The second chapter of WoW’s Worldsoul Saga is almost here
World of Warcraft: Midnight, the 11th (eleventh!) expansion to Blizzard’s long-running massively multiplayer game, is upon us. Story-wise, Midnight is the second part of a trilogy called The Worldsoul Saga, which started with 2024’s The War Within. But it’s very much a full-fledged WoW expansion, with new and reworked zones, new systems, the long-awaited introduction of housing, and other radical changes to the way people play the almost 22-year-old MMO.
Midnight‘s global launch is on March 2 (or March 3, depending on your time zone). But there’s also an early access period starting Feb. 26 for players who purchase the Epic Edition of the expansion.
Here’s when World of Warcraft: Midnight releases in early access in your time zone, plus a little bit about what to expect.
World of Warcraft: Midnight early access release time in your time zone
If you’re lucky enough to own the Epic Edition of World of Warcraft: Midnight, you can get early access to the expansion from Thursday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. EST, according to Blizzard. Here’s when that is in your time zone:
- 3 p.m. PST for the west coast of North America
- 6 p.m. EST for the east coast of North America
- 8 p.m. BRT for Brazil
- 11 p.m. GMT for the U.K.
- 12 a.m. CET on Friday, Feb. 27 for Western Europe
- 8 a.m. JST on Friday, Feb. 27 for Japan
- 10 a.m. AEDT on Friday, Feb. 27 for the east coast of Australia
What to expect from World of Warcraft: Midnight
Like any WoW expansion, Midnight brings a wealth of new features and content to the game, and will be followed by several phases of updates over the course of more than a year. Here are the biggest additions coming at launch:
- A new campaign storyline as the heroes of Azeroth battle a void invasion orchestrated by Xal’atath, the Harbinger.
- Four new and reworked adventuring zones: the blood elf homelands of Eversoong Woods, the Amani troll empire of Zul’Aman, the fungal jungle of Harandar, and the cosmic wasteland of Voidstorm. Silvermoon City has also been reworked to serve as the expansion’s hub.
- Player housing available in WoW for the first time, with a vast array of décor items to collect across the entire game.
- New allied race the Haranir available to unlock and play. They’re sort of primordial jungle elves.
- New Demon Hunter class specialization: Devourer, a mid-range caster. The Demon Hunter class is also available to Void Elves for the first time.
- The Prey system which will see players track — and be ambushed by — powerful targets in outdoor adventuring zones.
- New raids, dungeons, and single-player Delves, with a new NPC companion for Delves.
- New PvP battleground Slayer’s Rise.
- New level cap of 90 and Apex talents.
- The Arcantina, a social and lore hub featuring familiar characters and nostalgic questlines.
