Major patchOriginal Vanilla · 2004–2006
Patch 1.11.0 — Shadow of the Necropolis
Published: UnknownDeployed: 21 changesOriginal Blizzard archive
Naxxramas and new class progression.
Dungeons & Raids
- Naxxramas opens as a 40-player raid.
Talents— Mage
- Mage talent revisions refund spent points.
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Classes— Druid
- Innervate becomes trainable at level 40; Swiftmend replaces it as the 31-point Restoration talent.
- Swiftmend consumes Rejuvenation or Regrowth for an instant heal; Nature’s Swiftness instant spells do not consume Nature’s Grace.
Classes— Mage
- Evocation cooldown becomes 8 minutes; Pyroblast loses its cooldown.
- Evocation becomes trainable at level 20; Arcane Explosion becomes instant and does not consume Presence of Mind.
- Improved Scorch’s vulnerability lasts 30 seconds; other absorption shields are consumed before Mana Shield.
- Arcane Power takes precedence over Power Infusion instead of stacking; Cold Snap always resets Frost Ward, even when Fire Ward started its shared cooldown.
Classes— Warrior
- Shield Slam costs 20 Rage and scales with shield block value.
General
- Talent-reset cost decays by 5 gold per month to a minimum of 10 gold; temporary weapon enhancements survive zoning and logout.
- Fear break chance uses final damage after modifiers; damage-over-time is less likely to break Fear. Periodic heals snapshot healing power when cast.
Classes— Paladin
- Illumination refunds Mana correctly after rapidly successive critical heals; Seal of Command critical hits can trigger Vengeance.
- Benediction no longer double-discounts Seal of Justice; Divine Favor cannot retroactively turn a completed heal into a critical heal.
Classes— Shaman
- Lightning Bolt’s Mana cost falls by approximately 17%; Healing Stream Totem gains bonus-healing scaling.
- Magma and Searing Totems gain bonus-spell-damage scaling; Clearcasting is consumed before Elemental Mastery when both are active.
Talents— Warrior
- Improved Revenge stun chances become 15/30/45%; Improved Bloodrage generates its added Rage when activated.
- Sweeping Strikes correctly handles Execute’s 20% threshold, Whirlwind’s damage range, armor, and attacks that deal no damage.
Items
- A keyring stores permanent dungeon keys: 4 slots at levels 1–39, 8 at 40–49, and 12 at 50–60.
- Many leather, enchanting materials, herbs, and reagents gain larger stack sizes; Warsong Gulch vendors add Exalted epic leggings.
Professions
- Cenarion Circle offers new nature-resistance cloth, leather, and plate recipes; Nightfall changes from reducing resistance by 60 to increasing spell damage taken by 15%.
- Black Amnesty, Blackfury, Ebon Hand, Blackguard, Nightfall, Dark Iron Bracers, and Fiery Chain Girdle cost fewer materials; engineering grenades/mortars share controlled-stun diminishing returns.