Guides

WoW Guides & Playbooks

Pick your spec, then pick tonight’s activity. Guides tell you what to press and where to stand; the Database has the raw item, spell, and quest records behind them.

13 classes40 specs8 raid bosses8 Mythic+ dungeonsMidnight · Season 2Live gear meta

Raid & dungeons →Where to stand on every Venomous Abyss boss, plus the Season 2 key pool.Arena & PvP →Cooldown trades decide 3v3. Start with the ones you keep losing.Progression & collection →Campaign routes, and the mounts still worth farming.Character setup →Talents, keybinds, and macros, before the meta arguments.

Choose Your Guide

Pick a class, then your specialization

Every spec guide includes builds, gear, rotation, cooldowns, consumables, macros, and setup.

40 available specs

Death Knight

Select a specialization to open its complete guide.

Death Knight overview

BloodTankA vampiric tank that sustains through Death Strike and self-healing.Open Blood guide

FrostMelee DPSDual-wield or two-handed melee with Runic Power and Icy burst windows.Open Frost guide

UnholyMelee DPSNecromantic melee caster commanding undead and disease.Open Unholy guide

Guide Directory

Learn the game from setup to progression

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Midnight Season 2

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Midnight S2Season 2 M+ RewardsLoot stops climbing at +10. This table shows exactly what each key level pays before and after that.See the item level per keystone →Midnight S2Gearing & BiS PathYour weapon eats the first Myth crests. Everything else is an argument about what comes second.Spend your crests in the right order →DelvesTrove Map GuideOne map a week, shared across every source. Spending it below Tier 8 throws the whole week away.Stop wasting the weekly map →Midnight S2Holy Paladin TrinketsSoulcoiler is the best item of the season for the spec. The rest of the list is where guides and the ladder disagree.See what the ladder wears →Midnight S2Season 2 Raider ChecklistEight timed keys, a hundred crests, one spark. Tick the week off per character before reset takes it.Tick off this reset →Auto-trackedPatch & Hotfix LogBlizzard posts a hotfix, it shows up here minutes later, unedited.Read what Blizzard just changed →

What is coming

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BlizzCon 2026What Is Coming NextForever, patch 12.1.5, Talebound, Eclipse and The Last Titan, in the order they land. Which is confirmed, which is panel or press reporting, and when each one arrives.Sort the news from the rumors →Next patchPatch 12.2 EclipseThe Worldcore is an eight-boss raid ending on Xal'atath, and clearing it unlocks Midnight's Edge. Plus the Season 3 keys and three new Paladin races.Meet the next raid tier →New versionWorld of Warcraft: ForeverA permanent level-60 Azeroth arriving November 4, with three new zones, nine dungeons, two raids and the Skyborne.Weigh up Classic Plus →On the PTRPatch 12.1.5: The Promise of TomorrowA campaign to Zul'Aman and the Coiled Isle, the one-boss Unbinding of Kith'ix raid, Labyrinths, the hourly Aqir Invasion, and Ascendant Venomstones.See what the mid-season patch adds →New game modeTaleboundStory runs as a Slayer, Inquisitor or Witch through four dark tales, with Quillgrave as the hub. PTR in October in the Echoes of the Worldcore update.Meet the roguelike mode →

Raid & dungeon

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Midnight S2Raid Boss GuidesWhere to stand on all eight Venomous Abyss bosses, plus the Season 1 fights if you are catching up.Get the pull plan →Midnight S2Dungeon Boss GuidesTwenty-eight bosses, each written for a key group: what to kick, what to kill first, what Tyrannical changes.Get the kick list →DungeonsMythic+ Dungeon VideosWatch someone run the route before you brick the key learning it.Watch the route →

PvP

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PvPArena GuideMost 3v3 games are decided by one bad cooldown trade. Start with yours.Learn the cooldown trade →

Collections & progression

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CollectionsMount GuidesFilter every mount down to the ones you can still get, then sort by how much work each one is.Find the mount you are missing →ProgressionQuest & Campaign GuidesZone storylines and campaign chains, with the steps people actually get stuck on called out.Follow a zone start to finish →ProfessionsEnchanting LevelingDust is cheap and Knowledge is capped, so the order you craft in is worth more than the materials.Level it in the right order →ProfessionsAlchemy LevelingVendor potions to 20, cauldron unlocks and first crafts to 50, then three priced options to the cap.Brew it in the right order →ProfessionsBlacksmithing LevelingSmelt copper to 15, first-craft the trainer book to 50, then fifty Sterling Alloys to 70.Forge it in the right order →ProfessionsEngineering LevelingTrainer first crafts to 39, twenty Recycling casts to 45, then discovery luck picks the rest.Tinker in the right order →ProfessionsInscription LevelingMill the whole herb stock, craft inks in fixed order, then first-craft every recipe to 50.Scribe it in the right order →ProfessionsJewelcrafting LevelingProspect a stack of cheap ore, first-craft the trainer book, then chalice spam to 65.Cut it in the right order →ProfessionsLeatherworking LevelingFirst-craft every trainer batch to about 61, then three options carry you to the cap.Tan it in the right order →ProfessionsCooking LevelingVendor biscuits to 25, figs to 35, then the Hearty Food bake-and-convert loop to 100.Cook it in the right order →ProfessionsHerbalism LevelingPick everything to 30, variants to 60, then only Lush and Infused to 100 - plus Overload and the Knowledge chase.Pick it in the right order →ProfessionsMining LevelingRich, Seams, and Infused deposits to the cap; save Overload for Voidbound, not Wild.Mine it in the right order →ProfessionsSkinning LevelingSkin while you play to 100; diffusers for motes, lures for Renowned Beasts and Majestic materials.Skin it in the right order →ProfessionsTailoring LevelingSixty-six bolts up front, imbue fourteen, sweep the first-craft bonus, shoulders to 50.Stitch it in the right order →ProfessionsCrafting GuidesKnowledge points are the bottleneck, not gold. Plan yours around the character you already have.Plan a craft that actually sells →Pet battlesCelestial TournamentSeven battles on one pool of health, and nothing heals in between. Draft the roster before you queue.Draft your seven teams →HunterRare TamesSpirit beasts, exotics, and the named spawns that carry a look you cannot get anywhere else.Go hunt something →

Watch & learn

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Clip checkThe Snoop Dogg ClipA million views, and the scream was recorded over a Madden game fifteen months before the footage.Trace where the audio came from →WatchVideo GuidesRaid, key, and arena footage in one place, so you can see a pull instead of reading one.Watch the fight first →Story & unlocksCampaign GuideA campaign route that gets you to endgame without detouring through everything.Get through the campaign →CourseLearning PathComing back after a few expansions? Start here and skip the parts that changed on you.Start from the beginning →ProgressCertifiedFinish the course and the badge shows on your profile.Check your progress →

Setup

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ControlsKeybindsIf you are still clicking your interrupt, this is the page that fixes it.Fix your keybinds →SetupMacrosMouseover and focus macros for every class, ready to paste.Steal a macro →

Raid Boss Guides

Midnight raid encounters

Jump into encounter videos, then use rankings to compare top parses, gear, talents, and trinkets by boss.

Raid guide directory →Boss rankings →

The Venomous Abyss

8 bosses

Nek'zali the SoulcoilerTank-swap ritual boss: run the dispel out, kill adds before the Soulcoil Well, soak the pyres; the cast pattern reshuffles after the intermission.Entombed SentinelsKeep the two golems apart or they barely take damage; in the intermission, collide with exactly four toxin stacks to neutralize it.The Lost ExplorersTortollan council: interrupt the flames, and feed a Disgusting Fish to a possessed councillor to break the controlling spirit's hold - each can be fed only once.Vashnik the MalignantWhen he drinks from the fountains, kill the crawling venoms before they reach the cavity; spread the froth and carry infections out.SszorakWind-push single-target: assigned players pop cysts as each gale starts to counter the knockback, and the raid bursts during the damage-amp window.The Twin FangsEveryone's venom stacks toward a lethal cap until the devour soak consumes it; tanks rotate the soaks in spawn order.The Coiled AltarBreak the shield to stop the ramp, free mind-controlled players, and kill both bosses within moments of each other - the survivor gains 500% damage.Ula'tekBurn the exposed Heart during its double-damage windows, keep the eggs out of venom, and survive the platforms shattering in the final phase.

Season 1 raids4 raids, 10 bosses

The Voidspire

6 bosses

Imperator AverzianSingle-target tank-swap check with rotating melee soaks.VorasiusAdd waves spawn on a timer - cleave them while sustaining the boss.Fallen-King SalhadaarSingle-target burn with positional soaks between phases.Vaelgor & EzzorakTwo-boss fight - keep both bosses in range for constant cleave.Lightblinded VanguardWaves of Vanguard adds must be AoE'd down before they overwhelm.Crown of the CosmosAlternates single-target burn phases with priority add swaps.

The Dreamrift

1 bosses

Chimaerus, the Undreamt GodSingle-target damage race through heavy movement phases.

Sporefall

1 bosses

RotmireSingle-boss fungal encounter with rot, spores, and priority add control.

March on Quel'Danas

2 bosses

Belo'ren, Child of Al'arPriority adds interrupt otherwise single-target phases.Midnight FallsFinal single-target burn under a hard soft-enrage.