Blizzard Apologizes For World Of Warcraft's Bad 12.0.5 Patch: "We Will Do Higher"

World of Warcraft obtained an enormous replace on April 21 that launched some new modes and gameplay options, however all the pieces did not go in line with plan, with gamers leaving extra pissed off than elated. Blizzard understands this “justified frustration” and has overtly apologized, saying it is engaged on fixing the problems with patch 12.0.5 whereas committing to larger transparency.

In an X post on April 23 from the official World of Warcraft account, Blizzard addressed the issues relating to the launch of the MMORPG’s newest patch. The studio expressed regret about how the botched launch “disrupted your time,” explaining that everybody is “working across the clock” to stabilize the sport and repair the problems presently plaguing World of Warcraft.

“The staff is taking classes realized from this launch to assist guarantee this does not occur once more,” Blizzard wrote on X. “We will even work more durable to speak overtly, early, and infrequently when a launch does not go as anticipated: the identified points we’re engaged on, fixes as they roll out, and every other data that will be helpful to our neighborhood as issues are labored on and solved. We care deeply about this sport, and we play it proper alongside you. We’ll do higher.”

Blizzard shared a list of hotfixes which have already been launched. Among the modifications tackle complaints round sure classes–like the Hunter and Warlock–while a handful of them iron out issues across the new Decor Duel mode, equivalent to registering gamers as AFK for doing precisely what the mode requests: hiding in plain sight from different gamers as furnishings.

This set of modifications comes just a few days after Blizzard confronted the ire of its fanbase for the dire state of patch 12.0.5. Gamers throughout the subreddit dragged the studio for releasing content material too shortly. As Redditor FaroraSF wrote on April 22: “I am not asking for extra content material, simply extra polished content material in addition to extra time to breathe.”

You may take a look at the complete record of hotfixes to World of Warcraft: Midnight down beneath.

Patch 12.0.5 Hotfixes

April 23, 2026

Courses

• Hunter
  • Marksmanship
    • Corrected a problem the place gamers may achieve double the good thing about Pathfinding or Endurance Coaching when utilizing the Unbreakable Bond expertise together with the Crafty or Tenacious skills.
    • Crafty or Tenacity pets ought to now not generally lose their pet passive bonuses of Endurance Coaching and Pathfinding when altering between the Crafty and Tenacity expertise alternative node.
• Warlock
  • Fastened a problem the place Frequent Traveler wouldn’t perform when utilizing one other Warlock’s Demonic Gateway.
  • Diabolist: Fastened a problem the place Abyssal Dominion wouldn’t match the length of Demonic Tyrant with Reign of Tyranny proficient.
  • Affliction
    • Fastened a problem the place Blight of Weak spot and Tongues wouldn’t correctly show on the Cooldown Supervisor.
  • Destruction
    • Eliminated a number of spells from the Cooldown Supervisor, as they’re now not current in-game.

Decor Duel

• Hiding gamers can now not go close to the Seeker’s ready room.
  • Builders’ notes: There was an emergent tactic the place hiders would place a bunch of traps close to the seekers’ entrance, stopping them from leaving.

Dungeons and Raids

• Magisters’ Terrace
  • Addressed a problem the place Degentrius’ Devouring Entropy may harm gamers who have been proof against it.
• Windrunner Spire
  • Addressed a problem the place Commander Kroluk may melee after ending casting Bladestorm.
• The Voidspire
  • Crown of the Cosmos
    • Gravity Collapse harm diminished by 10%.

April 22, 2026

Characters

• Fastened a bug that would trigger some Evening Elf characters to be lacking the meant Linen Blindfold possibility they beforehand selected.

Courses

• Demise Knight
  • Resolved a problem inflicting the Commander of the Lifeless harm improve aura to be utilized to Demise Knights.
• Evoker
  • Preservation
    • Fastened a problem the place Dream Breath was not being saved in Stasis.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • Fastened a bug that would trigger Holy Paladins to do much less harm than meant.
• Rogue
  • Fastened a bug that prevented the anticipated audio from taking part in when a Rogue enters stealth.

Decor Duel

• Fastened a bug that would forestall Decor Duel members from receiving base Illusionary Coin rewards by incorrectly evaluating them to be AFK.
• Humanoid monitoring talents now not reveal gamers in Decor Duel.
• Achievements earned in Decor Duel are actually account-wide, as meant.

Dungeons and Raids

• Addressed a problem the place Lindormi’s Steering may very well be utilized to gamers exterior of Mythic+ dungeons.
• March on Quel’Danas
  • Midnight Falls
    • Resolved points with Torchbearer failing to stop gamers from receiving purposes of Midnight or failing to take away purposes of Midnight.

Objects

• Addressed a problem stopping sockets from being added to Champion objects obtained from Midnight Renown distributors.
• Fastened a problem the place buying a Nebulous Voidcore with Thalassian Tokens of Advantage would trigger Decimus to solely grant considered one of his two weekly Nebulous Voidcores upon quest turn-in.
  • Builders’ notes: Gamers who’ve two Nebulous Voidcores of their foreign money window whereas exhibiting “Season Most: 1/2” can now safely full any of Decimus’s quests once more to obtain their lacking Nebulous Voidcore.

Professions

• Adjusted the price of Thalassian Competitor’s Chain Tunic to five Heraldry (was 4) to be in step with different crafted PvP chestpieces.

Quests

• The Historic Visionstone can as soon as once more be interacted with for the Harandar repeatable legends quests “The Story of the Echoless Flame” and “The Story of Russula’s Outreach.”
• Fastened a bug the place the every day quest “Ephemeral Masquerade” gave the impression to be a low-level quest, slightly than the meant blue exclamation level.