Complete Guide to Decor Duels in Midnight Patch 12.0.5

While Midnight's Patch 12.0.5 brings a continuation to the Midnight storyline and a whole host of activities centered around thwarting the Void's efforts to conquer Azeroth, even heroes need a break now and then! Decor Duels, a unique new game mode never before seen in World of Warcraft, introduces a new hint of whimsy and fun into World of Warcraft: Midnight. A full game of Decor Duel will only take you about 10 minutes total, making this a fast-paced bit of fun to queue into after a raid or between Mythic+ keys.

Decor Duels are Blizzard's take on the much-beloved "prop hunt" game mode, in which two teams take turns disguising themselves as various items to match the map, while the other team has to find their disguised opponents. While Decor Duels are technically classed as a PvP mode, there is, in fact, no actual combat involved. Seekers may utilize various spells to find their targets, while Hiders may make use of different trap types to escape being found, but there are no character deaths involved!

Players can access the Decor Duels queue via the Player vs. Player tab in the Group Finder. Decor Duel is the last option in the Quick Match section.

Teams of up to five players can queue together as a group; 5-man premade groups will be matched up against other 5-mans, while groups of 1 to 4 players will instead be matched up with random teams or solo queuers in the Quick Match system.

The ultimate objective of Decor Duel is simple: the Hiding team aims to remain hidden for the duration of the round, while the Seeker team aims to expose every hidden opponent before their time runs out. Each round lasts 3 minutes, and each team will have the opportunity to play as both the Hiders and the Seekers.

In order for the Seekers to win the game, they must reveal every member of the hidden team. If even a single Hider remains when the clock runs out, the hiding team are the victors.

In the event of a tie, wherein both hidden teams have at least one player remain hidden for the full round, or both teams find all hidden players, the winner will be the team with the longest combined hiding time.

The hiding team is provided the opportunity to take on the appearance of various decor items found in the surrounding map area, like easels, fruit bowls, crates, and many many more. When a Seeker finds the exact location of a hidden player, that player is flagged as Found. Once a player is Found, they can be tagged out, which removes them from the current match round. Found players must STOP moving briefly in order to clear their flag and go back to hiding.

When marked as Found, the Hider's location is pinged on the map for the entire Seeker team, making this a very precarious situation for the Hider!

One of the more unique aspects of Decor Duel versus the prop hunt modes in other games is that both Seekers and Hiders can customize their toolkits with base spells and abilities, as well as additional warbound kits purchased from Gamesmaster Fleurian for 20 Illusionary Coins each.

Seekers can choose from three different classes, each with their own unique illusion dispel and other purchaseable, class-appropriate utility spells. Additionally, every Seeker has the Tag! spell, regardless of selected class.

The base Arcane Ranger kit comes with Anti-Magic Arrow, useful for dispelling all Hider illusions in an area. Players can buy two additional abilities for their Arcane Rangers: (1) "Clockwork Sentinel" Kit, allowing the Ranger to build a 30-second Clockwork Sentinel turret that will apply Found and slow all Hiders who enter its radius; (2) "Stealth" Kit, allowing the Ranger to Stealth, slowing movement speed but reducing their detection radius.

The base Nullifier kit comes with Nullify Magic, an illusion dispel that targets an area directly in front of the caster. Players can buy two additional abilities for their Nullifiers: (1) "Nullification Field" Kit, allowing the Nullifier to cast Nullification Field, dispelling the illusions of all Hiders in the area;(2) "Riftwalk" Kit, teaching the Nullifier to Riftwalk a short distance.

The Spellbreaker's base kit comes with Dispelling Focus, a 2.5 second channeled dispel. Players can purchase two additional abilities for the Spellbreaker: (1) "Dispelling Leap" Kit teaches the Spellbreaker Dispelling Leap, a leap with a 30 yd max range that dispels the illusions of any Hiders around the area of impact; (2) "Swift" Kit increases the Spellbreaker's movement speed by 30%.

Hiders who remain still for too long begin to accumulate flies, and they will also periodically let out a loud whistle. Both these cues help Seekers hone in on Hider locations. Hiders can strategically customize their loadouts, though, by choosing one of four different trap types in addition to their other skills.

The base Hider toolkit is comprised of Disguise, Swap, and a Trap of your choice:

• Trap: Song Bird summons a Song Bird Decoy near the closest Seeker to you (if applicable), or within several yards of your current location. This decoy will whistle at random intervals for 30 seconds, potentially distracting a Seeker long enough to follow that whistle and throw them off your scent.
• Trap: Sands of Time summons a sand trap for 1.5 minutes that applies Time Distortion, a huge, stacking slow, to any Seeker passing through it. Casting another Trap while you already have one down will move the sands to your current location and reset its duration.
• Trap: Void Sphere summons a 30 second Void Sphere that will propel Hiders who make contact with it up to 30 yards forward, but will propel Seekers who make contact with it up to 20 yards backwards.
• Trap: Smoke & Mirrors releases a stampede of random prop decoys for 15 seconds, which will run in random directions. It will also apply Disguise, blink the caster between 10 and 20 feet away, and remove Found.

Players can purchase 2 other Hider abilities from Gamesmaster Fleurian for 20 Illusionary Coins each: (1) "Eccentro-Magic Pulse" Enhancement teaches the Hider Eccentro-Magic Pulse, which Stuns nearby Seekers but will flag the caster with Found; (2) "Make Decoy" Enhancement teaches the Seeker Make Decoy, which will conjure a decor decoy of the caster's choice.

The following Achievements are all available in the Decor Duel game mode:

• You're It: Win a round as a Seeker with all hiders getting tagged within two minutes in Decor Duel.
• Null and Avoided: Successfully lose the Found status without being tagged in Decor Duel.
• Hide and Peekless: Be the last untagged hider on your team in Decor Duel.
• It's Cold Here in This Shadow: Hide and stay unfound for one and a half consecutive minutes in Decor Duel.
• Deployed to the Void: Successfully tag opposing players as a Nullifier in Decor Duel.
• Now You Don't See Me...: Don't get tagged in the first minute of Decor Duel (x3).
• Tagged and Bagged: Successfully tag opposing players as an Arcane Ranger in Decor Duel.
• T-A-G that spells Gotcha!: Successfully tag opposing players as a Spellbreaker in Decor Duel.
• The Whole Kit and Caboodle: Acquire access to all Kits and Upgrades in Decor Duel.
• Disguised to the Nines: Complete all the Decor Duel Achievements.

Completing Decor Duels rewards you with Illusionary Coins, which are used at Gamesmaster Fleurian and Disguised Decor Duel Vendor in exchange for toys, a mount, cosmetic weapons, and new Housing Decor.

Non-decor rewards are sold by Gamesmaster Fleurian, who is located up on a small terrace accessible via ramps in Falconwing Square, Silvermoon City. Decor rewards are sold by Disguised Decor Duel Vendor, who is the talking chair next to Fleurian (yes, really!).

To preview all the items you can purchase from these vendors, check out our Decor Duels news article!

Item	Type	Cost ( Illusionary Coins)
"Dispelling Leap" Kit	Spellbreaker Ability	20
"Swift" Kit	Spellbreaker Ability	20
"Nullification Field" Kit	Nullifier Ability	20
"Riftwalk" Kit	Nullifier Ability	20
"Clockwork Sentinel" Kit	Arcane Ranger Ability	20
"Stealth" Kit	Arcane Ranger Ability	20
"Eccentro-Magic Pulse" Enhancement	Hider Ability	20
"Make Decoy" Enhancement	Hider Ability	20
Magister's Spell Bee Comb	Mount	500
Arcane Ranger's Spellbow	Transmog Bow	100
Spellbreakers Bladestaff	Transmog Staff	100
Nullbeacon Rift Channeler	Transmog Staff	100
Spellbreakers Phoenixglaive	Transmog Warglaives	100
Spellbreakers Bladelance	Transmog Polearm	100
Spellbreaker Phoenixblade	Transmog Sword (1-Handed)	100
Mage Guard's Spellsteel	Transmog Sword (2-Handed)	100
Mage Guard's Spellblade	Transmog Sword (1-Handed)	100
Nullbeacon Rift Smasher	Transmog Mace (2-Handed)	100
Spellbreakers Shieldwall	Transmog Shield	100
Animated Bench	Toy	200
Enchanted Hourglass	Toy	200
Winner's Podium	Toy	200

The Disguised Decor Duel Vendor sells housing decor to match the items players can use as disguises during Decor Duels!

Item	Type	Cost ( Voidlight Marl)
Sin'dorei Cookpot Lid	Decor	50
Sin'dorei Open Cookpot	Decor	50
Sin'dorei Covered Cookpot	Decor	100
Sin'dorei Garden Swing	Decor	200
Sin'dorei Tiffin-Style Lamp	Decor	100
Sin'dorei Display Case	Decor	100
Empty Wooden Toolbox	Decor	50
Small Lumber Pile	Decor	50
Suramar Arcfruit Bowl	Decor	50
Small Decorative Dornogal Opal	Decor	100
Decorative Dornogal Opal	Decor	50
Large Decorative Dornogal Opal	Decor	200