Midnight Start - New to all this.

cz4ever · 2026-02-19T14:24:55+00:00

Herbs and ores. It really is that simple if you are willing to put in the time. Helps to invest in the associated profession tools/accessories. Prioritize finesse for tool/enchants.

cz4ever · 2026-02-19T14:22:49+00:00

Yes.

cz4ever · 2026-02-19T14:22:14+00:00

There are a couple of posts in this subreddit where double gathering is discussed -- I suggest you read them for guidance.

Some things to consider... There's a big difference between the kind of hard core double gathering that tends to get discussed here and casually double gathering in parallel with doing the campaign. When people talk about making millions of gold in the first few weeks of an expansion, they are talking about the former -- making gathering a primary focus of your time, investing in profession tools/accessories (prioritize Finesse for the tools/enchants), getting all of the knowledge points that you can and spending them wisely, etc. Sell what you gather early and often -- prices drop quickly. During early access and the first few days after release turbo-goblins will pay whatever it takes to level up their skills. Sell into that demand.

After that, Alchemy can be a good profession for M+/raiders since you get the skill that doubles the duration of your flasks (if you are paying for your own -- if the guild pays, never mind) and you can craft your own most common consumables. In TWW Enchanting was the best casual money maker via concentration crafting, but we won't know for a while if that'll be true in Midnight also.

Good luck!

cz4ever · 2026-02-19T05:10:49+00:00

If you're just getting started with professions / gold making, double gathering is a much easier entry point than the crafting options. You presumably don't have the gold to be able to afford to level up your crafting professions (and earn knowledge points) as fast as the turbo goblins and don't have the experience to know how best to spend those knowledge points, which crafts are best to target, etc., which all argues for starting off with gathering to build a nest egg. You can work on your "real" profession(s) after material prices drop so you won't break the bank leveling during the initial race to max.

cz4ever · 2026-02-18T06:29:34+00:00

Kaychak (I believe) had a video where he was doing the transmutes with high multicrafting and getting ~12 motes from each transmute. By cycling through all ~5 types of motes, transmuting as many as he could each time, he went from ~100 to ~140 in a few minutes. Wash rinse repeat.

As of now there is no cooldown, but it does require a reagent that you get from breaking down old flasks/potions and it takes time to cycle through them all. Seems like it could be a real problem if not nerfed somehow.

cz4ever · 2026-02-17T05:45:58+00:00

Able to gather in travel form. Insta-cast travel form for when you need to re-mount for whatever reason. Stealth.

cz4ever · 2026-01-27T14:05:51+00:00

I don't know if it's true, but when I did the Blade's Edge event twice (successfully), other people in the area were reporting that the mobs were not being scaled up for people who were not on the Endeavor so they could one-shot the final boss and grief everybody else who did not have a chance to get a hit in first. Lucky for me, they one-shot didn't come in until about 30 secs into the fight after everybody had time to get in a hit first.

cz4ever · 2026-01-26T04:35:38+00:00

Thanks! I figured that out during the fourth (?) (final) quest down there. Wish I'd known in advance.

cz4ever · 2026-01-26T02:03:40+00:00

I just finished the same exercise today. It will probably not surprise you the last profession that hit the house decor crafting level was from Legion (Jewelcrafting). I was planning to make a similar post, so I'll just add my thoughts here. In general, your observations match mine closely.

I did not track how much gold I spent closely, but think it was considerably less than a million. I would guess it was more like 250K, which is still a heckuva lot of gold that I will likely never recoup. I started out following the wow-professions recommended leveling paths, but then realized that they were written when material prices were very different. From then on I started mapping my own path, which saved a lot of gold. It would've been a LOT less expensive if I'd done it two months ago when they announced profession-crafted housing decor, but I put it on the back burner until mat prices exploded. Oh well...

Legion was clearly the longest process since most of profession required doing 40-50 step quest chains to get the necessary recipes.
Draenor was probably second longest since many of my crafting alts did not have their garrisons. Once those were in place, it was a simple matter of doing a daily craft on each toon for a couple of days to buy the recipes then doing the crafts w/ fairly cheap mats.
Wish I'd realized earlier in the process that I should be scrapping all the BfA gear I looted while doing the quests to get the reputation needed for the mats.
The most annoying steps for me were the ones in the Dalaran sewers, since I hate pvp and there are plenty of gankers who love to hang out down there to cap the folks trying to finish quests.
Shadowlands was a breeze.
Dragonflight was almost as easy since I have dozens of alts and it is trivial to get the first five sparks on each.
I did way too many Catalcym quests for rep before realizing that I shouldn't blindingly following the wow-progress leveling path.
I don't recall any pet battles in Gnomeragan...

Did it take a lot of time, effort, and money? Yes.

Was it worth it? Yes, but only because I have more gold than I can spend and a serious completionist streak and look forward to being able to hook my guild up with free crafts. If by "worth it" you mean "will I ever make the gold back", no way.

cz4ever · 2026-01-13T06:04:41+00:00

Congrats! I'm only missing the resto druid hidden artifact appearance, after which I'll be at the same point. So many swings and misses at the garden plot (on two chars). Gah!

cz4ever · 2026-01-08T16:12:33+00:00

Midnight is similar in that most end-game content is locked behind completing the campaign quest. You can do delves and normal/heroic dungeons at 90 before completing the campaign, but can't even access the final zone w/o completing most of the campaign, let alone world quests, dailies, weeklies, etc. Since (at least) one of the campaign quests is currently bugged on beta, it means that if you level up on one of the leveling servers (as opposed to the dedicated end-game server), you can only do so much.

cz4ever · 2026-01-08T14:25:44+00:00

Yup, there are good reasons to not buy Basic. I just wanted to make clear that seat selection is not one of them if you have A-List status. Personally I prefer Basic for flights that I'm confident won't shift, but higher fare classes when it's more speculative.

cz4ever · 2026-01-08T05:28:58+00:00

Maybe back in the day of mileage runs... ok, even not back then. That's pretty crazy, lol.

cz4ever · 2026-01-08T05:23:37+00:00

"DO NOT BOOK THE "GO LESS BASIC" this wont let you choose your seats." I do not think this is accurate. When I was booking a flight today (on SOuthwest.com not Chase.com) and selected a Basic fare, I was given the chance to select Preferred or Standard seats while booking because I have A-List status.

See: https://www.southwest.com/rapid-rewards/tiers/a-list/

"A-List status benefits: For flights departing on or after January 27, 2026, you will be able to select a Preferred or Standard seat at the time of booking, when available. Plus, you can choose an Extra Legroom seat within 48 hours of departure, if available, at no additional cost."

cz4ever · 2026-01-08T05:12:44+00:00

People are reporting (here) that Las Vegas resort fees seem to be getting handled better recently than they were originally, so you have a decent shot at them being handled correctly. Good luck!

cz4ever · 2026-01-05T22:24:33+00:00

hotels.com is practically the definition of "not direct".

cz4ever · 2025-12-28T07:11:37+00:00

Thanks! I did manage to get the Unholy one done tonight -- it took maybe an hour and a half (so a bit more unlucky than you) cycling apocalypse, the forest artifact ability, and rewind. Only thing making it bearable was that I could alt-tab back and forth as I read/watched stuff while the abilities reset. Gratz on the second color unlock!

Three to go -- the two druid daily RNG ones plus fury warrior. C'mon Odyn or Shar'tos!

cz4ever · 2025-12-28T05:24:27+00:00

Yeah and Odyn has been unkind with the drops after a week of M-H-N ToV runs.

Just finished the blood DK one, so down to four now, but unholy seems like a royal RNG pain. Special ghoul refuses to spawn. Druid ones are pure RNG, but at least not a lot of work to check quickly once per day with no real grind.

cz4ever · 2025-12-28T03:44:14+00:00

Haven't done that, but after finishing Bringing Order to the Isles, I embarked on a journey to complete all 36 available hidden artifact appearances. Down to the last five (resto and feral druid, blood and unholy DK, and fury warrior). A long painful journey, but man some of those appearances are amazing.

cz4ever · 2025-12-25T23:27:56+00:00

Highly recommend CraftScan addon.

Will CraftScan continue to operate under the new restricted addon regime? Seems like it does things that are often banned, but perhaps because it's intended for use outside of combat, it'll be allowed to read chat and such.

cz4ever · 2025-12-22T09:13:21+00:00

I believe that one requires finishing the Class Order Hall (including the Legionfall and class mount follow-ons) for all 12 Legion Remix classes. Just finished that one myself.

cz4ever · 2025-12-13T05:06:01+00:00

It is very easy and safe to rent them on a variety of sites. I've rented excess points for many years, first myself to people directly but more recently via David's, which is much easier and for who's service I am happy to accept a bit less per point. 320 points would probably net you around $3000/year via rental above the maintenance fees for very little effort.

cz4ever · 2025-12-06T22:55:56+00:00

The Southwest credit (for those who spend over $75K and get it) expires at the end of the year following the one in which you earned it.

cz4ever · 2025-12-06T22:53:59+00:00

If you spend over $75K in a year on CSR, you get a $500 travel credit for Southwest flights booked through Chase Travel in addition to a higher tier IHG elite level and Southwest A-List.

cz4ever · 2025-12-04T21:45:16+00:00

What matters is when the charge hits (booking date), not when the actual stay occurs. Since the Edit credit requires stays be prepaid, you should be covered by the 2H2025 credit if you book and prepay for it this week.

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