Midnight: Curse of Ula'tek Pre-Season Details

The Curse of Ula'tek content update launches the week of August 11, but you'll have a whole pre-season week to get gear, hunt treasure, claim rewards, and more!

After weekly maintenance concludes and realms return with the Curse of Ula'tek update, Midnight Season 2 will begin in a pre-season state, with certain content and rewards not yet available.

As with previous seasons, Midnight Season 1 competitive PvP will end at 10:00 pm PDT the night before patch maintenance begins in each region. When realms go into maintenance the week of August 11, Mythic+ and PvP percentile cutoffs will be calculated.

Great Vault and Other Rewards

During the pre-season week, the Great Vault will offer rewards based on your activities during the final week of Season 1. Credit for Season 2 Great Vault starts accruing during the pre-season week, with the rewards from those efforts available to claim on August 18.

Crafting Sparks will also begin dropping during the pre-season.

Voidcore bonus rolls will not be available in the first Great Vault of Season 2. They will become available during the second week of Season 2 (the week of 25 August) and can be selected by anyone who has unlocked at least three panes.

For the first Great Vault of Season 2, the maximum gear level attainable from the World row will be Champion 3/6. Subsequent Vaults can reward gear from the World row at a maximum quality of Hero 1/6.

Outdoor Content, Dungeons, Delves, and Lairs

During the pre-season week hunt Rares, seek rewards, gear up, and more!

• New outdoor features such as Curse Surges and Vaults of Atal'Utek are available during the pre-season. Pinnacle Caches drop Season 2 Veteran gear and appear during the pre-season week.
• The new Season 2 dungeon pool will be active and available on Heroic and Mythic 0 difficulty, including the new Altar of Fangs dungeon. Mythic 0 dungeons will reward Champion 1/6 gear on a weekly lockout for that week only.
• Delve difficulties 1-11 will be available, along with the "?" Nemesis difficulty.
• World difficulty of The Tidebound Grotto-a new Lair-will also be available during pre-season, dropping Season 2 Veteran gear items that are bind-on-pickup, like gear earned in raids. Lairs have a weekly lockout, and a Voidcore (when available) can only be used once per week on a lair. Check out our Lair preview, including The Tidebound Grotto.
• Hard Mode Prey is available during the pre-season and drops Season 2 Veteran gear.

For more details on what's coming with the Curse of Ula'tek content update, read our Curse of Ula'tek overview, and find the full Season 2 unlock schedule, including pre-season details, in our previously published article.

We'll see you in The Coiled Isle!