Version 1202: Version 12.2

2024-04-21 00:17:00 • Discord announcement • Full changelog

General

  • CLASSES:Hunter Pets:
  • Grace of the Mantis, Natural Armor, Blood of the Rhino, and Wild Hunt adjustments.

Warrior

  • [CHANGE] Battle Shout and Commanding Shout changes.
  • Bloodthirst and Death Wish are now baseline abilities.
  • Introduction of Raging Blow, Rampage, Vanguard's Edge, Colossus Smash, and Ravager.
  • Various talent and ability adjustments.

Priest

  • Shadow Word: Death now learned at level 55.
  • Devouring Plague reverted to original form.
  • Vampiric Touch chains up to 3 targets.

Paladin

  • Crusader Strike range increased slightly.
  • [NEW] Libram of Awakened Speed added to all Redemption quests.
  • [CHANGE] Benediction reworked.

Mage

  • Rank 1 Blizzard now auto-learned at level 19.

Shaman

  • [CHANGE] Shamanistic Determination reworked to Elemental Overload.
  • [CHANGE] Lightning Overload talent reworked to Gift of the Gathering Storm.
  • Chain Lightning is now a 2-second cast.

Death Knight

  • Blood Plague and Frost Fever durations increased.
  • Introduction of Frost Latch and A Knight's Cold Sojourn.
  • [CHANGE] Two-Handed Weapon Specialization reworked to Sanguine Edge.
  • Vampiric Blood replaced by Goliath's Reckoning.
  • [CHANGE] Unholy Presence reworked.
  • Death and Decay now a free cast.
  • Bone Shield and Empower Rune Weapon adjustments.
  • [NEW] Introduction of new talents: Tempest of Terror, Gorefiend's Grasp, Blood Drinker, and more.

Druid

  • Travel Form speed increased.
  • Cat Form speed increased.
  • Dash Rank 3 now learnable at level 56.
  • Primal Precision now increases Swipe (Cat) range.
  • Paladin (November 4, 2023):
  • Legendary guardian and Human starter sets updated.

Racials

  • [FIX] Villainous Presence and Light's Presence no longer stack.

Quests

  • [NEW] New follow-up to Wanted: Hogger.
  • [NEW] POI Points added to Helf starter quests.

PvP

  • [NEW] Level 60, 70, and 80 brackets introduced.
  • Level 10-19 Arathi Basin now available.
  • [CHANGE] Changes to battleground brackets and capacities.

Items

  • Zul'Gurub Enchants are now BoA.
  • [FIX] Glyphs no longer require Lexicon of Power.
  • [NEW] New items added to Haris Pilton.
  • [FIX] Armor values of DK tier 1 fixed.
  • [FIX] Thunderfury is no longer unique.
  • Various item adjustments and additions.

Raids/Dungeons

  • [PVE] Spell school immunities removed from vanilla raid bosses.
  • Naxx and BWL adjustments.
  • [NEW] New dungeon boss in Zul'Farrak.
  • [CHANGE] Changes to Uldum, Kara, and various raids.

Races

  • [UI] Models updated for Upright Orcs, Lightforged, Void Elves.

Misc

  • [FIX] Lantern, flickering walls, and collision fixes in Stormwind.
  • Inconspicuous Chests now have more rare loot.
  • [PVE] Heroic Dungeons and Raids now toggleable at level 60.
  • [FIX] Various fixes and updates for NPCs, scripts, and locations.

Client

  • WoW.exe video settings greatly increased.
  • [FIX] Blackscreen bug fixed on widescreen/windowed mode switch.
  • [NEW] New Teleport locations added.
  • Vicious War Fox now a BoA mount.
  • [CHANGE] Note: These are summarized patch notes, and players are encouraged to read the full notes for comprehensive details and understanding of changes.