Here is everything shown during World of Warcraft: Midnight What’s Next panel at BlizzCon 2026, in the order it appeared, with a link to our full post on each one. 26 reveals in total.
- Talebound just announced: World of Warcraft’s new roguelite action RPG game mode
- World of Warcraft’s Talebound: themed horror tales with a hub village called Quillgrave
- World of Warcraft’s Talebound classes detailed: Slayer, Inquisitor and Witch abilities
- World of Warcraft’s Talebound has four tales: Darkhaven, Greenthistle Wood and two more
- World of Warcraft’s Talebound progression runs through four Quillgrave vendors
- World of Warcraft’s Talebound gets an early preview on the PTR in October
- World of Warcraft: Midnight ends on patch 12.2 Eclipse, with a 12.1.7 story patch first
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse zone is the Mantle Vault, a Titan cavern of Azerite
- World of Warcraft: Midnight brings lairs back in Eclipse with the Gearhold
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds Thraegar’s Stand, a three-boss dungeon
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse raid is the Worldcore, ending with Xal’atath
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s first legendary is Midnight’s Edge, a caster dagger
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Season 3 Mythic Plus dungeon pool revealed, eight dungeons
- World of Warcraft: Midnight adds a top 5% Mythic Plus reward, ranked against your spec
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse Delves get a new nemesis, Astalor Bloodsworn
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Prey returns in Season 3 with a new Agony difficulty
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds Radiant Screams, a Mantle Vault outdoor event
- World of Warcraft: Midnight adds Forsaken, Darkspear Troll and Night Elf Paladins
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds a Housing Showcase for browsing player homes
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds housing mannequins that wear your transmog
- World of Warcraft: Midnight housing adds copy-paste, multi-select and buying from home
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds the Calibration Chamber, a Titan test room
- World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse refreshes PvP progression with a new PvP Journey
- World of Warcraft: Midnight patch 12.2.5 removes armor type restrictions from transmog
- World of Warcraft: Midnight roadmap revealed: Eclipse in winter, 12.2.7 in summer 2027
- World of Warcraft Remix: Wrath of the Lich King just announced as the next remix
Talebound just announced: World of Warcraft’s new roguelite action RPG game mode
5:47pm ET. Talebound: a roguelite action RPG game mode in its own world with Witch, Slayer and Inquisitor classes and horror stories; no date.
World of Warcraft’s Talebound: themed horror tales with a hub village called Quillgrave
5:50pm ET. Talebound structure: themed tale levels with loot, bosses and puzzles, potions and relics, a rest hub village called Quillgrave; every class double jumps, dodges and guards.
World of Warcraft’s Talebound classes detailed: Slayer, Inquisitor and Witch abilities
5:51pm ET. Talebound classes: Slayer (Slash, Explosive Shot, Mine Field, Shrapnel Round, Throwing Knives), Inquisitor (Purify, Condemn, Light’s Wrath, Rapture, Radiant Burst), Witch (Brewing Storm, Bubbling Cauldron, Feline Communion, Winter Spiders, Moonlight Ravens).
World of Warcraft’s Talebound has four tales: Darkhaven, Greenthistle Wood and two more
5:54pm ET. Talebound’s four tales: Darkhaven (Lord Marshal, Blood Bishop), Greenthistle Wood (Granny Greenthumb, Ilsega Vilefang, Mobog), Greywake’s Expedition (Zygth, Cothwa), Grove of the Night Court (fairy queen, nightmare king).
World of Warcraft’s Talebound progression runs through four Quillgrave vendors
5:56pm ET. Talebound progression: after each run, Quillgrave’s Arcanist (potions), Scribe (talent trees per class), Outfitter (starting health, damage, energy, focus) and Antiquarian (passives) upgrade your next attempt.
World of Warcraft’s Talebound gets an early preview on the PTR in October
5:57pm ET. Talebound early preview hits the PTR in October; runs earn cosmetic rewards for your Midnight account (armour set, spellbook, flying book, emblem shown). No live date. Release: October 2026 PTR preview
World of Warcraft: Midnight ends on patch 12.2 Eclipse, with a 12.1.7 story patch first
5:58pm ET. Paul Kubit: 12.2 Eclipse is Midnight’s final major content update; a patch 12.1.7 with story moments sits between the Kith’ix fight (12.1.5) and Eclipse.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse zone is the Mantle Vault, a Titan cavern of Azerite
5:59pm ET. New zone: the Mantle Vault, a Titan cavern of Azerite crystal; allies the Thraegar, enemies the Deepskar Empire (kobolds, troggs, drogbar, Niffen).
World of Warcraft: Midnight brings lairs back in Eclipse with the Gearhold
6:01pm ET. Lairs return in Eclipse: the Gearhold in the Mantle Vault, on world, normal, heroic and flexible mythic difficulty; its Azerite bat is also a raid boss.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds Thraegar’s Stand, a three-boss dungeon
6:02pm ET. New dungeon Thraegar’s Stand: three bosses (Crag Cleaver and Foreman Sulk, Monoc, Stenvarg the Inevitable), in the Season 3 Mythic Plus rotation.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse raid is the Worldcore, ending with Xal’atath
6:03pm ET. The Worldcore: an eight-boss raid ending with Xal’atath; Void enemies, Titan constructs, living Azerite, the Gearhold bat and Gemaless Prime.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s first legendary is Midnight’s Edge, a caster dagger
6:04pm ET. Midnight’s Edge: the first legendary of Midnight and the World Soul Saga, a one-hand caster dagger from the Worldcore raid; the raid clear is only one step to getting it.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Season 3 Mythic Plus dungeon pool revealed, eight dungeons
6:05pm ET. Season 3 starts shortly after Eclipse with a new PvP season; Mythic Plus pool: Thraegar’s Stand, The Underrot, Iron Docks, Sanguine Depths, The Stonecore, Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr, Magisters’ Terrace, Maisara Cavern (all updated).
World of Warcraft: Midnight adds a top 5% Mythic Plus reward, ranked against your spec
6:07pm ET. Eclipse adds a top 5% Mythic Plus seasonal reward; the top 1% and top 5% are ranked against players of your spec, not all players, to encourage spec diversity.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse Delves get a new nemesis, Astalor Bloodsworn
6:08pm ET. Eclipse Delves: the 12.2 story kicks off in a Delve, Valeera levels to 100 with new curios, Season 3 nemesis is Astalor Bloodsworn with new opt-in Delve challenges and variations.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Prey returns in Season 3 with a new Agony difficulty
6:10pm ET. Prey returns for Season 3 in the Mantle Vault: new prey, new torments, and a final Agony difficulty beyond Nightmare.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds Radiant Screams, a Mantle Vault outdoor event
6:11pm ET. Radiant Screams: a Mantle Vault outdoor event built on World Soul Memories, periodic world soul outcries with zone-wide activity and a massacre chain kill-streak bonus.
World of Warcraft: Midnight adds Forsaken, Darkspear Troll and Night Elf Paladins
6:12pm ET. Three new Paladin races in Eclipse: Forsaken (with a questline on how they came to be), Darkspear Trolls and Night Elves.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds a Housing Showcase for browsing player homes
6:13pm ET. Housing Showcase: browse and heart player-submitted houses in a general collection or a themed event (Spring into Spring shown), snapshot submissions, thematic decor rewards, shareable visitor codes.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds housing mannequins that wear your transmog
6:14pm ET. Housing mannequins: place one and equip any unlocked gear, weapon or appearance, “like transmog for a statue”; multiple body styles, poses and races.
World of Warcraft: Midnight housing adds copy-paste, multi-select and buying from home
6:15pm ET. Housing UI in Eclipse: copy-paste keeps size, rotation and dye; multi-select moves or rotates groups around one pivot; buy more of owned decor from inside your home; four new endeavors including the Storm Riders of Isle of Dorn.
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse adds the Calibration Chamber, a Titan test room
6:17pm ET. Calibration Chamber: a Titan-space test room for you, your party or raid with configurable target dummies (cooldown resets, raid buffs, consumables, boss dummy, timed encounters).
World of Warcraft: Midnight’s Eclipse refreshes PvP progression with a new PvP Journey
6:17pm ET. PvP progression refreshed with a seasonal PvP Journey reward track (PvP: Season 43 shown, Gladiator’s Weapon Token among rewards), earnable even from training grounds and comp stomp.
World of Warcraft: Midnight patch 12.2.5 removes armor type restrictions from transmog
6:18pm ET. Patch 12.2.5 (spring 2027): transmog across all armor types without restriction. Release: Patch 12.2.5, spring 2027
World of Warcraft: Midnight roadmap revealed: Eclipse in winter, 12.2.7 in summer 2027
6:19pm ET. Full roadmap: 12.1.5 autumn 2026; 12.1.7 Echoes of the Worldcore (Talebound, Lorewalking: Thrall, Turbulent Timeways); 12.2 Eclipse winter with Season 3; The Last Titan expansion reveal before spring; 12.2.5 spring 2027 (Soulstorms world event, transmog updates); 12.2.7 summer 2027 (Midnight recap, professions, Lorewalking, Midsummer updates). Release: 12.1.5 autumn 2026, 12.2 Eclipse winter, 12.2.5 spring 2027, 12.2.7 summer 2027
World of Warcraft Remix: Wrath of the Lich King just announced as the next remix
6:20pm ET. The next remix is World of Warcraft Remix: Wrath of the Lich King, named by Jake Miller carrying Frostmourne in the panel’s last minute; nothing shown of it and no date, the roadmap tease pointed at summer 2027.