WoW: Forever Hotfix Tracker: Every Hotfix Day So Far

Blizzard does not post a new page for each WoW: Forever hotfix. It keeps one running page, adds each new day to the top, and renames the page after the newest day. Since launch the same page has been called "November 6", "November 9", "November 11" and now "WoW: Forever Hotfixes - November 13, 2026". That makes it hard to answer a simple question: what has actually changed since launch, and what is new since you last looked? This tracker answers it in one place.

Last hotfix day included: November 13, 2026. Checked against Blizzard's page and its forum thread on November 14, 2026.

How this tracker works

Each hotfix day gets a short entry with its biggest gameplay changes, not every line. Where we have already written a full breakdown, the entry links to it. The newest day, which no breakdown covers yet, gets the most space.

Two sources feed it. The first is Blizzard's news page, the source of record. The second is the matching thread on Blizzard's official forums, where community manager Kaivax posts the same lists. The forum has notes that do not appear on the news page, and one of them changes when the biggest class rework actually went live.

This page covers WoW: Forever only. Modern WoW (Midnight) has its own hotfix list, and its newest post on Blizzard's news page was still "Hotfixes: November 6, 2026" when we checked on November 14.

Every hotfix day at a glance

No hotfix day is listed for November 7, 8 or 12 on Blizzard's page. The November 12 row is a forum note, not a hotfix list.

Latest: November 13

Blizzard posted this day on the evening of November 13 Pacific time; its news page dates the post November 14. The table has the entries with the biggest gameplay effect.

Classes. Beyond the table: Frost Nova now breaks from proc damage and from Blizzard. The Quick and the Dead Legacy Perk now reduces the Mana cost of Divine Spirit for Priests. Siphon Life Rank 1 cannot be cast while silenced, and Berserker Rage now removes Sap. On Windfury Totem, Blizzard adds that off-hand strikes from abilities such as Whirlwind or Mutilate still cannot activate it; only the main-hand strike can.

Judgement of Command. Blizzard's note explains the split. All other Judgements stay Ranged attacks. Command was the only Judgement treated as melee in the original game; other Seals were treated as spells, but Forever counts them as Ranged.

Dungeons. The trivial-kill rule is the big one. Blizzard does not say how many levels make an enemy trivial, so the safe reading is: a much higher-level friend carrying you through a low dungeon costs the whole group the kill XP. Our leveling guide covers how this sits with the November 9 XP increase. Sneed in The Deadmines now ejects properly if his Shredder is stunned at 0% health, and defeating Balnazzar in Stratholme now counts toward the Legacy Challenge Master Spelunker.

Items. Blizzard fixed stats on a batch of items: Darkspear signet rings now have the same Mp5 as their Alliance equivalents, Taran Icebreaker is a two-handed mace (it was behaving as one-handed), and the Glimmering Mithril Insignia no longer requires Mail. Blessed Band of Light lost its Hit stat, and Channeler's Ring now has Spell Power instead of Spirit. Blizzard's note says you can trade a Blessed Band of Light for a Channeler's Ring. Until raids open, the swap is the first item on Pix Xizzix's vendor list if you have the Band. The exchange cannot be reversed. Gloves of Holy Might now only trigger from harmful, damaging spells and abilities.

Quests and the world. Shared party drops were fixed for several quests, among them Deadwood Key, Drop of Stolen Life and Sootfur's pelt. Pix Xizzix's weekly dungeon quests now clear from the log on weekly reset, and Rogues on "The Talisman of Kazdor" no longer enter the wrong Zul'Farrak. A bug where picking up "Return to the Port" deleted nearby players' quest items for "The Cook in the Cage" is fixed. Three Riverglades quest bugs were also fixed. Quillboar and Venture Co. spawns in the Mulgore starting area were reduced, and Stranglethorn's tigers, panthers and raptors spawn more often.

Fishing and UI. The weekly Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza now lets "greatly" more players per ruleset win. Blizzard gives no number and says more performance fixes are coming "in the weeks to come." Separately, players with Secondary Talents no longer have their Action Bar settings reset on every logout.

November 12: the delayed Enhancement deploy

This one is easy to miss, because it is not on the news page. On November 12, Kaivax posted in the official forum thread that, "due to an unexpected delay in deployment," a set of changes went live in all regions at 10:45 a.m. PST that day:

• Weapon imbues and weapon totems working at the same time
• Stormstrike at 100% weapon damage with an 8-second cooldown
• Mental Dexterity at 33/66/100%
• The Maelstrom Weapon rework and its new tooltip

All of these are listed under November 10 on the hotfix page. If you played Enhancement on November 10 or 11 and the old numbers still seemed to apply, this is probably why. The note names only those Shaman entries, so we cannot say whether anything else on the November 10 list was delayed.

Changes that span several days

Several systems have been touched more than once. The per-day lists bury that, so here they are side by side.

The pattern is worth noticing. Blizzard is adjusting the same few things in steps rather than in one pass, and Blizzard's notes on the Enhancement rework and the Blessed Band of Light exchange both mention the coming raids. If you are planning a raid build, check this table again after each new day.

Earlier days in short

November 11. Paladin Judgement now counts as a Ranged attack. Hunter Volley no longer triggers procs and stops when you move. Five Tailoring bags now cost one more bolt of cloth and hold more, up to 14 slots for the Red Mageweave Bag. Three Riverglades enemies hit less hard. The Item Restoration service was disabled "while we investigate and address a critical bug." Full breakdown.

November 10. This day has the Enhancement rework covered above and an Affliction Wrack redesign: while channeled, it makes Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony tick 100% faster. Hunter pets drop to 115% health. Most quests level 48 and up now also pay gold, because Forever has no XP-to-gold conversion at 60. Vendors now pay less for some bind-on-pickup crafted armor. Full breakdown.

November 9. Dungeon kill XP +50%. The Drowned City's creatures were dealing about 30% more damage than intended, which is now fixed. Population in congested zones was lowered, more on the PvP ruleset. Warlocks who finished "Summon Felsteed" early get apprentice riding the next time they summon it. The Pouch of Violet Dust now gives its extra camp hour. Full breakdown.

November 6. Mostly bug and tooltip cleanup. Druid Bloom now heals, Mages stop learning a stray Research spell, Voidwalkers gain about 40 base health, and the Tanning Rack needs 125 Leatherworking (was 140). There are fixes for quests like "Vorsha the Lasher" and "The Sleeper Has Awakened", and a Damp Note drop-rate increase. Full breakdown.

November 5. Respawn fixes in Durotar and Dustwallow Marsh. Zephras Isle trade vendors now sell apprentice tradeskill bags, and Mild Spices sell for 1 copper. Plainsrunning can no longer stack in a battleground's preparation phase. Full breakdown.

Still pending

• Auction house changes, scheduled for November 17. An Auction House section briefly appeared on the hotfix page and was then removed. On the forum Kaivax said those changes "will go live with scheduled weekly maintenance on November 17" and will reappear in the hotfix notes afterwards. Our gold-making guide has what that section said. We will add the auction house entry here once Blizzard posts it.
• Item Restoration. No hotfix entry through November 13 says the service is back. Until one does, treat a deleted or vendored item as gone.
• Fishing tournament performance. Blizzard says more fixes will come "in the weeks to come."
• Raid tuning. Nothing on the page tunes the raids themselves yet. The raids and endgame guide has the unlock date Blizzard gave.

The November 12 note shows that a listed fix can go live later than the date it sits under. If something here does not match what you see in game, trust the game and Blizzard's live page.