WoW Forever beta patch notes

Build 1.60.1.69977

2 notes for this build, September 22, 2026 to September 23, 2026.

Client 1.60.1.699774 changes

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AnnouncementSeptember 23, 2026Announced by Blizzard

The hidden cast time of Auto Shot and wands is too short; stronger weather is announced.

The short cast time (0.5 sec) before the Hunter's Auto Shot and wand shots is too short because of a bug: you stand still for less time than intended to shoot.
Blizzard plans to fix it in an upcoming build, "next week if possible".
The fix is not in the 24 September notes: it is still expected, probably with the next weekly update (estimate).

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Stronger weather effects are announced "soon" on the beta, with a preview video from Blizzard. They are not in the 24 September notes.

Client updateSeptember 22, 2026Announced by Blizzard

A client build with Mac and gamepad fixes, and no talent or spell changes.

3 changes

A new build to download from the Battle.net app: quit the beta, then update it.
Mac: display and stability fixes.
Gamepad: navigating the character select screen works better when you launch the game with the gamepad on.
Gamepad: items that start a quest can be used again.
Other fixes are included, with no visible effect in game.
Blizzard announced the next full weekly update for 24 September.

Some players could not log into a character ("a character with that name already exists"); Blizzard asked for the character name and the time of the disconnect to investigate.
A producer planned to restart the beta realms the same day; the restart was not confirmed afterwards.

Read from the game files

25 client files change; no talent, spell, racial or Legacy table moves, and the spell name table is the same as in build 69913.
The game rules table gains 8 rows, unnamed in the files.
Three region-related dates shift.