World of Warcraft’s Sept. 9 Hotfixes Fix 6 Classes and Make Prey Rewards Alt-Friendly
Players who reach Preyhunter's Journey rank 6 can now earn 500 Corrosive Coins on each character that defeats Ral'kala.
World of Warcraft‘s Sept. 9 hotfixes give six classes a cleanup pass, repair several The Venomous Abyss encounters, and make a daily Prey reward available across a player’s characters. The hotfixes are live now, with the clearest account convenience arriving for players who have reached Preyhunter’s Journey rank 6.
Once that rank is reached, every character that defeats Ral’kala can receive 500 Corrosive Coins each day. The reward was previously limited to the first character to do so, so alts can now earn the same daily payout.
Class fixes target tracking and combat interactions
The class portion focuses on ability behavior and cooldown visibility rather than numerical damage changes. Blood Death Knights, Guardian Druids, Protection Paladins, Priests, Enhancement Shamans, and Warriors all receive fixes.
Warrior Arms and Protection players can now track their Venomous Abyss set bonus effects in the Cooldown Manager, while Rend is also trackable for both specializations. Enhancement Shamans receive corrections for Doom Winds interrupting channeled effects and Crash Lightning causing unintended Windfury Weapon targets. Other fixes address Death and Decay, Wild Guardian, Glory of the Vanguard, and Flash Heal tracking.
The Venomous Abyss receives another round of fixes
The raid changes cover Entombed Sentinels, The Lost Explorers, and Ula’tek. Toxic Droplets will no longer be instantly stepped on when they land directly on a player, and Living Venom no longer pierces immunities. Hoji now returns to the main platform if he falls from the bridge, while Ula’tek gets health backstops that make the boss leave Rage of the Shackled at specific health thresholds.
Those changes follow the Sept. 2 hotfixes, which already reduced Mythic Ula’tek’s Soul Constrictor duration and Blight Vein damage in the previous hotfix batch. Den of Nalorakk also receives a separate correction so player pets can damage The Winter Squall.
Delves, items, PvP, and achievements
Soft Underbelly is now an account-wide achievement. Bountiful Coffers in Delves can also reward Zul’jarra’s Forces reputation as intended.
Item fixes cover the Preternatural Antivenom trinket, which now applies its effect beyond only the wearer. Void Elf and Blood Elf eyebrows remain visible with the Aquatic or Brick Gloomcap, and Bouncy Mushrooms no longer have collision. In PvP, Preservation Evokers can no longer use Stasis in an arena or battleground starting room to store spells before the gates open.
World of Warcraft Midnight 12.1 Patch Notes
Blizzard’s official Sept. 9 hotfix notes include the following changes.
Achievements
- Soft Underbelly is now an account-wide achievement.
Classes
- Death Knight
- Blood
- Resolved an issue causing Grip of the Dead from Death and Decay to permanently be active on targets.
- Blood
- Druid
- Guardian
- Fixed an issue where Wild Guardian was incorrectly increasing Thrash and Mangle damage regardless of whether Rank 3 was selected.
- Guardian
- Paladin
- Protection
- Fixed an issue that caused Glory of the Vanguard to sometimes fail to deal damage to distant targets.
- Protection
- Priest
- Fixed an issue where Flash Heal could not be tracked on the Cooldown Manager for Discipline and Shadow specializations.
- Shaman
- Enhancement
- Fixed an issue where damage from Doom Winds could interrupt channeled effects, such as the Font of Venomous Rage trinket.
- Totemic: Fixed an issue where Crash Lightning could cause unintended targets to be hit by Windfury Weapon.
- Enhancement
- Warrior
- Arms
- The Venomous Abyss 4-set Bonus – The Winding Up bonus Slam damage buff can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.
- Rend is now able to be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.
- Protection
- The Venomous Abyss 2-set Bonus – The “Vengeful Shield” bonus Shield Slam damage buff can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.
- Rend is now able to be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.
- Arms
Delves
- Fixed an issue that prevented Bountiful Coffers from rewarding Zul’jarra’s Forces reputation.
Dungeons and Raids
- Den of Nalorakk
- Addressed an issue where player pets were unable to damage The Winter Squall.
- The Venomous Abyss
- Entombed Sentinels
- Toxic Droplets are no longer instantly stepped on if they land directly on top of a player.
- Living Venom no longer pierces immunities.
- The Lost Explorers
- Fixed a visual effect issue that sometimes occurred when the tortollans were empowered.
- Hoji will now teleport back to the main platform if he falls from the bridge.
- Ula’tek
- Added in health backstops to ensure the boss transitions out of Rage of the Shackled when reaching specific health thresholds.
- Entombed Sentinels
Items
- Fixed an issue causing the Preternatural Antivenom trinket effect to only be applied to the trinket wearer.
- Void Elf and Blood Elf eyebrows are now visible when wearing either the Aquatic or Brick Gloomcap.
- Removed Bouncy Mushrooms collision.
Player versus Player
- Evoker
- Preservation
- Fixed an issue where Stasis could be used in the starting room of arenas and battlegrounds to store spells for after the gates opened.
- Preservation
Prey
- Players may now receive 500 Corrosive Coin daily on each character that defeats Ral’kala after reaching Preyhunter’s Journey rank 6 (was only the first character).
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