WoW Forever hotfixes of November 11: bags and shaman

WoW Forever hotfixes: a full tailor's bag with a "WoW Forever hotfixes" label in front of a sewing workbench

Article by Kami

The Red Mageweave Bag now has 14 slots, for one more bolt of mageweave. It is the most concrete line of the WoW Forever hotfixes posted by Kaivax, a Blizzard community manager, in the US thread (European version) on Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 1:48 a.m. Paris time.

Two messages complete these WoW Forever hotfixes: the Auction House is pushed back to Tuesday, November 17, and the Enhancement shaman changes only reached the game on Thursday, November 12 at 7:45 p.m. Paris time. A hotfix is a change pushed from the servers, with no download. When checked on November 13 at 12:05 a.m., the thread held no message newer than the one from 8:10 p.m. on Thursday, November 12.

Five larger tailoring bags, with one more bolt to weave

In the WoW Forever hotfixes, the Tailoring section fits in one sentence: “Adjusted the required materials and slot size of several bags that were unintentionally smaller than intended.” Five bags are affected:

Excerpt of the official hotfix list, Tailoring section: five bags with their new bolt requirement and slot count, from the 14-slot Red Mageweave Bag to the 10-slot Red Woolen Bag
Blizzard US forum, November 11, 2026 hotfix list, Professions section, message by Kaivax posted on November 12 at 1:48 a.m. Paris time.
BagBolt requiredQuantity, before then afterSlots after hotfix
Red Mageweave BagBolt of Mageweave4, then 514
Green Silk PackBolt of Silk Cloth4, then 512
Black Silk PackBolt of Silk Cloth5, then 612
Green Woolen BagBolt of Woolen Cloth4, then 510
Red Woolen BagBolt of Woolen Cloth4, then 510

Blizzard does not give the old bag sizes. Warcraft Tavern, which spotted the change in game on November 11, notes two cases: the Red Woolen Bag goes from 8 to 10 slots, the Green Silk Pack from 10 to 12. For the other three, the old size is not known. The list does not say either whether bags that were already crafted change size.

The 14-slot mageweave bag matches the size of the one the Darkmoon Faire trades for 50 tickets, covered in our article on that bag; the Faire runs until Sunday, November 15.

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Auction House: the expected change pushed back to Tuesday, November 17

In the next message, Kaivax writes: “We’ve temporarily removed Auction House changes from yesterday’s update, as they will go live with scheduled weekly maintenance on November 17.” Then: “They will appear again in the hotfixes update thereafter.” The maintenance falls on Tuesday, November 17.

Message from a Blizzard community manager announcing that the Auction House changes are temporarily removed and will arrive with the November 17 maintenance
SourceBlizzard US forum, message by Kaivax posted on November 12, 2026 at 1:48 a.m. Paris time.

What this removes from the November 10 list, relayed by our article on level 48 quest gold: the minimum deposit brought down to 1 copper instead of 1 silver, and two mail fixes (messages wrongly attributed to the Stormwind Auction House, and some mail delivered in about 2 minutes instead of the intended 60). The rest of the list, including the lower vendor price of the Iron Grenade, is untouched. Several player threads on the US forum were still asking about the 1 silver deposit on Thursday, November 12, for example in this one.

Enhancement shaman: live on Thursday, November 12 at 7:45 p.m., not before

In the last message of the thread, Kaivax writes: “Due to an unexpected delay in deployment, the following changes went live to all regions at 10:45 a.m. PST today.” That is 7:45 p.m. in Paris, and the European version of the message confirms it in Central European time. Several players on the European forum wrote on the morning of Thursday, November 12 that the shaman changes were not yet active for them, for example in this thread.

Blizzard message stating that the Enhancement shaman changes are live in all regions at 10:45 a.m. Pacific time, with the new values for Stormstrike, Mental Dexterity and Maelstrom Weapon
SourceBlizzard US forum, message by Kaivax posted on November 12, 2026 at 8:10 p.m. Paris time.

These values were already in the November 10 list, covered in our article on the Enhancement shaman. Here is what is actually live:

ElementBeforeAfter
Stormstrike, damage150% weapon damage100%
Stormstrike, cooldown6 seconds8 seconds
Mental Dexterity50 / 100 / 150% of Intellect converted to Attack Power33 / 66 / 100%
Maelstrom Weapon, reduction4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20% of cast time and Mana cost per application20% at all ranks
Maelstrom Weapon, activations20 per minute, regardless of rank6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 per minute depending on rank

The message adds that weapon imbues and weapon totems, such as Windfury Weapon and Windfury Totem, can now be used at the same time. The Maelstrom Weapon tooltip also displays the chance to activate based on the main hand weapon’s speed: 60% for a 3.6 speed weapon with all 5 points, 33% for a 2.0 speed weapon.

WoW Forever hotfixes by class: paladin, hunter, priest

The November 11 WoW Forever hotfixes touch five classes. A proc is an effect that triggers on certain attacks; it is the subject of several lines.

ClassHotfixIn-game effect
Feral DruidRend and Tear works on the Pounce bleedThe talent applies to this ability
HunterVolley no longer activates procs and stops channeling when the hunter starts movingVolley is interrupted while moving
PaladinJudgement becomes a ranged attack: it no longer counts as a melee attack for item and effect procs, and uses the ranged hit chanceMelee procs no longer react to Judgement
Retribution PaladinThe Unsealed Fury talent no longer generates echoes from Windfury Totem attacks, after the fix to its activation by Holy StrikeFewer echoes for Retribution
PriestConfounding Flash (Gnome) can be used in Shadowform; the Twilight Focus talent (Holy) works there tooWorks with Shadowform
ShamanRank 2 of Flametongue Totem was not working; fixedRank 2 active again

On the Restoration druid side, the November 10 list specifies that Nature’s Swiftness also makes Wild Growth instant; for this druid, see our Restoration Druid build.

Item Restoration cut, Riverglades made easier

Customer Support has cut a service: “The Item Restoration service has been disabled while we investigate and address a critical bug.” Blizzard does not say which bug is involved or when the service will return.

Excerpt of the official hotfix list: Item Restoration service disabled, then three enemy damage reductions in the Riverglades zone
Blizzard US forum, November 11, 2026 hotfix list, Customer Support and Enemies and NPCs sections, posted on November 12 at 1:48 a.m. Paris time.

In the Riverglades zone, three enemies lose some bite: the Twilight Enforcer‘s Smash attack deals significantly less damage, Executioner Morg hits less hard, and the Twilight Forgemaster‘s Mark of Flames now increases damage by only 50 instead of 1,000.

The rest of the WoW Forever hotfixes concerns items: the Bloody Claws of Attack now correctly give +1 Fist/Unarmed Weapon skill, and the Earthen Silk Slippers no longer give more spell damage than intended. Three quests are repaired, in Western Plaguelands (Scarlet Diversions), Arathi Highlands (The Giant in the Den) and Feralas (Freedom for All Creatures), and a bug prevented mounting in named areas of Shen’dralas.