By GamGem ResearchLast updated 8 Oct 2026
WoW Midnight Talents Planner: 12.1 points, hero trees and loadout strings
Midnight Season 2 · patch 12.1.0 Curse of Ula’tek · 40 specs · checked 2026-10-07 · 12.1.5 live Oct 13
What are you preparing for?
The situation tags the loadout you save and share — this page holds no per-situation build, so it never swaps talents for you.
Raid · The Venomous Abyss
Havoc Demon Hunter · Aldrachi Reaver
Midnight Season 2
Curse of Ula’tek
- Level cap
- 90
- Patch
- 12.1.0
- Client build
- 12.1.0.69933
- Verified
- 2026-10-07
- Read from
- Blizzard UI mirror · SimC
- Next
- 12.1.5 · live Oct 13
- Raid
- The Venomous Abyss · 8 bosses
- Dungeons
- 8 in the Season 2 pool
- Latest hotfix
- Oct 6 · tuning only
Checked 2026-10-07; re-checked when 12.1.5 lands.
Class, spec & hero
- Spec ID
- 577
- Apex
- Eternal Hunt
- Apex ranks
- 1 + 2 + 1 · after 20 spec points
- Apex opens
- levels 81 · 84 · 90
- Tree changes
- 12.1 · 1 · 12.1.5 · 0
Hero pairs and spec IDs from Warcraft Wiki; Apex names from Blizzard.
- Spec
- Havoc Demon Hunter
- Hero tree
- Aldrachi Reaver
- Apex
- Eternal Hunt
- For
- Raid · The Venomous Abyss
- String
- none pasted
- Planning at
- level 90
- Note
- —
- Saved here
- 0 loadouts
Tree changes · Havoc
- 12.1+ Never Say Die− Dash of ChaosInner Demon now shares a choice node with Chaos Theory.
12.1.5 changes 4 trees: Devourer Demon Hunter · Restoration Druid · Marksmanship Hunter · Holy Priest.
From Blizzard’s notes: 12.1 (Aug 6) and 12.1.5 (Oct 1, live Oct 13).
Sourced builds · Havoc
Sourced for other specs
Where a string comes from
- Your own, exported from the game’s talent window
- A guide’s — copy it there, check it here
- A GamGem link — it opens with the string pasted
Can I copy it into the game?
No string yetPaste your own loadout string to check it
Checked here, in this browser: the header the game reads first — version, spec ID, tree hash. Line by line in “Is it valid?”.
The game imports only Blizzard’s own string. A GamGem link holds it after “#”, which never reaches our server.
Class tree · Demon Hunter
Gates at 8 and 23 points spent
Click a node to add a rank · right-click, Delete or “− Remove” below takes one off · a choice node swaps on the second click. Point at a node to read it.
The last gate rose from 20 to 23 points in Midnight.
New points at levels 82, 85, 88 (worked out)
- Held at 80
- 31
- New at 81–90
- +3 at 82, 85, 88
Hero tree · Aldrachi Reaver
One point a level 71–80, then 83, 86, 89
Click a node to add a rank · right-click, Delete or “− Remove” below takes one off · a choice node swaps on the second click. Point at a node to read it.
Havoc Demon Hunter picks one of two:
- Aldrachi Reaver · picked
- Fel-Scarred
The new hero nodes of Midnight add no utility or defense, and the hero tree is complete at the level cap.
Aldrachi Reaver is also open to: Vengeance Demon Hunter
- Held at 80
- 10 · one a level, 71–80
- New at 81–90
- +3 at 83, 86, 89
Where these trees come from
Every node in these trees is Blizzard’s, from its Game Data API (build 12.1.0.68914, read 2026-10-08). Data © Blizzard Entertainment; not made or endorsed by Blizzard.
- Blizzard Game Data APIThe trees on this page: every node’s name, tooltip, ranks, place, links and gates, read for all 40 specs on Oct 8 (game build 12.1.0.68914).◆ Battle.net — WoW Game Data APIs
- Its termsCredit Blizzard, no paid tier, re-read stored data within 30 days — so the trees are fetched again every month and dated here.◆ Blizzard Developer API Terms of Use
Spec tree · Havoc
Gates at 8 and 20 points spent · Apex at the foot
Click a node to add a rank · right-click, Delete or “− Remove” below takes one off · a choice node swaps on the second click. Point at a node to read it.
Apex · Eternal Hunt — after 20 spec points spent
- Part 1 · 1 ranklevel 81
- Part 2 · 2 rankslevel 84
- Part 3 · 1 ranklevel 90
- Held at 80
- 30
- New at 81–90
- +4 at 81, 84, 87, 90
Click a talent to add a rank · right-click, Delete or Backspace takes one back, and whatever hung on it falls too · a picked choice node swaps on the next click. Each tree’s cap follows the level picked in “What do I take at 81–90?”.
Green % on a node = how many top-key players of this spec take it. Taken by 350 Havoc Demon Hunter in +18–22 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 6–14 (Blizzard API). What they take — not a recommendation.
What does each choice cost?
Nothing picked yet — click a talent in the trees above, and each pick lands here with its points, its path and what it gave up. The 11 choices these trees hold:
- Master of the Glaive or Champion of the Glaiveclass
- Burn It Out or Soul Cleanseclass
- Long Night or Pitch Blackclass
- Evasive Action or Unhindered Assaulthero
- Army Unto Oneself or Incorruptible Spirithero
- Keen Engagement or Preemptive Strikehero
- Deflecting Dance or Mortal Dancespec
- Exergy or Inertiaspec
- Chaos Theory or Inner Demonspec
- Relentless Onslaught or Soulscarspec
- Shattered Destiny or Collective Anguishspec
More than one point: Soul Rending (2) · Infernal Armor (2) · Illidari Knowledge (2) · Will of the Illidari (2) · Erratic Felheart (2) · Soul Splitter (2) · Blind Fury (2) · Dancing with Fate (2) · Know Your Enemy (2) · Chaotic Disposition (2) · Eternal Hunt (4).
Is it valid?
- Class tree spent
- 0 / 34
- Hero tree spent
- 0 / 13
- Spec tree spent
- 0 / 34
- No over-spending
- ✓
- No unreachable nodes
- ✓
- Hero tree complete
- 0 / 13
- Apex · Eternal Hunt
- 0 / 4
- Trees are this spec’s
- ✓ Havoc Demon Hunter
- Your string
- none pasted — the build is checked on its own
- 12.1.5 (Oct 13) changes this tree
- no change listed
- Our data
- 12.1.0.69933
If the game says…
- “Bad string” —
- The text cannot be read as a loadout — a stray character, or a copy cut short.
- “Serialization version mismatch” —
- The first field is not the version the game writes now.
- “Wrong specialization” —
- The spec ID inside the string is not the spec you have active.
- “Tree changed” —
- The tree hash inside the string is not the live tree’s — the tree changed after the string was made.
- “Import failed” —
- The game could not apply the loadout.
What do I take at 81–90?
- Lv 81 · specApex part 1 opens · 1 rank
- Lv 82 · classclass point 1 of 3
- Lv 83 · herohero point 1 of 3
- Lv 84 · specApex part 2 opens · 2 ranks
- Lv 85 · classclass point 2 of 3
- Lv 86 · herohero point 2 of 3
- Lv 87 · specspec point
- Lv 88 · classclass point 3 of 3
- Lv 89 · herohero point 3 of 3
- Lv 90 · specApex part 3 opens · 1 rank
At 90: 10 of 10 new points placed.
- class34 / 34
- hero13 / 13
- spec34 / 34
The 3 / 3 / 4 split and the Apex levels are sourced; the level-by-level order is worked out from them, and each level takes your deepest picks first.
My loadouts by situation
Nothing saved yet — three steps:
- Pick what you are preparing for, then your class, spec and hero tree.
- Paste the loadout string you use for it — from the game, a guide or a GamGem link.
- Name it in the summary card if you like, then press “+ Save current”.
A saved row keeps its string, hero tree and note: “Load” brings it back, “Compare” puts it beside the current loadout.
Saved per situation
Raid—
Raid boss—
Mythic+—
Dungeon—
Delves—
Prey—
Leveling—
General—
Saved in this browser only — no login, no Armory, no limit on how many.
What changes between builds?
+0 added−0 removed0 unchanged
| Field | First | Second |
|---|---|---|
| Spec | Havoc Demon Hunter | Havoc Demon Hunter |
| Hero tree | Aldrachi Reaver | Aldrachi Reaver |
| Situation | Raid · The Venomous Abyss | Raid · The Venomous Abyss |
| String | none | none |
| Tree hash | — | — |
One side has no string yet — paste or load one to compare the strings.
What’s inside a loadout string
| Field | Bits | Your string |
|---|---|---|
| Serialization version | 8 | — |
| Specialization ID | 16 | — |
| Tree hash | 128 | — |
| Field | Bits | Written when |
|---|---|---|
| Selected | 1 | always |
| Purchased (else granted) | 1 | selected |
| Partially ranked | 1 | purchased |
| Ranks bought | 6 | partially ranked |
| Choice node | 1 | purchased |
| Choice index, from 0 | 2 | choice node |
- Alphabet: A–Z a–z 0–9 + /. Six bits per character, no padding. Values are written low bit first and run across characters, so it is not byte-aligned Base64.
- Node order: Every node of the class’s whole tree — all of its specs included — in ascending node ID. Checked: Method’s four Holy Priest strings read to their last bit with it and write back identical.
- Zeroed hash: A site may write the hash as zeros; the game then skips its tree check, and may place the wrong talents if the tree has moved.
Why I built it this way ✎
Kept in this browser; “Save current” stores it with the loadout.
Ask about this build
Ask knows the points at 90, the gates, every Apex and hero pair, the 12.1 and 12.1.5 tree changes, your string’s header and any level of 81–90 — each answer shows the rows it read. It does not rank talents: no popularity or simulation.
How fresh is this?
- 10 points at 81–90 (3 / 3 / 4)Blizzard · official
- Apex: 1 + 2 + 1 spec pointsBlizzard · official
- Apex opens at 81 / 84 / 90NextTier · guide
- Client build 12.1.0.69933Blizzard UI mirror · Sep 22
- 12.1 talent changesBlizzard notes · Aug 6
- 12.1.5 talent changesBlizzard notes · Oct 1
- Hero pairs · spec IDsWarcraft Wiki
- Latest hotfix entry2026-10-06 · tuning only
- Totals 34 · 13 · 34added up from the above
- Talent trees · build 12.1.0.68914Blizzard API · Oct 8
Where sources disagree
- Discipline’s Apex name
- February’s Apex article says “Master of Darkness”; the 12.1 and 12.1.5 notes say “Master the Darkness” — the page follows the notes.
- Demon Hunter hero trees
- Warcraft Wiki lists Fel-Scarred and Void-Scarred as one tree; the 12.1.5 notes name Void-Scarred on its own — so each spec shows the names the notes use.
- Totals at 90
- No single source prints 34 / 13 / 34; they are added up from Blizzard’s and the wiki’s parts, and Raidbots’ data file agrees (class gate 23, Apex gate 20).
All 24 sources, and what each answers
- Blizzard — Level Up Your Talents in Midnight10 points at 81–90 (3 class, 3 hero, 4 spec), class gate 20 → 23, 3 new hero nodes · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — Power Up with New Apex TalentsEvery spec’s Apex, 4 points as 1 + 2 + 1 · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — Curse of Ula’tek content update notes (Aug 6)12.1 talent-tree changes, Arcane’s new Apex · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — 12.1.5 patch notes (Oct 1)12.1.5 tree changes, live date, the Kith’ix raid · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — Dragonflight Talent Preview31 class and 30 spec points at the old cap · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — The Venomous Abyss wingsThe raid’s eight bosses · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — Midnight Season 2 is liveThe Season 2 dungeon rotation · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard — Midnight hotfixes threadLatest entry Oct 6 — tuning only · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard UI code — ClassTalentImportExport.luaThe string’s fields, the import errors, the zeroed hash · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard UI code — ExportUtil.lua6-bit packing and the alphabet · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard UI mirror — commit logLive client 12.1.0 (69933), Sep 22 · read 2026-10-07
- SimulationCraft — player.cppCurrent string version is 2 · read 2026-10-07
- SimulationCraft — trait_data.incTrait table built from 12.1.0.69933 · read 2026-10-07
- Battle.net — WoW Game Data APIsTalent trees — every node, rank, tooltip, link and gate; read Oct 8 (build 12.1.0.68914) · read 2026-10-07
- Battle.net — client credentials flowA call needs a client ID and secret · read 2026-10-07
- Blizzard Developer API Terms of UseCredit, no paid tier, 30-day data refresh · read 2026-10-07
- Warcraft Wiki — Hero talentsThe two hero trees of each spec · read 2026-10-07
- Warcraft Wiki — SpecializationIDThe 40 spec IDs · read 2026-10-07
- Warcraft Wiki — Talent pointHero points at 71–80; 81–90 points alternate · read 2026-10-07
- Warcraft Wiki — Talent treeGates at 8 and 20 points · read 2026-10-07
- NextTier — Midnight Apex talents guideApex ranks open at 81, 84, 90 after 20 spec points · read 2026-10-07
- Raidbots — talents.jsonCross-check of names only — no licence found · read 2026-10-07
- Method — Havoc Demon Hunter talentsHavoc builds per hero tree (updated Sep 17) — link only · read 2026-10-07
- Method — Holy Priest talentsFour loadout strings (12.1) — the check that reads and writes the game’s string · read 2026-10-07
Which trees changed
12.1.5 · 4 trees · live Oct 13
- Many talents moved; two leave the crowded final gate for the middle one. Void-Scarred hero talents reworked.
- Nature’s Bounty redesigned.
- Added Blood Fletching. Removed Unload.
- Holy Celerity and Ultimate Serenity swapped.
12.1 · 24 trees
Demon Hunter:Druid:Evoker:Hunter:Mage:Monk:Paladin:Priest:Rogue:Shaman:Warlock:Warrior:
12.1.5 also adds The Unbinding of Kith’ix, a one-boss raid — its opening day is not in the notes, so it is not a situation here yet.
Midnight talents — quick answers
How many talent points do you get at level 90 in Midnight?
At 90: class 34, hero 13 and spec 34 points. Added up from 31 class and 30 spec points at the old cap, 10 hero points from 71–80, and 3 + 3 + 4 at 81–90 — no single source prints the totals.
What is inside a WoW talent loadout string?
A header — serialization version (8 bits), specialization ID (16 bits), tree hash (128 bits) — then a few bits for every node of the class’s whole tree, in node-ID order: selected, purchased, partly ranked, ranks bought, choice node and which choice. Six bits per character, no padding. Values are written low bit first and run across characters, so it is not byte-aligned Base64. The game writes version 2.
Which two hero talent trees can my spec pick?
Each spec chooses one of two, and the pair depends on the spec, not the class: Death Knight — Blood (Deathbringer or San’layn), Frost (Deathbringer or Rider of the Apocalypse), Unholy (Rider of the Apocalypse or San’layn); Demon Hunter — Havoc (Aldrachi Reaver or Fel-Scarred), Vengeance (Aldrachi Reaver or Annihilator), Devourer (Annihilator or Void-Scarred); Druid — Balance (Elune’s Chosen or Keeper of the Grove), Feral (Druid of the Claw or Wildstalker), Guardian (Druid of the Claw or Elune’s Chosen), Restoration (Keeper of the Grove or Wildstalker); Evoker — Devastation (Flameshaper or Scalecommander), Preservation (Chronowarden or Flameshaper), Augmentation (Chronowarden or Scalecommander); Hunter — Beast Mastery (Dark Ranger or Pack Leader), Marksmanship (Dark Ranger or Sentinel), Survival (Pack Leader or Sentinel); Mage — Arcane (Spellslinger or Sunfury), Fire (Frostfire or Sunfury), Frost (Frostfire or Spellslinger); Monk — Brewmaster (Master of Harmony or Shado-Pan), Mistweaver (Conduit of the Celestials or Master of Harmony), Windwalker (Conduit of the Celestials or Shado-Pan); Paladin — Holy (Herald of the Sun or Lightsmith), Protection (Lightsmith or Templar), Retribution (Herald of the Sun or Templar); Priest — Discipline (Oracle or Voidweaver), Holy (Archon or Oracle), Shadow (Archon or Voidweaver); Rogue — Assassination (Deathstalker or Fatebound), Outlaw (Fatebound or Trickster), Subtlety (Deathstalker or Trickster); Shaman — Elemental (Farseer or Stormbringer), Enhancement (Stormbringer or Totemic), Restoration (Farseer or Totemic); Warlock — Affliction (Hellcaller or Soul Harvester), Demonology (Diabolist or Soul Harvester), Destruction (Diabolist or Hellcaller); Warrior — Arms (Colossus or Slayer), Fury (Mountain Thane or Slayer), Protection (Colossus or Mountain Thane).
What are Apex talents, and at what level do they unlock?
A 4-point path at the foot of the spec tree, bought as 1 + 2 + 1 ranks; the parts open at levels 81, 84, 90 and need 20 spec points spent. Each spec has its own: Blood Death Knight — Dance of Midnight, Frost Death Knight — Chosen of Frostbrood, Unholy Death Knight — Forbidden Knowledge, Havoc Demon Hunter — Eternal Hunt, Vengeance Demon Hunter — Untethered Rage, Devourer Demon Hunter — Midnight, Balance Druid — Ascendant Eclipses, Feral Druid — Unseen Predator, Guardian Druid — Wild Guardian, Restoration Druid — Everbloom, Devastation Evoker — Rising Fury, Preservation Evoker — Merithra’s Blessing, Augmentation Evoker — Duplicate, Beast Mastery Hunter — Nature’s Ally, Marksmanship Hunter — Take Aim, Survival Hunter — Raptor Swipe, Arcane Mage — Prismatic Bolt, Fire Mage — Fired Up, Frost Mage — Hand of Frost, Brewmaster Monk — Bring Me Another, Mistweaver Monk — Spiritfont, Windwalker Monk — Tigereye Brew, Holy Paladin — Beacon of the Savior, Protection Paladin — Glory of the Vanguard, Retribution Paladin — Light Within, Discipline Priest — Master the Darkness, Holy Priest — Benediction, Shadow Priest — Void Apparitions, Assassination Rogue — Implacable, Outlaw Rogue — Gravedigger, Subtlety Rogue — Ancient Arts, Elemental Shaman — Feedback Loop, Enhancement Shaman — Storm Unleashed, Restoration Shaman — Stormstream Totem, Affliction Warlock — Shadow of Nathreza, Demonology Warlock — Dominion of Argus, Destruction Warlock — Embers of Nihilam, Arms Warrior — Master of Warfare, Fury Warrior — Rampaging Berserker, Protection Warrior — Phalanx.
Why won’t my talent string import?
The game checks the header first. “Bad string”: The text cannot be read as a loadout — a stray character, or a copy cut short. “Serialization version mismatch”: The first field is not the version the game writes now. “Wrong specialization”: The spec ID inside the string is not the spec you have active. “Tree changed”: The tree hash inside the string is not the live tree’s — the tree changed after the string was made. “Import failed”: The game could not apply the loadout. A site may write the hash as zeros; the game then skips its tree check, and may place the wrong talents if the tree has moved.
What talent changes come with 12.1.5?
12.1.5 goes live on Oct 13, 2026. Devourer Demon Hunter: Many talents moved; two leave the crowded final gate for the middle one. Void-Scarred hero talents reworked. Restoration Druid: Nature’s Bounty redesigned. Marksmanship Hunter: Added Blood Fletching. Removed Unload. Holy Priest: Holy Celerity and Ultimate Serenity swapped.
Talent trees: Blizzard’s Game Data API, all 40 specs, read Oct 8 (game build 12.1.0.68914) and re-read within 30 days, as its terms ask — data © Blizzard Entertainment. Sourced too: the ten points of 81–90 and the Apex path (Blizzard), hero pairs and spec IDs (Warcraft Wiki), the string format (Blizzard’s UI code). Added up: the totals at 90 and the level order. The green % on each node and the most common top-key build: GamGem’s count of Blizzard’s Mythic+ leaderboards and character profiles (its week and sample are printed under the trees), no names kept. No simulation, no logs. Your picks, strings and notes stay in this browser.
Official images
Game data and media via IGDB · igdb.com