WoW Midnight’s prepatch kicked off on January 20, 2026, and whereas all the things’s not there to make the most of now, among the new options are there now. Now that Legion Remix has wrapped, gamers can concentrate on preparation for the subsequent main enlargement. The overwhelming majority of updates are within the sport, so don’t fear about that, and we all know when the precise prepatch occasion will kick off, as nicely.
We’ve nonetheless received loads of time till Midnight in the end launches, so there’s loads of time to atone for gear, stage up alts, and check out new specs throughout the WoW Midnight prepatch timeline. Right here’s what you possibly can participate in now (and later).
What’s obtainable throughout the WoW Midnight prepatch?
There are such a lot of issues that aren’t obtainable but for WoW Midnight throughout the prepatch, however these are the foremost enlargement options. What meaning is the brand new zones, the brand new stage cap (90), Apex Abilities, in addition to new Dungeons and Raids. All of that new, recent content material gained’t be obtainable till Midnight launches on March 2 (or the February 27 early entry).
That stated, there are nonetheless an enormous quantity of modifications which you could make the most of in WoW Midnight for the prepatch. Beneath is a whole listing of all the things that’s obtainable now, and the date for future content material:
- Stat Squish
- New Hero Expertise Row
- Class Expertise Tree Updates throughout
- Devourer Demon Hunters unlocked
- Void Elf Demon Hunter unlocked (requires further gameplay)
- Transmogrification modifications
- UI Updates/modifications
- Housing Constitution Neighborhoods, Housing Endeavors
- Twilight Ascension occasion (January 27)
The January 20 patch was to place nearly all of the updates and modifications to the sport. We’ll have to attend till January 27, 2026 for the Twilight Ascension occasion. This patch additionally shakes up just about everybody’s construct, with expertise updates and the brand new Hero Expertise rows. It’s doubtless that while you log in, you’ll have some expertise factors refunded.
Talking of courses, we even have the Devourer Demon Hunter spec is accessible, and so is Void Elf Demon Hunter, however there’s a catch on the second. You’ll want to finish the Rage of the Ren’dorei storyline first. The transmog modifications are additionally in, so that you’ll must replace your outfits! As a substitute of drugs updating robotically while you equip one thing new, the transmog slots are primarily based on gear slot. Truthfully, I believe it’s a greater system proper now, even when I’ve to redo all of my transmogs for my characters.
That half, I’m much less thrilled about. Nevertheless, you’ll have to purchase greater than two outfit slots (with gold). There’s additionally the brand new Conditions system, the place you possibly can have outfits for PVP, Raiding, or simply lounging round your home. It’s a fairly versatile system, and it’s one value exploring.
The lengthy and wanting the UI Updates are that addons that had entry to fight info, roughly now not work. For those who used WeakAuras, that gained’t be practical anymore, when Midnight launches. A number of of these addons have now been integrated into the Blizzard UI:
- Harm Meter
- Boss Timer interface (DBM)
- Cooldown Supervisor
- Raid Frames
- Character Nameplates
The Stat Squish has additionally been added to the sport, so we’ll simply must see how the sport feels now that it’s been added formally. I’ve no objection to the sport being rather less simple, however the hope is that it doesn’t really feel brutal, or irritating, to not point out Outdated World raid viability.
There’s additionally a couple of noteworthy updates to housing. Gamers can now have Blood Elf (Horde) or Night time Elf (Alliance) housing designs, and the Neighborhood Endeavors have begun. These are in-neighborhood occasions the place gamers full quite a lot of goals to unlock decor for his or her houses.
If you wish to have a Group, however aren’t part of a guild (or are in numerous guilds), you may make a Constitution Neighborhood to your, say, streaming neighborhood, as a substitute of simply being in a public/guild neighborhood.
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Edited by Jason Parker
