Season PvE Ladder
By Ludven. Version 1, weekly pace, 6 stages, 17 steps.
For a player who wants this season's PvE ladder, one rung a week: Mythic+ from your first timed key to a rating of 2,000, the raid from your first clear to Ahead of the Curve on Heroic, and a fuller Great Vault as the weeks go on. A rung can take more than a week; the road waits.
You see three steps at a time. When a stage is done, the next one opens at the next weekly reset. For now you tick each step by hand; your progress stays in your browser.
Stage 1
Ready for keys
Reach item level 286, ready for Mythic 0 and Normal raids
Item level 286
Time your first Mythic+ dungeon this season (Midnight Keystone Explorer)
Achievement · Wowhead
Run one Heroic, Mythic or Mythic+ dungeon this week for a Great Vault slot
Great Vault: 1 dungeon slot, this week
Stage 2
A thousand
Reach a Mythic+ rating of 1,000
Mythic+ rating 1,000
Run four Heroic, Mythic or Mythic+ dungeons this week for two Great Vault slots
Great Vault: 2 dungeon slots, this week
Kill two raid bosses this week for a Great Vault slot
Great Vault: 1 raid slot, this week
Stage 3
The whole raid
Defeat every boss of The Venomous Abyss, on any difficulty (The Venomous Abyss)
Achievement · Wowhead
Reach a Mythic+ rating of 1,250
Mythic+ rating 1,250
Reach item level 295
Item level 295
Stage 4
Keystone Conqueror
Reach a Mythic+ rating of 1,500, for the title the Venomous (Midnight Keystone Conqueror)
Achievement · Wowhead
Run eight Heroic, Mythic or Mythic+ dungeons this week for all three Great Vault dungeon slots
Great Vault: 3 dungeon slots, this week
Reach item level 302, ready for Heroic raids
Item level 302
Stage 5
The raid on Heroic
Kill your first boss of The Venomous Abyss on Heroic
Reach a Mythic+ rating of 1,750
Mythic+ rating 1,750
Kill four raid bosses this week for two Great Vault slots
Great Vault: 2 raid slots, this week
Stage 6
Ahead of the Curve
Written for Midnight Season 2 (patch 12.1.5); its game ids were checked on 18 October 2026. This road is CC BY 4.0 by Ludven: walk it, share it and change it. A remix names Ludven as its source, and the editor does that for you.