Here you will find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the release of patch 4.0.3a and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. While many have already been deployed on all realms, some may not be implemented until the next time your realm is restarted. We will continue to update this thread in the days ahead as additional hotfixes are applied.

December 22 - 27

General

• Graveyard Rats are no longer considered critters and do not give credit toward the Critter Kill Squad guild achievement.
• Weekly guild reputation caps should now properly reset at the scheduled time. An error which prevented this reset from taking place if guild experience was earned at exactly 3:00 AM server time immediately prior to weekly maintenance has been corrected.
• The achievement Saving for a Rainy Day has the same requirements as its predecessor Time to Open a Savings Account. For this reason Saving for a Rainy Day has been temporarily disabled (it will still show in the user interface), as it requires a fix via a client-side patch.

Druid

• The heal from Frenzied Regeneration was too powerful and has been reduced by 50%.
• Pounce now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

Rogue

• Cheap Shot now correctly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

Warlock

• The Felguard ability Axe Toss now properly shares diminishing returns with other stun effects.

Dungeons & Raids
Blackwing Descent

• Sweltering Armor is now properly applied to Magmaw's Mangle target once the debuff has faded, regardless of whether Magmaw was successfully impaled or not.

Gnomeregan

• Mekgineer Thermaplugg no longer sometimes awards dungeon completion prematurely.

Throne of the Four Winds

• It is no longer possible to disarm Al'Akir.

Items

• The Inner Eye proc from Heroic and normal versions of Jar of Ancient Remedies was not activating with some priest healing effects. This has been corrected.
• The Signet of High Arcanist Savor and Gilnean Ring of Ruination now have proper stats.

Professions
Archaeology

• Vashj'ir dig sites no longer unlock for players. They felt too punishing without additional benefits compared to low-level sites, and were much more difficult to obtain artifacts in due to the way Vashj'ir navigation works.

Cooking

• Stormwind Lobster Traps now respawn more quickly and can be gathered across all Stormwind quest phases.

Inscription

• The following reagents no longer have limits and are now available from Una Kobuna and Casandra Downs in unlimited quantities: Deathwing Scale Fragment, Scavenged Dragon Horn, Bleached Jawbone, Silver Charm Bracelet, and Preserved Ogre Eye.

PvP
Arenas

• Arena ratings are appropriately tabulating for wins and losses. More information on this issue can be found on our forums.
• Negative amounts of Conquest Points can no longer be awarded after a match win.

Battlegrounds

• Upon winning a rated Battleground, rating, wins, and Conquest Points are awarded and display properly.
• Negative amounts of Conquest Points can no longer be awarded after a match win.

Tol Barad

• Winning as an attacker now rewards players with 1800 Honor Points, up from 180. Winning as a defender still rewards players with 180 Honor Points.

Quests & Creatures
Deepholm

• Gyreworms, Enormous Gyreworms, and Gorged Gyreworms no longer drop money or elite-level loot.

Tol Barad

• Cell Watchers in the D-Block area no longer have boss-like immunities. Interrupts, stuns, snares, taunts, knockbacks, Banish, Root, Freeze, Fear, Horror and Death Grip all work correctly.

Twilight Highlands

• Crucible of Carnage quests can no longer be shared.

Uldum

• The Unearthing Uldum quest achievement can now be obtained after completing 105 quests in Uldum, down from 108.
• Players are now granted 250 Ramkahen reputation after completing the daily quest "Fire From the Sky".

Vashj'ir

• The Luxscale Grouper's Grouper Bite debuff now has a 5-second duration and will no longer sometimes get stuck on characters.

Zul'Drak

• Due to adjusted health pools, the heal-over-time effect provided by Blightblood Infusion (used by players controlling the Blightblood Troll) during the Overlord Drakuru encounter has been increased.