Blizzard used the Gamescom 2025 stage to confirm that World of Warcraft: Midnight housing will enter early access with patch 11.2.7 toward the end of 2025, exclusively for players who pre-order the expansion. While the headline feature, player housing, will remain incomplete until the full 2026 launch, the pre-patch delivers a functional foundation: preset homes, a Legion Remix housing-decor vendor, and retroactive achievement décor. Neighborhood events and the reputation tracks stay locked for now, giving raiders and mount farmers breathing room rather than forcing decoration sprints on day one of the expansion.
On the economy front, Blizzard is implementing a slot-based transmog fee in Midnight. Re-activating an entire outfit still costs gold, but replacing a single upgraded shoulder, helm, or weapon will be free—no more thousands-of-gold resets every loot drop. Designers framed the change as a direct response to community feedback and a way to encourage experimentation without banking penalties.
Gamers eager to pixel-peep can tour the new homes today via the official interactive walkthrough. Concurrently, patch 11.2 in the live game continues its heavy tuning cycle with fresh Mythic+ key tweaks, class balancing, and delve updates catalogued on Icy Veins.
