WoW New Player Gearing Guide (Midnight)

What’s up gaming heroes, welcome back to another awesome World of Warcraft guide.

So, you just hit level 90 in WoW Midnight and suddenly the game throws about 400 different systems at you all at once.

And if you don’t know what actually matters first, it’s very easy to waste time or progress inefficiently.

This guide will walk you through the exact order I personally recommend for a fresh level 90 character so you can gear up quickly, unlock important systems, and avoid getting overwhelmed.

Buy Auction House Gear Immediately

The moment I hit level 90, the first thing I do is open the Auction House.

I’m not trying to build a perfect character here.

I’m simply trying to stop my character feeling weak.

What To Buy

Buy:

• Cheap item level upgrades
• Ignore overpriced items
• Focus on value only

Most pieces are only a few hundred gold each.

Your goal is simply to push your item level high enough to comfortably begin actual endgame content.

Typically this gets you to roughly:

👉 Item level 190–200

For almost no effort.

This is a massive early power increase.

Prioritise Weekly Quest and World Boss

Once your item level is stable, immediately focus on:

• Weekly quest
• World boss

These should always be your first major objectives every week.

World Boss

Open your map and locate the current world boss.

To make this easier:

1. Click the world boss icon
2. Open Group Finder
3. Join a group

This usually takes:

• Around 2 minutes total

Very easy.

Why It Matters

The world boss can drop:

• Strong gear upgrades
• Warbound gear for alts
• Raw gold

Even if you get unlucky, it’s still free progression.

Complete Your Weekly Activities

Your weekly quest will normally ask you to complete activities such as:

• World quests
• Delves
• Other open world systems

Do this immediately.

The rewards are extremely valuable early on.

You get:

• Gear
• Crests
• Gold
• Reputation
• Progression currencies
• Weekly caches

These systems accelerate your character massively.

Use World Quest Tracker

While doing world content, I strongly recommend:

👉 World Quest Tracker

This addon dramatically speeds things up and helps you prioritise efficient rewards.

What To Prioritise

Focus on:

• Gold world quests
• Gear upgrades
• Special assignments
• Important caches

Avoid wasting time on low-value objectives early.

Special Assignments Are Extremely Important

Special assignments are one of the best early progression systems.

These reward:

• Strong gear
• Gold
• Additional progression materials

Always complete them whenever available.

Especially early on, they are extremely valuable.

Do the Soirée in Eversong Woods

A huge amount of players skip this.

Don’t.

The Soirée offers one of the easiest weekly rewards available.

Main Quest To Do

👉 Fortifying the Runestones

This is a group activity, but it’s extremely easy.

Simply:

• Join a group
• Fly to objectives
• Complete the event

Usually takes:

• Around 3 minutes

Rewards

You receive:

• Gold
• Gear
• Materials
• Additional progression rewards

Even later into the expansion, this remains worth doing for the easy gold alone.

Timewalking Is Incredible For Fresh Characters

If Timewalking is active when you hit level 90:

Do it immediately.

Prioritise

• 5 Timewalking dungeon weekly
• Additional dungeon runs
• Timewalking raid if available

Why It’s Good

Timewalking provides:

• Fast gear upgrades
• Champion gear
• Hero gear
• Weekly rewards

It’s one of the easiest catch-up systems in the game.

Move Into Bountiful Delves

Once you’ve completed:

• Weekly quest
• World boss
• World quests
• Soirée

It’s time for the real gearing system:

👉 Bountiful Delves

Recommended Difficulty

Aim for:

• Tier 8 delves

This gives the best balance between:

• Difficulty
• Speed
• Reward quality

Tier 11 is possible, but much slower and harder on fresh characters.

Best Delve Setup

I personally prefer:

• Tank spec

Because you can:

• Pull aggressively
• Survive easily
• Clear faster

If you don’t have a tank spec:

• Use a healer companion

This makes delves dramatically easier.

Important Delve Tip

Do NOT rush straight to the objective.

Kill the special elites marked by:
👉 Helmet icons on the minimap

These improve your end rewards significantly.

Also:

• Use Treasure Maps whenever possible

They massively improve delve loot.

Expected Item Level After Delves

If you complete your Bountiful Delves properly, you should end up around:

👉 230–240 item level

Depending on luck.

Fix Weak Gear Slots

At this stage, you’ll usually have:

• One or two weak items dragging your character down

Open your character panel and identify your weakest slots.

Ways To Fix Weak Slots

• Low Mythic Plus
• Crafted gear
• Work Orders
• Additional world content

Crafting is often the easiest solution.

Crafted Gear Is Extremely Valuable

Using work orders, you can craft powerful upgrades using currencies earned naturally from world content.

This is an excellent way to fix bad gear slots quickly.

Important Long-Term Tip

Eventually, you want:
👉 Two crafted pieces with embellishments

These provide massive bonuses to:

• Damage
• Healing
• Survival

Depending on your role.

Spend Your Crests

Please stop hoarding crests forever.

Just use them.

A lot of players sit on currencies while struggling to get invited into content because their item level is too low.

Upgrade your gear.

Higher item level means:

• Better delves
• Better groups
• Better vault rewards
• Faster progression

You can always earn more crests later.

Stormarian Assault (Optional Extra)

If you want another solo-friendly activity:

Do the:
👉 Stormarian Assault in Voidstorm

This rewards:

• Extra caches
• Additional gear chances

Very solid for solo players.

Unlock Bonus Rolls

While in Voidstorm, complete the questline from:

👉 Desimus in Howling Ridge

This unlocks:

• Bonus Rolls
• Ascendant Void Shards

These systems are extremely important long-term.

Ascendant Void Shards Explained

Once you collect:
👉 5 Ascendant Void Shards

You can combine them to upgrade max-level gear even further.

This massively increases item power.

You naturally earn shards from:

• Tier 11 delves
• Mythic Plus
• Void Rituals
• Raids

Very worth unlocking early.

Complete the Abundance Quest

Another important progression system is:

👉 Abundance

Find the current abundance event on the map and complete it.

This rewards important profession currencies needed later for top-end crafting gear.

Skipping this will slow down your long-term progression.

Weekly Vault

As you complete activities, you unlock options in your:

👉 Weekly Vault

This resets every Wednesday.

Sometimes you get amazing gear.

Sometimes you don’t.

If the rewards are bad:

• Take tokens instead

These can be used for:

• Sockets
• Gold
• Other useful rewards

The vendor is next to the vault in Silvermoon.

Start Building Tier Sets

Once your gear stabilises, begin focusing on:

👉 Tier set bonuses

These are massive power spikes.

Tier Set Bonuses

• 2-piece bonus = strong buff
• 4-piece bonus = huge buff

These massively improve your character.

Use the Catalyst

To convert gear into tier pieces:

• Visit the Catalyst in Silvermoon

You gain catalyst charges naturally by playing the game and completing weekly content.

This is one of the best catch-up systems in Midnight.

Final Character Goal

By the end of this progression route, you should be around:

👉 250 item level or higher

At this point your character is fully online and ready for:

• Mythic Plus
• Heroic raiding
• Profession optimisation
• Passive gold making
• Weekly vault progression

This is where the game starts feeling really smooth and enjoyable.

Final Thoughts

This is the exact progression route I personally used to gear multiple characters efficiently in WoW Midnight.

No weird spreadsheets.
No bloated checklists.
No nonsense.

Just a clean, practical order of operations that gets your character powerful quickly.