{"id":41702,"date":"2026-10-04T18:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T18:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/?p=41702"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:21:50","slug":"ascendant-venomstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/ascendant-venomstones\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascendant Venomstones: Raise Your Item Level Cap in Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"item=280562&amp;domain=ptr-2\">Ascendant Venomstones<\/a> are the Midnight 12.1.5 currency that raises the item level of fully upgraded Season 2 Hero, Myth, or maximum-quality Tidal Crafted weapons, trinkets, and necklaces. You unlock them by finishing the <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"npc=269987\">Orin Straylight<\/a> quest chain, which starts with &quot;Ancient Depths, Ancient Venom&quot; during the week of <strong>October 13<\/strong> and ends with &quot;Ascending with Venomstones&quot; during the week of October 20. The 12.1.5 content update itself goes live October 13 with weekly maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"omniseo-updates\" style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9c9c9;padding:4px 0 4px 14px;margin:16px 0\"><p class=\"omniseo-updates-title\"><strong>Page updates<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"omniseo-update\"><strong>October 20, 2026<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"omniseo-update-items\"><li>Limited to the first two weekly Nightmare Prey Hunts.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-unlock-ascendant-venomstones\">How to unlock Ascendant Venomstones<\/h2>\n<p>The chain runs through Orin Straylight in <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"zone=15969\">Silvermoon City<\/a> and takes three weekly steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>During realm maintenance the week of October 6, Orin begins offering one additional <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"currency=3418\">Nebulous Voidcore<\/a> a week to bonus roll for extra loot.<\/li>\n<li>During realm maintenance the week of October 13, Orin offers &quot;Ancient Depths, Ancient Venom&quot;. Once you complete it, he starts his research into Ascendant Venomstones.<\/li>\n<li>During realm maintenance the week of October 20, Orin finishes that research and offers &quot;Ascending with Venomstones&quot;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Completing &quot;Ascending with Venomstones&quot; is what lets you acquire Ascendant Venomstones as drops.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-prepare-during-the-october-6-mid-season-refresh\">How to prepare during the October 6 mid-season refresh<\/h2>\n<p>You can get ahead on the Nebulous Voidcore chain before 12.1.5 goes live:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accept &quot;<a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"quest=97945\">In the Catalyst&#39;s Shadow<\/a>&quot; from <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"npc=235697\">Decimus<\/a> in <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"zone=15458\">Voidstorm<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Travel to Silvermoon City and pick up &quot;<a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"quest=97978\">Prismatic Potential<\/a>&quot; from Orin Straylight.<\/li>\n<li>Complete both quests before weekly maintenance during the week of October 6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once &quot;Prismatic Potential&quot; is turned in, Orin begins his research and a progress timer appears above his head. When that research finishes during the week of October 6, he offers &quot;Umbral Blessings of the Catalyst&quot;. Completing it unlocks the ability to trade gold, <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"currency=3316\">Voidlight Marl<\/a>, or <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"currency=3443\">Veteran Mistcrests<\/a> to Orin for one additional Nebulous Voidcore a week.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"where-ascendant-venomstones-drop\">Where Ascendant Venomstones drop<\/h2>\n<p>After you complete &quot;Ascending with Venomstones&quot;, Ascendant Venomstones drop from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every Heroic or Mythic raid boss<\/li>\n<li>Mythic+ Keystone dungeons at <strong>+10 and above<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tier 11 Bountiful Delves<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wow-midnight-prey-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nightmare Prey Champion Chests<\/a> from the first two weekly Nightmare Prey Hunts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-spend-ascendant-venomstones\">How to spend Ascendant Venomstones<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Collect 10<\/strong> Ascendant Venomstones, then use them near the Catalyst in Silvermoon City. The turn-in raises the item level of a fully upgraded Season 2 Hero, Myth, or maximum-quality Tidal Crafted weapon, trinket, or necklace. The same week of October 20, the crest cap is lifted.<\/p>\n<p>If you want the gear those stones upgrade without running the content yourself, the <a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/wow\/boost\/midnight-leveling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Midnight Leveling Boost<\/a> takes a character up to level 90 so it can enter that content.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-else-arrives-in-1215\">What else arrives in 12.1.5<\/h2>\n<p>The update ships alongside the Venomstone chain and changes what you can farm for upgrades:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Detail<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Raid<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"zone=17059&amp;domain=ptr-2\">The Unbinding of Kith&#39;ix<\/a>, single boss, Story Mode, Raid Finder, Normal, Heroic, Mythic<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mythic raid size<\/strong><\/td><td>Flexible, 15\u201325 players<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Labyrinth<\/strong><\/td><td>Labyrinth of Kindo&#39;jan, nine chambers, with <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"npc=242381\">Valeera Sanguinar<\/a> as companion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mythic+ achievement<\/strong><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"achievement=63690&amp;domain=ptr-2\">Midnight Keystone Myth: Season 2<\/a>, reach a Mythic+ rating of 3600<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p>The Keystone Myth achievement rewards the &quot;the Venomous Contender&quot; title and a Timelost Saddle. The update also continues the story campaign &quot;<a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"achievement=63519&amp;domain=ptr-2\">The Promise of Tomorrow<\/a>&quot; and adds Aqir Invasions, zone-wide public events in <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"zone=15968\">Eversong<\/a> or <a href=\"#\" data-wowhead=\"zone=15947\">Zul&#39;Aman<\/a> that run for <strong>ten minutes<\/strong> each hour. For more on the upgrade systems these stones build on, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wow-midnight-voidforge-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voidforge guide<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascendant Venomstones unlock in Midnight 12.1.5 and let you push fully upgraded Season 2 gear past its cap. Here&#8217;s the full quest chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33680,"featured_media":41801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[1439,45],"post_kind":[97],"ppma_author":[127],"class_list":["post-41702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wow","category-all","tag-ascendant-venomstones","tag-wow","author-dina"],"acf":{"faq_header":"","faq_items":[{"question":"<h3>When do Ascendant Venomstones unlock?<\/h3>","answer":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">You can acquire them after completing &quot;Ascending with Venomstones&quot;, which Orin Straylight offers during realm maintenance the week of October 20.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>How many Ascendant Venomstones do I need?<\/h3>","answer":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">10, used near the Catalyst in Silvermoon City.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>What gear can I upgrade with them?<\/h3>","answer":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A fully upgraded Season 2 Hero, Myth, or maximum-quality Tidal Crafted weapon, trinket, or necklace.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>Do I need to do anything before October 13?<\/h3>","answer":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Yes. 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