WoW Patch 9.1.5: PTR Update for Classes, Ember Court, Shard of Domination

15 December 2021

With the upcoming WoW patch 9.1.5, the Blizzard developers want to make a lot of player wishes come true in the Shadowlands. And also the latest PTR update hits this notch. Here are just the highlights:

There are class buffs for Blood Death Knights, Brewmasters, Outlaws, and more playstyles.
For the Gluthof the Venthyr, there's the ability to make reputation/friend gain easier for friends and twinks.
The drop rate of Shards of Domination is increased.
You can farm Soul Embers significantly easier via Torghast, Maw Attacks, and missions.
Repeatedly completing wings in Torghast completely will give you more Soul Embers and Soul Ashes.
Players who reach fame level 80 with a character will be given the option to instantly upgrade a Twink to fame level 40 for 500 gold.

The full patch notes for the latest PTR update read as follows:

Classes

Death Knight
- Blood
  - Consumption (Talent) now deals 60% more damage.
Monk
- Brewmaster
  - Special Delivery (Talent) now deals 100% more damage.
Paladin
- Vanquisher's Hammer (Necrolord Ability) now increases the effectiveness of the free Holy Power spender by 25%.
Rogue
- Outlaw
  - Dreadblades (Talent) initial strike deals 26% more damage and now immediately fills your Combo Points in addition to its current effects.
Warlock
- Demonology
  - Nether Portal (Talent) cooldown reduced to 2.5 minutes (was 3 minutes).
Warrior
- Impending Victory (Talent) cooldown reduced to 25 seconds (was 30 seconds) and now heals for 40% of your max health (was 30%).

Covenants

Sanctums
- Redeemed Souls
  - Rescuing Souls within Torghast, Tower of the Damned now earn credit for "Return Lost Souls."
- Venthyr: Ember Court
  - Players can now use their influence with guests to help their friends or alternate characters.
    - Once you've completed the Best Friend quest for a Guest, that Guest will offer a quest inside your Ember Court scenario to all other players who visit.
    - These "Friend of a Friend" quests unlock a permanent 30% increase to friendship gains with that Guest, so invite a player or two to your next Ember Court and start the introductions to help them make friends faster.
    - Alternate characters on your account will also be offered these quests inside their own Ember Court scenario. Word travels quickly around the court!
  - Temel now sells a new favor item: The Party Herald's Party Hat.
    - This Bind-on-Account item can be sent to alternate characters, and permanently increases reputation gains with the Ember Court by 30% for any character that uses it.
    - This item also gives Temel a new, fancier party hat and gives you an option to ask Temel to put the hat on you inside the scenario.
  - You will now receive a confirmation prompt when you queue for the scenario if one of your current Guests has not RSVPed (and therefore would not attend if you start the scenario).

Items and Rewards

Increased the drop rate of Shards of Domination.
Significantly increased the amount of Soul Cinders awarded from Layers 8 - 12, Maw Assaults, Tormentors of Torghast, and Command Table missions.
Players who reach 80 Renown can purchase a Broker Mark of Distinction for 500 gold in Oribos that can be used on an alternate character to instantly grant the character up to Renown 40. Cannot be used above 40 Renown.
Players can now purchase versions of Korthian Armaments that create a piece of gear for specific slots.
Acquirer Ta'gosh in the Hall of Curiosities now sells a Gateway Control Shard that lets you activate the nearest Demonic Gateway.

Torghast, Tower of the Damned

Repeatedly completing Wings now awards the full amount of Soul Ash (up from 20% after the first clear).
Repeatedly completing Wings now awards the full amount of Soul Cinders (up from none after the first clear).

User Interface and Accessibility

Group Finder Improvements
- Group creators are now able to browse listings.
The size of the cursor can now be increased in the Accessibility menu.

If you want to take a look at the full patch notes from the Patch 9.1.5 PTR, you can find them here in the WoW forum.

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