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Retail PTR · Midnight

Retail PTR Patch 12.1.0 build 69382

Patch 12.1.0 build 69382 reached the Retail PTR and was first seen by our build watch on 2026-08-18. Against 12.1.0.69299 it carries 268 datamined changes and its biggest addition is 9 new mounts, led by Emerald Hawkstrider.

63 items9 mounts2 toys1 achievement1 currency139 spells3 transmog sets7 battle pets43 creatures

All data on this page is datamined from the game client and may change before release. This build is from a test branch, so anything here can change or be removed before it reaches live realms.

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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 9 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.

  • Emerald Hawkstrider (Quest): Quest: The Battle of the Bridge; Zone: Silvermoon City.
  • Hearthkeeper's Wandering Caravan (Discovery). Comfortable as your own home and adventurous as a tortollan trader, the Hearthkeeper's Wandering Caravan will carry you in luxurious style...
  • Scarlet Lady (Trading Card Game). In life and in the after life the Scarlet Lady will get you where you need to go in style.
  • Shadow Spirehawk (Trading Card Game). Looking into the eyes of this mystical beast is like peering into a solar eclipse. Goggles are recommended when you're riding.
  • Stoneforged Sentinel (Discovery). Sometimes the right tool for the job cannot be simply pulled from a shelf. Craftsmen from across Azeroth have developed the Stoneforged...
  • The Sire's Palanquin (Trading Card Game). This mount is so comfortable that you will sleep like the dead while riding it.

The full list of 9 is in the Mounts table below.

New items

The build adds 61 items. Slot and binding come from the item record itself.

The remaining 21 are in the Items table below.

New spells and talent changes

The build adds 135 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.

All 135 are in the Spells table below.

New achievements

The build adds 1 achievement. Each line quotes the achievement's own description from the client, which is the criteria text a player sees.

New maps and zones

The client's map and area tables gained 22 new area records (Augurs' Terrace, Court of Blood, Court of the Sun and Dawning Lane). 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 43 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 43 are in the Creatures table below.

Build at a glance

Game line
Retail PTR
Expansion
Midnight
Patch
12.1.0
Client build
69382
Compared with
12.1.0.69299
First seen
2026-08-18
Changes counted
268

Computed from build record 2629 (12.1.0.69299) to build record 3314 (12.1.0.69382). Every count on this page is the number of rows that changed between those two records.

Items

Changed 2

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Mounts

Toys

Spells

Achievements

Currencies

Transmog Sets

Battle Pets

Creatures

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).

  • Desperate Thrash Changed in this build: tooltip text and aura text. Nature, 3 sec cast, lasts 6 sec. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “The Weakened Doomscale thrashes, inflicting Nature damage on impact and an additional Nature damage every 1 sec to players within the cone for 6 sec.”
  • Soul Constrictor Changed in this build: tooltip text. Nature, instant, lasts 6 sec. The Adventure Guide lists it as an ability of Ula'tek in The Venomous Abyss. Current tooltip: “Ula'tek constricts your soul, preventing you from mitigating damage from for 6 sec.”
  • Volatile Purge Changed in this build: aura text. Nature, instant. Current tooltip: “Players that leech purge their venom after. This effect stacks. In addition, increases damage taken from by 25%.”
  • Volatile Purge 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: “Players that leech purge their venom after. This effect stacks.”
  • Aquatic Clockwork Quacker New in this build. Physical, instant. Taught through the Companions skill line. Current tooltip: “Right Click to summon and dismiss this companion.”
  • Avenger's Shield New in this build. Holy, instant. Current tooltip: “Hurls a holy shield at the enemy, dealing Holy damage, Dazing them and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 14 total targets.”
  • Barrier Protection New in this build. Physical, instant. Current tooltip: “This creature is being shielded by a protective barrier.”
  • Barrier Protection New in this build. Physical, instant. Current tooltip: “This creature is being shielded by a protective barrier.”
  • Call of the Serpent New in this build. Nature, instant. Current tooltip: “Ula'tek roars, causing her spawn to fall from the ceiling and inflict Nature damage to players of their impact locations.”
  • cancel invis New in this build. Physical, instant.
  • Classic Clockwork Quacker New in this build. Physical, instant. Taught through the Companions skill line. Current tooltip: “Right Click to summon and dismiss this companion.”
  • Collect Flat Snakeskin Canopy New in this build. Physical, 0.5 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Add this Decor to your House Chest.”
  • Collect Full_Layout_Prefab_S room New in this build. Physical, 2 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Add this room to your House Chest.”
  • Collect Full_Layout_Rugged_Prn room New in this build. Physical, 2 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Add this room to your House Chest.”
  • Collect Tuskarr Fire Pit New in this build. Physical, 0.5 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Add this Decor to your House Chest.”
  • Collect Tuskarr Fishing Gear Rack New in this build. Physical, 0.5 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Add this Decor to your House Chest.”
  • Collect Tuskarr Hanging Grill New in this build. Physical, 0.5 sec cast. Current tooltip: “Add this Decor to your House Chest.”
  • Conjure Tidesworn Augment Rune New in this build. Physical, instant, lasts 1 day.
  • Consecration New in this build. Holy, instant.
  • Consecration New in this build. Holy, instant, lasts 8 sec. Current tooltip: “Consecrates the land beneath the caster, dealing Holy damage over 8 sec to enemies who enter the area.”
  • Cosmetic - Arcane Teleport New in this build. Physical, instant.
  • Cosmetic - Void Teleport Away New in this build. Physical, instant.
  • Cosmetic - Void Teleport In New in this build. Physical, instant.
  • Delta New in this build. Physical, instant. Taught through the Companions skill line. Current tooltip: “Right Click to summon and dismiss this companion.”

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.

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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.