Another week, means another set of hotfixes for The War Within 11.1. Now that some time has passed since the start of Season 2, the devs are hard at work adjusting the new features to better the overall playing experience, given the large amount of changes that were introduced with the new patch.
Having that in mind, we will go over the latest hotfixes for The War Within 11.1.
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The War Within Hotfixes
PvE Class Changes
Death Knight
- San’layn: Fixed an issue causing the Incite Terror debuff to be attributed to only one Death Knight in a group.
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Undermine 2-piece set bonus - Triggering Icebound Fortitude while it is already active will now add the bonus duration instead of replacing the existing effect.
Demon Hunter
- Aldrachi Reaver: Fixed an issue causing Wounded Quarry to sometimes incorrectly retain damage from a previous instance of Reaver’s Mark.
- Undermine 2-piece set bonus - Fixed an issue that prevented the bonus from triggering as frequently as intended.
- Fel-Scarred: Fixed an issue that prevented Violent Transformation’s (Talent) effect if Metamorphosis was activated shortly after the Undermine 2-piece set effect triggered.
Hunter
- Fixed an issue that allowed Marksmanship Hunters to benefit from each other’s Spotter’s Mark proc effects like Calling the Shots and On Target.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Spotter’s Mark procs from Ohn’ahran Winds from granting Calling the Shots or On Target proc effects.
Paladin
- Fixed an issue that caused Divine Toll’s radius to be smaller than intended when cast on friendly targets.
Priest
PvP Class Changes
Mage
- Fixed an issue causing Blast Wave to ignore knockback diminishing returns.
Monk
- Last Emperor’s Capacitor stacks now clear on Arena or Battleground start.
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Delves
Brann Bronzebeard
- Tank Brann now receives 13% reduced damage overall.
- Tank Brann now receives 5% reduced damage while using his shotgun.
- Tank Brann now receives 20% increased healing while using his shotgun.
- Tank Brann maximum health increased by 10%.
- The following spells now have a special internal cooldown for Electro-Charged Weapons stacks when healing Tank Brann.
- All versions of Brann now take 50% reduced damage from Area-of-Effect damage.
- Fixed a bug where Healer Brann’s damage taken was not being reduced as expected.
Developers’ notes: Bottom line here is that Season 2 Healer Brann now has a reduction of damage taken that is similar to Season 1 Healer Brann.
- Healer and Damage Brann’s Aspect of the Turtle cooldown reduced to 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
- Healer and Damage Brann’s The Bronzebeard Spirit self-heal cooldown reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).
- Healer and Damage Brann’s The Bronzebeard Spirit self-heal effect increased to 30% of Brann’s health (was 15%).
- An issue causing Tank Brann’s level to not properly increase beyond 50 has been resolved.
- A particularly nasty trio of Hobgoblins appearing in Delves is now a duo of Hobgoblins. The other one went for a swim.
Earthcrawl Mines
- Fixed an issue where the Pacifist Rig could cause some bosses to despawn and hunter pets to stop attacking. The Pacifist Rig is now remote controlled!
- Monks’ Crackling Jade Lightning and other periodic damage effects should now clear webs caused by Web Spreaders.
Sidestreet Sluice
- In the Teleporter Tantrums variant, the Remote Teleporter can no longer be used in combat. Additionally, one of the teleport pads is now disabled when Geargrave spawns.
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Dungeons and Raids
- Addressed an issue where Xal’atath’s Bargain: Pulsar can be difficult to interact with on elevated terrains.
Darkflame Cleft
- Candleflame Bolt cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
- Wicklighter Bolt cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
- Throw Rock cast time increased to 2 seconds (was 1.5 seconds) and damage reduced by 25%.
- Resolved an issue where Ol’ Waxbeard’s Reckless Charge could hit players after his charge had completed.
Operation Mechagon - Workshop
- Resolved an issue where Anti-Personnel Squirrel’s visual did not match its area of effect after a knockback effect.
- Head Machinist Sparkflux’s Discom-BOMB-ulator cast time increased to 3 seconds (was 2 seconds).
- Resolved an issue where Omega Buster’s Magneto-Arm would not pull players.
Liberation of Undermine
Rik Reverb
- Increased the maximum debuff stacks of Lingering Voltage to 99 (was 15) in Heroic and Mythic difficulty.
Stix Bunkjunker
- Territorial Bombshell now leaves its garbage pile at 80% health remaining (was 75%) on Mythic difficulty.
- Territorial Bombshell health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
- Scrap Rockets damage reduced by 33% on Mythic difficulty.
- Short Fuse damage reduced by 33% on Mythic difficulty.
Mug’Zee, Heads of Security
- The door after Mug’zee now properly opens on a soft reset if Mug’zee was defeated.
- Mug’Zee no longer gains stacks of Moxie during his intermission.
Items and Rewards
- Players can earn an extra Fractured Spark of Fortunes by speaking with Custodian Khubon in Dornogal.
- The Jastor Diamond no longer triggers while out of combat.
- Amorphous Relic on-enter-combat effect can only trigger 60 seconds after the last buff was applied. The Massive and Miniature buffs will no longer be removed upon entering combat.
- The parts used to assemble the Handcrank and Steamboil Turbos now stack up to 99.
Undermine
- Addressed an issue where the “Ship Right” and “War Mode Violence” tasks were not granting credit.
Demolition Dome
- Resolved an issue where The Underpin’s Cronys could get stuck outside of The Underpin’s arena.
And that covers all of the hotfixes for March 17, 2025. The War Within is ramping up to be quite the incredible expansion, given the vast amount of quality-of-life updates and new content which provides a fresh and engaging experience for players of all calibers. You can check out the official hotfixes, here.
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