[0:00] Hey everyone, Andrea here, and welcome
[0:02] back to my channel. Today we are diving
[0:04] into the add-ons I'll be using in
[0:06] Midnight. The ones that fit my play
[0:08] style, the ones I rely on every single
[0:11] day, and honestly, the ones I just
[0:13] cannot live without. A ton of you have
[0:15] been asking about my UI lately, so I
[0:18] figured it's finally time for an
[0:19] up-to-date add-on guide. My old list was
[0:22] from way back, and with Midnight right
[0:25] around the corner, plus the pre-patch
[0:27] shaking up half the API, a lot has
[0:29] changed. Now, a quick tip before we jump
[0:32] in. If your add-ons start acting weird
[0:34] after the pre-patch, the easiest fix is
[0:37] to wipe everything clean and reinstall
[0:39] from scratch. I know it sounds painful,
[0:41] but trust me, Midnight changed a lot
[0:43] under the hood, and some add-ons just
[0:46] won't behave unless you start fresh. If
[0:49] you are getting those lovely Lua errors
[0:51] popping up on your screen, get these two
[0:53] add-ons, Bug Grabber and Bug Sack. They
[0:55] won't fix the errors per se, but they
[0:57] will hide those big, scary, red messages
[1:00] and keep your UI looking clean while you
[1:02] play. Just remember, the issues are
[1:05] still happening in the background, so
[1:06] the best long-term solution is still a
[1:09] full reinstall of your add-ons. I'm
[1:11] going to link the full guide below from
[1:13] Laksos, that's the one I followed, and
[1:15] it works great. All right, and now that
[1:17] we have covered the basics, let's jump
[1:19] into the add-ons I highly recommend
[1:21] using for Midnight. Let's kick things
[1:24] off with bag organization. For my
[1:26] inventory, I'm using Bagnator along with
[1:29] Syndicate or. I've been using this combo
[1:31] for a couple of years now, and I
[1:33] absolutely love it. I've tried other bag
[1:36] add-ons before, but at the end of the
[1:38] day, this one just feels the best to me.
[1:40] It organizes your personal inventory,
[1:42] your bank, your war bank, and tracks
[1:45] items across your entire war bank. It's
[1:47] super clean, very easy to set up, and
[1:50] just makes everything look tidy. [music]
[1:52] And when it comes to UI, clean and
[1:54] simple wins every time, at least for me.
[1:58] Moving on for the auction house, I use
[2:00] two add-ons. I mostly use Auctioneer. It
[2:02] allows you to post fast without having
[2:04] to go back and forth between your
[2:06] inventory and the auction house. It's
[2:08] simple, clean, and very user-friendly.
[2:11] If you're new to gold making, this is
[2:13] 100% where you should start. Now, if you
[2:16] really want to go down the rabbit hole,
[2:18] we're talking heavy flipping, enchant
[2:20] undercut wars, serious auction house
[2:22] camping, that's where TSM comes in. It's
[2:25] a bit intimidating at first, especially
[2:27] when you're trying to set up your
[2:29] groups [music]
[2:30] but once you master it, it becomes an
[2:32] incredible tool. At the end of the day,
[2:34] it boils down to how deep you want to
[2:36] go. You are aiming for casual selling,
[2:38] then stick with Auctioneer. You want to
[2:40] go full goblin mode, then go TSM. And
[2:44] since we're on the topic of goblins and
[2:46] gold making, if you want to take your
[2:47] professions to the next level, you might
[2:50] want to check out Craftsim. I went over
[2:52] it in my recent WoW gold guide, so I
[2:55] won't repeat everything here again. I'll
[2:57] drop the link below if you want to dive
[2:58] deeper and see the full potential of
[3:01] this add-on. Just keep it in mind if you
[3:03] ever want to start a little profession
[3:05] business in WoW and watch that gold pile
[3:08] up, Craftsim is your go-to add-on. All
[3:11] right, let's do a 180 and move on to
[3:13] something a bit more chill, questing. If
[3:16] there is one add-on I get asked about in
[3:18] basically every video, it's DialogUI.
[3:21] This add-on completely transforms the
[3:23] quest window into a scroll style
[3:25] interface.
[3:27] immersive, more RPG-like, and honestly
[3:30] makes the game feel fresher. You can
[3:32] tweak it by resizing the font, changing
[3:35] its appearance, hide the UI, and
[3:37] generally you can adjust it to however
[3:39] you like. You can also accept quests by
[3:42] pressing the space bar, which is super
[3:44] convenient. Now, I have to say at this
[3:46] point that there is nothing wrong with
[3:47] Blizzard's default quest UI, but for me,
[3:50] it just lacks a bit of personality and
[3:53] dialogue UI fixes that. Now, while this
[3:56] add-on makes your questing experience
[3:57] look nicer, Leatrix Plus is all about
[4:00] making it faster and easier. If you've
[4:03] got a lot of tunes and are doing tons of
[4:05] questing, this add-on is a lifesaver. It
[4:08] auto accepts and turns in quests, sells
[4:10] junk, repairs gear, basically handles
[4:13] all the busy work so you can focus on
[4:15] the fun stuff. Especially during an
[4:17] expansion launch when quests are pretty
[4:19] much everywhere, it saves a ton of time.
[4:22] And when you have to deal with mundane
[4:24] daily tasks across multiple tunes,
[4:26] Leatrix Plus really shines with auto
[4:28] accepting. You can add a modifier key
[4:30] binds as well, which is what I do as
[4:32] sometimes I do want to read the quest
[4:34] text. So, yeah, if you want to speed
[4:36] level in Midnight, then Leatrix Plus is
[4:39] a must-have. On top of the faster
[4:42] questing experience that Leatrix
[4:44] provides, there is another tool that
[4:46] kind of flies under the radar, the
[4:48] option to increase your max camera zoom.
[4:50] Being able to zoom out further just
[4:53] feels so much better in raids, Mythic
[4:55] Plus, or any situation where you have to
[4:57] deal with mechanics. Being able to see
[5:00] more of what's happening around you is
[5:02] huge. You can react faster and
[5:05] everything feels more comfortable
[5:07] overall. It's one of those small changes
[5:10] that doesn't sound particularly
[5:12] exciting, but once you use it, you will
[5:15] never want to go back. You will find
[5:17] other add-ons that can do the same
[5:19] thing, but if you're already using
[5:21] Leatrix for all the other quality of
[5:23] life improvements I mentioned, you might
[5:25] as well enable these, too. Okay, before
[5:28] we move into the next add-on, if you'd
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[5:42] While Leatrix Plus helps you breeze
[5:44] through quests, sometimes the real
[5:46] challenge isn't completing them or
[5:48] accepting them, but it's finding the
[5:50] NPCs in the first place. If you often
[5:52] find yourself thinking, "Okay, is this
[5:55] NPC down in a cave or up on a hill?" and
[5:58] then you end up checking a website just
[6:00] to track them down. Well, I might have a
[6:02] solution for you. Waypoint UI is an
[6:05] add-on that can save you a ton of
[6:07] hassle. It shows you exact positions of
[6:09] NPCs, directions, and even highlights
[6:12] the quest objective, which really
[6:13] streamlines the whole questing process.
[6:16] With a new expansion like Midnight,
[6:18] where we're still learning the zones,
[6:20] okay, some areas like Eversong are quite
[6:22] familiar, but there is plenty of new
[6:24] territory to explore. Well, this add-on
[6:27] becomes incredibly valuable. Beyond
[6:29] that, it also makes the game feel a bit
[6:31] more modern, and I know some of you will
[6:34] love it, and some might not, but I do
[6:37] find these super helpful. And since
[6:39] we're talking about coordinates, you
[6:41] simply cannot travel across Azeroth
[6:43] without TomTom. It's a very helpful
[6:46] tool, especially if you are a collector.
[6:48] If you are copying a bunch of
[6:49] coordinates from guides, then Paste and
[6:52] Go works perfectly alongside it. You can
[6:54] transfer a big chunk of text, and TomTom
[6:57] handles the rest, pinpointing every
[6:59] location for you. Those two together are
[7:01] amazing for rare hunting, treasure
[7:03] finding, and just about any kind of
[7:05] collecting. Speaking of collecting,
[7:08] HandyNotes is hands-down one of the most
[7:11] helpful add-ons out there. This one is
[7:13] basically mandatory if you care about
[7:15] finding mounts, pets, getting
[7:17] achievements, cosmetics, you name it.
[7:20] You start with a base add-on, and then
[7:22] add plugins for each expansion or
[7:24] holiday event. It even comes with
[7:26] specific plugins for some annoying
[7:28] farms. For example, tracking the dark
[7:30] soils when you're farming for tillers.
[7:33] Now, for Midnight specifically, you'll
[7:35] want the HandyNotes Midnight plugin.
[7:37] There is two of them, and one of them
[7:39] will actually handle the treasures and
[7:40] rares if you want those to show up, too.
[7:43] At first, it can definitely feel a bit
[7:45] overwhelming. Your map may end up
[7:47] looking like an over-the-top Christmas
[7:49] tree. But, don't worry, you can turn off
[7:51] anything you don't want to see and focus
[7:53] only on what you're hunting. Once you
[7:55] tweak it, it's absolutely incredible.
[7:58] Plus, the more things you complete, the
[8:00] less clutter your map gets, which is
[8:02] always a good sign. Okay, stepping away
[8:05] from collecting for a moment, let's talk
[8:07] about damage meters. Got to say I
[8:09] appreciate Blizzard adding their own
[8:11] built-in in this game. It was definitely
[8:14] needed. That said, personally, I'm still
[8:16] using Details. Why? Well, because it's
[8:20] just way more customizable. You can
[8:22] resize it properly, shrink it down a
[8:24] lot, something Blizzard's meter won't
[8:26] let you do for whatever reason. You can
[8:29] also adjust exactly what it tracks. And,
[8:32] I mean, the level of control is on a
[8:34] completely different level. The in-game
[8:36] meters might work perfectly fine for
[8:38] some of you, but for me, Details still
[8:41] wins. At the end of the day, it really
[8:43] comes down to personal preference. And,
[8:46] if you like tweaking your UI and having
[8:48] full control over what you see, Details
[8:50] gives you so much more freedom. Same
[8:52] story with boss warnings. I'm not the
[8:55] biggest fan of the new built-in alerts.
[8:57] They're good, don't get me wrong, but
[8:59] sometimes mechanics fly right past me
[9:02] without me even noticing. Most of the
[9:04] time, when I'm running dungeons or
[9:05] raids, I'm healing. So, in other words,
[9:08] I'm mostly focused on frames and using
[9:10] my peripheral vision to keep track of
[9:12] everything else. In those moments, yeah,
[9:15] I definitely need an air horn to warn me
[9:17] up all the stuff that's about to wipe me
[9:19] out. I don't want to give up on
[9:21] Blizzard's alerts just yet, so I'll give
[9:23] them a proper run in Midnight, just to
[9:25] be fair. But, if I find myself missing
[9:28] mechanics that are about to kill me, I'm
[9:30] going straight back to the two
[9:32] lifesavers. Big Wings for raiding and
[9:34] Little Wings for dungeons. Some of you
[9:37] told me that they still work, so I might
[9:39] just revert back to them. I've used
[9:40] these add-ons for most of my WoW
[9:42] journey. They're reliable, clean, and
[9:44] have kept me alive more times than I can
[9:47] count. Honestly, if something works, I
[9:49] don't see a reason to fix it. As far as
[9:52] nameplates go, I tried the default ones,
[9:54] but guess what? I didn't like them as
[9:57] much, and that's why I'm still using
[9:59] Plater nameplates with an updated
[10:01] profile shared by a helpful community
[10:03] member. If you like what you see, then
[10:05] you can copy for my Discord server.
[10:07] You'll find the link in the description.
[10:09] Nameplates are very personal, though, so
[10:11] feel free to tweak them however you
[10:13] like. Now, that said, I'm still figuring
[10:15] out a way to change the color bar when
[10:17] I'm missing my dots. Work in progress.
[10:20] One amazing feature about Plater is that
[10:22] mobs you need to kill for a quest get a
[10:24] different color, which makes spotting
[10:26] them so, so much easier. It obviously
[10:29] does so many other things, like it makes
[10:31] buffs and debuffs a bit more readable.
[10:33] You can add arrows on your target and so
[10:36] much more. At this point, I know what
[10:38] you're thinking. You're thinking, "Well,
[10:40] Andri, it seems like you are not that
[10:42] happy with Blizzard trying to replace
[10:44] add-ons." And maybe that's partly true.
[10:46] They did a great job improving the
[10:48] default UI, yet in some cases, add-ons
[10:51] are simply better, giving you more
[10:53] customization and freedom, so you can
[10:55] tweak everything to your liking. Even
[10:57] so, I actually really like the new
[10:59] transmogrification system, so much that
[11:02] I stopped using Better Wardrobe. I mean,
[11:04] I'm not even sure if it still works
[11:05] anymore. That said, I still use
[11:08] Narcissus. Besides the improved
[11:09] appearance tab, it has a lot of quality
[11:12] of life features. It's amazing for
[11:13] screenshots, showcasing NPCs, and
[11:16] checking transmogs in a cleaner
[11:18] interface. If you're a content creator,
[11:20] role player, or just love taking cool
[11:22] character shots, this is a must-have. I
[11:25] really like how it shows all your
[11:26] transmog pieces clearly and lets you
[11:28] link them easily if someone's is
[11:30] Now, when it comes to cooldowns, I'm
[11:32] mostly okay with the new cool down
[11:34] manager. I mean, it's not weak auras,
[11:36] but it's pretty pretty decent. I just
[11:38] use one simple add-on to improve it.
[11:41] It's called cool down manager center and
[11:43] allows me to move it to the middle of my
[11:45] screen and present it better. Along with
[11:48] that, I use sensei class resource bar.
[11:50] It displays your health and class
[11:52] resources in clean movable bars. It can
[11:55] detect what class and spec you're
[11:56] playing, [music] so set up is very very
[11:59] minimal. You mostly just need to
[12:00] position it and maybe tweak it [music]
[12:02] slightly. A very simple and very
[12:04] effective way to track your energy,
[12:06] mana, shards, whatever resource you've
[12:08] got as a class and spec. All right, and
[12:11] now let's talk about something Blizzard
[12:12] just cannot stop talking about, housing.
[12:15] And yes, I know some of you are already
[12:18] rolling your eyes, but come on. We've
[12:20] been asking for this for over 20 years.
[12:22] It's finally here and so people have
[12:24] created amazing add-ons and tools that
[12:27] can take your housing experience to the
[12:29] next level. Some add-ons help you find
[12:31] decor more easily, others make
[12:33] decorating smoother, and a few of them
[12:35] are just straight up quality of life
[12:37] upgrades. First up, and honestly, this
[12:39] one is a complete game changer,
[12:42] homebound. This add-on shows you exactly
[12:44] where to get decor items, whether they
[12:46] come from achievements, vendors, quests,
[12:48] pretty much anything. It can show you
[12:50] where those vendors are located, so
[12:52] grabbing missing pieces becomes super
[12:55] easy. And here's why this matters.
[12:57] Collecting at least one of any decor
[12:59] item increases your house experience,
[13:01] which levels up your house and unlocks
[13:03] more perks. So, instead of guessing what
[13:05] you're missing or where to find it,
[13:07] homebound does all the heavy lifting for
[13:09] you. For endeavors, I'm using Vamose's
[13:11] endeavors. Shows how much XP you've
[13:14] collected because there is a certain XP
[13:16] cap on each endeavor. You can keep track
[13:18] of your weekly to-do list, and
[13:20] generally, this add-on makes it easier
[13:22] to take part in them. There is even a
[13:24] contribution leaderboard, so you can see
[13:26] who's carrying the endeavor and who has
[13:29] been slacking. That's fun, especially if
[13:31] you are in a guild or charter
[13:32] neighborhood, so you can compete with
[13:34] your friends. Oh, and I haven't even
[13:36] told you the best part. As a fun little
[13:38] bonus, every time you finish a task,
[13:40] this adorable squirrel pops up to cheer
[13:43] you on. It's such a tiny, goofy touch,
[13:45] but it really adds a bit of charm to
[13:47] those repetitive chores you end up doing
[13:49] again and again. I mean, who doesn't
[13:51] want their own personal house squirrel
[13:54] cheering them on while they grind house
[13:56] XP? Now, if you take part at all in the
[13:58] endeavors or just keep track of them,
[14:00] you'll notice that when the progress bar
[14:02] reaches a milestone, the endeavor vendor
[14:05] unlocks more decor for you. The
[14:07] interesting thing though that you might
[14:09] not know is that the vendor goodies
[14:11] unlock for everyone else and not just
[14:13] the neighborhood members. That means you
[14:16] can, yes, visit other neighborhoods and
[14:18] grab all the goodies their vendor has to
[14:20] offer. And that's where the next add-on
[14:22] comes in to speed things up. Endeavor
[14:25] Simple Progress Tracker. This add-on
[14:27] shows you exactly which endeavor is
[14:29] active in each neighborhood and how far
[14:31] along it is. You'll see the endeavor
[14:33] type and how many milestones have been
[14:35] achieved just by taking a look at the
[14:37] House Finder. In case you don't know,
[14:39] House Finder can be found either through
[14:41] the housing UI or by speaking to the
[14:43] steward in the town center. From there,
[14:46] just look for the public neighborhoods
[14:48] that have fully completed their
[14:49] endeavors, head in, grab what you need
[14:51] from the vendor, and you are done. No
[14:54] guesswork at all, no having to run
[14:56] around to just check for yourself. It
[14:58] just makes the whole process smoother
[15:00] and saves you a lot of hassle. Okay,
[15:02] moving on, another great add-on to have
[15:04] is Plumber. It packs so many quality of
[15:07] life improvements that if I tried to go
[15:09] through everything, we'd be here all
[15:11] day. So, I'll just focus on housing. The
[15:13] in default decor preview has a weird
[15:15] angle and doesn't really show items
[15:17] properly, but Plumber fixes that. You
[15:20] can even use a banana for scale. Yes, a
[15:22] banana, which kind of sounds funny, but
[15:25] I mean, who doesn't roughly know how big
[15:28] a banana is? Anyway, it offers uh many,
[15:30] many more improvements like in advanced
[15:33] edit mode, you can copy items by
[15:35] pressing alt, and you can transfer dyes
[15:37] between objects. It's small tweaks like
[15:39] these that make decorating well less
[15:41] frustrating and a lot more fun. It even
[15:43] has a clock while you're editing, so you
[15:45] don't completely lose track of time,
[15:47] which happens way too often more than I
[15:49] care to admit. And believe it or not,
[15:52] we've made it to the final add-on for
[15:54] today. And yes, I saved the best one for
[15:56] last because it's one of my newest
[15:58] additions. Now, I know some of you
[16:00] prefer running fewer add-ons. Maybe it's
[16:02] maintenance, maybe it's performance, or
[16:04] maybe you just like keeping things
[16:06] simple. I get it, and if that's you,
[16:08] then enhanced quality of life might be
[16:11] precisely what you're looking for. What
[16:13] this does, it basically bundles a load
[16:15] of small quality of life features into
[16:18] one add-on. So, instead of installing
[16:20] five or 10 separate add-ons, you might
[16:22] just use this one. And just like with
[16:24] Plumber, I can't possibly list
[16:26] everything it does. It probably deserves
[16:28] its own dedicated video. But I'll run
[16:30] through a few key tools to give you a
[16:32] good idea of what it can do. And yeah,
[16:34] that's a lot. For example, I use button
[16:37] sync to group all my minimum buttons
[16:39] under one clean icon. Before this, I
[16:42] actually had a whole separate add-on
[16:44] just for that. It keeps everything so
[16:45] much organized, and that's just one
[16:48] feature. It even has the whole questing
[16:50] auto accept and auto turn in, auto
[16:52] vendoring, though personally, I think
[16:54] I'll stick with Leatrix Plus for that.
[16:57] On top of this, you can also see your
[16:58] item level right on your character panel
[17:01] slot. You can see missing a chance and
[17:03] see your gems. One of my favorite
[17:05] helpful tools is the mouse circle and
[17:08] trail. You can enable a circle around
[17:10] your cursor, and what I really like the
[17:12] most is that you can add a trail that
[17:14] follows it. And on top of this, you can
[17:16] change how it looks. This is an amazing
[17:18] thing to have in the heat of combat when
[17:20] it's easy to lose track of your cursor.
[17:22] I don't know about you, but I've been
[17:24] missing my cursor for as long as I can
[17:26] remember. I have it enabled only in
[17:28] combat because that's where I have the
[17:30] most issue, but if you prefer, you can
[17:32] keep it on all the time. This add-on
[17:35] comes packed with options, so you can
[17:37] turn off anything you don't need and
[17:39] keep only what you actually use. And
[17:41] yeah, that pretty much wraps up my
[17:44] midnight add-on setup. Of course,
[17:46] add-ons are very personal. What works
[17:48] for me might not work for you, but
[17:50] hopefully this list gave you some ideas.
[17:52] I'd love to hear from you. Let me know
[17:54] if you found anything new from this list
[17:56] and share your top add-ons that you
[17:58] absolutely cannot live without. Also,
[18:01] feel free to tell me what other midnight
[18:03] videos you'd like to see. As always,
[18:05] thank you so much for sticking around
[18:06] until the very end and make sure to drop
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[18:16] you're doing and I'll see you in the
[18:18] next one. Bye.