2026-08-11 patch notes

[Archer]

• Added Thorn Gorge BG
• Faction leader head weekly quest added to PvP realm
• 302 quests now have their drops shared between group members when questing together
• Old Ironforge now has its own fishing loot table
• Cheat, hack and bot bans are now announced to the whole realm
• Cone of Shame now applies to the whole account and to offline characters
• Hunters are no longer able to stay shadowmelded while channeling eyes of the beast
• Dark Reaver of Karazhan set to neutral on the hardcore realm for now (subject to reversion/rework into summonable boss)

Bug fixes:
• Blackrock Head drop rate set to 100%
• Zul'Farrak's Nekrum Gutchewer now should always spawn from the scripted event
• In game calendar now reflects updated website roadmap
• Shatter now boosts icicles crit chance against frozen targets
• Windhorn Canyon trinket Huntsman's Halfhorn party buff now works for low level grouped players
• Lokholar the Ice Lord now keeps their stacks properly
• Fixed bug with HC level 60 announcements
• Updated error messages when mail is unable to be sent for a multitude of reasons
• Fixed Ragnaros staying unselectable and Majordomo turning hostile again after a raid wipe
• "Help, I'm Stuck!" now sends you to the instance entrance instead of where you were standing
• Fixed Onyxia and AQ20 sometimes starting with the boss missing
• Added missing Greater Lava Spiders in Blackchar Cave, Searing Gorge
• Fixed the Ostarius pedestal showing up before Blackwing Lair and breaking the quest
• World boss lockout now says "weekly reset" instead of "7 days"
• Fixed a hardcore transfer portal crash and a retry bug that could desync your character

[Mattikusx]

I never knew hunter's could even stay shadowmelded during eyes of the beast haha.. I'm always unmelded when I cast it.

[Eemo]

• Added Thorn Gorge BG
• Faction leader head weekly quest added to PvP realm
• 302 quests now have their drops shared between group members when questing together
• Old Ironforge now has its own fishing loot table
• Cheat, hack and bot bans are now announced to the whole realm
• Cone of Shame now applies to the whole account and to offline characters
• Hunters are no longer able to stay shadowmelded while channeling eyes of the beast
• Dark Reaver of Karazhan set to neutral on the hardcore realm for now (subject to reversion/rework into summonable boss)

Bug fixes:
• Blackrock Head drop rate set to 100%
• Zul'Farrak's Nekrum Gutchewer now should always spawn from the scripted event
• In game calendar now reflects updated website roadmap
• Shatter now boosts icicles crit chance against frozen targets
• Windhorn Canyon trinket Huntsman's Halfhorn party buff now works for low level grouped players
• Lokholar the Ice Lord now keeps their stacks properly
• Fixed bug with HC level 60 announcements
• Updated error messages when mail is unable to be sent for a multitude of reasons
• Fixed Ragnaros staying unselectable and Majordomo turning hostile again after a raid wipe
• "Help, I'm Stuck!" now sends you to the instance entrance instead of where you were standing
• Fixed Onyxia and AQ20 sometimes starting with the boss missing
• Added missing Greater Lava Spiders in Blackchar Cave, Searing Gorge
• Fixed the Ostarius pedestal showing up before Blackwing Lair and breaking the quest
• World boss lockout now says "weekly reset" instead of "7 days"
• Fixed a hardcore transfer portal crash and a retry bug that could desync your character

Hello, love the changes. But could you please consider adding rewards / marks of honor for Thorn Gorge?

I believe one of the reason Thorn Gorge was dead on Twow was cause of no rewards at all.

And the honor gain was bad compared to other options, even on bonus days.

[Gumbeaux]

Correct TG failed on twow cause they never set up the BG day for it, they didnt have any token/mark turn ins, and no honor from flag turn ins like WSG.

[Sylveria]

• "Help, I'm Stuck!" now sends you to the instance entrance instead of where you were standing

*laughs*
and that's how the unstuck-abuse in lbrs for the skip ends.

[Duraluminium]

• Faction leader head weekly quest added to PvP realm

Would be good if we could know what our faction leader is the target.
One faction attacks and knows the target, another faction defends and should know who is the target too.

[Berdal]

• Old Ironforge now has its own fishing loot table

Is Old Ironforge accessible? If so, how long has it been accessible (and how to access)? I know of the place because I've seen a video back in the day of a exploit to reach it.

• Cone of Shame now applies to the whole account and to offline characters

What's Cone of Shame?

[Brwcht]

thank you

[Doaksie]

• Cheat, hack and bot bans are now announced to the whole realm

Name and shame. Hell yeah

[Zvyrhol]

WoW, these are huge changes. Nice to see Thorn Gorge finally. Can't wait to play it.

• Lokholar the Ice Lord now keeps their stacks properly

I'm not sure if I understand it correctly. You mean his stacking AP/movement speed buff?

Hello, love the changes. But could you please consider adding rewards / marks of honor for Thorn Gorge?

I believe one of the reason Thorn Gorge was dead on Twow was cause of no rewards at all.

And the honor gain was bad compared to other options, even on bonus days.

Agree 100%. Thorn Gorge marks SHOULD exist as in all battlegrounds. Turtle released Thorn Gorge (and PvP content in general) in poor and bugged state in patch 1.18.1, it should be fixed by Octo team. Also, honor per hour was very low compared to AB/WSG which is shame because TG is in good and playable state. If any devs read this, here is all that needs to be done:

• Add Thorn Gorge Mark of Honor item awarded at the end of the game.

• Add quest to accept 3x Thorn Gorge Mark of Honor.

• Edit quest https://octowow.st/db/?quest=8367 to include this new mark, increase Honor reward by 33%.

• (I'm not sure if reputation for that BG exists, if not it SHOULD) Add reputation faction specific to Thorn Gorge.

• (Possibly in future)Add reputation rewards to Thorn Gorge factions.

• Increase 2x Honor gained in that battleground TEMPORARILY. I think this is neccessary because majority of players don't read forum and they still might think Thorn Gorge is not in the game (or the game crashes when they queue). Word of mouth needs to work.