WoW Patch 12.1.7 Takes You Back to Dornogal with a New Game Mode and 13 Mounts

Quick Summary: Patch 12.1.7 Echoes of the Worldcore is the next Midnight content update, expected in December 2026. It brings the campaign The Return to Dornogal, the standalone game mode Talebound, an eight week Turbulent Timeways with the Markeet of the Infinite mount, four new Lorewalking stories, two new Omnium Folio runes, over 200 decor items and 13 new mounts, including the Winter Veil Winterrrgl's Pine-Powered Candy Cane Contraption.

Patch 12.1.7 looks small on paper, but it is one of the best collector patches of Midnight. A brand new game mode hands out mounts, pets, transmog and decor, Timewalking returns with a new mount and an old one back on sale, and Winter Veil gets a new holiday mount. KingBoost runs WoW services across every part of Midnight, and this guide covers everything in Echoes of the Worldcore, from the story to every reward worth chasing.

Patch 12.1.7 at a glance

When does Patch 12.1.7 come out

Patch 12.1.7 is on the PTR now, with release expected in late autumn or early winter, most likely December 2026. That timing lines up with the Feast of Winter Veil, which runs from mid December to January 2, so the new holiday mount should be live for the event

Story campaign: The Return to Dornogal

Xal'atath has breached the Worldcore, and the only way down is the damaged Coreway beneath Dornogal. The new campaign reunites you with Arator, Brinthe, Dagran and Brann Bronzebeard to work out how to reopen the Coreway and reach the Worldcore beyond it.

This chapter sets up Patch 12.2 Eclipse, where the Midnight story ends at the Worldcore itself. Finish it before the final patch arrives.

Talebound

Talebound is a new standalone game mode in the style of Plunderstorm and Remix. A mysterious Storyteller pulls you into dark, macabre tales full of enemies, bosses, puzzles, treasure and relics. You play solo or with friends, and every reward lands on your main Midnight Warband.

How Talebound works

• Open it from your game menu. Talebound costs nothing extra.
• Create a Talebound character. Pick one of three classes. You can make more than one, and your retail class and gear do not come with you.
• Play a tale. Each tale is a themed level with its own enemies and bosses.
• Return to Quillgrave. This small Drust village in a pocket of Azeroth called Red Hollow is your hub between runs.
• Earn Bound Silver and spend it on cosmetics for your whole Warband.

Movement is the core of combat. Every class can double jump, dodge and guard, so positioning wins fights, and lesser enemies flinch when you hit them.

Talebound classes

The Slayer suits close range burst, with a three hit Slash that stuns on the final blow and Silver Bolt leaping onto the highest health enemy in range. The Inquisitor fights on the move, since Condemn and Radiant Burst both cast while running. The Witch throws exploding frogs with Bubbling Cauldron, sends a spider swarm with Winter Spiders and turns into a star raining cat with Feline Communion.

The four launch tales

Quillgrave upgrades

Each class talent tree has 27 points earned through Tales of Valor. Ducats collected during tales convert into the resources that power these upgrades.

Talebound rewards

Bound Silver comes from quests, achievements and tale progress, and it is Warband bound, so every run on any character fills the same wallet. Spend it in the Talebound store through Nib in Quillgrave, the character select screen or the Game Menu.

• Mounts. The Shadowbound Storybook, a flying copy of the Storyteller's own Shadowtome, plus the Gilnean Copper Charger and seven more listed below.
• Transmog. The Ensemble: Witch Hunter's Shadow Attire, with the Witch Hunter's Shadow Hat, Shadow Mantle, Shadow Drape, Shadow Jacket, Shadow Vest, Shadow Grips, Shadow Cinch, Shadow Kilt, Shadow Pants and Shadow Striders.
• Decor. The Quillgrave Storyteller's Lectern and Quillgrave Talebound Shadowtome.
• Pets. Hex-Cursed Manifestation, Inquisitor's Messenger, Slayer's Faithful Tracker and Zyg'ee.

Grab what you want while Talebound is live, since there is no guarantee the rewards stay in the store afterward.

Every new mount in Patch 12.1.7

Talebound mounts

Holiday mount

Winterrrgl's Pine-Powered Candy Cane Contraption is the new Feast of Winter Veil mount, a candy cane machine with the murloc Winterrrgl riding along. It has a chance to drop from The Greench, the Winter Veil boss, so kill it every day of the event on every character you have.

Timewalking mount

Markeet of the Infinite is the reward for Master of the Turbulent Timeways VI. Its flavor text promises to let slip the birds of the Infinite.

Trading Post mounts

Reanimated Skeletal Raptor and The Watcher in the Waves arrive on the Trading Post after launch. The Skeletal Raptor is a perfect fit for troll Death Knights.

Stegodon mounts

Four Stegodon mounts in Black, Blue, Green and Purple are on the PTR with placeholder names and the Trading Post as their likely source. Treat them as future additions rather than launch day rewards.

Turbulent Timeways

Turbulent Timeways runs for eight weeks from the launch of 12.1.7, with a different Timewalking expansion each week. There is nothing to sign up for. Queue for the active Timewalking dungeon in the Group Finder and the event does the rest.

Both buffs persist through death, and the Knowledge timer freezes while you are logged out.

• Earn Mastery of Timeways in four of the eight weeks to complete Master of the Turbulent Timeways VI and unlock Markeet of the Infinite.
• Credit is account wide, so each week can be earned on a different character.
• Weeks do not have to be in a row, so a busy holiday week costs you nothing.
• Timewalking weekly quests reward the Cache of Quel'Thalas Treasures with Heroic level loot.
• New housing decor joins the Timewalking vendors for Classic, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands and Dragonflight.

Missed a past Turbulent Timeways mount? Each one goes on sale at the Timewalking vendors for 5,000 Timewarped Badges once the next event starts. If the pattern holds, the Turbulent Timeways V reward, Spawn of Vyranoth, joins the vendors during 12.1.7, so save your badges.

Lorewalking: Jaina, Thrall, Titans and Tyr

Patch 12.1.7 adds four Lorewalking stories, open to any character level 10 or higher.

Start them with Li Li Stormstout.

Every campaign rewards a souvenir the first time you finish it on any character, plus a readable Lorewalker's Notes book. The four new stories add four new readable decor books. Repeating campaigns earns a Lorewalker's Crate of Memorabilia with old expansion gear, a quick way to fill out your transmog collection.

The older campaigns are still worth finishing if you missed them.

Only one Lorewalking story saves at a time, and starting another deletes your progress, so finish one before you begin the next. Other quests pause while you are Lorewalking, and the Ask a Question button under the minimap lets Li Li fill in any gaps.

Lorewalking also hides a free hearthstone. Accept a story, hit Exit Vehicle and carry on playing, and the Lorewalking panel stays in your quest list. Click its icon from anywhere to teleport straight back to Li Li's bench, with no cooldown.

Omnium Folio upgrades

The Omnium Folio gets two more Motes of Omnial Inquiry and two new runes.

Rune of Empowerment gives your stat rune 20% more of its stat. That covers Rune of Critical Power, Rune of Burning Haste, Rune of Masterful Cunning and Rune of the Versatile Warrior.

Rune of Critical Mass upgrades your core rune.

How to unlock the Omnium Folio

Players who never started the Folio should unlock it before 12.1.7, so the two new runes are ready to buy as soon as the patch lands.

1. Pick up The Magisters' Call from the floating Magister's Missive near the Ritual Site vendors in Silvermoon City at /way #2393 47.9 51.6.
2. Help Magister Umbric and Grand Magister Rommath restore the Sunstrider Omnium in the Magisters' Terrace on the Isle of Quel'Danas.
3. Finish The Omnium Reawakens for The Sunstrider Omnium achievement.
4. Complete the five weekly Seeking Knowledge quests from Magister Umbric in the Lycaneum, one Mote each.

Five Motes complete Omnium Folio Studies and award the Sunstrider Omnium Simulacrum decor. Portals to the Omnium open in Silvermoon City at /way #2393 38.9 48.9 and /way #2393 47.9 51.6 once you unlock it.

Patch 12.1.7 decor

Over 200 decor pieces arrive with 12.1.7.

• Talebound decor like the Quillgrave Storyteller's Lectern.
• Four readable Lorewalking books, one per new story.
• New Timewalking vendor stock for eight expansions.
• Theater curtains from neighborhood vendors Torm Swindel and Zin'nin, near the theaters.
• Mirrored versions of the spiral staircase and elegant curtain, so they face both directions.
• Winter Veil decor for the holiday.
• New decor from old content, including quests, enemies and vendors from Cataclysm through The War Within.

Smaller changes in Patch 12.1.7

• Housing. Decor no longer rotates when your house loads. Editing your house once saves every piece in the new format.
• Herbalism. Bountiful Harvests grants more Deftness.
• Mining. Plentiful Ores grants more Deftness.
• Interface. Edit Mode can make the Personal Resource Display click through.
• Transmog. Outfit 1 is the outfit shown on the WoW Armory website.

What comes after Patch 12.1.7

Patch 12.2 Eclipse is the final major Midnight patch, with a new zone in the Mantle Vault, a new dungeon in Thraegar's Stand and a Worldcore raid with Xal'atath herself as a boss. Patch 12.2 also opens the Paladin class to Night Elves, Forsaken and Darkspear Trolls.

Midnight Season 3 brings Magisters' Terrace and Maisara Cavern back into the dungeon pool, and the top 1% and 5% Mythic+ rewards switch to rankings within your specialization.

What to do first

• Unlock and finish the Omnium Folio before 12.1.7.
• Save Timewarped Badges for Spawn of Vyranoth and the new Timewalking decor.
• Plan four Timewalking weeks for Markeet of the Infinite, on any characters you like.
• Finish your current Lorewalking story before starting a new one.
• Pick a Talebound class that fits how you like to fight.
• Kill The Greench daily during Winter Veil for the candy cane mount.
• Finish The Return to Dornogal before Patch 12.2 Eclipse.

Echoes of the Worldcore is a collector's patch, with mounts spread across a new game mode, a holiday and Timewalking. WoW mounts cover every mount on your list, WoW powerleveling gets alts ready for Turbulent Timeways and Lorewalking, and WoW preorders lock in services for the patches ahead.

FAQ

WHEN IS WOW PATCH 12.1.7 RELEASING? Patch 12.1.7

Echoes of the Worldcore is expected in December 2026.

WHAT IS TALEBOUND IN WOW?

A free standalone action RPG mode where you pick one of three classes, play through four macabre tales and earn Bound Silver for mounts, pets, transmog and decor on your Warband.

HOW DO YOU GET MARKEET OF THE INFINITE?

Earn Mastery of Timeways in four of the eight weeks of Turbulent Timeways in Patch 12.1.7. Credit is account wide, and weeks do not need to be in a row.

CAN YOU STILL GET OLD TURBULENT TIMEWAYS MOUNTS?

Yes. Past event mounts sell for 5,000 Timewarped Badges at Timewalking vendors once the next Turbulent Timeways begins.

HOW DO YOU GET THE CANDY CANE MOUNT IN WOW?

Winterrrgl's Pine-Powered Candy Cane Contraption has a chance to drop from The Greench during the Feast of Winter Veil.

WHERE DO YOU START LOREWALKING?

Talk to Li Li Stormstout in Silvermoon City, Orgrimmar, Stormwind or Dornogal on any character level 10 or higher.

HOW DO YOU UNLOCK THE OMNIUM FOLIO?

Start The Magisters' Call from the Magister's Missive in Silvermoon City at /way #2393 47.9 51.6.

DOES KINGBOOST OFFER PATCH 12.1.7 SERVICES?

Yes. KingBoost covers mounts, leveling and preorders for Patch 12.1.7 and beyond.