The BEST Addons for Midnight!

[00:00] Hey everyone, Andrea here, and welcome

[00:02] back to my channel. Today we are diving

[00:04] into the add-ons I'll be using in

[00:06] Midnight. The ones that fit my play

[00:08] style, the ones I rely on every single

[00:11] day, and honestly, the ones I just

[00:13] cannot live without. A ton of you have

[00:15] been asking about my UI lately, so I

[00:18] figured it's finally time for an

[00:19] up-to-date add-on guide. My old list was

[00:22] from way back, and with Midnight right

[00:25] around the corner, plus the pre-patch

[00:27] shaking up half the API, a lot has

[00:29] changed. Now, a quick tip before we jump

[00:32] in. If your add-ons start acting weird

[00:34] after the pre-patch, the easiest fix is

[00:37] to wipe everything clean and reinstall

[00:39] from scratch. I know it sounds painful,

[00:41] but trust me, Midnight changed a lot

[00:43] under the hood, and some add-ons just

[00:46] won't behave unless you start fresh. If

[00:49] you are getting those lovely Lua errors

[00:51] popping up on your screen, get these two

[00:53] add-ons, Bug Grabber and Bug Sack. They

[00:55] won't fix the errors per se, but they

[00:57] will hide those big, scary, red messages

[01:00] and keep your UI looking clean while you

[01:02] play. Just remember, the issues are

[01:05] still happening in the background, so

[01:06] the best long-term solution is still a

[01:09] full reinstall of your add-ons. I'm

[01:11] going to link the full guide below from

[01:13] Laksos, that's the one I followed, and

[01:15] it works great. All right, and now that

[01:17] we have covered the basics, let's jump

[01:19] into the add-ons I highly recommend

[01:21] using for Midnight. Let's kick things

[01:24] off with bag organization. For my

[01:26] inventory, I'm using Bagnator along with

[01:29] Syndicate or. I've been using this combo

[01:31] for a couple of years now, and I

[01:33] absolutely love it. I've tried other bag

[01:36] add-ons before, but at the end of the

[01:38] day, this one just feels the best to me.

[01:40] It organizes your personal inventory,

[01:42] your bank, your war bank, and tracks

[01:45] items across your entire war bank. It's

[01:47] super clean, very easy to set up, and

[01:50] just makes everything look tidy. [music]

[01:52] And when it comes to UI, clean and

[01:54] simple wins every time, at least for me.

[01:58] Moving on for the auction house, I use

[02:00] two add-ons. I mostly use Auctioneer. It

[02:02] allows you to post fast without having

[02:04] to go back and forth between your

[02:06] inventory and the auction house. It's

[02:08] simple, clean, and very user-friendly.

[02:11] If you're new to gold making, this is

[02:13] 100% where you should start. Now, if you

[02:16] really want to go down the rabbit hole,

[02:18] we're talking heavy flipping, enchant

[02:20] undercut wars, serious auction house

[02:22] camping, that's where TSM comes in. It's

[02:25] a bit intimidating at first, especially

[02:27] when you're trying to set up your

[02:29] groups [music]

[02:30] but once you master it, it becomes an

[02:32] incredible tool. At the end of the day,

[02:34] it boils down to how deep you want to

[02:36] go. You are aiming for casual selling,

[02:38] then stick with Auctioneer. You want to

[02:40] go full goblin mode, then go TSM. And

[02:44] since we're on the topic of goblins and

[02:46] gold making, if you want to take your

[02:47] professions to the next level, you might

[02:50] want to check out Craftsim. I went over

[02:52] it in my recent WoW gold guide, so I

[02:55] won't repeat everything here again. I'll

[02:57] drop the link below if you want to dive

[02:58] deeper and see the full potential of

[03:01] this add-on. Just keep it in mind if you

[03:03] ever want to start a little profession

[03:05] business in WoW and watch that gold pile

[03:08] up, Craftsim is your go-to add-on. All

[03:11] right, let's do a 180 and move on to

[03:13] something a bit more chill, questing. If

[03:16] there is one add-on I get asked about in

[03:18] basically every video, it's DialogUI.

[03:21] This add-on completely transforms the

[03:23] quest window into a scroll style

[03:25] interface.

[03:27] immersive, more RPG-like, and honestly

[03:30] makes the game feel fresher. You can

[03:32] tweak it by resizing the font, changing

[03:35] its appearance, hide the UI, and

[03:37] generally you can adjust it to however

[03:39] you like. You can also accept quests by

[03:42] pressing the space bar, which is super

[03:44] convenient. Now, I have to say at this

[03:46] point that there is nothing wrong with

[03:47] Blizzard's default quest UI, but for me,

[03:50] it just lacks a bit of personality and

[03:53] dialogue UI fixes that. Now, while this

[03:56] add-on makes your questing experience

[03:57] look nicer, Leatrix Plus is all about

[04:00] making it faster and easier. If you've

[04:03] got a lot of tunes and are doing tons of

[04:05] questing, this add-on is a lifesaver. It

[04:08] auto accepts and turns in quests, sells

[04:10] junk, repairs gear, basically handles

[04:13] all the busy work so you can focus on

[04:15] the fun stuff. Especially during an

[04:17] expansion launch when quests are pretty

[04:19] much everywhere, it saves a ton of time.

[04:22] And when you have to deal with mundane

[04:24] daily tasks across multiple tunes,

[04:26] Leatrix Plus really shines with auto

[04:28] accepting. You can add a modifier key

[04:30] binds as well, which is what I do as

[04:32] sometimes I do want to read the quest

[04:34] text. So, yeah, if you want to speed

[04:36] level in Midnight, then Leatrix Plus is

[04:39] a must-have. On top of the faster

[04:42] questing experience that Leatrix

[04:44] provides, there is another tool that

[04:46] kind of flies under the radar, the

[04:48] option to increase your max camera zoom.

[04:50] Being able to zoom out further just

[04:53] feels so much better in raids, Mythic

[04:55] Plus, or any situation where you have to

[04:57] deal with mechanics. Being able to see

[05:00] more of what's happening around you is

[05:02] huge. You can react faster and

[05:05] everything feels more comfortable

[05:07] overall. It's one of those small changes

[05:10] that doesn't sound particularly

[05:12] exciting, but once you use it, you will

[05:15] never want to go back. You will find

[05:17] other add-ons that can do the same

[05:19] thing, but if you're already using

[05:21] Leatrix for all the other quality of

[05:23] life improvements I mentioned, you might

[05:25] as well enable these, too. Okay, before

[05:28] we move into the next add-on, if you'd

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[05:42] While Leatrix Plus helps you breeze

[05:44] through quests, sometimes the real

[05:46] challenge isn't completing them or

[05:48] accepting them, but it's finding the

[05:50] NPCs in the first place. If you often

[05:52] find yourself thinking, "Okay, is this

[05:55] NPC down in a cave or up on a hill?" and

[05:58] then you end up checking a website just

[06:00] to track them down. Well, I might have a

[06:02] solution for you. Waypoint UI is an

[06:05] add-on that can save you a ton of

[06:07] hassle. It shows you exact positions of

[06:09] NPCs, directions, and even highlights

[06:12] the quest objective, which really

[06:13] streamlines the whole questing process.

[06:16] With a new expansion like Midnight,

[06:18] where we're still learning the zones,

[06:20] okay, some areas like Eversong are quite

[06:22] familiar, but there is plenty of new

[06:24] territory to explore. Well, this add-on

[06:27] becomes incredibly valuable. Beyond

[06:29] that, it also makes the game feel a bit

[06:31] more modern, and I know some of you will

[06:34] love it, and some might not, but I do

[06:37] find these super helpful. And since

[06:39] we're talking about coordinates, you

[06:41] simply cannot travel across Azeroth

[06:43] without TomTom. It's a very helpful

[06:46] tool, especially if you are a collector.

[06:48] If you are copying a bunch of

[06:49] coordinates from guides, then Paste and

[06:52] Go works perfectly alongside it. You can

[06:54] transfer a big chunk of text, and TomTom

[06:57] handles the rest, pinpointing every

[06:59] location for you. Those two together are

[07:01] amazing for rare hunting, treasure

[07:03] finding, and just about any kind of

[07:05] collecting. Speaking of collecting,

[07:08] HandyNotes is hands-down one of the most

[07:11] helpful add-ons out there. This one is

[07:13] basically mandatory if you care about

[07:15] finding mounts, pets, getting

[07:17] achievements, cosmetics, you name it.

[07:20] You start with a base add-on, and then

[07:22] add plugins for each expansion or

[07:24] holiday event. It even comes with

[07:26] specific plugins for some annoying

[07:28] farms. For example, tracking the dark

[07:30] soils when you're farming for tillers.

[07:33] Now, for Midnight specifically, you'll

[07:35] want the HandyNotes Midnight plugin.

[07:37] There is two of them, and one of them

[07:39] will actually handle the treasures and

[07:40] rares if you want those to show up, too.

[07:43] At first, it can definitely feel a bit

[07:45] overwhelming. Your map may end up

[07:47] looking like an over-the-top Christmas

[07:49] tree. But, don't worry, you can turn off

[07:51] anything you don't want to see and focus

[07:53] only on what you're hunting. Once you

[07:55] tweak it, it's absolutely incredible.

[07:58] Plus, the more things you complete, the

[08:00] less clutter your map gets, which is

[08:02] always a good sign. Okay, stepping away

[08:05] from collecting for a moment, let's talk

[08:07] about damage meters. Got to say I

[08:09] appreciate Blizzard adding their own

[08:11] built-in in this game. It was definitely

[08:14] needed. That said, personally, I'm still

[08:16] using Details. Why? Well, because it's

[08:20] just way more customizable. You can

[08:22] resize it properly, shrink it down a

[08:24] lot, something Blizzard's meter won't

[08:26] let you do for whatever reason. You can

[08:29] also adjust exactly what it tracks. And,

[08:32] I mean, the level of control is on a

[08:34] completely different level. The in-game

[08:36] meters might work perfectly fine for

[08:38] some of you, but for me, Details still

[08:41] wins. At the end of the day, it really

[08:43] comes down to personal preference. And,

[08:46] if you like tweaking your UI and having

[08:48] full control over what you see, Details

[08:50] gives you so much more freedom. Same

[08:52] story with boss warnings. I'm not the

[08:55] biggest fan of the new built-in alerts.

[08:57] They're good, don't get me wrong, but

[08:59] sometimes mechanics fly right past me

[09:02] without me even noticing. Most of the

[09:04] time, when I'm running dungeons or

[09:05] raids, I'm healing. So, in other words,

[09:08] I'm mostly focused on frames and using

[09:10] my peripheral vision to keep track of

[09:12] everything else. In those moments, yeah,

[09:15] I definitely need an air horn to warn me

[09:17] up all the stuff that's about to wipe me

[09:19] out. I don't want to give up on

[09:21] Blizzard's alerts just yet, so I'll give

[09:23] them a proper run in Midnight, just to

[09:25] be fair. But, if I find myself missing

[09:28] mechanics that are about to kill me, I'm

[09:30] going straight back to the two

[09:32] lifesavers. Big Wings for raiding and

[09:34] Little Wings for dungeons. Some of you

[09:37] told me that they still work, so I might

[09:39] just revert back to them. I've used

[09:40] these add-ons for most of my WoW

[09:42] journey. They're reliable, clean, and

[09:44] have kept me alive more times than I can

[09:47] count. Honestly, if something works, I

[09:49] don't see a reason to fix it. As far as

[09:52] nameplates go, I tried the default ones,

[09:54] but guess what? I didn't like them as

[09:57] much, and that's why I'm still using

[09:59] 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.