Patch notesPatch · October 16, 2026
Beta build: racial overhaul, tutorial, and bug fixes
A new beta build reworks many racial abilities away from weapon-specific bonuses, adds a new-player tutorial, and fixes a batch of world and UI bugs.
13 changes in 3 sections
ClassesRacesSystems
Racial changes6 · showhide
- Tauren Endurance: now +2% critical damage and healing (was +1% hit).
- Plainsrunning: also +3% mounted speed; you must keep moving a minimum distance per second to hold it, so stutter-stepping no longer works.
- Cultivation cooldown 15 min (was 60). War Stomp cooldown 90 sec (was 2 min).
- Dwarf Mace Specialization replaced by Earth Fury: +2% critical damage and healing.
- Dwarf Find Treasure can also turn up extra items in most chests.
- Skyborne Wind Blessed haste raised to 3% (was 1%); Skysight now castable while moving.
New and changed3 · showhide
- New tutorial experience for brand-new players.
- Bloom Intensity is now a slider under Advanced graphics.
- New Auto Attack/Auto Shot option lets Hunters swap automatically (gamepad supported).
Bug fixes4 · showhide
- Overly bright fog at low shadow settings fixed.
- Horde can no longer earn Kirin Tor reputation.
- Creatures regenerate health properly out of combat.
- Drink tooltips show the correct total mana restored.