World of Warcraft Patch Notes: Midnight Season 2
World of Warcraft Patch 12.1: Curse of Ula'tek opens the Coiled Isle and Venomous Abyss raid for Midnight Season 2, the complete changelog.
When is the next update?
World of Warcraft rolls to its next season around January 26, 2027.
Patch 12.1: August 11, 202611 changes
The World of Warcraft Patch 12.1 patch notes, subtitled Curse of Ula’tek, open a new zone east of Zul’Aman and lay the groundwork for Midnight Season 2, the eight-boss Venomous Abyss raid, a new Mythic+ dungeon, and fresh Delves all launch with it. Track the live World of Warcraft season countdown to Season 2.
TL;DR, 11 changes: 0 buffs, 0 nerfs (no per-spec numbers published yet). New zone, raid, dungeon and Delves headline the patch, alongside a 25% health/damage tuning pass and quality-of-life housing and Discord features. Meta impact: raid and Mythic+ progression resets around the Coiled Isle’s new content, and the burst-to-steady damage shift rebalances cooldown-heavy specs without confirmed per-class numbers yet.
Mechanics
- The Coiled Isle, new zone east of Zul’Aman with public events, dungeons, and Delves active
- Venomous Abyss, eight-boss raid inside the Vault of Atal’Utek on the Coiled Isle, culminating in an Ula’tek encounter; opens with Midnight Season 2 active
- Altar of Fangs, new dungeon added to the Mythic+ rotation active
- Lairs, new world-boss-style encounters in instanced, scalable spaces up to flexible Mythic (15–25 players) active
- Delves, three new Delves added to the existing progression track active
- Damage tuning, player health and creature damage raised 25%; DPS output shifts from burst-window cooldowns toward steady damage active
- Tier sets, fresh Season 2 tier sets introduced active
- PvP Season 2, begins alongside Midnight Season 2 active
- Housing, full furnishing layouts can now be saved, applied to secondary plots, and shared publicly active
- Discord integration, in-game guild channels can now cross-link with connected Discord servers active
Events & Limited Time
- Bonus rolls, available during Season 2’s opening week event
All World of Warcraft patches
| Version | Date | Season | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patch 12.1 | August 11, 2026 | Midnight Season 2 | , 11 changes: 0 buffs, 0 nerfs (no per-spec numbers published yet). New zone, raid, dungeon and Delves headline the patch, alongside a 25% … |
| Jun 30, 2026 Hotfixes | Jun 30, 2026 | Midnight Season 1 | Class balance pass: Feral Druid all damage +3% and auto-attack +15% (raid); Restoration Shaman core-heal mana costs −5%; Deathstalker Rogue… |