Latest WoW Hotfixes nerf Mythic Fyrakk and change expensive achievement

The latest round of WoW hotfixes has arrived, and they include some significant changes to Mythic Fyrakk, as well as a highly requested alteration to a particularly expensive achievement.

Blizzard rolled out two sets of hotfixes in as many days, with the Mythic version of Amirdrassil receiving a lot of balancing from the developer. Clears of the raid at this difficulty were few and far between initially and the developer may see these nerfs as a logical next step as the game moves away from the competitive end of this tier.

Additionally, the Support Your Local Artisans achievement has been changed to make it more friendly to less wealthy WoW players. Originally, any character had to donate a total of 70,000 gold to the Artisan’s consortium as part of the Gala of Gifts. This has now been altered to 50,000 gold.

Here’s the full list of hotfixes for the start of February.

Complete WoW Hotfixes for February 6 and 8

February 8, 2024

Achievements

• Support Your Local Artisans now requires donations totaling 50,000 gold (was 70,000) to the Artisan’s Consortium.

Classes

• Shaman
  • Resolved an issue causing Earth Shield casts from another Shaman to sometimes override Earth Shield.

Dungeons and Raids

• Darkheart Thicket
  • Addressed an issue where Archdruid Glaidalis can fail to use Grievous Leap on a player standing on top of a nearby object.
  • Addressed an issue in Archdruid Glaidalis’s encounter where Nightmare Abominations can be stuck in a state of evasion when spawned on top of an elevated surface.
• Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall
  • Addressed an issue where Dazhak’s Incinerating Blightbreath can fizzle if the targeted player dies during Dazhak’s charge.
  • Addressed an issue where Chronofade is not considered an AoE effect.
• The Everbloom
  • Addressed an issue in the Ancient Protectors encounter where Dulhu’s Noxious Charge can still go off if he dies while casting.

Player versus Player

• Priest
  • Shadow
    • Resolved an issue causing the Shadow Amirdrassil 4-set bonus to not be consumed when landing a killing blow on some pets and totems.
• Shaman
  • Resolved an issue causing some spells to kill Grounding Totem without directly targeting the totem.
  • Resolved an issue causing redirected damage over time effects to apply to Grounding Totem. Grounding Totem is once again immune to debuff effects.

February 6, 2024

Classes

• Shaman
  • Primordial Wave now travels faster to its target.

WoW Dungeons and Raids

• Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
  • The Hall of Fame is full, and Mythic difficulty is now available to cross-realm raid groups.
  • Fyrakk the Blazing
    • Reduced the number of Aflame targets from 4 to 3 on Mythic difficulty.
    • Fyrakk health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Burning and Dark Colossus health by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Spirit of the Kaldorei health reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
    • Darnassian Ancient health reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
    • The Heart of Amirdrassil now begins stage two with 60% health remaining.
    • Reduced the number of Corrupted Seeds created from 2 to 1.
  • Temple of Ahn’Qiraj
    • The Prophet Skeram now properly respawns when the encounter is reset.
  • Vault of the Incarnates
    • Resolved an issue that could cause the Primal Council to not cast spells.
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall
    • Addressed an issue where Dazhak can sometimes snap to target player on death while channeling Incinerating Blightbreath.

Items

• Matrix Restabilizer all effects reduced by 20%.

With more fixes likely to be implemented before the release of the next raid tier and the mysterious Patch 10.2.6., WoW’s most difficult activities could continue to be more approachable.