About the same time you posted this, a Senior Game Producer told me that he wants to restart Beta realms today. Good thinkin’.

Hopping onto the most prominent of several threads about this– When reporting an issue like this, please provide the name of the Beta character that you’re locked out of, and if possible, the exact time you were last successfully playing the character (and got disconnected). That will help us narr…

September 21, 2026 Classes Evoker Fixed an issue preventing Unravel from activating when Fire Breath was cast with Tip the Scales. Fixed an issue where Unravel may not hit all targets struck by Fire Breath. Dungeons and Raids Fixed an issue where following Lindormi’s Guidance in Den of Nalo…

Confirming that we implemented fixes for this earlier. The issue was: The event that takes place during “A Firm Response” would become stuck and Windshaper Skyborne on Zephras Isle could not proceed. You’d walk up to talk to Belathaan Brightwish near the Shrine of Akir on Zephras to start the event…

[World of Warcraft Developer Q&A]

We will be performing maintenance on September 22, 2026, which may result in a short period of downtime. During this window, some players may be unable to log in or enter the game. Thanks for your patience while we complete this work.

Made the following changes to the original post: DEATH KNIGHT Blood Death Strike damage increased by 15%. Developers’ notes: We are making a small adjustment to the Death Strike damage increase. We are reducing the damage increase to 15%, down from 25% which will still be a buff in single targe…

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Heads Up! We’re delivering Choose Your Champion packs for the World Championship today, September 21st. Eligible players will receive their packs directly in-game, with no additional steps required. Please note that the in-game notification may display a generic message such as “Packs granted fro…

Our tuning pass this week is mostly targeted at low performers across Mythic+, Raid, and PvP. In addition to helping low performers, we are looking at some hero talent disparity to see if we can create a little more competitive balance between the options to better facilitate more gameplay options. …

Just want to clarify that this discussion forum is accessible by all players with an active WoW subscription. I’m not a qualified tech supporter by any stretch, but I had that issue one time following an inelegant shutdown due to a sudden power outage. The solution for me in that case was to go t…

Just want to make sure you’ve seen this, in case it applies to your situation:

I’ve been looking into this, and I wonder if you can solve it by doing the following: Log in to your [Battle.net](http://Battle.net) Account page. Go to the Games & Subscriptions section. Scroll down to Starter Editions & Public Test Regions. Click Create PTR Account and then confirm by clicking C…

We’ve discovered an issue where the Dominance upgrade for Fiend of Abaddon is causing damage to scale higher than intended. We’ve temporarily disabled the upgrade while we investigate and implement a fix. We’ll post here with updates as soon as the upgrade is available again.

We have fixed the issue affecting Tree of Whispers reward caches and have restored Solo Self-Found. Thank you for your patience and for standing with us while the team worked to resolve these issues.

HOTFIX 3 - September 18, 2026 - 3.2.1 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where Tree of Whispers caches could not be claimed. Fixed an issue where previous seasonal progress would not be reset on new seasonal Solo Self-Found characters. The mode has since been re-enabled. Fixed an issue where Items in the t…

HOTFIX 3 - September 18, 2026 - 3.2.1 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where Tree of Whispers caches could not be claimed. Fixed an issue where previous seasonal progress would not be reset on new seasonal Solo Self-Found characters. The mode has since been re-enabled. Fixed an issue where Items in the t…

Added to the list above: The Cooldown Manager is a work in progress. Complete implementation varies from class to class. Armor bonuses from consumables and buffs are multiplied by Bear Form armor bonuses. Queueing an On-Next Attack ability (Heroic Strike/Cleave/Raptor Strike) disables your spell q…

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