Patch 12.1 PTR News and Datamining Recap for Last Week - Build 68412

Learn about what you missed from last week's Patch 12.1 PTR update in our news and datamining recap!

Patch 12.1 Overview

• The latest datamined class tuning and spell changes have a little something for everyone, with a focus on Death Knights, Druids, Mages, and Paladins.
• QoL improvements include a one-time profession knowledge reset, and the ability to display map coordinates in the UI.
• New Mythic+ dungeons are available for testing, with notes from Blizzard on mechanical changes and reducing the number of casters.
• Prey Season 2 sends players on new hunts, in exchange for fresh prizes and a taste of corrosive power!
• Normal, Hard, and Nightmare Prey achievements now give joint credit, making them significantly easier to finish!
• The Season 2 Catalyst gains charges like Season 1 but now retains stats and special effects!
• Players can bring Pepe to their player homes, forever uniting them with their favorite transdimensional bird!
• There are dozens of new decor in 12.1, featuring everything from troll and tortollan relics, to stairs, trophies, and even pet beds!
• Pet beds allow players to add non-combat pets in player housing!
• The Shadowhunter's Hexblade is a new two-bladed sword, giving more classes the opportunity to transmog a warglaive-like weapon!
• The Midnight Season 2 Splash Screen highlights the updated Mythic+ rotation and new Venomous Abyss raid.
• Updated Venomous Abyss Maps give us a better look inside the new eight boss raid.
• The World Map has been updated to include the Coiled Isles, resulting in a surprising shift in the Eastern Kingdoms.
• A new loading screen replaced the previous art of the Eastern Kingdoms for most open world content in Midnight.

Class Editorials

Our guide writers have also put together a series of editorials, discussing the impact of upcoming class changes and new tier sets in Midnight Season 2.

• Assassination Rogues have reworked talents and resource economy, though may have missed a perfect opportunity.
• Beast Mastery Hunters may find themselves wanting to cancel Beast Cleave in order to use their new tier set more effectively.
• Enhancement Shaman is fun to play, but longstanding issues have yet to be addressed.
• Fire Mages may find themselves standing still to hard cast Pyroblast more often.
• Outlaw Rogues looks like they might start struggling against lower numbers of targets.
• Retribution Paladins have a controversial tier set coming in Season 2, alongside some changes to Holy Power.
• Shadow Priests are taking steps in the right direction, though the new tier set struggles to deliver.