Suggested Addons for New Players

By 866576 Updated: 2018/04/24

This Is A User-Submitted Guide!

Wowhead only updates official guides, so information might not be up-to-date.

http://www.curse.com/addons/wowDeadly Boss Modsadditional packRecountOmen Threat MeterBartender 4GathererAuctioneerBagnonOther Addons that are useful, but may be a bit too advanced:ElvUIWoW-Prohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLR9ZWKR5QTomTom

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Comment by 336115

cool guide for rly new players:)

Comment by Ozlem

Nice guide :)

I'd also add to the list:-

For rare/treasure hunters
NPCScan: Makes the old /target rare NPC hunting obsolete & you won't have to spam any buttons. It hunts for you as you go along doing your own thing. You can edit it to your tastes & it also aids you in finding treasure items like Mysterious Camel Figurine and elusive NPCs that drop mounts (TLPD/Aeonaxx/Poseidus.)

PvP players
LoseControl: For the beginner into PvP worlds it's a very simple addon that just alerts & displays the duration of CC effects on you. I find it teaches you what popular/main CC attacks classes unleash which helps you learn fast how to protect yourself, what to expect and how to get out of certain CC situations. It's a great survival tool for the newbs.

For the RPer
Total RP 2: This addon still blows my mind. Tones of RP features such as displaying detailed character, mount, companion pet and hunter/lock pet information like full names, titles, story, physical description, history etc etc. You can create items (RP only, not as in reproducing the actual item.) Quest creation.... very easy to use and a popular RP addon.

Again, great guide, thanks.

Comment by 1drman

For anyone who has more than 3 add-ons I advise them to get "Add On Control Panel". The great thing about ACP is when you log on it will only load the add-on's you need, then will load the others on demand (when you start your Auction add-on it loads it) no extra clicks, its just there when you need it & not till you need it.. So if you have a lot of add-ons that you don't use every day, this add-on will save you memory space, but will allow you to bring up the others no problem.
It will come up when you hit the "esc" key so you can see what add-ons are loaded at any given time. also allows you to turn them off or reload your UI without logging off.

Comment by lankybrit

Nice guide. I think you should add Carbonite Quest to the list. I find this to be a great addon for questing, and would definitely recommend for a new player.

Cheers.

Comment by 1266795

Very nice, thank you :)

Comment by Darkchyylde

Good solid list. The only change I would make would be to go with Skada instead of Recount. Skada takes less memory and allows multiple windows so you can track more than one thing at a time (I generally have one for heals and one for damage/dps). Also, Warcraft Instant Messenger is a great social addon.

Comment by ArchmageSar

This is really useful. There's a few things on here that I wouldn't have thought to use but I can tell they're going to be really useful.

For people who like archaeology, you should also get Archaeology Helper. I use it and I think it makes it much quicker and easier to find things. The actual interface only pops up when you're in an archaeology zone so it doesn't get in the way either.

Comment by 1504431

Great list! There is one addition I would make though: TellMeWhen.

TellMeWhen is useful for anyone. It allows you to make notifications (icons, text, sounds) for many different things such as buffs/debuffs, cooldowns. mana levels, zone-types, others. You can have these notifications appear wherever you want on the screen. Here is an example of how I use it on my Frost DK:

If you are like me you probably hate having to watch your actionbars for cooldowns and procs and your target portrait for the enemy's debuffs while in a fight because you miss raid warnings, DBM notifications, etc.. Using TellMeWhen I can move alot if information I need to the center of my screen. I use TellMeWhen to have an icon show up when Pillar of Ice is off cooldown and I am in combat (there are a ton of condition options to choose from) so I can immediately use it and maximize its effect. Another example is using an icon to indicate when Killing Machine is active, Obliterate is off cooldown, and I have the necessary runes active to use Obliterate. As a final example I use it to display my target's disease timers with numbers so I dont have to look at the target portrait.

Regardless of your class and spec TellMeWhen is extremely useful for any player who is looking to make their character more effective. Here is the link: http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/tellmewhen

Comment by KatMarie

I know many lists like these exclude general purpose add-ons in their must have lists, but Global Ignore List is a great one for quality of life! It gives a unlimited sized ignore list across characters and servers, and it also filters out gold sellers and chat spammers. You can even make your own chat filters with logic (not just a simple word match like others do, but it of course can do that too)

http://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/global-ignore-list

I agree that TellMeWhen or Weak Auras should be mentioned too, but they are pretty advanced add-on and may be overwhelming for a new player.

Comment by Belalune

These are all cool but you missed the most important one on my list for new players. That is Dugi Questing Essentials. (https://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/dugi-questing-essential) It is very similar to WoW-Pro in that it will give you directions to the nearest quest objective, but has so much more. In addition to helping you with questing, it also suggest best in slot. This for me was the biggest issue when starting the game, as I never knew which item of gear to use.

Comment by Disan

I'd like to suggest pawn. Especially for new players. It shows you which items in your bag or items being rolled for are an upgrade.

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