Midnight Tips That Will Save You HOURS Every Week!

Midnight has been out for about a month, and with many weekly tasks, efficiency is key to staying on top of responsibilities. This guide offers tips to speed up weekly tasks, focusing on getting things done faster rather than explaining game systems in depth. First, let's talk about Abundance runs. To complete these more quickly, join a raid group using the group finder. Ideally, a group of 5 to 20 people is best to minimize lag, though this issue might have been resolved. The goal is to contribute 10,000 points at the altar to earn the maximum 900 Anima Abundance per run. As a community world event, doing it alone is slow and often doesn't reach the point cap. Group participation is crucial, especially on low-population realms where finding players can be difficult. Wasting a run by not hitting the 10,000-point cap feels bad, especially since each Abundance Harvest consumes one time-gated Shard of Dandan. You can get up to eight Shards of Dandan per week, and currently, there's no catch-up mechanism if you miss them. While they can be earned from treasures and profession activities, the fastest method is fishing. Learn Midnight fishing from the trainer in Silvermoon, grab a fishing pole, and you can fish anywhere, even outside the city. For greater efficiency, especially if you're interested in mounts, fish in the Blood Pool up north in Voidstorm, near the Void Scar arena. This location offers a chance at the Nether War Drake while farming shards. You'll often find other players there, and it typically takes only 5 to 10 minutes to reach your weekly cap. This method also levels your fishing and provides a chance for a rare mount, making it particularly useful for alternate characters (alts) as it avoids running across different zones for shards. Main characters often acquire shards naturally through other content. Remember, you receive two free shards by picking up the weekly Abundance quest. You don't need to be level 90; you can participate in Abundance runs and pick up the quest from level 80 for better rewards. These two shards count towards your weekly cap, so always pick up this quest, leaving only six more to farm. Fishing remains the fastest way to get them. Picking up this weekly quest on alts might even grant a Spark of Radiance as a bonus. Following this method, it takes about 30 minutes or less per character to complete the Abundance event. The main reason to do Abundance on alts is for professions. You can buy Fused Vitality from the vendor, a soulbound item used to craft epic profession gear. These epic tools and accessories provide better stats, significantly increasing gold-making potential, making it worthwhile to keep up with Abundance on multiple characters. Next, let's discuss Prey, a major expansion feature and an easy way to get decent gear and crests. Aim to complete at least four hunts each week. This is the sweet spot, as these four hunts provide 1,000 journey progress each, adding up to a full rank on your Prey track. Beyond the first four, hunts normally give only 50 progress, but a catch-up system has been implemented: until you reach rank four, any additional hunts also grant 1,000 progress. Rank four is crucial as it unlocks Nightmare hunts, which are the most efficient Prey version, dropping better gear and higher-tier crests. If you finish your Prey board and still need progress, you can talk to Astalor for a random hunt, choosing your difficulty to continue working towards rank four. Once at rank four and Nightmare hunts are unlocked, subsequent hunts will revert to giving 50 progress. If time is short, prioritize higher-value activities. However, there's still a good reason to do random Nightmare hunts from Astalor: they allow you to choose your reward, including Champion Crests. For those who prefer outdoor content, this is one of the fastest and most consistent ways to farm them. A Nightmare hunt typically takes 5 to 10 minutes. Regarding Nightmare hunts, they can be tricky. When Astalor commands you to kill something, immediately find and kill any nearby creature; this is faster than chasing a specific mob. Failing to kill something in time results in a heavy damage-over-time debuff, requiring defensives and possibly healing potions. As the hunt progresses, you'll accumulate a stacking debuff that hinders multitasking. It might be better to focus solely on the hunt, avoiding rares, high-density mob areas, or world quests. The easiest way to lure your target is to go to the Prey world quest area and disarm traps. These traps are marked on your mini-map and give significant hunt progress, sometimes spawning Remnants of Anguish for even more progress. This method is extremely fast and often avoids combat. Only one person can disarm each trap before it disappears, but they respawn quickly. Disarming traps also yields trap items, which are very useful. When the Prey target ambushes you, these traps instantly remove 50% of its health on normal and hard modes, and 25% on Nightmare. You can hold up to five traps and will rarely run out if you keep disarming them. Drag traps to your action bar for instant use. While disarming traps is the fastest way, you can also loot small treasures or click blood orbs that spawn mobs. If your gear is low, avoid unnecessary fights until you can handle Prey while doing other activities. Nightmare hunts can be noticeably harder, so it's fine to complete them first. Before starting your weekly Nightmare hunts, pick up the weekly quest from Astalor, which asks you to complete three. This grants 20 Hero Dawn Crests, Voidlight Motes, Remnants of Anguish, and a Beacon of Hope. The Beacon of Hope can be used in a delve to summon the Nemesis Nulos, which drops a bounty map for an extra reward at the end of a delve, offering a chance at better gear. Use it before killing the final boss of the delve, ideally in tier eight and above, where gear rewards cap at the Hero track. For delves, make full use of your toolkit, including utility spells. For example, a priest can use Dominate Mind on a mob to have it fight for them, speeding things up, especially on large creatures. Power Infusion can also be used on the mob or on Valera. The ping system can control Valera, telling her to move elsewhere if she's about to pull unwanted mobs. A priest can even use Leap of Faith on her to prevent accidental pulls. Running Valera as a healer can be effective, keeping you healthy, especially if you're a squishy class. Experiment with her curios to find what works best. Finally, some quick traveling tips. The Arcanite Key acts as a second hearthstone to Silvermoon with a 15-minute cooldown. If you frequently go to Zul'Aman, set your main hearthstone there (as it's the furthest zone), and use the Arcanite Key for quick access back to Silvermoon. Orgrimmar and Stonewing Cloaks offer another Silvermoon teleport. There are three versions with different cooldowns, available from guild vendors if your guild has unlocked the achievements. Remember to switch back to your normal cloak afterwards with the new transmog system. Midnight involves a lot of back-and-forth travel between zones, so minimizing travel time helps achieve weekly goals faster. There's also a direct portal connecting Void and Harrendor, located next to the Silvermoon portal in both zones, saving time when moving between them.