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Curse of Ula'tek Is Live: Pre-Season Week Begins
Patch 12.1 is up after maintenance — Coiled Isle, Altar of Fangs, Delves, and Tidebound Grotto World Lair are available before Season 2 on August 18.
Curse of Ula’tek (patch 12.1) is live. After weekly maintenance, realms return in a Midnight Season 2 pre-season state: new zone and catch-up content are open, while the raid, Mythic+, and rated PvP wait until August 18.
What’s available now
- The Coiled Isle — campaign continuation, Vaults of Atal’Utek, Curse Surges, Cursed Fishing
- Altar of Fangs and the Season 2 dungeon pool on Heroic and Mythic 0
- Delves tiers 1–11 plus ? Nemesis difficulty
- Tidebound Grotto Lair on World difficulty
- Hard Mode Prey, housing blueprints/pets, Discord linking, and the updated Cooldown Manager
Still gated until August 18
Venomous Abyss, Mythic+ Season 2, rated PvP Season 2, Bountiful Delves/keys, and higher Lair difficulties open with the season proper.
Twitch Drops for Sorcerer’s Grassy Garb also start today — watch 4 hours of eligible WoW streams through September 8.
Sources: Goes Live August 11 · Pre-Season Details.