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by Published on 2025-05-14 01:11 AM

Mists of Pandaria Classic Beta Raid and PvP Testing Schedule
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Thank you for joining us in the Mists of Pandaria Classic Beta.

Next up: the first MoP Raid: Mogu’shan Vaults.

We’re planning two Mogu’shan Vaults Beta weekends:

  • Friday, May 16 - Monday, May 19
  • Friday, May 30 - Monday, June 2

Raid weekends will begin at 1:00 p.m. PDT on Friday and end at 10:00 a.m. PDT on Monday.

FYI: we’re also planning something new for a Classic Beta, a test PvP Season. We intend to kick that off in the Beta on Thursday, May 22.

Please stay tuned for more information!
by Published on 2025-05-13 11:01 PM

Patch 11.1.7 PTR - Build 60799
Build 60799 will be deployed to the Public Test Realms soon.

Legacy of Arathor 11.1.7 PTR Development Notes
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Here are this week’s updates to the Legacy of Arathor 11.1.7 PTR:

The Greedy Emissary Returns

The Greedy Emissary event is now available for testing. During this event you’ll be able to encounter deviously greedy emissaries in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Dornogal, and Undermine for new diabolical rewards— including a mount. You won’t want to miss some truly iconic rewards including recolors of classic Tier 2 armor sets for your characters.

Treasure Goblins spawn every hour on the hour in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, and Dornogal. In Undermine, each rare can spawn a portal when they are defeated (one portal per rare, per hour). And if you’re lucky enough to find an elixir on a Treasure Goblin, try using it on the next portal!

User Interface and Accessibility
  • New Setting: Assisted Highlight – Highlights a suggested ability on the Action Bar to use. Assisted Highlight can be enabled in Options > Advanced Options.
  • Removed the Help Tip for minimizing the Spellbook.

Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Hunter (Forums)
  • Master's Call (New) Command Pet Ability. Command Pet Ability. 40 yd range. Instant. 45 sec cooldown.
  • Mongoose Bite A brutal attack that deals [ 212.1% [ 275.73% of Attack Power ] Physical damage and grants you Mongoose Fury. Mongoose Fury Increases the damage of Mongoose Bite by 15% for 16 sec, stacking up to 5 times. Successive attacks do not increase duration. Requires Two-Handed Melee Weapon. 30 Focus. 40 yd range. Instant.
  • Raptor Strike A vicious slash dealing [ 260% [ 286% of Attack Power ] Physical damage. Requires Two-Handed Melee Weapon. 30 Focus. 40 yd range. Instant.

Shaman (Forums)
Affliction, Arcane, Arms, Assassination, Augmentation, Balance, Beast Mastery, Blood, Brewmaster, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Discipline, Elemental, Enhancement, Feral, Fire, Frost, Fury, Guardian, Havoc, Holy, Marksmanship, Mistweaver, Outlaw, Preservation, Protection, Restoration, Retribution, Shadow, Subtlety, Survival, Unholy, Vengeance, Windwalker
  • Single-Button Assistant Casts a rotation of Casts damaging abilities for use in combat, rotating through them based on priority. The global cooldown of. Abilities used through the Single-Button Assistant incur an additional 0.3 second global cooldown is 25% longer. Shaman - Affliction, Arcane, Arms, Assassination, Augmentation, Balance, Beast Mastery, Blood, Brewmaster, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Discipline, Elemental, Enhancement, Feral, Fire, Frost, Fury, Guardian, Havoc, Holy, Marksmanship, Mistweaver, Outlaw, Preservation, Protection, Restoration, Retribution, Shadow, Subtlety, Survival, Unholy, Vengeance, Windwalker Spec. Shaman - Affliction, Arcane, Arms, Assassination, Augmentation, Balance, Beast Mastery, Blood, Brewmaster, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Discipline, Elemental, Enhancement, Feral, Fire, Frost, Fury, Guardian, Havoc, Holy, Marksmanship, Mistweaver, Outlaw, Preservation, Protection, Restoration, Retribution, Shadow, Subtlety, Survival, Unholy, Vengeance, Windwalker Spec. 30 yd range. 2 sec cast.

Item Effects
  • K'areshi Memory Crystal Take on the appearance of a K'aresh for until cancelled. Instant. 30 min cooldown. K'areshi. Instant. 30 min cooldown.
  • Lightning-Blessed Spire Summons a Lightning-Blessed Spire at target location. 45 yd range. Instant.5 min cooldown.
  • Sea-Blessed Shrine Summons a Sea-Blessed Shrine at target location. 45 yd range. Instant.5 min cooldown.



Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
  • ASSISTED_COMBAT_HIGHLIGHT_DIALOG_WARNING - Assisted Highlight will only suggest visible spells. abilities.
  • ASSISTED_COMBAT_ROTATION_ACTION_BUTTON_HELPTIP - The Single-Button Assistant will suggest spells abilities for you. Use it like any other spell. ability.
  • ASSISTED_COMBAT_ROTATION_SPELLS_LIST_HIDE - Right click to hide list of spells abilities
  • ASSISTED_COMBAT_ROTATION_SPELLS_LIST_SHOW - Right click for list of spells abilities
  • OPTION_TOOLTIP_ASSISTED_COMBAT_HIGHLIGHT - Enables highlights that suggest the spell to cast.|nThe ability to use.|nThe Assisted Highlight will only suggest visible spells. abilities.
by Published on 2025-05-13 06:50 PM

Feral Druid 3% Damage Buff Now Live
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Despite the recent blue post stating that Feral Druids were set to receive a 3% buff to their damage output, this change hasn’t actually been implemented as confirmed by the latest datamining results. Many in the community, myself included, were hopeful this small buff might help alleviate some of the performance gaps we’ve experienced lately, but it’s disappointing to see that even this small adjustment hasn’t been implemented yet.

Missing no longer!

This adjustment decided to come with maintenance a week later than all the others.

Wrecking Throw and Shattering Throw PvP Changes
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With an intended adjustment made during maintenance today,

Player versus Player

Warrior
  • Wrecking Throw’s damage increase to shields is now 75% less effective in PvP combat (was 30% less effective).
  • Shattering Throw’s damage increase to shields is now 75% less effective in PvP combat (was 30%).

We’ll have these and all other changes listed in today’s hotfixes update.
by Published on 2025-05-12 10:56 PM

Resurrections for Hardcore Deaths due to DDoS - April 24 and May 3
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We have identified and resurrected characters who died due to circumstances caused by distributed denial-of-service attacks on the Doomhowl realm on April 24, and on the Doomhowl and Defias Pillager realms on May 3. We are done with these restorations, and affected players should be able to select the ghost character on the Doomhowl and Defias Pillager realms and log into it to complete the process.

Please be reminded:

  • If we decide to restore characters lost to a DDoS attack, we will only restore characters that remain on their Hardcore realm. A character cannot be restored if the character was transferred to another realm.
  • Blizzard Customer Support cannot assist with issues related to characters who have died on Hardcore realms.

Please do not contact Blizzard Customer Support with any inquiries regarding character deaths on Hardcore realms.

Thank you very much!

Additional Resurrections for Hardcore Deaths due to DDoS - April 24 and May 11
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’ve completed a second pass on characters lost during the April 24 DDoS, and additionally resurrected characters that died during the DDoS yesterday, May 11.

All of the above took place on the Doomhowl realm.
by Published on 2025-05-12 02:10 PM

The War Within Turbo Boost Event Extended Maintenance - May 13, 2025
Blizzard has announced an extended maintenance for the Turbo Boost Event launch day in North America, lasting approximately 4 hours from 7:00 AM PT until 11:00 AM PT. European realms will have the usual 1-hour maintenance on Wednesday, from 3:00 AM CET until 4:00 AM CET.


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