WoW Midnight

WoW Midnight · checked 26 October 2026

WoW Midnight glossary

25 terms you will meet in Midnight, in group finder and in account listings, in plain English.

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Terms

AOTC (Ahead of the Curve)
Achievement for defeating a raid’s final boss on Heroic while that raid is current.
Apex talents
Midnight’s capstone talent cluster for every spec, 4 points from level 81.
Battle.net account
The Blizzard account that holds your World of Warcraft licence, game time and characters, and any other Blizzard games.
Bountiful Delve
A delve with a bonus chest opened with a Coffer Key; the better weekly delve loot.
CE (Cutting Edge)
Achievement for defeating a raid’s final boss on Mythic while that raid is current; it can never be earned again afterwards.
Delve
Short instanced adventure for one to five players, with tiers 1 to 11 and an NPC companion.
Devourer
The third Demon Hunter spec, added in Midnight: a mid-range Intellect caster built on Void magic.
Elite
The top PvP rank (2,300 rating in Season 2, per Warcraft Wiki); Gladiator, Legend and Strategist need wins at Elite.
Gladiator
PvP title and mount for 50 rated 3v3 wins at Elite in one season. Each season’s mount is gone when the season ends.
Great Vault
Weekly reward chest that offers one choice from the raid, Mythic+/delve and world activity you did that week.
Haranir
Allied race added in Midnight, neutral, unlocked through the Harandar storyline.
Hero talents
A third talent tree chosen from two per spec, introduced in The War Within and kept in Midnight.
Ilvl (item level)
The number that measures gear strength; the average item level is the quickest read of how geared a character is.
Keystone / M+
Mythic+ dungeons: a keystone sets the level, a timer and affixes; rating comes from your best runs.
Labyrinth
A larger, delve-like challenge added in 12.1.5; the first is the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan with nine chambers.
Lair
Instanced world boss added in 12.1, in Normal, Heroic and Mythic.
Nemesis delve
The season’s special delve with a recurring boss; in Season 2 it is Venomfall Deeps.
Prey
Opt-in hunt of a chosen target through activity in the Midnight zones, started at the Hunt Table in Silvermoon.
R1 (Rank 1)
Season title for the top 0.1% of a region’s PvP ladder.
Raider.IO / IO / RIO
Community site and score for Mythic+ progress; sellers write “3000 IO” for a 3,000 Mythic+ rating.
Secret values
Midnight’s addon rule: addons can show combat data but cannot compare or calculate with it.
Talebound
Action-RPG style mode announced for patch 12.1.7.
Trader’s Tenders
Trading Post currency for cosmetics; included with Midnight editions.
Warband
All characters on one World of Warcraft account; shares the bank, many reputations, transmog outfits and your house.
WoW Token
Item bought with real money and sold for gold, or bought with gold and redeemed for game time or Battle.net balance.

Answers

Glossary FAQ

What do IO, CE and AOTC mean in WoW?

IO (or RIO) is a character’s Mythic+ score on Raider.IO, so “3000 IO” means a 3,000 rating. CE, Cutting Edge, is the achievement for killing a raid’s final boss on Mythic while it is current; AOTC, Ahead of the Curve, is the same on Heroic. Neither can be earned once the next raid opens.

What does IO mean in WoW?

Community site and score for Mythic+ progress; sellers write “3000 IO” for a 3,000 Mythic+ rating.

What is AOTC in WoW?

Achievement for defeating a raid’s final boss on Heroic while that raid is current.

What does CE mean in WoW?

Achievement for defeating a raid’s final boss on Mythic while that raid is current; it can never be earned again afterwards.

What is a warband?

All characters on one World of Warcraft account; shares the bank, many reputations, transmog outfits and your house.

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Facts checked: 26 October 2026 · Sources: Wowhead item and achievement database, Midnight talents: Apex talents and new talent points (Blizzard), Prey: hunting in Midnight (Blizzard), Midnight Season 2 — Warcraft Wiki

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