Warcraft 3 Reforged: Update 1.35 arrives this week, giving fans back a long-awaited feature

Patch Notes

New changes in this build

General

• The time factor for resuscitation has been reduced from 0.65 to 0.6.

Ork

• Blademeister mirror images now give XP.

Man

• Mortar team HP have been reset from 380 to 360.

Night Elves

• Reduced the duration of Entangle Guardian of the Grove from 9/18/30 to 9/17/25.
• The initial mana cost of Solitude has been reduced from 35 to 30.

Undead

• Damage limitation for Frost Nova reversed.
• Reduced the cooldown of Dark Ritual from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
• Dark Ritual mana return reduced from 33/66/100 to 30/50/75.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where models and textures would not load properly when switching between different custom maps and graphics.

Previous PTR Changelog

General

• The revival cost of the tavern has been increased by 5% at all levels.
• All altar hero gold costs have been reduced from 425 to 400.
• The time factor for resurrection has been reduced from 0.65 to 0.6.

Human

• Sacred light decay time reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
• Smithing wood cost reduced from 60 to 50.
• Forging wood cost reduced from 60 to 40.
• Farmer HP increased from 230 to 240.
• Spell Breaker armour increased from 2 to 3.
• Magic Control requirement changed from T2 to T3.
• Siphon Mana Drain Rate reduced from 15/30/45 to 15/25/40.
• Polymorph cost reduced from 220 mana to 200 mana.
• Range for mechanical critters increased from 350 to 500.
• Siege Engine now has heavy armour.
• Siege Engine can now attack units.
• The basic damage of the dive engine has been reduced from 44 to 22.
• Changed Victory Engine armour from heavy to medium.
• Battle vehicle barrage damage increased from 14 to 16.
• Siege Engine no longer drops in unit level when receiving the Barrage upgrade.
• Mass teleport cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds.
• Mortar Team HP increased from 360 to 380.
• Animal Warfare Training no longer has a Castle requirement.
• The cost of the Staff of Refuge has been reduced from 250 to 200.
• Orb of Fire damage from +7 to +10.
• Orb of Fire – Damage reduced from +7 to +5.
• Cost of Fire Orb reduced from 325 to 250.

Ork

• Headhunter cost increased from 140 to 160 and wood cost increased from 20 to 30.
• Build time of headhunters increased from 20 to 22 seconds.
• Mirror images of the Blademaster now deal 10% of the Blademaster”s base damage.
• Bademaster”s mirror images now cause 25% of the Blademaster”s base damage.
• Bademeister mirror images now cause 15% of the Blademeister”s base damage.
• Mirror images now give XP.
• Troll Batrider Liquid Fire no longer prevents repairs, but now reduces the repair rate by 75%.
• Bonus to Stamina Aura movement speed reduced from 0.1/0.2/0.3 to 0.1/0.15/0.2.
• Reduced the activation delay of “Stasis Trap” from 9 to 7 seconds.
• Witch Doctor Healing Spell increased from 5 to 10 HP.
• Brute Strength bonus increased from 100 to 150 HP.
• Brute Strength Bonus increased from 100 to 125 H.
• Reduced the cooldown of Blast Storm from 180 seconds to 120 seconds.
• The build time of Great Hall has been reduced from 150 to 135 seconds.
• The construction time of the Great Hall has been reduced from 150 to 140 seconds.
• The mana cost of Farseer Feral Spirit has been increased from 75 to 85.
• The mana cost of Asparagus Chain Light has been reduced from 120 to 110.

Nightfight

• Increased the cooldown of Dexterity from 60 seconds to 120 seconds.
• Reduced starfall cooldown from 180 seconds to 120 seconds.
• Starfall mana cost reduced from 200 to 150 mana.
• Unit entanglement duration reduced from 9/18/30 to 9/16/24.
• Unit entanglement duration reduced from 9/18/30 to 9/17/25.
• Dornaura increased from 0.1/0.2/0.3 to 0.15/0.30/0.45.
• Mountain giants now start with +2 armour.
• Damage reduction for Hardened Skin has been reduced from 12 to 8.
• Ultravision now requires level 2.
• Immolation Mana Deduction reduced from 7 to 5.
• Immolation damage per interval increased from 10/15/20 to 15/20/25.
• Immolation mana drain reduced from 7 to 6.
• Immolation Damage Interval reduced from 1 to 0.5 seconds.
• Immolation damage reduced from 10/15/20 to 8/12/180 (16/24/36 DPS).
• The initial mana cost of Isolation has been reduced from 35 to 30.
• Talon Crow Form Druid now deals piercing damage.
• The base damage of the Talon Crow Druid has been reduced from 34 to 26.
• The mana cost of the Talon Crow Form Druid has been reduced from 50 to 25.
• Startmana of Druid of the Claw reduced from 125 to 100.

Undead

• Ghoul frenzy now adds 30 HP to the ghouls” base health
• Anti-Magic Shield can now receive the same damage as Summon Magic inflicted by Banish, Purify and Undo Magic.
• Reduced Unholy Aura”s movement speed bonus from 0.1/0.175/0.25 to 0.1/0.15/0.2.
• Animated dead corpses can now be deadly and have a plague cloud when probed.
• Death Knight”s animated dead corpses are no longer destructible.
• Disease cloud has been reduced from 90 to 75 seconds.
• Obsidian Statue: Level increased from 2 to 3.
• Mind Touch Mana Restoration of Obsidian Statue reduced from 3 to 2.
• Increased the build time of the Bewitched Gold Mine from 100 to 120 seconds.
• The build time of Haunted Gold Mine has been increased from 100 to 110 seconds.
• Light Frost Nova damage reduced from 50/100/150 to 40/80/130.
• Lich Frost Nova now has a damage cap of 400/800/1200 (8 units).
• The cooldown of Dark Ritual of the Lich has been increased from 15 to 25 seconds.
• Reduced the cooldown of Dark Ritual from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
• Dark Ritual”s mana return reduced from 33/66/100 to 33/55/80.

Items

• Staff of Mana increases mana steel from 50 to 75.
• Circle”s stats have been reduced from +2 on all stats to 1/1/2, but players can click the item to add 1 additional value to each attribute.
• The Wand of Illusion has been reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges.
• Staff of Mana increases mana steel from 50 to 65.
• Reduced movement speed bonus of Legion Doom Horn from 0.075 to 0.05.
• Urgent Janggo of Endurance Speed Bonus reduced from 0.075 to 0.05.

Bugfixes & Improvements

• Fixed an issue where models and textures would not load properly when switching between different custom maps and graphics.
• Added additional zoom levels (1750, 2100, 2250).
• Fixed an issue where the player would lose vision if zoomed out too far on certain maps.
• The profiles of other players can now be viewed during gameplay.
• Fixed an issue where quitting a single player game would send the player to load saved games.
• Fixed an issue where saving a custom campaign resets the string data.
• Fixed an issue where the custom campaign loading screen text was misaligned.
• Fixed an issue where the custom game list names would transition to the ping category.
• Fixed an issue where the editor would crash when saving a campaign with no map open.
• Fixed an issue where the world editor would crash when editing the damage/defence table.
• Removed the character requirement for the report description.
• Fixed an issue where clan ranks were visually displayed incorrectly.
• Added notification indicator when receiving a social request.
• Fixed an issue with rankings not updating.
• Fixed occasional crashes when loading a map with a high object count.
• Removed crashes in custom campaigns when reloading the campaign map.
• Fixed memory space error when trying to start a custom campaign mission.
• The variable difficulty flag was not respected for custom campaigns.
• The campaign thumbnail is not displayed in the editor.
• Player Profile: When viewing another player”s profile, it would occasionally show that they were a member of your clan, even if they were not.
• Prevented custom campaigns with the same name as the official campaigns from loading to prevent save stomping.
• Fixed an issue where the client would freeze when switching zones in the Founding of Durotar campaign.