November 5–11 Hotfixes

📈 Experience

• Kills of all enemies in dungeons grant 50% more experience
• Shatterspear trolls no longer grant experience when killed

📜 Quests

• Most quests at level 48 and above now additionally reward gold
• Repeatable, quick and easy quests, as well as quests with valuable items among their rewards, were not affected

WoW Forever does not convert quest experience to gold at level 60. We did not want to compel players to save quests until maximum level and turn them in for a large profit.

⚡ Shaman

• Weapon imbues and weapon totems now work at the same time
• Enhancement: Stormstrike deals 100% weapon damage (was 150%)
• Enhancement: Stormstrike cooldown is 8 seconds (was 6)
• Enhancement: Mental Dexterity converts Intellect to Attack Power at a ratio of 33/66/100% (was 50/100/150%)
• Enhancement: Maelstrom Weapon reduces cast time and Mana cost by 20% per application at all ranks (was 4/8/12/16/20%)
• Enhancement: Maelstrom Weapon activates 6/7/8/9/10 times per minute depending on rank (was 20 at all ranks)
• Maelstrom Weapon can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager
• Flametongue Totem rank 2 works again

Beta changes pushed Enhancement Shaman gear choices too far toward Spell Power and Intellect and moved the specialization away from Windfury. We are changing this before the raid opens so players do not spend effort pursuing contested items that could lose value.

🏹 Hunter

• Pet health corrected to 115% of normal (incorrectly 150%)
• Arcane Shot costs 11% of base Mana at all ranks
• Beast Mastery: Summon Hawk costs 11% of base Mana at all ranks
• Beast Mastery: Hawk melee damage increased by about 80%
• Volley no longer activates procs or continues after moving

Arcane Shot costs the same at all ranks and rises gradually with level. Its cost is nearly unchanged at levels 6 and 60 and slightly lower in between.

😈 Warlock

• Imp, Voidwalker, Incubus and Succubus health increased by about 15%
• The Imp's Firebolt base damage increased for its first four ranks
• Affliction: Soul Siphon increases the effect of Drain Life, Drain Soul and Wrack by 4/8/12% per eligible effect on the target, up to 36%
• Affliction: Soul Siphon counts Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony instead of all Affliction spells
• Affliction: Wrack damage reduced by 30%, and its periodic damage increase removed
• Affliction: Wrack lasts 6 seconds and deals Shadow damage every second
• Affliction: While Wrack is active, Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony deal periodic damage 100% faster
• Destruction: Bane of Havoc now triggers the global cooldown
• Voidwalkers gained about 40 base health at all levels
• Summon Felsteed now grants riding skill; if you already completed the quest, summon the Felsteed once

Wrack speeds up periodic damage but does not shorten effect durations. Progress toward the next tick is preserved after the channel ends or is interrupted.

🛡 Paladin

• Judgement is now considered a ranged attack and uses the Paladin's ranged hit chance
• Judgement no longer counts as a melee attack for item and effect procs
• Retribution: Unsealed Fury no longer generates echoes from Windfury Totem attacks
• Redoubt can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager

🌿 Druid

• Restoration: Nature's Swiftness makes Wild Growth instant
• Feral: Rend and Tear now works with Pounce Bleed
• Omen of Clarity can activate again after switching specializations
• Bloom now heals its target

🏰 Dungeons

• The Drowned City: Fixed creature damage that was about 30% higher than intended
• Deathless Marrow: Creature health reduced by 25%
• Deathless Marrow: Deathless Sorcerer's Fireball damage reduced by 25%
• Deathless Marrow: Deathless Watcher's Charge damage reduced by 50%
• Deathless Marrow: Deathless Guardian uses Shield Slam about 50% less often
• Alcaz Prison: Zarla Ober now drops loot
• The Shaper’s Terrace: Vitrix, Snowtalon and Cinder now drop loot and higher-level skinning materials

⚒️ Professions

• Coarse Grinding Stone grants Blacksmithing skill-ups to 90 (was 75)
• Journeyman Campfire Kit requires 90 Cooking to place (was 140)
• Arcane Salvager requires a Runed Golden Rod to craft instead of a Runed Truesilver Rod
• Swiftstrike Shot and Swiftfeather Arrow are no longer Bind-on-Pickup; they will become available after raids open
• Tanning Rack requires 125 Leatherworking (was 140), and its skill-up thresholds have been lowered by 15

🎒 Items

• The Item Restoration service is disabled while Blizzard investigates a critical bug
• Racial mounts sold by vendors are now Bind-on-Pickup
• Sparklance Wand deals Arcane damage (was Nature damage)
• Rage of the Storm grants 16 Strength (was 16 Intellect), and its weapon speed is 3.6 seconds (was 3.2)
• Vendors pay less for some armor crafted by leatherworkers, tailors and blacksmiths
• Minor Arcane Elixir sells to vendors for 5 copper (was 25)
• Iron Grenades sell to vendors for 1 silver and 25 copper (was 5 silver)
• Bloody Claws of Attack now grants +1 Fist Weapon skill
• Earthen Silk Slippers no longer grants excess spell damage

The affected crafted armor is Bind-on-Pickup and intended to be crafted once for personal use.

🌍 World

• Player populations were reduced in several crowded zones; the change is greater on PvP ruleset worlds
• Riverglades: Twilight Enforcer's Smash damage and Executioner Morg's damage were significantly reduced
• Riverglades: Twilight Forgemaster's Mark of Flames increases damage by 50 (was 1,000)
• In battlegrounds, Plainsrunning no longer stacks, and its effects are removed when carrying a flag

We will continue to monitor the state of zones and make further changes if needed.