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World of Warcraft: Midnight Hotfixes - May 19, 2026

  • Kaivax By Kaivax

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

May 19, 2026

Classes

  • Paladin
    • Retribution
      • Templar: Resolved an issue causing Hammer of Light to not cast properly in high haste situations.
  • Warlock
    • Affliction
      • Fixed an issue where Soul Swap would carry Unstable Affliction stacks when entering or exiting an instanced area.

Dungeons and Raids

  • March on Quel’Danas
    • The Hall of Fame for players who have completed Mythic difficulty is now closed.
    • Midnight Falls
      • Fixed an issue causing The Dark Archangel to sometimes not cancel upon triggering the final phase on Mythic difficulty.
      • Heaven’s Glaives maximum duration reduced to 1 minute (was 2 minutes).
      • Reduced the spread of Midnight Crystals on Mythic difficulty.
      • Starsplinter initial damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
      • Criticality damage reduced by 20%.

Items and Rewards

  • There is no longer a cap on the amount of upgrade Crests that can be accumulated by each player.

Player versus Player

  • There is no longer a cap on the amount of Conquest that can be earned, for the rest of Season 1.

Quests

  • The repeatable “Legends of the Haranir” quests are now available to player-characters who belong to a Warband that includes a character who has completed the first-time versions of the quests, and they may now be obtained by more than one character in your warband per week.

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