Blizzard has announced that its next expansion for World of Warcraft – Midnight – will be releasing on March 2, 2026. The announcement was made with a brand new trailer featuring several of the important characters from the story of the expansion, including Blood Elf leader Lor’themar and primary antagonist Xal’atath. Check it out below.
Midnight is the second part of a planned trilogy that aims to tell a grander story, dubbed the Worldsoul Saga. The first part of the trilogy was The War Within, while the third part – slated for release a few years later – will be The Last Titan. Aside from announcing the World of Warcraft: Midnight release date, Blizzard has also opened up sign-ups for the expansion’s beta.
World of Warcraft: Midnight is available for pre-order in three distinct editions: Base, Heroic, and Epic. The base edition will feature access to World of Warcraft: The War Within as well as Midnight, and will also include an Enhanced Level 80 Character Boost to get your new characters up to the level where they can start newer content, along with early access to the new Housing system, and 500 Trader’s Tenders. The Heroic Edition includes all of these, along with 500 more Trader’s Tenders for a total of 1,000, the Lightwing Dragwonhawk flying mount, and the Lightstrider Raiment transmog set.
The Epic Edition of World of Wracraft: Midnight will include everything from the previous edition, along with 1,000 more Trader’s Tenders for a total of 2,000, the Hopeflutter and Doomfeathres pets, the Voidstrider Raiment transmog set, the Voidwing Dragonhawk and Voidlight Surger flying mounts, a variety of décor items for the housing system, automatic access to the expansion’s beta, 3 days of early access to the expansion’s full release, and 30 days of game time added to the subscription.
World of Warcraft: Midnight will bring with it a host of new content, including new zones, like a revitalised Eversong Woods, Zul’Aman, Harandar, and the Voidstorm. Throughout the campaign, players will also join in on an epic quest line with a major character from Warcraft’s lore: Arator, son of Turalyon and Alleria Windrunner. Over the course of the quest line, players will travel across the in-game continents to help Arator find relics of the Light that can be used by priests at the Sunwell.
Demon Hunter players also have plenty to look forward to thanks to the addition of a third specialisation for the class – Devourer. The upcoming specialisation makes use of Void energies to make use of ranged abilities stolen from enemies. Along with this, the Demon Hunter class is also now being opened up for Void Elf players.
At launch, Midnight will include a host of Delves that can be taken on either solo or in co-op, as well as eight new 5-player dungeons. The first season of the expansion will also bring with it three raid dungeons released over the course of Midnight Season 1.
World of Warcraft: Midnight will be coming to PC, with no console versions planned for the time being. For more details, check out our review of the previous expansion – The War Within.
