6.1.2 Hotfixes: May 22
May 25th by Rygarius
Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.1.2. Hotfixes are updates made on our end without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require the realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.
The latest batch of hotfixes are listed below. Previous hotfixes will be compiled by category to provide a quick summary of all hotfixes that have been applied since the start of World of Warcraft Patch 6.1.2.
Tags may be added to some hotfixes to denote a special condition.
- [Requires a realm restart] means the hotfix will not take effect until after a scheduled rolling restart or maintenance.
- [Hotfix in testing] means the hotfix is in early stages of testing and may not be implemented just yet. However, the change is important and is posted to provide as much advanced notice as possible.
Patch 6.1.2 Information
- Patch 6.1.2 Patch Notes
- Patch 6.1 Now Live
- 6.1 Patch Notes
- 6.1 Hotfixes
- Patch Installation & Troubleshooting
Creatures and NPCs
Spires of Arak
- Rukhmar now moves faster and can also move while channeling Solar Breath.
Elwynn Forest
- Fixed an issue that could cause Hogger in Elwynn Forest to bug out if General Hammond Clay in Stormwind was slain.
Quests
Tanaris
- Thunderdrome: Grudge Match! Fixed an issue where the quest would fail if Megs Dreadshredder deals damage to Steelspark LX-506.
Raids and Dungeons
Blackrock Foundry
Operator Thogar
- Fixed a number of issues that could cause the Operator Thogar encounter to not start correctly.
Blackhand
- [Requires a realm restart.] Slag Bombs' explosion now damages players in a 6 yard radius (down from 10 yards) on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
- Incendiary Shot's damage has been reduced by 25% on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties.
- Blackhand's Shattering Smash now deals 25% less damage during Stage Two on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties.
PvP
Battlegrounds
- Fixed an issue where players were receiving more Conquest and Honor than intended for winning a Strands of the Ancients match via Random Battleground.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Isle of Conquest Workshop to not work correctly.
Classes
Paladin
General
- Hand of Freedom is no longer usable while stunned.
Glyphs
- Glyph of Denounce is now removed completely by dispel effects (dispel effects used to only remove one stack at a time).
Bug Fixes
- [Hotfix in testing] Blood-Soaked Invitations should now convert into the correct Horde equivalent for Alliance characters performing a faction transfer.
Raids and Dungeons
Blackrock Foundry
- Blackhand
- Blackhand's Demolition ability now deals 20% less damage and his Massive Demolition ability now deals 5% less damage on Normal, Heroic, and Mythic difficulties.
Raids and Dungeons
Blackrock Foundry
- The Blast Furnace
- Additional Bellows Operators should no longer incorrectly spawn after the fight has transitioned into Phase 2.
Bug Fixes
Achievements
- Patrol Mission Specialist: Fixed an issue where characters were not receiving credit for completing the achievement.
Class
Warlock
- General
- Fellhunter's Spell Lock ability and the version of Spell Lock obtained through Grimoire of Sacrifice should now correctly share a cooldown with each other.
Quests
Legendary Ring Quest Line
- An Inside Job: Reduced the number of guards present and amount for health on all guards in the quest area.
Southern Barrens
- Run Out the Guns: Rageroar Rowboats should now continue to spawn.
Bug Fixes
Achievements
- Home Alone can now be completed using alternate versions of a Hearthstone such as The Innkeeper's Daughter or Garrison Hearthstone.
Raids and Dungeons
Blackrock Foundry
- The Blast Furnace
- Fixed an issue where Heart of the Mountain's Tempered debuff could incorrectly persist on a player pet.
Items
- Explorer's Notebook or Garrison Scout Report used by players that already have an Exploration mission available should now be informed that they're not eligible for additional missions of that type and no longer incorrectly consume the item.
Creatures and NPCs
Spires of Arak
- Solar Magnifier should now allow players to loot it and no longer immediately despawn after being defeated.
Raids and Dungeons
Legacy
- Siege of Orgrimmar
- Galakras: Fixed an issue where players could not advance to Phase 2 because Anti-Air turrets were not spawning correctly.
Raids and Dungeons
Blackrock Foundry
- General
- The health and damage scaling of aspects of several encounters on Normal and Heroic difficulties have been adjusted to make them less punishing for smaller raid groups, to account for reduced availability of external cooldowns and the larger relative portion of the group that must deal with certain mechanics. Overall, these changes should make the encounters easier for groups with closer to 10 raiders, while having little noticeable effect for groups with closer to 30 players.
- Kromog
- Stone Breath now deals up to 20% less damage on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
- The Blast Furnace
- Foreman Feldspar, Security Guards, Bellows Operators, Firecallers, and Engineers now have up to 15% less health on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
- Blackhand
- The damage over time dealt by the Impaled effect has been reduced by up to 30% on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
- Blackhand now has up to 10% less health on Normal and Heroic difficulties.
Raids and Dungeons
Blackrock Foundry
- Blackhand
- Blackhand's Marked for Death ability should no longer have a preference to target players that are already stunned during Stage Two.
PvP
Conquest Catch-Up Cap Changes
- Conquest catch-up cap received a change to how it's calculated that should result in a roughly 50% increase to the catch-up portion of the cap.
- The formula used to calculate a player’s catch-up cap is now: <Number of weeks passed in the season> × 1500 - <Total amount of Conquest earned this season>
- Further information on this change could be found in the forum thread titled: Changes to Conquest Catch-Up Cap.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where whispers were not working correctly from the Mobile Armory chat client.
Raids and Dungeons
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Blackrock Foundry
- Blackhand
- Fixed an issue that was causing Blackhand's Slag Bombs to incorrectly explode instantly and the Slagged debuff to incorrectly persist on a character.
- Blackhand
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Legacy
- Dragon Soul, Warmaster Blackhorn: Fixed an issue that could cause the encounter to not drop loot if Goriona was damaged too quickly during the transition to Stage Two.
Collections
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Toy Box
- Fruit Basket should no longer incorrectly have a chance to trigger trinket effects.
Items
- Checkered Flag's mount speed bonus no longer works while inside of an instance such as dungeons, raids, Arenas, or Battlegrounds.
PvP
- Chauffeured Chopper should no longer incorrectly allow players to mount up while holding a flag or orb.
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Ashran
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Ashran Paladin Captains (Vanguard Samuelle and Avenger Turley) should no longer bubble hearth when they have low health. This should make the Take Them Out achievement more obtainable.
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Items
- Robo-Rooster should correctly only be allowing one Robo-Rooster to be active at a time once more.
Classes
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Druid
- Armor Sets
- Tier-17 4-piece set bonus for Feral Druids should now correctly have a chance to trigger from Multistrikes.
- Armor Sets
Quests
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Legacy
- Striking Back (Dun Morogh): Repaired Bomber should now correctly fly over Ironforge Airfield and allow players to complete the quest.
Raids and Dungeons
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Blackrock Foundry
- The Blast Furnace
- Phase 1
- Furnace Engineers should now throw a bomb at players roughly every 6 seconds. Throw Bomb is now instant-cast, but the range is now 40 yards (down from 50 yards). These changes are intended to diminish the relative benefit of having two or more priests, compared to one or none: Mind Control allows for more controlled targeting of the Bombs, but does not speed up the phase as a whole.
- Reduced the health of Heat Regulators.
- Phase 1
- Blackhand
- Blackhand's health has been reduced by 5% on Mythic difficulty.
- Blackhand's Massive Shattering Smash ability now deals 25% less damage on Mythic difficulty.
- Iron Soldiers' health has been reduced by 15% on Mythic difficulty.
- The Blast Furnace
Collections
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Heirlooms
- In response to player feedback, we have increased the power of Heirloom for levels 91-100. This change is intended to help Heirlooms be more competitive relative to Draenor dungeon gear.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could cause Mistweaver Monks that had undergone a Paid Character Boost to deal less damage than intended while in the process of unlocking skills and abilities.
- Fixed an issue that could cause looping flight paths used for quests to not work correctly.
Racial Abilities
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Night Elf
- Shadowmeld should now correctly drop the character from combat if another party member is in combat while in an Arena, Battleground, Rated Battleground, or outdoor PvP zone.
Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts
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Summoned Bosses
- Teluur should no longer incorrectly despawn while in combat with the player after being summoned.
Quests
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Legendary Ring Quest Line
- An Inside Job: Fixed an issue where Garona may sometimes fail to eliminate a target.
- Reverse Piracy: Fixed an issue where the map marker for Stolen Sha'tari Vault was not updated correctly after defeating The Iron Maidens.
Raids and Dungeons
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Blackrock Foundry
- The Iron Maidens
- The Iron Maidens should no longer incorrectly trigger a Dreadnaught phase if they reach 100 Energy and 20% health at around the same time.
- The Iron Maidens
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Legacy
- Throne of Thunder
- Durumu the Forgotten: Fixed an issue where the cones of light may incorrectly spawn high above ground during the Light Spectrum phase.
- Throne of Thunder
Items
- Primal Gladiator's Medallion of Adaptation should now convert into the correct faction version for characters that had undergone a Paid Faction Change.