World of Warcraft’s big goblin patch gets a launch date of Feb. 25

The first major content patch for The War Within is all about goblins, and the patch is set to arrive on Feb. 25. Tuesday, Blizzard announced the release date for both the main patch and the beginning of season 2, as well as a rundown of all the new features players can expect. The expansion’s story takes us to Undermine, the goblin capital — a massive urban center with driveable and upgradeable cars, a series of competing cartels, and a new dungeon centered around blowing up a dam. [Image: Image: Blizzard Entertainment https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GjhnftUWsAACbY8.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] The patch, titled Undermined, will go live in two parts. On Feb. 5, Undermine will open up, with the new D.R.I.V.E. system, joinable cartels, the Operation: Floodgate dungeon, new Delves, and a new PvP map. Players will also be able to pick new log-in camps for their Warbands, which is a nice cosmetic feature that lets all of your alts hang out. On March 2, players will be able to participate in the new raid, Liberation of Undermine, and finally beat up long-time bad guy Gallywix. There will be new tier sets for each class in Liberation of Undermine, a popular feature for completionists and those into their class’ aesthetic fantasy. Blizzard will also introduce an updated Mythic+ rotation. We’ll just have to wait and see how the raid concludes, and how this links to the greater story of Xal’atath and her schemes.