November 10 hotfixes: Auction House deposit now 1 copper, mail fixed, Druid fixes, and the Hunter, Warlock and Shaman tuning lands

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2026-11-10 · updated 2026-11-11 · ForeverDB

Blizzard's November 10 hotfixes are live. The minimum auction deposit dropped from 1 silver to 1 copper, two mail bugs were fixed, Druid's Omen of Clarity now works after a spec swap and Restoration's Nature's Swiftness makes Wild Growth instant. The class tuning flagged on 6 November landed too: Hunter pets were corrected from a bugged 150% health down to 115%, and Wowhead reports the Warlock Voidwalker buff and Enhancement Shaman changes went in as well.

Update, 11 November. The hotfixes Blizzard planned for Tuesday are in. Kaivax has posted a November 10 hotfix list covering the Auction House, mail and a few class fixes, on top of the Hunter, Warlock and Shaman tuning Blizzard flagged on 6 November. Here's what changed, with that 6 November plan further down for context. Wowhead also wrote up the hotfixes.

Auction House and mail

The change sellers will notice most: the minimum auction deposit drops from 1 silver to 1 copper, so putting an item up for sale costs next to nothing. Two mail bugs are fixed as well. Blizzard's exact wording:

With realm restarts: Adjusted the minimum deposit amount to 1 copper (was 1 silver).
Fixed a bug causing unread mail to incorrectly read as from ‘Stormwind Auction House’ for all players.
Fixed a bug that was causing some mail to be delivered in about 2 minutes, rather than the intended 60-minute delivery time.

These are server-side changes, so the game files can't show them either way. Mail from the Auction House is meant to take 60 minutes; the roughly 2-minute delivery was the bug, not the slow version.

Druid: Omen of Clarity and Wild Growth

Two Druid fixes landed. Omen of Clarity now keeps working after you swap specialisations, and for Restoration Nature's Swiftness now makes Wild Growth instant on top of its other effects. Blizzard's words:

Fixed an issue where Omen of Clarity could not activate after swapping specializations.
Nature's Swiftness now also makes Wild Growth instant.

The plan Blizzard set out on 6 November

On 6 November, Community Manager Kaivax posted on the US forums that Blizzard has spotted a few class problems in WoW: Forever and plans to fix them with hotfixes on Tuesday 10 November. Three things are named: Hunter pet and Warlock Voidwalker durability, Affliction Warlock damage-over-time spells, and which stats Enhancement Shaman should want on their gear.

Blizzard posted this plan on 6 November and said the hotfixes were due on Tuesday 10 November; they have now landed (see the top of this article). The plan post gives no exact numbers, so the broad pet and Affliction intents can't be checked against the game files. Where the 10 November hotfix post gives figures, we've used those. Wowhead reports that the Shaman class weapon change had already gone in on the weekly reset (more below).

Now that players around the world are leveling up in WoW: Forever, we’ve identified a few class issues that we feel need some immediate changes. Today, we’re still investigating these issues and working through them with a plan to release hotfixes on Tuesday, November 10 to address: Kaivax, Community Manager

Hunter pets and Warlock Voidwalkers

Both pets are meant to hold threat and take hits while you level or group up. Blizzard said they aren't tough enough right now and would adjust their stats so they tank about as well as in Classic Era. This matters most for Hunters leading with a pet and for Warlocks who rely on the Voidwalker to soak damage.

We’ve seen that Hunter pets and Warlock Voidwalkers are not as durable as tanks as we would like them to be. Our intent is for their effectiveness to be relatively the same as in Classic Era. We will adjust their stats as necessary to accomplish this. Kaivax, Community Manager

What landed on 10 November. Blizzard found a bug that was giving Hunter pets 150% of their normal health, and the hotfix set them to 115% instead. So pets now sit a little above their normal health, the durability Blizzard was after, rather than the inflated value the bug gave them. Arcane Shot also had its mana cost set to 11% of base Mana on every rank.

Fixed a bug where Pets erroneously had 150% of their normal health. This is now corrected to 115% of their normal health. Kaivax, Community Manager

Player reports, not a Blizzard change or statement: Wowhead reports the Warlock Voidwalker's health went up by about 15% in the same hotfix. Blizzard's hotfix post has the pet changes in full; its exact Voidwalker figure isn't in the lines we can quote here. Pet health is set on Blizzard's servers, so the game files can't show either change.

Affliction Warlock: keep casting your DoTs

Players found that just channelling Wrack over and over beat weaving in damage-over-time spells like Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony. Blizzard wants those to stay worth casting alongside Wrack, and says it will do this without changing Affliction's overall damage.

Affliction Warlock reports indicate that always channeling Wrack is superior to also casting damage-over-time abilities like Siphon Life, Corruption, and Bane of Agony. We will make adjustments to make sure those are always worthwhile to cast combined with Wrack, without affecting Affliction Warlocks’ total damage output. Kaivax, Community Manager

Enhancement Shaman: grab Strength and Attack Power

Enhancement Shaman were better off with Intellect and Spell Power than with Strength and Attack Power, which pushed them towards caster gear meant for Mages and Warlocks. Blizzard planned to make Strength their strongest stat so that doesn't happen. There's a direct note for anyone levelling one now.

Enhancement Shamans are finding that Intellect and Spellpower are superior stats compared to Strength and Attack Power. We plan to make changes so that Strength is always their strongest stat, and Enhancement Shamans will not prefer gear intended for Mages and Warlocks. Ideally, Enhancement’s best items have Strength or Attack Power, along with some Intellect and/or Spell Power. Kaivax, Community Manager

Blizzard's advice for levelling Enhancement Shaman: "Enhancement Shaman players who are leveling up will want to collect Strength and Attack Power gear from now on."

Update, 11 November. These Enhancement changes went in with the 10 November hotfixes. Wowhead reports Stormstrike and Maelstrom Weapon were among the spells adjusted; Blizzard's hotfix post has the exact numbers.

Player reports, not a Blizzard change or statement: the Stormstrike and Maelstrom Weapon details are Wowhead's reading of the hotfix post. We've quoted Blizzard directly only where we have the exact wording.

The Shaman class weapon got reworked

The first piece of this is already in the game. Wowhead reports that on the weekly reset the Shaman class weapon, Rage of the Storm, was hotfixed to trade its caster stats for melee ones. They say its attack speed went from 3.2 to 3.6, and it now carries +16 Strength in place of +12 Intellect. In our game files the weapon still reads the old way: a rare item level 40 two-handed mace, 91 to 137 damage at speed 3.20, with +12 Intellect and +15 Stamina. If you've done the Shaman class quest for it, the stat line you see should match the new one once the files catch up.

Player reports, not a Blizzard change or statement: Wowhead reports this hotfix. Blizzard hasn't posted the new numbers, and our files still show the pre-reset version, so the 3.6 speed and +16 Strength can't be checked against the game data yet.

What happens next

Blizzard says more issues may turn up over the weekend, and it will keep players posted. Balance changes are planned for Tuesday, with more on later Tuesdays if needed.

We may find new issues over the weekend, and we will keep you updated. Our plan is to make class balance changes on Tuesday, and then on future Tuesdays if necessary. Thank you very much for your feedback! Kaivax, Community Manager