Patch 12.1.0 build 69189 reached the Retail PTR and was first seen by our build watch on 2026-08-10. Against 12.1.0.69111 it carries 144 datamined changes and its biggest addition is 2 new items.
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 items
The build adds 2 items. Slot and binding come from the item record itself.
The build adds 89 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 build adds 1 creature 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.
Computed from build record 1414 (12.1.0.69111) to build record 1587 (12.1.0.69189). Every count on this page is the number of rows that changed between those two records.
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).
Alluring Bubble Changed in this build: name and tooltip text. Physical, instant. Name before: “Call of the bubble” After: “Alluring Bubble” Current tooltip: “Nymrissa gathers water from the grotto and forms a massive bubble of swirling liquid. The bubble entrances curious murlocs, drawing them in.”
Barrel Through Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, instant, lasts 6.2 sec.
Boiling Venom Changed in this build: aura text. Nature, instant, lasts 25 sec. Current tooltip: “After 25 sec the Blightscale's venom boils, increasing its haste by 100% and all damage done by 100%.”
Circling Prey Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “Additionally, players outside yards are inflicted with Nature damage.”
Death Rattle Changed in this build: tooltip text and aura text. Physical, 5 sec cast, lasts 1 min. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of The Writhing Coil in Altar of Fangs. Current tooltip: “The Writhing Coil unleashes a relentless rattle, inflicting Physical damage every 1 sec. This effect stacks, and increases its applications every 1 sec until the Writhing Coil is pulled apart.”
Deathguard Changed in this build: aura text. Shadow, instant. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Hex Lord Malacrass in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “Malacrass surrounds himself with baleful energies, absorbing any stunned Manifestations of Dread and reducing his damage taken by 99%.”
Ejecting Decay Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, 1 sec cast, lasts 5 sec. Current tooltip: “Gnok thumps his chest, letting loose parts of his decaying body. These necrotic bits inflict Shadow damage to players in a 3 yd area.”
Eternal Nightfall Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, instant.
Experimental Toxin Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant.
Experimental Toxin Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant.
Experimental Toxin Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant.
Fester Burst Changed in this build: tooltip text and aura text. Nature, 4 sec cast, lasts 12 sec. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “The Blightscale Wretch forms a festering membrane around itself which bursts, inflicting Nature damage on impact and an additional Nature damage every 1 sec to players farther than 10 yards away for 12 sec.”
Frost Orb Changed in this build: aura text. Frost, instant, lasts 12 sec.
Helical Toxins Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature and Shadow, 3 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Infects players with an entangled blood venom, inflicting Plague damage every 1 sec. A victim colliding with another player combines the strength of the venom. Reaching exactly 4 applications of Helical Toxins neutralizes it harmlessly.”
Hydra Strike Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant, lasts 10 sec. Current tooltip: “Inflicts Nature damage to the target and an additional Nature damage every 2 sec for 10 sec. This effect stacks.”
Infiltrating! Changed in this build: aura text. Physical, instant. Current tooltip: “Undetectable while infiltrating behind enemy lines.”
Mephitic Thrash Changed in this build: tooltip text and aura text. Nature, 4 sec cast, lasts 10 sec. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “In addition, players outside yards are inflicted with Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every 2 sec for 10 sec.”
Mother's Boon Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, instant. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “This effect stacks.”
Mutilate Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, 3 sec cast. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Sszorak in The Venomous Abyss.
Purging Breath Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant.
Searing Spew Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, 4 sec cast.
Serpentogenesis Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, instant, lasts 2 min. Current tooltip: “Caster heals all nearby Lesser Venomborne, and calls forth addition Lesser Venomborne.”
Serpentogenesis Changed in this build: tooltip text. Physical, instant. Current tooltip: “Caster heals all nearby Lesser Venomborne, and calls forth addition Lesser Venomborne.”
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.
Cracked Keystone Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Triumphal horns and cries of victory can faintly be heard emanating from within.” A vendor pays 2g for it.
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.
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under it are that many examples, and a record the client has not named yet is left out
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