Delves Guide for Midnight - Season 2

Delves Guide for Midnight Quick Summary:

• The Ring of Glory and Gnarldor Isle are two new regular Delves, while Venomfall Deeps is the new Nemesis Delve. All three are on the Coiled Isle.
• Azta'rec replaces Nullaeus as the seasonal Nemesis, with the Apophic Soul Crusher tied to the solo achievement.
• Coffer Key Shards are now a currency with a weekly cap, and they auto-convert into Restored Coffer Keys when you enter a Delve.
• Delver's Journey resets with new Season 2 rewards, including the Corroded Soul Crusher, Delve-O-Bot upgrade, new decor, Snake Eater title, and late-track gear benefits.
• Existing Midnight Delves receive new snake- and venom-themed story variants.

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What Are Delves in Midnight?

Delves appeared back in The War Within as a completely new mode. It’s been successfully transferred to Midnight because players mainly like it. The idea hasn’t changed, and Delves are still short, instanced adventures you can easily fit into your real-life schedules. They don’t require much grinding. Instead, you just walk in, do a few scenario-style objectives, and fight the final boss to claim your well-deserved rewards.

In this table, I’ve gathered the basics of Delve for you to know if you haven’t played this activity yet:

Delve Feature	Description
Short Runs	Your average Delve run will last around 10-15 minutes
Flexible Group Size	You can do Delves solo, duo, or in a group of up to 5 players
Role-Agnostic	No required roles, your setup can be whatever
Scalable Difficulty	Progress through difficulty tiers to climb all the way up to tier 11
Seasonal Progression	Delver’s Journey track, seasonal rewards, seasonal nemesis, and a variety of achievements make Delves a season-based activity
Companion System	Valeera Sanguinaar gets new Curios and powers in the new season.

Personally, I enjoy playing Delves when I get tired of grinding M+ and Raids. This usually happens around mid-season when you’ve already tested all the newest dungeons and tried to beat all the bosses. And I also like that Delves don’t put too much pressure on you. It is, of course, a seasonal activity, but you don’t feel like you’re losing too much if you don’t achieve a specific point when playing it.

I would say Delves are a great pick for solo WoW players or for those who PUG occasionally, but are tired of comp headaches. You should also give this activity a try if you’re returning to Midnight and haven’t played the game before for a long time. This will be a great way to get catch-up gear and exclusive seasonal rewards.

Delves Release Schedule for Midnight Season 2

Midnight Season 2 Delves begin opening during the week of August 11. All Delve tiers and the first Nemesis difficulty become available immediately, but Bountiful Delves remain disabled. During the week of August 18, Blizzard unlocks Bountiful Delves, Restored Coffer Keys, and the higher Nemesis difficulty.

• Week of August 11: Curse of Ula'tek/pre-season. Delve Tiers 1-11 and the first "?" Nemesis difficulty become available, but Bountiful Delves are not yet active.
• Week of August 18: full Midnight Season 2 starts in NA. Bountiful Delves, Restored Coffer Key usage and the higher Nemesis difficulty become available.

For EU, those resets effectively fall on August 12 and August 19. Blizzard's EU announcement labels the full Season 2 start August 19.

Delves Changes in Midnight Season 2

Delves in Midnight remains the same activity in terms of the basic concept, but you’ll notice certain changes as well. I’ve gathered the most important changes in this section of the guide for you:

1. Three new Delves: The Ring of Glory, Gnarldor Isle and Venomfall Deeps.
2. New Nemesis: Azta'rec.
3. New story variants: snake and venom variants appear throughout existing Midnight Delves.
4. New seasonal Journey: another ten-rank seasonal reward track.
5. Valeera loadouts: Curios plus a Poison now matter when setting her up.
6. Season 2 rewards: Mistcrests, new cosmetics, housing decor, toys and mounts. 

For me, the biggest changes concern new rewards, but I’ll get to this in a separate section of the guide. Also, I like that we’re now getting more cosmetics and decor rewards, not just gear. Because let’s be honest, not many players complete Delves for the sake of gearing. This is a mere midpoint to higher-level gear in most cases.

All Delves Locations in Midnight

WoW Delves are spread across the new zones, plus Silvermoon City itself. I’ve prepared this list to help you save time and stop flying aimlessly when looking for the entrance you need. Check out all Delves locations in Midnight, including both instances that will arrive later:

Later, your rotation between these Delves will largely depend on which ones are bountiful, and which ones you need for achievements. You’ll also discover that Season 2 introduces snake- and venom-themed variants to existing Midnight Delves.

Coffer Keys Changes Explained

Coffer Keys still serve the same purpose, and you’ll need them to open high-loot treasure chests when you finish Bountiful Delves. But the developers changed the concept and turned them into currency. You’ll no longer have bag-space nightmares, and you’ll have the option to auto-convert the new shards into whole keys. See the table below to find out about the Coffer Keys changes in Midnight:

The War Within - Old Version	Midnight - New Version
You obtained Restored Coffer Keys directly from the content as actual items	You mainly earn Coffer Key Shards from most activities
Keys were physical items that could take up bag space	Shards are a currency, so they don’t clutter your inventory
Key handling was more “loot it, store it, remember you have it”	Key progress is more visible and trackable through a shard count
You used a Restored Coffer Key to open the Bountiful Coffer at the end	You still use Restored Coffer Keys to open Bountiful Coffers
Getting more keys depended on what content you did and how often it dropped	Shards come steadily, then you convert them into keys at a fixed rate
No shard conversion step	100 Shards = 1 Restored Coffer Key
No auto-conversion behavior	Auto-conversion can happen when you enter a Delve
Bag management mattered more if you stacked keys	Weekly planning matters more because Shards have a weekly cap of 600

Valeera Sanguinaar - New Delve Companion

Valeera Sanguinar is your new Delve buddy in Midnight, and yeah, she’s basically the “Brann replacement,” but with a totally different vibe. You unlock her early, she lives at the Delver’s Headquarters in Silvermoon. Having a companion like her is what makes Delve the type of content I like: solo-friendly, pug-friendly, and never forcing you to wait on a perfect comp just to get your weekly progress done.

The big thing is you can set Valeera as Tank, Healer, or DPS depending on what your spec lacks. If you’re squishy and hate getting sat on by random elites, put her on Tank and let her hold threat while you do your job. If you’re playing something that can’t self-sustain well, swap her to Healer. And her healing style is simple and familiar: she spawns Blood Orbs, and you just run through them to get some healing.

I don’t want to overcomplicate it for you, and this is how I see Valeera can be used in your Delves:

• Make Valeera a Tank if your spec struggles when mobs stick to you. Or you just want safer runs with less stress.
• Set her to Healer if your spec’s sustain is not enough. Blood Orbs can help you stabilize fights and keep you alive much longer. This is what you need since you have a limited number of deaths allowed in Delves.
• Let Valeera be a DPS if you’re already durable and just want the run to end faster. This can be especially nice in lower tiers where speed matters more than perfection.

She’s also got that companion personality thing going on. She has voice lines, she yaps a bit while you’re clearing, not as iconic as Brann, but she’s not silent either. One more nice detail if you’re sentimental about Brann: he’s not deleted from existence.

You can still go back to The War Within Delves and run with Brann there, and those Delves scale to level 80. If you’re level 90 later and you want to clean up achievements or just mess around, it’s basically the easiest time ever to go back and steamroll that older Delve content.

Valeera in Season 2

The big Season 2 addition is that a Valeera setup consists of her role + Curios + Poison. 

There are six Season 2 Poisons listed:

• Bloodcrypt Toxin,
• Poison of the Forgotten Master,
• Soulthirst Venom,
• Bursting Toad Toxin,
• Frostheart Venom,
• Phantasmal Spore Toxin.

Three are available immediately and three come after progressing the seasonal intro questline beginning with Seasonal Refresher: Midnight.

 

Azta'rec - New Delve Nemesis

Azta'rec is fought in Venomfall Deeps. The major reward is the Apophic Soul Crusher mount from Let Me Solo Him: Azta'rec, which requires defeating him solo at the specified Nemesis tier before the next season.

There is also a changed Hall of Fame/Fabled system. It is no longer limited to the first 4,000 qualifying players. Anyone completing the relevant solo Azta'rec challenge during the first week earns the Feat of Strength and Fabled Vanquisher of Azta'rec title.

This is a list of achievements you can get by defeating Nulleaus, the Season 2 Delve nemesis:

• Fabled Let Me Solo Him: Azta'rec
•  Let Me Solo Him: Azta'rec
• My Venomous Nemesis
• Purging the Poison

I’ll prepare a separate guide on how to beat Azta'rec with all the detailed tactics and strategy descriptions. But it’s already clear that this nemesis is as strong as all the others we’ve seen back in The War Within.

Delver’s Journey for Season 2 Explained

Delver’s Journey is the way you can track your progression through Delves during Season 2. It works like a sort of battle pass to me: you reach a specific point and get rewarded for it. This can make you stay and run Delve for a longer time than you might think because you’re not just getting useless gear, but you get exclusive stuff.

I’m talking about Delves-specific buffs, vendor options, and this is also Warband-friendly. This will help you speed up alt leveling and gearing in the future, too. But keep in mind that you only progress through Delver’s Journey by completing Bountiful Delves, not usual ones.

Delver’s Journey Ranks and Rewards

You progress through the Delver’s Journey ranks and earn rewards by collecting points. You’ll need 4200 points to finish one rank on the track. Doing simple maths: you’ll have to collect 42000 points to complete all ten levels and earn all the rewards. I’ve gathered a complete list of rewards you can earn in Delver’s Journey and what rank they’re tied to:

Rank	What You Unlock
Rank 1	Mislaid Curiosities and Heavy Trunks found in Delves now contain temporary character buffs. You can purchase the Fortified Amani Awning decor from Telemancer Astrandis.
Rank 2	You may acquire a Corrosive Reticule from Telemancer Astrandis.
Rank 3	A Shrine of Abundance can now appear in a Bountiful Delve, providing extra rewards at the end of the run. You can purchase the Effigy of Dundun toy from Telemancer Astrandis.
Rank 4	Gilded Stashes now appear after completing Tier 11 Delves, rewarding Hero and Myth Mistcrests. You can purchase the Zul'Aman Brazier Post decor from Telemancer Astrandis.
Rank 5	Mislaid Curiosities have a chance to grant additional Boons. Zah'ran can now appear at the end of Tier 6 Delves and above with a random stock of Champion equipment. You can purchase the Corroded Soul Crusher mount from Telemancer Astrandis.
Rank 6	You can purchase 2 Restored Coffer Keys from Naleidea Rivergleam. You can purchase the Amani Territorial Totem decor from Telemancer Astrandis. New gravestones can also be equipped in the basement of the Delver's Headquarters.
Rank 7	You can purchase the Delve-O-Bot 7001: Midnight Software Update Chip from Telemancer Astrandis, allowing you to teleport to Midnight Delves using your Delve-O-Bot 7001.
Rank 8	Champion Warbound gear can now be obtained from Tier 9 Delves and above. You can purchase the Ula'tek Ritual Stone decor from Telemancer Astrandis.
Rank 9	Tier 11 Bountiful Coffers have a chance to provide either a piece of Hero gear or Untainted Mana-Crystals, which are used to purchase powerful equipment from Zah'ran. Tier 8, 9, and 10 Bountiful Coffers also reward smaller quantities of Untainted Mana-Crystals.
Rank 10	Earn the Snake Eater title. The amount of Coffer Key Shards earned from all sources is increased.

Boons vs Blessings in Delves

Now, this section can be useful for those who always mix up boons and blessings when running Delves. I was one of them back in TWW, but they actually serve different purposes. This is how you split them in your head:

• Boons = picked up during the Delve and stack over the run
• Blessings = looted at the end, buffs your next Delve, and basically gives free consistency

You can also find a full list of Boons you can loot from Mislaid Curiosities in Midnight Delves:

Boon	Effect
Boon of Vigor	Increases maximum health by 6% and movement speed by 10%.
Boon of Possibilities	Increases a random secondary stat by 6%.
Boon of Fortitude	Increases damage reduction by 4%.
Boon of Speed	Increases movement speed by 10%.
Boon of Vitality	Increases maximum health by 6%.
Boon of Potency	Increases your highest secondary stat by 4%.
Boon of Temperance	Increases your lowest secondary stat by 8%.
Boon of Power	Increases your primary stat by 4%.

And I’ve also got a list of Blessings to check out to see how different they actually are and what purpose each one serves:

1. Blessing of Zeal
2. Blessing of Potency
3. Crimson Blessing
4. Sentinel's Blessing
5. Veiled Blessing

How Gearing Works in Midnight Delves

Gearing in Midnight Delves works very similarly to how it did in The War Within. Champion gear continues to come from Tier 7+, and the Great Vault works the same way, still providing the maximum of Hero-track gear. The main seasonal difference is tied to Delver’s Journey progression, because later ranks start upgrading what you can get out of higher-tier bountiful runs.

Tier	Bountiful	Trovehunter's Bounty	Great Vault
1	266 Adventurer 1/6	-	279 Veteran 1/6
2	269 Adventurer 2/6	-	282 Veteran 2/6
3	272 Adventurer 3/6	-	285 Veteran 3/6
4	276 Adventurer 4/6	282 Veteran 2/6	289 Veteran 4/6
5	279 Veteran 1/6	289 Veteran 4/6	292 Champion 1/6
6	282 Veteran 2/6	292 Champion 1/6	298 Champion 3/6
7	292 Champion 1/6	295 Champion 2/6	302 Champion 4/6
8-11	295 Champion 2/6	305 Hero 1/6	305 Hero 1/6

After Rank 9 of the Delver’s Journey, Tier 11 Bountiful Coffers gain a chance to reward either a piece of Hero equipment or Untainted Mana-Crystals. Those crystals are used to purchase powerful gear from Zah’ran, and Tier 8-10 Bountiful Coffers can also reward smaller quantities of Untainted Mana-Crystals. This makes Tier 11 bountiful delves much more valuable later in the track, especially for players gearing mainly through delves.

Bounty maps are still part of the system too, but they’re now called Trove Hunter’s Bounty. Functionally, it works the same way as before and rewards one Hero-track item per week.

 

 

Delves Rewards: Gear, Cosmetics, Decor, and Toys

You’ve got plenty of rewards waiting for you to unlock them in Midnight Delves. They include everything from what you can remember back in TWW, but the list has only become larger with decor items added this time. You can practically live in Delves if your goal is to collect everything the activity has to offer. Visit these vendors to buy unique Midnight Delves rewards:

• Telemancer Astrandis - Cosmetics, toys, and housing décor. Voidlight Marl currency is used to trade with this NPC
• Naleidea Rivergleam - Cosmetics, toys, and housing décor. Undercoin currency is used to buy the rewards from this NPC
• Dip Stickshift - Delver’s memories, Silver currency

I’ve got a few examples of what unique rewards you can get from Delves, but I recommend checking out a full list in the game itself:

Item Name	Price	Vendor
Delver's Cosmetic Surprise Bag	10 Voidlight Marl	Telemancer Astrandis
Sin'dorei Gravestone	10 Voidlight Marl	Telemancer Astrandis
Silvermoon's Arcane Defender	10 Voidlight Marl	Telemancer Astrandis
Midnight Delver's Flare Gun	10 Voidlight Marl	Telemancer Astrandis
Coffer Key Glue	250 Undercoin	Naleidea Rivergleam
Beacon of Hope	5000 Undercoin	Naleidea Rivergleam
L00T RAID-R Mini	1000 Undercoin	Naleidea Rivergleam
Reliquary Expedition Bag	2500 Undercoin	Naleidea Rivergleam
Sin'dorei Arcane Manuscript	2500 Undercoin	Naleidea Rivergleam

Delves Achievements

Apart from the rewards, you’ve got a list of achievements to claim when playing Delves in Midnight. They’re mainly connected with completing the instances, but some of them are tied to Valeera Sanguinar, too.

Achievement Name	How to Get
Midnight Delver	Clear every Midnight Delve on Tier 4+ with revives left, once as DPS, once as Healer, and once as Tank
Midnight Delver II	Finish every Midnight Delve on Tier 8+ with lives remaining across all three roles
Midnight Delver III	Beat every Midnight Delve on Tier 11+ without running out of revives on any of the three roles
Delver of the Depths: Midnight	Complete the full list of Midnight Delves at least once
Delver of the Depths II: Midnight	Complete all Midnight Delves on Tier 4+ while keeping at least one life at the end
Delver of the Depths III: Midnight	Complete all Midnight Delves on Tier 8+ with revives still available
Delver of the Depths IV: Midnight	Complete all Midnight Delves on Tier 11 and finish each run with lives remaining
Glory of the Midnight Delver	Earn every achievement required by the Midnight Delves meta achievement set
Delve Loremaster: Midnight	Wrap up the story-focused achievement chain tied to Midnight Delves
Midnight: Leave No Treasure Unfound	Track down and loot every Sturdy Chest hidden across all Midnight Delves
Curio Enthusiast: Midnight	Collect every curio option available for Valeera Sanguinar
Curio Fanatic: Midnight	Upgrade your collection by obtaining every Rank 4 curio for Valeera Sanguinar

Plus, add the Azta'rec-related achievements.

Changelog

August 11, 2026 - A major update of the guide for Season 2. Added information about the new delves, new seasonal nemesis boss, rewards, and achievements. Updated the Journey rewards table and added a table listing the ilvl gear rewards for each delve tier.

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