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% he… |
| 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… |