The server was updated with 16 AzerothCore commits, mainly focused on Ulduar, plus 4 improvements on the website side. NPC bots and all custom server functions work normally. Have fun!

Update applied: 2026-08-09

News and repairs

Stability and core

• Area target spells (source/destination/target) now use the correctly calculated distance from the center when selecting targets.
• Queries for character_action and character_skills are now idempotent, preventing errors on repeated saves.
• Invalid lines in character_spell are automatically deleted upon login.

Raids and dungeons

• ICC: Crimson Hall door and darkfallen group pull have been restored.
• Ulduar: Crusher Tentacle's interrupt is now controlled by its proc aura.
• Ulduar: Crusher Tentacle's first Diminish Power is now correctly delayed.
• Ulduar: Sara no longer casts Phase 1 spells without delay.
• Ulduar: Deafening Roar casts correctly even when Keepers are missing.
• Ulduar: Influence Tentacle sets in the brain room now fill correctly.
• Ulduar: Singed is now credited to the player, not the campfire.
• Ulduar: Yogg-Saron - Death Ray has been rewritten according to the original behavior.
• Ulduar: Hodir's bounty chests now spawn correctly.
• Ulduar: General Vezax gets the saronite barrier vanishing emote and the vapor emote.
• Ulduar: Clear Demonic Circle is now cast by General Vezax at the start of battle.

Database

• Pool templates without members, orphaned in the database, have been removed; the system displays an error message again when a pool is empty.

Quests

• Implemented Cocoon Summoning for Rivenwood Captives.

Web (CMS)

• The code for displaying item spell text has been optimized.
• The item library code has been generally optimized.
• The spam check notifications in the admin theme have been removed.
• Form validation was added for correct data submission in the admin panel.