Patches/1.x

Summary info on World of Warcraft game patches. Additional info: Coming soon - general info on upcoming patches. Patch mirrors - mirrors on all the latest patches. Known issues - info on known bugs and other issues. Hotfixes - information on hotfixes. Patch FAQ - official Blizzard descriptions of types of patches. Patches category - articles related to patches.

See also:

US Implemented Patches page For links to official release notes from patch 1.2 on up.

US Under Development page For info on the next major patch.

EU (en) Implemented Patches page For links to official release notes from patch 1.2 on up.

EU (en) Under Development page For info on the next major patch.

WDN UI Version Database At WoWInterface lists all UI file changes, between all patches (including test realm versions).

Patch 1.12: Drums of War

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.12	22 August 2006	5595	11200	Rogue adjustments and talent revamp World Outdoor PvP enhancements Cross-Realm Battlegrounds
Patch 1.12.1	26 September 2006	5875	11200	Major Mount changes
Patch 1.12.2	13 October 2006	6005	11200	Spanish Client bugfix

Patch 1.11: Shadow of the Necropolis

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.11	20 June 2006	5428	11100	Mage adjustments and talent revamp Shaman adjustments and talent revamp Naxxramas, (40-player raid instance), a massive necropolis floating above Stratholme API additions
Patch 1.11.1	28 June 2006	5462	11100
Patch 1.11.2	11 July 2006	5464	11100

Patch 1.10: Storms of Azeroth

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.10	28 March 2006	5195	11000	Weather effects Tier 0.5 armor sets Priest talent revamp
Patch 1.10.1	11 April 2006	5230	11000
Patch 1.10.2	2 May 2006	5302	11000

Patch 1.9: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.9.0	3 January 2006	4937	10900	Instances: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj The Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj (outdoor 20-player instance) The Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (indoor 40-player instance) New Tier 2 Epic Armor Models and graphics Linked Auction Houses Raid Dungeons Timers (Forum Post) Timbermaw Hold Quests Revamp Paladin Talent Revamp New, 15-minute raid versions of blessings, and the ability to bless all members of a certain class with one click Shard Bags
Patch 1.9.1	10 January 2006	4983	10900	Bugfixes
Patch 1.9.2	12 January 2006	4996	10900	Movement smoothing bugfix
Patch 1.9.3	7 February 2006	5059	10900	Love is in the Air - Valentine's Day support. Zul'Gurub modified Fights changed: Hakkar, Panther, Spider, Bloodlord. Number of trash mobs reduced to allow quicker completion. Zandalar reputation points increased. Loot drop rate modifications Support for Intel Mac OS X
Patch 1.9.4	14 February 2006	5086	10900	Some minor fixes Guild recruiting channel added

Patch 1.8: Dragons of Nightmare

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.8.0	10 October 2005	4735	1800	Dragons of Nightmare - The four corrupted dragons from the Emerald Dream. Silithus - Totally revamped zone for level 60 solo players and 5-man parties. Druid Talent update.
Patch 1.8.1	25 October 2005	4769	1800	Battlegrounds Certain geometry exploits in Arathi Basin have been fixed. User Interface Fonts should once again display properly. Fixed bug preventing UI scripting error messages from wrapping. Fixed per-character saved variables for non-English character names.
Patch 1.8.2	27 October 2005	4784	1800	This patch has only been rolled out in Europe (because of a bug in the German client). Fixed a crash with loot-roll messages.
Patch 1.8.3	15 November 2005	4807	1800	Blizzard Launcher The AddOn button should now properly show on the character selection screen for players using custom interfaces.
Patch 1.8.4	5 December 2005	4878	1800	Minimum battleground time for Mark of Honor received by losers. (10 min) Feast of Winter Veil preparations. Bug fixes. Patch 1.9 preparations.

Patch 1.7: Rise of the Blood God

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.7.0	13 September 2005	4671	1700	Zul'Gurub (new 20-player raid instance) Arathi Basin (15-player resource battleground instance) Hunter Talent update Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza High-Level Items
Patch 1.7.1	22 September 2005	4695	1700	Altered geometry in Arathi Basin to prevent a possible exploit.

Patch 1.6: Assault on Blackwing Lair

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.6.0	12 July 2005	4500	1600	Blackwing Lair introduced Darkmoon Faire introduced Battlemasters introduced Warlock talent trees revamped Warrior talent trees revamped
Patch 1.6.1	2 August 2005	4544	1600	Bug fixes

Patch 1.5: Battlegrounds

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.5.0	7 June 2005	4442	1500	Battlegrounds are introduced: Alterac Valley Warsong Gulch All members of both the Horde and Alliance are reporting low stockpiles of various textile resources! Donations of cloth are now being accepted in the following locations: Darnassus, Stormwind, and Ironforge for the Alliance; Orgrimmar, Undercity, and Thunder Bluff for the Horde. Seek out an official Cloth Quartermaster for more information.
Patch 1.5.1	14 June 2005	4449	1500	Fixed an assertion that was preventing Mac clients from playing in the battlegrounds and causing a memory leak on PCs when they did Improved error reporting to give more useful information to development

Patch 1.4: The Call to War

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.4.0	8th April 2005	4341	1300 (sic)	Epic Priest quest introduced Epic Hunter quest introduced PvP Honor System introduced
Patch 1.4.1	3 May 2005	4364	1300	Bug fixes
Patch 1.4.2	3 May 2005	4375	1300	Minor patch has been released to address a crash issue in 1.4.1.

Patch 1.3: Ruins of the Dire Maul

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.3.0	7 March 2005	4284	1300	Meeting Stones Dire Maul Azuregos Lord Kazzak
Patch 1.3.1	22 March 2005	4297	1300	Fixed a crash bug that would happen infrequently when teleporting Fixed a UI error that could occur in certain zones

Patch 1.2: Mysteries of Maraudon

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.2.0	18 December 2004	4149		Maraudon is introduced: Gurubashi Arena Event Cloak / Helm Graphics can be toggled The first Feast of Great-Winter Event
Patch 1.2.1	21 December 2004	4150		The EU version of patch 1.2 Rolling for items in the French and German will now work properly Resolved an issue with looting in click to move mode that could cause crashes Performance issues occurring with certain CPUs have been resolved
Patch 1.2.2	15 February 2005	4196
Patch 1.2.3	22 February 2005	4211		This is a minor patch to address localization issues.
Patch 1.2.4	22 February 2005	4222		Improved performance when large numbers of players are gathered in a small area of the world.

Patch 1.1: World of Warcraft

Patch notes	Release date (US)	Version	Interface .toc	Highlights & notes
Patch 1.1.0	7 November 2004	4044		The US release version
Patch 1.1.1	17 November 2004	4062		Many bug fixes and additions
Patch 1.1.2	6 December 2004	4125		The EU release version Removed time zone tabs from realm list for U.S., all servers now appear in one list.

See also

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