Feedback: Midnight Season 1 Dungeon Testing January 28

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#1 - Jan. 29, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
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Greetings!

Midnight Season 1 dungeon testing continues on Wednesday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m. PST (9:00 p.m. EDT / 3:00 a.m. CEST) and continues throughout the first week of Midnight. Please note that this schedule may be adjusted if we encounter any technical issues during testing.

During the test period you’ll be able to acquire and customize Mythic Keystones by talking to the Keystone Vendor in Stormwind, Orgrimmar and Silvermoon. The nearby Dungeon Teleports NPC will assist you with transportation. Throughout beta, all Midnight dungeons will be available for testing on Normal and Heroic difficulty. Seasonal dungeons will rotate with each new test period.

For this round, the following seasonal dungeons will be open for testing on Heroic, Mythic and Mythic+ difficulty:

  • Magisters’ Terrace

  • Maisara Caverns

  • Nexus-Point Xenas

  • Windrunner Spire

  • Algeth’ar Academy

  • Seat of the Triumvirate

  • Pit of Saron

  • Skyreach

Provided that the items equipped on your character are at least item level 226, they will scale automatically to a higher level as needed to support Dungeon testing.

Dungeon Updates

General

  • Creature health and damage has been increased by 10% in Mythic and Mythic Keystone difficulties.
    • Dev note: Overall, this change represents roughly one keystone level. We’re making this adjustment based on data from beta realms. As player power levels begin to finalize, we’ll continue to closely monitor throughout the remainder of beta and make further adjustments as needed.

Magisters’ Terrace

  • Timer increased from 33 minutes to 33 minutes and 30 seconds
  • Seranel Sunlash
    • Runic Mark
      • Number of targets reduced from 3 to 2
  • Degentrius
    • Unstable Void Essence
      • No longer afflicts players standing in the area with a damage over time effect

Maisara Caverns

  • Muro’jinn and Nekraxx
    • Carrion Swoop
      • Freezing traps are now highlighted during spell cast
  • Hulking Juggernaut
    • Deafening Roar
      • Damage reduced by 10%

Nexus-Point Xenas

  • Timer reduced from 30 minutes to 29 minutes and 30 seconds
  • Enemy forces requirement increased by 4%
  • Chief Corewright Kasreth
    • Leyline Array
      • Damage reduced by 25% on non-Mythic difficulties
      • Damage reduced by 50% on Mythic and Mythic Keystone difficulties
    • Arcane Spill
      • Damage reduced by 33%
  • Corewarden Nysarra
    • Lightscar Flare
      • Periodic damage increased by 16%
    • Eclipsing Step
      • Initial damage increased by 25%
    • Dreadflail
      • Health increased by 10%
  • Lothraxion
    • Divine Guile
      • Now pulses damage every 2 seconds instead of 3 seconds
    • Core Exposure
      • Damage vulnerability reduced from 50% to 20% per stack

Windrunner Spire

  • Timer reduced from 35 minutes to 33 minutes and 30 seconds
  • Restless Heart
    • Squall Leap
      • Impact damage reduced by 10%
      • Periodic damage reduced by 7.5%
    • Gust Shot
      • Impact damage reduced by 10%
      • Periodic damage reduced by 7.5%
    • Turbulent Arrows
      • Knock-up potency increased slightly
      • Impact damage reduced by 50%
    • Billowing Wind
      • Periodic damage reduced by 40%

Algeth’ar Academy

  • Timer reduced from 30 minutes to 29 minutes and 30 seconds
  • Vexamus
    • Oversurge
      • No longer dispellable
      • Damage vulnerability increased from 200% to 500%
      • Duration reduced from 20 sec to 18 sec
    • Arcane Fissure
      • Damage increased by 23%
  • Overgrown Ancient
    • Germinate
      • Arming time increased from 2 sec to 3 sec
    • Hungry Lasher
      • Health reduced by 10%
  • Crawth
    • Blistering Fire
      • Periodic damage reduced by 12.5%
    • Deafening Screech
      • Initial damage reduced by 25%
  • Doragosa
    • Overwhelming Power
      • Periodic damage increased by 20%
      • Haste buff reduced from 8% to 5%
  • Corrupted Manafiend
    • Mana Void
      • Now targets 2 players
      • Periodic damage reduced by 16%

Seat of the Triumvirate

  • Saprish
    • Health increased by 24% on Mythic and Mythic Keystone difficulties
    • Health reduced by 9% on non-Mythic difficulties
    • Shadow Pounce
      • Initial damage increased by 50%
      • Now ignores armor
    • Overload
      • Periodic damage increased by 16%
  • Viceroy Nezhar
    • Gates of the Abyss
      • Number of gates increased from 2 to 3

Skyreach

  • Timer reduced from 33 minutes to 28 minutes
  • Araknath
    • Fiery Smash
      • Damage vulnerability now only affects Fiery Smash instead of all fire damage
      • Damage vulnerability increased from 100% to 300%
      • Damage reduced by 37.5%

Pit of Saron

  • Adjusted the locations of some Gloombound Shadebringers
  • Garfrost
    • Cryostomp
      • Damage reduced by 11%
    • Ore Chunks
      • Damage reduced by 25%
      • Travel time increased by 20%
  • Ick and Krick
    • Lumbering Fixation
      • Krick now gains 100% attack speed while fixating on a player
    • Shade Shift
      • Duration increased from 8 sec to 12 sec
    • Plague Expulsion
      • Blight radius increased by 14%
    • Blight
      • Now inflicts damage every 1 sec instead of 1.5 sec
  • Scourgelord Tyrannus
    • Scourge Plaguespreaders
      • Health increased by 10%
    • Rotlings
      • Health increased by 10%
  • Wrathbone Enforcer
    • Sunderstrike
      • Now stacks
      • Duration increased from 6 sec to 8 sec
      • Damage vulnerability reduced by 50%
  • Quarry Tormentor
    • Tormenting Blade
      • Damage increased by 20%
    • Curse of Torment
      • Damage increased by 14%
      • Healing absorb increased by 25%
  • Leaping Geist
    • Leaping Maul
      • Damage increased by 14%
  • Rimebone Coldwraith
    • Permeating Cold
      • Damage increased by 25%
  • Arcanist Cadaver
    • Netherburst
      • Visibility increased
      • Damage increased by 25%
  • Dreadpulse Lich
    • Frost Blast
      • Damage increased by 11%
    • Torrent of Misery
      • Damage increased by 14%
    • Dread Pulse
      • Damage reduced by 12%

Thanks for testing and sharing your thoughts with us! We’ll be reviewing your feedback closely and will continue to post updates throughout the beta as changes roll out.

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#8 - Feb. 5, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
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Hello, we have made the following changes to M+ dungeons on beta:

Maisara Caverns

  • Dread Souleater
    • Necrotic Wave
      • Healing absorb reduced by 15%
  • Vordaza
    • Lingering Dread
      • Damage reduced by 10%
  • Rak’tul
    • Soulbind Totems
      • Prefers separate initial targets for Soulbind
    • Deathgorged Vessel
      • Damage reduced by 10%

Magisters’ Terrace

  • Degentrius
    • Void Destruction
      • Initial damage reduced by 40%
      • Periodic damage reduced by 75%
      • Duration increased from 10s to 40s
      • No longer marked as deadly in the dungeon journal

Windrunner Spire

  • Restless Heart
    • Squall Leap
      • Periodic damage reduced by 11%
    • Storming Soulfonts
      • Radius reduced by 10%
    • Tempest Slash
      • No longer removed by Turbulent Arrows
      • Damage vulnerability reduced to 40% from 200%
      • Damage increased by 18%
      • Knockback force increased by 8%
      • Now has a 10 second duration instead of an indefinite duration

Seat of the Triumvirate

  • Viceroy Nezhar
    • Mind Flay
      • Periodic damage reduced by 12.5%

Skyreach

  • Araknath
    • Fiery Smash
      • Updated spell visual during spell cast
  • Rukhran
    • Burning Pursuit
      • Periodic damage reduced by 17%

Pit of Saron

  • Adjusted the enemy composition of some creature packs
  • Forgemaster Garfrost
    • Health reduced by 6%
    • Siphoning Chill
      • Damage reduced by 6%
    • Ore Chunks
      • Radius reduced by 5%
    • Glacial Overload
      • Frost vulnerability increased to 75% per stack from 50% per stack
  • Ick and Krick
    • Shade of Krick
      • Health increased by 7%
  • Scourgelord Tyrannus
    • Frost Spit
      • Damage increased by 10%
    • Rotling
      • Health increased by 12.5%
    • Scourge Plaguespreader
      • Health increased by 8%
    • Festering Pulse
      • Damage reduced by 7%
  • Wrathbone Enforcer
    • Sunderstrike
      • Damage vulnerability increased to 15% per stack from 10% per stack
  • Ymirjar Graveblade
    • Fixed an issue where the visual for Dark Rupture would not be displayed on the stairs prior to Forgemaster Garfrost
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#10 - Feb. 5, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
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Greetings,

We are aware of two issues that we will be addressing in a hotfix tomorrow.

  • Pit of Saron

    • Quarry Tormentor
      • Curse of Torment is targeting all players with each cast instead of one player
  • Maisara Caverns

    • When engaging a pack of creatures near the entrance, an unintended social pull of a far-away pack of creatures occurs

Once we have addressed these issues, we will provide an update here. Thanks again for taking time to test and provide feedback throughout Beta.

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#12 - Feb. 5, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
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Hello, we have made the following changes to M+ dungeons on beta:

  • Pit of Saron

    • Quarry Tormentor

      • Addressed an issue where Curse of Torment is targeting more players than intended
  • Maisara Caverns

    • Addressed an issue where creatures at the entrance can pull more enemies than intended
  • Seat of the Triumvirate

    • L’ura
      • Discordant Beam
        • Damage reduced by 20%
      • Anguish
        • Damage vulnerability to Dirge of Despair reduced from 4% per stack to 3% per stack