Midnight · Consumables

What to bring on raid night.

Retail consumables are simpler than WotLK's shopping list but pricier per pull. Here is the guild standard for The Voidspire progression and Mythic+ pushes — and what to skip when gold is tight.

CoreAlways

The non-negotiables

  • Flask/phial of the season — your main stat or best secondary version.
  • Health potion — on the bar, keybound, every pull.
  • Food — feast at the raid, personal stat food otherwise.
PushProgression

Progression extras

  • Combat potion — the season's DPS/mana potion, used on pull or with cooldowns.
  • Augment rune — for new-boss nights and Mythic pushes.
  • Weapon oil/stone — cheap, always worth it.
BudgetFarm nights

When gold is tight

  • Skip augment runes on farm bosses.
  • Use the cheaper tier of potions and food.
  • Never skip the flask — it is the biggest single buff.
  • Level alchemy or cooking and supply the guild bank; the guild reimburses progression consumables when stocked.

Enchants & gems

Finish the checklist.

Enchants and gems are consumable-adjacent and just as mandatory: every ring, weapon, chest, legs, boots, and bracers slot enchanted, every socket filled. Add sockets where the season allows it, best slots first.

Your spec's build page lists the stat direction to enchant toward — find it in the Midnight build hub.

Raid-night bag check

  • Flask/phial × enough for the full night
  • Combat potions × 15–20
  • Health potions × 20
  • Personal food + feast contribution
  • Augment runes for progression bosses
  • Weapon oil applied before first pull
  • Repair gold / mount repair bot

Why the checklist exists

Officer notes.

Consumables are the cheapest performance the game sells. A flask, food, and a weapon oil are worth roughly a full item upgrade across a raid night — and unlike loot, they drop every single week you remember to bring them. The guild standard exists so nobody has to guess: core items every pull, progression extras when we are learning a boss, and the budget tier for farm content when gold is tight.

The economics favor the organized. Prices spike on reset day and sag midweek; the guild bank stocks feasts and progression consumables when members keep it fed with materials, and alchemists in the roster get reimbursed for progression stock. If the checklist feels like a tax, flip it around: it is the one part of your performance that requires zero skill and zero luck.

One habit worth stealing from our longest-tenured raiders: restock on the weekend, not on raid night. Midweek prices are consistently lower, the guild bank is fuller, and you will never be the person whispering for a flask at pull time. Keep a full raid night's supply in your bags and a second night's worth in the bank, and the checklist stops being a chore you think about — it becomes something you did last Saturday.