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Best Addons For WoW Classic And How To Install Them

Looking for some great WoW Classic addons? We found out some of the best and most iconic World of Warcraft Classic addons that will help guide you through your adventures around Azeroth regardless of class.

Best WoW Classic addons: QUESTIE CLASSIC


Questie attempts to provide one of the most useful features of modern WoW’s map UI: the ability to see where quest objectives and turn-ins are located. This WoW Classic addon is still a bit of a work in progress, but it solves one of the most frustrating aspects of Classic WoW.

There’s no denying we all used to look up quest objective locations on sites like WoWHead. It’s hard not to look for the fastest leveling routes when you’re repeating the process for the fourth time on a new character. If you’re not looking for the “vanilla” questing experience of wandering around aimlessly 70% of the time, Questie can help you out. It’s a very popular add-on that puts quest objectives on the map and can quickly show your progress. If you value your time, this is the one to get.

Best WoW Classic addons: OMNICC



OmniCC is a lightweight little mod that adds digital countdowns to pretty much everything that has a cooldown in World of Warcraft: your spells, your abilities, even items in your inventory. Providing much more specific information than the traditional analog timer sweep in Classic, this vanilla WoW addon allows you to make intelligent decisions about what you can do next when you’re in a fight.

It turns out that the Live version of OmniCC works perfectly in Classic, so a helpful developer dressed it up and reposted it for vanilla players. As a note, this means that you can download the current version as well, if you like, as long as you enable out-of-date addons in Classic WoW.

Best WoW Classic addons: BAGNON



Bagnon is an inventory manager that takes the default bag layout and makes it look much neater by turning it into one container. It also tracks items on alt accounts by displaying which of your characters has the same item, how many, and whether they're stored in the bags or bank. Plus there's a nifty coloured border around items so you can easily tell the quality of the gear or items you have in your bags. 

Best WoW Classic addons: DEADLY BOSS MODS 



Deadly Boss Mods is a must-have WoW addon for 2020 players who participate in group dungeon and raid content, so we’re grateful there’s a WoW Classic addon version. It gives you warnings for events that are happening during boss-fight encounters, timers for when the next events in the fight are going to happen, and advice for what to do as a result.

Deadly boss mods is like a mid-battle strategy guide. Rather than research and memorize boss attack patterns, this thing screams at you before they’re about to happen, instructing you and your team to watch for things like incoming fears, big area attacks, or tank busters. It’s more a tool for end-game raiding, but if you don’t want to be squashed by dungeon bosses, it can help there, too.

Best WoW Classic addons: WEAKAURA2 


WeakAuras2 is a popular addon in modern Warcraft, and much of its functionality has been translated to WoW Classic. It specializes in making WoW Classic’s tirade of combat information easier to manage. It converts things like buffs/debuffs, HoT/DoT effects, and consumables into “auras” on the UI. These can then be moved around to create a dynamic UI that helps keep track of these vital pieces of information. 

WeakAuras2 can be used to track pretty much anything you can think of and is commonly used to keep track of cooldowns or to give a visual indicator of spell procs or buffs based off any number of triggers. The simple WeakAura in the example above will put an icon on my screen if my priest hasn't been buffed with Power Word: Fortitude.

If you are someone that playing WoW Classic for the first time or returning to the game after an extended absence, after knowing these remarkable addons for WoW Classic, you should know how to install them. And this WoW Classic first Aid guide may also be helpful if you are new to the game.

How to install WoW Classic addons: USE THE TWITCH APP



In World of Warcraft Classic, players can merely utilize the Twitch app to install and handle addons. To get add-ons through Twitch, you'll initially need to install the Twitch client if you have not currently, which can be done through the Twitch site. Once you have the app set up, you'll need to navigate to the mods tab and choose World of Warcraft, which will let you search for particular addons, as well as browsing the most popular or newest releases.

To access addons for WoW Classic, you’ll need to select the Classic folder from the drop-down menu on the top right-hand side, which by default will be set to the “retail” version of the game.

How to set up WoW Classic addons: INSTAL IT MANUALLY


If you don't want to use the Twitch app, you can still install them manually. 

First, you should download the addon you want from a host site. Then 
extract the files and place them in your WoW Classic AddOns folder: World of Warcraft>_classic_>Interface>AddOns. 

How to use addons in WoW Classic

When you've got addons installed, you'll see an "AddOns" button appear in the lower left-hand corner of the character choose screen when you visit. This will open a menu that permits you to enable or disable your addons and, sometimes, their constituent parts.

Add-on settings can likewise be found in the settings menu while you're in the game itself, although some changes may need you to re-log in to work. Some addons likewise come with their own menus and settings.

Sometimes you might discover your addons become out of date and no longer work properly, or at all. Presuming the developer is keeping them updated, you can easily download any available updates through the Twitch app if you're utilizing it, or if you're not you may need to set up a more current version by hand. By the way, you can always buy WoW Classic Gold and TBC Gold when in need of it.

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