Tier lists and addons

Addons for WoW Forever

Verified 30 Oct 2026Beta: re-check at launchSources and checks

Forever beta 1.60.1.70009

On this page 12 sections

TL;DR

Turn on the built-ins first: Cooldown Manager, damage meter, quest map markers, One-bag. They replace a lot of old must-haves.
Forever uses the modern addon API with Midnight's combat restrictions: no combat log for addons. The original WeakAuras has no Forever build.
Each addon below is marked (author ships a Forever build) or ! (check at launch).

confirmed Forever = the addon page lists the Forever flavour with a Forever file (CurseForge, checked 30 Oct). It does not prove every feature works.
! check at launch = fork, beta-labelled, no Forever build, or behaviour unproven.

New Built in now (skip the addon)

Cooldown Manager: off by default. Turn it on in Options > Gameplay Enhancement. Covers all classes, racials and trinkets; each spell's ranks show as one entry. Consumables are planned for a later patch.
Quest points of interest and objective blobs on the map: on in the Enhanced preset, off in Classic. The quest tracker also shows each quest's level requirement.
One-bag (combined bags): on in Enhanced, off in Classic.
The preset is only a starting point: change any of these later in Game Menu > Options.
Damage and healing meter: Blizzard's own meter, toggled in Options.
Aggro Display: a built-in threat option. Type "Threat" in the Options search to find it.
Gamepad: official controller support, labelled beta. It adds class flyouts and a swing timer on the centre reticle.
Edit Mode: rearrange the default UI. Layouts save per UI type (keyboard or gamepad); cast bars are customisable there.
Auction House: shows item suffixes, an equippable-level column and the stats of suffixed items.
Also in Options: an Auto Attack/Auto Shot setting (Hunters swap between melee and Auto Shot by themselves) and detailed Scrolling Combat Text settings.

Forever runs the modern (retail) UI and addon API, not the Classic one. Interface version 16001, TOC game type forever.
Midnight's "addon disarmament" rules (secret values) are active in Forever. No Blizzard post on this; the source is the Warcraft Wiki, backed by addon authors.
Addons cannot read the combat log. Meters read Blizzard's server-side meter (C_DamageMeter) instead.
Old Classic addons will not simply work. Use a Forever build.
! unconfirmed (one addon author): the classic aura API stops updating hidden auras in combat, and threat on some bosses is hidden in combat.
Out-of-combat addons (quests, bags, maps, AH) are not targeted by the restrictions.

Questie: quest givers, objectives and turn-ins on the map. v12.3.1 (26 Oct). ! Check that it marks Forever's 1,000+ new quests: its own to-do list (29 Oct) still has native Forever testing pending.
RestedXP Guide: step-by-step route with auto quest accept/turn-in and an objective arrow. v4.11.29 (29 Oct). The 1-20 guide is free; the full Forever guide costs $30 per faction or $45 for both (currency not stated).
Guidelime: free route guide. v6.012 (27 Oct). The author says "guides are already being worked on". ! Check route coverage at launch.
Forever Quest Pins: map markers for quests you have NOT picked up yet; works with Blizzard's tracker. v0.3.5 (25 Oct).
TomTom: waypoint arrow and coordinates. v4.3.13 (24 Oct).

EllesmereUI: UI suite with unit, party and raid frames, nameplates, minimap and its own Cooldown Manager. v9.6.9 (27 Oct).
BetterBlizzFrames: improves Blizzard's own frames. v2.1.8 (16 Oct).
Z-Perl Forever Fork: Forever-only rework of Z-Perl. ! fork, file labelled beta (1.2.5, 19 Oct).
Platynator: nameplates with threat colours; can flag quest targets. (29 Oct).

Deadly Boss Mods: boss timers, warnings and alerts. v12.1.18 (26 Oct).
BigWigs: modular, lightweight boss mod (DBM alternative). v427.8 (23 Oct).
GTFO: warns you when you stand in fire or other bad stuff. v6.12.2 (16 Oct).
! Raids open 9 Dec. How much warning a boss mod can give under the combat restrictions is unproven until then.

Built-in meter first (above).
Details!: damage meter. Forever file Details.20261015 (16 Oct). ! unconfirmed: Icy Veins says its threat meter works on Forever.
Forever Meter: damage, healing and threat, read from Blizzard's meter. v1.14.0 (15 Oct).

WeakAuras (original): no Forever flavour on CurseForge (30 Oct). ! Treat it as not on Forever.
Musca Auras: a port of WeakAuras 5.22.0 to Forever (client 1.60.1). ! fork, v1.14.0 (22 Oct). Combat log triggers never fire; use its Aura (Modern) trigger for in-combat buffs. On import it reports auras that need fixing.
ForeverAuras: another WeakAuras fork. ! labelled "under development during beta", v1.1.0 (28 Oct).
Try the built-in Cooldown Manager first: it pulls cooldowns and buffs off your bars into a spot you place.

Built-in Aggro Display (above).
ForeverThreat: Omen-style threat meter made for Forever, with aggro warnings. v1.7.0 (29 Oct).
Forever Meter (above) also shows threat.

Leatrix Maps: coordinates plus dungeon and raid icons. 1.60.25-forever (21 Oct).
TomTom (above).

Leatrix Plus: about 80 optional quality-of-life tweaks, all off until you enable them. 1.60.25-forever (21 Oct).
BugSack + BugGrabber: catch Lua errors; install both. BugSack v12.1.9 (26 Oct), BugGrabber v12.1.1 (21 Oct).

Versions are the newest Forever files on CurseForge, 30 Oct; recheck at launch. wow-pilot/addon is our bot's addon, not listed.