Pick a tool by the missing function
| Need | Addon | Setup on this page |
|---|---|---|
| Identify unfinished kill or loot objectives on nameplates | Forever Quest Mark | Quest markers |
| Move windows and remember their positions | Forever Move | Window placement |
| See seal timers and chosen cooldowns together | Forever Paladin Cooldown Tracker | Paladin timers |
| Find quests that may be new to Forever | Forever Quest Tint | Quest tinting |
| See an LFG entry’s leader zone before arranging a run | WhereYouAt | Group readiness |
| Make present quest objects easier to spot | Forever Loot Sparkles or Tweaks Forever | Quest-loot visibility |
| Find a dungeon entrance or share an interior map | HiddenMaps or ForeverInstanceMaps | Dungeon maps |
The first three are by Uggezen. They are built for Forever but filed under Retail on CurseForge, so check that a project’s description names Forever instead of relying on the category.
Quest loot: hard to see, or actually missing?
Separate two problems first: a quest object that is present but has no useful highlight, and an expected item that is missing from a chest. A highlighting addon helps with the first and does nothing for the second. For that one, Blizzard’s October 6 restart carried a fix for quest items not restocking in chests.
| Tool | What it does | Before enabling |
|---|---|---|
| Forever Loot Sparkles, by conoar | Restores the sparkle on lootable quest objects | The focused choice if quest-object visibility is your only need. It changes outline settings, so note your current graphics preset first. |
| Tweaks Forever v0.11.0, by cjber | Adds optional quest sparkles, off by default | Consider it if you already use the project. Its sparkle feature steps aside when Forever Loot Sparkles is loaded, so run one highlight manager. |
Install either one with the installation steps and keep the author’s folder name.
Turn it on, check it, undo it
- Stand at a quest object you can already identify by its name or objective.
- Enable one tool. For Forever Loot Sparkles the setting is Esc → Options → AddOns → Forever Loot Sparkles → Show quest item sparkles. Look at the same object again before changing a second setting.
- To remove the sparkles, turn the feature off in its settings and fully restart the client. With either tool,
/reloadis not enough. - Disabling Forever Loot Sparkles in the addon list leaves its saved graphics settings in place. Use its checkbox instead; if you already disabled the addon, select a graphics preset again and restart. Tweaks Forever restores your previous settings when its feature is turned off.
- If the object is there but the quest item is not, stop adjusting visuals and report the bug. Before abandoning the quest, check whether you can take it again and what progress you would lose.
If one tool does not help, undo the change before trying the other. For a leveling task that has stalled, use the 20–30 quest-gap checklist.
Dungeon maps: match the tool to the task
HiddenMaps integrates supported dungeon approach areas into the normal world map, showing your position and facing; its interior dungeon maps are static. ForeverInstanceMaps provides floor views with drawing and sharing controls. Neither tracks your position through every dungeon interior.
Choose an approach map if you get lost before the instance; choose a static floor map if the party needs a shared interior reference. Install one first and compare it with the default map before adding the other. The dungeon map guide covers RFC layout differences, Wetlands labels and a symptom-by-symptom check.
Quest Tint: spot quests that may be new
Forever Quest Tint, by xanastar, compares each quest ID with a Vanilla quest list and gives unmatched quest text a teal background. It also adds markers in the quest log and tracker. /fqt opens settings; /fqt id shows the classification of the quest you have open.
A tint means the quest ID is absent from the reference list, which derives from Questie. Read the result this way:
- Tinted, but you know the quest from Classic: a Vanilla ID missing from the list produces a false positive. Ignore the tint, or report the ID to the author as a list gap.
- Untinted, but you suspect it is new: an altered old quest can keep its old ID. Compare the objective, NPC dialogue and reward with what you remember.
- No tint in a gossip window: a gossip window without a quest ID is never tinted.
Quest Tint points you at quests worth reading; Quest Mark shows unfinished objectives. If the tint distracts you, adjust or disable it with /fqt. If the settings do not survive a reload, see settings vanish after reload.
LFG zones: see where the leader is, then ask
WhereYouAt, by samfoxy, adds the group leader’s current zone to Looking For Group browser entries. It shows the leader only: no other members, coordinates, hearthstone destination or travel time, and the zone can lag behind recent movement. Settle these four points with the group before you accept or leave.
| Before you accept or leave | Question to settle | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Character compatibility | Are we on the same dungeon ruleset and faction? | Ruleset and faction decide whether you can group. See the ruleset guide. |
| Travel readiness | Where is each person, and what travel option can they use now? | A leader can be nearby while another member is far away; a farther character may have a usable hearthstone. |
| Quest readiness | Does each journal contain the required quest or prerequisite? | Reaching the entrance does not complete an earlier quest. See the dungeon preparation checks. |
| Meeting point | Which named landmark and check-in time do we agree on? | A zone name can cover several destinations. Use the boat connections when a boat leg is involved. |
Example: one applicant is in the destination zone; another is elsewhere but says their hearthstone returns nearby. Ask both when they can reach the meeting point before choosing by zone alone.
If you reach the agreed landmark and cannot see each other, especially after a party change, use the meeting-point troubleshooting.
Install into the client you actually play
Every addon on this page installs the same way: its folder goes into the Forever installation’s Interface/AddOns directory.
- Exit the game before copying files. Find the installation that belongs to the Forever entry you launch, not a different WoW installation.
- Download the file from its project page and extract it.
- Copy the named addon folder into
Interface/AddOns. Do not leave it inside an extra ZIP-wrapper folder. - Start the client and check its addon list. Enable only the new addon at first, then test it outside combat.
Uggezen’s three tools use the folder names ForeverQuestMark, ForeverMove and ForeverPaladinCooldownTracker. For the other projects, keep the folder name the author provides. Do not copy your whole existing addon collection across to try one feature.
Quest markers: check one objective
Forever Quest Mark puts separate kill and loot icons, with objective progress, on nameplates; completed objectives stop being marked. /fqm displays settings, /fqm size <n> changes icon size, and /fqm reset restores defaults.
To confirm it works, choose an unfinished objective in your journal and look at a matching enemy’s nameplate. If the marker and the journal disagree, go by the journal.
Window placement: move, then reopen
Forever Move saves window positions. Hover a window and type /fm to make it draggable; /fm reset clears the saved positions.
Try one window out of combat, then close and reopen it to confirm the position held. Leave room for tooltips and the quest tracker.
Paladin timers: configure your own spells
Forever Paladin Cooldown Tracker has separate buff bars and cooldown icons. Open its settings with /fpct or by right-clicking a bar or icon; there you choose which spells to track and unlock the trackers to move them. /fpct reset restores defaults.
The default seal match uses the English text Seal of. On a localized client, check the configured names against the name of your active buff. Start with a spell you have learned and compare its timer with the tooltip.
If it fails, keep the diagnosis narrow
Disable the addon you added last and reload before changing anything else. If the problem disappears, send the addon version and the steps that trigger it to the author. If it remains, compare it with the known-issues archive.
For a spell’s real cooldown or effect, read the spellbook and the in-game tooltip rather than an addon timer; plan talents in the talent calculator.
Settings vanish after reload: back up first
If an addon’s settings revert after /reload or a new login, its files may be written while their values fail to load again. Work through these steps before resetting anything.
- Change one harmless setting in the affected addon and note its old and new values.
- Exit the client normally. Before trying a reset or third-party repair, copy the relevant
WTFfolder and its account/characterSavedVariablesfiles to a separate backup location. Keep the original files in place. - Check the setting after
/reload, after logging out and back in, and after a full restart. Note which step loses it. - Repeat with only that addon enabled. If the setting is still lost, send the addon’s author its version and the step that loses the setting.
A community workaround modifies addon .toc files and creates filesystem links, and its author published it without testing the Windows and macOS builds in game. Finish the backup and the single-addon check before trying it, and keep the backup instead of deleting saved data.
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