WoW Forever addons: what works and what each one does
A goblin without tools is just a short guy in a big hat. But install the wrong gizmo and your whole UI goes boom. Here's every tool that works, what it does, and which ones fight each other.
The rules first
- Addons are allowed in WoW Forever, with the same restrictions as the current retail game: an addon can change how things look, not play for you.
- Classic addons do not load. You need the file built for WoW Forever.
- WoW Forever already has a built-in damage meter and a cooldown manager.
- Addons change fast around launch: check the date of the WoW Forever file before installing. Each card below shows the date we last saw it.
How to install
- Use the CurseForge app (or the website) and pick World of Warcraft: Forever as the game version. The app puts the files in the right folder.
- WoW Forever has its own AddOns folder, separate from your other WoW installs.
- Only download from the official page (links below), never from mirror sites.
- Some addons work in pairs: install both, or the first one does half its job. Each card says what it pairs with, and what it fights with.
Not sure where to start?
The cards marked Starter are the six we'd install on any new character: Questie, a map (OpenMap or Leatrix Maps), Leatrix Plus, Baganator, Deadly Boss Mods, and BugGrabber with BugSack.
PvE
Questing, dungeons, raids and healing.
Dungeons and raids
Boss warnings, threat and attunements.
Deadly Boss Mods on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 22 Oct 2026What it does: Warns you before boss abilities: timer bars, a voice or sound and a big text on screen ('Move away!'). The difference between a wipe and a kill when you don't know the fight yet.
For: Everyone who does dungeons and raids.
Has modules for Forever's dungeons according to one source.
Don't mix with:
BigWigsBigWigs on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
PartialWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: The other boss warning addon, lighter than DBM, same job.
For: Raiders who prefer it to DBM.
Loads in Forever but has no Forever boss modules yet.
Don't mix with:
Deadly Boss ModsThreatClassic2 on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 10 Oct 2026What it does: A small threat meter: who the mob wants to hit next. Damage dealers and healers watch it to stop pulling the mob off the tank.
For: Damage dealers and healers in groups.
Details! Damage Meter on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 16 Oct 2026What it does: Restyles the game's built-in damage meter: damage, healing, deaths and more in compact windows. It shows Blizzard's numbers, it does not count its own.
For: Players who want a nicer meter than the default one.
Optional: Forever already has a damage meter.
Attune on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 20 Oct 2026What it does: Tracks attunement chains step by step (the quests that unlock a dungeon or raid) and shows how far you and your guildmates are.
For: Players working on keys and attunements.
DungeonJournal on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 19 Oct 2026What it does: A dungeon journal inside the game: for each dungeon, what every boss drops, the quests that go with it and their rewards. Click a quest to see where it starts on the map. Open it with /dj. Updated as Blizzard changes loot and rewards.
For: Anyone who wants to know what a dungeon is worth before going in.
Pairs with:
Deadly Boss Mods
Healing
Party and raid frames built for healers. Pick one.
Danders Frames on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 18 Oct 2026What it does: Party and raid frames made for healers: big health bars, the debuffs you can dispel, your heals over time, and incoming heals.
For: Healers.
Don't mix with:
Grid2Grid2 on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: Compact grid-style raid frames: each player is a small square, with coloured corners and icons for the auras you choose to track.
For: Healers who like a clean, compact layout.
Don't mix with:
Danders FramesDecursive on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 4 Oct 2026What it does: A small panel that lights up when someone in your group has a curse, poison, disease or magic effect you can remove. Click it to cleanse.
For: Every class that can dispel.
Combat auras
There is no WeakAuras in Forever. What exists instead.
ForeverAuras on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: Shows chosen buffs, debuffs and cooldowns as icons where you want them on screen: the closest thing Forever has to WeakAuras.
For: Players who miss WeakAuras.
In development. The built-in cooldown manager does much of this already.
PvP
Duels, world PvP and battlegrounds.
Battlegrounds and duels
Enemy frames, objective timers and the crowd control that matters.
Capping Battleground Timers on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 22 Oct 2026What it does: Battleground timers: how long your queue invite stays open, when each node or base will be captured, when flags respawn, and an estimate of the final score.
For: Battleground players.
BattleGroundEnemiesFixed on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: A frame listing every enemy player in the battleground, sorted by class and name: class and spec name, their trinkets and cooldowns, and how many of your team are on them. Health shows only for your target, focus, enemies with a visible nameplate and flag or orb carriers. A maintained, fixed version of BattleGroundEnemies.
For: Battleground players who call targets.
MiniAuras on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: Shows the crowd control on your enemies and your party's big cooldowns right on the party frames, nameplates and portraits. It tracks interrupts and PvP trinkets, warns you when your healer is crowd-controlled, and lets you build small icon alerts with a sound. Formerly called MiniCC.
For: PvP players, especially in battleground groups.
Pairs with:
Danders Frames
Comfort
Maps, nameplates, interface, bags and small fixes: for every player.
Questing and leveling
Know where to go and what to kill, without alt-tabbing.
Questie on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: Puts every quest on your map and minimap: exclamation marks for quest givers, coloured areas for objectives, question marks for turn-ins. Hover a mob or an item and it tells you which of your quests needs it. It also adds a quest tracker.
For: Everyone who levels, first character or tenth.
Brand-new Forever quests may not all have markers yet.
Pairs with:OpenMap
RestedXP Guide on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: A step-by-step leveling route inside the game: the next quest, where to go, an arrow to follow, and a timer of your leveling speed. It can accept and hand in quests for you if you turn that option on.
For: Players who want the fastest route and don't mind paying.
Levels 1-20 free, then paid. Forever routes cover 1-35 for now; above that it uses older routes until they are rewritten.
Don't mix with:
GuidelimeGuidelime on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 24 Oct 2026What it does: A free guide reader: load a leveling guide written by the community and it ticks off each step as you do it, with an arrow to the next one.
For: Players who want a guided route for free.
The guides themselves are separate downloads: check they are written for Forever.
Don't mix with:
RestedXP Guide
Forever Quest Tint on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 19 Oct 2026What it does: Colours the quests that are new in WoW Forever in your quest log, so you spot the new stories at a glance.
For: Veterans who want to see what's new.
Pairs with:
Questie
Maps, travel and rares
A better world map, a waypoint arrow and a rare spotter. Pick one map addon.
OpenMap on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: Replaces the world map with one continuous map of the whole world that you zoom and drag. It shows dungeon and raid entrances with their levels, boat and zeppelin routes, caves, flight paths with an estimated flight time, a search box and a 'Find me' button.
For: Explorers and anyone tired of zooming in and out of continents.
Still in beta. Vendor, trainer and rare icons come from Questie.
Don't mix with:
Leatrix MapsLeatrix Maps on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: Keeps the normal world map but makes it better: reveals unexplored areas, shows your coordinates, adds dungeon and raid icons, and lets you resize and fade the map.
For: Players who want a light map upgrade.
Pairs with:
TomTomDon't mix with:OpenMap
TomTom on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 6 Oct 2026What it does: A waypoint arrow in the middle of your screen. Type a /way command with coordinates (like the ones in our guides) and follow the arrow.
For: Anyone who uses our guides' coordinates.
Pairs with:OpenMap,
Leatrix MapsRareScanner on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: Warns you with a sound and a pop-up when a rare creature is near, and marks rares and treasures on your map. In Forever it spots rares through their nameplates, so keep nameplates turned on.
For: Hunters of rare loot and explorers.
Needs nameplates on.
Unit frames
Your frame, your target's, your party's: clearer health, auras and cast bars.
BetterBlizzFrames on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 16 Oct 2026What it does: Keeps Blizzard's own player, target and focus frames and fixes what they lack: choose which buffs and debuffs show, make the important ones glow, colour frames by class, add a dark mode, show your party's cast bars and hide the clutter you never look at. Profiles can be imported as a text code.
For: Players who like the default look but want it sharper. Very popular with PvP players.
Pairs with:
BetterBlizzPlatesDon't mix with:
EllesmereUI
Nameplates
The bars above enemies' heads. Pick one nameplate addon.
BetterBlizzPlates on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 23 Oct 2026What it does: The same idea for nameplates: pick an old-school or modern style, show class icons on enemy players, highlight totems and key NPCs with big icons, filter and enlarge the auras that matter, and hide or fade the plates you don't care about.
For: PvP players first, but useful for anyone. Same author as BetterBlizzFrames.
Pairs with:
BetterBlizzFramesDon't mix with:
Platynator,Plater Nameplates,Threat PlatesPlatynator on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 19 Oct 2026What it does: A nameplate designer with a live preview: drag the pieces, pick colours and sizes, see the result straight away. It also marks the mobs you still need for your quests.
For: Players who want nice nameplates without a hundred menus. Good while leveling.
Don't mix with:
BetterBlizzPlates,Plater Nameplates,Threat PlatesPlater Nameplates on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 15 Oct 2026What it does: The most configurable nameplate addon: threat colours, cast bars, aura tracking, and scripts and profiles shared by other players.
For: Tinkerers, tanks and raiders who want everything on the nameplate.
Don't mix with:
BetterBlizzPlates,Platynator,Threat PlatesThreat Plates on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 18 Oct 2026What it does: Nameplates that change colour and size with threat, so a tank sees at once which mob is loose and a damage dealer sees when to slow down.
For: Tanks.
Don't mix with:
BetterBlizzPlates,Platynator,Plater Nameplates
Full UI suites and action bars
Rebuild the whole interface, or just the bars. One suite at a time.
EllesmereUI on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 24 Oct 2026What it does: A full interface suite: action bars, unit frames, nameplates and more, all set up through a visual editor where you click on an element and change it. It has a Forever style.
For: Players who want a modern UI in one install.
Don't mix with:
ClassicUI Forever,BetterBlizzFramesClassicUI Forever on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 24 Oct 2026What it does: Gives the Forever client an old-school look: the main bar with its gryphons, matching unit frames and bag bar.
For: Nostalgic players.
Don't mix with:
EllesmereUI
Bartender4 on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 2 Oct 2026What it does: Replaces only the action bars: as many bars as you want, any size, anywhere on screen, with show and hide rules.
For: Players who keep Blizzard's UI but want their bars their way.
Don't mix with:
EllesmereUI
Bags and gold
Sorted bags and auction house prices.
Baganator on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 18 Oct 2026What it does: All your bags in one window, sorted, either as one big bag or split by category (gear, consumables, trade goods…). It also shows what your other characters carry.
For: Everyone. One of the first addons to install.
Don't mix with:
Bagnon,
BetterBagsBagnon on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 15 Oct 2026What it does: All your bags and your bank in one window each, with a search box and your alts' items.
For: Players who want one simple bag window.
Don't mix with:
Baganator,BetterBagsBetterBags on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 24 Oct 2026What it does: Bags sorted into automatic categories that you can edit, with a clean modern look.
For: Players who like everything in its place.
Auctionator on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 13 Oct 2026What it does: Makes the auction house usable: price history on item tooltips, shopping lists, and selling a stack in two clicks at the current price.
For: Anyone who buys or sells at the auction house.
Small comforts and fixes
Small things that save clicks, and the error catcher everybody should have.
Leatrix Plus on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: Dozens of small comfort options in one panel: faster auto-loot, hide gryphons or clutter, bigger chat history, automatic repair and junk selling, and many more. Turn on only what you want.
For: Everyone.
BlizzMove on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
WoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 14 Oct 2026What it does: Lets you drag Blizzard's windows (character, spellbook, quest log…) anywhere on screen and resize them.
For: Anyone annoyed by windows opening on top of each other.
BugGrabber on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: Catches addon errors (the Lua error pop-ups) before they appear, so they don't interrupt you mid-fight. On its own it only writes them in the chat.
For: Everyone who uses addons.
Install it with BugSack: BugGrabber catches, BugSack stores and shows.
Pairs with:BugSack
BugSack on CurseForge (opens in a new tab)
StarterWoW Forever file seen on CurseForge: 21 Oct 2026What it does: Keeps the errors BugGrabber caught in a small bag icon. Open it after the fight to see which addon broke, and send that to the addon's author.
For: Everyone who uses addons.
Needs BugGrabber.
Pairs with:BugGrabber
Addon logos belong to their authors and link to their CurseForge pages.
What to avoid
- WeakAuras: No WoW Forever version: the addon rules block what it needs. Use the built-in cooldown manager or ForeverAuras.
- Shadowed Unit Frames, PitBull4: No Forever file. Use BetterBlizzFrames or a UI suite.
- OmniCC, OmniBar, OmniCD: No Forever file when we checked.
- Kui Nameplates: No Forever file. Use BetterBlizzPlates, Platynator or Plater.
- Skada, Recount: No Forever file, and the game has its own meter.
- Postal, Nova World Buffs: No Forever file when we checked.
- ForeverCompat and other code patchers: They patch the game's code and can break your spells in combat.
- Two addons doing the same job: Two maps, two nameplate addons, two bag addons, a UI suite plus separate frames, DBM plus BigWigs: they fight and break each other.
"Install six good tools, not sixty broken ones. Time is money, and loading screens are expensive."
Questions players ask
- Do Classic addons work in WoW Forever?
- No. WoW Forever uses the modern game client: you need the WoW Forever file of each addon. On CurseForge, pick World of Warcraft: Forever as the game version.
- Where is the AddOns folder for WoW Forever?
- WoW Forever has its own AddOns folder inside its own game folder, separate from your other WoW installs. The CurseForge app finds it for you when you pick World of Warcraft: Forever.
- Are addons allowed in WoW Forever?
- Yes, with the same rules as the current retail game: an addon can change how things look and what you see, not play for you.
- What is the best map addon for WoW Forever?
- OpenMap if you want one continuous world map with everything on it; Leatrix Maps if you want something light. Never both.
- Do BetterBlizzFrames and BetterBlizzPlates work in WoW Forever?
- Yes. Both have a WoW Forever file on CurseForge (checked on October 24, 2026). One improves the unit frames, the other the nameplates.
- Is there WeakAuras in WoW Forever?
- No. Use the built-in cooldown manager, or ForeverAuras, still in development.
- Why do my addon settings not save?
- Settings are written when you log out or reload. If the game crashes or you close it from the Task Manager, recent changes are lost: type /reload after changing settings.
Last updated: 24 Oct 2026