
• Veil Lithic Arakoa: These creatures will now drop Arakkoa Feathers as intended.
• Area 52: Added a guard near an exploitable dead zone in town.
• A new flightmaster has been added to Forest Song in Ashenvale.
• New flight points have been added:
  • --Felwood, Emerald Sanctuary (Both)
  • --Ashenvale, Forest Song (Alliance)
• New flight paths added:
  • --Stormwind <-> Thorium Point
  • --Grom'gol Base Camp <-> Flame Crest
  • --Ratchet <-> Gadgetzan, Astranaar, Brackenwall Village
  • --Brackenwall Village <-> Ratchet, Camp Taurajo, Freewind Post
  • --Thunderbluff <-> Zoram'gar Outpost
  • --Evergrove <-> Toshley's Station
  • --Honor Hold <-> Shattrath
• Many flight paths have been adjusted to be shorter, faster flights.
• Several flight paths which clipped thru objects have been adjusted.
• An Inn and mailbox have been added to Evergrove in Blades Edge Mountains.
• A Forge and Anvil has been added to Cosmowrench in Netherstorm.
• Improved combat movement for flying creatures.
• Apothecary Azethen, Ryathen the Somber, Arcanist Calesthris Dawnstar, Magister Duskwither, Tethik, Darnassian Protector, and Groggeroc no longer get loot sparkles when killed.
• Antilus the Soarer: This creature can now be skinned.

Mac[]

• Added 'maxfps' game variable, when set to a non-zero value it will limit the game's frame rate when the game is the frontmost application or full screen. Also added 'maxfpsbk' game variable, when set to a non-zero value it will limit the game's frame rate when the game is not in the foreground. Each of these variables can be left set to '0' which disables them, or an integer value representing the desired frame rate limit.

Bug Fixes[]

Patch 2.1.0.6729[]

Release date: 2007-05-30.

• Fixed a crash in the client.^[1]

Notes[]

• There is a possible retcon in the trailer for this patch; Akama recalls Warcraft III dialogue from a scene where he was not present.

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