Overview
- Blizzard published development notes on the Public Test Realm for patch 12.1, titled Curse of Ula'tek, giving the first detailed look at the update and its features while noting items remain under active testing.
- The update adds a new zone called the Coiled Isle, a multi-boss raid named The Venomous Abyss, the Altar of Fangs dungeon, three new Delves and a new Lairs system that presents instanced, summonable world-boss fights with selectable difficulty.
- Player housing gets a large overhaul with Blueprints to save and share builds, pet beds, a simplified dye crafting system with new colors, an increased home level cap to 12 and larger exterior limits.
- Proposed class changes aim to smooth high-end combat by raising baseline damage and player health, reducing the power of large DPS cooldowns and increasing enemy damage to ease healer workload, with Blizzard seeking PTR feedback before finalizing balance.
- The notes add social features such as Discord–Battle.net linking for chat and other quality‑of‑life updates, and while no release date is confirmed Polygon reports August as a likely window pending PTR results and further iteration.