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by Published on 2025-11-12 06:20 PM

Midnight Prologue: "The Warning" Content Update Goes Live December 2
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the Ghosts of K’aresh behind us, Azeroth stands on the precipice of a future overshadowed by Xal’atath and the relentless advance of the Void. In "The Warning", the stage is set for what comes next before continuing the story in the Midnight expansion. Players will also be welcomed home with the start of Housing Early Access!




Continuing The War Within Campaign


Though the Ghosts of K'aresh have been put to rest, a new danger looms. Vereesa Windrunner is stricken by visions of a new threat: a dire prophecy of Quel'thalas' fall. You’ll continue The War Within campaign beginning with the Visions of a Shadowed Sun quest found in your Adventure Guide (Shift-J) to learn more about what portents await.



Housing Early Access


As a part of the content update, players who have added Midnight to their account will gain access to Housing Early Access. Here are some of the features that will be initially available.

  • Decor Collection/Room Decorating
  • Room Layouts
  • Neighborhoods
  • Guild Neighborhood Creation
  • Decor earned through legacy content
  • Crafted Decor
  • Flying in Neighborhoods
  • New Housing Tutorial

Learn more in our Housing Early Access article.



New and Returning Player Experiences


Whether you’re a new player or returning after a hiatus, we’ve got you covered. New players will discover a smoother transition to get caught up with an updated New Player Experience. Players seeking to return to Azeroth will find a guided Returning Player Experience to help you remember how to play the game and get you on the path to the next latest content in World of Warcraft. Learn more in our previously published article.



New Lorewalking: The Elves of Quel'Thalas


Meet with Lorewalker Cho to learn about the origins of the Blood Elves and the Void Elves. You’ll begin your journey with a retelling of the Scourge attack on Silvermoon City and the Lich King’s assault on the Sunwell. Later, you’ll find out more about the tainting of the Sunwell by Alleria Windrunner, and the creation of the Void Elves.



Pandaren Heritage Armor


Return to the Wandering Isle alongside a familiar cast of pandaren to set right all that’s gone awry with preparations for the Spirit Festival. Rally villagers and spirits alike to restore harmony to the celebration—and earn the new Pandaren Heritage Armor for your collection.



Tour the Turbulent Timeways


Once more, the Bronze Dragonflight has discovered growing disturbances in the timeways, with several rapidly intersecting our own! Players will be able to take on six new dungeons from the Shadowlands for the first time as a part of this limited-time ten-week event. Collect new rewards, earn new meta-achievements, and more.



The Brawler's Guild Returns December 9


Step back into the fighting ring to engage in one-on-one combat with variety of new and familiar bosses.. Players will once more be able to sign up to take on these foes and climb the ranks or stand ring side and watch the spectacle.

Locations:
  • Orgrimmar: Brawl’gar Arena
  • Stormwind: Bizmo’s Brawlpub (Deeprun Tram)

We’re making some additional improvements, changing the boss rotation, and adding some new bosses along the way. Players will also be able to earn challenge achievements and collect some new rewards including Housing decor, a recolored flying mount, and even Bruce in a new color variation!



Take your next step into the continuing story of The War Within and prepare for the arrival of Midnight!
by Published on 2025-11-12 06:19 PM

Housing Early Access Arrives December 2!
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the release of the “The Warning” Midnight Prologue content update, players who have purchased any edition of the Midnight expansion can join a neighborhood, purchase a house, and start customizing their new home with Housing Early Access! If you don’t have Midnight yet, don’t worry. You’ll still be able to begin adding to your Housing collection through a variety of activities and achievements, or by purchasing them from vendors throughout Azeroth.



Who is Eligible for Housing Early Access?


Housing for Returning Players

Players who are returning or continuing their journeys into Midnight will receive a quest which will direct them to the Housing tutorial so they can begin learning more about owning a house and decorating it.

Housing for New Players

Players who are new to World of Warcraft and have Midnight will play through the New Player Experience until reaching the end of the initial tutorial on the boat. At the end of that experience, these players will be able to choose to continue the New Player Experience or go directly to the Housing tutorial.

Players Without Midnight

Players who don’t have Midnight as of yet will be able to visit Neighborhoods and collect Housing items from various activities including quests from NPCs located in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Dornogal. You won’t be able to purchase a home or join a Neighborhood without the expansion, however.



What’s Available with Housing Early Access?


New Housing Tutorial

Whether you’re a new player or a veteran, you’ll learn the basics of setting up and decorating your new home with the Housing Tutorial.

Join a Neighborhood

Whether you’re part of a guild, have a friend group, or plan to join a public Neighborhood, you’ll be able to establish your new home base in either Founder’s Point (Alliance) or in Razorwind Shores.

  • Public Neighborhood: Anyone can join a public neighborhood.
  • Guild Neighborhood: Establish a neighborhood just for your guild by visiting the Steward. You’ll need to have at least 10 recently active players (in the last thirty days).

It’s important to note that Endeavors won’t be available until after the pre-expansion content update for Midnight.

Buy a House and Make a Home

Scout your new Neighborhood for the perfect location to set up your new home and purchase a house in your chosen neighborhood. You’ll position it on your new property and start adding your unique touch to the property and your new house.

Decorate With Flair

Put your collection to work designing your new space in either Basic or Advanced Mode. collect over 600+ Housing items from various activities including quests from NPCs located in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Dornogal. You can view the available items within the new Housing Dashboard (hotkey- H) in the Decor Catalog tab, some of their sources, how much they cost, and any additional requirements to add them to your collection.

You can also sort through all the available items by type (Furnishings, Accents, Structural, Lighting, Nature, Functional, and Miscellaneous) and Filter your items using a variety of options such as by Style, Culture, Expansion, and more.

Professions

Collect resources and craft decor items to use in your own home or sell them to other players. Explore professions from every era of Azeroth, reaching back to Classic WoW, and put those long-forgotten reagents to good use as you forge expansion-specific rewards. It’s time to dig through your reagent bank—hidden treasures await!

Begin Leveling Up Your Home

Players who purchase homes will be able to begin leveling their home up as they add to their collection even before the Midnight expansion releases. If you don’t have a home yet, don’t worry. As you collect items for your home, you’ll still receive experience which will be applied to your home once you purchase the Midnight expansion and your new in-game home.



Your new home in Azeroth awaits!
by Published on 2025-11-12 06:18 PM

The Arena World Championship and Mythic Dungeon International Grand Finals Schedule
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
It’s been an enthralling season of WoW esports, and both the Arena World Championship (AWC) and the Mythic Dungeon International (MDI) are preparing to round out the expansion with an exciting conclusion. The two pinnacle programs have spanned several weeks of competitions, featuring the world’s most devoted World of Warcraft players challenging one another to reach new heights in some of the most intense tournaments yet. Now that the groups and cups have drawn to a close, it’s time to prepare for the epic finales in the realms of PvP and PvE alike.



Watch the Arena World Championship Live November 14-16!

The AWC is nearing its finale! The exciting end of the season starts with a fierce single-elimination bracket, where groups of gladiators enter the gauntlet with the hopes of securing the final spot in the Grand Finals. From there, four teams of the greatest gladiators in each region will compete in a spectacular showdown for the championship title and their share of the $200,000 (USD) prize pool. Catch the action live on the official Warcraft Twitch and YouTube channels from November 14 to November 16!

  • Dates: November 14-16 starting at 10 a.m. PST
  • Format: Single-Elimination Gauntlet into Double-Elimination Grand Finals
  • Teams & Brackets: Follow all the teams and Grand Finals brackets live on Raider.IO
  • Prize Pool: $220,000 USD
  • Drops: Earn the Ensemble: Violet Sweatsuit Transmog set by watching AWC! More information is available in this blog post.
  • Streams: Twitch.tv/Warcraft and YouTube.com/Warcraft
    • Co-streaming: Interested in co-streaming the AWC Grand Finals? Please fill out this form ahead of the event.
  • Casters: Eiya, Supatease, Venruki, Ziqo
    • Guest Talent: Azael



Tune in for the Mythic Dungeon International November 21-23!

The MDI is also approaching its epic end for the season! In the Global Finals, eight teams of the world’s most dedicated dungeoneers will face off for their share of the $300,000 prize pool and the title of worldwide champions. Tune in to the competition live on official Warcraft Twitch and YouTube channels from November 21 to November 23!

  • Dates: November 21-23 starting at 9.45 a.m. PST
  • Format: Keystone Pushing Format, Highest Keys Pushed Wins
  • Competitors: Find the full list of qualified teams on Raider.IO
  • Prize Pool: $300,000 USD
  • Drops: Earn the Ensemble: Violet Sweatsuit Transmog set by watching MDI! More information is available in this blog post.
  • Streams: Twitch.tv/Warcraft and YouTube.com/Warcraft
  • Co-streaming: Interested in co-streaming the MDI Global Finals? Please fill out this form ahead of the event.
  • Casters: Dratnos, Meeix, Naguura, Rookuri, Tettles, Xyronic



An expansion worth of WoW esports action comes down to this—mark your calendars and catch the captivating culmination of The War Within Season 3 on the official Warcraft Twitch and YouTube channels starting November 14!
by Published on 2025-11-12 04:52 AM

Play with the Blues: Midnight Pre-Launch Event - November 17
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
This Monday, November 17, please join members of the World of Warcraft development team in the Twilight Highlands on the “Midnight Prelaunch Event” realm to playtest the upcoming Midnight pre-launch event, where we’ll learn more about the Twilight’s Blade with the help of Magister Umbric and Grand Magister Rommath.

The experience will begin with the quest “The Cult Within” in Stormwind if you’re Alliance or in Orgrimmar if you’re Horde, and will eventually lead all players to the Twilight Highlands in the Eastern Kingdoms. The event in the Twilight Highlands has a rapid cadence, and should appear in the Event tracker, which you can view by opening your Map and clicking on the Events tab that appears when the map is minimized. (Default Hotkey: M)

Event Details
  • Date: Monday, November 17
  • Start: 11:00 PST (14:00 EST, 20:00 CET)
  • End: 13:00 PST (16:00 EST, 22:00 CET)
  • Realm: Midnight Prelaunch Event
    • The realm will become available when the event begins and will remain open after the event ends for a short period of time for those who still want to test out the pre-launch event.
  • Requirements: Copy a character from the live servers to participate in the test.

Before we begin, please take some time to get familiar with changes made to your class and specialization. There have been some significant changes to talents, hero talents, and core class abilities.

We look forward to playing with you and reading your feedback! See you there, champions!
by Published on 2025-11-11 11:53 PM

WoW Hotfixes - November 11, 2025
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Delves

  • Ky’veza
    • Dark Massacre nether phantoms now ambush after 3 seconds (was 2 seconds) on [?] difficulty.
    • Dark Massacre now tolerates a significantly greater degree of imperfect facing on both [?] and [??] difficulties.

Mists of Pandaria Classic

  • Death Knight
    • Frost
      • Fixed a bug where Blood Tap with Death Siphon could provide an unintended extra invisible rune.
    • Unholy
      • Summon Gargoyle will no longer cancel casts of Gargoyle Strike and will now smoothly cast them back-to-back.
      • Summon Gargoyle’s Gargoyle Strike attack can no longer go below a 0.5 second cast time.
      • Summon Gargoyle will now cast a maximum of 25 Gargoyle Strikes and then depart.
    • Shaman
      • Healing Tide Totem and Healing Stream Totem will now correctly gain critical strike chance on their spells based on the casting Shaman’s Intellect.
    • Warlock
      • The Immolate from Fire and Brimstone will now correctly work with Pandemic when used on a group of enemies, causing all active Immolates from Fire and Brimstone to gain the correct duration when refreshed.

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