WoW Midnight Roadmap: Patch 12.1.7, Season 3 and The Last Titan

World of Warcraft is on patch 12.1.5 and Midnight Season 2 right now. Next come patch 12.1.7 in winter, then Eclipse with Season 3, two smaller patches in spring and early summer, Wrath of the Lich King Remix in summer, and finally the next expansion, The Last Titan. Blizzard has given exact dates only for what is already live, so the later dates in the table are our estimates, based on how far apart Midnight’s patches have come so far. Dates checked November 2, 2026.

Where WoW stands now: patch 12.1.5 and Season 2

Season 2 started in the week of August 18, 2026, with The Venomous Abyss as its main raid. Patch 12.1.5 went live on October 13 in the US and October 14 in Europe and gave the season its second half: a one-boss raid, The Unbinding of Kith’ix, the solo Labyrinth of Kindo’jan for Delvers, Aqir Invasions in the open world and a new Keystone Myth goal at 3,600 Mythic+ rating. Since October 20 Mythic+ keys of +10 and higher also drop Ascendant Venomstones, and the weekly cap on crests is gone, so gearing up an alt is quicker than it was at the start of the season. Our WoW raid guide lists the item levels of both current raids.

Patch 12.1.7: Echoes of the Worldcore

Patch 12.1.7 has been on the PTR since October 15. Blizzard hasn’t announced its release date yet. Midnight’s patches have come out eight to nine weeks apart, so we expect 12.1.7 in the first half of December 2026. The test realm’s event calendar points the same way, because it starts the Turbulent Timeways event, which opens with the patch, on December 1 in the US and December 2 in Europe. That is test data and can still move.

These features are on the PTR now and can still change before release. Our patch 12.1.7 guide covers each of them in more detail.

• Talebound is a separate action RPG mode with its own classes, the Slayer, the Inquisitor and the Witch. You play short tales alone or with friends from the hub town of Quillgrave and earn Bound Silver for cosmetics you can use in Midnight. Blizzard plans to keep it available from 12.1.7 through 12.2.5. A free Talebound demo ran on the PTR from October 30.
• The Return to Dornogal is a new story chapter. Arator, Brinthe, Dagran and Brann look for a way to the Worldcore through the damaged Coreway, which sets up the Eclipse campaign.
• Lorewalking gets new stories about Jaina, Thrall, the Titans and Tyr. They open at level 10, and you can pause and replay them.
• Turbulent Timeways VI runs Timewalking for eight weeks in a row with a different expansion each week. Mastering it in any four of those weeks gives the Markeet of the Infinite mount. Our Timewalking schedule has the expected weeks for US and EU realms.
• Omnium Folio gets two more Motes of Omnial Inquiry and two new runes: the Rune of Empowerment raises the stat of your chosen stat rune by 20%, and the Rune of Critical Mass adds extra damage or healing procs to your Core Rune.
• Feast of Winter Veil returns as usual for the holidays.

Patch 12.2 Eclipse and Midnight Season 3

Eclipse is patch 12.2 and the last major update of Midnight. It takes players to the Worldsoul for the fight against Xal’atath, and its events lead into The Last Titan. Blizzard places it in winter and says Season 3 opens shortly after. Our estimate is late January to February 2027, with Season 3 starting about a week or two after the patch, the way Season 2 started a week after patch 12.1.

Blizzard has announced the following for Eclipse:

• The Mantle Vault, a new zone with the Thraegar as allies, crystalline beings that look a bit like dwarves, against the Deepskar Empire of kobolds, troggs and drogbar led by niffen. The tip of Sargeras’s sword is visible there.
• The Worldcore, a raid with eight bosses that ends with Xal’atath.
• The Gearhold, a lair with the world boss Noctinaxx on World, Normal, Heroic and flexible Mythic difficulty.
• Midnight’s Edge, a legendary dagger for casters. The Worldcore is one step on the way to it; the full quest isn’t known yet.
• Delves raise Valeera’s level cap and add new Curios, plus Astalor Bloodsworn as the season’s Nemesis.
• Prey gets a harder Agony mode, and a new outdoor event, Radiant Screams, takes place in the Mantle Vault.
• Paladins open up to Forsaken, Night Elves and Darkspear Trolls.
• Housing adds a Showcase for sharing your home, mannequins for appearances and copy and paste for decor.
• A new PvP Journey and the Calibration Chamber, a room with training dummies, raid buffs and cooldown resets for practising your rotation.

Mythic+ dungeons in Season 3

Season 3 has eight dungeons. Blizzard previewed changes to the older ones in September: Uldaman loses a boss on Heroic, Mythic and Mythic+, The Stonecore and Iron Docks get reworked fights, and the other dungeons get new routes and clearer mechanics. Timers, affixes and item levels for Season 3 aren’t out yet.

The top 1% rewards, and new rewards for the top 5%, will be counted per specialization, so you are ranked against players of your own spec.

What to finish before Season 3

Season 2 achievements only count while Season 2 lasts, and with Eclipse expected early next year the time for them is running down. Keystone Master at 2,000 rating gives the Breath of Blight mount, Keystone Legend at 3,000 gives Breath of Ruin, and Keystone Myth at 3,600 adds the Venomous Contender title. A timed +10 in each dungeon also unlocks its teleport. If your weeks are too full to push rating on your own, our Mythic+ boost plays keys with you until the Keystone achievement you pick is yours, or runs all eight dungeons once for the portals.

Patches 12.2.5 and 12.2.7

After Eclipse, the roadmap shows two smaller updates. Patch 12.2.5 in spring brings Soulstorms, new story quests and transmog across armor types, so a plate wearer can use cloth looks and the other way round. We expect it in late March or April 2027. Patch 12.2.7 sits between spring and summer and adds more story, a Midnight recap, new Lorewalking, profession updates and Midsummer. We expect it in May or June 2027. Blizzard hasn’t called 12.2.7 the pre-patch for The Last Titan.

Wrath of the Lich King Remix

A Remix of Wrath of the Lich King is on the roadmap for summer 2027. Blizzard hasn’t shared its rules, rewards, length or start date, and earlier Remix events don’t tell us how this one will work, so we’ll add details once they are announced.

The Last Titan: what we know about the next expansion

The Last Titan is the third and final expansion of the Worldsoul Saga, after The War Within and Midnight. It takes players back to Northrend, and Blizzard has tied its story to Ulduar and the return of the Titans. A teaser called COLOSSAL was shown at BlizzCon 2026. In interviews, game director Ion Hazzikostas mentioned a level cap of 100 and said he would like a more dangerous open world, similar to the Heroic World Tier from Remix. The word final refers to the Worldsoul Saga storyline, and Blizzard hasn’t said anything about World of Warcraft itself ending.

Blizzard has promised to show more in early 2027, after the events of Eclipse, and hasn’t given a release date. The last two expansions came 18 and 21 months after the one before, which would put The Last Titan around September to November 2027. That is our estimate with low confidence, and a delay into 2028 is possible.

When did WoW Midnight come out?

World of Warcraft: Midnight launched worldwide on March 2, 2026, after the pre-expansion patch on January 20. It brought players back to Quel’Thalas and Silvermoon, raised the level cap to 90 and added player Housing, the Haranir allied race and the Devourer Demon Hunter specialization. Season 1 opened on March 17 with The Voidspire, The Dreamrift and March on Quel’Danas, patch 12.0.5 followed on April 21, 12.0.7 on June 16, and Season 2 began in the week of August 18.

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Change Log

• November 2, 2026: rewritten as the Midnight roadmap, with patch 12.1.7, Eclipse and Season 3, the later 2027 patches and The Last Titan. Blizzard’s dates and our estimates are listed separately.
• April 2, 2026: WoW Midnight overview published.