Mistcrest Advisor

Stop wasting crests, and stop upgrading gear that's already finished.

Your character sheet shows item levels. It doesn't show the three things that actually decide what to upgrade next — so Mistcrest Advisor puts them directly on the slot.

What you get

Items in your bags get the coin and the maxed marker too, so you can read a fresh drop before you equip it.

/mca overview puts every slot on one screen, ordered by what to do about it — crest spends first, then free gold upgrades, then the finished slots at the bottom.

Why it matters

Free upgrades are completely invisible. Once you've worn a higher item level in a slot, anything below that mark upgrades for gold with zero crests. The game never mentions this. It's easy to walk around for weeks with free item levels sitting unclaimed.

"Maxed out" and "low item level" look identical. A 282 ring at Adventurer 6/6 is finished forever. A 282 ring on the Veteran track climbs all the way to 295. Same number on the tooltip, completely different item — and only one of them is worth keeping. The marker tells you which slots you can fix with currency and which need a drop.

Six item levels — 279, 282, 292, 295, 305 and 308 — each land on two different tracks, one of them as a dead end and one with room left. That's the whole problem in one table, and it's why the addon reads the track off the tooltip instead of guessing from the number.

More item levels isn't always the better buy. A +3 upgrade on your legs beats a +4 on your shoulders, because legs carry a full stat budget and shoulders only about three quarters — and a +4 costing 30 crests loses to a +3 costing 10. The recommendation weights each option by its slot and divides by what it actually costs you. When two options are genuinely equal it says so instead of inventing a winner.

Each crest gets its own recommendation. Veteran and Champion crests are separate wallets with separate weekly caps — you can't spend one on the other's gear. So they don't compete for a single highlight. If you have gear on two tracks you'll see two recommendations, each labelled, because they're two independent decisions. One track, one box.

The crest recommendation shows up even when you can't afford it yet — amber instead of green. Knowing where the next batch is going is most useful while you're still saving for it.

Commands

Good to know

• Crest costs need one vendor visit. The coin and the maxed marker work immediately, anywhere. The crest recommendation needs cost data the game only exposes with the upgrade window open, so it appears after your first visit and then sticks.
• Not English-only. Upgrade tracks are read using the game's own localised tooltip text. If something doesn't match on your client, the feature hides itself rather than guessing — run /mca debug and open an issue.
• Previous-season items sometimes carry no upgrade-track line at all, so they get no maxed marker even when they're finished.
• Lightweight: no config panel, no per-frame updates. The overview panel is built the first time you open it and refreshes only while it's on screen. Otherwise it draws icons and gets out of the way.

Compatibility

Built for Midnight Season 2 (patch 12.1).

This addon does not compare items or score stats — Pawn already does that well. The two are designed to sit side by side: Pawn tells you whether a drop is better, Mistcrest Advisor tells you what to do with what you're already wearing.

Track item levels above verified 2026-08-18 against the SimulationCraft 1210-01 client data, not copied from a guide. This description was drafted with AI assistance — if anything here doesn't match what you see in game, trust the game and open an issue.