The Ultimate Midnight WoW UI 2026: Full ElvUI Setup & Addon List

[00:01] In my last video, a lot of you asked

[00:03] about my UI and what add-ons I use to

[00:06] achieve this look. So, today I'm going

[00:08] to break it all down for you. Exactly

[00:10] what add-ons I run, how to set

[00:12] everything up, and I'll share all my

[00:14] profiles so you can import them and get

[00:16] the same style. My UI is built on ElvUI

[00:20] as a core foundation with several other

[00:23] add-ons layered on top that each play an

[00:25] important role in overall design. This

[00:28] video is also a great way for you some

[00:31] really useful add-ons that can seriously

[00:33] improve your gameplay and UI. Before we

[00:35] jump into the add-ons, I wanted to

[00:37] quickly explain what you're actually

[00:39] seeing in my videos. When I record, you

[00:42] only see the center portion of my

[00:44] screen. This helps create that clean,

[00:46] minimalistic look you see in the video.

[00:49] In reality, my full UI extends further

[00:52] out on the sides. I play on a 49-in

[00:55] Samsung Odyssey G9 ultra-wide monitor at

[00:58] the resolution of 5120 by 1440. For this

[01:02] video and sharing my profiles, I've

[01:04] downscaled my resolution to 2560 by

[01:07] 1440. This makes the layout much more

[01:10] usable for most of you. If you're

[01:12] playing on a standard 1920 by 1080p

[01:15] monitor, you can still import the

[01:17] profiles, but you'll likely need to

[01:19] adjust the overall UI scale in ElvUI and

[01:22] reposition a few elements. With that out

[01:25] of the way, here are all the add-ons I

[01:27] use.

[01:29] Add-ons highlighted in deep blue are the

[01:32] essential core add-ons that build my UI.

[01:35] The ones in green are completely

[01:37] optional, but they add nice quality of

[01:39] life touches and contribute heavily to

[01:41] the minimal aesthetic. Most of these

[01:44] add-ons have imported profiles, which

[01:46] I've linked below. The ones that don't

[01:48] support profiles are pretty

[01:49] straightforward to set up manually.

[01:52] Because I recorded this at a lower

[01:54] resolution than my native setup, you may

[01:56] need to make small adjustments to unit

[01:59] frame positions after importing. I'll

[02:01] show you how exactly I like them placed.

[02:03] To make this as easy as possible, I'm

[02:05] going to walk you through setting up the

[02:07] entire UI from a fresh character. I've

[02:10] added timestamps in the description so

[02:12] you can jump straight to any specific

[02:14] add-on. Let's start with ElvUI and the

[02:16] WindTools plugin. If this is your first

[02:18] time using ElvUI, you'll need to go

[02:21] through the initial setup wizard. The

[02:23] only two things you'll need to do here

[02:25] is click setup C vars and set the UI

[02:28] scale to auto scale. This helps

[02:30] everything line up correctly. If the UI

[02:32] feels too small afterwards, you can

[02:35] increase the scale later, but just know

[02:37] you may need to reposition a few

[02:39] elements in ElvUI and other add-ons.

[02:42] Once you've completed the setup and

[02:44] reloaded your UI, it's time to import my

[02:47] Dim UI ElvUI profile. To get to the

[02:49] ElvUI interface, you can hit escape, go

[02:53] to ElvUI in the menu, or simply type /ec

[02:57] in chat. Navigate to profiles, then

[03:00] select the import tab. Go to the Wago

[03:03] link for the Dim UI ElvUI profile.

[03:06] You'll need to import two strings from

[03:08] this page.

[03:10] Copy the main profile string and paste

[03:12] it into the first box. The second

[03:14] string, labeled aura filters, is in the

[03:17] description on that same page. This one

[03:19] is optional if you already have your own

[03:21] aura filters set up. Paste it in the box

[03:24] directly below the first one. Click

[03:26] import, reload your UI, and it should

[03:29] start looking a lot like mine. A quick

[03:31] note, since I mainly play Death Knight,

[03:34] I left action bar two and action bar

[03:36] three enabled in this profile.

[03:39] I use them as my personal cooldown

[03:41] tracker instead of Blizzard's default

[03:43] cooldown bar, which I don't like the

[03:44] look of.

[03:46] If you want to keep my exact layout,

[03:48] you'll need a resource bar that fits

[03:50] nicely between the two action bars. For

[03:53] Death Knights, I'll show you how to set

[03:54] up mini compact runes later in this

[03:57] video.

[03:58] If you prefer to use your own cooldown

[04:00] manager add-on or the Class UI Enhance

[04:03] add-on I included, you can simply

[04:05] disable action bar two and three in

[04:08] ElvUI under the action bar section.

[04:11] I've also included later in this video

[04:13] my full cooldown profile for Class UI

[04:16] Enhance that works across all classes.

[04:18] Now, let's set up the WindTools plugin.

[04:21] Open the ElvUI option again, scroll down

[04:24] to WindTools on the left, go to advance,

[04:27] then the profile tab.

[04:29] Go to the WindTools GitHub link in the

[04:31] description, click the raw button to

[04:33] open up a new window, then highlight the

[04:36] script by pressing control A. Then press

[04:39] control C to copy the entire script.

[04:41] Now, paste this into the import box.

[04:43] Before you click import, make sure you

[04:45] first click the accept button, then hit

[04:48] import. After reloading, you should

[04:50] immediately notice a big improvement in

[04:52] how quest and other elements are

[04:54] displayed.

[04:55] I use Blizzard's built-in damage meter

[04:58] for my UI layout with WindTools handling

[05:00] the re-skinning. If you want to enable

[05:02] Blizzard's damage meter, hit escape, go

[05:05] to options, select gameplay

[05:07] enhancements,

[05:09] and check the box for damage meter.

[05:11] If you're not using Blizzard's damage

[05:13] meter, you will need to disable

[05:15] WindTools re-skinning to remove the

[05:18] black panel from appearing in the bottom

[05:20] right of the screen.

[05:21] Open ElvUI, go to WindTools under

[05:24] plugins, then navigate to combat, select

[05:28] damage meter layout tab, and disable it.

[05:31] If you're experiencing flickering with

[05:33] Blizzard's damage meter after installing

[05:35] Midnight Battle Text, here's the fix.

[05:38] Left click the Midnight Battle Text icon

[05:41] on your mini map and toggle the damage

[05:43] meter option on. This should resolve the

[05:46] flickering issue.

[05:48] Next up is Plater for name plates.

[05:51] Plater is a powerful name plate add-on

[05:53] that's incredibly easy to customize. You

[05:56] can click directly on any elements to

[05:58] change its settings or simply drag

[06:00] widgets to move them around. My profile

[06:03] is optimized for solo content, mythic

[06:05] plus, and rating in mind. It also color

[06:08] codes elite mobs to make group content,

[06:11] questing, and world content feel cleaner

[06:13] and more intuitive. When you load Plater

[06:16] for the first time, it will prompt you

[06:18] to select which add-on you want to use

[06:20] for name plates. Choose Plater and

[06:23] reload your UI.

[06:25] Once that's done, hit escape, go to

[06:28] options, then click on the add-on tabs,

[06:31] select Plater,

[06:32] and click open options. In the general

[06:35] tab, click the import button. Go to the

[06:38] Wago link for the Dim UI Plater profile,

[06:41] copy the main profile string, and paste

[06:44] it into the import box. Then press

[06:46] import.

[06:48] A confirmation window will pop up asking

[06:51] if you want to override the current

[06:53] profile or create a new one. Select make

[06:56] new and name it Dim UI and click okay.

[07:00] And that's it. Your name plates are now

[07:01] fully set up and should look just like

[07:04] mine. No further adjustments needed for

[07:06] this add-on. Before we set up the class

[07:09] UI enhance cool down manager, it's best

[07:12] to import the Bliss HUD layout first so

[07:14] everything loads in the correct order.

[07:17] Hit escape and go to edit mode. Then

[07:19] click import layout. Go to the Wago link

[07:22] for the Dim UI Bliss HUD profile, copy

[07:25] the main profile string, and paste it

[07:28] into the import box. Name the layout Dim

[07:30] UI

[07:32] and click import.

[07:34] Now we can move on to the class UI

[07:36] enhance add-on. I've created two

[07:38] different profiles for this add-on. A

[07:40] light version and a full version. The

[07:43] light version is what I use on my Death

[07:45] Knight. It works alongside ElvUI's

[07:48] action bar two and three, and the mini

[07:50] compact rune as my main resource bar.

[07:53] The full version replaces the center

[07:55] action bars two and three, and the mini

[07:58] compact runes add-on completely. The

[08:01] light version profile only enables the

[08:03] racial trinkets consumables buffs

[08:06] and buff bar trackers from the Class UI

[08:09] Enhance add-on.

[08:10] To import it, open the Class UI Enhance

[08:13] options by right-clicking the minimap

[08:15] icon or typing {forward slash} Q in

[08:18] chat. Go to the import/export tab, open

[08:21] my DemUIQ Light Hub layout on waego.io

[08:25] and copy the string. Paste it in the

[08:27] import box and click import. Make sure

[08:29] the profile name contains the word

[08:31] light, then confirm the import.

[08:34] Now, reload the UI.

[08:36] After reloading, go back into the Class

[08:39] UI Enhance options, click cooldown

[08:41] manager settings in the top right. This

[08:43] will open the cooldown settings, which

[08:45] allows you to see your buff tracker and

[08:48] buff tracker bars.

[08:50] Real quick, in the cooldown settings,

[08:52] click on the buff tab and confirm you

[08:55] have spells under track buff and the

[08:57] track bar section. If this is empty, the

[08:59] buff tracker and buff tracker bar will

[09:02] not show.

[09:03] After confirming this,

[09:05] if any trackers are in the wrong

[09:06] position, you can easily adjust them. To

[09:09] do this, go to the tracker tab, select

[09:12] the tracker you want to move, buff

[09:14] tracker, buff tracker bars, etc. You can

[09:17] then use the X and Y offset sliders to

[09:20] fine-tune the position.

[09:23] For Death Knights using my light version

[09:25] profile of Class UI Enhance, I highly

[09:28] recommend pairing it with the mini

[09:30] compact rune add-ons for your runes and

[09:32] resource tracking. Since this add-on

[09:35] doesn't support profile importing, I'll

[09:37] show you exactly how I have mine

[09:39] configured. You can pause the video and

[09:41] match these settings.

[09:48] The full version profile enables the

[09:50] complete center HUD, cooldowns, buffs,

[09:53] utilities, resource bars, etc. If you

[09:56] use this version, you should disable

[09:58] action bar two and action bar three in

[10:01] ElvUI, so the center of your screen

[10:03] stays clean.

[10:05] To import, open the Class UI Enhanced

[10:08] Options by right clicking the minimap

[10:10] icon or typing /q in chat.

[10:14] Go to the import export tab. Open my

[10:18] dmuiq full HUD layout on wago.io and

[10:22] copy the string. Paste it into the

[10:24] import box and click import.

[10:27] Make sure the profile name contains the

[10:29] word full, then confirm the import.

[10:32] Reload your UI.

[10:34] After reloading, go back into the Class

[10:37] UI Enhanced Options. Click cooldown

[10:40] manager settings in the top right. This

[10:43] will open the cooldown settings, which

[10:44] allows you to see your buff tracker and

[10:47] buff tracker bars.

[10:49] To see the center HUD, you will need to

[10:51] have a target. In the cooldown settings

[10:53] that opened up after clicking on the

[10:55] cooldown manager settings, look under

[10:57] the spell tab. Make sure you have spells

[11:00] you want to track under the essential

[11:02] cooldowns and the utility cooldown

[11:04] section. If these are empty, the HUD

[11:06] will not display correctly. Now, click

[11:08] on the buff tab and confirm you have

[11:10] spells under the track buff and track

[11:13] bar section. If these are empty, the

[11:15] buff tracker or the buff tracker bar

[11:18] will not show. If the central hub or any

[11:20] of the trackers are out of place in the

[11:22] full version, you'll need to adjust them

[11:24] by selecting yourself or a target, so

[11:27] the HUD elements appear. Now, in the

[11:29] Class UI Enhanced Options, go to the

[11:32] tracker tab. To adjust the HUD, you will

[11:34] need to select the cool down tracker.

[11:36] Then use the X and Y offset sliders to

[11:39] fine-tune the position. For adjusting

[11:41] the buff tracker bars or consumables,

[11:44] click the cool down manager settings in

[11:46] the top right to adjust the positions.

[11:49] Once everything looks good, reload your

[11:51] UI to save the positions.

[11:53] Next is simple assisted combat icon.

[11:56] This is a simple icon that can be placed

[11:59] anywhere on the screen that will show

[12:01] the current assisted highlight spell

[12:03] without having to look at your action

[12:05] bars all the time. When you first load

[12:07] the icon, you will see the icon appear

[12:10] on your screen. To open the settings,

[12:12] hit escape, go to options, click the

[12:14] add-ons tab,

[12:16] select simple assisted combat icon, and

[12:19] go to profiles. There's no importable

[12:21] profiles, so create a new one. Under the

[12:23] display section, enable the following

[12:26] options: show with target, show in

[12:28] combat,

[12:30] hide while mounted,

[12:32] hide in vehicle, and pet battle.

[12:35] The rest of the settings are personal

[12:36] preferences. I personally only show the

[12:39] icon itself and keep the keybinds

[12:41] hidden.

[12:43] Go ahead and drag it to where you want

[12:44] it to show during combat. Don't worry

[12:47] about the size for now, we'll adjust

[12:49] that next with the Masque add-on.

[12:51] Up next is Masque with the two skins,

[12:54] Dark Skulls and Squats. Before we open

[12:57] Masque, we first need to enable a few

[12:59] options in ElvUI so the skins apply

[13:01] correctly. Type EC in chat. Now go to

[13:05] action bars, select the Masque tab, and

[13:07] enable action bars, pet bars, and stance

[13:10] bar.

[13:11] Now go to the buff and debuff section,

[13:14] select the Masque tab, and enable buffs

[13:17] and debuffs. Close ElvUI and reload your

[13:20] UI.

[13:21] Now open the Masque settings.

[13:23] Hit escape,

[13:25] options, add-on tabs, expand mask.

[13:29] Now, go to profiles. There's no

[13:31] importable profiles, so create a new

[13:34] one. Under the global section, select

[13:36] the skin dark scale. This will apply the

[13:39] look to most skinnable elements across

[13:41] your add-ons. If you're using the simple

[13:43] assisted combat icon add-on,

[13:46] go to that specific group in the mask

[13:48] menu and change its skin to squat.

[13:54] Next up is BindPad. To open BindPad,

[13:58] type BP in chat. This add-on might look

[14:01] a little confusing at first, but it's

[14:03] perfect for reducing the amount of

[14:05] action bars you need on your screen.

[14:07] It has become one of the most useful

[14:09] add-ons I have used over the last 5-plus

[14:12] years. It makes keybinding extremely

[14:14] simple by just drag and dropping spells

[14:17] or macros into the pad. The general tab

[14:20] is for abilities like macros you use on

[14:22] every character, such as mounts or

[14:24] consumables. This tab carries over to

[14:27] all your characters when the add-on is

[14:29] enabled. The character specific tab is

[14:31] where you set up keybinds for each spec

[14:34] on your current character. On the right

[14:36] side of the BindPad window, you'll see

[14:38] four tabs. The first time you switch

[14:40] specs after installing the add-on, these

[14:42] tabs will populate.

[14:44] You'll need to drag your class abilities

[14:47] and macros into the correct spec tab and

[14:50] keybind them. For example, if you use a

[14:52] specific interrupt macro, like the one

[14:55] from my previous video, you can drag

[14:57] that macro into the character specific

[14:59] tab and set the keybind. Once you've set

[15:01] up all your specs, BindPad will remember

[15:04] your keybinds perfectly when you switch

[15:06] between the specs.

[15:08] Next is Midnight Battle Text. To open

[15:11] the settings, hit escape, go to options,

[15:14] click the add-ons tab, then select

[15:17] Midnight Battle Text and go to the

[15:18] profiles. There are There are importable

[15:20] profiles for this add-on, so create a

[15:23] new profile. I only use the incoming and

[15:26] static frames with this add-on to keep

[15:28] the center of my screen clean. Here's

[15:31] how I have it set up. Go to the scroll

[15:33] frames and disable both outbound frames

[15:36] and the notification frame. Now, adjust

[15:38] the frames you'll actually use. Click on

[15:40] inbound and check hide icons. Click on

[15:43] static and make sure reverse direction

[15:46] is enabled. Under event types, I disable

[15:49] server alerts to reduce spamming from

[15:52] currency and items while looting. You

[15:54] can enable or disable these based on

[15:56] your preference. Now, let's position the

[15:58] frames using BlizzHUD. Click the edit

[16:01] position button at the top of the static

[16:03] window. While in edit mode, disable the

[16:06] green eyeball icon in the top right to

[16:09] hide the Blizzard default frame so you

[16:11] don't accidentally move them. Select the

[16:13] inbound frame, set the horizontal curve

[16:15] to zero. This makes the damage and

[16:17] healing text fall in a straight vertical

[16:19] line. Then position it nicely above or

[16:21] around your player's unit frame. Select

[16:24] the static frame and set the height to

[16:26] around 230. If you're unable to save the

[16:29] position, this is normal since we didn't

[16:31] touch any Blizzard frames. Once

[16:33] everything looks good, you can reload

[16:35] your UI.

[16:36] If you're experiencing flickering with

[16:38] Blizzard's damage meter after installing

[16:40] Midnight Battle Text, here's the fix.

[16:43] Left click the Midnight Battle Text icon

[16:46] on your mini map and toggle the damage

[16:49] meter option on. This should resolve the

[16:51] flickering issue.

[16:53] Next is XIV Data Bar Continued. This

[16:56] add-on adds a clean, minimalist info bar

[16:59] at the bottom or top of your screen. It

[17:02] shows useful information at a glance

[17:04] like gold, durability, FPS and latency,

[17:07] time, spec and talent information, and

[17:09] more. It's very lightweight, highly

[17:12] customizable, and looks great with

[17:14] minimal UIs. I use it because it

[17:16] replaces a lot of the ElvUI's data bar

[17:19] that I feel is dated. You can open the

[17:21] add-on by right-clicking the minimap

[17:23] icon or by typing {forward slash} XBC in

[17:27] chat. Go to profile sharing and click

[17:30] import profile.

[17:31] Head to the XIV data bar continue

[17:34] profile link on GitHub. Click the raw

[17:37] button, then highlight the script by

[17:39] pressing control A, then press control C

[17:41] to copy the entire script. Paste the

[17:43] string into the import box and click

[17:45] accept. Next up is enhanced QoL. This is

[17:50] a fantastic quality of life add-on that

[17:52] adds tons of small but extremely useful

[17:55] improvements to the UI and automations.

[17:58] It includes things like frame scaling

[18:00] and moving, better private aura

[18:01] handling, and many other handy features.

[18:04] You can open the add-on by

[18:06] right-clicking the minimap icon or

[18:08] typing in {forward slash} EQoL in chat.

[18:12] Go to profiles, add-on,

[18:14] head to the enhanced QoL profile link on

[18:18] GitHub. Click the raw button,

[18:20] press control plus A to select all, then

[18:23] control plus C to copy. Paste this into

[18:26] the import box and click okay.

[18:30] If you play a pet class,

[18:32] you might occasionally see Blizzard's

[18:34] default pet frames overlapping your

[18:37] ElvUI pet frame, especially after

[18:39] editing the BlizzHUD. To prevent this,

[18:42] go into enhanced QoL options,

[18:45] click interface, scroll down to

[18:47] visibility and fading frames. Under

[18:50] visibility rules, find pet frames and

[18:53] set it to always hidden. This keeps

[18:55] things clean and stops the double pet

[18:57] frames from appearing.

[18:59] Now, go back into enhanced QoL,

[19:02] click interface,

[19:04] scroll all the way down to the bottom

[19:06] and expand the mover section. Check the

[19:09] box for enable scaling for all frames.

[19:12] This lets you hold control and scroll

[19:14] with your mouse wheel to quickly resize

[19:16] interface panels. It's super handy.

[19:19] Next, you want to expand standalone

[19:21] private aura and make sure that option

[19:23] is enabled. Finally, let's make sure the

[19:25] private aura icon is in the right spot.

[19:28] Go to edit mode and check that the

[19:30] private aura is positioned next to the

[19:33] player unit frame. If it's already

[19:34] there, you're good to go. Plumber is

[19:37] another quality of life add-on that adds

[19:39] a bunch of useful improvements to many

[19:41] parts of the game. It enhances looting

[19:44] windows, talking heads, inventory

[19:46] management, title management, and adds

[19:49] several other handy little features.

[19:52] Open Plumber by right-clicking the

[19:54] minimap icon or typing Plumber in chat.

[19:57] There's no importable profiles for this

[19:59] one, but here are the key options I like

[20:02] to enable. Under the top section, enable

[20:04] loot window and talking head. Click the

[20:06] cogwheel next to each to adjust their

[20:09] position if needed.

[20:11] Enable title manager. This is great for

[20:13] quickly searching and switching titles.

[20:15] Under inventory, I turn on reagents and

[20:19] vendors locations to help quickly

[20:21] identify what reagents I can combine and

[20:23] which vendors to turn in certain

[20:25] currency. Under unit frames, enable

[20:27] nameplate soft targets. This is really

[20:29] nice for seeing interactable items

[20:32] without having to target them. I also

[20:34] turn on show cast bar and show quest

[20:37] objective in the settings. These are

[20:39] just the ones I personally keep enabled.

[20:42] Feel free to turn on or off anything

[20:44] that doesn't fit your playstyle. It

[20:46] won't break anything. Next is Dialogue

[20:49] UI. Dialogue UI is a clean and modern

[20:52] replacement for Blizzard's default quest

[20:54] and NPC dialogue windows. It makes

[20:57] conversations with NPCs much nicer to

[20:59] look at with better layouts, dark mode

[21:01] support, improved camera options, and

[21:03] several quality of life features while

[21:06] interacting with quest and vendors. You

[21:08] can open the add-on by right-clicking

[21:10] the minimap icon. The default settings

[21:12] are already very good, but I find some

[21:14] of the camera options to be a bit

[21:16] annoying, especially when recording. I

[21:18] recommend testing what feels best for

[21:20] you. Overall, this is a fantastic add-on

[21:23] and you really can't go wrong with it.

[21:25] To adjust the settings, find an NPC with

[21:28] a quest available,

[21:29] open the quest, then press F1 on your

[21:31] keyboard to open the dialogue UI menu.

[21:34] Under the UI, I like using dark mode.

[21:37] Under the quest section, enable the

[21:39] options you prefer. Under the camera

[21:41] tab, I personally turn camera movements

[21:43] off. In the control tab, take a moment

[21:45] to learn the keybinds. They make

[21:47] accepting and turning in quest much

[21:49] faster. Under the gameplay tab, I enable

[21:51] quest item display, valuable reward

[21:54] pop-ups, and auto complete quest. This

[21:56] is especially useful for holiday events.

[22:00] Last up is Waypoint UI.

[22:02] This add-on is perfect with its default

[22:04] settings, so you don't need to change

[22:06] much. If you haven't heard of it before,

[22:09] Waypoint UI adds a clean, modern beam

[22:13] waypoint that points towards your

[22:14] objectives and really elevates the

[22:16] overall look of your UI. It also works

[22:19] great alongside TomTom if you prefer

[22:22] using that for manual waypoints. And

[22:24] that is my complete UI setup from start

[22:27] to finish. If you run into any issues

[22:29] while setting this up, drop a comment

[22:31] down below and I'll do my best to help

[22:33] you out. Also, let me know what you

[22:35] think of the UI.

[22:37] If you found this video helpful, please

[22:39] drop a like and subscribe so you don't

[22:41] miss future UI updates or guides. I'm

[22:44] always tweaking things, so there will

[22:46] probably be more videos like this in the

[22:48] future.

[22:51] Happy hunting.