Patch 12.0.5

Midnight's patch 12.0.5 offers a wide variety of new things to try, including a hide-and-seek mini-game tied into Player Housing.

World of Warcraft patch 12.0.5 brought a number of undocumented changes -- some intentional, some not.

Decor Duel is a quirky PVP mode added to World of Warcraft Midnight in patch 12.0.5, and it's basically just hide and seek, but magic.

Patch 12.0.5 launched Tuesday in World of Warcraft, and while there were a lot of features players were excitedly looking forward to -- Decor Duels, Abyss Anglers, or even helping Decimus help us by finishing the Voidforge -- the patch also launched with one major thing players were not expecting or looking forward to: critical bugs that caused the Player Housing system to be disabled, at least in the US and Oceania.

Abyss Anglers is a new fishing activity coming to World of Warcraft in patch 12.0.5 that some have been comparing to indie game Dave the Diver (it was us; the whole thing seems suspiciously legally distinct).

One of the new features coming in WoW patch 12.0.5 on April 21 is something new called the Voidforge.

World of Warcraft's newest expansion, Midnight, just launched, but Blizzard is not content to bask in the success of what is, by all accounts, a well-received expansion launch, and the developers are already hard at work on patch 12.0.5.

If you've ever wanted to strap your one-handed sword to your World of Warcraft character's back, then great news -- a new dropdown menu in the transmog interface coming in Midnight's patch 12.0.5 will allow us to do just that (and more!) Ever since I acquired my Quickening Blade of the Prince from the original Magister's Terrace, I have kept it in my weapon transmog rotation because it's one of the few one-handed swords that my Mage can wear Cloud Strife-style.

While there's a ton coming to WoW in patch 12.0.5, one of the smaller features, Abyss Anglers, caught our eye, because it seems similar to an indie game a lot of us around the office adore: Dave the Diver.

Continuing on a trend of transparency that started prior to Dragonflight, the World of Warcraft team today gave us a look at a 2026 roadmap that shows both the expected cadence of Midnight's content patches, as well as some new and exciting features and game modes and the return of an older feature that we haven't seen outside of a single experiment during Battle for Azeroth.