The best quest from WoW WotLK Classic is playable again after a serious bug – Blizzard brings hotfix

The Wrathgate is still considered one of the best quests in World of Warcraft. After the release of Wrath of the Lich King, there were problems with the conclusion in WoW Classic. Blizzard has now deployed a solution.

What is this quest? The Wrathgate is an epic questline in the Dragonblight, a level 71+ zone. The series sends you across the zone and beyond, to dragons, undead and officers of your faction.

After a lot of preparation, you finally meet the Lich King Arthas Menethil in Northrend for the first time in an epic battle, who opposes you with his undead scourge.

The epic cinematic of the Wrathgate shows the course of the battle and the unexpected ending. Blizzard designed the first in-game cinematic ever with the video, which is one of the reasons why the questline is so iconic today.

If you’re not ready yet but are interested in how the battle ends or just want to watch the video again, we’ve got the cinematic for you:

What was the problem? After the battle at the Wrath Gate, the strife between the Horde and the Alliance boils up again – to the point that both factions meet in the Undercity. However, Blizzard has warned that this step should not be completed.

The Undercity Assault occurs in two instanced versions of Orgrimmar and Undercity. However, the battle itself could not be completed and players could no longer visit the “normal” versions of the cities.

This was not a problem for Alliance players, but Horde players lost access to two important cities. However, the problem has now been fixed with a hotfix from October 3rd.

We have tested: On the night of October 4th we completed the quest on the alliance side and were able to collect the rewards without any problems. If you’re still having trouble, the NPC Zidormi will bring you back to the non-instantiated versions of the cities.

Hotfix makes the Wrathgate playable again

What’s in the hotfix? Specifically, the following changes are in Blue post in the forum noted:

• The Battle for Undercity should work correctly
• The portals to Undercity in Stormwind should spawn correctly during It’s Time to Strike Dead and A Royal Coup
• Living Bomb should no longer force mages into combat after it expires or is removed
• Mr. Floppy should be in the quest “Mr. Floppy’s Dangerous Adventure’ no longer stay dead
• The quest “A Righteous Sermon” has been changed. Multiple players should now get credit for progress when listening to Inquisitor Hallard’s sermon
• Stranglethorn Fishing Tournament NPCs should appear more reliably

In particular, the change to “A Righteous Sermon” should please Alliance players, as at times huge crowds of players have gathered in the dungeon trying to complete the quest.

The quest is required to visit the Wrathgate and was accordingly popular. The bottleneck was correspondingly frustrating, especially since some players already feel like they are too slow:

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