World of Warcraft: Midnight introduced something new to its community. It increased the maximum level to 90 and provided an entirely redesigned version of Quel’Thalas as the main area. The growth saw the addition of 17 chapters of new story content, a revamped Delves system, and major changes to the contribution of professions to leveling. Players who have already conquered the main campaign will unlock the expansion in a different way on a second character. It will be faster, more focused, and the way to the end is more apparent.
For players with an existing main character, the quickest way to get a second role, farm gold, or enjoy the expansion with a different class fantasy is to create an alt character. The 80 to 90 leveling can be as short as four to five hours with the proper preparation. For players who want to skip the grind entirely and land straight in endgame content, WoW carry can come in handy. For everyone else, here is how to build the perfect alt efficiently.
Before You Start: Prep on Your Main
Some actions on your main character greatly decrease the time spent on each alt in the future. To pass over this step is to forego free experience and time-saving. Before you make your alt, complete the following steps:
- Finish the Midnight campaign on your main — this unlocks a full campaign skip for all future alts
- Enable War Mode — this adds 15-25% bonus experience across all characters
- Join a guild with an experience buff — this adds another 5% on top
- Stock 5,000+ gold — this covers crafted gear and auction house purchases at level 90
The campaign skip itself saves five to six hours per alt. When you finish the main story and have the achievement of Midnight, it becomes available. When an alt has already initiated the campaign, the skip does not exist anymore. It should be used before starting any quests.
Choosing the Right Class and Role
The right class is based on the purpose of the alt. Gold farming alts and endgame alts are not the same. Healers and tanks experience shorter queue times and less variation in group invites in endgame content, Mythic+, raiding, and PvP. Damage dealers are more readily made with solo damage. However, they have more competition for spots. The best multi-role choices in Midnight are Paladin, Druid, and Priest, as they combine several roles in a single character.
In the case of gold farming, the output of the AOE damage and self-sustaining are more important than the utility of the group. Druid remains the strongest class for gathering runs in Midnight. Travel Form allows herb and ore collection without dismounting. This removes the stop-start cycle that slows every other class down on a dense gathering route. Warlock can survive lengthy farm time with no food. Hunter can deal with rare mob farming in open-world zones.
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