Version 12.2

CLASSES:​

Hunter Pets:

• Grace of the Mantis, Natural Armor, Blood of the Rhino, and Wild Hunt adjustments.

Warrior:

• Battle Shout and Commanding Shout changes.
• Bloodthirst and Death Wish are now baseline abilities.
• Introduction of Raging Blow, Rampage, Vanguard's Edge, Colossus Smash, and Ravager.
• Various talent and ability adjustments.

Priest:

• Shadow Word: Death now learned at level 55.
• Devouring Plague reverted to original form.
• Vampiric Touch chains up to 3 targets.

Paladin:

• Crusader Strike range increased slightly.
• Libram of Awakened Speed added to all Redemption quests.
• Benediction reworked.

Mage:

• Rank 1 Blizzard now auto-learned at level 19.

Shaman:

• Shamanistic Determination reworked to Elemental Overload.
• Lightning Overload talent reworked to Gift of the Gathering Storm.
• Chain Lightning is now a 2-second cast.

Death Knight:

• Blood Plague and Frost Fever durations increased.
• Introduction of Frost Latch and A Knight's Cold Sojourn.
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization reworked to Sanguine Edge.
• Vampiric Blood replaced by Goliath's Reckoning.
• Unholy Presence reworked.
• Death and Decay now a free cast.
• Bone Shield and Empower Rune Weapon adjustments.
• Introduction of new talents: Tempest of Terror, Gorefiend's Grasp, Blood Drinker, and more.

Druid:

• Travel Form speed increased.
• Cat Form speed increased.
• Dash Rank 3 now learnable at level 56.
• Primal Precision now increases Swipe (Cat) range.

Paladin (November 4, 2023):

• Legendary guardian and Human starter sets updated.

Racials:

• Villainous Presence and Light's Presence no longer stack.

Quests:

• New follow-up to Wanted: Hogger.
• POI Points added to Helf starter quests.

PVP:

• Level 60, 70, and 80 brackets introduced.
• Level 10-19 Arathi Basin now available.
• Changes to battleground brackets and capacities.

Items:

• Zul'Gurub Enchants are now BoA.
• Glyphs no longer require Lexicon of Power.
• New items added to Haris Pilton.
• Armor values of DK tier 1 fixed.
• Thunderfury is no longer unique.
• Various item adjustments and additions.

Raids/Dungeons:

• Spell school immunities removed from vanilla raid bosses.
• Naxx and BWL adjustments.
• New dungeon boss in Zul'Farrak.
• Changes to Uldum, Kara, and various raids.

Races:

• Models updated for Upright Orcs, Lightforged, Void Elves.

Misc:

• Lantern, flickering walls, and collision fixes in Stormwind.
• Inconspicuous Chests now have more rare loot.
• Heroic Dungeons and Raids now toggleable at level 60.
• Various fixes and updates for NPCs, scripts, and locations.

Client:

• WoW.exe video settings greatly increased.
• Blackscreen bug fixed on widescreen/windowed mode switch.
• New Teleport locations added.
• Vicious War Fox now a BoA mount.

Note: These are summarized patch notes, and players are encouraged to read the full notes for comprehensive details and understanding of changes.