When is the World of Warcraft: Midnight release date? March 2, 2026!

The next expansion in the World of Warcraft Worldsoul Saga is Midnight and Blizzard has formally announced the Midnight expansion release date: March 2, 2026 at 3pm pacific time. This is a global release date, so convert to your local time zone to see when launch is for you.

The announcement came in the form of a short trailer, cut from the Midnight cinematic that was originally shown at Gamescom this summer.

This release date of March 2 follows exactly three months after the release of patch 11.2.7, which will bring Player Housing early access. Player Housing is to be a major feature of Midnight, along with the usual content we’ve come to expect from a new expansion — new zones, dungeons, and raids, plus new additions to professions. There’s also the new Prey system, plus the Arcantina, a new hub with semi-notable lore figures where we can just hang out for a while.

Three tiers of purchase options has become the norm for WoW and Midnight is no different — you can choose from a Base, Heroic, and Epic Edition, with an Early Access perk from the Epic edition that lets you into Midnight three days before everyone else. Player Housing early access is a little more accessible, and you get early access to Player Housing if you’ve preordered any tier of the Midnight expansion, so we’d suggest you purchase your copy ASAP so you can start decorating your house with patch 11.2.7.

This release date puts us within the time frame projected by the 2025 WoW roadmap. Interestingly, this also puts us at the end of that roadmap. We’re sure Blizzard will release one with plenty of little icons to decrypt and more mentions as we change our calendars over for 2026 and Midnight’s official release on March 2.

Originally published November 13, 2024. Updated November 26, 2025.