This week in WoW (June 30 – July 7)
The current game week runs from the Tuesday, June 30 reset in the Americas (Wednesday, July 1 in Europe) through July 7. Headlines: a fresh Xal'atath's Bargain affix for Mythic+, the Turbulent Timeways timewalking tour opens on its Dragonflight week, Sporefall remains the highest-paying single-boss raid kill of Season 1, and Midnight Season 2 dungeon testing is already under way on Blizzard's test realms — the season clock is real. Everything below reflects the live week; check back after each reset, or hand the whole checklist to a PRO booster and skip straight to the rewards.
Mythic+ affixes this week (Midnight Season 1)
Midnight Season 1 runs a fixed affix ladder. Lindormi's Guidance covers +2 through +5 (guided routes, deaths don't cost timer) and leaves at +6. At +5 the week's rotating Xal'atath's Bargain kicks in — this week it's Devour on US realms (Voidbound on EU): periodic heal absorbs that buff your group when healed through and heal the enemy pack when failed. At +7, Fortified is active on US, with Tyrannical joining at +10 — yes, both run together from +10 up. At +12, Xal'atath's Guile removes the Bargain affix and deaths cost 15 seconds. Next week (US) rotates to Pulsar with Tyrannical first. Want the vault filled without pug roulette? Mythic+ carries run any key, timed.
Great Vault reminder
The Great Vault hands you exactly one item per week, but you control how many choices it offers: one completed keystone unlocks the first Mythic+ slot, four runs the second, eight the third. A single +10 or higher secures the best dungeon reward on the board — item level 272 on the Myth track — and banks a matching keystone for next week. Raid kills across Voidspire, Dreamrift, March on Quel'Danas and Sporefall fill the raid row the same way. Two habits pay off: claim the vault before you dive into the new affix week, and never end a week at zero keys — an idle week degrades the keystone the vault gives you.
Raid state: Midnight Season 1, on the clock
Season 1's tier spans four instances: The Voidspire (six bosses), The Dreamrift (one), March on Quel'Danas (two) and Sporefall — the single-boss raid added in June's 12.0.7 patch, whose loot lands at the top of each difficulty's upgrade track (reported 285 Heroic / 298 Mythic), making Rotmire the most efficient kill in the game right now. The clock is ticking: Season 2 dungeon testing is live on the PTR and the community projects the new tier around August. Ahead of the Curve (one per launch raid), Cutting Edge and the Ashes of Belo'ren Mythic mount all close when it arrives — book season-locked raid goals in July, not in the final messy week.
Weekly event: Turbulent Timeways (Dragonflight week)
Turbulent Timeways runs June 30 – August 11, touring one past expansion per week; this week is Dragonflight (Algeth'ar Academy, Halls of Infusion, Neltharus, Ruby Life Pools, The Azure Vault, Brackenhide Hollow). Four timewalking runs stack Mastery of the Timeways — +30% experience that persists through death — and the weekly quest pays a Heroic Cache of Quel'Thalas Treasures (item level 259–276). Hold Mastery in any four separate weeks and the Spawn of Vyranoth mount is yours. Next week the tour moves to Battle for Azeroth. Timewalking weeks are the season's best XP window — pair the buff with a leveling boost if an alt is waiting.