World of Warcraft Hotfixes March 5, 2026 - Class Changes, Dungeon Fixes, and More! (2026)

Hotfixes: March 5, 2026

World of Warcraft

Here's a list of hotfixes addressing various issues in World of Warcraft: Midnight, Mists of Pandaria Classic, Season of Discovery, Burning Crusade Classic, WoW Classic Era, and Hardcore.

Achievements

• The Abandoned Ritual Skull treasure is no longer required for Treasures of Zul'Aman.

Classes

• Druid
  • Balance: Starfire no longer consumes Owlkin Frenzy when instant-cast by Ascendant Eclipses Rank 1.
  • Feral: Moonfire buff/bar now activates correctly on cooldown manager with Lunar Inspiration.
• Evoker: Devastation
  • Flameshaper: Dragonrage now correctly interacts with Essence Well, increasing Fire Breath's chance to cause an Essence Burst to 100% while Dragonrage is active.
  • Scalecommander: Mass Disintegrate now reliably hits multiple Hostile enemies near the primary target.
• Monk: Windwalker
  • Fixed an issue causing Zenith to not increase cooldown reduction from Blackout Kick.
• Rogue: Outlaw
  • Fixed a bug causing Between the Eyes with Supercharger to consume two supercharged combo points when Gravedigger Rank 1 generated an extra stack.
• Shaman: Elemental
  • Corrected an issue where Master of the Elements wasn't affecting Flame Shock damage with Ascendance.
  • Enhancement: Totemic: Voltaic Blaze no longer consumes Whirling Earth.

Dungeons

• Den of Nalorakk
  • Grizzled Warbringer's Primal Echo debuff duration reduced from 30 sec to 15s.
  • Fixed an issue where Nalorakk could get stuck in combat with Zul'jarra after all players are defeated.
• Voidscar Arena
  • Vexaroth's Explosive Spheres now only damage players inside the area trigger upon contact.

Events

• The Legends of the Haranir event now has an account-wide lockout, allowing participation once per week per account.

Items

• Skilled Preyseeker's Knapsack can now be deleted from inventory.

Professions

• Enchanting
  • Fixed a bug preventing Flames of the Sin'dorei enchant from doing its intended damage. Tooltip will be corrected later.

Quests

• Fixed various quest issues, including quest credit, portal locations, and quest progression.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue causing the Adventure Journal to display an entry for Delves: Worldwide Research when not eligible.

March 4, 2026

Achievements

• Fixed an issue with The Highest Peaks displaying incorrect progress.
• Players can now harvest lumber while mounted in Cataclysm zones after completing Cataclysm Lumberjack.
• With Flying Colors rewards require a The War Within delve of any tier.

Classes

• Death Knight: Frost
  • Remorseless Winter no longer dismounts the player on damage.
• Demon Hunter: Devourer
  • Fixed Eradicate un-castability and incorrect body type during Void Metamorphosis' removal animation.
• Druid: Feral, Guardian, Restoration
  • Fixed Nurturing Instinct, Circle of the Heavens, and Call of the Elder Druid not affecting Wrath, Starfire, or Starsurge.
• Hunter
  • Fixed Nature's Ally Animal Companions providing Command Pet abilities.
  • Increased Pack Leader's Boar pathing consistency on sloped terrain.
  • Tracker's Net now has a damage threshold before breaking.
  • Fixed damage-dealing effects not breaking Tracker's Net.
• Survival: Fixed an issue preventing Intimidation talent tree connection to Cold Feet.
• Mage
  • Fixed various spell issues, including Reverberate, Comet Storm, Scorch, Ice Lance, Spontaneous Combustion, and controlled instincts.
• Monk: Brewmaster
  • Empty the Cellar now has a shorter range and doesn't target out-of-combat creatures.
• Windwalker: Fixed Spells like Fists of Fury hitting hovering enemies.
• Rogue: Fixed Airborne Irritant and Crimson Tempest issues.
• Shaman: Enhancement
  • Fixed Wind Fury Weapon cast on both main and off-hand weapons.
  • Arc Discharge now displays the correct damage increase.
  • Ride the Lightning reduces Chain Lightning's effectiveness by 20% per jump.
  • Primordial Storm added to Single-Button Assistant.
• Warlock: Fixed Blight of Tongues and Weakness issues.

Enemies and NPCs

• Players can now engage with Voidseer Orivane.
• Territorial Petalwings no longer evade in combat.

Events

• Ethereal Energy objects now interactable with Ethereal Tool even without the event.
• Stormarion Citadel's Deploy the Defenses UI now displays correctly.
• Abundance events available for all characters in a Warband after tutorial questline completion.
• Fixed Voidstorm Abundance event reward issue.
• Jonas Everdawn in Silvermoon City offers Saltheril's Haven once World Quests unlocked and level 90 reached.

Housing

• Harvesting lumber provides small experience.
• Fungal Pergola can now be placed in player houses.

Items

• Fixed Void Execution Mandate cooldown issue with other trinkets.
• Rare quality profession tools and accessories are now Bind-on-Equip.
• Amani Extract Potion healing increased by 100%.

Player versus Player

• Fixed Slayer's Rise issue preventing respawning at Shenzar Refinery graveyard.
• Fixed Vicious Flask of Honor issues above level 80.
• Fixed Hemotoxin functionality.
• Fixed Shamanism PvP talent issue under Sated effects.

Prey

• Corrected Power of Anguish quest starting location.
• Increased Prey quest experience, including world quests.

Professions

• Enchanting: Illusory Adornments no longer replace shoulder enchants.
• Increased Midnight ring enchant stats.

Quests

• Fixed various quest issues, including quest progression and boss difficulty.

Renown and Reputation

• Fixed a bug preventing Renown above rank 11.

World

• Camp Stonewash innkeeper now provides rest and instant logout.
• Fixed a tree-sticking issue in Quel'danas.

March 2, 2026

Achievements

• A Frayed Scroll is no longer required for Midnight Lore Hunter.

Delves

• Companions gather correct materials in delves.

Dungeons

• Reduced minimum item-level for joining public dungeons on Heroic difficulty to 211.

Quests

• Fixed visual effects and quest advancement issues.
• The Relic of Liberation no longer requires player level 86.
• Fixed The Void Peers Back issue in Adventure Mode.
• Fixed Fair Breeze, Light Bloom issue for players completing Voidstorm campaign before Eversong.

Spells

• Blessing: Ensorcelling Flame cooldown duration increased, and frequency of effect reduced.
• Arcantina portal returns to saved location, not Silvermoon.

Twilight Ascension Event

• Materialist Ophinell and Armorer Kalinovan offer Twilight Ascension event items for Resonance Crystals in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Twilight Highlands.

March 1, 2026

Classes

• Hunter: Fixed Stomp and Wild Thrash damage through walls.
• Mage: Fixed Comet Storm, Shatter, and Duality Pyroblasts issues.

Delves

• Valeera's maximum level is 45 until Midnight Season 1 starts.

Dungeons

• Fixed Voidscar Arena event progression issue.

Items

• Contained Stormarion Defender and Vivacious Chloroceros now appear in the mount collection.

Prey

• Players can now access the Hunt Table in Astalor's Sanctum after completing Prey quests.

Quests

• Creatures in the Midnight introduction to Quel'Danas have lower health and damage.
• Fixed various quest issues, including fliers and world quest progression.

User Interface and Accessibility

• Macro restrictions added for active encounters, including chat message limitations and target marker settings.

February 28, 2026

Dungeons and Raids

• Den of Nalorakk: Fixed an issue causing Nalorakk to become unattackable.
• Magisters' Terrace: Completing the dungeon at any difficulty now completes Magisters' Terrace: Homecoming, regardless of speaking with Umbric first.

Items

• Fixed Bind-on-Equip item level issues and item unavailability.
• Reduced cost of items from Midnight content that cost 750 Voidlight Marl to 25 Marl.
• Fixed War Supply Crate spawning underground in Eversong Woods.

Professions

• Two weeks' worth of Knowledge granted to players from activities during the first full week of Midnight (March 3-10).

Quests

• Fixed various quest issues, including quest bosses and quest progression.

User Interface

• Adjusted order of items in the Transmog collection.
• Renown Vendor for Silvermoon Court indicated on the zone map in Eversong Woods.