Ascension Changelog

[Sun Cleric] Solar Scripture moved to the class tree as a capstone, An’she’s Blessing moved to the base kit learned at level 40

[Sun Cleric] Sunfury reworked to reduce the cooldowns of Gavel of Atonement and Horusath Blast

[Sun Cleric] Gleaming Vigil now works with direct physical damage taken

[Sun Cleric] Dawnbringer, Sunshine, and Valkyrie Spear removed and their associated augmenting talents have been removed or reworked

[Sun Cleric] Guarded by the Light now only triggers from Magic Damage taken

[Sun Cleric] Warmup now only stacks 1 time but for higher value

[Sun Cleric] Revelation, Exorcism, Hegemony, Judgement, and Taking Vows talents added to the class tree to fill the space previously taken by talents that were associated with the Rage resource

{Sun Cleric] Devoted to the Sun moved to the class tree, but it now works with all Solar Word spells

[Sun Cleric] Angelic Chains moved to the Blessings tree, now has Solar Word: Solace synergy

[Sun Cleric] Harmonious Bells is now a switch node with Blightbreaker (previously known as Vanquisher)

[Sun Cleric] Gleaming Glory reworked, now has Vow of Grace synergy

[Sun Cleric] Hot Spot reworked, now has Illumination and Shine synergy

[Sun Cleric] Lightspeed added as a switch node with Lightward

[Sun Cleric] Blessing of Purity now has a 5min cd up from 3min

[Sun Cleric] Touch of Light reworked to work with Blessing of Absolution (Previously Guidance: Calamity)

[Sun Cleric] Solar Words have been added as a Sun Cleric spell type. They include the following: Solar Word: Mercy (previously Blightbreaker), Solar Word; Resplendence (previously Resplendence), Solar Word: Censure (previously Chains of Light), Solar Word: Solace (previously Prayer of the Sands), Solar Word: Daybreak (previously Solar Beam), and Solar Word: Ascension (previously Devotion)

[Sun Cleric] Guidance spells are now referred to as Blessings

[Sun Cleric] Solar Guidance is now called An’she’s Prayer

[Sun Cleric] Added Vow of Radiance, Vow of Light, Vow of the Eclipse, Vow of the Valkyr, Vow of Grace, and Vow of Dawnbreak

[Sun Cleric] Solar Power is no longer generated from spells individually and now comes from talents and your active Vow

[Cultist] Embrace the Void added to the Cultist class tree

[Pending Restart] - Jin'do the Hexxer will summon Brain Wash Totems and Healing Stream Totems half as often and the Cursed Visions of Jin'Do had its damage increased but its tick timer increased to 5 seconds, reducing its overall DPS.

[Sun Cleric] All four specs have seen significant reworks and changes. More detailed changelog to come later today.

[Sun Cleric] Radiant Flame is no longer channel while moving.

[Sun Cleric] Gavel of Atonement reworked, is now an 8 second cooldown that heals on hit.

[Sun Cleric] Sunslam added to Valkyrie.

[Sun Cleric] Justice is now a transform of Spears of Light.

[Sun Cleric] Reworked Dawn into Radiant Alignment. During Radiant Alignment, you will fulfill your Vow, causing different effects based off which one is active.

[Sun Cleric] Added the Vows system, buffs that generate Solar Power based on various actions (auto attacks, heals, crits, etc) and give you Fulfillment effects that decide how you spend it.

[Sun Cleric] Solar Power no longer passively generates and is no longer generated by spells directly.

[Sun Cleric] Rage removed as a resource. (Note: Juggling three different resources: mana, rage and solar power, was just unnecessary. Rage costing spells now cost mana.)

[Primalist] Blessing of Azeroth now once again only works with Seismic Spike

[Felsworn] Tyrannical Resolve now has a 3min cd up from 1.5min

[Felsworn] Fel Rifts: Stonard, Undercity, Thunderbluff and Orgrimmar can now only be learned by Horde Felsworn.

[Felsworn] Fel Rifts: Theramore, Darnassus, Ironforge and Stormwind can now only be learned by Alliance Felsworn.

[Felsworn] Hateforged Barrier now has ranks. Scaling values reduced.

[Felsworn] Vile Practices now also works with Felwrath

[Felsworn] Felwracking reworked

[Felsworn] Fel Guardian reworked and now has a switch node

[Felsworn] Fel Flamecasting should now also trigger from Sargeron Smites Inner Demon damage

[Felsworn] Demonic Crusade now gives critical damage instead of cast time reduction

[Felsworn] Vile Practices duration increased to 15 sec from 10 sec

[Felsworn] Demonic Blood added as a switch node with Demonic Fortitude

[Cultist] Null Zone removed. Replaced by Reactive Tendrils. (Note: Cultist already had strong raid utility in Tentacle of Yogg-saron which did the exact same thing but better and was more flavorful. Having both made cultist a bit too strong in regards to utility.)

[Cultist] Fixed armor increase from shield through Void Touched Regalia

[Bloodmage] Blood Rituals will now prioritize allies not already affected by it

[Bloodmage] Born in Blood now triggers from damage dealt by Taldaram’s Torment

[Bloodmage] Dark Mending now also works with Bloodbolt

[Bloodmage] Level 30 Fleshweaver Passive now also includes Pooled Vitality triggers

[Bloodmage] Dark Essence scaling and base healing increased

Fixed a bug where procced spells could grant rage

Fixed a bug where threat reducing talents like Fanaticism, Arcane Subtlety, Nature's Reach, Burning Soul were not reducing threat.

Death's Embrace - Zul'Gurub enchantment now provides 24 Attack Power, 10 Stamina and 6 Expertise Rating. This enchantment can be applied to a leg or head slot item.

Due to loot lockout timer being adjusted: Azuregos & Setis Loot Lockouts have been reset. You may still have an instance ID lockout and can reset that via your character panel. They will reset every 7 days on 05/11/2025 at 09:00 Server Time.

[Pending Restart] Shadow of Death now deals 30% of Ambush damage as a Shadow damage around the target, changed from 15%. In PvP combat it now deals 20% of the damage, changed from 15%. Also fixed a bug where it was incorrectly dealing increased damage and could critically hit. (So buffing it together with the bug fix that reduces its damage.)

You now take 10% reduced damage in PvP combat at level 60. This will be followed up by a patch to address outliers spells in PvP in the coming week.

[Pending Restart] Fixed a bug where Cloak of Shadows would immune the damage from Chaos Bolt.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Beast and Blade: Double Team now increases pet ability damage in PvP combat by 50% per stack, changed from 70%.

[Pending Restart] [Area 52] Beast and Blade: Pack Tactics now increases pet damage in PvP combat by 10% per stack, changed from 15%.

Fixed a bug where old PvP equipment was dropping from battleground spoils.

(Pending Restart) Fixed missing High-Risk Refiner spell and object visuals missing.

(Patch Pending) Fixed some High-Risk Refiners being invisible or having cube models.

(Pending Restart) Dark Iron Bar requirements on War-Mode Crafting Recipes have been reduced to 10.

Fixed a bug where the Evergreen Pouch had the wrong cooldown.

Fixed a bug where you could not see the PvP quests on the callboard.

Encrypted Twilight Texts now reward 250 More Reputation on the repeatable and first turn in. Bringing them UP to 500 reputation from 250 per turn in (this is a corrected changelog from the previously posted one).

Fixed a bug where Encrypted Twilight Texts (repeatable) was rewarding 500 Reputation instead of the intended 750 reputation. Additionally, the pre-requisite quest for getting access to the repeatable quest now also rewards 750 up from 500.

[Felsworn] Felwracked reworked. Now has Felfury synergy.

Refiner Guardians have a significantly higher chance of dropping Ephemeral Keys.

Refiner Guardians have a significantly higher chance of dropping new War Mode crafting recipes.

Refiner Guardians such as the Wailing Weaver and Vile Butcher have a high chance of dropping Heroic Bloodforged and Bloodforged Gear.

Rare creatures can now drop Heroic Bloodforged Gear. This chance is based on difficulty and respawn length.

Rare creatures now almost always drop previous tier bloodforged. This chance is based on difficulty and respawn length.

Rare creatures now have a much higher chance to drop current tier bloodforged. This chance is based on difficulty and respawn length.

(Pending Restart) Fixed an issue where Cloak Lining Tailoring Recipes were not learnable.

(Pending Restart/Patch) Fixed an issue where Ephemeral Keys were not highlighting Hidden Caches on the mini-map.

[Witch Doctor] Shadow and Hexing Effigies added to the base kit learned at level 14/30

[Witch Doctor] Added Sen’jin’s Wisdom as a switch node with Sen’jin’s Swiftness

[Witch Doctor] Reclamation now collects a Spirit instead of healing you for a portion of the damage dealt

[Witch Doctor] Malefic Arrow now heals you equal to a portion of the damage dealt

[Witch Doctor] Dark Loyalty and Hexfire Wrath have been moved to the Voodoo passive line. Their place in the tree has been replaced with 2 new nodes.

[Witch Doctor] Spirit Hunting added as a switch node with Hex of Death

[Witch Doctor] Big Bad Voodoo now has a 5min cd up from 3min, but is now baseline and learned at level 40

[Witch Doctor] Souleater now is called Malefic Arrow and instead of being its own separate ability, your Malefic Wrath now transforms into it when you select the Shadowhunting spec.

[Witch Doctor] Shadowhunting level 20 passive reworked

[Witch Doctor] Some changes to Wards have been pushed experimentally, pending further changes

[Venomancer] Bursting Sores now properly applies Lethal Toxin to nearby enemies regardless of your distance from them.

[Venomancer] Blistering Fangs now causes Blistering Sores damage to extend duration of Withering Venom and Nerubian Poison.

[Venomancer] Venomous Cascade now causes Nerubian Sting to hit additional enemies.

[Venomancer] Nerubian Sting now applies Nerubian Poison to nearby enemies affected by Lethal Toxin.

[Venomancer] Lethality now also removes the cost of Widowmaker as part of the proc.

[Venomancer] Relentless fixed.

[Tinker] Demolition tree pathing adjusted slightly with the above changes in mind

[TInker] Gazlowe’s Wisdom now works with Sticky Bomb instead of Rocket Launcher

[Tinker] Explosives Expert now properly works.

[Tinker] Rocket Barrage now increases the duration of Tracer Augmentation by 7 seconds, up from 4. (This window is intended to be somewhat tight, but it was a little too oppressive, so we are adding some wiggle room)

[Felsworn] Added Dreadlords Pact to the base kit

[Pending Restart] You will no longer be able to use Hearthstone while using Divine Shield in High-Risk.

[Pending Restart] Adjusted the acquisition method of the enchant Rush of Blood for Rogues. The time required between each player's acquisition has been cut down a lot. We noticed this was a big bottleneck and should be more flexible now.

[Pending Restart] Players are now able to do the [Hallowed be thy Name] achievement within Classic Expansion. The TBC and BloodElf/Draenei achievement requirements have been removed to allow players to complete it. You should retroactively be awarded the achievement if you have all the classic points completed after the next server restart and patch.