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Opened by Niviat - 12.05.2026
Last edited by wowaddicts - 24.05.2026
FS#1480 - Herbs and ore cannot be gathered in combat
Herbs and ore nodes should be clickable in combat, the player should be able to start gathering without killing whatever is attacking them. Sure, if they can't CC (root, fear, disorient etc.) the mob(s), the gathering action will be interrupted if the player gets hit, but they should still be able to initiate the action. As things stand now, that's not possible because clicking the node says "You can't do that while in combat". This is extra annoying if one is stuck in combat without anything actually attacking them (yes, that sometimes happens, especially in certain areas).
I only got the Google AI response confirming the way it should work. It's always been that way for pretty much all WoW versions I've ever played, so it'll likely be near impossible to find any official posts talking about it because nobody ever needed to talk about it… All posts I've found only ever complained about not being able to finish gathering because they got interrupted by being hit, and someone else swooped in and took the node before they dealt with the problem. Or about druids having an unfair advantage because they can gather + use a bunch of CCs without getting out of their travel form, which makes gathering in combat even easier, especially in places where one can fly.
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Just to clarify the last sentence, there are 2 concepts mixed there - druids can use CCs (Typhoon, Incapacitating Roar etc.) in ground travel form and in flight form while on the ground, not in flight form while flying, and they can gather stuff in travel and flight form while on the ground (they have to land), but not having to leave the form still makes it easier to get the gathering done in combat in certain situations.
This was fixed just in other report, when did you test it again?
I tested with cache deleted after the updates. It didn't work, or at least it didn't work reliably. A few times I was able to start gathering in combat, but most of the time I got that error message that I can't do it in combat. I didn't notice any pattern in the behavior, not sure what's causing it to sometimes work and other times not. Also, from the description of the fix it looked more like it was related to damage interrupting the gathering action, rather than being able to start gathering in combat, but that may be just a misinterpretation on my part because of how it was written.
Anyway, in my first report I only saw the problem with herbs, but now I got it with both herbs and mining nodes, so there still seems to be a problem somewhere. Just in case it's somehow relevant, I'm testing it on a druid.
Hello again, well I have found the issue with it. The most of herbs would have to be ok now.
About minning nodes, I will need that you report me which one exactly dont allow you to gather it while in combat so I can fix it. With exact name of node is ok or if you prefer wowheadlink its ok too.
Same for any herbs if you find it then I apply the last fixes in next update.
Regards.
Next update:
(Fixed gathering 221 different herbs while in combat)
(Fixed minning node to gathering it while in combat https://www.wowhead.com/object=241726/leystone-deposit#mining)