Our biggest maintenance push yet — May 22, 2026, covering the last 23 days of development. Here is everything that changed on Gemstone WoW.

🛡️ Server Stability & Crash Fixes

Fixed a server crash (SIGSEGV) in creature combat — a null pointer when checking attack range against a creature with no idle motion slot
Fixed a server crash in the MySQL keep-alive ping — after a database connection drop, the ping call could crash inside libmariadb; the server now safely skips the ping and reconnects on the next query
Fixed creature GUID overflow — after extended uptime with thousands of bots spawning pets and summons, the server would exhaust its GUID pool and shut down; GUIDs now recycle instead of crashing the server
Fixed a potential crash when using GetModuleString() from the server console
Fixed a null socket crash in the WorldSession idle check during network errors
Fixed a use-after-free crash in the GM trade log on item stack merges

⚔️ Combat & Spells

Swiftmend now correctly benefits from healing-done % bonuses
Judgement of Light / Judgement of Wisdom no longer incorrectly proc caster heal trinkets
Reckoning talent now correctly grants an extra attack on miss, dodge, and parry
Fixed "still in combat" status persisting after a Hunter tames a beast during a quest
Fixed the DK Gargoyle not resuming its attack after being crowd-controlled
Druid shapeshift form is now properly preserved across map changes (portals, instances)
Shapeshift bonus auras are now rechecked correctly on talent spec swaps
Parachute effect now correctly triggers when exiting a vehicle mid-air
Pet-soloed kills no longer grant experience or loot to the pet's master
Removed incorrect threat redirection from vehicle passengers
Hunter pet happiness energize procs no longer generate threat
Fixed totem owner resolution for quest 11893 credit spells
Fixed Dismantle incorrectly stripping shield-dependent auras

Icecrown Citadel / Putricide — Mutated Plague now correctly casts in Phase 3
Halls of Reflection — Fixed the Quel'Delar freeze (two separate fixes merged); leader intro events now persist across double-resets; Arthas correctly drops player combat on chase end
Culling of Stratholme — Arthas no longer spams Exorcism
Naxxramas / Patchwerk — Hateful Strike now uses correct target selection logic
Ulduar / Kologarn — the Eye Beam emote is no longer visible to all players on the server
Gundrak / Gal'darah — Puncture aura is now properly removed from players after the boss kill
Obsidian Sanctum — fixed a race condition where a Drake would not land
Eye of Eternity / Malygos — removed duplicate kill-credit achievement criteria
Gruul's Lair — fixed a time unit typo in the High King Maulgar script
Blackrock Depths / High Interrogator Gerstahn — updated to the correct spell IDs
Utgarde Pinnacle — fixed the "My Girl Loves to Skadi All the Time" achievement
Obsidian Sanctum — Twilight Torment aura now correctly cleared on encounter end
Karazhan / Moroes — dinner guests now correctly respawn after Moroes evades

Fixed pooled creature and gameobject respawn timers in instanced maps
"On Ruby Wings" — prevented Antiok from despawning during the encounter and when Thiassi dies
"Kickin' Nass and Takin' Manes" — fixed premature creature despawn
"Don't Kill the Fat One" — fixed the quest item submission flow
Fixed SmartAI escort and follow missions not granting quest credit correctly
Fixed Warlock Doomguard suppression quest behavior
Corrected Night Elf shapeshift models
CanSeeSpellClickOn now requires the correct spellclick entry lookup

Bots have completed over 124,000 quests and accepted 532,000+ since the last update
A bot level rebalancing system keeps the world population spread across all level ranges
Bots are now smarter about recovering from stuck states, below-terrain rescues, and forced revives
Numerous pathfinding and movement improvements to reduce bots getting stuck
Ongoing AI improvements for more natural grouping, combat, and world behavior

New .pet list and .pet delete GM commands
New .respawn command to force-respawn creatures/gameobjects by GUID or entry
.character deleted list now shows character level and sorts by most recently deleted
.sendmoney now properly parses and validates money strings
Resurrection durability loss percentage is now configurable
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system merged — more granular GM permission management
Roll-won loot items are now mailed to players when their inventory is full
Chat logging now has a configurable ChatLog.Enable option
Groups now support additional mail-based loot delivery

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