November 27 Hotfixes: Class and Dungeon Bugfixes

Key Takeaways

• Blizzard's November 27, 2023 hotfixes closed a Mistweaver Monk Chi Harmony exploit: the two-piece stopped counting non-Monk healing, and the four-piece stopped stacking healing from Revitalizing Voodoo Totem.
• Protection Paladin's Cleansing Flame no longer dealt inflated damage and healing against targets with vulnerability or increased healing taken.
• Demonology Warlock's Felguard kept relearning Soul Strike on every summon; the fix made it prioritize Soul Strike once off cooldown.
• Darkheart Thicket's Oakheart stopped piercing immunities with Crushing Grip, and The Everbloom's Melded Berserker's Bounding Whirl slowed to every 1.5 seconds.
• Amirdrassil's Nymue encounter fixed Cycle Wardens scaling for larger Normal raids.
• Players shorted on Echoed Ephemera from "The Power of Dreams" received the missing weekly amount by mail.

On November 27, 2023, Blizzard shipped another round of World of Warcraft hotfixes during Patch 10.2 "Guardians of the Dream," the Dragonflight Season 3 update. This batch was maintenance work: tier-set exploit closures, dungeon and raid corrections, and a make-good on a shorted weekly reward. None of it reshaped the meta, but several of the fixes mattered to anyone pushing keys or healing raids that week.

Class Fixes: Mistweaver, Protection Paladin, and Demonology

The Mistweaver Monk changes drew the most attention because they targeted the Chi Harmony tier set. The two-piece bonus had been counting healing from sources outside the Monk's own kit, so Blizzard limited it to healing taken from Monk abilities. The four-piece had been accumulating healing routed through Revitalizing Voodoo Totem, a leftover trinket interaction, and that path was cut. Together the two fixes brought the set back in line with its intended throughput.

Protection Paladin got a correction to Cleansing Flame, which had been dealing incorrect damage and healing when cast on a target carrying vulnerability or increased-healing-taken effects. Demonology Warlock closed out the class list: Soul Strike was being relearned every time the Felguard was summoned, and the fix made the pet prioritize casting it once it came off cooldown.

Dungeon and Raid Bugfixes

Three Season 3 dungeons took corrections. In Darkheart Thicket, Oakheart's Crushing Grip had been piercing immunities, letting it land on targets that should have shrugged it off; that was fixed. In Galakrond's Fall, the first wing of the Dawn of the Infinite megadungeon, the Interval encounter stopped triggering on-death affixes. In The Everbloom, the Melded Berserker's Bounding Whirl was ticking damage every second and was slowed to every 1.5 seconds.

The raid side saw one entry: on Amirdrassil's Nymue encounter, Cycle Wardens were not scaling correctly for larger raid sizes on Normal difficulty, which the hotfix resolved. Players grinding the Season 3 dungeon pool for score can compare our Mythic+ dungeon carries if a weekly key wall gets in the way.

Echoed Ephemera and the Weekly Reward Fix

Echoed Ephemera was the Guardians of the Dream reward item tied to the Superbloom and Emerald Bounty weekly content, used to buy catch-up gear. A bug had left some players short of the intended weekly amount from the quest "The Power of Dreams." Blizzard confirmed that affected players would receive the missing items directly in their mail, so nobody had to re-run content to make up the shortfall.

A separate reward correction on the Dragon Isles Drakes quests landed in the same batch, alongside minor fixes to the Emerald Bounty event and the Smoldering Seedling item. Blizzard also noted a handful of PvP touch-ups for Frost Mage, Subtlety Rogue, and a gear-display bug, keeping the November 27 list a broad but low-drama cleanup.

Frequently Asked Questions

When did the November 27 hotfixes go live?

Blizzard published the batch on November 27, 2023, during Patch 10.2 "Guardians of the Dream." Hotfixes of this kind apply server-side, though Blizzard noted at the time that some required scheduled realm restarts to take full effect.

What was the Chi Harmony fix on Mistweaver Monk?

Chi Harmony was the Mistweaver tier set. Its two-piece bonus had been counting healing from non-Monk sources, and its four-piece had been stacking healing routed through Revitalizing Voodoo Totem. Blizzard restricted the two-piece to Monk abilities and removed the totem interaction, returning the set to its intended output.

What changed in Darkheart Thicket and The Everbloom?

In Darkheart Thicket, Oakheart's Crushing Grip stopped piercing immunities, so defensive tools worked against it again. In The Everbloom, the Melded Berserker's Bounding Whirl had its damage frequency slowed from every second to every 1.5 seconds, easing the pressure it put on groups.

What is Echoed Ephemera used for?

Echoed Ephemera was a Patch 10.2 reward item earned from Season 3 weekly content like the Superbloom and Emerald Bounty. Players spent it on catch-up gear. The November 27 fix mailed the missing weekly amount to anyone shorted by the "The Power of Dreams" quest bug.

Did the November 27 hotfixes change any raid encounters?

One raid fix landed: Nymue in Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope had Cycle Wardens that were not scaling for larger raid sizes on Normal difficulty. The correction made the encounter behave consistently regardless of group size.

Were there PvP changes on November 27?

Yes, but they were minor. Blizzard listed touch-ups for Frost Mage and Subtlety Rogue plus a PvP gear-display fix. The heavier PvP tuning for that stretch of Season 3 had already gone out earlier in November.

Last reviewed 2026-07-03 against Patch 10.2 "Guardians of the Dream." Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.