WoW Shadowlands Weekly Reset: January 26 - Massive Nathria Nerfs, Server Downtime, Patch Notes, Covenant Quests, World Boss, Great Vault & more

The WoW Shadowlands Weekly Reset is coming - which means more new quests for the main story via Covenants, a new World Boss, and likely a hotfix update.

Let's go over what we know so far, and what new content players can expect.

Shadowlands Weekly Reset January 26

What's coming in the 26 January Shadowlands Weekly Reset?

Hotfix Update Patch Notes

This week's WoW Shadowlands Weekly Reset will push a massive new hotfix update live. The new Shadowlands Update includes massive Castle Nathria nerfs, Mythic Dungeon nerfs for Plaguefall and more, PVP, Torghast, and plenty more.

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You can read over the latest Shadowlands hotfix patch notes here:

Achievements

• To 'Ghast, Two Curios and 'Ghast Five are now account-wide achievements.

Covenants

• Kyrian
  • The point of interest indicator for “Gorm Ruin Everything” should now be easier to see on the map.
• Necrolord
  • Fixed an issue where players were unable to enter the Inquisitor’s Crypt after opening the door during the quest “The Last Word.”
• Venthyr
  • Fixed an issue where Theotar’s Fury buff would sometimes not persist through death during the quest “Lowering Their Defenses.”

Creatures and NPCs

• Darvel the Frugal should now correctly give the correct faction discount.

Dungeons and Raids

• Castle Nathria
  • Council of Blood
    • [With regional restarts] Dreadbolt Volley damage reduced by up to 20% in smaller raid sizes in Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties. The damage will remain the same in 30-player raids.
    • [With regional restarts] Drain Essence damage reduced by up to 20% in smaller raid sizes in Raid Finder, Normal, and Heroic difficulties. The damage will remain the same in 30-player raids.
    • [With regional restarts] Dark Recital duration reduced to 6 seconds on Normal and Heroic difficulties (was 7 seconds).
  • Sludgefist
    • [With regional restarts] Colossal Roar damage reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With regional restarts] Chain Slam and Chain Bleed damage reduced by 35% on Mythic difficulty.
  • Stone Legion Generals
    • [With regional restarts] Stone Legion Goliath health reduced by 10% on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With regional restarts] Stone Legion Goliath’s Ravenous Feast cooldown increased by 6 seconds on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With regional restarts] Stone Legion Skirmisher health reduced by 6% on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With regional restarts] Serrated Tear and Stone Fist damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With regional restarts] Serrated Swipe, Serrated Tear, and Stone Fist’s range increased to 100 yards (was 10 and 20 yards).
      • Developers’ note: In addition to slightly reducing overall difficulty, we've made a number of changes to this encounter with the goal of making it feel more consistent between attempts. This means that while certain abilities are no longer avoidable, their impact together with other abilities should be more realistic to manage and the order in which they occur should be more reliable.
    • [With regional restarts] Heart Rend’s range increased to 300 yards (was 10 yards).
    • [With regional restarts] Heart Rend no longer applies Heart Hemorrhage to the player who dispelled the Magic effect on Mythic difficulty.
    • [With regional restarts] General Kaal and General Grashaal’s spell cooldowns now reset with phase changes.
    • [With regional restarts] Volatile Stone Shell absorb shield reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
• Mythic Keystone Dungeons
  • [With regional restarts] Manifestation of Pride (Prideful Affix) now sees through Stealth and Invisibility effects.
• Plaguefall
  • Margrave Stradama
    • [With regional restarts] Plaguebound Devoted health and damage reduced by 40%.
    • [With regional restarts] Reduced the cast frequency of Infectious Rain during her final phase.
    • [With regional restarts] Slightly adjusted the timing of Plague Crash so there is a little more time between tentacle slaps.
• Sanguine Depths
  • [With regional restarts] Fixed an issue where flying Chamber Sentinels would fail to contribute Enemy Forces requirements on Mythic Keystone difficulty.
  • Kryxis the Voracious
    • [With regional restarts] Severing Smash damage reduced by 20% on all difficulties.
    • [With regional restarts] Essence Absorption damage reduced by 20% on Mythic difficulty.
  • Executor Tarvold
    • [With regional restarts] Fleeting Manifestation health reduced by 20%.
• Spires of Ascension
  • [With regional restarts] Lakesis, Klotos and Astronos are no longer affected by Mythic Keystone affixes that trigger on death (e.g. Sanguine).
  • [With regional restarts] Lakesis, Klotos and Astronos Oppression now increases damage taken by 1% per application (was 2%).
• The Necrotic Wake
  • If Bloody Javelin and Discharged Anima hits more than eight enemies, the total damage is distributed evenly across all targets.
  • Kyrian armaments (Bloody Javelin, Discarded Shield, Discharged Anima and Forgotten Forgehammer) now persist through death.
  • [With regional restarts] Brittlebone Crossbowman and Brittlebone Warrior damage reduced by 20%.
  • [With regional restarts] Fixed an issue where Brittlebone Crossbowman's Shoot was ignoring armor.
  • [With regional restarts] Brittlebone Mage's Frostbolt Volley damage reduced by 20% and cast time increased to 3.5 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
  • [With regional restarts] Brittlebone Mage's Frostbolt damage reduced by 36% and cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  • [With regional restarts] Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector health reduced by 29%.
  • [With regional restarts] Stitched Vanguard health reduced by 14%.
  • [With regional restarts] Nar'zudah's health reduced by 20%.
  • [With regional restarts] Skeletal Monstrosity's health reduced by 20% and melee damage reduced by 25%.
  • [With regional restarts] Loyal Creation health reduced by 24%.
  • [With regional restarts] Kyrian Stitchwerk health reduced by 25% and melee damage reduced by 17%.
  • Blightbone
    • [With regional restarts] Carrion Worm’s Blood Gorge applications required to trigger Carrion Eruption increased to 5 (was 3).
  • Amarth
    • [With regional restarts] Reduced the range skeletons are summoned during Land of the Dead.
    • [With regional restarts] Unholy Frenzy attack speed bonus reduced by 20%.
    • [With regional restarts] Reanimated Crossbowman and Reanimated Warrior damage reduced by 20%.
    • [With regional restarts] Reanimated Mage's Frostbolt Volley damage reduced by 20%
    • [With regional restarts] Reanimated Mage's Frostbolt Volley damage reduced by 36% and cast time increased to 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  • Surgeon Stitchflesh
    • [With regional restarts] Embalming Ichor duration reduced to 1 minute (was 6 minutes).

Items and Rewards

• The Inscrutable Quantum Device trinket now considers all friendly players within range to be valid targets for assisting, regardless of group state.
• The Inscrutable Quantum Device trinket now also considers its user to be a valid target for granting Mana as long as they are a Healing specialization.
• The Inscrutable Quantum Device trinket will no longer attempt to execute enemy targets who are already dead.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Shadehound Armor Plating from being acquired in the Maw. The quest item can now be found by completing the Hunt: Shadehounds event.

Player versus Player

• [With regional restarts] In 2v2 Arenas, Dampening will begin at 20% when both teams have either a tank or healer.
• [With regional restarts] Players now deal 20% less damage to Death Knight, Hunter, and Warlock pets.
• [With regional restarts] Fleshcraft (Necrolord Ability) can now be used while in the starting area for battlegrounds and arenas.
• The Mine Carts in the Silvershard Mines battleground no longer take damage from any spells or abilities.
• Druid
  • Balance
    • [With regional restarts] Convoke the Spirits (Night Fae Ability) no longer casts Full Moon when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • Feral
    • [With regional restarts] Convoke the Spirits (Night Fae Ability) no longer casts Feral Frenzy when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Paladin
  • Holy
    • [With regional restarts] Divine Favor (PvP Talent) cooldown increased to 30 seconds (was 25 seconds) and now increases cast speed by 30% (was 60%).
  • Protection, Retribution
    • [With regional restarts] Word of Glory’s healing has been reduced by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
• Mage
  • [With regional restarts] Infernal Cascade (Conduit) has its effectiveness reduced by 33% when engaged in combat with enemy players.
  • [With regional restarts] Triune Ward (Legendary Effect) now provides 50% barrier effectiveness when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 65%).

The Maw

• [With regional restarts] Players using Fel Rush and other similar movement abilities are now reliably able to return souls to Collector Marissa for the quest “Battered and Bruised.”

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

• The following spells now go on cooldown when stopped by any means: Terror, Nature's Bounty, Deafening Howl, and Phasing Roar. Previously, this cooldown would only occur with direct interrupts (such as Counterspell, Kick, Pummel, etc).
• Anima Powers
  • Death Knight
    • Rune Hunter will no longer continue spawning Runes from Ashen Phylacteries after acquiring all 8 Rune buffs.

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Server Downtime

WoW Shadowlands servers will be down for one hour from 10am EST to 11am EST if all things run to schedule.

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Weekly Resets have been known to be delayed with technical issues arising, so don't expect this timeline to be perfect.

World Boss

Each new Weekly Reset pushes along the Shadowlands World Boss cycle.

This week, Valinor, The Light of Eons, will be the World Boss.

You can find Valinor in Bastion - and you can learn more about his loot table and fight mechanics here.

Great Vault

Without a doubt the best part of every Shadowlands Weekly Reset is the sweet, sweet feeling of opening your Great Vault once again.

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Great Vault loot can compete with the strongest loot in the game if you put in the work, and you can have plenty of options if you did a variety of content.

To better understand how the Great Vault works, read over our guide here.