Blizzard Drops AH Deposit to 1c, Unlocks Shaman Dual Imbue Stacking & Rebalances Enhancement

In a rapid post-launch tuning pass, Blizzard Entertainment has rolled out the November 10 hotfix batch for World of Warcraft: Forever. The update delivers emergency relief for the early-game economy by dropping the minimum Auction House deposit to 1 copper, restores the classic synergy of Shaman weapon imbues stacking with weapon totems, and delivers targeted class tuning across Shamans, Hunters, Druids, and Priests.

Economy Relief: The 1-Copper Minimum Auction House Deposit Returns

Since the launch of WoW Forever, auction houses in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Ironforge suffered from an unintended carryover from modern client architecture: a flat 1-silver minimum listing deposit. For leveling characters trying to sell introductory herbs, low-tier ores, cloth, and leveling consumables that often sell for only a few copper, a 1-silver deposit meant losing money whenever listings expired or were cancelled.

Following player feedback, Blizzard has officially reverted the floor back to 1 copper with realm restarts. In addition, the development team resolved two stubborn mail delivery bugs: unread mail will no longer mistakenly label the sender as the 'Stormwind Auction House', and player-to-player mail will properly observe the 60-minute delivery delay rather than arriving in 2 minutes.

Shaman Overhaul: Weapon Imbue & Totem Stacking, Plus Enhancement Rebalancing

The biggest combat adjustment of the hotfix centers on Shamans. In a return to beloved classic mechanics, Weapon Imbues and Weapon Totems can once again be active simultaneously on a character's weapon. A Shaman applying Windfury Weapon to their own main-hand weapon can now also stand within range of a Windfury Totem and benefit from both, granting independent proc opportunities on attacks.

To compensate for this massive offensive boost and address concerns about caster-stat dominance in physical specs, Blizzard recalibrated Enhancement's baseline burst and talent conversions. Stormstrike's damage has been tuned down from 150% to 100% weapon damage and its cooldown extended to 8 seconds (up from 6 seconds). Simultaneously, Mental Dexterity's conversion of Intellect into Attack Power was reduced from 50/100/150% down to 33/66/100%, incentivizing players to equip physical melee gear rather than caster spellpower items.

Hunters, Druids & Dungeon Progression Fixes

Hunters received critical health and mana adjustments: an unintended bug that granted Hunter pets 150% of their intended baseline health was resolved, setting pet health to 115%. To ease leveling mana pressure, Arcane Shot and Summon Hawk mana costs have been standardized to 11% of base mana across all ranks, while the Hawk pet's melee damage was buffed by 80%.

For Druids, Omen of Clarity now properly reactivates after swapping talent specializations, and Restoration Druids can now cast Wild Growth instantly when Nature's Swiftness is triggered. Dungeon runners in Maraudon can also rejoice: defeating Princess Theradras now reliably spawns Zaetar's Spirit, removing a blocker for the instance's climactic quest turn-in.