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World of Warcraft Known Issues and Fixes: Retail Hotfix Records

Verified retail hotfix records for damage attribution, Feral triggers, a raid interaction and Valeera after a faction change.

PC
Official fix available

October 6: plague-erupt damage is attributed to the wrong player

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

The October 6 retail hotfix corrects Augmentation Evoker Reattribution damage from plague-erupt effects being assigned to the Death Knight. This is the attribution issue named in the notes, distinct from the same day’s Blightfall balance change. [1]

Official fix available

October 1: Rampant Ferocity triggers incorrectly on one target

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

Blizzard’s Feral Druid entry fixes Rampant Ferocity triggering incorrectly against a single target. It is a class-interaction correction rather than an instruction to reset talents. [1]

Official fix available

October 1: Venomous Heart melees a player

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

The Venomous Abyss entry for Ula’tek fixes the Venomous Heart sometimes making a melee attack against a player. [1]

Documented workaround

September 23: Valeera cannot change talents after a faction change

Platforms: PCUpdated Evidence checked

The Delves hotfix addresses Valeera becoming unable to change talents or gain abilities after a faction change. Blizzard supplies an additional recovery sequence for affected characters: enter a delve, leave it, then log out. [1]

Documented steps

  1. On the affected character, enter a delve, leave the delve, and then log out, following Blizzard’s documented order. [1]
Officially acknowledged

Check the client section and rollout conditions

Platforms: PCEvidence checked

The publisher’s combined page covers Midnight and several Classic variants. The entries above come from its retail sections. Some hotfixes need realm restarts, while some issues need a client patch, so a listed fix should be read with its rollout conditions. [1]

Sources & verification

Platform and version details belong to the individual issue or guide section. A documented workaround may not resolve every case.

  1. Hotfixes: October 6, 2026 — World of Warcraft — Blizzard News official-patch-notesRetrieved

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