Voidstorm Mining in Midnight: Top-Level Ore and Void Motes

The short answer

Voidstorm is the last outdoor zone of Midnight, tuned by the client for levels 88 to 90. Miners report the same three base ores here as everywhere else, the same Dazzling Thorium bonus, and Voidbound deposits that release Mote of Pure Void. The ore sells at the same region wide price as ore from any zone: right now Gold grade copper is 24 gold36 silver, Gold silver 21 gold31 silver and Gold tin 19 gold60 silver. The Pure Void mote is the cheapest of the four Midnight motes at 20 silver. Mine Voidstorm when you are already there at max level and the busier zones are crowded; do not travel here expecting better ore.

Voidstorm at a glance

The client keeps a second Voidstorm area id with no level range, which looks like a phased or instanced version. The one that matters for open world mining is area 16648.

What top level does and does not change

A common belief is that the highest level zone has better ore. In Midnight that is not how it works. Our datamine has exactly one item for each ore at each grade, and the commodity market does not know where an ore was mined. What changes in a top level zone is everything around the ore:

• Mob strength. Voidstorm is tuned for 88 to 90, so its creatures hit harder than Eversong's. A miner in weak gear will spend more time fighting.
• Traffic. Early in a patch fewer players have reached the zone, so its deposits see less competition. Later, as alts and new players catch up, that advantage shrinks.
• Side drop. The themed mote here is Pure Void, which was the cheapest mote on our snapshot day.

So the honest summary is that Voidstorm gives you the same ore with tougher surroundings. Its advantage is timing and traffic, not quality.

Ore prices right now

Umbral Tin carries the void theme in its name, but the client does not tie it to this zone and miners report it everywhere. On 2026-10-08 tin had the highest Silver grade price of the three base ores at 5 gold15 silver, so if you are going to favour one ore in Voidstorm, it is a reasonable pick. Our Umbral Tin guide has the full alloy and Engineering picture.

Voidbound deposits and Mote of Pure Void

Player reports describe Voidbound versions of the base deposits here. Mining one gives the normal ore and releases Mote of Pure Void; some reports say the void effect around the node can hold or pull you briefly. We have not tested it, so read that as reported.

On 2026-10-08 our tables priced Mote of Pure Void at 22 silver. Its 14-day range ran from almost nothing, 1 silver, up to 25 silver. A high twenty five times its low is the widest relative range of any material in our mining guides, and it tells you the market is thin: a few large listings can push it to the floor, and a few buyers can lift it back. It is also the least used mote. Our datamine lists 46 recipes that consume Pure Void, compared with 70 to 80 for the other three motes.

Who uses it? Tailoring is the biggest buyer with twelve recipes, such as Arcanoweave Cloak and Sunfire Treads at twelve motes each. Inscription follows with nine, including Darkmoon Dominion: Void at twenty and Soul Cipher at one. Jewelcrafters spend three on each Flawless Tenebrous Amethyst cut, and the Voidstone Shielding Array takes twenty. Alchemists use two in Flask of the Magisters. Our Mote of Pure Void guide lists every recipe.

What miners report about deposit count

This is the one point where player reports genuinely disagree, so here is the split rather than a verdict. Several community sources describe Voidstorm as the most deposit rich zone of the four. The same sources pair that with three costs: cliffs and ledges that break up a flying loop, aggressive mobs that pull you off your mount, and campaign progress you need before the zone opens up at all. Other sources rate Zul'Aman as the better ore zone because its density comes with less fighting.

Both can be true. Deposit count only turns into ore if you can reach the deposits, and a geared level 90 character reaches far more of them than one still finishing the campaign. Reports also mention a Mining specialization path that lets you overload deposits for extra ore and motes, with a portal effect that can drop you in another zone unless you have unlocked the matching node. We have not tested that, and our datamine does not publish the effect, so read it as reported and check your own specialization tree.

The practical test is simple. Fly one lap of the zone and count the deposits you actually mine against the time you spend fighting. Then do the same in Zul'Aman. Whichever gives you more deposits for the same effort is your zone, whatever anyone else reports.

How to work Voidstorm, step by step

We have not walked and timed a route in Voidstorm. Here is how to plan a session from the zone data and player reports.

1. Come geared. The zone is tuned for 88 to 90. If your character struggles with its mobs, a calmer zone will give you more deposits in the same time.
2. Check traffic first. Voidstorm's main edge is fewer miners. If you see plenty of others, Zul'Aman's density may serve you better.
3. Mine every base deposit. Each one is a Dazzling Thorium roll, and the base ore is most of your value.
4. Take Voidbound deposits carefully. Reports mention a void effect around the node; clear nearby mobs before you commit to a pull.
5. Watch the time. If fights are taking longer than mining, move zones. There is no ore bonus for staying here.

Requirements

Level

88 or higher (zone tuned for 88 to 90)

Profession

Mining

Combat

The toughest open world mobs in Midnight

Travel

Skyriding recommended

Group

Solo, or a duo if your gear is light

Walked route status

Voidstorm mining loop

Not walked yet

No hourly gold figure is published here until this route has been walked end to end with a timer and a full loot log. Until then this page gives you the inputs (live prices and what drops) and leaves the arithmetic to you.

Voidstorm against the other zones

The other three zones have their own guides: Zul'Aman, Harandar and Eversong Woods.

The void transmute trap

Our datamine shows a ring of four Alchemy transmutes that turn ten of one mote, plus two Stabilized Derivate, into one of the next: Light to Wild Magic, Wild Magic to Pure Void, Pure Void to Primal Energy, Primal Energy to Light. It looks like a way to turn cheap Pure Void into pricier Primal Energy. The arithmetic says otherwise. On 2026-10-08, ten Pure Void motes cost 2 gold20 silver and the one Primal mote they make sold for 70 silver, before you even pay for the Derivate. Going the other way, ten Wild Magic at 6 gold for one Pure Void at 22 silver is worse. The transmutes exist to fill a gap when a recipe needs a mote you do not have, not to make money.

What to do with a Voidstorm haul

1. Gold grade ore: sell steadily, in batches across the week.
2. Silver grade ore: sell raw, or smelt copper if you are a Blacksmith whose setup upgrades Silver ore to Gold ingots; see our copper smelting math.
3. Dazzling Thorium: sell in small amounts when the price sits in the top half of its band; read our thorium guide.
4. Mote of Pure Void: keep if you craft with it, otherwise sell in one large batch near the top of its range.
5. Never vendor: base ores vendor for 15 silver and motes for 20 silver. On a very bad day the Pure Void market price can fall below its vendor price; in that case, and only then, the vendor is the better buyer.

Quick questions

Does Voidstorm have a special ore? Not in the client data we read. The three base ores and Dazzling Thorium are the only Midnight mining ores in our datamine, and none is tied to one zone. Our lookups for K'areshi or void named ores found only items from the previous expansion.

Is Mote of Pure Void ever worth farming on purpose? On our data, no. It was the cheapest mote on our snapshot day and has the fewest recipes. Collect it because you are mining anyway.

Why does the Pure Void price swing so much? Few people buy it, so each big listing or big purchase moves the price a long way. That is a thin market, not a sign of hidden value.

Should I mine here before level 88? The zone is tuned for 88 to 90. Below that, the mobs will cost you more time than the deposits are worth, and the ore is identical in the lower zones.

Is it better for a duo? If one of you mines and the other fights, a duo can clear Voidbound deposits faster. The ore and motes still go to whoever gathers, so agree on a split before you start.

What to watch

Watch the Pure Void price against its vendor price, since it is the one Midnight mining material that can trade below vendor. Watch Tailoring and Inscription news, because those two professions decide Pure Void demand. And watch zone traffic as the patch ages; Voidstorm's quiet edge fades as more players reach level 90.

Is Voidstorm worth mining?

If you are at max level and already in the zone, yes: the ore pays the same as anywhere, and the deposits may be less contested. If you are choosing a zone purely for mining, player reports split: some rate Voidstorm itself as the most deposit rich zone, most favour Zul'Aman for density with less fighting, and Eversong for calm. We will not print an earning rate until we walk a timed route with a full loot log. For the ore by ore ranking, read which Midnight ore is worth mining right now.

Changelog

• 2026-10-08: First version. Zone, level and map data, recipes and item data from our datamine of client build 12.1.0.69933; prices live from our US commodity tables; deposit and hazard details from player reports, labelled. Lookups for K'areshi and other void materials returned only legacy items from the previous expansion, so none are listed here.
• 2026-10-08: Review pass. Re-checked recipe counts, reagent lists and snapshot arithmetic against our datamine of build 12.1.0.69933; added the deposit count section on split player reports; softened the price range claim.