New talent points in World of Warcraft mean new possibilities. However, what you will choose in Midnight is almost predetermined.
One criticism that is often heard in World of Warcraft is an issue with progression. Because the entire game world now scales, it can feel like you become a little weaker with each level-up. Logically, this is because your equipment becomes worse compared to your character level, while enemies gain health and strength.
Talent points can somewhat cushion this because they equip the character with new abilities or bonuses. In The War Within, these were the hero talents – but in Midnight, there are also new talent points. A total of 10, distributed across various trees. Included: A whole new type of talent.
What new talent points are there? On the way from level 80 to level 90, there are a total of 10 talent points that you can distribute. The talent points are divided as follows:
- 4 talent points for your specialization
- 3 talent points for your class
- 3 talent points for your hero talents
Because the question naturally arises: Yes, each hero talent tree gets 3 new abilities, so a new column of talents. It wouldn’t be possible to distribute 3 more points there otherwise.
The Apex Talent – The strongest offering your specialization has
Completely new in Midnight is a so-called “Apex Talent.” This talent sits at the very end of your specialization and thus represents the climax of your specialization.
In total, you can invest 4 points into the Apex Talent, with the first and fourth points expected to have especially powerful effects.
At gamescom 2025, we interviewed the developers about the talent points and received this response from Paul Kubit of Blizzard:
Apex talents are a new, unique item in Midnight. This is essentially the end of your talent tree, the final highlight of your specialization. It is a talent with multiple points, into which you can invest 4 points, and they should feel pretty transformative – that is, how they interact with your specialization, sometimes even with one of the main abilities. They should feel very powerful and unique.
When asked whether the talents are active or passive abilities, there was also a clear statement.
Most are passive. There will be a few instances where they overwrite an existing ability, but we are very cautious when it comes to introducing new active abilities into a specialization. Currently, we might have a bit too many buttons and don’t want to add more.
So far, not all Apex Talents are known and only a small glimpse was seen. However, it can already be inferred that most classes will likely want their Apex Talent, and thus the question of talent distribution has basically been resolved.
Only those who want to deviate from this can also put the 4 talent points into the rest of the tree to gain a few additional common talents. However, at first glance, these “normal” talents are unlikely to compete with the power of the Apex Talents.
Blizzard likely introduced these Apex Talents to maintain balance. Throughout Dragonflight and The War Within, the developers worked tirelessly to adjust the “new” talent system to keep the balance right. There were repeated reworks of entire talent trees.
Getting talent points again with Midnight jeopardizes this task retroactively. But that could also be the reason why the new Apex Talents exist. Because it essentially clarifies how you will likely distribute 7 of the 10 new talent points.
What else is there in the new WoW addon, you can see in our overview of World of Warcraft Midnight.
