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WoW Moonguard hit by contagious dungeon disease, patched after hours

A disease from the Dragonflight dungeon Brackenhide Hollow spread across the Moonguard server over the weekend after a player carried the Withering Contagion into populated areas. Low-level characters died and larger cities including Silvermoon and Stormwind saw widespread infections before Blizzard deployed a July 3 hotfix to stop it. Players are calling the incident “Corrupted Blood 2.0,” recalling a similar 2005 outbreak. The contagion spread via a five-yard damage-over-time effect tied to the dungeon spell.

• Originated in Brackenhide Hollow via the Withering Contagion spell
• Spread to Alliance hubs like Silvermoon City, Stormwind and Goldshire
• Blizzard applied a July 3 hotfix to end the outbreak
• Compared by players to the 2005 Corrupted Blood incident