Blue Post: The War Within Hotfixes - March 26

March 26, 2025

Classes

• Evoker
  • Devastation
    • Fixed an issue causing Shattering Stars from the Undermine Class Set 2-piece to be able to target enemies far away from the Evoker.
• Hunter
  • Corrected an issue where Spearhead’s debuff duration was longer than intended.
  • Fixed an issue where Aimed Shots from Aspect of the Hydra had a chance to proc Deathblow.

Delves

• Demolition Dome
  • Resolved an issue where player cooldowns would not reset upon being defeated by The Underpin.
  • The Underpin’s pals no longer force raid combat.
• Nightfall Sanctum
  • Fixed an issue where Nimsi Loosefire would not interact with players who were Unfriendly with Steamwheedle Cartel.

Dungeons and Raids

• Darkflame Cleft
  • Resolved an issue where Ol’ Waxbeard’s Reckless Charge could hit players after his charge had completed.
  • Addressed an issue where Ol’ Waxbeard can charge out of the encounter area and despawn.
• The MOTHERLODE!!
  • Addressed an issue where Crawler Mines did not reacquire their target after they exit and re-enter combat.
  • Addressed an issue where the Alliance entrance for the dungeon could be invisible for some players.
• Operation: Floodgate
  • Darkfuse Demolitionist’s R.P.G.G. damage reduced by 20%.
  • Geezle Gigazap’s Thunder Punch initial damage reduced by 40%.
  • Swampface’s Razorchoke Vines can now be anticipated.
• Priory of the Sacred Flame
  • Addressed an issue where Baron Braunpyke can fail to cast Castigator’s Shield.
• The Rookery
  • Stormguard Gorren’s Dark Gravity pull duration reduced from to 4 seconds (was 6).
  • Dark Gravity’s explosion radius reduced by 20%.
• Theater of Pain
  • Nefarious Darkspeaker’s Dark Winds can now be seen on the ground.
  • Xav the Unfallen’s Crushing Slam is now more visually distinct.
  • Oppressive Banner’s health reduced by 14%.
  • Bone Magus’ Bone Spear cast time increased to 4 seconds (was 3.5 seconds).
• Liberation of Undermine
  • Adjusted the scaling difficulty of the Rik Reverb, Stix Bunkjunker, Sprocketmonger Lockenstock, Mug’Zee, One-Armed Bandit, and Gallywix encounters so that damage is lowered for smaller raid group sizes, with the greatest reduction applying to 10-player groups, in Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties.
    • Developers’ notes: We’ve seen data and feedback that smaller group sizes were having a particularly tough time in much of the raid. There is no change for 30-player groups.
  • Mug’Zee, Heads of Security
    • On Mythic difficulty, Gallagio Goons’ Gaol Break now functions the same as on other difficulties.
  • Rik Reverb
    • The Lingering Voltage debuff duration in Heroic now scales with group size.

Items and Rewards

• Noggenfogger Ultimate Elixir – Fixed an issue where the summoned guardian was scaling with unintended class-specific attack speed modifiers.
• Rings no longer drop as loot in Operation Mechagon on Heroic and Mythic 0 difficulties.