Patch 4.0.6 (undocumented changes)

Patch 4.0.6 (undocumented changes)
Release date	2011-02-08
Initial version	13596
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Documented changes Undocumented changes
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Achievements

•  The Undying and  The Immortal have been removed as criteria for  Glory of the Raider (10 player) and  Glory of the Raider (25 player) respectively, making it possible to complete the latter again.
• The guild achievement Everyone Needs A Logo is fixed.
• The  [Bounce] achievement is now possible for those who previously could not complete it due to phasing issues.
• Certain achievements that previously did not show progress, such as  [Rock Lover],  [The Glop Family Line], and  [Tol Barad Veteran] now display progress.

Classes

Druid

• Druid cannot mount while in Moonkin Form despite patch notes.

Hunter

• Only one target can be affected by [Freezing Trap] at a time
• [Steady Shot] and [Cobra Shot] no longer cause the hunter to rotate to face the target. An error is still displayed if the target is behind the hunter.

Paladin

• [Crusader Strike] and [Hammer of the Righteous] no longer generate Holy Power if missed, dodged, or parried.

Shaman

• The healing spells [Healing Wave], [Healing Surge], and [Greater Healing Wave] now have new water-based animations.
• Reincarnate appears to no longer count towards the battle-res limitation per fight.
• Fire Elemental and Earth Elemental no longer share a 2 min cooldown and can be released at the same time.

Warlock

• [Devour Magic] (felhunter) Cooldown increased to 15 seconds, up from 8, but down from 20 the patch notes indicate.

Warrior

• [Inner Rage] Cooldown is 30 seconds, in contradiction to the patch notes.

Priest

• [Dispersion] Casting while mounted will no longer dismount you.

Dungeons & Raids

• The Dungeon Finder no longer states whether an instance is in progress.
• The Raid Browser again properly displays available raids.
• Halls of Origination
  • Temple Fireshapers now consume (and consequently can run out of) mana casting Moltern Barrier.
• Lost City of the Tol'vir
  • Players can no longer climb on Lockmaw's statues.
• Shadowfang Keep
  • A few trash mobs have been removed.
• Blackrock Caverns
  • A pack of trash before Karsh Steelbender (to his left) has been removed.

Items

• Argent tournament banners now all show the correct model again when used.
•  [Captured Lightning] has a new icon.
• The buff from  [Faded Wizard Hat] now disappears when removing the hat.
•  [Mandala of Stirring Patterns] will now proc off of HoT casts.
•  [Rogue's Draught] has a new icon.

Professions

Archaeology

• You can now solve projects while mounted.
• Five new Tol'Vir Dig Sites in Uldum added: Akhenet Fields, Obelisk of the Stars, Sakhet Wastes, Schnottz's Landing and Lost City of the Tol'Vir.
• One new Nerubian Dig Site in Eastern Plaguelands added: Plaguewood
• It is now possible to walk through unearthed archaeology finds.

Cooking

•  [Recipe: Feathered Lure] has been re-added to the appropriate recipe vendors in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
• A recipe for  [Scalding Murglesnout] has been added.

Fishing

• A new mouse cursor has been added, in the shape of a fishing hook.
• About two extra seconds of leeway added before the channel of fishing expires, giving more tolerance to catch the fish for lag or slow reflexes.

Skinning

• Darkwood Lurkers and Darkwood Broodmothers are now skinnable.

User Interface

• The three statuses (Red, Yellow, Green) are shown in the taskbar button of Windows 7 and Windows Vista if the content is not fully downloaded.
• Mousing over the Game Menu icon now provides two latency numbers; a home and a world.
• The General section of the Character Information pullout lists information about your current maximum speed, with extra information about flying and swimming speeds on mouseover. This value seems to take heed of talents and buffs/debuffs, but not the "walk" toggle.
• The Auction House offers to filter for items of Legendary quality.

Quests

• The Lovely Charm Bracelet quests for Thunder Bluff and Ironforge are fixed for the new city bosses.
• Credit for killing Tank for Quest:Shark Tank no longer requires being in a group that tagged it.

World

• You can now mount and fly within the Temple of Earth.
• The mailbox at Ramkahen now has a new model, and two additional ones have been added in close vicinity.
• Mounting and dismounting seems to have a new animation and sparkle effect
• Mounts are now usable in the Stormwind Gryphon Roost (flight master area).
• Mounts can now fly through the Gryphon pipes in Ironforge.
• Northrend Argent Tournament jousting shield icons around the character now properly update.
• You are no longer dismounted or removed from Flight or Travel Form when entering Vir'naal Dam.
• Exodar quartermaster has been moved from the old flight-path location to the new location.
• Chairs beside the Justice and Valor points vendors in Stormwind have been replaced with weapons racks.
• A Hero's Call Board and Warchief's Command Board are now present in Dalaran in their respective faction areas.
• Ghastly Scavengers on Tol Barad Peninsula are now neutral to players.
• Horde porting into Deepholm now arrive in front of the Orgrimmar portal instead of the Stormwind portal.
• You can now fly in the Temple in Deepholm, and flying into the temple will not dismount you.

Companions

• Moonkin Hatchling now flies with your flying mount.
• The Smolderweb Hatchling and Worg Pup have been returned to the game as 100% drops, from Mother Smolderweb and Quartermaster Zigris respectively.

Bug Fixes

• Female worgen now use the correct sound effect when laughing.
•  [Elementium Stormshield] now properly displays on players that have it equipped.
• The attach point of  [Wild Hammer] has been fixed, so you grip it by the hilt, rather than the top of the shaft.