Latest Addons news from World of Warcraft.
NetEase is cracking down on paid WoW addons in China, opposing premium unlocks, VIP tiers, subscriptions, and paid WeakAura/config sharing, with continued violations potentially leading to legal action.
WoW: Forever will share Midnight’s addon restrictions, including secret values and AuraContainer changes, forcing WeakAuras and other Classic addons to adapt to the new API.
Blizzard may further restrict interrupt trackers in Midnight, while Ion Hazzikostas says auditory callouts and personal UI customization remain acceptable. Better default-UI tools could help groups coordinate without voice chat.
Minimap addon tech will be disabled in a 12.1.0 hotfix, blocking custom compass assets and API calls used for mechanic-solving cues in Venomous Abyss and Delve encounters.
Minimap rotation addons use character facing to draw aiming lines, marker guidance, and soak arrows for Midnight Season 2 Mythic bosses, while an Azta'rec memory-game helper now requires manual input.
Tettles interviews Ion Hazzikostas and Paul Kubit on raid buffs, Borrowed Power, future Legendaries, addon limits, talent resets, raid design, PTR testing, and Patch 12.1 bugs.
Bonus Roll Confirm adds confirmation prompts before rolling or closing Bonus Roll windows, helping Season 2 players avoid wasting rolls on unwanted raid, dungeon, Prey, or Delve loot.
Delve Nemesis Hall of Fame ends at regional weekly reset, giving players one last chance to defeat Azta'rec for the Let Me Solo Him: Azta'rec achievement, title, and Apophic Soul Crusher mount.
RaidPlan.io adds true in-game scale for Venomous Abyss, measurement tools, player slots, spell tooltips, hotkeys, and quality-of-life upgrades for Midnight Season 2 planning.
M33kAuras brings customizable Mythic+ alerts, anchors, and vocal warnings to Midnight Season 2 dungeon packs, offering a limited WeakAuras successor for addon enthusiasts.
Raidstrats.gg adds Northern Sky Raid Tools integration, quizzes, optimization, and Season 2 boss guides with presentation-mode videos for animated raid planning.
Viserio Cooldowns is now a full WowUtils web app for Midnight Season 2, adding a raid planning hub, Warcraft Logs integration, collaborative editing, automated group setup, and Discord, addon, and desktop tools.
HandyNotes adds Coiled Isle locations for rares, treasures, lore objects, profession knowledge treasures, and Skyriding Glyphs, with waypoint support through the Midnight plugin.
Blizzard’s interview with Wowhead, Icy Veins, and Raider.io covers 12.1’s computational addon restrictions, visual clarity, raid and Mythic+ design, and the future of information-asymmetry mechanics.
Azta'rec's hotfix blocks Azta'rec Helper and Snake Says from fully automating the Delve boss's Memory Game by disabling coordinate tracking in Venomfall Deeps.
Patch 12.1 expands addon aura tracking, letting tools create custom visual and audio alerts for allowed buffs and debuffs. Enemy debuffs and ally buffs are trackable, while enemy buffs and ally debuffs remain restricted.
Curseforge has announced the winners of the Addon Trials community contest, highlighting top creations like EllesmereUI, Danders Frames, and Coolinator.
Unhalted Raid Frames development has been halted by its creator following a wave of user abuse and harassment shortly after a major update.
Curseforge has announced the top ten finalists for The Addon Trials community contest, allowing players to vote on and rank the creations to determine the final prize standings.
Ion Hazzikostas discussed Patch 12.1, potential Mythic raid lockout changes, addon restrictions, and the 8-week content schedule in an interview with PsybearTV.
