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Gemstone WoW removes crafting cooldowns in a 150-change patch led by Ulduar
The free WotLK server’s 17 August 2026 maintenance reworked five Ulduar bosses, dropped the daily cooldowns on transmutes and cloth, and fixed several crashes.
Gemstone WoW fixes a crash caused by its own bots and overhauls Wintergrasp
Two late-May updates on the free WotLK server fixed a shutdown that thousands of bots could trigger, reworked how bots move and brought a full Wintergrasp overhaul.
Gemstone WoW moves from Blizzlike to 2x experience
On 12 March 2026 the free WotLK server raised kill and quest XP to 2x and several other rates to 1.5x. Drops, honor and arena points stayed Blizzlike, and the Hearthstone cooldown fell to 30 minutes two weeks later.
Gemstone WoW gives its bots AI chat and their own backstories
The free WotLK server’s February patch lets bots answer in /say, whispers and party chat. Each bot has a backstory, a home and a join date, and later patches made their chat sound more natural.