Repair Bills are Becoming Increasingly Expensive in Midnight

Posted 2026/05/20 at 4:07 PM by Archimtiros

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The number of durability points being repaired, which depends on the equipment type: gloves, bracers, and belts have the lowest maximum durability at 55 and lose 5 per death, while pants, two-handed weapons, and (surprisingly) warglaives have 120 and lose 12 each time. Since Patch 4.0.1, cloth, leather, mail, and plate gear of the same slot and rarity all have the same amount of durability, so plate wearers aren't paying more for the privilege, though Demon Hunters and Fury Warriors do end up paying slightly more than others.

Item level has a very small impact, with a ~1% difference in cost between a 1/6 Mythic 272 and a 6/6 Mythic 289 item of the same type. This is good, since it means you don't need to worry about the financial impact of applying your hard earned Ascendant Voidcore upgrades!

The quality of the gear has a very large impact, with a 2/6 Myth-track item charging ~67% more than an otherwise identical 6/6 Hero-track piece, despite both being 272 item level.

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Comment by aaron000Maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought they were going to fix this in Midnight? I know they nerfed transmog costs, but I thought repairs were getting adjusted too besides just the lower ilvl calculationComment by GearszIt's 2026, can we just get rid of repairs already? Entirely pointless mechanic in today's game.Comment by AmiinmoroIt's intended so that people buy/sell more tokens = Blizzard earns from you playing their game even more than merely paying the sub fee.
GG's I guessComment by LunarizsaI KNEW I WASN'T GOING INSANE! Me and a couple guildies have been discussing this..Comment by PoovleHopefully we see like a 40% reduction coming soon here. The game economy has been pretty stable for years now. The token always fluxes between 230-350k usually. Gear out of nowhere is costing like 4-fold what it cost before.

Specifically, durability for certain items is just piss. I could go a whole raid night repairing maybe twice for 400 gold each. Now for some reason every wipe is like 14% off durability. 3 or 4 wipes without repairs has you near broken it feels like now.Comment by selkiesidheTrying to do the voidstorm cheeve where that thing up in the sky chases you around for sixty seconds REALLY drove home how expensive repairs bills are now.

Now lemme regale you about the 1800 gold xmog I put together...

With Decimus charging 5k, repairs up the yinyang, and xmog full sets costing as much as they do, are we going to be seeing more gold coming in? ?Comment by saiadarIt's 2026, can we just get rid of repairs already? Entirely pointless mechanic in today's game.Comment by PixelfoxMaybe that dumb "Indestructible" secondary stat isn't so useless after all...Comment by justonesockHigher repair costs = more gold spent = more tokens purchased = more money for Blizzard/Microslop. These costs will never come down. Why would they make a change that makes them LESS money?Comment by SchattensangIt's intended so that people buy/sell more tokens = Blizzard earns from you playing their game even more than merely paying the sub fee.
GG's I guessComment by MAXDEEPSHow are y'all still broke?Comment by IKLFaxIt's intended so that people buy/sell more tokens = Blizzard earns from you playing their game even more than merely paying the sub fee.
GG's I guessComment by unknowny33It's 2026, can we just get rid of repairs already? Entirely pointless mechanic in today's game.Comment by TOMRUSWho asked for this exactly? Like why is here even durability loss on death?Comment by LyndiaaEither getting rid of durability or significantly reducing the repair cost by 80%Comment by DaylarFarshotLets just go back to the original way of dying. You lose XP instead of durability.Comment by Khwogo get grinding! doesnt take long at all to make gold lol, dont expect this game to just let u log on and start raiding right away. either go grind for gold or buy wow token lol gg. they should keep it the way it is lol u can make 30k easy in 1 hour so no excuses! imo only lazy people dont like repair costs.Comment by Gressiei got repair specc stat procced ndestructible on my hunt and dk weps feelsamazing :3Comment by TastelikelemonThe reason i pay monthly subs with real money is so i never worry about gold and do any boosting , while enjoying the game without being forced to farm any gold. With those repair prices alongside expensive crafting and enchants early on its horrible to deal with , as its getting worse from expansion to expansion...Comment by Vesperrsame bs like with transmog xD its 2 WQ to make 2k gold, that’s about 3 minutes’ work.

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