Patch 5.4.2 is now available for testing on the Public Test Realms (PTR)! Participating on the Public Test Realms lets you test new content before it's available.

If you'd like to help test and provide feedback, you can start by copying your character and downloading the PTR client. Once you've had a chance to try things out, be sure to visit our PTR Discussion forum to discuss the patch, and the PTR Bug Report forum to report any issues or errors.

Changes since last update to the PTR patch notes are denoted in red.

PTR Disclaimers

• Please keep in mind that the notes below are not final.

Updated December 2

World of Warcraft Patch 5.4.2 PTR

Classes

• Warrior
  • General
    • Intervene no longer removes movement-impairing effects on use. The talent Safeguard will continue to remove movement-impairing effects.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

• Cross-Realm raid browser now have categories for Mists of Pandaria World Bosses (Celestials and Ordos) and Flexible raid difficulty for Siege of Orgrimmar.
  • The cross-realm raid browser is accessed through the 'Social Pane' (bound to the O key by default) and look for the 'Raid' tab on the bottom right.
  • From there you can set the character as looking to join a raid or browse players that are forming up for a raid.
  • For more information on this change, please see the thread titled Cross-Realm Raid Browser on the PTR Discussion forum.
• Players are now able to place raid markers in the world even while dead.

Items

• Players are now able to mail account-bound items to other characters that reside on a different realm on the same account. To send cross-realm mail: enter the character's name, followed by a hyphen "-", followed by the realm name. Note that cross-realm mail can only send account-bound items, not other items or gold.
  • Additional information and testing discussion for this cross-realm mail can be found in this thread on the PTR Discussion forum.

UI

• The Customer Support button has moved. Customer support can now be reached in-game by selecting Help option through the Game Menu (Game Menu is bound to the Escape key by default).