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by Published on 2024-12-12 02:56 AM

WoW Hotfixes - December 11, 2024
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Cataclysm Classic
  • Fixed an issue with Shatter and Frostfire Bolt that caused other spells to sometimes benefit from Shatter when they should not.
  • Fixed a problem with the Hunter 4-piece Tier 12 set bonus where its effect was not being properly consumed by some Shots.

Season of Discovery
  • Removed gear from player-characters who obtained it from an unintentionally available testing NPC.
  • The new relics that are crafted from Ahn'Qiraj are no longer Unique.
  • Players dying outside the entrance to the areas of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, The Scarab Dais, or The Scarab Wall will no longer use the same graveyard as those who die inside Ruins or Temple of Ahn'Qiraj raids.
  • Paladin
    • Divine Light will now correctly activate Scarab Brooch.
by Published on 2024-12-12 12:43 AM

Incognitro, the Indecipherable Felcycle Secret Mount Now Obtainable
Members from the Secret Finding Discord have figured out the secret code for Puzzle 9! If you've already completed puzzles 1 through 8, then follow the steps below to claim Incognitro, the Indecipherable Felcycle!

  • Head to Faerin's Advance in Azj'Kahet, enter Pillar-nest Vosh and make your way to the eastern wall.
  • Climb up to the hole at the top (see the screenshot below for reference) and squeeze through it.
  • Use the Starry-Eyed Goggles to reveal the hidden astral platform above the candles.
  • Target the Humming Crystal and then use the Relic of Crystal Connections to teleport to the platform.
  • Enter the code 84847078 and hit Submit to validate the solution.
  • Loot the nearby unencrypted chest to receive Incognitro, the Indecipherable Felcycle!
/way #2255 55.2 19.2 Pillar-nest Vosh Cave Entrance
/way #2255 56.35 17.25 Jumping Puzzle Start
/way #2255 56.35 17.45 Jumping Puzzle Hole

by Published on 2024-12-12 12:05 AM

Mythic+ Improvements Coming Next Week in 11.0.7
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
In next week’s update, Siren Isle patch 11.0.7, we will make several adjustments to the availability of Gilded Harbinger Crests and to the acquisition of all Crest types through Mythic+ dungeons.

Gilded Crests and Mythic-track gear represent the pinnacle of available gear from a Season, and are meant to be rare, but we have seen feedback that both the availability of these Crests and the costs of crafting top-tier gear fell prohibitive.

Changes

  • Currency rewards from Mythic+ dungeons (Crests, Gold, Valorstones) now scale by keystone level, and completing a keystone outside of the timer now always deducts 4 Crests.

Difficulty Crest Type # Dropped, Timer Beaten # Dropped, Timer Expired
Heroic Weathered 10 n/a
Mythic Carved 10 n/a
+2 Carved 12 8
+3 Carved 14 10
+4 Runed 12 8
+5 Runed 14 10
+6 Runed 16 12
+7 Runed 18 14
+8 Gilded 12 8
+9 Gilded 14 10
+10 Gilded 16 12
+11 Gilded 18 14
+12 Gilded 20 16


  • Number of Gilded Harbinger Crests needed to purchase a Nascent Gilded Harbinger Crest reduced to 60 (was 90).
  • Number of Harbinger Crests needed to purchase trade-up bags reduced to 45 (was 90).
  • Harbinger of the Gilded achievement now requires item level 636 in every slot (was 639).

For players who are functionally finished with their gearing journey, the bar for the Harbinger of the Gilded achievement has been a bit too high, precluding the use of crafted gear and requiring luck to fill every slot. Lowering the threshold from item level 639 to 636 should add a little more flexibility and ensure that players who are completing the hardest content feel they can unlock the final Warband discount.

The changes to Crests awarded from Mythic+ have two main aims:

  • Ideally, challenge and reward should be directly correlated. Until now, players whose primary goal was optimizing Crest income were incentivized to run the lowest difficulty that awarded their desired Crest type, even if they were capable of completing much more challenging content. This had the secondary effect of making it much harder for players just entering the Gilded range to find groups for Mythic 8 keys, because they were often competing for slots with players who really belong in 10s, 12s, or even higher.
  • While it is important for all members of a Mythic+ group to have a shared interest in finishing a dungeon within the timer (rather than just the key-holder), dropping from a reward of 12 Crests down to 5 Crests when the timer was missed felt overly punitive. Currently in patch 11.0.5, for example, a group who fails to beat the timer in a Mythic +7 will receive more Crests for their effort than a group who crushes the timer in a Mythic +4.

We hope that a difference of 4 Crests strikes a better balance of incentivizing group effort, while still feeling rewarding.

Our goal with these changes is to help players who are attempting to push into the upper echelons of content, as well as those who have alts they’re looking to gear up to match the progress of their mains.

Thank you for all the feedback that helped shape these changes, and as always, we’ll be following closely to see how this reward structure plays out in 11.0.7.
by Published on 2024-12-11 07:37 PM

Anniversary Realms - Onyxia and Molten Core Opening Dates
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
On Anniversary Realms, Onyxia and Molten Core will open at:

Time Zone Time Date
Pacific 2:00 p.m. PST Thursday, December 12
Mountain 3:00 p.m. MST Thursday, December 12
Central 4:00 p.m. CST Thursday, December 12
Eastern 5:00 p.m. EST Thursday, December 12
Brazil 7:00 p.m. BRT Thursday, December 12
England 22:00 GMT Thursday, December 12
Central Europe 23:00 CET Thursday, December 12
Eastern Europe 00:00 EET Friday, December 13
Western Australia 06:00 AWST Friday, December 13
Eastern Australia 09:00 AEDT Friday, December 13
New Zealand 11:00 NZDT Friday, December 13


See you there!
by Published on 2024-12-11 06:05 PM

Everything Coming in Patch 11.0.7 Siren Isle
Blizzard has uploaded a new video on YouTube, breaking down the features of the upcoming patch for The War Within, which arrives on December 17th.


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