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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 7 Oct 2026

WoW Delves — Midnight Season 2 Planner

Midnight · Season 2 · Patch 12.1 Curse of Ula’tek · 12 Delves + the Nemesis Delve · 11 tiers · companion Valeera Sanguinar

Last verified 2026-10-07

  • Coming 13 Oct: 12.1.5: Labyrinth of Kindo’jan, a 9-chamber Delve-like run with Valeera
  • Coming 20 Oct: Week of: Tier 11 Bountiful Delves drop Ascendant Venomstones; crest cap lifted
Weekly checklist

Run this next

The Gulf of Memory

Sporesaurous Surprise · Tier 8 · Bountiful · Harandar

Steps
1
Effort
Light
Chest
295
Your time · log below
—

Tier 8: the chest (295) and the Vault (305) stop rising after it.

I have 30 minutes

Minutes30:00
DelveGoal
NemesisVenomfall Deeps · Azta’recno Vault credit, never Bountiful

What does it ask?

Sporesaurous Surprise
  1. Kill 3 Sporesaurous and fill the bar

kill bar

Boss: the guide does not name one

Other stories in The Gulf of Memory:

How should Valeera play?

No guide tip for this story. The ones the guides give:

  • Ogre Powered: Valeera on Damage interrupts Arcane Deluge.
  • Gnarldor Isle boss: Valeera on Healer dispels the poison; don’t interrupt Purging Breath.

Valeera’s level cap this season: 80.

How many deaths?

Tier 8: 5 revives

Icy Veins’ figures — the counter starts at Tier 4 (Warcraft Wiki); check the tier tooltip in game.

Which way?

/way 45.36 51.34 The Gulf of Memory

1 Kill 3 Sporesaurous and fill the bar

What must be true?

Bountiful Coffer
Bountiful Delve + Restored Coffer Key
Keys
6 Restored Coffer Keys per week
Bountiful per day
4
Great Vault
2 / 4 / 8 world activities; mixed tiers pay the lowest run
Nemesis & Vault
Nemesis Delves are never Bountiful and don’t count for the Vault
Nemesis packs
Kill all nemesis packs at Tier 8+ for 5 extra crests
Gilded Stash
Delver’s Journey rank 4+: Tier 11, 4 times a week, 5 Myth crests each
Prey souls
Heavy Trunks in Tier 6+ Bountiful Delves can drop Afflicted/Tormented Souls
Crest cost
20 Mistcrests per upgrade; cap rises 100 a week per type
Tier 4 unlock
Tiers 2–3 by clearing the tier below; Tier 4 by “Midnight Delves: Endgame” — level 90 and the Midnight campaign on your Warband
Tier 8 unlock
Clear Tier 7 with lives left — once per account

What does each tier give?

End-of-Delve chest
295 · Champion 2/6
Great Vault
305 · Hero 1/6
Weekly map
305 · Hero 1/6
Crests
6 Champion
Revives
5
  • T4Life counter, first crests and first map loot
  • T7First Champion loot (292) and Champion crests
  • T8Loot, map and Vault stop rising (295 / 305)
  • T11Hero crests, Gilded Stash; Venomstones from week of Oct 20
Trovehunter’s Bounty
1 per week per character; Hero 1/6 at Tier 8+
Map sources
Purging the Vaults weekly quest · Heavy Chest in a Bountiful Delve
No map yet
Scalebound Herald’s Flute, 5,000 Undercoin from Naleidea Rivergleam
Vault at Tier 8
305 Hero 1/6
Map crests
Map at T4–5 Veteran · T6–7 Champion · T8+ Hero

Which story is fastest? · 30 minutes, Tier 8

  1. HarandarKill 3 Sporesaurous and fill the barkill bar
  2. Eversong Woods (Silvermoon City)Activate 4 Arcane Wards and fill the bar → Bosskill bar · collect
  3. Coiled IsleRescue 8 fleeing animals; fill the bar → Bossrescue · kill bar
  4. HarandarGather pollen with the extra button; fill the bar → Bosskill bar · collect
  5. HarandarCollect mold samples from Moldering Fighters → Bosscollect
  6. VoidstormGather 50 Cores from enemies (fills the bar) → Bosskill bar
  7. Eversong Woods (Silvermoon City)Unmask hidden cultists to fill the bar → Bosskill bar
  8. Coiled IsleKick skulls into pillars: 8 goals → Bosspuzzle
  9. Eversong Woods (Silvermoon City)Defeat 70 Weedlings in the first area → Bosskill count
  10. Eversong Woods (Silvermoon City)Click leylines to fill the bar → Bosscollect
  11. Zul’AmanFree Mot’amra; avoid him while he roams → Bossavoid
  12. Eversong WoodsMove mirrors to push back the Darkness → Bosspuzzle
  13. Eversong Woods (Silvermoon City)Kill 7 Unstable Aberrations (interrupt them) → Bosskill count
  14. Eversong WoodsCollect 30 supplies → Bosscollect
  15. Zul’AmanBreak 6 totems and fill the bar; dodge lightning circles → Bosskill bar · collect
  16. Zul’AmanFree hostages in every side room → Bossrescue
  17. Eversong Woods (Isle of Quel’Danas)Carry a bomb into each void portal → Clear it, then bomb the portal → Bosscarry · don’t leave portal
  18. VoidstormDefeat Guard Captain Meti → Use dropped orbs on Void Stabilizers; fill the bar → Bosskill bar · collect
  19. VoidstormOpen cages and fill the bar → Bait 4 shielded Void Researchers → Bossrescue · kill bar
  20. HarandarBeat 6 Fan Favourites, punt 8 small fungarians → Taunt in spotlights to fill the bar → Bosscollect · kill bar
  21. Eversong Woods (Isle of Quel’Danas)Pick an artifact weapon → Repair 8 barriers and fill the bar → Bosskill bar · collect
  22. Eversong Woods (Isle of Quel’Danas)Wake Sentinels to break 3 Void Pylons → Fill the bar → Bosskill bar · collect
  23. VoidstormOpen 7 Lightbloom Crates → Use the Security Panel; fill the bar → Bosscollect · kill bar
  24. Coiled IsleCollect supplies from enemies and bags → Save 8 turtles → Bosscollect · rescue
  25. Zul’AmanKill 4 Twilight Summoners → Pull 7 levers → Bosskill count · collect
  26. VoidstormFree 8 captives from Mana Siphoners → Shoot mana barrels to fill the bar → Bossrescue · collect
  27. VoidstormRide Micro Singularities to 5 Singularity Coils → Fill the bar → Bosscollect · kill bar
  28. Zul’AmanTake a hexstick from Kasha → Fill the bar and cure 20 Cursed Frogs → Bosskill bar · collect
  29. Eversong WoodsDrop down to skip packs → Break 2 void focuses, then 3 more → Bosskill bar
  30. HarandarLight 8 candles, then cross two more sections → Bosscollect · long
  31. Eversong Woods (Silvermoon City)Collect 6 crystals → Walk back to the entrance to place them → Bosscollect · backtrack
  32. HarandarFree 6 fighters, defeat 8 attackers → Defend 2 barricades → Bossrescue · waves
  33. Coiled IsleClick 4 bone piles (each starts waves) → Take 6 Gnarldin Hearts → Ritual on the bridge, then bosswaves · collect
  34. Coiled IsleClear the arena floor → Beat Crashfoot, 3 murlocs, Brinebeater, Guth’kar, 3 trolls → Bossmulti-fight
  35. Zul’AmanFree Spiritclaw Cubs from cages → Beat the waves at Nalorakk’s shrine → Bossrescue · waves
  36. Coiled IsleRescue 3 turtles, pick up items → Ride a War Turtle: defeat 50 Gnarldin → Boss on footvehicle · kill count

Order: your own logged times first, then fewest steps and lightest burden. No minute is shown that you did not log — no source publishes Delve times. Stories: Method’s Delve guides.

My own times ✎

For The Gulf of Memory · Sporesaurous Surprise, Tier 8 — kept in this browser only.

No runs logged — the page ranks by steps and burden until you add yours.

Ask in plain words

For gear, stop at Tier 8 — Tiers 9–11 do not raise the chest or the Vault; go higher for crests or the Stash.

Where this comes from

Where sources disagree

  • Lives per tierOnly Icy Veins gives the counts, and its page would not open here; Warcraft Wiki confirms only that the counter starts at Tier 4.
  • Crests below Tier 4Icy Veins: Adventurer crests from Tier 1; Warcraft Wiki: none until Tier 4. The table follows the wiki.
  • Bountiful Delves a dayMethod: four; Warcraft Wiki (older, generic): one per zone.
  • The map’s nameTrovehunter’s Bounty (Warcraft Wiki, Icy Veins) · Delver’s Bounty (Method). Both are searched.
  • Stories this seasonMethod’s lists date from 25 February (Season 1); Blizzard added snake and venom variants, and its hotfixes name two stories with no steps yet.

Season, tiers and rewards are sourced (verified 2026-10-07). Minutes, deaths and Valeera’s kit are yours. No character names, no accounts.

Delves this season — quick answers

What do Tier 8 Delves drop in Season 2?

The Bountiful chest 295 (Champion 2/6), the Great Vault 305 (Hero 1/6), the weekly map 305, and 6 Champion crests.

Do Tiers 9–11 give better loot?

No — the chest stays 295 and the Vault 305. Higher tiers pay crests: Tier 11 gives 15 Hero crests and opens the Gilded Stash.

How many Restored Coffer Keys can I use a week?

6 Restored Coffer Keys per week; up to 4 Bountiful Delves a day.

How do I get a Trovehunter’s Bounty?

From the Purging the Vaults weekly quest or a Heavy Chest in a Bountiful Delve. 1 per week per character; Hero 1/6 at Tier 8+.

Where is Azta’rec and what does it give?

In Venomfall Deeps, the Nemesis Delve. Its achievements and what they give: “My Venomous Nemesis” — Apophic Patagia; “Purging the Poison” — title: the Poisonous; “Let Me Solo Him: Azta’rec (solo)” — Apophic Soul Crusher; “Fabled Let Me Solo Him: Azta’rec” — first week only (closed); title.

How many lives do I get per tier?

Tiers 1–3 have no limit; Tier 4: 5, Tier 5: 5, Tier 6: 5, Tier 7: 5, Tier 8: 5, Tier 9: 4, Tier 10: 3, Tier 11: 3 — Icy Veins’ figures; check in game.

How do I unlock Tier 4 and Tier 8 Delves?

Tiers 2–3 by clearing the tier below; Tier 4 by “Midnight Delves: Endgame” — level 90 and the Midnight campaign on your Warband. Tier 8: clear Tier 7 with lives left — once per account (Warcraft Wiki).

What is the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan?

Patch 12.1.5 adds the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan, a 9-chamber Delve-like run with Valeera, from 2026-10-13 (Blizzard’s 12.1.5 notes).

Which curios can Valeera Sanguinar use in Midnight Season 2?

Combat curios: Corrosive Bilespear, Essence Trap and Ouroboric Curse. Utility curios: Dundun’s Favor, Soul-Cracking Dreamcatcher and Venom Infusion. This season also adds the poisons Bursting Toad Toxin, Frostheart Venom and Phantasmal Spore Toxin. Valeera Sanguinar plays as Damage, Healer or Tank (Warcraft Wiki), and the wiki ranks no curio above another — the kit above lets you set yours.

On video

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