The Midnight Hunter achievement in World of Warcraft (from the Midnight expansion) is straightforward once you understand how the Prey system works.
What the Achievement Requires:
Midnight Hunter
➡ “Complete a Prey Hunt in every Midnight zone.”That means you must finish one full hunt contract in each Midnight zone.
Step-by-Step: How to Do It
1️⃣ Start a HuntGo to the Hunt Table in Astalor’s Sanctum (the Prey hub).
Pick a Prey Hunt contract for a specific zone.You can usually do up to 4 hunts per week.
2️⃣ Go to the Target Zone
Travel to the zone listed in the hunt.
Typical Midnight zones include areas around the Silvermoon region (examples like Eversong/Zul’Aman areas depending on the hunt rotation).3️⃣ Progress the Hunt
While the hunt is active you must build progress in the zone by doing things like:
Killing enemies
Completing world quests
Triggering ambushes
Disarming traps
Clicking red hunt crystals/orbs
These actions track your prey and push the hunt meter forward.4️⃣ Final Boss Spawn
When the hunt progress fills:
Your Prey target spawns
Kill the target to complete the hunt
That counts as one completed hunt for that zone.5️⃣ Repeat for Every Midnight Zone
Do a completed hunt in each zone at least once.
When you have one hunt completion per zone, the Midnight Hunter achievement pops automatically.✅ Quick tip (fastest way players finish it):
Pick hunts in different zones each week instead of repeating the same zone.Example:
Week 1 → Hunt in Zone A
Week 2 → Hunt in Zone B
Week 3 → Hunt in Zone C
Week 4 → Hunt in Zone DAchievement done.
Achievements › Expansion Features › Prey
Achievement Points5
Midnight Hunter is a 5 point achievement in Prey. Its criteria ask you to defeat 4 creatures.
How to Earn
Creatures4 creatures: Eversong Woods, Zul'Aman, Harandar and Voidstorm
RequiresEvery one of the 4 criteria listed under How to Complete.
How to Complete
4 criteria from the current game data.
Defeat these creatures (4)
Kill each creature listed.
- Eversong Woods
- Zul'Aman
- Harandar
- Voidstorm
Details
- Category
- Expansion Features › Prey
- Points
- 5
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 4 criteria lines
Part of
Meta achievements that count this one among their criteria.
- Preying For Midnight 30 points
More like this
Other achievements in Prey.
Preying For MidnightComplete the achievements listed below.30Gotta Hunt Them AllDefeat all of the following Prey targets on any difficulty.10Prey: Hard Mode IDefeat one of the following Prey targets on Hard difficulty. Completing this achievement will also grant the Normal achievement of the same rank.10Prey: Hard Mode IIDefeat 15 of the following Prey targets on Hard difficulty. Completing this achievement will also grant the Normal achievement of the same rank.10Prey: Hard Mode IIIDefeat all of the following Prey targets on Hard difficulty. Completing this achievement will also grant the Normal achievement of the same rank.10Prey: Nightmare Mode IDefeat one of the following Prey targets on Nightmare difficulty. Completing this achievement will also grant the Hard and Normal achievements of the same rank.10Prey: Nightmare Mode IIDefeat 15 of the following Prey targets on Nightmare difficulty. Completing this achievement will also grant the Hard and Normal achievements of the same rank.10Prey: Nightmare Mode IIIDefeat all of the following Prey targets on Nightmare difficulty. Completing this achievement will also grant the Hard and Normal achievements of the same rank.10Prey: Normal Mode IDefeat one of the following Prey targets on Normal difficulty.10Prey: Normal Mode IIDefeat 15 of the following Prey targets on Normal difficulty.10
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