Best WoW Addons and UI Replacement 2025 - TWW Into Midnight

[00:00] Hello guys and welcome to the Drowsy

[00:02] Dragon. So, it's time to give you a

[00:04] updated UI video. It's been a while

[00:06] since we've done one of these. So, you

[00:07] may have heard that yesterday Lucky One,

[00:10] the main guy behind LVY's development,

[00:12] recently announced that the popular UI

[00:14] replacement and customization add-on has

[00:16] had its production halted for Midnight.

[00:19] And by now, I'm sure you've heard that a

[00:20] lot of the add-on customization options,

[00:22] especially combat related, will not be

[00:25] available when Midnight comes around

[00:27] because of Blizzard's tightening up on

[00:29] what add-on developers can see in terms

[00:31] of information that add-ons might need

[00:32] to read. Now, this is quite a shame. I

[00:35] did think that with the changes to

[00:36] add-on restrictions, mainly being combat

[00:38] focused, that LVUI would be okay. But we

[00:41] are involving things like name plates

[00:43] and unit frames here for example which

[00:45] do play a bit of a role with incoming

[00:47] information during combat. It would be a

[00:49] sad situation to see LVUI go. Myself

[00:52] among many other players have used this

[00:54] add-on for over 10 years now and I've

[00:56] always been a huge fan of how minimal

[00:58] you can make your UI and the fact that

[01:00] you can share it and import profiles and

[01:02] all the other good stuff that LVUI

[01:03] brings. However, thankfully, about a

[01:06] month or so ago, with the possibility of

[01:08] this happening, I decided to remove LVUI

[01:11] from my add-ons list and see what other

[01:12] add-ons I could use and combine to

[01:14] create a UI that I was happy with. It

[01:17] did take quite a lot of work, but here's

[01:18] what I managed to come up with. So, I

[01:20] wanted to share my UI with you today, as

[01:22] well as any import strings that are

[01:24] available, so you can copy this straight

[01:25] into your game if you wish to do so.

[01:27] because I can imagine a lot of people

[01:28] are in a similar situation to me and

[01:30] moving away from LVUI isn't the easiest

[01:32] thing to do when you've been used to it

[01:33] for so long. Okay, so the first place to

[01:36] start was setting up the base Blizzard

[01:38] UI using edit mode. So this is the

[01:40] layout that I was happy with. Now edit

[01:42] mode still needs some work, doesn't it?

[01:44] Like for example, being able to have

[01:46] certain action bars as mouse over only

[01:48] or being able to hide the micro menu or

[01:51] the bag bar, for example, and some mini

[01:53] map control. But there are add-ons that

[01:55] we can combine here that can do those

[01:57] things. So the first add-on that I got

[01:58] was better Blizz Frames. Now you can see

[02:01] how this looks with better bliss frames

[02:03] loaded. So this is currently a nice

[02:04] solution to the fact that the base

[02:06] Blizzard UI doesn't have some of the

[02:07] things that we wish it did have. You can

[02:09] simply skin it. So you can see here

[02:11] we've got the dark mode for the edges of

[02:13] most frames, including the action bars.

[02:15] There really are a ton of options with

[02:17] this add-on. Now you may be thinking,

[02:19] well, what about in midnight? Will this

[02:21] add-on continue to work? So, you can see

[02:23] this post here from the developer

[02:25] BodyFine explaining what the plans are

[02:27] for Midnight. Now, here's a look at all

[02:29] the settings that you can tweak using

[02:31] this add-on. It really is super

[02:33] extensive what you can do with this. So,

[02:35] you've got all the general settings

[02:37] regarding how the unit frames look and

[02:38] what information they can display.

[02:40] You've then got control for buffs, even

[02:42] being able to blacklist certain debuffs

[02:44] or buffs that ain't relevant to you. For

[02:46] example, if you've got a buff from a

[02:48] shirt, you can just turn that off if you

[02:49] don't need to see it all the time. It

[02:51] does also work with the new cooldown

[02:53] manager. Now, I haven't personally

[02:55] tested this as it is a new feature to

[02:57] the add-on, but it's nice to see the

[02:58] options are there and been worked on.

[03:00] Fonts are also customizable, including

[03:03] the actual font itself, the size, and

[03:05] the outline. You've got fully

[03:06] customizable cast bars and the ability

[03:08] to import and export profiles. This

[03:11] add-on is really comprehensive and a

[03:13] good option if you want to reskin your

[03:14] base UI frames. There's even the option

[03:17] to copy the frame setup from some

[03:18] popular WoW creators if you wish to do

[03:20] so with these buttons here at the

[03:22] bottom. Personally, I chose the starter

[03:24] one to get the base settings locked in

[03:26] and then tweaked it as I saw fit. If you

[03:29] want to copy my settings, I'll get a

[03:30] link to the import code in the

[03:32] description of this video or jump into

[03:34] the Discord and it'll be there, too. So,

[03:36] one thing that LUI also made really

[03:38] clear was the item level of your gear

[03:40] and of people that you inspected. And

[03:42] when you get rid of LUI, you lose that

[03:44] as well. So to combat the loss of this

[03:46] information being shown, the add-on

[03:48] simple item level works really well.

[03:51] It's quite a neat add-on that shows the

[03:52] eye level nicely for both the character

[03:54] panel and the inspect panel. One very

[03:56] good add-on I recommend is MBB or mini

[03:59] map button bar. It gets all those add-on

[04:01] buttons that are going around your mini

[04:03] map into one nice pop out menu. So it

[04:05] keeps the mini map tidy and saves you

[04:07] having to turn off each of these add-ons

[04:09] mini map buttons individually. So MBB

[04:12] very good add-on. Next, we've got

[04:14] Leatricx Plus. Now, this add-on also

[04:16] does a ton of different things. You've

[04:17] got some automation options. You've got

[04:19] various social settings, tweaks that

[04:21] make editing other things such as the

[04:23] chat window more intuitive. You've even

[04:25] got some system settings such as being

[04:27] able to control the weather density or

[04:29] muting mount sounds. There's tons to

[04:31] customize here, and the menu is very

[04:33] easy to navigate with tool tips

[04:35] explaining what each add-on does when

[04:36] you mouse over them. And you can also

[04:38] combine this with Leatric maps as well.

[04:40] Now, this makes some improvements to the

[04:42] base map and adds customization to it.

[04:44] It's quite handy here being able to

[04:46] unlock the map so you can move it around

[04:48] and also to look into unexplored areas

[04:50] of the map if you wish to do so. So,

[04:52] bags. Now, the LVUI bags were decent,

[04:55] but I actually never used those. An

[04:57] incredible replacement bag add-on if

[04:59] you're looking for one that I highly

[05:00] recommend is Baggerator. Now, you do

[05:03] need to download the add-on Syndicator

[05:05] in order for this bag add-on to work.

[05:07] This is super customizable. It's very

[05:09] nice looking. It's got lots of handy

[05:11] functions. One thing, for example, is

[05:13] you can sell all of your junk items in

[05:15] one click. It does, of course, work for

[05:17] the bank and the warb band bank as well.

[05:20] This is genuinely the best bag add-on

[05:22] I've ever used in all of my years of

[05:24] World of Warcraft. So, Baganator, I

[05:26] highly recommend. As for a name play

[05:29] add-on, I am using Plater for the time

[05:31] being. I did have my own profile that I

[05:33] just customized to the way that I liked

[05:35] it. If you want quite a popular raid and

[05:37] mythic plus setup for Plater, you can

[05:39] install Jundy's which you can find on

[05:41] WGO. I will link to that in the

[05:43] description below as well. Now, I'm

[05:45] using Plater for the time being. It's a

[05:46] very good add-on for name plates.

[05:48] Perhaps the best one currently being

[05:49] used. I'll likely swap over to the

[05:51] default Blizzard name plates when they

[05:53] get added in, but we'll see how that

[05:54] goes. Now, one add-on that's absolutely

[05:57] worth a mention here is Plumber. It's an

[05:59] incredibly good quality of life add-on.

[06:01] It does quite a lot of different things.

[06:03] Now, I first became aware of Plumber

[06:05] back in Dragonfly, and it made the use

[06:07] of the dream seeds and the Emerald Dream

[06:08] super easy and nice to look at, and

[06:11] since then, it's been updated by its

[06:12] developer, Peterox, quite extensively.

[06:14] Now, big shout out to Peterox here, as

[06:16] he's also the developer of Narcissus,

[06:19] that popular sort of transmog add-on

[06:21] that you can use to model your

[06:23] characters in various ways and show off

[06:24] your transmog sets. Absolutely fantastic

[06:27] add-on. So nice to look at and use and

[06:30] incredible functions, too. So, plumber

[06:32] sometimes automates processes. It can

[06:34] also reskin various things and just

[06:36] change the UI for some elements as well.

[06:38] For example, you can have this nice

[06:40] little loot window skin that pops up

[06:42] which you can control as you see fit.

[06:44] This brilliant expansion summary window

[06:46] so you can track what activities you are

[06:48] currently doing and which ones you've

[06:50] done for the week, for example. This is

[06:51] definitely a highlight of the add-on, by

[06:53] the way. And you've got so much quality

[06:55] of life improvement packed into one

[06:57] add-on with all of these other settings.

[06:59] plumber for me is definitely a must and

[07:02] again highly highly recommend this

[07:04] add-on. So that's the UI that I landed

[07:06] myself with currently. Now I'm not going

[07:08] to lie, it did take quite some getting

[07:10] used to. Even when I was visually happy

[07:12] with it when I jumped into a Mythic Plus

[07:14] key for the first time, it was a bit of

[07:16] a nightmare. Um, so there was definitely

[07:18] some tweaks to be made after getting

[07:20] used to playing with the uh UI as it

[07:22] was. So, for the add-ons that allow it,

[07:23] I'll leave my import string in the

[07:25] description below, but do as well jump

[07:27] into our Discord using the link in the

[07:29] description because you can find them in

[07:31] our Discord there as well and also ask

[07:32] any questions if you want to do so. We

[07:34] do also have a guild on the EU servers

[07:37] now that you can join if you're looking

[07:39] for a guild. We are a crossfaction guild

[07:41] on Ravenrest EU, but you can join from

[07:44] any server from any faction. So, feel

[07:46] free. The best way to join us is to come

[07:48] into our Discord and ask about the guild

[07:50] in the general chat there. Hopefully,

[07:53] we'll see you there. Thanks for

[07:54] watching, guys. I've been the Drowsy

[07:56] Dragon and I'll catch you next time.

[07:58] Cheers.

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