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Retail Patch 12.1.0 build 69273

Patch 12.1.0 build 69273 reached the live Retail client and was first seen by our build watch on 2026-08-12. Against 12.0.7.68974 it carries 15,044 datamined changes and its biggest addition is 3 new instances, including Altar of Fangs and The Tidebound Grotto.

3,310 items54 mounts26 toys332 achievements67 currencies18 item sets10,520 spells223 transmog sets130 battle pets185 objects1 profession8 factions167 creatures3 instances
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What Blizzard said

Blizzard's own posts that name 12.1.0, captured by our tracker. The reason an entry below exists is in these words, not ours; each is linked to the original.

Blizzard published New build 12.1.0.69875 on Retail: 66 new items, 20 new spells under 12.1.0 on Sep 18, 2026.
Blizzard published New build 12.1.0.69814 on Retail: 1 new item, 21 new spells, 2 new achievements under 12.1.0 on Sep 12, 2026.
Blizzard published New build 12.1.0.69587 on Retail: 13 new spells under 12.1.0 on Sep 01, 2026.
Blizzard published New build 12.1.0.69587 on the Retail PTR: 13 new spells under 12.1.0 on Sep 01, 2026.
Blizzard published New build 12.1.0.69497 on the Retail PTR: 2 new items, 31 new spells under 12.1.0 on Aug 24, 2026.
Blizzard published New build 12.1.0.69404 on Retail: 2 new items, 18 new spells under 12.1.0 on Aug 20, 2026.

New mounts

The build adds 48 mounts. Where the client records how a mount is obtained (its source text names the vendor, drop, quest or achievement), that fact is printed as the game holds it; a mount without one is listed by name only.

  • Apophic Soul Crusher: Achievement: Let Me Solo Him: Azta'rec.
  • Auriferous Venomfang (World Event): Achievement: Treasures of the Coiled Isle; Category: Midnight.
  • Autumnal Witchwick's Rider (Discovery). Sleek, stylish, and spooky, the Witchwick Rider offers a smooth and surprisingly comfortable ride, thanks to the ergonomic saddle requested...
  • Bilebound Ur'zul. This demonic amalgamation was the result of a warlock's experiments in curse-infused alchemy. Whether the experiment was a success or...
  • Blossombranch Groveglider (Discovery). These enchanting grovegliders are known for their coloring, reminiscent of some of Pandaria's treasured blossoming trees.
  • Blushing Witchwick's Rider (Discovery). Sleek, stylish, and spooky, the Witchwick Rider offers a smooth and surprisingly comfortable ride, thanks to the ergonomic saddle requested...

The full list of 48 is in the Mounts table below.

New items

The build adds 2,915 items. Slot and binding come from the item record itself.

The remaining 2,875 are in the Items table below.

New spells and talent changes

The build adds 9,665 spells. Spell records are the noisiest family in a client build (every new item effect, aura and NPC ability is one), so the names below are examples and the true count is the number that matters. The talent tree data (trait node entries) shows 247 added and 13 changed entries in the same build.

All 9,665 are in the Spells table below.

New achievements

The build adds 274 achievements. Each line quotes the achievement's own description from the client, which is the criteria text a player sees.

All 274 are in the Achievements table below.

New maps and zones

The client's map and area tables gained 8 new map records (Altar of Fangs, Cursed Keepsake, Dummy Dome and Null Space) and 39 new area records (Altar of Fangs, Altar of the Six Winds, Amani Foothold and Ancient Burrow). A new map record is how a zone, instance or scenario first appears in the client, usually before any quest or encounter references it.

New creatures

The build adds 165 creatures to the creature table: the NPCs, bosses and critters the new content is built from. Spawn locations are server-side and are not in the client, so only the names are known.

All 165 are in the Creatures table below.

Build at a glance

Game line
Retail
Expansion
Midnight
Patch
12.1.0
Client build
69273
Compared with
12.0.7.68974
First seen
2026-08-12
Changes counted
15,044

Computed from build record 892 (12.0.7.68974) to build record 2109 (12.1.0.69273). Every count on this page is the number of rows that changed between those two records.

Items

Changed 40 of 274

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Mounts

Toys

Spells

Achievements

Removed 1

  • The Curse of Ula'tek

Currencies

Item Sets

Transmog Sets

Battle Pets

Objects

Professions

Factions

Creatures

Changed 1 of 2

Dungeons & Raids

The Spells in This Build

What each spell listed above is and who uses it, read from the current game data: school, cast time and duration, the skill line or Adventure Guide boss it belongs to, and its tooltip with amounts left out (they scale with level and gear).

Before and After: Spell Values This Build Changed

Cooldowns, durations, cast times and schools that differ between this build and the one before it, each side read from its own build.

The Items in This Build

Slot, type, item level, binding and stats of the new and changed items listed above, as the current game build has them.

The New Creatures in This Build

Creature type and classification of each new creature listed above, and the source line of any that is a battle pet, as the build itself has them.

Other builds

How this page is built

Each World of Warcraft game build is compared field-by-field against the previous build of the same version line. Added, changed and removed records are read directly from the client database, not from patch notes. Prices shown are the game's own vendor values, formatted with live coin denominations; where a value is unknown it is left blank rather than guessed. Counts are the true totals for the build; where a heading reads "40 of 11,892" the rows under it are that many examples, and a record the client has not named yet is left out rather than printed as an id. A removed record is shown by name without a link, because the entry it pointed at is gone from the client. Every build lands in the patch news feed the day it is ingested.