Patch 12.1 Overview
The latest datamined class tuning and spell changes have a little something for everyone, with a focus on Death Knights, Druids, Mages, and Paladins.
QoL improvements include a one-time profession knowledge reset, and the ability to display map coordinates in the UI.
New Mythic+ dungeons are available for testing, with notes from Blizzard on mechanical changes and reducing the number of casters.
Prey Season 2 sends players on new hunts, in exchange for fresh prizes and a taste of corrosive power!
Normal, Hard, and Nightmare Prey achievements now give joint credit, making them significantly easier to finish!
The Season 2 Catalyst gains charges like Season 1 but now retains stats and special effects!
Players can bring Pepe to their player homes, forever uniting them with their favorite transdimensional bird!
There are dozens of new decor in 12.1, featuring everything from troll and tortollan relics, to stairs, trophies, and even pet beds!
Pet beds allow players to add non-combat pets in player housing!
The Shadowhunter's Hexblade is a new two-bladed sword, giving more classes the opportunity to transmog a warglaive-like weapon!
The Midnight Season 2 Splash Screen highlights the updated Mythic+ rotation and new Venomous Abyss raid.
Updated Venomous Abyss Maps give us a better look inside the new eight boss raid.
The World Map has been updated to include the Coiled Isles, resulting a surprising shift in the Eastern Kingdoms.
A new loading screen replaced the previous art of the Eastern Kingdoms for most open world content in Midnight.
Class Editorials
Our guide writers have also put together a series of editorials, discussing the impact of upcoming class changes and new tier sets in Midnight Season 2.
Assassination Rogues have reworked talents and resource economy, though may have missed a perfect opportunity.
Beast Mastery Hunters may find themselves wanting to cancel Beast Cleave in order to use their new tier set more effectively.
Enhancement Shaman is fun to play, but longstanding issues have yet to be addressed.
Fire Mages may find themselves standing still to hard cast Pryoblast more often.
Outlaw Rogues looks like they might start struggling against lower numbers of targets.
Retribution Paladins have a controversial tier set coming in Season 2, alongside some changes to Holy Power.
Shadow Priests are taking steps in the right direction, though the new tier set struggles to deliver.
