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The October 8 update to the official development notes lists casting-animation and memory-leak fixes, spell and talent tuning across several classes, and Campfire and gamepad changes. The post does not identify a numeric client build. The latest explicit level-cap change remains the October 1 increase to level 30.
Previous build: Oct 1 · Diff Oct 1 → Oct 8
Cooldown Manager testing expands, with new class-specific gamepad flyouts and targeting options.
Druid, Mage, Priest, Warrior and Warlock are testable in Cooldown Manager; spell ranks are not yet supported. Gamepad additions include class flyouts, compact action bars, fixed party targeting and updated map and quest-log bindings.
The notes list tracking gaps for several cooldowns and enhancements, plus a Stormwind minimap issue.
Known limitations include Banes and Curses, Healthstones, Arcane Blast, Mana Gems, pet cooldowns, item enhancements and combo points in Personal Resource Display. These are listed as issues, not confirmed fixes.
Rejuvenation, Tranquility and Wild Growth can critically heal; Wrath base damage also increased by about 50%.
Thorns now dynamically uses the caster's spell power. Mangle is renamed Primal Bite, Primal Fury uses the Blood Frenzy name and icon, and Cat Feral Charge can no longer target allies.
Renew can critically heal, and Power Word: Shield can replace an existing shield when Weakened Soul is absent.
Riptide can critically heal; Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, totem stacking and Elemental talent progression also change.
Ranks 3 and 4 of Lightning Bolt gain damage. Flametongue Totem is permanent until replaced and no longer stacks with itself, Flametongue Weapon or Windfury; air totems do not stack across Shamans. Elemental Fury and Elemental Alacrity swap rows, Lava Burst ranks 1 and 2 gain about 10% base damage, and Rage of the Far Seer loses its spell-casting-speed bonus.
Wake of Fire lasts 30 seconds and Hot Streak lasts 20 seconds; Ignite no longer double counts percentage damage modifiers.
Arcane Missiles now checks line of sight once when the channel begins rather than on each missile.
Holy Strike ranks gain more consistent weapon-damage scaling, its cooldown is shorter, and Improved Holy Strike becomes baseline.
Retribution Aura now scales dynamically with spell power; Consecration receives targeting fixes; Righteous Fury Holy threat falls from 90% to 60%. Retribution Vengeance caps at 3 stacks, Two-Handed Specialization changes to 2/4/6%, Sacred Arbiter rises to 20%, and Twist of Light reduces Seal mana costs by 20%.
Furious Howl is reduced, Bat pets gain Sonic Blast, and several pet and Survival interactions are fixed.
Furious Howl grants 40% less Attack Power. Tame Beast no longer works on Beasts above the Hunter's level; Lone Wolf no longer applies a 4% damage penalty while a pet is active. Lacerating Strikes can critically hit, and Strider Kick grants 30% movement speed for 3 seconds.
Life Tap tooltips are corrected, and Voidwalker Sacrifice now scales with Warlock spell healing.
Threat values and talent progression are corrected; Bloodthrill procs more often and Slam has a longer cooldown.
Focused Rage and Bastion swap talent rows. Bloodthrill rises to 4/8/12/16/20% from 2/4/6/8/10% and only triggers from main-hand attacks. Slam changes from a 15-second to an 18-second cooldown; Improved Slam reduces it by 1.5 or 3 seconds.
Several racial abilities receive scaling, tooltip, crowd-control and level-requirement changes.
Gnome Eureka discounts Mana, Rage or Energy abilities by 10%; Contingency Plan can critically hit. Night Elf Starshards gains pushback resistance from Twilight Focus. Undead Touch of the Grave no longer breaks crowd control or triggers from non-damaging actions; Tauren Cultivation gains herb-based player-level requirements.
Wizard Oil returns to Classic Era spell-power values, and wands no longer scale with user spell damage.
Brilliant Wizard Oil is unchanged. A handful of guns and bows are also corrected so they consume or use ammunition properly.
Quest rewards, spawn rates and objectives are adjusted across multiple zones; nameplate and resource-display visuals are updated.
The notes include changes in Dalaran, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Elwynn Forest, Mulgore, Silithus, Silverpine Forest, Teldrassil, Undercity, Westfall and Zephras Isle. This is a grouped summary, not a complete quest-by-quest transcription.
The update fixes casting animations, Campfire actions, Mac display artifacts, a memory leak and several other client bugs.
The notes also adjust water-jump and Human death sounds, Pet Happiness at max loyalty, Undercity Canal brightness, fog settings and in-game mail surnames. Players may buff, craft and cast while waiting for Campfire buffs.
Using Sap on a PvP-flagged target now correctly flags the Rogue.
