WoW Forever — Addon Setup

The stack Five addons

Each addon has one job. EllesmereUI and Naowh Forever overlap heavily, so the ownership map below decides which one runs each shared feature.

EllesmereUI EUI

The interface

Action bars, unit frames, nameplates, party and raid frames, resource bars, cooldown manager, minimap, chat, bags, tooltips, damage meter, threat, swing and totem timers, and most quality-of-life toggles.

Naowh Forever NF

The companion

Dungeon journal, BiS lists, training planner, Discovery (library books, rares), smart macros, buff reminders, loot feed, flight timer, character panel, XP bar, waypoints, junk window.

RestedXP Guide

Leveling route

Step-by-step leveling with a waypoint arrow. Forever routes for 1–35; levels 1–20 free.

GatherWise Forever + Databank

Gathering

What herbs, ore, fish and cloth are in your zone, plus a map of nodes you've actually gathered. Optional Wowhead Forever node data.

Layer-Swap

Layers

Shows which layer you're on and swaps you to another one, or hosts swaps for guildmates.

What we deliberately left out

Boss mods (BigWigs, DBM): Blizzard says Forever's fights are designed to be playable without warning addons. Add one later if raid leaders want it.
Questie and TomTom: RestedXP's arrow and Naowh's waypoint pins cover them.
Separate bag, threat, swing-timer and damage-meter addons: EllesmereUI covers all four.
Auctionator / TSM: not in the guild stack. Naowh has an Auction Prices module for tooltip prices; gold makers can add their own tools.

Screen layout Infographic

Combat information sits in a tight cluster around the center; everything you read out of combat sits at the edges. Drag every element into place with EllesmereUI's Unlock Mode and Naowh's HUD Editor (/nf hud).

Green = EllesmereUI, blue = Naowh Forever, gold = RestedXP. Dashed boxes appear only when needed. Keep everything you watch in combat inside the center cluster so your eyes never leave your character.

Layout rules

Center cluster: player, target, resource bar, swing and GCD, cooldowns and cast bar, all within a hand's width of the middle.
Healers: move party and raid frames into the center, just below the player and target frames.
Tanks: put threat right above the resource bar.
Hide what you only need sometimes: damage meter only in groups, bags only when open, loot feed fades.
Action bars match our class guides: keys 1–6 and Q E R F on bar 1, Z X C V T G on bar 2.

Who does what Infographic

Every feature both addons offer gets exactly one owner. Turn it on there and off in the other addon. Two addons running the same feature cause duplicate windows, double alerts and wasted performance.

EUI EllesmereUI NF Naowh Forever OFF off in both YOU personal choice

Combat & interface

Threat EUI

Swing timer EUI

Totem timers EUI

Damage meter / spell history EUI

Focus cast bar / GCD tracker EUI

Spell queue window EUI

Combat alert EUI

Tooltips EUI

Cursor circle EUI

Crosshair OFF

Camera distance EUI

Fonts / bar texture YOU

Top bar / data bar NF or EUI or OFF

Character sheet NF

Loot, bags & items

Loot feed / loot window NF

Loot roll window EUI

Faster auto loot EUI

Auto sell junk EUI

Junk items window NF

Auto repair EUI

Durability warning EUI

Autofill "DELETE" EUI

Bag & bank settings EUI NF if no bag addon

Helpers & quality of life

Macros NF

Buff reminders NF

Travel / flight timer NF

Train all NF

Auto uprank spells NF

Unspent talents alert NF

Reveal unexplored areas NF

Announce instance reset NF

NPC gossip skip EUI

Skip cinematics EUI

Turn off tutorials / popups EUI

Hide screenshot status EUI

Optimize FPS / recommended settings EUI

Based on a community comparison of the two addons' shared features. Feature names in each addon's menu may differ slightly.

Launch-day flow Infographic

Install all five addons from CurseForge (Forever files)
Run Naowh's setup and pick Minimalist
Turn on EllesmereUI's modules and place frames with Unlock Mode
Turn each overlapping feature off in the addon that doesn't own it
Pick your RestedXP guide; turn on GatherWise Databank; set Layer-Swap
Finish your class setup
Copy profiles to your alts

1. Install Before launch

Install the CurseForge app and pick World of Warcraft → Forever as the game version. Addons for retail or Classic won't load.
Install: EllesmereUI, Naowh Forever, RestedXP Guide, GatherWise Forever, GatherWise Databank, Layer-Swap.
Check the Game Version column says 1.60.1 for every addon.
Turn on auto-update. Launch week brings daily fixes; update before every play session.
Only use CurseForge or the developer's site. Skip "pre-patched" downloads from random sites.

If an addon shows as "out of date" at the character screen, tick Load out of date AddOns once and check for an update.

2. Naowh Forever /nf

Every Naowh module starts off. Pick the Minimalist profile, then turn on only the modules Naowh owns in the ownership map. That keeps it from fighting EllesmereUI.

First login: Naowh asks you to pick a profile. Choose Minimalist (most features off). If you missed it, type /nf setup.
Open settings: /nf.
Turn these modules on:

Module	Set to	Why
Dungeon Journal	ON	Boss loot, maps, dungeon quests, boss tips. `/nfjournal`
BiS List + Stat Weights	ON	Best gear per slot and where it drops. `/nfbis`
Training Planner	ON	What to train and what it costs; Learn All at the trainer. `/nftraining`
Discovery	ON	Library books, Cozy Sleeping Bag chain, rares. `/nfdiscovery`
Professions	ON	All recipes and reagents, including ones you haven't learned
Macros	ON	Smart Healthstone, Health Potion, Food and Drink macros that update themselves. `/nfmacros`
AuraBuffs / Buffs & Reminders	ON	Missing buffs, weapon imbues, consumables, campfire. `/nfbuffs`
Action Bars	ON	Saves your bars by name; Upgrade All swaps old spell ranks for new ones. `/nfbars`
Loot Feed, Flight Timer, XP Bar, Waypoint Pin, Character Panel	ON	Owned by Naowh in the map
Top Bar	ON (or off)	Gold, durability, bag space, XP/hr. Turn EUI's data bar off if you use it
Quality of Life	Partly	Turn on: junk window, unspent talents alert, reveal unexplored areas, announce instance reset. Leave everything EUI owns off.
Threat Meter	OFF	EUI owns threat
Swing Timer, GCD Tracker	OFF	EUI owns them
Damage meter (if shown)	OFF	EUI owns it
Group Inspect, PvP	Optional	Group Inspect is handy for raid leaders; PvP only for battleground players
Blessings	Paladins only	Blessing assignments for your group

RestedXP Themes: under Naowh's General settings, turn on the RestedXP theme so the guide window matches.
HUD Editor: /nf hud to drag Naowh's pieces (buff reminders, loot feed, XP bar, flight timer) into the layout.
Supporter Badges start on; turn off the parts you don't want in QoL → Interface → Supporter Badges.
/nf help lists every command.

3. EllesmereUI The interface

EllesmereUI is modular: every module can be turned on or off on its own. Turn on the interface modules, turn off the retail-only ones, then place everything with Unlock Mode.

Module	Set to	Notes
Action Bars	ON	Form and stance paging on for Druids (and Rogue stealth). Bar 1: 1–6, Q E R F. Bar 2: Z X C V T G.
Unit Frames	ON	Player, pet, target, target-of-target, focus
Nameplates	ON	Show your debuffs (DoTs, Stings) on enemy plates
Party / Raid Frames	ON	Healers: show dispellable debuffs and heal-over-time icons
Resource Bars	ON	Mana, rage, energy, combo points; swaps with Druid forms
Cooldown Manager	ON	Your important cooldowns and procs in the center cluster
Minimap, Chat, Quest Tracker, Tooltips	ON	—
Bags	ON	EUI owns bag and bank settings
Damage Meter	ON	Show in groups only
Threat, Swing, Totem timers	ON	Forever Essentials features
Blizz UI Element Reskins	ON	Matching look for Blizzard windows
Cursor Effects	ON	Cursor circle; crosshair OFF
Quality of Life	ON	See the EUI items in the ownership map
AuraBuff Reminders	OFF	Naowh owns buff reminders
Data Bars	OFF	If you use Naowh's Top Bar
Mythic+ Timer, Skyriding HUD	OFF	Retail-only features; nothing to show in Forever
Party Mode, Friends List	Optional	Personal preference

Open EllesmereUI's settings from its minimap button (exact slash command not confirmed; check /eui).
Turn modules on and off per the table.
Unlock Mode: drag frames to match the layout. It snaps, anchors frames to each other, and matches widths; anchor the resource bar, cooldowns and cast bar to the player frame so they move together.
QoL toggles: faster auto loot, auto repair, auto sell junk, autofill DELETE, skip cinematics, hide tutorials, durability warning, combat alert, camera distance max, spell queue window.
Optimize FPS / apply recommended settings: run it once.
Fonts and bar texture: your choice.

4. Turn off the overlaps Checklist

Go down the list once. For each feature, turn it on in the owner and off in the other addon.

Feature	ON in	OFF in
Threat meter	EUI	NF Threat Meter module
Swing timer, GCD tracker	EUI	NF Swing Timer, GCD Tracker
Damage meter	EUI	NF and Blizzard's built-in meter
Buff reminders	NF	EUI AuraBuff Reminders
Top bar / data bar	NF Top Bar	EUI Data Bars
Loot feed / loot window	NF	EUI loot window
Loot roll window	EUI	NF
Auto sell junk, auto repair	EUI	NF QoL
Junk items window	NF	—
Tooltips	EUI	NF Tooltip Display (keep only BiS marks and stat weights if you like them)
Character sheet	NF	EUI
Macros	NF	EUI
Bags and bank	EUI	NF Bag Space (the top-bar counter is fine)
Crosshair	—	Both

Signs of an overlap you missed: two threat bars, two copies of the same alert, the same item sold twice to a vendor, or bags opening as two windows.

5. RestedXP Leveling

Pick your guide: on first login it offers a guide for your race. Choose the Forever route for your faction. Levels 1–20 are free; the paid pack covers the rest (one faction is enough; we're all Alliance).
Arrow on: the waypoint arrow replaces TomTom.
Auto accept / turn-in: optional. On speeds things up; off lets you read quests.
Placement: under the minimap, above or in place of the quest tracker.
Theme: use Naowh's RestedXP theme so it matches.

Forever coverage: as of mid-October, RestedXP has Forever routes for 1–35 and uses Classic routes for 35–60 until the Forever ones are written. Expect it to skip some new Forever content like the Riverglades at first.

6. GatherWise Gathering

Open it from its round minimap button.
Databank: turn on recording. It saves a node only after you actually gather it.
Wowhead Forever data: turn on the herb and mining datasets to fill the map from day one. They're from the beta (capped at 30), so expect gaps in high-level and new zones.
Filters: show only the resources your profession uses.
Minimap rings: set the size and opacity low so Blizzard's tracking dots stay visible.
Share maps: export your discoveries and import guildmates' exports. The included Wowhead data stays separate from personal records.

Not a gatherer? Skip GatherWise or leave it disabled on that character.

7. Layer-Swap /ls

/ls opens the panel; it reads your current layer from nearby creatures.
/ls mini shows the small layer line. Put it under the minimap.
/ls minimap hides the minimap button if your minimap is crowded.
Swap: click Swap layer or /ls swap. You can only move to a host in your own zone.
Hosting: off by default and stays off until you turn it on (/ls host). Turn it on to help guildmates swap.
Ask the guild: /ls guild sends the request to guild chat. The addon never posts to guild on its own.

Use layer swaps to join friends or escape a crowded quest area. Blizzard has limited excessive layer hopping in past Classic releases; don't hop over and over to farm nodes or rares.

8. Blizzard settings Built-in

Built-in damage meter: off, since EUI's meter is on.
Built-in cooldown manager: EUI's Cooldown Manager module works with it; set up which spells show, then let EUI style them.
Keybindings: bind Action Buttons 7–10 to Q, E, R, F, and move strafe off Q and E.
Interact key: bind one key to "Interact with Target" for looting, gathering and talking to NPCs.
Auto loot: on (EUI's faster auto loot needs it).

Class setups By class

The five addons cover every class; no extra class addons needed. These are the settings that matter for each.

Hunter

Auto Shot swing timer (EUI): on, right under the resource bar. Move between shots, not during.
Pet frame (EUI): on, next to the player frame, with pet health and happiness.
Buff reminders (NF): Aspect, and pet missing.
Restock reminder (NF): ammo and pet food.
Threat (EUI): watch it in groups; Feign Death drops it.
Gatherers: GatherWise on, Databank recording on.

Shaman

Totem timers (EUI): on, under the cooldown manager.
Swing timer (EUI): on for Enhancement.
Cooldown manager (EUI): Stormstrike, Shocks, Maelstrom Weapon procs.
Buff reminders (NF): weapon imbue and Lightning Shield.
Macros (NF): potion and food macros; keep the totem macro from the Shaman guide.

Druid

Form paging (EUI Action Bars): on, so bar 1 swaps with Cat, Bear and caster form.
Resource bars (EUI): mana, energy, rage and combo points, swapping with form.
Threat (EUI): on for Bear tanking.
Party frames (EUI): heal-over-time icons for Restoration.
Buff reminders (NF): Mark of the Wild, Thorns.
Herbalists: GatherWise on.

Rogue

Stealth paging (EUI Action Bars): on, so openers appear when you stealth.
Resource bars (EUI): energy and combo points.
Swing timer (EUI): on.
Buff reminders (NF): weapon poisons.
Bank alts: EUI Bags owns bank settings; Naowh's Mail & Alts module helps track mail.

Warlock

Pet frame (EUI): on, with demon health.
Nameplates (EUI): show your Corruption, Agony and Immolate timers on enemies.
Macros (NF): NF Healthstone macro.
Restock reminder (NF): soul shards.
Buff reminders (NF): Demon Armor / Demon Skin.

Profiles for the guild Share once

Naowh Forever: settings live in Profiles, which can be switched, copied to another character or shared. Set up one character, then copy the profile to your alts.
EllesmereUI: once a layout looks right, export it and post the string in the guild Discord so members can import it instead of building their own.
Per class: keep one profile per class (healer frames differ from DPS frames).
Back up your WTF folder once your UI is finished; it holds every addon's settings.

Gold makers Optional

Naowh Auction Prices: shows recorded auction prices on tooltips once you scan.
GoldAdvisor: our own scan-and-export addon. Download it from the GoldAdvisor tab on the guild site; it isn't on CurseForge.
Want a full auction house addon? Auctionator has a Forever build.

Troubleshooting Fixes

Problem	Fix
Two of the same window or alert	An overlap is on in both addons. Check section 4.
Druid bar doesn't change with forms	Turn on form paging in EUI Action Bars.
Addon missing at the character screen	Wrong game version file. Reinstall the Forever (1.60.1) file.
Settings reset after restart	A Forever beta bug wrote settings but didn't load them. Update every addon; back up WTF.
Lua error popups	Update all addons. If it repeats, disable addons one at a time to find the cause and report it on the addon's CurseForge page.
Want to start over in Naowh	`/nf setup`
Naowh action bar import went wrong	`/nf bars undo`

Check at launch Unconfirmed

EllesmereUI's slash command and the exact names of its Forever Essentials toggles
Whether EUI's Cooldown Manager replaces or skins Blizzard's built-in one
Naowh's exact module names for Train All, Auto Uprank and Reveal Unexplored
RestedXP's settings command and Forever routes past 35
Whether Blizzard limits layer swaps in Forever
GatherWise's Wowhead Forever coverage of the Riverglades and Hyjal

Sources: Naowh Forever README, Naowh Forever patch notes, EllesmereUI, Layer-Swap, GatherWise Forever.