THE WOW FOREVER COLLECTION · DISPATCH · RESEARCH CHECKED NOVEMBER 10, 2026
Short answer: Blizzard posted its largest set of WoW Forever hotfixes so far at 04:23 UTC on November 10 (the evening of November 9 Pacific). The headline fixes: every enemy in the Drowned City had been doing about 30% more damage than intended, the Deathless Marrow fight there is now much easier, congested zones hold fewer players per layer, Warlocks who finished the Felsteed quest finally get apprentice riding, and the Pouch of Violet Dust now adds its extra hour of camp buffs. These are separate from the class tuning Blizzard scheduled for November 10.
The Drowned City was bugged, then nerfed on top
If the Drowned City felt brutal last week, it was. The notes say Blizzard "fixed an issue that was causing creatures inside the Drowned City to do about 30% more damage than intended." That applied to the whole dungeon, the level 35 to 40 troll dungeon from our new zones and dungeons guide.
The Deathless Marrow encounter got its own cuts as well:
| Change | Amount |
|---|---|
| Health of all creatures in the encounter | Down 25% |
| Deathless Sorcerer's Fireball damage | Down 25% |
| Deathless Watcher's Charge damage | Down 50% |
| Deathless Guardian's Shield Slam frequency | About half as often |
Taken together, a group that wiped there on Saturday is facing a noticeably softer fight now. If you skipped the dungeon after a bad run, it is worth another go, especially with dungeon kill XP up 50% since November 8. That XP change is restated in these notes but it isn't new.
Other dungeon fixes
- Blackrock Depths: the throne room doors now open again if your party wipes on Emperor Thaurissan, and the Heart of the Mountain can be looted more than once.
- Blackfathom Deeps: fixed a bug that could leave you unable to release after dying.
- Alcaz Prison: Zarla Ober now drops loot.
- The Shaper's Terrace: Vitrix, Snowtalon and Cinder drop loot and higher-level skinning materials, and Cinder spawns properly after the Archival Panel is used.
- Stratholme: you can no longer mount inside.
- Waylaid Crates and Craftsman's Writs now drop inside dungeons. A bug had been blocking them, so dungeon levelers were missing out on profession turn-ins.
Fewer players in crowded zones
Under World, Blizzard "lowered the population of players in various zones where there was significant congestion." The developers' note adds that this is "an even bigger change on the PvP ruleset, following feedback from players that they felt overcrowded in several places," and that the team will keep adjusting.
This is the fix players had been asking for since Friday, when layers swung from empty to packed and quest mobs stayed dead for ten minutes at a time. We covered that in our overcrowded layers dispatch. Blizzard didn't name the zones or give numbers, so the only test is to go back to the spot that was camped and see. The PvP side of this, including Blizzard's new statement on faction balance, is in our faction balance update.
Class fixes worth knowing
Most of the class section is bug fixing. A few of the entries change how your character plays.
Warlock. Completing "Summon Felsteed" now grants riding skill. If you did the quest before the hotfix, the developers' note says "summoning the Felsteed once will grant them the apprentice riding skill, allowing them to ride other mounts if desired." Incinerate is also no longer available outside Destruction.
Mage. Arcane Concentration "now correctly splits across the cast and every bolt (was granting 10% on cast and per bolt)." It reads as a nerf to how often Arcane Mages see Clearcasting, since the old behaviour rolled the full 10% more than once per cast. Flamestrike's ground ticks no longer eat Clearcasting, which is a small buff for Fire.
Shaman. Lightning Overload "now deals the correct amount of damage for Lightning Bolt." The notes don't say whether it had been too high or too low.
Priest. Shadowform no longer drops when you cast Fear Ward, and Power Infusion now persists on allies.
Hunter. Hunters will no longer pull enemies from very far away just by targeting them, and Vulgara the Insatiable and the Shrieklings of Zephras now sit in the right pet families. Check your tamed pet's abilities if you have one.
Druid. Feral Charge in Cat Form now puts you in combat right away, and Natural Instinct applies to Lacerate and Pounce.
Paladin. Consecration no longer loses its increased damage after a target inside it despawns.
Tauren. Cultivation only goes on cooldown after the cast finishes.
Nothing here touches the Voidwalker, Enhancement or Wrack changes Blizzard announced last week. Those are in our November 10 class tuning preview. You can check current talent text in the talent calculator.
Items and quests
The Pouch of Violet Dust Twitch drop had a bug that stopped it adding the extra hour to the Camp Benefits aura. That is fixed, so the toy now does what our drop guide says it does.
The Nifty Stopwatch no longer shares a cooldown with Dash, Blink, Sprint and other movement abilities. Berdun's Trusty Rifle lost its random stats and is no longer Bind-on-Equip, and Gloves of Holy Might "now work as intended."
Around fifteen quests were fixed. The ones that will save groups the most time are the party loot fixes: the quest item for "The Monster Surfaces", "Croaky's Head" and "Elmpaw's Head" can now be looted by everyone in a party. Henrig Lonebrow's Journal respawns faster and has moved slightly down the road, next to a similar skeleton. "Fetch 'n' Fletch" can be completed, and Jom-jom no longer gets stuck on his escape.
Spawn timers moved in a few places too. Ferocitas the Dream Eater in Teldrassil respawns faster, Ivar the Foul in Silverpine was respawning slower than intended and is fixed, and Young Diemetradons in Un'goro no longer spawn at level 58.
One for the Warsong roof jumpers
Blizzard removed an invisible wall on the roof of the Alliance base in Warsong Gulch, with a note that reads "Please be careful up there."
Sources: Kaivax, WoW: Forever Hotfixes - November 9, 2026 (US forums, updated November 10, 2026, 04:23 UTC) and the same notes on Blizzard News (November 9, 2026); Kaivax, reply in PvP Faction Balance Updates - November 10 confirming the zone population change went live earlier that day (November 10, 2026, 03:11 UTC); Icy Veins, Many Class Fixes, Dungeon Adjustments, Item and Quest Improvements: WoW Forever Hotfixes, November 9th (November 10, 2026); MMO-Champion, WoW: Forever Hotfixes - November 9, 2026 (November 10, 2026); MeinMMO, WoW Forever: Hotfixes from November 10, 2026 (November 10, 2026).