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Icon-patch-22x22 Patch 2.5.3
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Release date January 18, 2022
Latest version date March 7, 2022
Initial version 41812
Latest version 42598
Interface .toc 20503
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Patch 2.5.3 is the second patch for World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic that released on 18 January 2022.

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Content[]

The Black Temple[]

Defeat the Betrayer himself—Illidan Stormrage—atop the Black Temple.

Improve your standing with the Ashtongue Deathsworn to earn rewards from Okuno inside the Black Temple.

The Battle for Mount Hyjal[]

Preserve the outcome of the pivotal Battle for Mount Hyjal and ensure the demon Archimonde meets his fate.

Improve your standing with the Scale of the Sands to earn rewards from Indormi in the Caverns of time.

Raid Attunements[]

Those who wish to brave the two new raid instances must complete the required attunement quests first. The required quests must be completed once per character. All new raid content will unlock at 3:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, January 27.

Epic Gems[]

Epic gem Jewelcrating[sic] Designs will be available from Indormi in the Caverns of Time. Epic gems can be obtained from Battle for Mount Hyjal through mining (requires 375 mining skill), and as rare drops from Black Temple.

Netherwing Daily Quests[]

Earn Netherwing reputation through daily quests in Shadowmoon Valley. Collect Netherwing eggs to speed up reputation gains. Epic Netherdrake mounts will be available to players that reach Exalted reputation (requires Artisan Riding skill).

Burning Crusade Arena Season 3[]

The week of January 18, with the weekly reset in each region, Arena Season 3 has begun. The matchmaker has been adjusted to increase the range of possible opponents. This will help match players of different matchmaking levels more quickly. As before, teams with similar ratings who queue at the same will be prioritized to match against each other.

Updates[]

User Interface[]

  • You can now select multiple activities when searching for groups in the Looking for More UI.
  • After listing your group in the Looking for Group UI, the UI will now automatically search for other groups interested in the same activities.
  • In the Looking for Group UI, the entire dropdown body can now be clicked to open the dropdown.
  • You may now report players searched via /who using the right-click menu.
  • Added a more descriptive error message when attempting to transfer a character who is an Arena team captain from one realm to another.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Duels to end after 15 minutes.
  • Added a "have materials" filter in the Profession UI.
  • Fixed an issue that caused interface errors to appear when using the character Unstuck service.
  • Fixed a bug where the player model in the character sheet could get stuck rotating when the player moves the mouse.

Bug Fixes[]

  • Made some improvements to player pathing during fear to reduce situations where players end up outside or under terrain.
  • Fixed a bug that caused certain flight paths to incorrectly take players through mountains and other terrain.
  • Fixed an issue where Alliance players who died in Ogri'la were teleported to the incorrect graveyard after releasing.
  • Fixed a bug preventing dialogue options from working correctly in several quests that offer replacement quest items from the quest giver, such as "N Druid [70] The Hawk's Essence".
  • Fixed an issue that caused mounted footstep/hoof sounds to play at incorrect speeds for certain mounts.
  • Fixed an incorrect tooltip for the Ability warrior shieldreflection [Spell Reflection] ability that the Coilfang Serpentguard in Serpentshrine Cavern cast on themselves that indicates that it reflects 4 spells when it actually reflects all spells for its duration.
  • Resolved an issue where Renataki of the Thousand Blades' Thousand Blades ability could register an unintentionally huge number of hits and cause performance issues. It's meant to be a figurative Thousand Blades, not a literal thousand. Relax, Renataki.
  • Fixed multiple issues with Succubus creature animations.
  • Fixed multiple issues with Worgen creature animations.
  • Fixed an issue that caused belts to sometimes vanish when equipping an unequipping items.
  • Resolved an issue that caused human models to use the incorrect animations when slowed.
  • Some tamable pets, such as Rip-Blade Ravager, will now correctly change colors randomly when they are resummoned by the Hunter.
    • Developers' note: This will only affect pets tamed after the launch of this patch.
  • Fixed an issue where the Paladin Trainer Noellene in Eversong Woods doesn't show up when tracking Class Trainers.
  • The Inv weapon shortblade 26 [Gladiator's Spellblade] now displays the appropriate textures.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Shaman weapon enhancements displayed their visual effects twice on player weapons.
  • The Inv helmet 33 [Aurora Cowl] item is no longer missing its model.
  • Fixed an issue where Spell shadow demonicfortitude [Shadow Word: Death] could damage the caster when a low-level target is killed by the spell.
  • Fixed an issue where certain channeled auras, such as Mind Flay from Fel Eye Stalks, were not stacking correctly.
  • Effects that increase damage taken from spells by a flat amount, such as Shadow Resonance, will now work correctly with stacking damage-over-time auras.
  • Snakes created by Ability hunter snaketrap [Snake Trap] will now correctly not trigger most "On Kill" procs.
    • Developers' note: Some "On Kill" effects, such as Spirit Tap, will still correctly be triggered by slaying the snakes.
  • Fixed an issue that caused loot sparkles to not properly scale up in size for larger creatures. Now please – loot the hounds.
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