{"id":1333964,"date":"2025-09-23T13:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsjrkpMPYCPmSmWy9LhFX6"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:21:23","slug":"heres-what-to-expect-from-the-world-of-warcraft-midnight-alpha-kicking-off-on-october-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heres-what-to-expect-from-the-world-of-warcraft-midnight-alpha-kicking-off-on-october-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s what to expect from the World of Warcraft: Midnight alpha, kicking off on October 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’re ready to move on from The War Within, there’s good news on the horizon: World of Warcraft<\/a>‘s eleventh expansion, Midnight, will be temporarily available in an invite-only alpha, kicking off on October 2, and Blizzard’s given us a taste of what to expect from the five phases.<\/p>\n

It looks like each phase will last a week, and thanks to Blizzard we now know what’s going to be contained within them. Thankfully, arguably the biggest part of the expansion, the thing that’s got most players all frothy with excitement, is going to be available right from the get-go. That is, of course, housing.<\/p>\n

That’s coming in the first phase on October 2, along with the Eversong Woods zone; the level-up and Arator campaigns; the Windrunner Spire and Murder Row dungeons; the Collegiate Calamity, Parhelion Plaza and The Darkway delves; delve companion Valeera Sanguinar; the Devourer Demon Hunter specialisation and class updates; and professions.<\/p>\n

Phase one looks like it’s going to be the meatiest individual phase, but the fifth phase will contain everything from the first four weeks, on top of all the level 90 goodies, including the start of the level 90 campaign, news delves, loads of level 90 activities, the Prey system (which Harvey reckons might fix WoW’s open-world difficulty problem<\/a>) and sparks for crafters.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full list:<\/p>\n

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Phase 1<\/strong><\/p>\n