- "Patches" redirects here. For characters named "Patch", "Patches" or similarly, see Patch (disambiguation).
A patch or build is an update to the game files. Expansions (Patch X) are the most massive type of content patches, adding entire new continents, new playable races or classes, multiple zones, dozens of instances and other game features. Major patches (Patch X.Y) can include new instances, zones and features. Minor patches (Patch X.Y.Z) can also add new game features, instances and scenarios, but tend to focus on updates such as balance changes. Hotfixes are small, instant changes to the game, which are done server-side and require no download or server takedown (majority of the time).
Dragonflight[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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10.2.0 | November 7, 2023 |
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10.1.5 | July 11, 2023 | 50401 | 100105 (api) |
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10.1.0 | May 2, 2023 | 49255 | 100100 (api) |
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10.0.7 | March 21, 2023 | 48520 | 100007 (api) |
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10.0.5 | January 24, 2023 | 47799 | 100005 (api) |
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10.0.2 | November 15, 2022 | 46658 | 100002 (api) |
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10.0.0 | October 25, 2022 | 46293 | 100000 (api) |
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Shadowlands[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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9.2.7 | August 16, 2022 | 44981 | 90207 (api) |
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9.2.5a | August 2, 2022 | 44908 | 90205 | |
9.2.5 | May 31, 2022 | 43519 | 90205 (api) |
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9.2.0 | February 22, 2022 | 42423 | 90200 (api) |
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9.1.5 | November 2, 2021 | 40871 | 90105 (api) |
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9.1.0 | June 29, 2021 | 39185 | 90100 (api) |
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9.0.5 | March 9, 2021 | 37862 | 90005 (api) | |
9.0.2 | November 17, 2020 | 37474 | 90002 (api) |
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9.0.1 | October 13, 2020 | 36216 | 90001 (api) |
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Battle for Azeroth[]
Legion[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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7.3.5 | January 16, 2018 | 25860 | 70300 | |
7.3.2 | October 24, 2017 | 25326 | 70300 (api) |
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7.3.0 | August 29, 2017 | 24920 | 70300 (api) |
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7.2.5 | June 13, 2017 | 24330 | 70200 |
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7.2.0 | March 28, 2017 | 23835 | 70200 (api) |
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7.1.5 | January 10, 2017 | 23360 | 70100 |
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7.1.0 | October 25, 2016 | 22900 | 70100 (api) |
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7.0.3 | February 18, 2016 | 22248 | 70000 (api) |
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Warlords of Draenor[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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6.2.4 | 22 March 2016 | 21345 | 60200 (api) | Battle.net back-end upgrades |
6.2.3 | 17 November 2015 | 20726 | 60200 |
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6.2.2a | 14 September 2015 | 20490 | 60200 | Bug fixes |
6.2.2 | 1 September 2015 | 20395 | 60200 |
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6.2.0a | 25 June 2015 | 20182 | 60200 | Hotfixes |
6.2.0 | 23 June 2015 | 20173 | 60200 (api) |
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6.1.2 | 23 March 2015 | 19802 | 60100 | [WoW Token] |
6.1.0 | 24 February 2015 | 19678 | 60100 (api) |
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6.0.3b | 18 December 2014 | 19342 | 60000 | Hotfixes |
6.0.3a | 13 November 2014 | 19243 | 60000 | post-launch content of Warlords of Draenor |
6.0.3 | 28 October 2014 | 19243 | 60000 | Preparation for Warlords of Draenor |
6.0.2 | 21 August 2014 | 18764 | 60000 (api) |
Mists of Pandaria[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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5.4.8 | May 7, 2014 | 18224 | 50400 (api) | |
5.4.7c | March 11, 2014 | 18019 | 50400 (api) | |
5.4.7b | February 27, 2014 | 17957 | 50400 | |
5.4.7a | February 20, 2014 | 17903 | 50400 | |
5.4.7 | February 18, 2014 | 17898 | 50400 | Warlords of Draenor Collector's Edition preparation |
5.4.2a | December 18, 2013 | 17688 | 50400 | |
5.4.2 | December 10, 2013 | 17658 | 50400 (api) | |
5.4.1 | October 29, 2013 | 17538 | 50400 (api) | |
5.4.0b | September 25, 2013 | 17399 | 50400 | |
5.4.0a | September 16, 2013 | 17371 | 50400 | |
5.4.0 | September 10, 2013 | 17359 | 50400 (api) | Initial release |
5.3.0f | June 27, 2013 | 17128 | 50300 | |
5.3.0e | June 26, 2013 | 17116 | 50300 | |
5.3.0d | June 11, 2013 | 17055 | 50300 | Unspecified |
5.3.0c | May 23, 2013 | 16992 | 50300 | Fixed sound-related issue, and Divine Protection casting while stunned |
5.3.0b | May 22, 2013 | 16983 | 50300 | Unspecified |
5.3.0a | May 21, 2013 | 16981 | 50300 | Fixed crash on Mac, stopped AVG triggering as Keylogger |
5.3.0 | May 21, 2013 | 16977 | 50300 (api) | Initial release |
5.2.0j | April 9, 2013 | 16826 | 50200 | Durumu maze effects tweaks |
5.2.0i | March 25, 2013 | 16769 | 50200 | Fixing login for 32-bit client |
5.2.0h | March 25, 2013 | 16760 | 50200 | Unspecified bug fixes |
5.2.0g | March 20, 2013 | 16733 | 50200 | Unspecified bug fixes |
5.2.0f | March 19, 2013 | 16716 | 50200 | Unspecified bug fixes |
5.2.0e | March 15, 2013 | 16709 | 50200 | Unspecified bug fixes |
5.2.0d | March 14, 2013 | 16701 | 50200 | Fixed premature closing of dialog boxes |
5.2.0c | March 12, 2013 | 16685 | 50200 | Fixed an exploit with mining/herbalism resource nodes |
5.2.0b | March 11, 2013 | 16683 | 50200 | Fixed a compatibility issue with Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm |
5.2.0a | March 8, 2013 | 16669 | 50200 | Fixed a Battle.net exploit |
5.2.0 | March 5, 2013 | 16650 | 50200 (api) | Initial release |
5.1.0a | December 3, 2012 | 16357 | 50100 |
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5.1.0 | November 13, 2012 | 16309 | 50100 (api) |
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5.0.5b | October 8, 2012 | 16135 | 50001 |
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5.0.5a | September 13, 2012 | 16057 | 50001 |
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5.0.5 | September 5, 2012 | 16048 | 50001 |
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5.0.4 | August 28, 2012 | 16015 | 50001 (api) |
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Cataclysm[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights | |
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4.3.4 | April 10, 2012 | 15595 | 40300 |
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4.3.3 | February 28, 2012 | 15354 | 40300 |
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4.3.2 | January 31, 2012 | 15211 | 40300 |
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4.3.0a | December 2, 2011 | 15055 | 40300 |
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4.3.0 | November 29, 2011 | 15005 | 40300 |
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4.2.2 | August 30, 2011 | 14545 | 40200 |
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4.2.0a | August 8, 2011 | 14480 | 40200 |
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4.2.0 | June 28, 2011 | 14333 | 40200 |
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4.1.0a | May 5, 2011 | 14007 | 40100 |
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4.1.0 | April 26, 2011 | 13914 | 40100 (api) | ||
February 11, 2011 | 13623 | 40000 |
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4.0.6 | February 8, 2011 | 13596 | 40000 |
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November 22, 2010 | 13329 | 40000 |
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4.0.3 | November 16, 2010 | 13287 | 40000 |
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4.0.1a | October26, 2010 | 13205 | 40000 |
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4.0.1 | October 12, 2010 | 13164 | 40000 (api) |
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Wrath of the Lich King[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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3.3.5a | June 29, 2010 | 12340 | 30300 |
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3.3.5 | June 22, 2010 | 12213 | 30300 (api) |
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3.3.3a | March 26, 2010 | 11723 | 30300 |
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3.3.3 | March 23, 2010 | 11685 | 30300 (api) |
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3.3.2 | February 2, 2010 | 11403 | 30300 |
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December 14, 2009 | 11159 | 30300 |
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3.3.0 | December 8, 2009 | 10958 | 30300 (api) |
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3.2.2a | September 25, 2009 | 10505 | 30200 |
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3.2.2 | September 22, 2009 | 10482 | 30200 |
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3.2.0a | August 19, 2009 | 10314 | 30200 |
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3.2.0 | August 4, 2009 | 10192 | 30200 (api) |
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June 2, 2009 | 9947 | 30100 |
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May 19, 2009 | 9901 | 30100 |
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3.1.1a | April 28, 2009 | 9835 | 30100 |
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3.1.1 | April 21, 2009 | 9806 | 30100 |
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3.1.0 | April 14, 2009 | 9767 | 30100 (api) |
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3.0.9 | February 10, 2009 | 9551 | 30000 |
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3.0.8a | January 28, 2009 | 9506 | 30000 |
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3.0.8 | January 21, 2009 | 9464 | 30000 (api) |
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3.0.5 | December 10, 2008 | 9294 | 30000 |
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3.0.3 | November 4, 2008 | 9183 | 30000 (api) |
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3.0.2 | October 14, 2008 | 9056 | 30000 (api) |
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The Burning Crusade[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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2.4.3 | July 15, 2008 | 8478 | 20400 |
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2.4.2 | May 13, 2008 | 8209 | 20400 (api) |
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2.4.1 | April 1, 2008 | 8125 | 20400 |
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2.4.0 | March 25, 2008 | 8089 | 20400 (api) |
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2.3.3 | January 22, 2008 | 7799 | 20300 |
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2.3.2 | January 08, 2008 | 7741 | 20300 |
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2.3.0 | November 13, 2007 | 7561 | 20300 (api) |
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2.2.3 | October 9, 2007 | 7359 | 20200 |
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2.2.2 | October 2, 2007 | 7318 | 20200 |
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2.2.0 | September 25, 2007 | 7272 | 20200 (api) |
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2.1.4 | — | — | — |
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2.1.3 | July 10, 2007 | 6898 | 20100 |
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2.1.2 | June 19, 2007 | 6803 | 20100 |
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June 5, 2007 | 6739 | 20100 |
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2.1.0 | May 30, 2007 | 6729 | 20100 (api) |
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2.1.0 | May 22, 2007 | 6692 | 20100 |
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2.0.12 | April 3, 2007 | 6546 | 20003 | |
2.0.11 | March 24, 2007 | 6489 | — |
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2.0.10 | March 6, 2007 | 6448 | 20003 |
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2.0.9 | — | — | — |
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2.0.8 | February 16, 2007 | 6403 | 20003 | |
2.0.7 | February 13, 2007 | 6383 | 20003 | |
2.0.6 | January 23, 2007 | 6337 | 20003 | |
2.0.5 | January 14, 2007 | 6320 | 20003 |
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2.0.4 | January 12, 2007 | 6314 | 20003 |
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2.0.3 | January 9, 2007 | 6299 | 20003 |
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2.0.1 (MD5) | December 5, 2006 | 6180 | 20000 (api) |
This is the patch that comes with the TBC installation CDs/DVD
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Vanilla[]
Patch | Release date | Version | Interface .toc | Highlights |
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1.12.3 | November 14, 2006 (Traditional Chinese) | 6141 | 1300 | |
1.12.2 | October 13, 2006 (EU) | 6005 | 3975 |
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September 26, 2006 | 5875 | 3975 |
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1.12.0 | August 22, 2006 | 5595 | 3975 |
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1.11.2 | July 11, 2006 | 5464 | 3975 | |
1.11.1 | June 28, 2006 | 5462 | 3975 | |
1.11.0 | June 20, 2006 | 5428 | 3975 |
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May 2, 2006 | 5302 | 3975 | ||
1.10.2 | April 11, 2006 | 5230 | 3975 | |
1.10.0 | March 28, 2006 | 5195 | 3975 |
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1.9.4 | February 14, 2006 | 5086 | 3975 |
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1.9.3 | February 7, 2006 | 5059 | 3975 |
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1.9.2 | January 12, 2006 | 4996 | 3975 |
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1.9.1 | January 10, 2006 | 4983 | 3975 |
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1.9.0 | January 3, 2006 | 4937 | 3975 |
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1.8.4 | December 5, 2005 | 4878 | 3975 |
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1.8.3 | November 15, 2005 | 4807 | 3975 |
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1.8.2 | October 27, 2005 | 4784 | 3975 |
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1.8.1 | October 25, 2005 | 4769 | 3975 |
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1.8.0 | October 10, 2005 | 4735 | 3975 |
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1.7.1 | September 22, 2005 | 4695 | 3975 |
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1.7.0 | September 13, 2005 | 4671 | 3975 |
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1.6.1 | August 2, 2005 | 4544 | 3975 |
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July 12, 2005 | 4500 | 3975 |
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June 14, 2005 | 4449 | 3975 |
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1.5.0 | June 7, 2005 | 4442 | 3975 |
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May 3, 2005 | 4375 | 3975 |
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May 3, 2005 | 4364 | 1300 |
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1.4.0 | April 8th, 2005 | 4341 | 3975 |
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1.3.1 | March 22, 2005 | 4297 | 3975 |
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March 7, 2005 | 4284 | 3975 | ||
1.2.4 | February 22, 2005 | 4222 | 3975 |
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1.2.3 | February 22, 2005 | 4211 | 3975 |
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1.2.2 | February 15, 2005 | 4196 | 3975 | |
1.2.1 | December 21, 2004 | 4150 | 3975 |
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1.2.0 | December 18, 2004 | 4149 | 3975 |
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1.1.2 | December 6, 2004 | 4125 | 3975 |
The EU release version[1]
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1.1.1 | November 17, 2004 | 4062 | 3975 |
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November 7, 2004 | 4044 | 3975 |
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0.12 | October 11, 2004 | 3988 | 26 |
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0.11 | September 29, 2004 | 3925 | 26 |
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0.10 | September 18, 2004 | 3892 | 26 |
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0.9.1 | August 24, 2004 | 3810 | 26 | Bug fixes |
0.9 | August 17, 2004 | 3807 | — | |
0.8 | July 7, 2004 | 3734 | — |
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0.7.6 | June 26, 2004 | 3712 | — | |
0.7.5 | June 23, 2004 | — | — | Mac only |
0.7.3 | June 17, 2004 | — | — | Mac only |
0.7.2 | June 16, 2004 | — | — | Mac only |
0.7.1 | June 14, 2004 | 3702 | — | |
0.7 | June 15, 2004 | 3694 | — |
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0.6 | April 13, 2004 | 3592 | — |
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0.5.5 | March 18, 2004 | 3494 | — | All-Alliance push |
0.5.4 | January 15, 2004 | — | — | Tri-Horde push |
0.5.3 | December 11, 2003 | 3368 | — | Undead push |
0.4.0 | August, 2003 | — | — | Internal alpha patch. Introduced minimap, world map, and Undercity |
0.3.4 | May 3, 2003 | 2953 | — |
FAQ[]
As of 31 January 2005, patches consist of "content patches" (x.y.x), a "minor patch" (x.x.y), hotfixes, or a localization patch.
Starting with Legion, medium-sized patches were introduced as "x.x.5" which may feature some new content such as events or questchains, with patch 7.1.0 being an example of these patches and continuing with the ".5" going forward.[2][3] Dragonflight extended the medium-sized patches by doing "x.x.7" patches as well such as patch 10.0.7 with more planned.[4]
Patch FAQ - 1/31/05 | 2006-08-17 01:34 | Eyonix
Content patch – The content patch introduces major additions and/or changes to the game, whether in terms of functionality, content, economy, social interaction, or combat. For example, we recently opened up the dungeon Maraudon, as well as adding the priest spell Prayer of Fortitude as part of the same content patch. Content patches require a maintenance period of several hours and are accompanied by a download and patch notes.
Hotfix – A hotfix is a change made to the game deemed critical enough that it cannot be held off until a regular content patch. Hotfixes require only a server-side change with no download and can be implemented with no downtime, or a short restart of the realms. Because there is no download component to a hotfix, there are no downloadable patch notes. Instead, we will announce hotfix information through the forums, the in-game message of the day, and in the Server Alert window on the login screen.
Minor patch – A minor patch is identical to a hotfix, with the exception that a minor patch requires a download and will be accompanied by patch notes.
Localization patch – The game is currently translated into three languages with plans to introduce more. While not often, there are times when we must make changes to text within the game to accommodate the various languages, and this takes the form of a localization patch. Localization patches, when they occur, take place across all language versions of the game and are accompanied by a download and patch notes. Oftentimes, bug fixes will also be included with a localization patch to better utilize the downtime. These bug fixes will be documented in the patch notes as well.
We hope that this information provides more insight to our players regarding the update process, and in the future, we will use this guideline in order to keep our players informed on the World of Warcraft update process.
[ post edited by Tyren ]On Wowpedia, the first patch (unless otherwise noted) of an expansion is called the systems patch but still classify as a content patch above.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Special:ProblemReports/13236
- ^ BlizzCon 2016: World of Warcraft What's Next panel
- ^ Medievaldragon 2016-11-10. BlizzCon 2016 World of Warcraft: What’s Next Panel Transcript. BlizzPlanet.
- ^ Dragonflight in 2023 – The Road Ahead. Blizzard Entertainment (2022-12-21). Archived from the original on 2023-03-17.
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