With the Curse of Ula’tek content update on the horizon, we’ve prepared an outline of details players may want to know about the end of Season 1 and the beginning of Season 2.
Here’s a rundown of the entire content update.
As in previous seasons, Midnight Season 1 competitive PvP will end at 10:00 p.m. (22:00) the night before patch maintenance begins in each region. Season 1 Mythic+ dungeons will remain available, and achievements such as Cutting Edge and Ahead of the Curve can be obtained, until maintenance begins. When realms go into maintenance the week of August 11, Mythic+ and PvP percentile cutoffs will be calculated. When the game comes back online with the Curse of Ula’tek update, Midnight Season 2 will be underway in a pre-season state, with certain content and rewards not yet available.
World Content and Delves
During the pre-season week, Delve difficulties 1-11 will be available, along with the “?” Nemesis difficulty. Bountiful Delves do not appear during the pre-season, and the maximum tier of rewards available from Delves will be Adventurer 3/6 gear and Veteran Crests.
New outdoor features such as Curse Surges and Vaults of Atal’Utek are available during the pre-season. Pinnacle Caches drop Season 2 Veteran gear and appear during the pre-season week. Hard Prey is available during the pre-season and drops Season 2 Veteran gear.
With maintenance the week of August 18, Bountiful Delves will appear, Coffer Keys will begin dropping, and the “??” Nemesis difficulty appears. Players who defeat “??” Nemesis difficulty during this first week of the season will earn the Fabled Let Me Solo Him: Azta’rec achievement. Nightmare Prey also becomes available at this time, awarding Season 2 Champion gear.
Dungeons
During the pre-season week, the new Season 2 dungeon pool will be active and available on Heroic and Mythic 0 difficulty, including the new Altar of Fangs dungeon. Mythic 0 dungeons will reward Champion 1/6 gear on a weekly lockout for that week only.
With maintenance the week of August 18, players will begin to earn Mythic Keystones and Mythic+ dungeon difficulties become available. Mythic 0 dungeons will return to a daily lockout.