Catalyst Guide for Midnight

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The Catalyst is a console located in Silvermoon City that lets you convert eligible seasonal non-set gear into class set pieces and older gear from previous seasons for transmog. This serves as a bad luck protection, and makes completing set bonuses on multiple characters much easier, without ever having to step foot into a raid!

Midnight 12.1 Catalyst Changes

Midnight Patch 12.1 introduced one major change to the Catalyst: Catalyzed pieces will now retain any secondary stats and cantrips present on the original piece of loot. Thus, Catalyzed tier pieces no longer have set secondary stats, making itemization much more flexible for players.

This is a massive change for many classes, as they no longer have to deal with undesirable secondary stats on tier set pieces. Be sure you check out any recommended Catalyst pieces when looking up Best in Slot recommendations on our Class Guides!

Any item you Catalyze will also gain the appearance of its corresponding tier set item.

To learn more about Midnight Season 2 class sets, including set bonuses and all appearances, visit our full guide:

The following seasonal non-set items can be converted with the Catalyst:

• PvP Gear (Honor / Conquest / War Mode);
• All PvE Gear of Veteran Rank or higher.
• You can transform the following items slots into class set pieces: Head, Shoulder, Chest, Hands, Legs. Converting other item slots will still change the item, but it will not count towards granting the Season 2 Set bonuses.

The Catalyst is available from the launch of Midnight Patch 12.1, the week of August 11, 2026.

The Catalyst uses charges to convert non-set items into class set pieces. In Midnight Season 2, the charges are called Crystallized Venomblight Manafluxes.

To convert non-set items into class set pieces, you must spend charges. The charges will accrue automatically. You will receive your first charge when a new season begins and an additional charge every two weeks after that; however, Midnight also introduces some new ways to accrue charges, as you will learn below!

You will receive your first charge when a new season begins and additional charges every two weeks.

You can also earn an additional charge once per season by earning the Midnight Season 2: Serpent Scion achievement by completing one of the following:

• Earning 1,600 Rated PvP rating;
• Earning 2,000 Mythic+ rating;
• Defeating the final boss of the Venomous Abyss on Heroic or Mythic Difficulty.

The achievement will provide you with a Crystallized Venomblight Manaflux, granting you +1 Catalyst charge.

In Midnight, acquiring a class' 4-piece bonus now unlocks a character-specific Feat of Strength, Midnight Season 2: Catalyst Unbound, that enables Catalyst charges to drop from regular content: raid bosses, Mythic+, Bountiful Delves, and Rated PvP, on that character for the remainder of the season. This change should drastically increase the number of charges available to players, preventing some of the saving-up of charges that many serious players had to consider throughout the season in earlier expansions.

Sadly, there is no catch-up system in place for Catalyst charges. When you log in to the game after a while, you will receive only 1 charge. Therefore, you may consider logging into the game on your max level-alts, even those you do not plan on playing regularly, whenever a new Catalyst charge becomes available.

However, the added Feat of Strength, Midnight Season 2: Catalyst Unbound, will increase the number of charges you accrue as long as you are regularly playing your most important characters, making the lack of catch-up system less impactful.

You can have a maximum of 8 charges on 1 character.

Interact with the Catalyst by clicking on it until you see the Catalyst window open.

Click the big "+" sign to select an eligible item from the dropdown.

Now, you will see your non-set item on the left and the resulting converted set item on the right. When you are happy with the result, hit the Transform button, and you are done.

Older gear from previous seasons can no longer be upgraded. However, it can be converted for transmog using the Catalyst.

Depending on the item level of the catalyzed Season 2 gear piece, you will be able to obtain different set appearances from the Season 2 raids. Below are the item level breakpoints:

• Raid Finder Appearance: Item Level 279-289;
• Normal Appearance: Item Level 292-302;
• Heroic Appearance: Item Level 305-315;
• Mythic Appearance: Item Level 318-344.

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