WoW Midnight Leveling Guide 80–90: Fastest Main and Alt Routes

Quick summary

• Midnight's level cap is 90. The campaign runs Eversong Woods (80–82) → three branches: Zul'Aman, Harandar, and Arator's Journey (82–88) → Voidstorm (88–90).
• First character: follow the campaign, skip most side quests, run each leveling dungeon once when a quest sends you, and pick up every Delve's first-completion quest without turning it in.
• Alts: once one character finishes the campaign, Adventure Mode lets alts skip the intro and pick any zone. Farm low-tier Delves (Shadowguard Point or The Grudge Pit) to about 87–88. Then turn in all ten saved Delve quests with bonuses active, and finish with first-time crafts.
• Bonuses: Warband Mentor (+5% per level-90 character, up to 25%), War Mode, Darkmoon Faire's WHEE!, rested XP, and gathering nodes.
• Time estimates run from about 4–5 hours on an optimized alt to 10–20 hours on a relaxed first character. Those are community figures, not Blizzard's.

Getting to 80 first

Levels	Where	Speed tips
1–10	Exile's Reach or your race's starting zone. Allied races start at 10	About 30 minutes
10–80	The previous expansion, or any older expansion through Chromie Time (talk to Chromie at your capital's embassy)	Use XP events: Winds of Mysterious Fortune (+20%, and +30% with a Bottle of Mysterious Wisdom) and Turbulent Timeways (Knowledge of Timeways +5% after one Timewalking dungeon, Mastery of Timeways +30% after four)
80–90	Midnight zones	This guide

If you boost, skip ahead to the 80–90 route.

The 80–90 campaign, zone by zone

Stage	Zone	Dungeons and Delves	What to know
1	Eversong Woods and Silvermoon City	Windrunner Spire (unlocks at 81). Murder Row in Silvermoon (83)	The intro scenario and Sunwell defense. Set your Hearthstone to Silvermoon. Quests are spread out, so clear one hub before flying to the next
2a	Zul'Aman	Den of Nalorakk (campaign). Delves: The Darkway, Twilight Crypts, Atal'Aman	The densest zone and the best for speed. Amani Tribe renown
2b	Harandar	Blinding Vale (campaign). Delves: The Grudge Pit, Gulf of Memory	Completing it unlocks the Haranir allied race. Use the portal on Silvermoon's west side. Hara'ti renown
2c	Arator's Journey	None required	Travels across the Eastern Kingdoms. Rewards the Key to the Arcantina, a hearthstone-style toy that returns you to the Silvermoon inn on a 15-minute cooldown. The slowest branch
3	Voidstorm	Delve: Shadowguard Point. Max-level dungeons Voidscar Arena and Nexus-Point Xenas	Opens only after all three branches. Quest rewards scale with level

Branch order: you must finish all three branches, in any order.

Don't skip campaign quests on your main. Anything you half-finish, you'll come back to later.

Leveling dungeons: once each

Dungeon	Zone	Unlocks	Quest
Windrunner Spire	Eversong Woods	81	Haunting Melodies
Murder Row	Silvermoon City	83	One Fel Swoop
Den of Nalorakk	Zul'Aman	88, or earlier through its campaign quest	Campaign
Blinding Vale	Harandar	88, or earlier through its campaign quest	Campaign

Run each once when its quest sends you. DPS queues can take 15–20 minutes, and the campaign gives steadier XP. The exception is tanks and healers with near-instant queues, who can queue while questing. Maisara Caverns is a leveling dungeon as well (level 85, or through the quest "Maisara Hungers"). Magisters' Terrace, Voidscar Arena, and Nexus-Point Xenas are max-level dungeons.

Route A: your first character

Level	What to do
Before 80	Clear old quests from your log, free 20+ bag slots, pick up Herbalism or Mining, and turn on War Mode in a capital
80–82	Eversong intro and main story quests. Windrunner Spire once at 81
82–88	Zul'Aman, Harandar, and Arator's Journey branches. Finish whichever branch is left before Voidstorm. Run Den of Nalorakk and Blinding Vale when the campaign asks. Clear each Delve you pass once and keep its first-completion quest
88–90	Voidstorm campaign. The zone opens once all three branches are done; its content is tuned for 88+
88–89	If you're short of 90 at the end of the story, turn in your saved Delve quests and do first-time crafts
90	Finish all 17 campaign chapters. Your alts benefit from it

Don't farm gear in The War Within before you start. On a first character, gear upgrades from quests are enough.

Route B: alts with Adventure Mode

Step	Level	Action
1	80	Skip the intro. Claim the four Warband renown gear quests if your Warband has the ranks: they reward item level 279 since 12.1 (Singularity rank 7 trinket, Hara'ti rank 8 belt, Court rank 9 helm, Amani rank 9 neck)
2	80	Turn on War Mode and pick up a gathering profession
3	80–81	Visit each Delve once on Tier 1 and pick up its first-completion quest. Don't turn it in
4	81–87/88	Farm a dense Delve: Shadowguard Point (Voidstorm)
5	88–89	Turn in all saved Delve first-completion quests with War Mode and WHEE! active
6	89–90	First-time crafts to finish

For Delve tiers and companions, see our Midnight Delves guide.

Renown vendors for alt starter gear

Faction	Location
Silvermoon Court	Silvermoon City
Amani Tribe	Zul'Aman
Hara'ti	Harandar
The Singularity	Voidstorm

Why save Delve quests?

Turning them in at 88–89 is worth more than turning them in at 81, and stacking War Mode and WHEE! on top raises it further. Turn in the zone-based ones in the open world so War Mode applies.

The first-craft trick

Each recipe's first craft gives experience. Wowhead puts one profession's first crafts at about three-quarters of a level. Tailoring is a commonly suggested cheap option.

One caution: swapping professions on a character you plan to keep resets its progress there.

Best specs and classes for leveling

For alt Delve farming, tank and healer specs and mobile classes pull bigger packs safely. For endgame strength, check our Midnight class tier list before you choose.

Boosted and returning players

• Used the level 80 boost? You still play the 80–90 campaign on that character unless another character has already unlocked Adventure Mode. Read your spec's talent tree at 80, since you skipped learning it on the way.
• Returning after The War Within? Midnight replaces your gear fast. Don't spend crests or gold upgrading old items before 90.
• Want the Haranir allied race? Finish the Harandar branch on any character.
• Using an addon? Wowhead highlights Follow The Arrow (free, with campaign and alt routes). Bellular estimates 4–4.5 hours from 80 to 90 on Follow The Arrow's alt route for an average player.

Common mistakes

• Farming gear before starting Midnight
• Spamming dungeons through group finder as DPS
• Skipping a gathering profession
• Turning in Delve quests immediately
• Ignoring War Mode or WHEE! when they're available
• Entering Voidstorm too early
• Rushing campaign quests that unlock endgame systems on your main

At level 90

Finish the campaign, unlock world quests, and start renown with all four factions. Our Midnight Season 2 gearing guide covers the current upgrade tracks.

Want a hand with this?

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Frequently asked questions

What is the fastest way to level from 80 to 90 in Midnight?

On an alt, use Adventure Mode. Farm low-tier Delves like Shadowguard Point to 87–88, then turn in all ten saved Delve first-completion quests with War Mode and WHEE! active, and finish with first-time crafts. On a first character, follow the campaign and save the Delve quests the same way.

What is the Midnight zone order?

Eversong Woods (80–82), then three branches in any order: Zul'Aman, Harandar, and Arator's Journey (82–88). Voidstorm (88–90) opens after all three. Many players go Zul'Aman first because it's the densest zone.

How does the Warband Mentor bonus work?

Each character on your Warband who reaches level 90 gives your other characters 5% more experience while leveling to 90, up to 25% with five such characters. One source describes it as a flat 25%, so check your buff tooltip.

How much XP does War Mode give in Midnight?

Check the tooltip when you enable it. It flags you for PvP in the open world.

Should I farm dungeons to level in Midnight?

No, unless you're a tank or healer with instant queues. Run each leveling dungeon once when the campaign sends you there.

How long does it take to level from 80 to 90?

There's no official figure. Bellular estimates 4–4.5 hours on a guided alt route.

Which Delves are best for XP?

Low tiers and dense pulls give the most XP per minute.