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Key Takeaways
- Restrictions apply: Warcraft Wiki and Gamewave both say the addon limits introduced with Midnight, including secret values, are also active in Forever, so combat-reading addons behave differently from Retail or Classic Era.
- Build number: the release files of Questie, BigWigs, Plater, DBM and others list interface 16001 for their Forever builds. Blizzard has published no page with that number, so treat it as what authors report.
- Install path: live addons go into World of Warcraft_forever_InterfaceAddOns. Older beta guides point at _classic_beta_, which stays on your disk but is not your live client.
- WeakAuras: the original project has no Forever build as of 5 Nov. Two forks, Musca Auras and ForeverAuras, do, and one of them hides behind a URL that says weakauras-forever.
- Start light: timesaver.gg suggests Questie, one boss mod, Auctionator and a bag addon for launch night. Every status in this guide is dated 3-5 Nov, so look for the Forever tag on a file before you trust it.
Start here: which addons fit your goal
The table starts from what you want to get done, names the pick, and shows the evidence we could open on 5 Nov: the author’s release file or a Forever-tagged file in CurseForge’s list. A Forever file proves a build exists on that date, not that it is bug-free.
| Your goal | Pick | Forever evidence (as of 3-5 Nov) | Skip it if |
|---|---|---|---|
| First night in Forever | Questie, one boss mod, Auctionator and one bag addon | timesaver.gg (3 Nov) suggests exactly this light set | You already know you want a full interface overhaul |
| Leveling with fewer detours | Questie with TomTom | Questie 12.6.0 was published on 4 Nov; CurseForge lists TomTom v4.4.0 dated 3 Nov | You follow a written route and never open the map |
| Quest story and voice | Forever Voiceover and Forever Quest Tint | CurseForge lists Voiceover v0.1.10 dated 12 Oct and Quest Tint 0.7.1 dated 31 Oct | You will not download the separate voice packs |
| Dungeons and boss timers | DBM or BigWigs (one of them), DungeonJournal and Forever Dungeon Quests | DBM-Core 12.1.19 on 3 Nov; BigWigs v427.8 on 23 Oct; DungeonJournal 1.6.6 dated 3 Nov | You want both boss mods running at once |
| Damage and healing numbers | ForeverMeter or Details! | ForeverMeter 1.15.1 dated 3 Nov; Details! Forever files up to 5 Nov | The built-in server-side meter already covers you |
| Interface overhaul | ElvUI, EllesmereUI or MelloUI, one suite only | ElvUI lists 16001 by v16.00 (13 Oct); EllesmereUI v9.7.6 and MelloUI v2.1.5 dated 5 Nov | You are fine with default frames plus Edit Mode |
| Bags and bank | Baganator (needs Syndicator) or Bagnon | Baganator 840 dated 5 Nov; Bagnon 12.1.7 dated 15 Oct | You like the stock bags |
| Auction house and herbs or ore | Auctionator and GatherMate2 | Auctionator 341 dated 13 Oct; GatherMate2 1.52.4 dated 3 Nov | You never touch the auction house |
| Rares and map notes | RareScanner, HandyNotes and Leatrix Maps | RareScanner dated 5 Nov; HandyNotes v1.6.32 on 3 Nov; Leatrix Maps 1.60.27-forever dated 5 Nov | You keep enemy nameplates switched off |
| World PvP awareness | Spy (Forever) and Forever Simple Battleground Targets | Spy (Forever) last file 29 Sep; Simple Battleground Targets 0.22.0 dated 3 Nov | You stay unflagged, since Spy is off by default then |
For a first evening, the light set is enough: a quest helper, one boss mod, an auction addon and a bag addon. Everything else in this guide is an upgrade you can add one piece at a time, and adding slowly makes it obvious which addon caused a problem. If you would rather skip the first levels while you tune your interface, the Forever powerleveling category on our store is one way to save that time, and the rest of the WoW Forever store covers other activities.
What changed for addons in patch 1.60.1
Warcraft Wiki dates the worldwide launch of patch 1.60.1 to 4 November 2026 at 23:00 UTC, which is already 5 Nov in Europe. The addon-relevant changes started months earlier and were logged piece by piece in the wiki’s API notes for the patch.
The Midnight restrictions carry over
The wiki’s 1.60.1 API notes, in an entry from mid-September, say the addon disarmament changes introduced with Midnight, including secrets, are also active in Forever. Gamewave reported on 17 Sep that Blizzard told the WoW UI Discord that Forever shares the mainline UI architecture and most of the APIs available in 12.1.5, and that the AuraContainer and AuraButton changes of 12.1.0 are also there. KamiLabs reported on 16 Sep that Blizzard said the same in a Warcraft Tavern interview on 14 Sep with Ion Hazzikostas and Holly Longdale: Forever addons face the same restrictions as Midnight.
Dated changes from the wiki notes
- 8 Oct (build 70291): “Forever” is accepted as an alias for “Camelot” in TOC file suffixes, so MyAddon_Forever.toc works. Trial accounts can no longer send addon messages. The EMOTE chat type sent from addon code outside instances now needs a hardware event, like SAY and YELL. C_PvP.IsWarModeFeatureEnabled returns false in Forever. Edit Mode layouts are now saved separately for each UI type, mouse and keyboard versus gamepad.
- 16 Oct (build 70425): creature, vehicle, pet and game-object GUIDs now carry obfuscated server and spawn IDs, so addons cannot compare them to detect layers.
- 16 Oct, interface: the Forever player, target, pet, target-of-target, totem and focus frames and the minimap header were reskinned. The wiki says addons that skin or anchor to them may need to adjust.
- 16 Oct, nameplates: nameplates are no longer shown for non-target units far above or below you. The CVars nameplateMaxVerticalDistance and nameplateMaxVerticalDistanceAtMaxRange control it, and 0 disables the check.
- 16 Oct, Edit Mode: importing a layout string from an older version no longer raises an error.
What secret values mean in practice
A secret value is something the game hides from addon code in some situations. The Forever Unit Frames FAQ, edited on 21 Oct, says Forever hides values such as player health, a target’s threat or class, and combo points in PvP from addons in some situations. Addons may show these values but cannot compare or calculate with them, and where the game itself draws a value, such as a health bar, it still shows in full. Gfinity wrote on 19 Oct that Forever “runs on a specialized Classic Framework that restricts certain combat-log reads”. During the beta, allthings.how reported on 25 Sep that tooltip, vendor, map, bag, quest and interface addons worked while combat-log readers such as damage meters and boss timers did not. Part of that has since moved on; the ledger below explains how.
Built-in tools you get anyway
Warcraft Wiki says the built-in damage meter was added in patch 12.0.0 (20 Jan 2026) with Midnight and is tracked server-side. ForeverMeter’s page says it reads that meter in Forever, so the tool is there for addons too. Edit Mode opens from Esc or by right-clicking your portrait, according to allthings.how (21 Sep), and offers “Modern (Preset)” and “Classic (Preset)” layouts plus a Share button that copies a layout string. Gfinity lists the Cooldown Manager among the Edit Mode elements on 24 Sep.
Installing addons in the _forever_ folder
Forever has its own client folder next to your other WoW versions. CurseForge’s blog, MeinMMO and timesaver.gg all give the live path as World of Warcraft_forever_InterfaceAddOns. Everything below ends with files in that folder.
With the CurseForge app
MeinMMO (26 Oct) says to pick World of Warcraft in the CurseForge app and then the Forever version in the dropdown, so installs land in the right client. The app also installs dependencies such as Syndicator for you.
By hand
- On the addon’s CurseForge page choose “Download file manually”, as allthings.how describes, and pick the file with the Forever tag.
- Open the game folder from Battle.net: gear icon next to Play, then Show in Explorer. Go into _forever_, then Interface, then AddOns.
- Unzip the download and copy the addon folder, not the zip. The folder that holds the .toc file must sit directly inside AddOns, not one level deeper, as timesaver.gg points out.
- Start the game. allthings.how says new addon folders are only picked up at startup, so a /reload will not find something you just copied.
- On the character-selection screen open the AddOns list, or press Esc and open AddOns in game, tick what you want, and reload. MeinMMO says /reload after changes, and allthings.how uses the Reload UI button for the same job.
A note on Mac and other layouts: we found no Forever-specific Mac guide. The wiki gives /Applications/World of Warcraft/ as the typical macOS install folder, so look for _forever_ inside your WoW folder and follow the same Interface and AddOns steps.
Out-of-date addons and manager hygiene
Warcraft Wiki explains that addons not updated since the last x.y.0 patch show as out of date and do not load by default. The “Load out of date AddOns” checkbox in the AddOn List loads them, and Blizzard clears that checkbox with every client patch. timesaver.gg adds two cautions: use it only for files you trust, and remember that Classic Era files are not built for Forever and show as out of date. Use one addon manager only.
Moving your beta UI to live
If you built a UI in the beta, you can carry most of it over. CurseForge’s blog (by Niv Hajaj) and timesaver.gg describe the same idea: the beta client used the _classic_beta_ folder, it stays on disk after launch, and your settings can be copied into _forever_.
- Close WoW and the CurseForge app, then back up your beta folders, and your live Interface and WTF folders if you already set up live.
- Copy Interface and WTF from the _classic_beta_ folder into _forever_.
- Open WTFAccount. The folder there carries a random-string name. CurseForge’s blog says to rename it to your account name, which Battle.net shows under “Game Version & Account” with Forever selected.
- Look inside each character folder. Per-character settings sit in separately named folders and must be updated by hand, according to the same post.
- Update every addon. Copying folders does not update them, so check each one for a Forever release after migrating.
- Start the game and, where an addon asks, reselect your old profile.
- If your Edit Mode layout did not carry over, import a saved string or rebuild it. timesaver.gg says layouts live in edit-mode-cache-account.txt in the account folder and edit-mode-cache-character.txt in each character folder. Old layout strings now import without an error, as the wiki notes for 16 Oct.
Warning: CurseForge’s blog says pasting the beta folders overwrites matching addons and settings, including newer versions you already installed in live. If you already set up live, move single addons or profiles instead of pasting whole folders. If an addon goes missing after the move, the same post says to look for a nested InterfaceInterface folder, move its contents to InterfaceAddOns, and restart fully.
Forever compatibility ledger with dates
Launch-week advice goes stale quickly, so here is what we could open on 5 Nov. Dates are UTC. Our sources: Warcraft Wiki (warcraft.wiki.gg), Blizzard-relayed statements, author release files and CurseForge file lists. “Forever evidence” means either the author’s release file lists the forever flavor or CurseForge’s file list tags a file for Forever, which is game version 1.60.1. Nothing here is a statement that an addon is free of bugs.
| Addon | Forever evidence | Date | Where we saw it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questie | Release file lists forever, 16001 | 12.6.0, 4 Nov | GitHub release, CurseForge |
| TomTom | Forever-tagged file | v4.4.0, 3 Nov | CurseForge |
| DBM-Core | Release file lists forever, TOC 16001 | 12.1.19, 3 Nov | GitHub |
| BigWigs | Release file lists forever, 16001 | v427.8, 23 Oct | GitHub |
| LittleWigs | Release lists forever, Forever folder empty on 5 Nov | v12.1.23, 4 Nov | GitHub, CurseForge |
| Details! | Camelot TOC 16001, Forever files | latest 5 Nov | GitHub, CurseForge |
| ForeverMeter | Forever-only file | 1.15.1, 3 Nov | CurseForge |
| WeakAuras | No Forever flavor | 5.22.1, 10 Oct | GitHub, CurseForge |
| Musca Auras | Forever-only fork | 1.14.0 stable, 22 Oct | CurseForge, GitHub |
| ForeverAuras | Forever-only fork | 1.2.4, 5 Nov | CurseForge, GitHub |
| Plater | Release file lists forever | v663, 4 Nov | GitHub, CurseForge |
| ElvUI | TOC lists 16001 | v16.00, 13 Oct | GitHub |
| EllesmereUI | TOC 16001, Forever module | v9.7.6, 5 Nov | CurseForge, GitHub |
| MelloUI | Forever-only files | v2.1.5, 5 Nov | CurseForge, GitHub |
| Baganator / Syndicator | Forever files | 840, 5 Nov / 289, 3 Nov | CurseForge |
| Auctionator | Forever file | 341, 13 Oct | CurseForge |
| GatherMate2 | Forever file, TOC 16001 | 1.52.4, 3 Nov | CurseForge, GitHub |
| RareScanner | Forever file | FOREVER_1.60.1.1, 5 Nov | CurseForge |
| Spy (Forever) | Forever-only adaptation | 29 Sep, no newer file | CurseForge |
| OmniCC, Postal, original Spy | No Forever file | OmniCC 14 Dec 2025; Postal 2 Oct; Spy 20 Jun | GitHub, CurseForge |
Where sources disagree
- WeakAuras: the GitHub release file for 5.22.1 (10 Oct) lists no Forever flavor, and CurseForge’s newest WeakAuras files, up to 2 Nov, carry no Forever tag. timesaver.gg (3 Nov) agrees and points players to Musca Auras and ForeverAuras. Players on the official forum disagree with each other: some say combat-based auras are gone, while one reports ForeverAuras working in the beta. The CurseForge URL that ends in weakauras-forever is Musca Auras, not WeakAuras, so a link labelled WeakAuras can mislead you.
- LittleWigs: timesaver.gg (3 Nov) lists it as having no Forever file. GitHub and CurseForge show v12.1.23 with a Forever build on 4 Nov, but the repository’s Forever folder held only its TOC on 5 Nov. Expect few or no dungeon modules yet.
- Damage meters: allthings.how said in the beta (25 Sep) that meters did not work, whereas ForeverMeter and Details! now ship Forever files that read Blizzard’s server-side meter. Both statements were true on their dates.
- Most addons work or many do not: Gfinity (19 Oct) says many Classic or Retail addons do not work, while timesaver.gg (3 Nov, 38 addons with Forever files) counts a long list that does.
- ElvUI: we could not open a news report that dates its first Forever build. The repository itself shows 16001 in the ElvUI.toc of both v16.00 (13 Oct) and v16.01 (3 Nov), so we say “by v16.00” and make no claim about earlier tags.
- Spy: timesaver.gg lists “Spy Classic” as missing. “Spy (Forever)” is a separate adaptation with its own file from 29 Sep, while the original Spy has no Forever file.
We did not find a Blizzard page that states the interface number or an addon policy beyond the wiki’s patch notes and the Discord statement relayed by Gamewave. That is why numbers here come from author files and the wiki, and why the guide says “lists” and “says” so often.
Questing and leveling kit
The leveling addons do three jobs: tell you where quests are, point you there, and keep the story readable. Questie 12.6.0 was published on GitHub on 4 Nov (22:46 UTC), and CurseForge lists Forever Questie files from 25 Sep (v12.0.1) to that release. Its notes list tracker play buttons for the Spoken addon, a setting that hides the VoiceOver and Spoken play buttons, and quest-progress tooltips for party members who do not run Questie. The “[Forever] Add NPC ranks” and reputation spillover lines belong to QuestieDB 1.0.10 in the same bundle. MeinMMO (3 Nov) says the markers cover both continents and that optional markers exist for innkeepers, mailboxes, auction houses, spirit healers and trainers.
TomTom handles the arrow. Its page lists /way for waypoints, /tway as an alternative, and /ttpaste to paste several /way lines at once, so a route you copied from a guide becomes a chain of arrows in one command. CurseForge lists its first Forever file on 20 Sep and v4.4.0 on 3 Nov.
Story and quest visibility
Forever Quest Tint tints non-vanilla quests teal, adds an infinity marker, opens with /fqt and can tint Questie’s ! and ? icons. Its install note still shows the _classic_beta_ path, which is a good example of why you should read older instructions twice. Forever Voiceover is silent until you add a voice pack: its page links six of them, and the matching GitHub repository lists v0.1.10 on 12 Oct with a TOC of 16001. The Spoken addon is the one Questie’s new buttons talk to; we did not check Spoken’s own file, so look for the Forever tag if you want it.
Dungeon quests and lookups
DungeonJournal opens with /dj, and /dj minimap restores the button; CurseForge lists 1.6.6 dated 3 Nov. Forever Dungeon Quests (v0.6.0-forever, 27 Sep) tags each dungeon quest as Missing, In Log or Done, shows quest giver, zone and /way coordinates, filters by faction, and notes keys such as the Shadowforge Key.
If your interface setup takes longer than the leveling itself, our Forever powerleveling page is a way to get past the early stretch while your addons settle.
Dungeons and boss fights: timers, meters and auras
This is where the restrictions matter most. A chat or combat-log reader that worked in Retail may now see hidden values, so the three families below behave differently from what you remember.
Boss mods
Install DBM or BigWigs, not both, and use one addon manager, as timesaver.gg advises. DBM-Core 12.1.19 (3 Nov) lists the forever flavor and its TOC lists 16001. BigWigs v427.8 (23 Oct) lists it too, and the repository has an Init_Camelot.lua that sets isForever. LittleWigs, the dungeon module pack for BigWigs, added a Forever build on 4 Nov, but its Forever folder was still empty on 5 Nov. timesaver.gg notes that raids open on 9 December, so boss mods matter mostly for the new dungeons at launch. A forum player (not Blizzard) says boss addons can only read Blizzard’s internal encounter timers now; treat that as a player’s view of how the new rules feel in practice.
Damage and healing meters
Forever has access to Blizzard’s server-side damage meter. ForeverMeter’s page says it reads that meter through C_DamageMeter because the combat log is closed to addons, needs a game restart on first install, and uses /fm and /fm options. Details! ships a Details_Camelot.toc with interface 16001, and its commits on 4-5 Nov fix “secret” spec icon IDs, which shows the authors are still adapting. EllesmereUI also lists a damage-meter module in its repository.
WeakAuras and its forks
WeakAuras itself has no Forever build as of 5 Nov. The first fork is Musca Auras: its page calls it a WeakAuras fork for Forever with one-click class HUDs for all 9 classes, 1.14.0 (22 Oct) is the latest stable CurseForge file, and 1.15.0-beta1 (2 Nov) adds 24 utility packs. Its GitHub repository ships folders named WeakAuras, WeakAurasOptions and so on, so it replaces any old WeakAuras folder rather than sitting beside it. The second is ForeverAuras: a modified WeakAuras2 built as a replacement for Forever, opened with /fa or /foreverauras and still marked “under development”; CurseForge lists 1.2.4 on 5 Nov. timesaver.gg says existing WeakAuras import strings may not behave the same in the forks.
Players on the official forum say combat-log helpers such as rotation helpers, dispel callers and boss positioning no longer work. Another user argues that if the Cooldown Manager can track something, a weak-aura tool can too. We cannot confirm either line, so test an aura with a short dummy fight before you build a whole setup around it.
For dungeon runs themselves, our dungeons category lists the store services, while the addons above only help you read the fight.
Rebuilding the interface
Interface suites replace large parts of the default UI, so pick one and resist stacking two. Whatever you choose, the wiki’s warning applies: the Forever unit frames and the minimap header were reskinned on 16 Oct, and addons that skin or anchor to them may need to adjust.
ElvUI
ElvUI v16.00 (tagged 13 Oct) and v16.01 (3 Nov) both list 16001 in ElvUI.toc, with a title line “ElvUI Forever” for the camelot game type. Commits read “Skins: Forever fixes” (29 Oct), “Skins: Forever update” (30 Oct) and “DT: add ammo on forever” (5 Nov), which is the kind of ongoing work you should expect after a reskin.
EllesmereUI and MelloUI
CurseForge lists EllesmereUI v9.7.6 (5 Nov) with the Forever tag. The repository TOCs list 16001 and include a Forever-only “ForeverEssentials” module, plus damage-meter, cooldown-manager and bag modules. CurseForge lists MelloUI v2.1.5-forever (5 Nov) as Forever-only files. Its TOC is 16001, /mello opens the settings, a first-login installer sets it up, and it offers Default, Modern and Oldschool skins, with Oldschool as a separate download. Choose one of the two as your main suite.
Action bars, nameplates and frames
Bartender4 4.18.4 (3 Nov) lists the forever flavor, and a commit the same day is titled “Enable Totem bar in Wow Forever”. Its commits of 27-30 Sep disable Edit Mode interaction with more elements and set bag-bar padding for the “Forever Modern layout”. Dominos 11.5.1 (31 Oct) lists 16001 in its TOC, as does Masque 12.1.8 (2 Nov), and MoveAny ships a MoveAny_Camelot.toc. For nameplates, Plater v663 (4 Nov) lists forever, and CurseForge lists Forever-tagged Plater files from 19 Sep. ClassicUI Forever v0.44.0 is Forever-tagged on CurseForge as of 5 Nov. The Forever Unit Frames FAQ lists /fuf reset <frame> (or all) and /fuf raid off, and says Blizzard’s player, target, focus, pet and party frames are hidden while its frames are on.
Convenience tweaks
Leatrix Plus is the quality-of-life toolbox. CurseForge lists 1.60.27-forever (5 Nov), and the first Forever file dates from 17 Sep. Its page lists /ltp, /ltp help, /ltp reset and /ltp wipe, says nothing is switched on until you choose it, and can load the same Edit Mode layout on every character. That last feature pairs well with a migrated layout string.
Bags, auction house, gathering and gear
Bag addons are the easiest win after a quest helper. Baganator (840, dated 5 Nov) is the one that needs a second addon: its page says it needs Syndicator, which the CurseForge app installs automatically, and CurseForge lists Syndicator 289 dated 3 Nov. Bagnon is the alternative. CurseForge lists Bagnon 12.1.7 (15 Oct) as its latest Forever-tagged file, and its TOC lists 16001.
Auctionator (its author’s projects are on Auctionator’s author page) is listed at 341, dated 13 Oct, with the first Forever file dated 17 Sep. Its page lists auction prices in tooltips, a full-scan function, protection against posting too low and reagent cost and profit views.
Gathering tools have an honest limit. GatherMate2 1.52.4 (3 Nov) is Forever-tagged and its TOC lists 16001. GatherLens’ page says the game does not tell addons where nodes are, so it learns positions as you gather; assume the same logic for any node map, which will start sparse. Gathering is the herb and ore tracker we link to; we could not check its Forever status, so look for the Forever tag on the file page before you rely on it.
For gear, Pawn 2.14.1 (Forever, 2 Nov) lists 16001 in its TOC. AtlasLoot Classic Forever 1.3.0 is dated 5 Nov and its page lists loot tables, best-in-slot lists per class and phase, and tooltips; the link goes to AtlasLoot Classic Forever. Our Forever gold category is on the store as well; whichever way you play, the addons above are what keep your auction-house spending visible.
Rares, maps and world PvP
Exploration and PvP addons share one dependency: nameplates. If you switch enemy nameplates off, the addons below go blind.
Rares and map notes
CurseForge lists RareScanner_FOREVER_1.60.1.1 on 5 Nov. Its page says Classic versions including Forever have no vignettes, so it relies on nameplates, and it suggests /run SetCVar(“nameplateMaxDistance”, 80). That command is the author’s suggestion, not ours. The wiki’s vertical-distance CVars from 16 Oct can also hide far-above or far-below nameplates; 0 disables that check. HandyNotes v1.6.32 (3 Nov) lists the forever flavor, with “Update TOC for Forever” commits on 2 Oct. Plugins need HandyNotes itself, and the project we link as HandyNotes: WoW Forever is one whose Forever status we could not check, so read its file tags. One plugin CurseForge lists is HandyNotes – Forever Books 1.3.0 (2 Nov), which marks 40 book titles. Leatrix Maps, which we cover with the other Leatrix tools, is listed as 1.60.27-forever on 5 Nov.
World PvP
Spy (Forever) is Spy 1.3.8 for Classic Era adapted to Forever. CurseForge lists Spy-1.3.8-forever3 (29 Sep) as its latest file. Its page says it needs enemy nameplates on and, by default, is off while you are not PvP-flagged; /spy debug explains why it stays quiet. Forever Simple Battleground Targets 0.22.0 (3 Nov) reads the battleground scoreboard, shows both teams with health bars and a clickable flag-carrier frame, and was made for Warsong Gulch. The older-sounding BattlegroundTargets Classic Forever is one of the three links we could not verify, so check that its file carries the Forever tag. The wiki also notes that C_PvP.IsWarModeFeatureEnabled returns false in Forever, so do not expect War Mode helpers to do anything.
If PvP gear is the goal rather than the interface, our Forever PvP category covers that side.
When addons do not load: a fix-it checklist
Most problems come from the same short list. Work down the table from the top.
| Symptom | Likely cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Addon missing from the list | Folder is one level too deep, or nested InterfaceInterface | Put the folder holding the .toc directly in _forever_InterfaceAddOns, then restart fully |
| Addon appears but is greyed or marked out of date | Not updated since the last x.y.0 patch, or a Classic Era file | Get the file with the Forever tag; tick “Load out of date AddOns” only for files you trust |
| New folder not seen after /reload | New folders are read at startup only | Restart the game |
| Everything vanished after copying | Files went to _classic_beta_ or a nested folder | Check the path, then use the migration steps |
| Bag or map plugin does nothing | Missing dependency such as Syndicator or HandyNotes | Install the parent addon; the CurseForge app adds Syndicator for Baganator automatically |
| Boss alerts doubled or odd | Both DBM and BigWigs enabled, or two managers fighting | Run one boss mod and one manager |
| Skin or anchors broken | Forever frames and the minimap header were reskinned on 16 Oct | Update the skin addon and look for Forever fixes in its changelog |
| Rare or enemy alerts silent | Nameplates off or too short a vertical distance | Turn enemy nameplates on; check the vertical-distance CVars |
| Settings gone on one character | Per-character folders or an unselected profile | Update the character folders and reselect your profile |
| Lua errors | A broken or outdated addon | Install BugSack to catch them, then remove the folder and reload to test |
BugSack v12.1.9 (26 Oct) is Forever-tagged on CurseForge and lists 16001 in its TOC; timesaver.gg describes it as capturing Lua errors quietly. allthings.how describes the simple test: remove the misbehaving addon’s folder and reload. If the error disappears, that addon is your culprit. Only then read its page for a newer Forever file.
Mistakes to avoid
- Following a beta path: allthings.how (25 Sep) and even Forever Quest Tint’s install note use _classic_beta_. Live addons belong in _forever_.
- Pasting beta folders over a live setup: it overwrites newer addon versions and settings, as CurseForge’s blog warns.
- Trusting the name WeakAuras: the page at weakauras-forever is Musca Auras. Read the title before you import strings.
- Ticking “Load out of date AddOns” for Classic Era files: timesaver.gg says they are not built for Forever. The checkbox is cleared with every client patch anyway.
- Running DBM and BigWigs together: pick one, as timesaver.gg advises.
- Expecting combat-log logic: players on the forum report that rotation helpers, dispel callers and boss positioning stopped working. Plan around displays, not decisions.
- Judging status by the wrong listing: OmniCC’s last release is 11.2.8 and its TOCs list no 16001; Postal’s newest file is a Retail one. A well-known name is not a Forever build.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do addons work in WoW Forever?
Yes, many do. timesaver.gg counted 38 addons with Forever files on 3 Nov, and the authors of Questie, BigWigs, Plater, DBM and others list interface 16001 for their Forever builds. Combat-reading addons are limited by the Midnight-style restrictions, so test them first.
Do Classic Era addons work?
Gfinity says Classic-era addons will not load, and timesaver.gg says Classic Era files show as out of date. Look for a Forever-tagged file instead of forcing an old one.
Is there WeakAuras for Forever?
Not the original, as of 5 Nov: WeakAuras 5.22.1 lists no forever flavor. Musca Auras and ForeverAuras are the two Forever forks, and timesaver.gg warns that existing import strings may not behave the same.
Do damage meters and boss mods work?
Meters can, through Blizzard’s server-side meter: ForeverMeter says it reads it, and Details! ships Forever files. Boss mods are present too, with DBM-Core 12.1.19 and BigWigs v427.8 listing forever, but LittleWigs’ dungeon folder was empty on 5 Nov.
Where is the AddOns folder?
World of Warcraft_forever_InterfaceAddOns. On a Mac, look inside your WoW folder for _forever_; the wiki says Mac installs usually sit in /Applications/World of Warcraft/, and we found no Forever-specific Mac page.
Are addons different on Hardcore?
Hardcore is not live yet: Warcraft Wiki says it will be available at a later date, and its roadmap lists Winter 2026/2027. We found no published ruleset-specific addon rule, so we do not claim one either way.
