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Icon-patch-22x22 Patch 3.2.0
“Call of the Crusade”
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Release date August 4, 2009
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“The call has been sounded. The Argent Crusade beckons. The heroes of Azeroth have been summoned to prove their worth and test their courage to be considered worthy for the final battle ahead...”

— Patch description.

Patch 3.2.0: Call of the Crusade brought a host of new features for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and went live on 4 August 2009.[1]

Trailer[]

Call of the Crusade[]

Since the opening of the Argent Tournament in northeastern Icecrown, adventurers have journeyed from across Azeroth and beyond to prove their worth in the heart of the Lich King's domain. Under thundering skies the tournament's participants hone the arts of war and face off in bone-shattering jousting matches to earn the right to be called champions. Yet these heroes have yet to face the greatest challenge of all: the Crusaders' Coliseum. Formidable Horde and Alliance champions, ferocious beasts, and Scourge lieutenants are just some of the opponents awaiting adventurers in this gladiatorial arena. Few will survive the coliseum's perils, but the Argent Crusade is confident that the worthy heroes who do emerge victorious will be ready to join the offensive against Icecrown Citadel and end the Lich King's reign of terror.

Isle of Conquest[]

Off the coast of Northrend, Horde and Alliance forces are locked in an epic struggle for a tiny island rich in resources. Known as the Isle of Conquest, this rocky battleground's proximity to Icecrown makes it a highly prized base in the war against the Lich King. Both factions have deployed devastating weapons to drive each other from this strategic location. Day and night the ground trembles under lumbering siege vehicles while monstrous airships pummel enemy positions with fiery cannons. The bloody conflict spreads to every corner of the island as new heroes arrive to aid their factions. It remains to be seen whose banner will wave triumphantly over the Isle of Conquest and at what cost victory will be achieved.

General[]

PvP[]

  • Arenas
    • Beginning with season 7, players will no longer have access to the newest season's weapons or shoulder armor and will not qualify for the <Gladiator> title/rewards with ratings from the 2v2 bracket alone. Ratings obtained through 3v3 and 5v5 game play will be required for these rewards, while the rest of the newest season's items will remain available to players in all brackets (standard rating restrictions still apply).
    • Dalaran Sewers
      • The entire Arena has increased in size by 25%.
      • Mounts can now be used in this Arena.
      • The position and collision of the crates on the central platform has been modified.
    • Ring of Valor
      • The flame wall has been removed.
    • Ruins of Lordaeron
      • Alcoves have been removed from the starting chambers.
      • The collision around the central tomb has been smoothed out to prevent players from becoming stuck on the terrain as often.
  • Battlegrounds
    • Battleground experience has arrived!
      • Players will now be awarded experience for completing objectives and actions that yield honor in Battlegrounds (honorable kills not included).
      • Players who do not wish to gain experience through PvP can visit Behsten in Stormwind or Slahtz in Orgrimmar - both located near the Battlemasters in either city - and turn off all experience accumulation for the cost of 10g.
      • Disabling experience gains will prevent a player from gaining experience through any means available in the game.
      • Players with experience gains turned off who compete in Battlegrounds will face off only against other players with experience gains turned off.
      • Behsten and Slahtz can reinstate experience gains for players, for a 10g fee of course. Any experience that would've been accumulated if experience gains were enabled cannot be recovered.
    • Battlemasters in major cities affiliated with specific Battlegrounds have been replaced with a Battlemaster for each faction that will allow players to queue for any Battleground. Battlemasters for specific Battlegrounds will still be seen around the cities during corresponding Battleground holiday weekends.
    • When standing at a capture point that you control, you will gain a buff called Achievement bg ab defendflags [Honorable Defender]. This buff grants +50% honor gained from kills. This currently affects Arathi Basin, Eye of the Storm and Isle of Conquest.
    • Arathi Basin
      • The time it requires to capture a base has been reduced to 8 seconds, down from 10 seconds.
      • The game now ends when one team reaches 1,600 victory points, down from 2,000.
    • Eye of the Storm
      • The time it requires to capture the center flag has been reduced to 8 seconds, down from 10 seconds
      • The game now ends when one team reaches 1,600 victory points, down from 2,000.
    • Strand of the Ancients
      • The faction starting on attack/defense will now be randomized at the start of each match.
    • Warsong Gulch
      • There is a now a 20 minute timer on this battleground. After that time, the team with the most flag captures wins. If this would result in a tie, the team that captured the first flag wins. If neither side has captured a flag, then the game ends in a tie.
  • Wintergrasp
    • Money achievement Against the Odds: This achievement has been removed and converted to a Feat of Strength.
    • Money achievement Industrial Warfare: This achievement has been removed.
    • To provide players with a more transparent notification of when Wintergrasp battles occur, as well as better control zone population and stability, several changes have been made:
      • Players now have the option to queue for Wintergrasp from a Wintergrasp Battlemaster in any capital city or by simply entering the Wintergrasp zone.
      • Queuing will begin 15 minutes before each battle. If chosen, you will automatically be teleported to the zone. Any players in the zone who have not been chosen from the queue will be teleported out when the battle begins.
      • The queue system remains active for the entire battle. As soon as a player leaves, a new one will be chosen from the queue.
      • Trying to enter Wintergrasp during an active battle for which you have not been chosen will teleport you out. Please note that, as you are now able to fly over Wintergrasp, you will only be teleported out if you try to land and join the battle.
      • Level 80 players get higher priority in the queue than lower level players. In addition, a random selection of queued players will be taken from both the Battlemasters and the zone itself.
      • The queue will accept up to 120 players from each faction, resulting in a maximum battle of 240 players at a time.
    • Wintergrasp factories can no longer be damaged or destroyed.

Dungeons and Raids[]

  • Dungeon and Raid ID Extensions
    • In order to allow for parties and raids to progress through instances at their own pace, players can now extend an instance ID on an individual basis.
    • Existing or recently expired IDs can be extended via the Social tab under Raid by clicking on Raid Info.
    • The ID of any instance to which a player is saved can be extended. Doing so will extend the instance lock period by the same amount of time as the original lock (i.e. extending an Ulduar instance ID will add 7 days, a Heroic: Halls of Lightning instance ID will add 24 hours, and a Zul'Gurub instance ID will add 3 days to the instance lock time).
    • An ID can be extended more than once.
    • An extension can be reversed on an individual basis provided the player does not do anything in the instance during the extended instance lock period that would save that player to the instance.
  • Emblem System Changes
    • Both the 10 and 25-player instances of the Crusaders' Coliseum drop a new Spell holy summonchampion [Emblem of Triumph].
    • Any dungeons that previously dropped [Emblems of Heroism] or [Valor], such as Naxxramas or Heroic Halls of Stone, will now drop [Emblems of Conquest] instead. Emblems of Conquest can still be converted to Valor or Heroism.
    • The Heroic dungeon daily quest will now reward 2 Emblems of Triumph and the normal daily dungeon quest will reward 1 Emblem of Conquest.
    • New achievements have been added to collect various amounts of any combination of emblems.
  • 25-player raids will no longer be referred to as Heroic versions of a raid, as there is a new distinction between normal and Heroic modes for both 10 and 25 player versions of the Crusaders' Coliseum.
  • The Nexus: The Oculus & The Eye of Eternity
    • Drakes used by players in these instances will now scale in health and damage according to the rider's average item level.
  • Ulduar
    • Players can now use Spell arcane blink [Blink], Ability rogue shadowstep [Shadowstep], and Demonic Teleport while participating in the illusion events in the Yogg-Saron encounter.
    • Ominous Clouds in the Yogg-Saron encounter are now more vocal about touching players and should no longer sometimes appear to be in the wrong place for certain players.
    • An Immortal Guardian targeted for Empowering Shadows in the Yogg-Saron encounter will now become a 'Marked Immortal Guardian' while targeted.
    • Crusher Tentacles in the Yogg-Saron encounter spawn a little slower in 25-player mode allowing a bit more time for players to clear out the Illusion room.
    • Empowering Shadows in the Yogg-Saron encounter now targets a maximum of three Immortal Guardians in 25-player mode.
    • Yogg-Saron's health has been reduced by 20% in the final stage of his 25-player mode.
    • Winter Jormungars will no longer put everyone in the zone in combat when they emerge from a Snow Mound. Additionally, Snow Mounds will now disappear when all their jormungars have emerged.

Races: General[]

  • Inv axe 02 [Axe Specialization] (Orc): The weapon bonus from this effect now applies to fist weapons in addition to axes.
  • Tauren now have the option of changing skin tone by visiting the Barber Shop.

Items: General[]

  • Agility: The amount of agility required per percentage of dodge has been increased by 15%. This change required recalibrating the amount of dodge a player has with 0 agility by a slight amount as well, so all players will see their dodge percentage vary a small amount.
  • Block rating: The amount of bonus block value on all items has been doubled. This does not affect the base block value on shields or block value derived from strength.
  • On-Use Block Value Items: All items and set bonuses that trigger temporary increases to block value have been modified. Instead of increasing their block value amount by 100% like other items, they have all had their effect durations doubled. This applies to Inv trinket naxxramas05 [Glyph of Deflection], [Gnomeregan Autoblocker], Inv misc elvencoins [Coren's Lucky Coin], Inv misc armorkit 21 [Lavanthor's Talisman], Inv relics libramoftruth [Libram of Obstruction], Inv relics libramofhope [Tome of the Lightbringer], Inv relics libramofhope [Libram of the Sacred Shield], the tier 8 paladin Ability paladin shieldofvengeance [Shield of Righteousness] bonus, the tier 5 paladin Inv shield 1h hyrja d 01 [Holy Shield] bonus, and the tier 5 warrior Ability defend [Shield Block] bonus.
  • Dodge Rating: The amount of dodge rating required per percentage of dodge has been increased by 15%. This is before diminishing returns. Combined with other changes, this makes dodge rating and parry rating equally potent before diminishing returns apply.
  • Item Buy Back Feature Revised
    • The Item Buy Back time will now expire if the player enchants or sockets an item. Players will see a confirmation dialog box now when they attempt to enchant or add gems to an item giving them a last chance to reconsider.
  • Items with Triggered Effects: These items generally have cooldowns on how often they can be triggered. Those cooldowns are now triggered each time the item is equipped (example: A trinket has a 45-second cooldown on an effect triggered by player attacks; when a player equips that item, the effect will be unable to be triggered for the first 45 seconds it is worn).
  • Mounts
    • The cast time for summoning any ground or flying[2] mount is now 1.5 seconds, down from 3 seconds.
    • Apprentice Riding (Skill 75): Can now be learned at level 20 for 4g. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 20 directing them to the riding trainer.
    • Journeyman Riding (Skill 150): Can now be learned at level 40 for 50g. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 40 directing them back to the riding trainer.
    • Expert Riding (Skill 225): Can now be learned at level 60 for 600g from trainers in Honor Hold or Thrallmar. Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold for Alliance; Thrallmar for Horde). Flight speed at this skill level has been increased to 150% of run speed, up from 60%.
    • Artisan Riding (Skill 300): Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold or Valiance Expedition for Alliance; Thrallmar or Warsong Offensive for Horde).
    • In order to further equalize the number of purchasable mounts available to each race, a new 60% speed ground mount has been added for night elves, and a new 100% speed ground mount has been added for the undead.
    • Flying over Dalaran and Wintergrasp is now possible so long as players keep a healthy distance above the ground.
  • Mana Regeneration: All items that provide "X mana per five seconds" have had the amount of mana they regenerate increased by approximately 25%.
  • Parry Rating: The amount of parry rating required per percentage of parry has been reduced by 8%. This is before diminishing returns. Combined with other changes, this makes dodge rating and parry rating equally potent before diminishing returns apply. Parry still diminishes more quickly than dodge.
  • Resilience: No longer reduces the amount of damage done by damage-over-time spells, but instead reduces the amount of all damage done by players by the same proportion. In addition, the amount of resilience needed to reduce critical strike chance, critical strike damage and overall damage has been increased by 15%.

Classes: General[]

Death knights[]

  • Due to significant talent changes, all death knight talents will be reset for players.
  • Spell deathknight bloodplague [Blood Plague]: Damage done increased by 15%.
  • Spell frost chainsofice [Chains of Ice]: Now reduces movement by 95% instead of 100%. The main effect of this change will be that targets of Chains of Ice will not have to re-issue a movement command to continue moving.
  • Spell deathknight frostfever [Frost Fever]: Damage done increased by 15%.
  • Spell deathknight frostpresence [Frost Presence]: 10% bonus health reduced to 6% bonus stamina.
  • Spell deathknight empowerruneblade2 [Frost Strike]: This ability can now be dodged, parried, or blocked. Weapon damage bonus reduced to 55%, down from 60%.
  • Spell deathknight iceboundfortitude [Icebound Fortitude]: Cooldown increased to 2 minutes.
  • Talents
    • Blood
    • Frost
      • Inv weapon shortblade 79 [Blood of the North]: Reduced to a 3-point talent. Increases Blood Strike and Frost Strike damage by 3/6/10%. There is now a 33/66/100% chance whenever you hit with Blood Strike or Spell shadow plaguecloud [Pestilence] that the Blood Rune will become a Death Rune when it activates.
      • Spell shadow raisedead [Lichborne]: Duration reduced to 10 seconds, and cooldown reduced to 2 minutes.
      • Ability dualwieldspecialization [Threat of Thassarian]: New 3-point talent. When dual-wielding, your Death Strikes, Obliterates, Plague Strikes, Blood Strikes and Frost Strikes have a 30/60/100% chance to also deal damage with your off-hand weapon. Off-hand strikes are roughly one half the effect of the original strike.
      • Spell holy devotion [Toughness]: This talent now grants 2/4/6/8/10% armor instead of 3/6/9/12/15%, placing it in line with similar abilities of other classes.
    • Unholy
      • Spell shadow shadowfiend [Desecration]: This talent has been reduced to 2 points for 25/50% snare and no longer increases damage done by the death knight. It has also been moved one tier earlier in the tree and its spell effect has been made more transparent.
      • Spell shadow unholyfrenzy [Desolation]: New talent. This talent is in the position formerly occupied by Desecration. It causes Blood Strikes to increase all damage the death knight deals by 1/2/3/4/5% for 12 seconds.
      • Spell deathknight scourgestrike [Scourge Strike]: Weapon damage bonus reduced to 40%, down from 45%. Damage increased by 10% per disease on the target, down from 11%.
      • Ability deathknight summongargoyle [Summon Gargoyle]: The gargoyle now flies lower to the ground, making it susceptible to melee attacks. This ability now has a fixed duration of 30 seconds and a fixed cost of 60 runic power.
      • Spell shadow contagion [Unholy Blight]: This talent has been redesigned. It no longer deals damage to nearby targets. Instead, when you deal damage with Death Coil, the target will take periodic damage for 10 seconds equal to 20% of the damage done by Death Coil. This damage accumulates in the same way as Ignite and Deep Wounds.

Druid[]

  • Ability druid enrage [Enrage]: This Bear Form ability now generates 20 rage initially, and 10 rage over the next 10 seconds. The armor penalty is unchanged.
  • Ability druid flightform [Flight Form]: Can now be learned at level 60. Flight speed increased to 150%.
  • Flight Form and Ability druid flightform [Swift Flight Form]: Now benefit from a paladin's Spell holy crusaderaura [Crusader Aura].
  • Spell nature lightning [Innervate]: Duration reduced to 10 seconds, and cooldown reduced to 3 minutes. This means each use of Innervate will give half as much mana as before, but it will be available twice as often.
  • Inv misc herb felblossom [Lifebloom]: The final heal that occurs when this spell blooms has been reduced by 20% on the base and on the spell power coefficient.
  • Ability druid mangle2 [Mangle]: Ranks 4 and 5 base points reduced by about 11%. Scaling from attack power unchanged.
  • Ability druid disembowel [Rake]: Ranks 6 and 7 base points on initial and periodic damage reduced by about 7%. Scaling from attack power unchanged.
  • Ability ghoulfrenzy [Rip]: Ranks 8 and 9 base points and points per combo point reduced by about 6%. Scaling from attack power unchanged.
  • Ability racial cannibalize [Savage Defense]: The animation for gaining this buff will no longer make the bear stand upright
  • Spell shadow vampiricaura [Shred]: Ranks 8 and 9 base points reduced by about 10%. Scaling from attack power unchanged.
  • Swift Flight Form: Druids who have acquired a mount able to go 310% flight speed will now also go that speed while in this form.
  • Swipe (Cat): Percent of weapon damage done reduced from 260% to 250%.
  • Ability druid travelform [Travel Form]: Can now be learned at level 16.
  • Talents
    • Balance
      • Ability druid balanceofpower [Balance of Power]: Now reduces all spell damage taken by 3/6%, rather than reducing the chance to be hit by spells by 2/4%.
      • Ability druid eclipseorange [Eclipse]: The Starfire and Wrath buffs from this talent are now on separate 30 second. cooldowns. In addition, it is not possible to have both buffs active simultaneously.
      • Ability druid owlkinfrenzy [Owlkin Frenzy]: Now also restores 2% base mana every 2 seconds for the duration (10 seconds) in addition to its current effects.
    • Feral Combat
      • Ability druid kingofthejungle [King of the Jungle]: This talent now reduces the mana cost of Bear Form, Cat Form, and Dire Bear Form by 20/40/60%.
      • Ability druid primaltenacity [Primal Tenacity]: This talent no longer reduces the mana cost of Bear Form, Cat Form, and Dire Bear Form.
    • Restoration
      • Ability druid empoweredtouch [Empowered Touch]: Now also increases the amount of bonus healing effects for Nourish by 10/20%.
      • Spell nature stoneclawtotem [Improved Barkskin]: No longer provides dispel resistance to all effects on the druid, but now reduces the chance your Barkskin is dispelled by an additional 35/70%.

Hunter[]

  • Ability mount jungletiger [Aspect of the Cheetah]: Can now be learned at level 16.
  • Ability whirlwind [Deterrence]: This ability now allows the hunter to parry spells and attacks from behind as well as in front. Now has a new visual spell effect.
  • The time that traps will exist in the world after being put down has been reduced to 30 seconds, down from 1 minute.
  • Spell frost freezingbreath [Frost Trap]: Will no longer "fizzle" on targets immune to snare effects, however Ability hunter lockandload [Lock and Load] will not succeed when using Frost Trap if the target is immune to snare effects.
  • Ability hunter snaketrap [Snake Trap]: The Spell nature nullifydisease [Mind-numbing Poison] effect has been reduced to a 30% increase in casting time, down from 50% to match similar effects.
  • Traps now have separate 30 second cooldown categories: Fire (Immolation Trap, Explosive Trap and Black Arrow), Frost (Freezing Trap, Frost Trap) and Nature (Snake Trap). A hunter can have one trap of each category placed at one time.
  • Talents
    • Beast Mastery
    • Survival
    • Pets
      • Ability hunter fervor [Roar of Sacrifice]: Redesigned. This ability can now be used on any friendly target to make that target immune to critical strikes, but the hunter pet takes 20% of all damage taken by that friendly target. Cooldown is now 1 minute, up from 30 seconds.

Mage[]

Paladin[]

  • Spell nature lightningshield [Blessing of Sanctuary]: This blessing now also increases stamina by 10%. This effect is not cumulative with Blessing of Kings.
  • Charger: Can now be learned at level 40.
  • Spell holy crusaderaura [Crusader Aura]: This ability now also grants its flying speed increase to a druid's Ability druid flightform [Flight Form] and Ability druid flightform [Swift Flight Form].
  • Spell holy excorcism 02 [Exorcism]: Now has a 1.5 second cast time, but can once again be used on players.
  • Reckoning: Redesigned. Now does damage only when the target does not currently have the caster targeted, but damage done increased to 50% of attack power, occurring after the taunt effect is applied.
  • Judgments: Some of these attacks were considered ranged and some melee. They are all now considered melee attacks that can't be dodged, parried or blocked.
  • Spell holy righteousfury [Judgement of Light]: Now heals for 2% of the attacker's maximum health instead of a variable amount based on the spell power and attack power of the judging paladin.
  • Spell holy layonhands [Lay on Hands]: The buff from this ability now reduces the physical damage taken by the target by 10/20% instead of increasing the target's armor.
  • Spell holy sealoffury [Righteous Fury]: No longer has a duration, remaining until cancelled or death. Also cancelled when a Paladin activates a different talent specialization.
  • Ability paladin blessedmending [Sacred Shield]: When a paladin casts Flash of Light on a target with this buff, they also now place a heal over time effect on the target, healing that target for 100% of the Flash of Light amount over 12 seconds.
  • Spell holy sealofblood [Seal of Blood]: This ability has been removed.
  • Spell holy sealofblood [Seal of the Martyr]: This ability has been removed.
  • Spell holy sealofvengeance [Seal of Vengeance] and Spell holy sealofvengeance [Seal of Corruption]: These seals have been redesigned. Only auto-attacks and Ability paladin hammeroftherighteous [Hammer of the Righteous] can place the debuff on the paladin's current target(s). However, while the seal is active, each melee swing or ability (excluding judgements) that lands on the target will deal a percentage of weapon damage as Holy damage to the target. This damage maxes out at 33% weapon damage with 5 applications of the debuff and scales upward evenly based on how many applications of the debuff are active. This Holy damage deals double-damage critical strikes. In addition, the damage-over-time debuff is now considered a melee attack for the purposes of determining its chance to hit, miss, be dodged or parried.
  • Ability paladin shieldofvengeance [Shield of Righteousness]: Now deals 100% of shield block value as damage instead of 130%. In addition, the benefit from additional block value this ability gains is now subject to diminishing returns. Diminishing returns occur once block value exceeds 30 times the player's level and caps the maximum damage benefit from shield block value at 34.5 times the player's level.
  • Warhorse: Can now be learned at level 20.
  • Talents
    • Holy
      • Ability paladin beaconoflight [Beacon of Light]: The healing amount on the Beacon of Light target is now based on the total healing done (including over-healing) instead of the effective healing done. Radius increased to 60 yards. Multiple Paladins can now have this active on the same target. Buff indicating a player is within range of the Beacon target is no longer displayed.
      • Spell nature sleep [Divine Intellect]: This talent now gives 2/4/6/8/10% increased intellect instead of 3/6/9/12/15%.
      • Spell holy greaterheal [Illumination]: This talent now returns 30% of the mana cost of the spell instead of 60%.
    • Protection
      • Spell holy ardentdefender [Ardent Defender]: Redesigned. Any damage that takes the paladin below 35% health is reduced. This reduction applies only to the portion that pushes the paladin below 35% health (example: a paladin at 50% health takes a 40% hit; the first 15% hits as normal while the next 25% is reduced). In addition, once every 2 minutes an attack that would have killed the paladin will fail to kill, and instead heal the paladin for up to 10/20/30% of maximum health depending on the paladin's defense rating (example: a paladin with defense equal to only 5 times his or her level will receive no healing from the talent, while a paladin who is immune to critical strikes from boss creatures through defense will receive the maximum amount).
      • Ability paladin gaurdedbythelight [Guarded by the Light]: This talent will no longer cause Spell holy aspiration [Divine Plea]'s duration to be refreshed by using Ability paladin judgementblue [Judgement of Wisdom], Ability paladin judgementred [Judgement of Justice], or Spell holy righteousfury [Judgement of Light].
    • Retribution
      • Ability paladin artofwar [The Art of War]: Now only applies to melee critical hits, but will make your next Flash of Light or Exorcism instant. In addition, this talent now provides notification in the floating combat text when it activates.
      • Spell holy crusaderstrike [Crusader Strike]: Damage reduced to 75% weapon damage to match the new 4-second cooldown. Mana cost reduced to 5% of base mana.
      • Spell holy sealofblood [Seal of Command]: Redesigned. This seal now deals 36% weapon damage on every swing, and deals substantially less judgement damage.
      • Spell holy vindication [Vindication]: Redesigned. Now lowers target attack power, is consistent and does not stack with Demoralizing Shout.

Priest[]

  • Spell holy prayerofhealing02 [Prayer of Healing]: The percentage of spell power this spell gains in healing (per target) has been reduced from 80.7% to 52.6%.
  • Spell shadow psychichorrors [Psychic Horror]: This spell no longer has an invisible missile, so there is no travel time before the spell takes effect.
  • Talents
    • Discipline
      • Spell holy penance [Penance]: Cooldown increased to 12 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
    • Holy
      • Spell holy layonhands [Inspiration]: The buff from this ability now reduces the physical damage taken by the target by 3/7/10% instead of increasing the target's armor.
    • Shadow
      • Spell shadow devouringplague [Devouring Plague]: Cooldown removed but may only be inflicted upon a single target.
      • Spell shadow dispersion [Dispersion]: Cooldown reduced to 2 minutes, down from 3 minutes.
      • Spell shadow unholyfrenzy [Improved Mind Blast]: Redesigned. Now, in addition to reducing the cooldown of your Mind Blast spell by .5/1/1.5/2/2.5 seconds, while in Shadowform your Mind Blast also has a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to reduce all healing done to the target by 20% for 10 seconds.
      • Spell holy stoicism [Vampiric Touch]: The amount of damage done when this spell is dispelled has been doubled.

Rogue[]

  • After much quiet contemplation, rogues now possess the ability to learn how to use one-handed axes.
  • Talents

Shaman[]

  • A customizable Totem Bar will now be available for shaman allowing the storing of 4 different totems. These totems can be placed on the ground at once in one global cooldown for the combined mana cost of all 4 totems.
  • All Shocks now have a default range of 25 yards, up from 20 yards.
  • Base health increased by approximately 7% to correct for shamans having lower health than other classes.
  • Spell nature healingwavegreater [Chain Heal]: Jump distance increased by 25% to 12.5 yards. In addition, the amount of healing now decreases by 40% as it jumps to each new target, instead of 50%.
  • Spell nature earthshock [Earth Shock]: Redesigned. This spell no longer interrupts spell casting, but rather reduces melee attack speed by 10% for 8 seconds (exclusive with similar effects such as Thunder Clap).
  • Spell nature spiritwolf [Ghost Wolf]: Can now be learned at level 16. While in this form, snaring effects may not bring the shaman below base normal run speed.
  • Wind Shock: Has been renamed Spell nature cyclone [Wind Shear] and no longer shares a cooldown with Flame, Frost or Spell nature earthshock [Earth Shock].
  • Talents
    • Enhancement
      • Spell shaman maelstromweapon [Maelstrom Weapon]: Now also has a chance to reduce the cast time of Spell shaman hex [Hex].
      • Spell nature shamanrage [Shamanistic Rage]: Cooldown is now 1 minute, down from 2 minutes. Successful melee attacks now have a chance to generate mana equal to 15% of the shaman's attack power, down from 30%.
    • Restoration
      • Spell nature undyingstrength [Ancestral Healing]: The buff from this ability now reduces the physical damage taken by the target by 3/7/10% instead of increasing the target's armor.
      • Spell nature nullifypoison [Cure Poison] and Spell nature removedisease [Cure Disease]: Combined into a single spell, Spell nature nullifypoison [Cure Toxins].
      • Spell nature skinofearth [Earth Shield]: Dispel effects will now remove charges of Earth Shield rather than the entire aura.
      • Spell nature healingway [Healing Way]: Redesigned. Rather than providing a chance of increasing Healing Wave spells on a friendly target, this talent now innately increases the effectiveness of the shaman's Healing Wave by 8/16/25%.
      • Spell frost summonwaterelemental [Mana Tide Totem]: Totem health now equal to 10% of the shaman's health.
      • Spell nature natureguardian [Nature's Guardian]: Redesigned. Now has a fixed 100% proc rate, has a 30 second internal cooldown and increases the shaman's maximum health by 3/6/9/12/15% for 10 seconds.
      • Nature's Swiftness: Cooldown is now 2 minutes, down from 3 minutes.
      • Spell shaman tidalwaves [Tidal Waves]: No longer reduces the cast time of Lesser Healing Wave by 30%. It instead now provides +25% critical strike chance to Lesser Healing Wave, along with the previous 30% cast time benefit to Healing Wave.
      • Ability shaman watershield [Improved Water Shield]: This talent now has a 10/20/30% chance to be triggered by Chain Heal, and the charges of Water Shield are no longer consumed by this talent.

Warlock[]

  • Spell shadow cripple [Banish]: Effect will now be canceled if Banish is recast on a banished target.
  • Ability mount dreadsteed [Dreadsteed]: Can now be learned at level 40.
  • Spell nature swiftness [Felsteed]: Can now be learned at level 20.
  • Ability warlock shadowflame [Shadowflame]: The angle of the cone effect on this ability was inadvertently very small, making it difficult to use. Its cone is now the same size as similar spells, such as Cone of Cold.
  • Spell arcane arcane01 [Soulshatter] cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, down from 5 minutes
  • Talents
    • Affliction
      • Spell shadow painfulafflictions [Pandemic]: Now also increases the critical damage bonus of Haunt by 100%.
    • Demonology
    • Destruction
      • Ability warlock empoweredimp [Empowered Imp]: The warlock's critical hit chance is increased to 100%, up from 20% for the next spell cast after the Imp critically hits a target.
      • Ability warlock fireandbrimstone [Fire and Brimstone]: Reduced to 2/4/6/8/10% increased damage from Incinerate and Chaos Bolt on targets afflicted with Immolate, down from 3/6/9/12/15%.

Warrior[]

  • Ability warrior battleshout [Battle Shout]: Radius increased to 30 yards.
  • Ability racial bloodrage [Bloodrage]: This ability now generates 20 rage initially, and 10 rage over the next 10 seconds. The health cost is unchanged.
  • Ability warrior rallyingcry [Commanding Shout]: Radius increased to 30 yards.
  • Inv sword 48 [Execute]: This ability now never costs more than a total of 30 rage. The tooltip for Sudden Death has been revised to remove reference to that maximum, since the ability now behaves that way even when untalented.
  • Inv shield 05 [Shield Slam]: The benefit from additional block value this ability gains is now subject to diminishing returns. Diminishing returns occur once block value exceeds 30 times the player's level and caps the maximum damage benefit from shield block value at 34.5 times the player's level.
  • Talents
    • Fury
      • Inv shoulder 22 [Armored to the Teeth]: This talent now provides 1/2/3 attack power per 108 armor, up from per 180 armor.
      • Ability warrior bloodsurge [Bloodsurge]: Notification that Slam has become instant now appears in floating combat text.
    • Protection
      • Inv sword 11 [Devastate]: Weapon damage and bonus per Ability warrior sunder [Sunder Armor] on the target increased by 100%. This ability now requires a shield to be equipped.
      • Shield Specialization: Now provides 5 rage on a block, dodge or parry instead of 2 rage on a block.

User interface[]

  • The quest log is now double-paned for more easily viewed quest information. The list of all quests a player has will show in one pane, while the quest details of any highlighted quest will display in the next.
  • Character name auto-completion for the chat frame, pop-ups, and mail interface is now active.
  • Character names can now be colorized according to class in the chat frame. This feature can be enabled through the chat settings by right-clicking on a chat window.
  • Casting bars under the target frame, focus frame and nameplates will now display as shielded if the cast cannot be interrupted.
  • Druids will now be able to see their mana bars when shape-shifted.
  • Item Comparisons: Holding the shift key while hovering over an item will now display the stat differences with the item currently equipped in the relevant slot.
  • Item level: A new option has been added under Display in the Interface Options to show the item level on item tooltips.
  • Macros and scripts will no longer be able to target totems by name.
  • New Feature Icons: Options recently added to any of the options menus will now display a yellow exclamation point next to them to indicate that they are new features.
  • Vendor prices will now be listed on items whether or not players are at a vendor.
  • For additional notes on Lua and XML changes please visit the UI & Macros forum.

Graphics[]

  • The frame rate for those with Shadow Effects enabled under the Ultra Video settings has been improved.

World environment[]

  • Wolvar and Gorloc orphans have arrived in Dalaran and need your help! Players can find out more by visiting the Eventide District (completing the quests being offered for this event will not count toward any Children's Week achievements). Players have a limited amount of time to care for these orphans before they take their leave. They will then return again for the regularly-scheduled Children's Week next year.
  • Portal areas in all major cities now offer a portal to the Blasted Lands near the Dark Portal.
  • Once crossing through the Dark Portal, players can access a flight path directly from the Stair of Destiny to Shattrath.
  • A new zeppelin docking ramp has been added to Thunder Bluff allowing Horde players easier transport to and from Orgrimmar.
  • The local Postal Service has grown tired of walking so far each day to collect mail and has decided to install a large number of new mailboxes in Stormwind, Undercity, Darnassus and Orgrimmar.
  • Mathiel in Darnassus has finally earned himself enough money from your repair bills that he was able to buy himself an anvil.

Quests[]

Achievements[]

Professions[]

Alchemy[]

  • All stackable potions now stack to 20.
  • Added a new pattern for Inv alchemy endlessflask 05 [Flask of the North], usable by players with a high alchemy skill. The recipe is purchased from Northrend trainers. Flask of the North increases your spell power, attack power or strength for 1 hour and is usable in arenas. It is not consumed when used.
  • Inv alchemy endlessflask 06 [Endless Healing Potion] and Inv alchemy endlessflask 04 [Endless Mana Potion] no longer usable in arenas. Amount of health and mana has been increased, and the cooldown reduced.
  • Five new epic gem transmute recipes are available from the Northrend trainer. The recipe for transmuting a Inv jewelcrafting gem 32 [Cardinal Ruby] can be learned from a quest, given by Linzy Blackbolt in Dalaran.
  • The Inv potion 112 [Mixology] benefits from Northrend elixirs and flasks have been increased.
  • Rage potions can now be used by druids.

Cooking[]

Enchanting[]

  • Values on Northrend ring enchants increased.

Engineering[]

  • Added a new Achievement reputation ogre [Dullard] attachment for helmets, allowing engineers to control other humanoid targets. Some restrictions apply: does not work in Arenas, dish sometimes reverses targets, unable to stack with other stat-improving head enchantments and makes your helmet look... stylish? This attachment provides a passive bonus of 45 stamina.
  • Added a schematic for a [Goblin Welding Beam] that can heal friendly mechanical or vehicle units.
  • [Alarm-o-Bot] functionality changed. Materials required reduced.
  • Inv crate 01 [Box of Bombs] no longer requires an anvil.
  • The Inv misc enggizmos 31 [Cobalt Frag Bomb] now incapacitates enemies within a 3-yard radius. A short cast time was added, but they are usable while moving. This change applies to any Cobalt Frag Bombs already created. The existing recipe now makes 3 at a time.
  • Engineers can now learn to create a portable Wormhole Generator for Northrend. The Wormhole allows them to travel to different locations in Northrend, although the locations are sometimes in dangerous places.
  • Flying Machine: The level requirement needed to learn how to build and use this machine has been reduced to level 60, down from level 70, and the engineering skill level reduced to 300, down from 350. Material costs reduced.
  • Gnomish Engineers and Goblin Engineers can now switch profession specializations for a fee.
  • Increased benefits from Trade engineering [Hyperspeed Accelerators], Trade engineering [Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket] and Trade engineering [Reticulated Armor Webbing] glove modifications.
  • Increased the passive bonuses provided by Trade engineering [Springy Arachnoweave], Trade engineering [Flexweave Underlay] and Trade engineering [Nitro Boosts].
  • [Mote Extractor] now has innate tracking for gas clouds while it is in your inventory. Tracking of gas clouds has been removed from goggles.
  • A new repair bot has been added, and his name is Achievement boss mimiron 01 [Jeeves]. He is the ultimate gentleman robot butler, able to perform all the mundane tasks of repairing, selling and buying junk for your entire raid. Additionally, he can open bank boxes for skilled engineers (350+). Jeeves is not destroyed when used, but due to pressing engagements, can only be summoned once an hour. The [schematic] for this handsome robot was said to be hidden within the parts of another robot - hoping to be found by an engineer one day.
  • Trade engineering [Nitro Boosts]: Now have a 5-second duration.
  • Potion Injectors now increase the amount gained by 25% when used by engineers. Quantity produced by recipes for [Runic Healing] and [Mana Injectors] has been increased.
  • Reduced the materials needed to create all engineering Dragonlings, and reduced their cooldowns, although they still cannot be used in Arenas.
  • Significantly reduced the cooldown on Inv misc molle [MOLL-E].
  • The [Spynocular belt] attachment has been changed to a Trade engineering [Frag Belt]. The Frag Belt periodically produces a Cobalt Frag Bomb that can be used from the belt every 6 minutes (never runs out!).
  • A Steam-Powered Auctioneer, Reginald Arcfire, has been added to the Dalaran Like Clockwork engineering shop, allowing access to one's faction Auction House. The Steam-Powered Auctioneer was programmed with a superiority chip, and will only interact with Grand Master engineers.
  • Transporter devices are no longer classified as trinkets and can be used directly from your inventory.
  • The Inv crate 04 [Ultrasafe Bullet Machine] and Inv crate 03 [Saronite Arrow Maker] schematics have been simplified to create a full stack of the appropriate ammunition. No longer requires an anvil. Reduced the materials required to make this ammunition.
  • Inv misc enggizmos 08 [World Enlarger]: Cooldown reduced to 15 minutes, down from 1 hour.

Fishing[]

Herbalism[]

  • Increased healing from Spell nature wispsplodegreen [Lifeblood] (Rank 6).
  • Lifeblood now scales slightly with maximum health. No longer affected by global cooldown.

Inscription[]

Jewelcrafting[]

  • [Dragon's Eye] gems stat bonuses increased. In addition, these gems are no longer prismatic and must be matched to the appropriate colored socket to activate an item's socket bonus.
  • New recipes have been added for cutting epic gems and can be purchased using [Dalaran Jewelcrafter's tokens].
  • Inv misc gem diamond 02 [Icy Prism] now has a chance of yielding an epic gem.
  • Raw epic gems can be obtained via the following means:

Leatherworking[]

  • Added recipe for Inv misc leatherscrap 11 [Heavy Knothide Leather] to leatherworking trainers (rather than a vendor recipe). Changed several recipes to use Heavy Knothide Leather instead of regular Leather.
  • Fur Lining values increased.

Mining[]

  • In addition to the normal requirements, mining deposits in Northrend now require a minimum character level of 65 to mine.
  • Ability golemthunderclap [Toughness] (Rank 6) provides more stamina.

Skinning[]

Tailoring[]

  • Embroideries improved.

Items[]

Bug fixes[]

Death knights[]

  • Spell shadow antimagicshell [Anti-Magic Shell]: The tooltip for this ability will now reflect modifications from the Spell shadow antimagicshell [Magic Suppression] talent.
  • Ability criticalstrike [Blood-Caked Blade]: The damage from this talent is no longer normalized to weapon speed.
  • Spell frost wisp [Chilblains]: Icy Clutch can no longer miss when Spell deathknight frostfever [Frost Fever] hits, however, when Frost Fever is dispelled Icy Clutch will also be dispelled.
  • Inv sword 07 [Dancing Rune Weapon]: The rune weapon will no longer cast Ability creature disease 02 [Corpse Explosion].
  • Spell shadow shadowfiend [Desecration]: No longer causes unnecessary combat logging.
  • Inv misc horn 02 [Horn of Winter]: Learning rank 2 of this ability caused players to unlearn rank 1, such that it no longer appears in their spellbook. It is now possible to relearn that rank, and death knights will no longer "forget" rank 1 when they learn rank 2.
  • Spell shadow raisedead [Lichborne]: The buff from this ability can now be cancelled.
  • Spell shadow deadofnight [Raise Ally]: Using the Spell deathknight gnaw ghoul [Gnaw] ability while under the effects of this spell will now initiate auto-attack. In addition, the damage done has been changed from a flat value to a percentage of weapon damage.
  • Raise Dead: This spell will no longer give two errors when the casting player lacks the reagent to cast it.
  • Spell frost frostarmor [Rune of Razorice]: Each death knight can now have his or her own copy of this debuff on the target.
  • Spell shadow antimagicshell [Rune of Spellbreaking]: Tooltip now indicates the effect from this enchantment does not stack with other effects which reduce the duration of Silence effects (including not stacking with a second copy of this enchantment). In addition, now reduces damage from Holy spells.
  • Spell shadow antimagicshell [Rune of Spellshattering]: Now reduces damage from Holy spells.
  • Ability deathknight summongargoyle [Summon Gargoyle]: Corrected the inaccurate tooltip which claimed a Gargoyle could last up to 40 seconds, when in fact 30 seconds has always been the maximum.
  • Spell frost frostarmor [Rune of Razorice]: Corrected a bug where this applied to frost damage done by others.

Druids[]

  • Ability druid bash [Bash]: Tooltip now specifies that the Interrupt effect only occurs on non-player targets.
  • Ability racial bearform [Bear Form], Ability druid catform [Cat Form], and Ability racial bearform [Dire Bear Form]: Mana energizes that occur while in these forms will now appear in the combat log and floating combat text.
  • Spell nature earthbind [Cyclone]: Victims of Cyclone can no longer receive healing from health drain effects such as Spell shadow devouringplague [Devouring Plague] while they are affected by Cyclone.
  • Dash: Druids who have not learned Track Humanoids will now retain the benefit of Dash while shifting out of and back into Cat Form.
  • Druids should no longer be removed from a form after using any engineered bombs.
  • Ability druid mangle [Maim]: Tooltip now specifies that the Interrupt effect only occurs on non-player targets.
  • Ability druid naturalperfection [Natural Perfection]: Now properly triggered by periodic critical strikes.
  • Spell nature natureswrath [Nature's Grasp]: This talent will no longer be triggered spuriously by some ranged abilities such as Inv axe 66 [Heroic Throw].

Hunters[]

  • All ranks of Ability hunter pet bat [Sonic Blast] now properly have an 80 Focus cost.
  • Spell shadow painspike [Black Arrow] Ranks 5 and 6 training costs have been lowered significantly.
  • Ability hunter pet wolf [Furious Howl]: Ranks 1-5 will no longer give slightly more attack power than is listed in their tooltips.
  • Ability hunter lockandload [Lock and Load]: The tooltip for this talent has been updated to indicate that it also works with Spell fire selfdestruct [Explosive Trap].
  • Ability hunter fervor [Roar of Sacrifice]: Damage transferred to pet is now considered Nature damage.
  • The tooltip for Ability hunter improvedtracking [Improved Tracking] has been slightly re-written to indicate that it only works on the hunter, and works on melee damage as well.
  • Inv misc bomb 05 [T.N.T.] (Rank 3): Now indicates that the talent works with Black Arrow.

Mages[]

Paladins[]

  • Auras: Any paladin aura active at the time of the paladin's death now automatically reactivates when the paladin returns to life.
  • Ability paladin beaconoflight [Beacon of Light]: Multiple paladins can now have this buff active on the same target. In addition, the beacon target will no longer lose the buff while under the effects of Spell nature earthbind [Cyclone] or Spell shadow cripple [Banish].
  • Spell nature lightningshield [Blessing of Sanctuary]: This talent and Ability warrior vigilance [Vigilance] will now both be able to be cast on the same target without sometimes overwriting each other.
  • Spell holy excorcism 02 [Exorcism]: Now properly has a 100% chance to be a critical strike when cast on death knights using Spell shadow raisedead [Lichborne].
  • Spell holy eyeforaneye [Eye for an Eye]: Now properly triggered by periodic critical strikes. In addition, the tooltip incorrectly stated that 20% damage is reflected, when it is actually 10%. Tooltip fixed.
  • Spell holy sealofmight [Hammer of Justice]: Tooltip now specifies that the Interrupt effect only occurs on non-player targets.
  • Spell holy sealofsacrifice [Hand of Sacrifice]: Casting this spell on a target with Spell holy powerwordbarrier [Divine Sacrifice] active will now generate an error message instead of wasting the cooldown.
  • Spell holy holysmite [Heart of the Crusader]: The effect from this talent will no longer be removed if a paladin without this talent overwrites the judgement placed by a paladin who does have the talent.
  • Inv shield 1h hyrja d 01 [Holy Shield]: It is no longer possible to have two ranks of this ability active at the same time.
  • Judgments: All paladin judgements are now properly considered as melee attacks that cannot be dodged, blocked or parried. Previously Spell holy healingaura [Seal of Light], Spell holy righteousnessaura [Seal of Wisdom], Spell holy sealofwrath [Seal of Justice] and Spell holy righteousnessaura [Seal of Righteousness] would cause the judgement to be considered a ranged attack.
  • Ability paladin judgementsofthejust [Judgements of the Just]: The effect from this talent will no longer be removed if a paladin without this talent overwrites the judgement placed by a paladin who does have the talent.
  • Judgement of Vengeance: Inaccurate combat log tooltip corrected.
  • Judgement of Corruption: Inaccurate combat log tooltip corrected.
  • Ability paladin veneration [Pursuit of Justice]: This talent will no longer sometimes be deactivated when leaving a battleground.
  • Ability paladin blessedmending [Sacred Shield]: This buff will no longer have any effect if the target is another player engaged in a duel. In addition, the heal from this buff will no longer cause the paladin to stand, and it is no longer possible for two paladins to both have the spell active on one target.

Priests[]

Rogues[]

  • Ability rogue honoramongstthieves [Honor Among Thieves]: Periodic critical strikes now grant combo points for rogues with this talent.
  • Ability rogue murderspree [Killing Spree]: Error message when no targets are in range has been changed to "Out of Range."
  • Ability rogue masterofsubtlety [Master of Subtlety]: Being under the effects of Spell nature earthbind [Cyclone] when the buff from this talent is about to expire will no longer make it last indefinitely.
  • Ability hunter rapidkilling [Overkill]: Being under the effects of Cyclone when the buff from this talent is about to expire will no longer make it last indefinitely.
  • Inv throwingknife 04 [Shiv]: Ability rogue dualweild [Deadly Poison] will now apply properly when Shiv is the attack used to break a Ability gouge [Gouge].
  • Ability rogue tricksofthetrade [Tricks of the Trade]: Using this ability on a target affected by Cyclone or Spell shadow cripple [Banish] will no longer place the ability on permanent cooldown and will instead give an error message.
  • Ability rogue turnthetables [Turn the Tables]: Rank 2 of this talent will now work properly with raid members, and not just party members.

Shaman[]

Warlocks[]

  • Spell shadow demoniccirclesummon [Demonic Circle]: The visual for this spell should now despawn when the warlock dies or when the warlock otherwise loses the aura that allows transport to the circle.
  • Spell fire immolation [Immolate] and Spell shadow unstableaffliction 3 [Unstable Affliction]: All ranks of these two spells will now overwrite each other.
  • Spell shadow summonimp [Improved Imp]: Each time an Imp is summoned it will recast Spell shadow bloodboil [Blood Pact] (if autocast is on), forcing it to benefit from this talent, even if the Imp was not summoned at the time the talent was learned.
  • Spell shadow shadowbolt [Improved Shadow Bolt]: Redesigned slightly. Instead of a 100% chance to apply a 1/2/3/4/5% critical strike increase on the target, it now has a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to apply a 5% critical strike increase.

Warriors[]

Items[]

Professions[]

  • Enchant Weapon - Black Magic: This enchantment can now be triggered by some spells it did not previously work with, including Curse of Agony, Blizzard, and Typhoon.
  • Inv gauntlets 05 [Guardian Gloves]: Now correctly marked as uncommon quality.

Events[]

  • Hallow's End: Putting out fires for this event will no longer trigger effects from items, talents and set bonuses.
  • Noblegarden: Loot windows will no longer periodically close while the looting player is transformed into a rabbit.

Technical[]

  • There is a known UI rendering issue with the Intel 965 Mobile Express chipset drivers on Windows Vista prior to version 7.15.10.1559 (December 2008). Please contact your laptop manufacturer for an updated driver if you are experiencing difficulties. In case of continued problems, add the following lines to the Config.wtf file as a workaround: SET fixedFunction "1".

References[]

 
  1. ^ Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard. Patch 3.2: Call of the Crusade. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.​ “The upcoming major content patch, Call of the Crusade, will bring a host of new features for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.”
  2. ^ Blizzard Entertainment Zarhym 2009-07-11. Re: Flying mount changes latest PTR patch?. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved on 2009-07-11.
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