Dataminers have found a possible release date for update 12.0.5 for World of Warcraft

Data miners found a possible release date for the 12.0.5 update for World of Warcraft

This week the team behind World of Warcraft pushed the 12.0.5 build to the public PTR. Folks digging through the test files stumbled on something that reads like a release hint — April 22 — though “possible” is the operative word.

Hidden in the client is an unnamed, description-free event scheduled to run three months: April 22 to July 21, 2026. No flavor text, no tooltip — just dates. Many players are connecting the dots (e.g., the timing matches the PTR drop) and suggesting the event flips on when the patch goes live.

Of course, it could also be a placeholder. Blizzard may have left the fields blank on purpose to keep curious dataminers guessing — a simple way to limit leaks. If nothing else, it makes waiting for confirmation a bit more suspenseful.