WoW Forever Patch Notes: Every Hotfix That Affects Leveling (Updated 12 November)

The latest WoW Forever patch notes are Blizzard's 11 November 2026 hotfixes: class bug fixes, easier Riverglades enemies, bigger Tailoring bags and mounting in Shen'dralas. One correction to the list before it: the Auction House changes from 10 November (1 copper minimum deposit, auction mail fixes) are not live. Kaivax wrote on 12 November that they were removed from the list and go live with the scheduled weekly maintenance on 17 November.

The 10 November hotfixes brought the class tuning Blizzard promised. The WoW: Forever Hotfixes article now leads with a 10 November section. For leveling, the big ones are: Hunter pets had 150% of their normal health by mistake and now have 115%, Warlock demons get about 15% more health, Affliction's Wrack now makes your DoTs tick faster instead of hitting harder, Enhancement Shaman's Stormstrike drops to 100% weapon damage on an 8-second cooldown, and Shamans can finally use weapon imbues and weapon totems together. Most quests of level 48 and higher now also reward gold.

Evidence limits, checked 12 November 2026 at about 07:30 Europe/Oslo: everything below comes from Blizzard's own hotfix article and Kaivax's forum posts, grouped by what matters while leveling. Player reports are labelled as such. We have not measured the changes in game.

Latest WoW Forever hotfixes at a glance

Date	What changed for leveling	Status
11 November	Hunter Volley fixes, Flametongue Totem Rank 2 fixed, Judgement becomes a ranged attack, Riverglades enemy damage lowered, five Tailoring bags bigger, mounting in Shen'dralas, quest fixes; Item Restoration disabled	Live
10 November	Class tuning (Hunter pets, Warlock demons, Affliction Wrack, Enhancement), quest gold from level 48, profession and quest fixes, Shatterspear Trolls give no XP	Live
10 November (Auction House part)	Minimum deposit 1 copper, auction mail fixes	Removed; due with maintenance on 17 November
9 November	Drowned City damage fix, Deathless Marrow nerfs, zone population lowered, Felsteed grants riding, Hunter/Mage/class bug fixes, quest and item fixes	Live
8 November	Dungeon kill XP +50%, from 40% to 60% of Classic Era values (about 20:05 CET)	Live
6 November	Voidwalker base health +40, Drowned City portal fix, Vorsha quest fix, Tanning Rack skill 125	Live
5 November	Spawn and respawn fixes, Zephras Druid trainer, Plainsrunning stacking in battlegrounds	Live

11 November 2026 hotfixes

Blizzard added an 11 November section to the hotfix article (the forum copy went up at 01:48 on 12 November, Europe/Oslo). What matters while leveling:

Classes

• Hunter: Volley no longer activates procs, and it stops channeling when you start moving. See our Hunter leveling guide.
• Shaman: Flametongue Totem Rank 2 works again. See our Shaman leveling guide.
• Paladin: Judgement now counts as a ranged attack. It no longer triggers melee item and effect procs and uses your ranged hit chance. Retribution: after the fix that stopped Windfury Totem activating from Holy Strike, the talent Blizzard calls Unsealed Fury "no longer generates echoes from Windfury Totem attacks". See our Paladin leveling guide.
• Druid (Feral): Rend and Tear now works on the Pounce bleed.
• Priest: the Gnome racial Confounding Flash and the Holy talent Twilight Focus now work in Shadowform.

Riverglades enemies hit less hard. The Twilight Enforcer's "Smash" deals significantly less damage, Executioner Morg deals less damage, and the Twilight Forgemaster's "Mark of Flames" now increases damage taken by 50 (was 1000). See our Riverglades guide.

Tailoring bags are bigger and cost one more bolt. Red Mageweave Bag 14 slots (5 bolts of mageweave, was 4), Green Silk Pack and Black Silk Pack 12 slots (5 and 6 bolts of silk, was 4 and 5), Green Woolen Bag and Red Woolen Bag 10 slots (5 bolts of wool, was 4). Blizzard says these bags were "unintentionally smaller than intended".

Items: Bloody Claws of Attack now add +1 Fist/Unarmed Weapon skill; Earthen Silk Slippers no longer give more spell damage than intended.

Quests: the Command Tent works for "Scarlet Diversions" (Western Plaguelands), the Witherbark Mallet works so you can reach "The Giant in the Den" (Arathi Highlands), and the cage door for "Freedom for All Creatures" (Feralas) resets again.

World: you can mount in the named areas of Shen'dralas again.

Customer Support: the Item Restoration service is disabled while Blizzard investigates "a critical bug".

10 November 2026 hotfixes: class tuning

Kaivax announced on 6 November that Hunter pets and Voidwalkers should be about as durable as in Classic Era, that Affliction's DoTs should stay worth casting next to Wrack, and that Strength should be Enhancement's best stat. This is what Blizzard shipped:

Hunter (see our Hunter leveling guide and Hunter pets guide)

• Pets "erroneously had 150% of their normal health". Blizzard corrected this to 115%. On paper that is less health than before, and Wowhead reports it as a pet nerf.
• Arcane Shot now costs 11% of base mana at every rank. Blizzard says the cost at levels 6 and 60 is nearly the same as before and slightly lower in between.
• Beast Mastery: Summon Hawk also costs 11% of base mana at every rank, and the Hawk's melee damage is up by about 80%.

Warlock (see our Warlock leveling guide)

• Imp: more base damage on Firebolt ranks 1–4, and about 15% more base health.
• Voidwalker, Succubus and Incubus: about 15% more base health each.
• Affliction: Wrack's damage is 30% lower, and it no longer raises your DoT damage. Instead, while you channel Wrack, Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony tick 100% faster, and the time they skip is kept after the channel ends. Soul Siphon now counts only those three DoTs: 4/8/12% per DoT on the target, up to 36%.
• Destruction: Bane of Havoc now triggers the global cooldown.
• The Succubus whip sound plays less often.

Shaman (see our Shaman leveling guide and Enhancement guide)

• Weapon imbues and weapon totems now work at the same time, for example Windfury Weapon and Windfury Totem, each with its own chance to trigger.
• Enhancement: Stormstrike deals 100% weapon damage (was 150%) on an 8-second cooldown (was 6). Mental Dexterity converts 33/66/100% of Intellect to Attack Power (was 50/100/150%). Maelstrom Weapon gives 20% faster, cheaper casts per stack at every rank and now triggers 6/7/8/9/10 times per minute by rank (was 20 at every rank).
• The Shaman quest reward Rage of the Storm now has 16 Strength (was Intellect) and 3.6 speed (was 3.2).
• Blizzard's reason: Enhancement had drifted toward Spell Power and Intellect gear and away from Windfury, and it wanted to fix that before the raid opens.

Druid: Omen of Clarity works again after swapping specializations; Restoration's Nature's Swiftness also makes Wild Growth instant.

Paladin: Redoubt can be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.

Priest: the Revelation enchant no longer triggers from Vampiric Embrace healing; Holy Nova is unlearned correctly when you untalent it.

Warrior: Arms' Sweeping Strikes no longer loses charges when there is no second target.

10 November 2026 hotfixes: quests, gold, professions and world

• Quest gold from level 48. "Most quests level 48 and higher now additionally reward gold." Kaivax explained that Forever removed the old XP-to-gold conversion at level 60 so nobody saves completed quests until 60. Repeatable quests, trivial quests and quests that already give valuable items were not changed. See our gold while leveling guide.
• No XP from Shatterspear Trolls. "They're dancers, not fighters!"
• Auction House (not live yet): Blizzard first listed a 1 copper minimum deposit (was 1 silver) and two auction mail fixes here. On 12 November Kaivax said these changes were removed from the list and "will go live with scheduled weekly maintenance on November 17".
• Mounts: all racial vendor mounts are now Bind-on-Pickup. See our mounts and riding guide.
• Vendors pay less for some bind-on-pickup crafted armor from Leatherworking, Tailoring and Blacksmithing.
• Professions: Coarse Grinding Stone gives skill-ups to 90 (was 75); the Journeyman Campfire Kit needs Cooking 90 to place (was 140); Arcane Salvager needs a Runed Golden Rod to craft (was Truesilver) and its disenchanting bonus works for lower-level enchanters; Lesser Spirit enchants on boots and bracers give Spirit; Iron Grenades cost 1 silver 25 copper from vendors (was 5 silver); Swiftstrike Shot and Swiftfeather Arrow are no longer Bind-on-Pickup; Minor Arcane Elixir sells for 5 copper; Fishing Racks give lures more reliably. More in our professions guide and camping guide.
• Quest fixes: "Call of Water", "Chief Engineer Scooty", "Helping Hands", "Camping 101: Herbalism" (now completes in Shen'dar Village), the Broken Frond of Celastrus drop for the whole party, "Rescue OOX-22/FE!" in Feralas, more Glade Vipers for "Poison Tips" in Riverglades, more Nightbane worgen for "Worgen in the Woods" in Duskwood, and Saltwater Murloc Eyes for "A Taste of the Sea".
• World: fixed players being sent to the wrong graveyard, and Pyrewood Village's villagers spawn again around dawn and dusk.
• Items: Sparklance Wand deals Arcane damage. Innkeepers give better answers about nearby dungeons.

Also new since 10 November: server crash and faction balance

• 9 November crash. On the evening of 9 November the servers went down for emergency maintenance. Afterwards, players reported on the EU forums that recently trained spells, profession skill points and the gold spent on them were missing. These are player reports; we found no official incident post. On 11 November Kaivax confirmed a fix for Shamans who lost a totem "due to the crash": make bag space and log out and back in. Our login and server issues guide has the details.
• PvP faction balance. Kaivax wrote on 10 November that even the most lopsided PvP ruleset in a region is at roughly 55/45. Character creation now looks at the overall balance, so it gets harder to create characters on the bigger faction: currently Horde on North American PvP rulesets and Alliance on EU Roleplay-PvP. See our Horde or Alliance guide.

9 November 2026 hotfixes: dungeons

Blizzard's 9 November dungeon fixes are the ones most likely to change how your group levels:

Dungeon	Hotfix	What it means
The Drowned City	Creatures were doing "about 30% more damage than intended"; fixed	Level 35–40 runs should be less punishing for tanks and healers
Deathless Marrow	Creature health −25%, Deathless Sorcerer's Fireball −25%, Deathless Watcher's Charge −50%, Deathless Guardian's Shield Slam cast about 50% less often	A clearly easier encounter
Alcaz Prison	Zarla Ober now drops loot	Worth killing for the drop
Blackfathom Deeps	Fixed being unable to release after dying	No more stuck corpses
Blackrock Depths	Throne room doors open after a wipe on Emperor Thaurissan; Heart of the Mountain can be looted more than once	–
The Shaper's Terrace	Vitrix, Snowtalon and Cinder now drop loot and higher-level skinning materials; Cinder spawns correctly after the Archival Panel	Skinners profit
Stratholme	You can no longer mount inside	–

Blizzard lists Deathless Marrow under its own heading. Fan databases that read the game files tie it to The Drowned City; our Drowned City guide explains what is confirmed. Waylaid Crates and Craftsman's Writs can now drop inside dungeons as well.

8 November: dungeon kill XP +50% (40% → 60% of Classic Era)

The same article lists "Experience rewarded for all enemy kills in dungeons increased by 50%." That is the hotfix Kaivax announced on 8 November: deployed at about 11:05 PST, which is 20:05 CET per the EU post. It is one change, counted once. Blizzard mentions kill XP only, not quest XP. On 10 November Kaivax added the numbers: the hotfix took dungeon kill XP "from 40% of the values in Classic Era to 60%", and Blizzard feels it "is working well". Our dungeon XP guide covers what it means for dungeons versus questing.

9 November 2026 hotfixes: classes

Hunter (see our Hunter leveling guide and Hunter pets guide)

• Vulgara the Insatiable and the Shrieklings of Zephras now belong to the correct pet families.
• Fixed Hunters sometimes pulling enemies from very far away just by targeting them.

Warlock (see our Warlock leveling guide)

• Completing Summon Felsteed now grants the riding skill. Blizzard's note: if you finished the quest before the hotfix, summon the Felsteed once to get apprentice riding, which also lets you ride other mounts. More in our mounts and riding guide.
• Incinerate is no longer available to non-Destruction specializations.

Mage (see our Mage AoE leveling guide)

• Flamestrike's ticks on the ground no longer consume Clearcasting.
• Arcane Concentration's chance now splits across the cast and every bolt. Before the fix it granted 10% on the cast and 10% per bolt, so expect fewer Clearcasting procs from multi-bolt casts.

Druid: the Cooldown Manager shows Lacerate instead of Berserk; Idol of Ferocity no longer lists Mangle; Feral Charge (Cat) puts you in combat right away; Natural Instinct now applies to Lacerate and Pounce; the Pounce stun shows on the target.

Paladin: Consecration keeps its increased damage after targets inside it despawn; the Cooldown Manager shows Seals correctly.

Priest: Shadowform no longer breaks when you cast Fear Ward; Power Infusion persists on allies.

Shaman: Lightning Overload now deals the correct damage for Lightning Bolt; new Lightning Mastery visual; Improved Ghost Wolf holds the Night Watchman's Torch.

Warrior: Thunderclap shows only its cooldown in the Cooldown Manager.

Tauren: Cultivation goes on cooldown only after the cast completes.

9 November 2026 hotfixes: world, zones and quests

• Fewer players per zone. Blizzard "lowered the population of players in various zones where there was significant congestion", with "an even bigger change on the PvP ruleset" after players said they felt overcrowded. Blizzard will keep adjusting. Our login queue and server issues guide and rulesets guide cover what that means.
• Un'Goro Crater: Young Diemetradons spawn at level 51–52 again (they were level 58).
• Rare spawns: Ivar the Foul (Silverpine Forest) no longer respawns too slowly; Ferocitas the Dream Eater (Teldrassil) spawns faster; Malduko Cloudcrush (Zephras) respawns slightly more slowly.
• Camping: the Pouch of Violet Dust now adds the extra hour of Camp Benefits it was meant to. See our camping and rest guide.
• Shared quest items: "The Monster Surfaces", "Croaky's Head" and "Elmpaw's Head" now work for everyone in the party.
• Quest fixes: "The Deathstalkers" (Astor Hadren can be angered), "Jom-jom's Escape", "Ever After" (door teleports), "Unwelcome Guests", "Find Bingles" (now under Loch Modan), "A Quick Grocery Run", "Lonebrow's Journal" (faster respawn, moved slightly down the road), "A Recipe for Death", "Fetch 'n' Fletch", the Rogue quest "Mission: Possible not Probable", "Bloodmaster's Ring" from Jezap Jinglesprocket, and "Feathers in Flight" (owl nests lootable below level 60).
• Travel: the Camp Taurajo to Thunder Bluff flight path no longer goes through objects.
• Items: Berdun's Trusty Rifle has fixed stats and is no longer Bind-on-Equip; Nifty Stopwatch no longer shares a cooldown with Dash, Blink, Sprint and other movement abilities; Gloves of Holy Might work as intended.
• PvP: an invisible wall on the roof of the Alliance base in Warsong Gulch is gone.

6 and 5 November hotfixes (earlier in the same article)

Blizzard keeps every hotfix in one article and adds a new dated section on top. The earlier sections, in short:

• 6 November: Voidwalker base health up by about 40 at all levels; Soul Siphon no longer makes Wrack boost its own damage; the Drowned City instance portal now teleports you inside; creatures in Blackmaw Hold and The Drowned City no longer disengage; Zaetar's Spirit spawns after Princess Theradras in Maraudon; "Vorsha the Lasher" fixed; Kerlonian Evershade sleeps less in "The Sleeper Has Awakened"; the Ruins of Lordaeron's Abominable Head offers "Unending Torment" to Horde at level 15; Tanning Rack skill lowered to 125; visibility of other players at long distances improved. Druid, Mage, Rogue and Warrior tooltip fixes too.
• 5 November: respawn fixes in Durotar and Dustwallow Marsh, a Druid trainer on Zephras, apprentice tradeskill bags on Zephras, and Plainsrunning no longer stacking in battleground preparation.

What the hotfixes mean for your leveling

1. Hunters: your pet has less spare health than in the first launch week, so watch it on bigger pulls and use Mend Pet earlier. Beast Mastery's Hawk hits much harder now.
2. Warlocks: your Voidwalker and other demons are about 15% tougher. Affliction players should keep Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony up and channel Wrack on top of them, because Wrack now speeds up those DoTs.
3. Enhancement Shamans: prefer Strength and Attack Power gear over Intellect, as Blizzard advised. Run Windfury Weapon with Windfury Totem, since imbues and totems now stack. Expect Stormstrike less often.
4. Levels 48–60: turn quests in as you go. They now pay gold, and holding them until 60 gives no extra gold in Forever.
5. Mid-30s groups: The Drowned City stays easier after the 9 November fixes, and dungeon kill XP is at 60% of Classic Era since 8 November.

Where Blizzard posts WoW Forever patch notes

Source	What it covers
WoW: Forever Hotfixes article	Every live hotfix, with a new dated section added on top
Kaivax's class tuning post and other forum posts	Planned changes and quick server-side fixes, often hours before the article
Known Issues thread	Bugs that are not fixed yet
Beta development notes	Pre-launch design changes up to 2 November

Leveling addons do not change with server hotfixes. On 12 November RestedXP's latest addon release was v4.11.36, published on GitHub at 23:32 UTC on 11 November (Riverglades flight paths, Dungeon Guide fixes); our RestedXP update log tracks addon releases separately. For the guide price and the 10% off, see our RestedXP discount code page.

Frequently asked questions

What are the latest WoW Forever patch notes?

The newest official list is Blizzard's WoW: Forever Hotfixes article, now titled November 11, 2026. The 11 November section fixes Hunter Volley, Flametongue Totem Rank 2 and Feral Pounce, makes Paladin Judgement a ranged attack, lowers damage from three Riverglades enemies, enlarges five Tailoring bags and lets you mount in Shen'dralas. The 10 November class tuning (Hunter pets, Warlock demons, Affliction, Enhancement) and quest gold from level 48 stay live.

Is the 1 copper Auction House deposit live?

No. Blizzard listed it in the 10 November hotfixes, but Kaivax wrote on 12 November that the Auction House changes were removed from the list because they go live with the scheduled weekly maintenance on 17 November. The minimum deposit and the auction mail timing fixes are due then.

Is the November 10 class tuning live?

Yes. Blizzard added a November 10, 2026 section to its hotfix article (the forum copy was posted early on 11 November, Europe/Oslo). It covers the Hunter pet, Warlock demon, Affliction and Enhancement changes Kaivax announced on 6 November.

Did Hunter pets get a buff or a nerf on November 10?

On paper a reduction. Blizzard says pets erroneously had 150% of their normal health and corrected this to 115%. Wowhead reports it as a Hunter pet nerf. Beast Mastery's Hawk got about 80% more melee damage, and Arcane Shot and Summon Hawk now cost 11% of base mana at every rank.

Did dungeon XP change again?

No new change. Kaivax explained on 10 November that the 8 November hotfix took dungeon kill XP from 40% to 60% of the Classic Era values, and that Blizzard feels the adjustment is working well. The +50% line in the hotfix article is that same 8 November change.

Do quests give gold at level 60 in WoW Forever?

Forever has no XP-to-gold conversion for quests at level 60. To compensate, Blizzard's 10 November hotfixes added gold to most quests of level 48 and higher, including some that never rewarded gold. Repeatable, trivial quests and quests that already give valuable items were not changed.

Where does Blizzard post WoW Forever patch notes?

Live fixes go into one WoW: Forever Hotfixes article on Blizzard's news site, which gets a new dated section each time. Planned changes and quick fixes appear first as Kaivax posts on the official forums, and the Known Issues thread tracks bugs that are not fixed yet.