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The War Within Hotfixes - August 13

  • Kaivax By Kaivax

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

August 13, 2025

Classes

  • Druid
    • Restoration
      • Keeper the Grove: Fixed a bug causing Swiftmends enhanced by the Ornaments of the Mother Eagle 4-piece to not splash healing to allies.
  • Hunter
    • Fixed an issue causing Precise Shots to not grant its global cooldown reduction effect if its consumption was spell-queued after Aimed Shot.
  • Mage
    • Sunfury: Fixed an issue causing Gravity Lapse to occasionally ignore line of sight.
    • Arcane
      • Nether Flux no longer has a grace period after receiving damage from Arcane Missiles.
      • Fixed an issue causing Nether Flux to be castable while silenced.
      • Fixed an issue causing the 2-piece and 4-piece set bonus PvP-only reductions to not apply correctly.
    • Fire
      • Fixed an issue where multiple casts of Fireball could benefit from one instance of Flame Accelerant.
  • Paladin
    • Protection
      • Fixed an issue with Sanctuary and Undisputed Ruling where players could lose the benefits of Consecration if two or more were active when the first expired.
  • Warlock
    • Diabolist: Fixed an issue where the Manaforge Omega 2-piece tier set bonus was doing the incorrect amount of damage.

Dungeons

  • Addressed an issue where Lindormi can fail to trade keystones with players after a Mythic+ dungeon is completed within time limit.
  • Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
    • Addressed an issue where Cultivated Poison can be applied to the boss herself when there are fewer than 3 targets.

Player versus Player

  • Conqueror’s Astral Lacquer and Conqueror’s Astral Varnish may now be purchased for Conquest to add Season 3 PvP item-level to Season 3 class set armor.

Quests

  • Fixed an issue that can block progression if “Return to the Veiled Market” is attempted while the player is on the quest “Repossessed!” at the same time.

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