World of Warcraft Midnight Expansion Guide (Release Date, Features & More)

World of Warcraft: Midnight, the second chapter of the Worldsoul Saga, shifts the fight from the depths of Azeroth back to the surface. Xal'atath has risen to assault the Sunwell, throwing us into the midst of a battle between Void and Light.

While Blizzard has not officially confirmed a release date for Midnight, we expect it to launch in early 2026.

At gamescom 2025, Blizzard unveiled the main cinematic for the expansion where we see The Void alongside Xal'atath attempting to corrupt the Sunwell, protected by Lor'themar and Lady Liadrin.

In a similar vein, Blizzard also revealed the official gameplay trailer for WoW's latest expansion at this year's gamescom.

Here are the main features players can expect in the new expansion.

• Class and Talent Changes: The Rogue class is getting reworked and players gain access to 10 additional talent points.
• New Devourer Demon Hunter Specialization: A Void-themed, mid-range DPS spec with soul-harvesting mechanics awaits!
• 4 New Zones: Eversong Woods, Zul’Aman, Harandar, and the chaotic Voidstorm are here to challenge players!
• Silvermoon Rebuilt: Explore a rebuilt capital city with Horde-exclusive areas and landmark areas like the Sanctum of Light.
• Player Housing & Neighborhoods: Fully customizable housing feature with modular layouts, dyes, decor from raids/quests, and even community neighborhoods.
• Haranir (New Allied Race): The bioluminescent Haranir join the ranks of the Horde and Alliance for the first time!
• New Raids: Expect 9 raid bosses across 3 raids at expansion launch.
• Prey System: A hunt-based outdoor progression feature with escalating difficulty and cosmetic, mount, and housing rewards.
• New Delves: Players can expect 10 new delves and 1 Nemesis delve in the new expansion.
• New Dungeons: Midnight ships with 8 new dungeons.
• New/Returning Player Experience Updates: Exile's Reach tutorial flows into Dragonflight zones with the leveling campaign seeing updates.
• Big Transmogrification Updates: Blizzard is vastly improving the transmog experience in the latest expansion.
• Various Quality-of-Life Improvements: Include improved Cooldown Manager, personal resource HUD, and accessibility upgrades.
• PvP Updates: Slayer’s Rise is a new battleground inspired by Alterac Valley and Isle of Conquest.

While we will delve deeper into the individual class changes when Alpha testing launches, the Midnight expansion introduces 10 new talents for all classes. These are distributed as follows:

• You will receive 3 points in your Class tree. There are no new nodes, so you only have more choice.
• You will get 3 points in your Hero tree. A fourth lane will be added for each spec.
• You will get 4 points in your Specialization tree and spend them on Apex Talents.

The final node inside your Spec tree will have these little pips at the bottom of it. This is where you spend your Apex talents. The first and final points will be the most impactful ones.

Here are a few examples of Apex talents for Preservation Evokers and Devourer Demon Hunters:

Demon Hunters get access to a third Devourer spec in the Midnight pre-patch. This is a mid-range DPS specialization (range similar to Evokers) that uses cosmic void powers to defeat enemies. You can also opt in for a hybrid build where you dart in and out of range. Their main stat is Intellect.

Devourers will have void-themed abilities. As such, spell animations are purple instead of the usual green.

Here are some of the signature abilities Devourers will have as part of their kit:

• Void Metamorphosis: An energy-based transformation where you must use Reap to collect Void Fragments.
• Reap: Scythe attack that consumes Soul Fragments.
• Collapsing Star: A powerful finisher.
• Void Beam: Void-themed Eye Beam that has a 25-yard range.
• Voidblade and Hungering Slash: Melee combo with retreat.

Here is the tooltip for Collapsing Star, a powerful finisher.

The Scarred Hero Talent tree is shared between Devourer and Havoc Demon Hunters. The Devourer specialization is getting a new Annihilator talent tree shared between Vengeance.

Starting in the Midnight pre-patch, the Demon Hunter class will be available to Void Elves.

At launch, the Midnight expansion will have four zones. Not all of them are new, though. Some zones have been revamped for the expansion.

• Eversong Woods: The zone previously known as the Ghostlands has healed from the wounds inflicted upon the land from the Scourge campaign, and is now teeming with life. You will be facing forces of the Void, the Lightbloom (a magical overgrowth), Void cultists, and the trolls of the Amani clan make a return as well.
• Zul'Aman: The original Classic raid is expanded into a fully-fledged zone, revealing the ancestral lands of the Forest Trolls. Ancient forests and mountains teeming with wildlife await, as well as hidden crypts and ziggurats of the troll empire. You will explore these lands alongside the children of Zul'jin, Zul'jarra and Zul'jan.
• Harandar: Home of the new allied race, the Haranir, this place is a primordial, fungal jungle built around the roots of the World Trees. All manners of life are derived from the plant matter that span this zone, from massive towers and bridges, to ruins infested with bioluminescent wildlife.
• Voidstorm: Venture into a distant chaotic world brimming with Void energy, where even the creatures and inhabitants themselves fight to consume not only the Heroes of Azeroth, but also each other. Areas of low gravity and massive Nexus Points can be found in this bastion of the void.

Silvermoon City has been fully rebuilt to work like a modern city in WoW with Flying supported. Around two thirds of the city will be available to both factions with one third only available to the Horde faction. Keep in mind the city still belongs to the Horde.

Player Housing is expected to arrive in a limited form in War Within Patch 11.2.7, but it will not be until the Midnight expansion actually launches before the feature becomes fully available to players.

Build and customize your new home with 3D placement tools for freeform or grid-based decoration! Dye your furniture, show off trophies from your adventuring or crafting exploits, and move into neighborhoods with fellow friends, guildmates or private communities!

A new Allied Race that we first encountered in The War Within will become playable in Midnight. It is gated behind completing the max-level campaign.

Midnight will launch with 9 raid bosses spread across 3 raids to give players more options to experience Midnight's epic story.

• The Voidspire: A 6-boss raid that serves as Xal'atath's stronghold in the Voidstorm.
• The Dreamrift: A single-boss raid that takes the raid where primordial dreams and brutal reality meet.
• March of Quel'Danas: A 2-boss raid full of lore spoilers.

Opt-in hunting system led by Astalor Bloodsworn based in Murder Row of Silvermoon City. This system adds a layer of outdoor world gameplay for players seeking more thrill and challenge as they adventure across Midnight's zones.

You will be hunting powerful enemies across all of Midnight's zones, endure ambushes laid out for you, and choose between multiple different difficulties for your prey.

Once successful, you will be rewarded with cosmetics, mounts, titles and housing items.

Check out our Prey guide to learn more about the system!

Expect to play through 10 new Delves in the Midnight expansion. There will also be a new Nemesis delve available at launch. Brann is taking a long-deserved break as the NPC companion and is being replaced by Valeera Sanguinar.

For more information, check out our Delves guide!

Midnight ships with 8 new dungeons. Magister's Terrace has been reworked with new wings that were previously unavailable. One of them is set to include a balcony directly over The Sunwell.

Here is a list of all the new dungeons available in Midnight:

• Windrunner Spire;
• Magister's Terrace;
• Murder Row;
• Den of Nalorakk;
• Maisara Caverns;
• Blinding Vale;
• Nexus-Point Xenas;
• Voidscar Arena.

Exile's Reach now flows into Dragonflight. Story Mode raids now exist for Raszageth, Sarkareth, and Fyrakk. Skyriding has been simplified: there are now 6 shared charges for Surge Forward and Skyward Ascent, Vigor bar has been removed.

An optional Arathi Highlands tour with Jaina and Thrall for returning players who do not need the full new player onboarding experience from Exile's Reach has been added.

A War Within recap has been added. This is a multi-hour experience that takes you through the whole expansion. This will take new players from 70 to 80.

Transmogrification has been completely overhauled. You can save an appearance to a specific gear slot instead of the gear itself, which means if you get a green quest item during leveling, it will not overwrite your current Shoulder transmog! New pieces of gear will inherit your saved look for that slot.

While unlocking outfit slots will cost gold, switching between saved outfits is completely free. Furthermore, you can drag outfits directly to your action bars, letting you update your looks on the go.

In Midnight, Situations allow you to set conditions for outfits, which means you will equip them automatically when you enter your house, or when you switch specs.

Finally, we can expect miscellaneous quality-of-life improvements to existing tools like the Cooldown Manager, the Single-Button Rotation, and Edit Mode. Boss Alerts will be added into the default UI. We expect these to land in the Midnight pre-patch.

The Comp Stomp brawl expands to a permanent mode adding Battle for Gilneas and Silvershard Mines to the rotation. Slayer's Rise is a new portion of the Voidstorm zone that serves as both an open world PvP hotspot as well as a new instanced Epic battleground inspired by Alterac Valley and Isle of Conquest where players will need to conquer enemy bases before taking on their Domanaar commander.