Items Wowhead: October 7, 2026, about 02:15 MSK. Original video of old effect: October 6, about 01:43 MSK.
Booty Bay gun loses its knockback effect
Wowhead reports the knockback has been removed. The gun remains listed at level 30 with Honored .
Description
On October 7 Moscow time, Wowhead reported a hotfix to : using it no longer knocks back the target. The current Forever item page no longer lists a use effect, but a separate old spell entry still describes the knockback. We found no post-hotfix in-game retest. The item is level 35 and requires a level-30 character with Honored .
Effect
Do not buy the gun for knockback against players or creatures. As a weapon it still has +3 Stamina and +9 Attack Power.
How to get it
- On a level-30 character, check for Honored .
- Find quartermaster in Booty Bay, the port in .
- Check the item tooltip in the current client before buying. Do not rely on knockback: Wowhead reports its removal while the old spell entry has not caught up.
What players report
- NagisaStreams
In an older beta comment, the player says the gun also worked on allies. This describes its pre-hotfix behavior.
Read discussion ↗ - Cravens
The commenter describes a Lakota escort failure after another player used the knockback. It concerns the old effect, not a retest.
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