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The War Within Hotfixes - April 28

  • Kaivax By Kaivax
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This post was originally published on the Battle.net forums by Kaivax from the Community Manager team.

April 28, 2025

Classes

  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • Resolved an issue that caused Gleaming Rays to drop off and not be reapplied until specific events occurred.
  • Shaman
    • Restoration
      • Fixed an issue causing damage from Acid Rain to not generate threat or aggro enemies.
  • Warrior
    • Arms
      • Juggernaut is now a Tracked Buff on the Cooldown Manager.

Items

  • Explosive Hearthstone - Fixed an issue where parts of the spell visual could be hidden from other players.
  • Conqueror’s Prized Lacquer and Conqueror’s Prized Varnish will now supersede a lower PvP item level if present on the target item.
  • Fixed an issue preventing Amirdrassil tier tokens from dropping.

Nightfall Scenario

  • Implemented additional tuning to help players that are finding it hard to earn points for their Nightfall scenario Service Award score.
  • Added improved tracking for Nightfall scenario Service Award that should make scoring behavior more consistent.
  • Implemented additional stability improvements for Nightfall scenario objective assignment and for completing the Nightfall scenario.

Player versus Player

  • Fixed an issue that caused the wrong Field Medic’s Hazard Payout to be awarded at end of match.

Quests

  • The Earthen Prototype and Overcharged batteries in the Siren Isle Introduction quest “To Scan a Crystal” should once again be interactable.

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