Midnight’s Season 1 starts the week of March 17, 2026, but at that time, only Mythic Difficulty dungeons will be available.

Mythic+ Difficulty Dungeons unlock the week of March 24, 2026.

If you ventured into Mythic+ in The War Within, many of the affixes in Midnight Season 1 will be familiar to you. Midnight introduces just one new affix this season with  Lindormi’s Guidance.

These key levels have long been considered “entry-level” or beginner keys, for those just exploring Mythic+.  Lindormi’s Guidance is a new affix this season designed to help newcomers learn the dungeon routes and understand mob counts. Lindormi’s Guidance will also make deaths feel less punishing and help new players adjust to running dungeons on a timer.

Keys at this level now carry the affix system introduced in The War Within with Xal’atath’s Bargains. These affixes buff either players or enemies depending on how well the whole group addresses them.

•  Xal’atath’s Bargain: Ascendant: killing these Ascendant orbs is not an option due to the size of the absorb shield, so players should plan to bring dispels, interrupts, displacements, or other stops for this affix.
•  Xal’atath’s Bargain: Voidbound: all players must swap to the Voidbound Emissary and burn it down as quickly as possible, while kicking every cast of  Dark Prayer.
•  Xal’atath’s Bargain: Pulsar: this is a simple affix with a huge window for players to run to each other and clear their Pulsars. Some groups stack up to make clearing instantaneous.
•  Xal’atath’s Bargain: Devour: contrary to popular belief, this is not purely a healer affix, and in fact traditional healer dispels will only handle two of the five Devours. Players should handle their own dispels if possible, including using class or racial abilities like  Stoneform.

Keys between +5 and +11 contain only one of the four available Bargains every week on a rotating schedule.

•  Fortified: groups may prefer to plan  Bloodlust and talent around dangerous trash packs instead of bosses. Crowd Control and kicks are also increasingly important on Fortified weeks.
•  Tyrannical: groups may prefer to plan for more single-target damage builds and save  Bloodlust for scary bosses on Tyrannical weeks. However, trash packs will still need to die in good time, despite the increased focus on boss damage!

Between key levels +7 and +10, Fortified and Tyrannical rotate on a weekly basis. At +10 and up, both affixes are active every week, presenting an entirely new challenge!

 Xal’atath’s Guile replaces all of Xal’atath’s previous Bargains. At key levels +12 and up, Guile makes deaths much more punishing, thus rewarding safer play, more personal responsibility, and coordinated use of defensives and healer cooldowns for dangerous situations.

Keep an eye on this space in the upcoming weeks, as we will update with the first few weeks’ affix rotations as soon as possible. In the weeks following Season 1 start, we will be closely monitoring the affixes for each week so we can determine the full affix rotation on Week 10.

• Week 1:  Xal’atath’s Bargain: Pulsar,  Fortified;
• Week 2:  Xal’atath’s Bargain: Voidbound,  Tyrannical.

The following dungeons are on rotation this season:

• Magisters’ Terrace (Midnight)
• Maisara Caverns (Midnight)
• Nexus-Point Xenas (Midnight)
• Windrunner Spire (Midnight)
• Algeth’ar Academy (巨龙时代)
• Pit of Saron (Wrath of the Lich King)
• Seat of the Triumvirate (军团再临)
• Skyreach (德拉诺之王)

The Timeways is a portal located at 53.3,66.1, through a golden portal in Silvermoon City. Lindormi and Agmera are standing next to it.

Through this first portal, you will find the portals to each Season 1 dungeon not accessible through current Midnight content.

In the table below, you will find the item level of loot received at the end of the run and in the Great Vault the following week.

The Great Vault requires you to clear a certain number of Dungeons per week to unlock item choices in the Dungeons category. You can find more details about the Great Vault and the requirements in our separate guide.

Gear in the War Within can be upgraded with crests and gold at Cuzolth, the Item Upgrade Vendor, found at 48.3, 61.7 in Silvermoon City, alongside Vaskarn, the Crest Exchange NPC.

You will find more details about gear upgrading and tracks in our separate gear upgrading guide.

Seasonal rewards include a title, mount, dungeon teleports, and an item that unlocks additional visual effects for your tier sets.

•  Midnight Keystone Master: Season One — Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2,000 during The War Within Season 1. Rewards the  Calamitous Carrion mount. When you earn this achievement, you will also receive  Midnight Season 1: Champion of the Dawn achievement and 1  Crystallized Dawnlight Manaflux, which can be turned in for 1 additional Catalyst charge.
•  Light of the Party — Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 2,500, earning a  Gleaming Sunmote, which unlocks bonus visual effects on your tier armor.
•  Midnight Keystone Legend: Season One — Attain a Mythic+ Rating of at least 3,000 during The War Within Season 1. Rewards the  Convalescent Carrion mount.
•  Umbral Hero: Midnight Season One — End Midnight Season 1 with a Mythic+ Rating in the top 0.1% of all players in your region. Rewards the Umbral Herotitle.
• Dungeon Teleports — Earned for each dungeon by completing a +10 or higher in that dungeon.

The Keystone Master mount for Season 1 is the  Calamitous Carrion bird.

The Keystone Legend mount for Season 1 is the  Convalescent Carrion bird.

As expected, you can earn dungeon teleports by completing a timed Keystone Level +10 or higher run for that dungeon.