Patch 5.2 of the Public Test Realm now available

Patch 5.2 is already present in the Public Test Realms. You'll get to experience a gigantic new raid dungeon, a multifaceted new quest area, pet battle enhancements, new bosses, major class balance changes, new mounts and pets, various bug fixes, and much more.

World of Warcraft 5.2 Patch Notes

• General
  • New daily quest area: The Isle of the Thunder King.
    • Here players can join the assault to conquer Emperor Lei Shen's island stronghold, access new quest chains and daily quest areas, participate in special events, earn the right to visit the legendary Hall of Treasures, claim an arsenal of powerful mogu artifacts for your faction and much more.
    • Leading the assault will be the highlights of each faction: the Kirin Tor Offensive led by Jaina Proudmoore and the Sunreaver Onslaught led by Lor'themar Theron. By earning reputation with these new factions, heroes have the opportunity to receive new quests and reputation rewards, including powerful items and an intimidating new mount.
    • Once both the Alliance and the Horde have successfully established a position on the island, players will be able to choose between undertaking missions focused on PvE or PvP. PvP missions will pit players against NPCs from the opposing faction, but killing enemy players will also grant credit.
    • Upon conquering the island, the heroes gain access to the mighty Lightning Forge, allowing blacksmiths to forge gang-worthy items as well as classic weapons from the past.
    • PTR players can teleport to the Isle of the Thunder King at their faction's shrines in Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Although the Isle of the Thunder King will be progressively unlocked from kingdom to kingdom based on participation in the war campaign, initially only some of the Island's features will be accessible. Future updates will include the shipyard and courtyard principal. Some features, such as the Hall of Treasures, will not be available yet.
  • New Raid: Throne of Thunder
    • Emperor Lei Shen, the King of Thunder, has returned to unleash his vengeance on Pandaria. It will be up to the heroes of the Alliance and the Horde to stop the newly resurrected tyrant and his Zandalari allies in the massive and hulking band: Throne of Thunder.
    • Throne of Thunder is a sprawling citadel that houses 12 new raid encounters, and players who defeat Emperor Lei Shen in Heroic Mode can get a chance to face an extra thirteenth enemy.
    • The Raid Finder version of the Throne of Thunder will split into 4 different wings.
    • Join the Shado-Pan Assault on their solo campaign to defeat Lei Shen, the Thunder King, once and for all, and gain access to reward items with impressive value points. Reputation can only be earned with this faction in the Throne of Thunder Raid Dungeon.
    • Attention: During 5.2 PTRs, this raid dungeon will only be available for a limited trial time. Stay tuned to our PTR discussion forum for more details.
  • The Legendary Mission Continues:
    • Wrathion needs to know the origin and provenance of the mogu power, and the mightiest heroes of Azeroth will help the Black Prince find out what it is. This quest for information will lead players deep into the Thunder King's Palace, putting them through tests of skill and perseverance. Along the way, they will unravel the secrets of a new helmet enchantment, the Crown of Heaven.
    • Please note: this quest will not be available in PTRs at first, but will be coming soon.
  • New World Bosses: Nalak, the Storm Lord, and Oondasta
    • Nalak, the Storm Lord
      • After the conquest of the Isle of the Thunder King, the guardian of the gate of the Thunder King's citadel will appear: Nalak, the Lord of the Storm. Players will have the chance to meet him often.
    • oondasta
      • In a place forgotten by time, the Zandalari have provided weapons and armor to the great demoniac Oondasta, and he awaits players brave enough (or foolish enough) to meet him on the mysterious Isle of Giants that it is found in the seas north of Kun-Lai Summit.
  • Buy the farm
    • Players who have had a taste for working the land at Rancho Cantosol can now buy it from Farmer Yoon. Once the land is owned by a player, it becomes a resting point like an inn, where the player can put down roots and disconnect. Orders from factions across Pandaria will arrive at the farm, and completing them will earn you reputation with the faction that made them.
    • Attention: the new features of Rancho Cantosol are not available in the PTRs, but they will not be long in coming.
  • New world boss system
    • Now all bosses in the world are Loot per faction. This new system offers each player of the same faction who opts for loot and who faces a boss the possibility of winning loot. With the new system, players will only be able to earn loot from each world boss once a week, but there will be bonus spins. Additionally, bosses will now respawn more frequently.
• Classes
  • Death Knight
    • Deadly Suction now heals for 150% of damage dealt (was 100%).
    • Conversion now costs 5. Runic Power plus 5 per second thereafter (was 10 Runic Power plus 10 per second).
    • Bloodworms summoned by Blood Parasite now have 200% more health.
    • Profane
      • Mowing now also applies to Icy Touch.
      • Summon Gargoyle no longer costs Runic Power.
      • Gargoyle Strike now deals Shadow damage and Nature damage (was just Nature damage).
      • Ebony Plaguebringer now causes Plague Strike to deal Frost Rush in addition to its other effects.
  • Druid
    • Cyclone now has a 30 second cooldown for Feral Druids. Additionally, it will now share diminishing returns with Banish, Seduction, Elemental Bind, Hex, Freezing Trap, Wyvern Sting, Gouge, Bunch, Hibernate, Paralysis, Polymorph, Ring of Frost, Repentance, and Withering Palm.
    • Symbiosis
      • Devastating Strike now has a 1,5 second cast time to correctly match the warrior's version of this ability.
    • Tremulous Beast has been redesigned. Now triggers Cat Form, grants 50% increased movement speed for 4 seconds after teleporting, and no longer triggers Stalk.
    • Cenarius Ward now grants 100% increased healing.
    • Frenzy Regeneration is now boosted 10% more effectively with Attack Power.
    • Claws and Teeth is now boosted 10% more effectively with Attack Power.
    • Mastery: Nature Guardian now provides 20% more armor per mastery rating.
    • Rejuvenation now costs approximately 9% less mana.
    • Revive and Mark of the Wild now cost 55% less mana.
    • Faerie Swarm can now slow down more than one target at a time.
    • Mass Entanglement now has a cooldown of 30 seconds (was 2 minutes).
    • Typhoon now has a cooldown of 30 seconds (was 20 seconds).
    • Treants summoned by Force of Nature now deal more damage and grant more healing, and the tooltip for Force of Nature will report the abilities of these summoned pets.
    • Forest soul
      • Balance: Now generates 40. of lunar or solar energy when leaving Eclipse.
      • Feral: unchanged.
      • Guardian: Generates 3. extra rage for Mangle.
      • Restoration: Now grants 70% haste to the next spell cast after the druid casts Swift Mend.
    • Nature's Watch now has a 90 second cooldown (was 3 min), and now increases damage and healing by 10% (was 20%).
  • Hunter
    • Wrath of the Beasts can now be activated when the hunter's pet is not in line of sight.
    • Silencing Shot now has a 24 second cooldown (was 20 seconds).
    • Binding Shot no longer has a focus cost.
    • Wyvern Sting no longer has a focus cost, and its cooldown is now 45 seconds (was 60 seconds).
    • The glyph for Marked for Death has been removed, and its effects now have a base value.
    • New glyph: Glyph of Liberation. Use of this glyph now causes Separation to heal the hunter for 5% of maximum health.
  • Wizard
    • Invocation now removes the cooldown of Evocation and reduces its channel time and duration by 50%. A full Evocation now grants a 15% damage increase (was 25%) for 1 min (was 40 seconds) after an Evocation has been completed. Passive Mana Regeneration reduced by 50% only while Summoner Energy is active.
    • Greater Invisibility now has a 90 second cooldown (was 2,5 minutes).
    • Frostbolt cast with Reflexes now deals 50% more damage.
    • Improved Counterspell has been removed.
    • The glyph for Fire Blast has been replaced with the Glyph for Hell Blast. Glyph of Hell Blast causes the damage over time effects spread by Hell Blast to spread to 1 extra target.
    • Blazing Speed ​​can now be activated at will.
    • Using Cold Bite now heals the mage for 15% of maximum health (was 30%).
    • Ice Floes now have a 45 second cooldown (was 1 minute).
    • Scorch now costs 3,5% of base mana (was 0,1%).
    • Arcane
      • Arcane Blast mana cost increased to 1,66667% of base mana (was 1,5%).
    • Frost
      • Frostbolt now deals 24% more damage, but its debuff no longer increases subsequent Frostbolt damage.
      • Water elemental
        • Freeze no longer deals damage, and only provides Fingers of Frost upon a successful freeze.
  • Monk
    • New Level 60 Talent: Ring of Peace
      • Ring of Peace creates an 8 yard shrine around the target for 8 seconds, causing all enemies in the area of ​​effect to be silenced and disarmed.
    • New Windwalker and Brewmaster ability added at level 30: Seasoned Brew. This ability removes all Stun, Fear, and Rooted effects, and reapplying these effects reduces their duration by 60% for 6 seconds. Its cooldown is 2 min.
    • Wave of Chi now deals 100% more damage and healing, and no longer costs Chi, but now has a 15 second cooldown.
    • Zen Sphere is now capped at 2 (was 1), now explodes when the recipient reaches 35% health or when Zen Sphere is dispelled, and no longer costs Chi.
    • Chi Burst now deals 100% more damage and healing, no longer costs Chi, and now has a 30 second cooldown.
    • Flower Path has been removed.
    • Deadly Reach has been removed.
    • Paralysis is now a physical effect, not magical, can no longer be dispelled, knocked down, or reflected, and its base range has been increased to 20 yards.
    • Wish of the Tiger and Touch of Karma no longer cost Chi.
    • Tiger's Wish can no longer be used against targets with other temporary speed buffs active.
    • Wave of the Ox's Charge now has a 30 second cooldown (was 60 seconds).
    • Mitigate Damage can now be used when stunned, and its cooldown will start when used, not when the effect ends.
    • Elixirs of Healing now heal the monk for 15% of maximum health (was 10%).
    • Chi Torpedo now deals 15% more damage.
    • Healing Spheres now lasts 1 min. The Mastery-generated Spheres of Healing: Dragon Offering spell now lasts 30 seconds.
    • Mist weaver
      • Vital Chrysalis can no longer be dispelled.
      • Zen Focus, the 4-piece Mistweaver set bonus, is now more responsive.
      • It is no longer possible to use Thunder Focus Tea when silenced.
      • Healing Spheres will now heal for 50% of their original value if they expire without being picked up. This healing will be taken into account in the relevant mastery.
      • Xuen will now lock onto the monk's original target.
    • Wind traveler
      • New level 75 ability: Storm, Earth, and Fire
        • The Windwalker can summon up to two elemental duplicates that reflect the noxious abilities the monk uses while they are active. For each summoned spirit the monk's damage is reduced: 1 spirit causes the monk and spirit to deal 60% of the monk's normal damage, while 2 spirits will cause the monk and the two active spirits to deal 40% of normal damage of a monk. Each spirit lasts until the ability is canceled or until that spirit's target dies or is otherwise unavailable.
      • Bomb Breaker is now a passive ability granted at level 15 that grants a 12% chance that the monk's next Dark Kick or Tiger Palm will cost no Chi.
      • New Mastery: Bottled Fury. Increases the damage bonus provided by Tiger's Eye Brew by 0,2% per mastery by accumulation.
      • Tiger's Eye Brew now increases damage by 1% per stack (was 2%), but is now buffed with Bottled Fury.
      • Tiger's Eye Brew now gains 1 charge after spending 2. chi (instead of 4 chi).
      • Tiger's Eye Brew will now stack up to 20, but only 10 charges can be consumed per activation.
      • An alert now appears in the UI upon reaching 10 stacks of Tiger's Eye Brew.
    • Brewmaster
      • Mastery: Elusive Fighter now provides 25% more Stagger per Mastery rating.
  • Paladin
    • Hand of Purity now reduces all damage taken by 10% in addition to its other effects.
    • Eternal Flame's periodic heal now provides 100% more healing when self-cast.
    • Judgment now costs 5% of base mana.
    • Protection
      • Consecration's base damage has been increased by 789%, and is now boosted less efficiently with attack power - approximately 11%.
  • Priest
    • Word of Power: Comfort has been redesigned.
      • Power Word: Comfort replaces Holy Fire. Deals the same damage and interacts with other spells and abilities in the same way, but it's instant, costs no mana, and restores 1% of maximum mana with each cast.
    • Subdue Mind now has a 1,8 second cast time (was 2,5 seconds).
    • Angelic Feather now lasts 6 seconds (was 4 seconds).
    • Mind & Body now lasts 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
    • Glyph of Holy Fire has been redesigned. Now increases the range of Holy Fire, Smite, and Power Word: Comfort by 10 yards.
    • Discipline
      • Focused Will now reduces damage taken by 15% per stack, capped at 2 stacks.
      • Spirit Breastplate no longer benefits from Mastery, and now properly includes Divine Aegis buffs and critical effect chance.
      • Ecstasy now provides an amount of mana equal to 250% (was 200%) of the Priest's Spirit, but no longer benefits from the Spirit provided by short duration bonuses.
  • Rogue
    • Preparation is now a base ability learned at level 68.
    • Versatility has been removed.
    • New Level 90 Talent: Marked for Death
      • Mark a target and instantly generate 5 points. combo. When that target dies, Marked to Die's cooldown is reset. This talent has a 1 minute cooldown.
    • New Level 60 Talent: Swashbuckling
      • Ambush, Club, and Low Blow now have a range of 30 yards, and will cause the rogue to teleport behind the target.
    • Burst of Speed ​​now costs 30. Energy (up from 50), can be used while in stealth mode and always grants increased movement speed, as well as interrupting braking effects, but no longer interrupting root effects.
    • Shuriken Throw now causes the rogue to cast shuriken instead of auto-attack for 10 seconds after using Shuriken Throw.
    • Deadly Throw can now interrupt spell casting when used with 3, 4, and 5 combo points, and with interrupt prevents any spells of that school from being cast for 4, 5, and 6 seconds respectively (was 5 seconds. combo and 6 s).
    • Nerve Strike now reduces the effectiveness of the target's healing by 25%.
    • Shadow Focus now reduces the ability's energy costs by 75% when in stealth mode (was 100%).
    • PvP set bonuses have been changed:
      • Vigor is now the 4-piece set bonus and increases by 50. the maximum energy (instead of 10).
      • Lethal Brew is now the 2-piece set bonus, and its effects are unchanged.
    • Combat
      • Vitality now increases attack power by 30% (was 25%).
      • Flurry of Steel now deals 75% less damage.
    • Subtlety
      • Blood Vein now increases the target's damage taken by 20% (was 16%).
  • Sorcerer
    • The Spell Block of the Felhunter ability is now a break, and no longer applies a silence of 3 seconds.
    • Bloody Fear has been redesigned. This ability is now cast on the Warlock, causing melee attacks that hit for the next 60 seconds to scare the attacker. When cast, the ability has 1 charge, it costs 20% health to activate, and its cooldown is 30 seconds.
    • Soul Parasite now provides an absorb shield instead of healing.
    • Covenant Sacrifice now requires the pet to sacrifice 25% of its health to activate (was 50%).
    • Kil'jaeden's Cunning is now a passive talent and its activated ability has been removed.
    • Archimonde's Revenge passive damage no longer has a visual effect.
    • Grimoire of Sacrifice now increases the damage of abilities by 20% (was 25%) for Destruction, and 45% (was 50%) for Affliction.
    • Grimoire of Sacrifice now provides the Anguillazo spell instead of Seduction when sacrificing a Succubus.
    • The glyph for Burning Embers has been removed, and its effects now have a base value for Destruction Warlocks.
    • The glyph for Soul Fragments has been removed, and its effects now have a base value for Affliction Warlocks.
    • New glyph: Glyph of Ember Transfusion. This glyph increases the healing gained from Ember Tap by 50%.
    • New glyph: Glyph of Drain Life. This glyph increases the healing gained from Drain Life by 30%.
  • Guerrero
    • Shockwave now has a cooldown of 40 seconds (was 20 seconds), and hitting 3 or more targets will reduce its cooldown by 20 seconds.
    • Second Breath now causes a warrior whose health has been reduced to 35% or less to regenerate 2% of their health per second (was 3%), and now generates 15. Rage for 10 sec (was 20 Rage).
    • Warbringer now reduces the target's movement by 50% for 15 seconds (8 seconds in PvP), in addition to its other effects.
    • Shield Barrier is now approximately 10% less effective with Attack Power.
    • Storm Bolt now deals 125% weapon damage (was 100%).
    • Enraged Regeneration now costs 30. anger (instead of 60).
    • The glyph of Death's Descent no longer increases the damage dealt by Heroic Leap.
    • Weapons
      • Taste for Blood has been redesigned. Now causes the warrior to gain 2 stacks of Overpower (5 stacks maximum) when Mortal Strike deals damage or the target dodges, and no longer interacts with Heroic Strike. Now requires level 20 (was level 50).
      • Slam now deals 220% weapon damage (was 190%).
    • Protection
      • The base damage of Shield Slam and Revenge has been increased by 150%, but these abilities are now boosted approximately 10% less effectively with Attack Power.
  • Shaman
    • Elemental Mastery now has a 1 minute cooldown (was 2 minutes).
    • Shaman's Wrath is now available to Elemental shamans in addition to Enhancement shamans.
    • Conductivity no longer requires the target to be in the Healing Rain's area of ​​effect.
    • Ancient Swiftness now increases spell haste by 5%, and melee haste by 10% (was 5% / 5%).
    • Glyph of Purge now adds a 6 second cooldown to Purge.
    • Stone Bulwark Totem now absorbs 25% more damage.
    • Flame Tongue with Unleashed Fury now increases Lightning Bolt damage by 20% (was 30%), and Lava Burst damage by 10% (was 0%).
    • Primal Earth Elemental and Primal Fire Elemental now deal 20% increased damage.
    • Elemental Blast now has a chance to increase the caster's agility for Enhancement Shamans.
    • Glyph of Flame has been redesigned. This glyph now causes the shaman to heal for 50% of the damage dealt by Flame Shock.
    • The duration of Flame Shock has been increased by 25%.
• Missions
  • Warlocks can now go on a solo adventure that culminates in the ability to change the color of their Fire spells to appear fel green. The quest begins for those warlocks determined or lucky enough to have acquired the fabulous codex of Xerrath.
• creatures
  • Zandalari forces have begun scouting the shores of Pandaria in search of the ideal invasion point. The Zandalari can be found in the Krasarang Wilds, the Dread Wastes, the Tong Long Steppes, the Jade Forest, and Kun-Lai Summit. Zandalari scouts may have one or two players enough, while their elite warbringers will probably need a whole party of 5 heroes. Defeat Warbringers to earn special loot like Crafting Materials, Reputation, Reputation, an Achievement, and even a chance to earn one of three new Rare Mounts!
  • Galleon now respawns much more frequently, but players can only receive loot from him once a week.
  • Direhorn has been added as a tame species for hunters who have learned the precise skill. Those who aspire to have a direhorn should look for clues about such promising beasts.
• Pet battles
  • ÜberCharge now provides a 125% damage bonus (was 150%), and its cooldown is now 4 rounds (was 3).
  • Dart Sprite Hatchling: Evanescence and Arcane Blast have swapped their ability positions.
  • Now the abyssal cockroach is a authentic cockroach and can survive the apocalypse.
  • Battle Pet Bandages now stack up to 25 and are linked to the account.
  • There is now a chance to receive Battle Stones as a reward for PvP pet battles.
  • Pets whose color scheme changes every time they are summoned are back. Now the old pets that had this behavior have recovered it, and so do some of the new ones.
  • Pet levels will now only show on the map when following pets.
  • Taming the World now correctly displays its reward in the achievements panel.
  • Players who have reached the maximum level will now have the possibility to obtain talismans of lower good fortune after winning a pet battle against a pet with a maximum difference of 5 levels compared to the highest level pet on their team. The higher the level of the pets, the greater the chance of getting an amulet.
  • Winning a pet battle against a team that has a maximum difference of 5 levels from the player's highest level pet will now grant experience to the player.
  • When fleeing from a pet battle, the pet that was being fought will no longer disappear, but will deal some damage to the team of the fleeing pet.
  • Disconnecting from a pet battle will respawn the pets you were fighting as before.
  • Now no pets that are killed in a pet battle will ever respawn.
  • A number of new pets can be found on the Isle of Lightning, including rare loot, wild pets, and raid boss loot.
  • Elite Battle Pets have been added to the game world. These rare pets will appear alone against an entire team. A new quest has been added to track progress as these new pets are located, and completing this quest will receive the new red panda pet.
  • Attention: Many of these changes have yet to make it to PTRs, but will be available soon.
• PvP
  • PvP trinkets that nullify loss of control effects will now nullify these effects on the player's pet as well.
• Objects
  • Sky Shards are now linked to the account.
• Cantosol Ranch
  • Seed sacks have been added that allow crops to be planted on 4 fields at the same time.
  • Yoon's mailbox is now renamed Rancho Cantosol mailbox.
  • The performance of Special Crops has been improved to make farming them competitive with picking up these items in the world.
  • Passing the master plow over the underground mures will cause them to come out of there with 30% health and stunned.
  • Now wild crops will occur less frequently.
• Error correction
  • Classes
    • Druid
      • It is no longer possible for a weaker application of living seeds to erase a stronger one.
    • Paladin
      • Inquisition can no longer be upgraded to have a shorter duration.
    • Wizard
      • Cauterize's cooldown will now properly reset when entering an arena.
    • Sorcerer
      • Grimoire of Servitude's special abilities are now described.