World of Warcraft News and Raiding Strategies

We’re teaming up with Amazon Prime Gaming for a special offer*! For a limited time, Prime Gaming subscribers can get up to three transmog helms for World of Warcraft** returning straight from the Blizzard Archive—the blazing Jewel of the Firelord, the somber Hood of Hungering Darkness, and the frosty Crown of Eternal Winter.

Starting today until September 20, 2022 Prime Gaming members can embrace the cold when they claim the icy Crown of Eternal Winter.

Offer #1 – Jewel of the Firelord
Claim by July 26, 2022 to receive this transmog helm.

Offer #2 – Hood of Hungering Darkness
Available July 27. Claim by August 23 to receive this transmog helm.

Offer #3 – Crown of the Eternal Winter
Available August 24. Claim by September 20, 2022 to receive this transmog helm.

Once you claim an offer, log in to World of Warcraft and visit your favorite transmogrifier in any major city (like Warpweaver Dushar in Orgrimmar or Warpweaver Hashom in Stormwind). Look for your new helm transmogs in the Appearances tab of your Collection, then apply your freshly obtained helm look to your character.

Before linking your Twitch and Blizzard accounts, check to see that you’re not logged in to any other Blizzard accounts at the same time in the same browser, as this could cause complications. For the best results, complete the process in "private browsing" or "incognito" mode.

Once you claim a Prime Gaming reward for World of Warcraft, and if you remain an active Prime Gaming member, all future rewards in the campaign will be automatically applied to the same Blizzard account and cannot be transferred. Be sure that your preferred Blizzard account is connected to your Twitch account at the time of enrolling!

*Offer only available where Twitch Prime is available.

**Transmog helms not available in WoW: Classic, Burning Crusade Classic or Season of Mastery.

Dungeons and Raids

• Mythic+
  
  • Return to Karazhan: Lower
    
    • Developers’ note: We wanted to give players time to re-learn mechanics in returning dungeons before making large nerfs, however, Lower Karazhan continues to stand out as an outlier in difficulty so we are making larger changes to bring it in line with the difficulty of the other dungeons in Season 4.
    • Several Skeletal Ushers are taking a break from protecting the Opera Hall.
    • Several Skeletal Ushers have relocated to account for their partners taking a break.
    • Arcane Warden and Skeletal Usher now contribute more credit to Enemy Forces.
    • Spectral Valet’s Demoralizing Shout cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
    • Coldmist Widow’s Caustic Venom damage over time damage reduced by 50%.
    • Phantom Guardsman will no longer cast Shield Smash.
    • Ghostly Chef will no longer cast Cleave.
    • Ghostly Baker will no longer cast Rolling Pin.
    • The following abilities will no longer be cast on a nearby target if their current target is out of range:
      
      • Forlorn Spirit’s Shadow Rend
      • Ghostly Chef’s Roast
    • The Opera Hall: Westfall Story
      
      • Gang Ruffian’s Poisonous Shank initial damage reduced by 20%.
      • Gang Ruffians and Shoreline Tidespeakers will no longer trigger Storming or Explosives after being defeated.
      • Toe Knee’s Dashing Flame Gale initial damage and damage over time reduced by 30%.
      • Mrrgria’s Thunder Ritual damage reduced by 30%.
    • Moroes
      
      • Garrote damage reduced by 15%.
      • Garrote will now correctly display its duration.
    • Attumen the Huntsman
      
      • Mounted Strike will no longer be cast on a nearby target if his current target is out of range.
      • Resolved an issue where Attumen the Huntsman would resume casting Intangible Presence.
    • Maiden of Virtue
      
      • Sacred Ground damage reduced by 20%.
      • Holy Bulwark absorb reduced by 15%.
  • Return to Karazhan: Upper
    
    • The following abilities will no longer be cast on a nearby target if their current target is out of range:
      
      • Forlorn Spirit’s Shadow Rend
      • Rat’s Poison Fang
    • Resolved an issue that would cause Chess pieces to regenerate health while in combat.
    • The Curator
      
      • Power Discharge’s visual effect now more correctly reflects where it will impact.

We’re planning to playtest the Wintergrasp Battleground on Thursday, August 25 at 3:00 p.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. CDT, 6:00 p.m. EDT).

Please join us on the Wrath of the Lich King Classic Beta PvP realm, and play with the blues. Members of our Classic Development, QA, and Community teams will be online at that time to put Wintergrasp through its paces and rev up some siege engines for the [faction]!

Thank you very much!

Auction House

• Addressed multiple issues causing degraded Auction House performance.
  
• Fixed a bug causing Incoming Amount to display the incorrect value for sales of commodities in full stacks.

Dungeons

• All Mythic+ dungeon tuning will occur during scheduled weekly maintenance in each region.
  
• Iron Docks
  
  • Sanguine Sphere's absorb now scales with keystone level.
    
• Lower Karazhan
  
  • Galindre and Elfyra's health reduced by 35%.
    
  • Winged Assistant's Throw "Stuff" damage reduced by 40%.
    
  • Winged Assistant's health reduced by 35%.
    
  • Galindre's Flashy Bolt damage reduced by 30%.
    
  • Elfyra's Defy Gravity damage reduced by 50%.
    
  • Atumen the Huntsman will no longer cast Intangible Presence.
    

Player versus Player

• The minimum item level players are scaled up to in Solo Shuffle has been increased to 278, as intended.
  
• [EU realms only] Fixed a bug that unintentionally decreased all players' matchmaking ratings.