WoW Patch Notes 12.1.5: Kith'ix, Labyrinth, Venomstones and What's Next

Patch 12.1.5 goes live on Tuesday 13 October 2026 in North America with weekly maintenance. European realms get it on Wednesday 14 October, after their own maintenance. It is the mid-season update for Midnight Season 2.

When	What unlocks
Week of 6 October (live now)	Orin Straylight's extra Nebulous Voidcore quests in Silvermoon City
13 October NA, 14 October EU	12.1.5 itself: The Promise of Tomorrow campaign, the Kith'ix raid, the Labyrinth of Kindo'jan, Aqir Invasions, Keystone Myth and class changes
Week of 20 October	Ascendant Venomstones unlock and the crest cap lifts
18 or 19 October to 1 or 2 November	Hallow's End, the yearly Halloween festival

The new story, The Promise of Tomorrow, sends you back to Quel'Thalas and Zul'Aman. It ends in the depths of the Coiled Isle against the C'Thraxxi general Kith'ix.

Kith'ix, the ancient foe of the Amani, lay bound in a lair beneath the Venomous Abyss. Ula'tek's defeat weakened those restraints. You face him with Lady Liadrin at your side.

• Difficulties: Story Mode, Raid Finder, Normal, Heroic and Mythic.
• Mythic uses a flexible group of 15 to 25 players.
• Heroic and Mythic kills drop Ascendant Venomstones once the refresh opens in the week of 20 October.
• The fight closes the Quel'Thalas and Zul'Aman story of Midnight.

A single boss makes Kith'ix a short weekly stop next to the full Venomous Abyss clear. Venomous Abyss tactics and Season 2 raid loot are in our Midnight raid guide.

The Labyrinth of Kindo'jan is an Amani funeral complex in Eversong, north of Amani Pass. It plays like a Delve stretched over 9 chambers, with Valeera Sanguinar as your companion.

• Start with the quest from Kul'amara the Fierce at Tokka's Landing.
• Clear it in 1 long session or a wing at a time. A single wing still pays out, and every extra chamber adds more treasure.
• A Tier 11 solo challenge sits at the top end.
• Rewards include Mythic gear, cosmetics, titles and toys.
• Clear all 9 chambers on Tier 8 or higher to face Kindo'jan, the master of the Labyrinth and a new Nemesis.
• Progress inside a run stays only while you remain in the delve, so set aside time for a full clear.

Delve tiers, curios and solo gearing for Season 2 are in our WoW Delves guide.

Aqir Invasions are zone-wide public events in Eversong or Zul'Aman. They run for 10 minutes each hour: a chain of events across the zone, then a boss fight.

Each invasion draws from 6 scenario types, 3 with combat and 3 without. Combat scenarios roll 1 of 8 affixes.

Affix	What it does
Void Protection	An Aqir Voidweaver can appear and shield every other aqir.
Aqir Burrower	Burrowing aqir knock nearby players into the sky.
Void Sphere	Roaming spheres try to trap players inside them.
Astalor's Anguish	Anguish Crystals hit aqir and any player caught in the blast.
Swarms!	Every aqir is replaced by swarms of smaller aqir.
Aqir Elites	Fewer aqir, each much stronger.
Void Infestation	Infested aqir explode a few seconds into combat and infect others.
Web Weavers	An Aqir Webweaver webs a player unless you interrupt its channel.

Rewards grow with every objective the crowd clears before the 10 minutes run out.

1. Week of 6 October (live now): take In the Catalyst's Shadow from Decimus in Voidstorm. Then take Prismatic Potential from Orin Straylight in Silvermoon City. After his research, Umbral Blessings of the Catalyst lets you trade gold, Voidlight Marl or Veteran Mistcrests for 1 extra Nebulous Voidcore a week.
2. Week of 13 October: Orin offers Ancient Depths, Ancient Venom and starts researching Venomstones.
3. Week of 20 October: Ascending with Venomstones unlocks Ascendant Venomstones, and the crest cap lifts.

Ascendant Venomstones drop from every Heroic or Mythic raid boss, Mythic+ keys at +10 and above, Tier 11 Bountiful Delves and Nightmare Prey Hunt Champion gear chests. Bring 10 to the Catalyst in Silvermoon City.

They raise the item level of a fully upgraded Season 2 Hero, Myth or top-quality Tidal Crafted weapon, trinket or necklace.

Keystone Myth returns too. Midnight Keystone Myth: Season 2 needs a Mythic+ rating of 3600. It awards the title the Venomous Contender and the Timelost Saddle. Blizzard also tunes outlier dungeons when Keystone Myth returns.

Rating routes and the Season 2 dungeon pool are in our Mythic+ guide.

10 classes get changes. The biggest are a Marksmanship talent swap, a Protection Warrior Execute buff and Devourer quality-of-life fixes.

Class	Main change
Demon Hunter	Devourer's Collapsing Star gains range once the cast starts and no longer goes on a 5s cooldown when cancelled. The Hunt and Eradicate move to the middle gate.
Druid	Restoration's Nature's Bounty is redesigned. Regrowth heals up to 3 allies with Rejuvenation for 15% of its healing.
Evoker	Scalecommander Melt Armor damage up 100%. Preservation's Merithra's Blessing drops to 30 seconds. Flameshaper's Consume Flame heals 20% more.
Hunter	Marksmanship loses Unload and gains Blood Fletching, a bleed window after an Aimed Shot critical strike.
Mage	Frost gets Splitting Ice and Shatter fixes. Spellslinger's Splinterstorm stays up when a raid encounter or Mythic+ key starts.
Monk	Transcendence: Transfer can no longer be used while silenced.
Priest	Discipline's Master the Darkness drops to 30 seconds. Holy's Ultimate Serenity moves up the tree.
Rogue	Outlaw's Deft Maneuvers now adds 5 Energy per target hit, up to 30. Subtlety Shadow damage bonuses now apply correctly.
Shaman	Restoration's Swelling Tides extends Riptide's timer. Healing Rain is instant again with Nature's Swiftness.
Warrior	Protection Execute damage up 30%. Colossus Practiced Strikes cuts Execute and Revenge Rage cost by 10.

• Prey catch-up: below rank 4, every hunt grants 4000 Journey progress, a full rank. Ranks 4 to 9 get 2000 from each of the week's opening 4 hunts.
• Afflicted and Tormented Souls now only work between hunts.
• Coordinates now show under the minimap, with an option to hide them.
• Raid frames can show animated ants or a pulsing overlay on a unit you can dispel.
• A new Pulse Your Health audio alert loops a sound below a health percentage you pick.
• Warband reputation: Legion and Battle for Azeroth reputations are now shared across the warband.
• Glory of the Wartorn Hero no longer needs Snake Eyes, Snake Eater or Good Night, Sweet Prince.
• Housing: keybinds move between floors in floorplan mode, and stairwell blueprints export every connected floor.

Sporebearer Fungal Strider goes on sale in Harandar for 5 million gold. It carries a mailbox and a repair vendor. A Harandar vendor sells extra NPCs for it, such as an auctioneer or a transmogrifier. The mount is sold only for the rest of Midnight. Access to the swappable NPCs stays after that.

Saving up for it? Our WoW gold guide lists the Midnight gold methods that pay best.

Hallow's End, the yearly Halloween festival, starts inside the 12.1.5 launch week. It ran from 18 October to 1 November in 2025. The 2026 run starts on 18 or 19 October and lasts about 2 weeks.

• Queue for the Headless Horseman in the Dungeon Finder from level 10. Each day's kill can drop his mounts, such as the Headless Horseman's Ghoulish Charger.
• Candy Buckets in inns across Azeroth pay out the holiday currency for vendor rewards.
• The Wickerman bonfire gives experience and reputation buffs.

The in-game calendar shows the exact start hour for your realm.

Update and window	Headline content
12.1.7 Echoes of the Worldcore Late autumn to early winter 2026	Talebound, a new PvE action RPG mode with 4 tales. A PTR preview is due in October.
12.2 Eclipse Winter	The Mantle Vault zone, the 8-boss Worldcore raid against Xal'atath, the Gearhold lair, Thraegar's Stand and the Midnight's Edge legendary dagger.
Season 3 Shortly after Eclipse	A new Mythic+ pool, a new top 5% reward tier, spec-based top 1% and 5% rewards, and Astalor Bloodsworn as the new Delve Nemesis.

The Season 3 Mythic+ pool: Thraegar's Stand, The Underrot, Iron Docks, Sanguine Depths, The Stonecore, Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr, Magisters' Terrace and Maisara Caverns.

Eclipse also opens Paladin to Forsaken, Night Elf and Troll characters. Calendar windows for both updates are tracked in our WoW 12.2 release date page.