Warcraft III Patch 1.30.0.9900

Warcraft

A patch has been published by Blizzard today for the Warcraft III game and its expansion pack The Frozen Throne.

Please see the Patch Notes forum thread for discussion of this patch with the community.

Specific Changes & Improvements

Updated anti-cheat to keep the Horde at bay
Unit button locations and hotkeys adjusted for consistency

Balance Updates

Hero Balance Changes

Archmage

Water Elemental

Level 1: Decreased Hit Points from 525 to 500; increased damage from 18 - 22 to 19 - 23
Level 2: Decreased Hit Points from 675 to 625; increased damage from 31 - 39 to 33 - 41
Level 3: Decreased Hit Points from 900 to 825; increased damage from 41 - 49 to 44 - 52

Brilliance Aura

Level 2: Decreased mana regeneration from 1.5 to 1.25 per second
Level 3: Decreased mana regeneration from 2.25 to 1.75 per second

Mass Teleport

Increased Area of Effect from 700 to 800

Mountain King

Storm Bolt

Level 2 damage reduced from 210 to 200
Level 3 damage reduced from 325 to 310

Thunder Clap

Damage AoE reduced from 65 to 60
Damage AoE reduced from 125 to 115
Damage AoE reduced from 175 to 160

Blademaster

Base Stats

Reduced Agility from 24 to 22

Far Seer

Far Sight

Cooldown for all levels is now 30 seconds
Level 1 radius increased from 600 to 900
Level 3 radius increased from 2700 to 4000

Lich

Frost Armor

All Levels: Reduced slow duration against all units to 4 seconds

Demon Hunter

Base Stats

Reduced Agility from 22 to 21

Metamorphosis

Reduced duration from 60 to 45

Keeper of the Grove

Force of Nature

All Levels: Reduced mana cost from 125 to 100

Goblin Alchemist

Healing Spray

Level 1: Decreased from 40 to 30 per wave
Level 2: Decreased from 55 to 45 per wave
Level 3: Decreased from 70 to 60 per wave

Transmute

Increased conversion factor from .8 to 1.25

Goblin Tinker

Base Stats

Reduced Armor from 4.5 to 3.5

Pocket Factory

Pocket Factory now has Heavy Armor instead of Normal

Engineering Upgrade

Level 1: Increased spawn interval time for Clockwerk Goblins from 4 to 4.5 seconds
Level 2: Increased spawn interval time for Clockwerk Goblins from 3.2 to 3.5 seconds
Level 3: Increased spawn interval time for Clockwerk Goblins from 2.56 to 3 seconds

Cluster Rockets

Level 2: Increase base damage from 18.75 to 19.75
Level 3: Increase base damage from 27.5 to 30.5

Naga Sea Witch

Mana Shield

Level 1: Increased damage absorbed from 1 to 2
Level 2: Increased damage absorbed from 1.5 to 3
Level 3: Increased damage absorbed from 2 to 4

Pandaren Brewmaster

Breath of Fire

All levels: Increased mana cost from 70 to 75
Level 1: Reduced damage over time from 7 to 5, reduced max damage from 520 to 480
Level 2: Reduced damage over time from 14 to 10, reduced max damage from 1000 to 720
Level 3: Reduced damage over time from 21 to 15, reduced max damage from 1360 to 1080

Pit Lord

Base Stats

Increased starting agility from 14 to 15

Cleaving Attack

Increased AoE for all levels from 200 to 250
Increased splash damage from 30% to 40%
Increased splash damage from 55% to 65%
Increased splash damage from 80% to 90%

Human Balance Changes

Flying Machine

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 200 to 250
Increased Gold cost from 90 to 100
Increased Damage from 14 - 15 to 18 - 19 (air-vs-air only)

Militia

Base Stats

Decreased duration from 45 to 40 seconds

Rifleman

Base Stats

Decreased attack cooldown from 1.5 to 1.35

Mortar Team

Base Stats

Decreased half damage radius from 150 to 100
Decreased quarter damage radius from 250 to 200

Priest

Dispel Magic

Increased cast range from 500 to 600
Added a 5 second cooldown
Applies to Doom Guard (Creep); Doom Guard (Summoned); Pandaren Brewmaster (Storm)

Siege Engine

Base Stats

Increased Supply cost from 3 to 4

Spell Breaker

Spell Steal

Cooldown increased from 3 to 6 seconds

Cannon Tower

Tech Tree

Fragmentation Shards applies

Items

Ivory Tower

Base Stats

Increased lumber cost from 20 to 25
Reduced stock from 3 to 2

Orb of Fire

Base Stats

Increased hero bonus damage from 5 to 10
Increased splash damage radius from 140 to 150
Increased gold cost from 275 to 325

Upgrades

Flak Cannons

Tech Tree

Now unlock with Keep
Swapped command card location with Flying Machine Bombs

Fragmentation Shards

Base Stats

Reduced half damage radius from 275 to 225
Increased quarter damage radius from 250 to 275
Reduced base damage for half damage radius from 18 to 15
Reduced base damage for quarter damage radius from 12 to 10

Tech Tree

Now applies to Cannon Tower

Improved Masonry

Cost

Level 1: Increased to 125 gold and 50 lumber
Level 2: Increased to 150 gold and 75 lumber
Level 3: Increased to 175 gold and 100 lumber

Barrage

Base Stats

Increased base damage 12 to 14 (13-14 damage to 15-16 damage)
Research button location relocated to (2,1)

Orc Balance Changes

Bat Rider

Base Stats

Increased base damage from 13 - 15 to 16 - 18

Berserker

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 450 to 475

Headhunter

Cost

Increased gold cost from 135 to 140

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 350 to 375
Increased Regeneration upgrade from 0.8 to 1.0 Hit Points per second
Increased range from 450 to 550

Shaman

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 335 to 350
Increased base damage from 8 - 9 to 10 – 11
Increased mana regeneration from 0.67 to 0.72

Purge

Mana cost decreased from 75 to 65

Bloodlust

Mana cost decreased from 40 to 35

Spirit Walker

Tech Tree

Now trained at Tauren Totem
Changed Hotkey from (T) to (W)

Witch Doctor

Base Stats

Increased mana regeneration from 0.67 to 0.72

Tauren

Tech Tree

Requires War Mill

Tauren Totem

Tech Tree

Now unlocks with Stronghold instead of Fortress
Now trains Spirit Walkers and Spirit Walker upgrades
Swapped command card locations so Spirit Walkers are (0,0)
No longer requires War Mill

Spirit Lodge

Cost

Reduced lumber cost from 150 to 135

Items

Scroll of Speed

No longer applies to Goblin Sappers

Orb of Lightning

Decreased chance to purge from 35% to 30%

Upgrades

Berserker

Base Stats

Decreased the damage debuff from 50% to 40%
Swapped command card location with Troll Regeneration upgrade

Burning Oil

Tech Tree

Moved command card location to middle row

Liquid Fire

Base Stats

Reduced the attack speed debuff from 80% to 60%

Reinforced Defenses

Base Stats

Reduced from 200 to 175 lumber
Increased gold cost from 50 to 75

Tech Tree

Unlocks with Stronghold instead of Fortress

Spiked Barricades

Cost

Level 2: Reduced from 175 to 100 lumber
Level 3: Reduced from 275 to 125 lumber

Troll Regeneration

Swapped command card location with Berserker upgrade

Ensnare

Base Stats

Reduced duration for units from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
Reduced cooldown from 16 seconds to 15 seconds

Pulverize

Tech Tree

Requires War Mill

Undead Balance Changes

Acolyte

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 220 to 230
Increased Hit Point Regeneration while on Blight from 2 to 4 per second
Increased armor from 0 to 1 (6% damage reduction)
Increased movement speed from 220 to 250

Destroyer

Base Stats

Reduced Hit Points from 900 to 850
Reduced Orb of Annihilation bonus damage from 20 to 15

Frost Wyrm

Base Stats

Reduced Frost Breath attack duration on Heroes from 10 seconds to 3 seconds

Necromancer

Base Stats

Increased base damage from 7 to 9 (8-9 damage to 10-11 damage)

Cripple

Reduced mana cost from 175 to 125

Unholy Frenzy

Reduced drain from 4 to 3 Hit Points per second

Raise Dead

Increased base summon duration from 40 to 45 seconds

Obsidian Statue

Base Stats

Reduced Hit Points from 550 to 500

Skeleton Warrior

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 180 to 190

Skeleton Mage

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 230 to 240

Buildings

Haunted Gold Mine

Base Stats

Reduced Blight radius from 960 to 768
Reduced cost to 225 gold and 210 lumber

Necropolis

Base Stats

Reduced cost from 255 to 225 gold
Reduced build duration from 100 to 90 seconds

Ziggurat

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 550 to 600

Items

Orb of Corruption

Base Stats

Decreased armor reduction from 5 to 4

Sacrificial Skull

Tech Tree

No longer requires Graveyard to purchase

Base Stats

Decreased stock regeneration from 60 to 45

Book of the Dead

Changed number of Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Archers from 4 each to 3 each
Changed HP of Skeleton Warrior and Skeleton Archer from 180 to 190

Upgrades

Cannibalize

Tech Tree

Swapped command card location with Frenzy upgrade

Ghoul and Abomination

Decreased the duration from 33 seconds to 20 seconds for Ghouls and Abominations

Ghoul

Increased healing from 10 to 16 per second

Abomination

Increased healing from 15 to 25 per second

Devour Magic

Decreased damage against summoned units from 180 to 160

Disease Cloud (Abomination)

Increased damage from 1 to 2 per second
Reduced duration from 120 to 90 seconds

Exhume Corpse

Now generates Crypt Fiend corpse instead of Ghoul corpse

Frenzy

Swapped command card location with Cannibalize upgrade

Skeletal Longevity

Increased duration time from 15 to 20 seconds
Removed upgrade – included in Skeletal Mastery

Skeletal Mastery

Cost

Increased gold cost from 125 to 200
Increased lumber cost from 150 to 175

Tech Tree

Now unlocks with Halls of the Dead
Now includes Skeletal Longevity
Research button location relocated to (0,1)

Stone Form

Moved command card location to the middle row

Night Elf Balance Changes

Archer

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 245 to 260

Tech Tree

Improved Bows command card location swapped with the Marksmanship upgrade

Chimeras

Base Stats

Decreased half damage splash radius from 125 to 100

Druid of the Claw (Bear Form)

Base Stats

Decreased base damage from 29 - 44 to 25 - 40

Druid of the Talon

Base Stats

Increased cost from 135 to 150 gold

Faerie Fire

Reduced duration on units from 90 to 70 seconds
Reduced duration on heroes from 60 to 40 seconds

Dryad

Abolish Magic

Reduced damage against summoned units from 300 to 250
Applies to: Eredar Sorcerer, Naga Couatl, Centaur Sorcerer, Polar Furbog Shaman, Forest Troll Shadow Priest, Kobold Geomancer, Mur'gul Snarecaster, Nerubian Seer, Salamander Seer, Watery Minion Snarecaster, Tuskarr Healer, and Ice Troll High Priest

Glaive Thrower

Base Stats

Increased base damage from 36 - 53 to 51- 68

Huntress

Base Stats

Increase base damage from 15 to 16 (16-18 damage to 17-19)

Tech Tree

Moonglaive now unlocks with Tree of Ages
Sentinel is researched by default
Sentinel has a 180 second duration

Mountain Giant

Base Stats

Decreased cost from 425 to 350 gold
Decreased Supply from 7 to 6

Taunt

Now activates a second time after 3 seconds
Cooldown increased from 15 to 16 seconds

Hippogryph

Tech Tree

Hippogryph Taming is researched by default

Hippogryph Rider

Base Stats

Increased Hit Points from 765 to 780

Buildings

Ancient of War

Base Stats

Reduced Hit Points from 1000 to 900
Reduced base attack damage from 44 to 36

Tech Tree

Removed Sentinel upgrade – researched by default

Ancient of Wind

Tech Tree

Removed Hippogryph Taming upgrade - researched by default

Ancient Protector

Base Stats

Reduced build time from 60 to 55 seconds
Decreased rooted attack cool down from 2 seconds to 1.7 seconds (24.75 to 29.12 damage per second)
Decreased uprooted attack cool down from 1.5 seconds to 1.4 seconds (19.67 to 21.07 damage per second)

Moon Well

Base Stats

Increased mana regeneration at night from 1.25 to 1.50 per second

Chimera Roost

Tech Tree

No longer requires Ancient of Wind to build

Neutral Balance Changes

Purge

Reduced damage to summoned units from 400 to 200

Ensnare

Ensnare (Neutral Hostile) - Reduced unit duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds; hero duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds; increased cooldown from 10 seconds to 15 seconds
Ensnare (Naga) - Reduced unit duration from 15 seconds to 8 seconds; hero duration from 12 seconds to 3 seconds; increased cooldown from 12 seconds to 15 seconds

Cannibalize

Creep cannibalize changed from 10hps to 12hps
Duration reduced from 33 to 20

Items

Boots of Speed

Now have a stock of 2 at game start

Map Updates

(2)Amazonia

Reduced the number of Wand of Illusion and Sentry drops by creating proper level 2 Charged items drops

(2)ConcealedHills

Cleaned up tree placement

(2)NorthernIsles

Cleaned up tree placement

(2)RoadToStratholme_LV

Revised based on community comments but not yet added to 1v1 pool

(2)SwampedTemple_V2

Removed all custom data
Cleaned up tree placement
General map clean up from removing the custom doodads
Revised again by Anomines

(2)TerenasStand_LV

More building area at start locations
Swapped creep camps at the expansions - closer expansion is the easier creep camp now
Level 8 Wizard no longer agro's on passing units
Swapped the Mercenary camp location with the green creep camp - these buildings are now further away from start locations

(4)Avalanche_LV

Swapped Mercenary Camp with Fountain of Health
Swapped Tavern for Mercenary Camp
Added a Tavern to the center of the map
Relocated creep camp to prevent accidental agro

(4)BridgeToNear

Relocated creep camp to prevent accidental agro

(4)PhantomGrove_LV

Red camps are two levels harder now - Item drop is unchanged
Replaced the level 3 Ghost with level 3 Skeletal Marksman

(4)TwistedMeadows

Red Dragons replaced with Granite Golems to prevent base harass (Thanks Ugrilainen)

(8)Ferelas_LV

Pushed back several expansion goldmines and creeps to prevent accidental agro

(8)GolemsInTheMist_LV

Relocated the 2 Mercenary Camp creeps further to prevent accidental agro

(8)TwilightRuins_LV

Swapped the remaining Goblin Laboratories on the outside of the map with the Goblin Merchant's at the center of the map
The center creep camps that dropped level 1 permanent items now drop level 1 power-ups

Map Pool

1v1

(2)TerenasStand_LV
(2)Plunderisle_LV
(2)SwampedTemple (comm)
(2)NorthernIsles (comm)
(2)EchoIsle
(2)TirisfalGlades_LV
(2)Amazonia(com)
(2)LastRefuge-1.3 (comm)
(2)ConcealedHill (comm)
(4)TwistedMeadows
(4)TurtleRock

2v2

(4)PhantomGrove_LV
(4)Avalanche_LV
(4)TurtleRock
(4)CentaurGrove
(4)BridgeTooNear_LV
(4)Synergy_big_paved (comm)
(4)TidewaterGlades_LV
(4)LostTemple
(4)TwistedMeadows
(4)FurbolgMountain_v3 (comm)
(6)GnollWood

3v3

(6)ThunderLake_LV
(6)GnollWood
(6)Monsoon_LV
(6)DarkForest
(6)UpperKingdom
(6)RuinsOfStratholme
(8)Mur’gulOasis_LV
(6)RollingHills
(6)TimbermawHold
(6)StranglethornVale
(8)Battleground

4v4

(8)Feralas_LV
(8)Northshire_LV
(8)Sanctuary_LV
(8)TwilightRuins_LV
(8)Battleground_LV
(8)Deadlock_LV
(8)GolemsInTheMist_LV
(8)Mur’gulOasis_LV
(8)MarketSquare
(8)GoldRush
(8)Friends
(8)BlastedLands

FFA

(4)Deathrose
(4)FountainOfManipulation (comm)
(6)EmeraldShores
(6)SilverpineForest
(6)Monsoon_LV
(6)NeonCity (comm)
(8)Deadlock_LV
(8)Mur’gulOasis_LV
(8)TwilightRuins_LV
(8)Marketsquare

Bug Fixes

[Mac] Joining a custom game no longer results in a crash
[Mac] Loading a saved game no longer results in a crash
[Mac] Client no longer crashes when switching between expansions
[Mac] Cinematics work again
[Mac] Switching between fullscreen and windowed mode no longer causes menu/text misalignment
[World Editor] Crash when same ability with different buff ID’s is cast on a unit resolved
Blademaster able to path through intended items during Wind Walk again
Defend consistently reflects damage from piercing attacks again – see Appendix
Killing a Demon Hunter at the end of its Metamorphosis no longer prevents Metamorphosis from being used for the rest of the match
Stun works again if the target has already been stunned by an illusion
Using Crypt Fiend's burrow/unburrow no longer resets the cooldown for the Web ability
Using Town Portal on a moving Tree of Life can no longer cause the spell to interrupt and grant temporary invulnerability
Units that can only attack other air units (or groups of units that include one of these units) can attack move to areas where there are trees again
Dropped items can no longer be stacked on top of each other
Cursor matches the mouse position when resolution is taller than wider again
Players can rejoin a saved multiplayer game again
Clan Message of the Day can be set again
Intro cinematic displays again
Text scales correctly and is no longer cut off In Windowed Mode
After loading a saved game, portraits no longer stretch the width of the screen
Ambient sound has been returned to tranquility
Hero glow for player 12 is consistent with original version again
Korean and Chinese installation names of Warcraft III on Windows 10 OS no longer say "StarCraft" in those languages
Setting 3 of "Set Ally Color Mode" no longer changes the team color of neutral creeps
Team and color no longer reset when clicking on the dropdown arrow in Lobby
The cursor no longer disappears behind the black bars of the main menu
The scoreboard no longer truncates when a timer is present
Tooltips for Keeper of the Grove's Learn Tranquility, Blademaster Critical Strike, and other
Critical Strike abilities have been updated to properly reflect changes made in 1.29.0
IME no longer creates a green box in non-enUS clients
Opening preferences no longer generates an error
The map pool from Random Team has been mirrored to Arranged Team
“/fps”, “/apm” and “/ping” visibility will be retained between games
Sound continues to play when game is minimized
No longer able to overwrite a Saved Game without receiving a warning prompt
Omni lights no longer show through the Fog of War
Resolution drop down no longer displays multiples of the same resolution settings
Community map descriptions updated
AI player start locations no longer “merge” in large custom games (Thanks to Roland for the test map)
Floating texts are now correctly positioned on widescreen (Thanks to SpasMaster for the direction)
Textures\Doodads0-0.blp no longer missing from game data (Caught by eejin)
Maps utilizing return bug now prompt an error dialogue rather than crashing on map select
(4)FountainofManipulation was missing from Small FFA pool
"The Tomb of Sargeras" (TFT Night Elf 3) no longer crashes when cheats have been used
Matchmaking sound notification plays correctly
Tooltip windows scale properly (Thanks Tasyen)
Text and multi-boards are correctly aligned on the left and rights sides of the screen
HTML commands no longer display during cinematics
Issuing a build command to a worker while other actions are queued no longer causes the command queue to break
24 player games with AI no longer causes starting locations to be merged
The glaive thrower damage buff in 1.30 is now applied to the Vorpal Blades upgrade
[Mac] Units display ground shadows again
Halls of the Dead and Black Citadel gold cost corrected
Multiboard minimize icon location is correctly located
Reinforced Defenses and similar upgrades apply correctly
Polish voice over no longer overwrites Russian audio in cinematics
Game data in custom campaigns no longer reverts with another map open
[World Editor] The edges of the Editor window are clickable again
[World Editor] BlzIsUnitInvulnerable returns the correct boolean value
[World Editor] BlzSetSpecialEffectPosition and BlzSetSpecialEffectPositionLoc names are now distinguishable in the GUI
[World Editor] Dead units no longer remain selectable when using BlzIsUnitSelectable
[World Editor] Improved function names for ability tooltips to turn on/off autocast
[World Editor] Values for BlzSetUnitDiceSides can be modified
[World Editor] Renaming an Item no longer changes all Items’ names
[World Editor] The default GUI values for UnitInterruptAttack and UnitCancelTimedLife no longer cause an error
[World Editor] UnitDisableAbility hides an ability with Hide=true and Disabled=false again
[World Editor] With an ability that has Disabled=false, attempting to set Disabled to false again no longer causes a crash
[World Editor] Adding a hero ability to a non-hero unit via Spellbook no longer causes a crash
[World Editor] Preloader native no longer requires “Allow Local Files” registry settings
[World Editor] 3D sounds can be toggled on/off within the Sound Editor
[World Editor] Movement based triggers function
[World Editor] Custom ability names no longer cause increased load times and in game lag (Thanks to Retera for the test map)
[World Editor] Preloader native functions (Thanks to TriggerHappy for the test map)
[World Editor] SetSpecialEfffectZ will always have a set value, and SetSpecialEffect Height accounts for terrain levels

World Editor Improvements

Added support for vJass with JassHelper
Most buffs/debuffs can simultaneously apply to the same unit if their ID’s are different
Added BlzPlaySpecialEffect
Added BlzSpecialEffectAddSubAnimation
Added BlzSpecialEffectRemoveSubAnimation
Added BlzSpecialEffectClearSubAnimations
BlzSetSpecialEffectHeight will take terrain height into consideration
Users may choose up to 16 tiles including cliffs

Known Issues

Unit health and mana bars overlap quest text in the UI
Icons are off center when the client is snapped while in windowed mode in narrow resolutions
Framerate is not adjusting correctly when running in the background
To help visualize and solve mouse cursor lag we have added oscursor to registry that draws the operating system arrow cursor – see Appendix
Imports in custom campaigns may become corrupted
In 24 player games AI buildings may become stuck in construction (unverified)

Appendix

Defend

Pre-1.30.0

The immune field was calculated twice:

30%: Reflection : Immune Damage + Reflect Damage
21%: Immune Damage: Immune Damage
if not 49%: Take 50% Damage

1.30.0

30%: Reflection : Immune Damage + Reflect Damage
70%: Take 50% Damage

Mouse Lag

When submitting reports of mouse lag please include a video and system specs. To do so, follow these steps:

Run regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Blizzard entertainment -> warcraft iii -> Video -> Right-click -> New DWORD 32 bit value
Value name -> oscursor
Set to 1

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Edited: Wednesday, August 8, 2018

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Comments

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Wed Aug 8, 2018 9:45pm UTC

The original patch notes were spread over three forum posts. I've combined them here.