Best WoW Forever Addons

Start with Install these first, then use the Job filter for the rest. A Not confirmed addon can still work: check its CurseForge page for a Forever file.

An addon that is not on this list may still have a WoW Forever file: on its CurseForge page, look for Forever in the list of game flavors.

Check these built-in WoW Forever tools before you install an addon for the same job. The Cooldown Manager covers a lot of what WeakAuras did, but it starts switched off.

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  Damage meter

  The game has its own damage meter, so a meter addon is optional.

  Replaces

  • Details!
  • Forever Meter
  • Skada
  • Recount
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  Cooldown Manager

  Shows the buffs and cooldowns you pick in a place you choose, which covers a lot of what WeakAuras did. It is off until you turn it on.

  Turn it onOptions, under Gameplay Enhancement.

  Replaces

  • WeakAuras
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  Aggro Display

  The game options have an Aggro Display setting for threat. ThreatClassic2 adds a threat list of your group on your target.

  Find itType Threat in the options search.

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  Swing timer

  The game has its own swing timer bar, with a second timer for the off hand when you dual wield. With a gamepad, it also shows on the center reticle.

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  Edit Mode

  Move the action bars and other parts of the interface without an addon, which is why an action bar addon is now optional.

  Replaces

  • Bartender4

The easiest way to install WoW Forever addons is an app like CurseForge, which finds the _forever_ folder for you. Played the beta? The last card shows how to move your old interface and settings to the live game.

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  With an addon app

  Easiest4 steps

  1. 1Open the CurseForge app, or another addon manager, and pick WoW Forever as the game version. The app finds the WoW Forever folder for you.
  2. 2Install the addons you want. Use one app only, so two apps do not overwrite each other.
  3. 3At the character screen, open AddOns and check that each addon is ticked.
  4. 4Update everything after each patch, before you log in.
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  By hand

  No app3 steps

  1. 1Download the file marked for WoW Forever from the addon page.
  2. 2Unzip it into World of Warcraft/_forever_/Interface/AddOns/. The folder that holds the .toc file must sit right in AddOns, not one level deeper.
  3. 3Restart the game and tick the addon in the AddOns list.

  Right

  • World of Warcraft
  • _forever_
  • Interface
  • AddOns
  • AddonName
  • AddonName.toc

  Wrong: one folder too deep

  • ...
  • AddOns
  • AddonName
  • AddonName
  • AddonName.toc

  Your WoW Forever folder looks different? Open the Battle.net app, pick WoW Forever, then use the gear icon and Show in Explorer.

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  Move your beta interface to the live game

  If you played the beta7 steps

  1. 1Install the live game, then close the game and the CurseForge app. Make a backup of your beta folders.
  2. 2Do this before you install addons or set up your interface on the live game: the copy overwrites files with the same name. If you already started, back up the live Interface and WTF folders first.
  3. 3Copy the Interface and WTF folders from _classic_beta_ into _forever_.
  4. 4Open _forever_/WTF/Account. The account folder in it must have the same name as your live account folder, so rename the copied folder if the names differ. Not sure of the name? The Battle.net app may show it under Game Version & Account when you pick WoW Forever.
  5. 5Character settings sit one level deeper: a folder for each realm, and in it a folder for each character. If a character has a different realm or name on the live game, rename its realm and character folders to match, or pick its old profile in the options of each addon in game.
  6. 6Update each addon to its WoW Forever file and remove the ones that have none. Copied addons do not update by themselves.
  7. 7Log in and open the options of each addon. Check that it loaded your old profile, and pick that profile there if it did not.

  Only turn on Load out of date AddOns for files you trust.

More WoW Forever setup help: class macros and patch notes.

For ready-made macros by class, see the WoW Forever macros. For what Blizzard changed build by build, see the WoW Forever patch notes. For the best picks by job, see the WoW Forever questing addons, the WoW Forever PvP addons, the WoW Forever healing addons, the WoW Forever raid and dungeon addons, the WoW Forever UI addons and the WoW Forever gold and profession addons.