Patch Notes

Patch assumptions based on what we know. Anything can be moved back to another patch so it's not concrete.

13.0.1 - August 2027

• New Expansion Launch - The Last Titan

• New Zones

• New Dungeons

• New Raid - ???

• New PvP Season

• Early Access - August 7th 2027

13.0 - July 2027

• New Expansion Pre-patch - The Last Titan

12.2.7 - June 2027

• Will fill in later

12.2.5 - April 2027

• Will fill in later

12.2 - February 2027

• Will fill in later

12.1.7 - December 2026

• Confirmed pieces so far: additional story quests, holiday content updates, a new standalone mode, and another Turbulent Timeways event. Blizzard hasn't detailed this one much beyond that yet.

12.1.5 - October 2026

• A new raid, plus other new content and systems, and Labyrinth megadelves. The Labyrinths are the headline: nine labeled rooms across three rows in a branching, partially non-linear layout closer to a raid floorplan than a normal Delve, built for one to five players rather than requiring a full five-player group, with rewards expected to sit above the standard Delve gear ceiling.

12.1 - August 2026

• New zone: the Coiled Isle, an island off the east coast of Zul'Aman

• New raid: an eight-boss raid themed around the Amani trolls, culminating in Ula'tek

• New dungeon: Altar of Fangs, a three-boss dungeon themed around poison and snake enemies, joining the Season 2 Mythic+ rotation

• New world-boss system: Lairs, a scalable instanced world boss system OverGear

• Housing overhaul: Blueprints for saving/sharing house layouts, pet beds and new endeavors, and houses reaching level 12

• Marks the start of Midnight Season 2

12.0.7 - June 2026 - Released

• New story and quest content, Void Assault Escalations, a one-boss raid called Sporefall in Harandar, and the return of Turbulent Timeways

• Two new zones reached through a portal in Voidstorm: Naigtal, a fungal world occupied by the ethereal Hal'hadar, and Val, an icy former Legion world

• The Omnium Folio, a runic ledger of power players fill in through weekly activities

12.0.5 - April 2026 - Released

• Void Assaults

• Prop Hunt

12.0.1 - March 2 2026 - Released

• New Expansion Launch - Midnight

• New Zones

• New Dungeons

• New Raid - ???

• New PvP Season

• Early Access - February 7th 2026

12.0 - January 13 2026 - Released

• New Expansion Pre-patch - Midnight

• Player Housing

11.2.7 - December 2 2025 - Released

• New Content & Systems Updates

• Story & Quests 

• Brawlers Guild Return

• Player Housing Early Access

Legion Remix - October 7 2025 - Released

• Just like with Pandaria Remix

• Artifact Weapon Updates?

11.2.5 - September 23 2025 - Released

• New Content & Systems Updates

• 21st Anniversary

Announcement - August 21 2025

• Gamescom

• Next Expansion Announcement: Midnight

11.2 - August 5 2025 - Released

• New World Events

• New Dungeon

• New Raid

• New Open World Challenges

• Warbands Updates

• Brewfest Updates

• Season Rewards Refresh

• Go to homeworld of Ethereal faction?

• Season 3

11.1.7 - June 17 2025 - Released

• Story & Quests

• New Content and System Updates

• Turbulent Timeways

  • Timewalking Event

• Shaman Tanks Spec?

11.1.5 - April 22 2025 - Released 

• New Content: Nightfall

• Horrific Visions Revisited

• Children's Week Update

11.1 - February 25 2025 - Released 

• New Zone: UndermineD

• New Raid: Liberation of Undermine

• New Dungeon Operation: Floodgate

• DRIVE (Dragonriding but with cars)

• New Delves

• Cartel Renown

• Warband Updates

• Season 2 - March 4th

Plunderstorm - January 14 2025 - Released 

• Plunderstorm v2

11.0.7 - December 17 2024 - Released

• New Zone: Siren Isle

• Turbulent Timeways

  • Timewalking Event

11.0.5 - October 22 2024 - Released

• WoW 20th Anniversary Celebration

• Classic Dungeons Added to Timewalking

• More Flexibility for Dracthyr - New Classes

• New Ascendance Forms for Shamans

• Dragonflight PvP Ensembles

• Changes to Transmog Collecting

11.0 - August 26 2024 - Released

• New Expansion Launch - War Within

• Delves

• Hero Talents

• Dynamic Flight

• Warbands

• Earthen Allied Race

• New Zones

• New Dungeons

• New Raid - Nerub-ar Palace

• New PvP Season