2026-08-16 patch notes

[Archer]

• Mind controlled custom Twow mobs now show their abilities
• Race changes now correctly swap a Priest or Shaman's race abilities
• Guards in Alah'Thalas now give directions
• Added compact group and raid frames that remember where you place them• Fixed players riding the zeppelins/boats between continents getting dumped into the ocean and drowning during the loading screen
• Fixed a number of mobs in Moonwhisper that were invisible until they moved
• Vagrant challenge no longer blocks you from equipping bags and quivers
• Alterac Valley games that end early from low population are now decided by towers held
• Challenge reward mail now comes from OctoWoW
• In game calendar now remembers your filter settings per character
• Hunter and warlock % pet damage items now stack instead of overwriting each other
• Fixed deliver quests not updating their count when you move the required items out of your bank
• Added Rivash the Deceiver now so the "Proof of the Warden" chain can be finished
• Added Survival fishing quest rewards. Everyone who completed already will be mailed what they missed
• Horn of Awakening is back as the item for its quest
• Fixed the level requirement on Red Rocks chest
• Refined Dwarven Necklace can now be crafted
• Fixed the Kodospine Crossbow playing gun sounds instead of bow
• Foulheart Satyrs are now treated as Demons instead of Humanoids
• Benedict's Chest now requires Benedict's Key to open
• Fixed Rogue's leather PvP set bonuses
• Southsea pirates level 48-53 now drop level appropriate loot instead of their old low level tables
• Lost Wisp is no longer lootable
• Removed duplicate Nekrum Gutchewer spawns in Zul'Farrak
• Fixed account warnings showing every time you log in instead of just once
• Fixed a griefing exploit where spamming emotes could crash the game clients of nearby players

[Carlxd]

Hi, All is well that you did those things that has no impact to the Realm rank 1 Arcane mage like me, but, could we maybe do something that is more important, like for example... Donation store sale event

[Cudie]

the devs are absolutely pumping, wish I could see that commit log

[Serrosh]

I just found this place. Thanks so much for your hardwork, really. We are like hundreds right now who are quietly super appreciate of your work.

[Lane157]

• Hunter and warlock % pet damage items now stack instead of overwriting each other

Excellent! Thank you so much for this.

Could you have a look at this to confirm whether there's scaling issues or not https://octowow.st/bug-report?id=320 ?

There's also this bug with moths in which they forget all their abilities and we cannot learn Pollen Burst: https://octowow.st/bug-report?id=450

[Joyson]

all bugfixes, this is what patch notes looked like back in the day

[Knifewrench]

What the use of not awnsering question on fireside or forums? Why even hold firesides if all u do is use it to post announcements?

[Yesnoyes640232]

• Hunter and warlock % pet damage items now stack instead of overwriting each other

Could we buff BM Hunters and Holy Paladins? They have been far too weak for the past months.

[Zvyrhol]

Open source when?

[Knifewrench]

been asking for over a month now. HOW is xrealm gonna be implemented? wil pve realm keep xfaction? if so wil pvp realm also become xfaction? if both get a no, will spill over of PVE get qeued on pvp realm to fill qeue up? like how will u make this work, because if done wrong it will cause 1000x more issues then u trying to fix. and all we recieve so far on these questions is dead silence.