2022 — August 17

[Torta]

Please read the changelog for the upcoming server update and the maintenance:

• You will no longer see the "Interrupted" error message when learning companions.
• Druid's Omen of Clarity talent can now proc from spells.
• Removed a bugged Hillsbrad Peasant spawn.
• Southsea Sash will only drop when on the quest.
• Paladin's Heart of the Crusader talent has been fixed.
• Paladin's Retribution Aura will now benefit from damage taken debuffs, such as Judgement of the Crusader.
• You should no longer be teleported to homebind location when kicked from the group inside the new custom dungeons.
• Wrong creature name and model combinations for shared spawn points should be fixed.
• The damage increase from Warrior's Improved Thunder Clap talent has been fixed.
• Zandalar Signet of Tenacity has been fixed and can finally be used.
• Removed fire and shadow resistances from Kolkar Wrangler.
• Druid's Blood Frenzy talent should be fully working now.
• Some extra rewards have been added for turning in marks of honor at low levels in order to promote higher battleground participation while leveling.
• Aggro distance of Guards is now lower against players who are not flagged for PvP. This should avoid accidental deaths.
• It's now possible to mark targets inside battlegrounds.
• The Rune-Etched Grips recipe will now craft the correct item.
• Arc'tiras' Frost Nova pulse at low health will now happen every 6 seconds instead of 4.
• The respawn time of Half-Buried Treasure Chest has been changed to 5 days.
• It should no longer be possible for high level characters to grief the level 5 priest quest npcs by buffing them with a high rank of Power Word: Fortitude.
• Warlock's Master Conjuror talent will now work.
• Wastewander Shadow Mages will no longer spawn stealthed.
• Added loot to some new Nethergarde Mine npcs that were missing it.
• Fixed duration and health gain from Druid's Berserk talent.
• Druid's Savage Bite and Swiftmend will now benefit from Omen of Clarity.
• Paladin's Crusader Strike can now stack between casters.
• It should no longer be possible to fail the In Dreams quest once you reach the tower.
• Creature leashing should be more blizzlike now.
• Fixed not being able to enchant some cloaks such as those from Kirin Tor.
• Burning Blade Adept and Whirlwind Shredder will now forcibly evade if they go more than 30 yards from their spawn point.
• If you accept a battleground queue while inside a dungeon, you will be teleported to the entrance or the nearest graveyard on exit.
• You no longer have to stand still to cast spells made instant by Hand of Edward the Odd or other similar procs.
• Chance for Tortured Sentinel and Tortured Druid to spawn a bug has been reduced to 50%, but they can now spawn up to 3 bugs at a time.
• The npcs spawned after the Private Hendel fight should now despawn no matter what after 5 minutes, instead of sometimes sticking around forever.
• Threat done by Lay on Hands has been corrected and it will now be 95% of the healing amount when under the effect of Improved Righteous Fury.
• Players will no longer evade spells if the creature who casted them died while the spell missile was still in the air.
• When a hardcore player is killed by a pet, the name of the pet's owner will now be shown in the announcement message instead. Shagu did nothing wrong!
• Mana gain from Vampiric Touch has been increased to 2% and 4% for the respective ranks.
• Intervene will now benefit from all bonuses Intercept benefits from.
• Ras Frostwhisper will now actually be considered a human when transformed into one by Soulbound Keepsake.
• Wyvern Roost Hatchling can now be added to the pet collection tab.
• New fishing item: Undercity Bucket Hat.
• Captain Grayson's quests in Westfall are now available for Horde players.
• Fixed Overlord Wyrmthalak's loot drop chances.
• Fixed Ostarius encounter sounds playing world-wide.
• Multiple minor fixes for the issues reported in our bug tracker.

Optional binary for **Patch 1.16.3** with a few additional tweaks that got reverted in the default client build:


• Improved field of view (1.925) which is better for modern widescreen resolutions.
• The game now can use up to 4GB of RAM by default.
• Increased nameplate rendering distance from 20 to 40 yards.
• Increased amount of sound channels.
• The game now can play music while user is alt-tabbed.