The spellbook
Features
What the addon and the app do, and where to find each.
Guide window
Addon · Always on
What to do next and where, in one window.
What it does
- Shows the step, its objectives and the plan after it. Steps tick off as you quest.
- Side notes under the step: a gear upgrade, bags nearly full, talent points, hearthstone ready.
- A pace bar under it: are you ahead of or behind the guide’s pace?
Where
- The Palmpilot window’s Guide tab (the map icon on its title bar).
- The minimap button shows or hides it. Drag the bottom-right corner to resize.
- Later, Skip and Report sit at its foot.
Live planner
Addon · Always on
No written route: it plans from where you stand.
What it does
- Plays out the next ten steps and keeps the quickest.
- Picks up quests before you fight their mobs, so kills count for all of them.
- Fits trainers, vendors and flight paths into trips you make anyway.
- Keeps its plan unless another is clearly better.
Where
- In the guide window, nothing to turn on.
/pp whyprints the next steps and their cost.- Plan stability on the settings page, or
/pp stable <percent>.
Pace
Addon · Always on
How long until your next level, at the speed you play.
What it does
- Reads your experience per minute over your last 20 minutes of play.
- Shows it beside the plan’s own time to the level.
Where
- Inside the experience bar (in the guide window if there is none).
/pp pacefor both figures,/pp levelsfor how long each level took.
Changelog: v0.2.1
Reward pick
Addon · Always on
The best quest reward for you, marked before you choose.
What it does
- Marks the best upgrade “Best for you” and selects it. The choice stays yours.
Where
- The game’s quest reward window. The Gear tab lists the picks for quests in your log.
/pp auto reward on(or the settings) takes clear picks for you.
Changelog: v0.4.25
Auto accept and turn-in
Addon · On by default
The guide’s quests are taken and handed in for you.
What it does
- Accepts the guide’s quests and hands in finished ones.
- A key that targets the guide’s next NPC.
Where
- Settings page, Automation.
/pp auto offturns it off. /pp auto key <key>binds the target key.
Changelog: v0.4.25
The arrow and paths
Addon · Always on
The arrow walks the way players walk.
What it does
- Follows the trails players walk, round lakes, cliffs and walls.
- Goes into caves and mines by the entrance, and into buildings by the door.
- Says when someone is upstairs or downstairs.
- Steers round creatures three or more levels above you.
Where
- Under your character, and as a line on the world map and minimap.
/pp arrow size <0.5-2>,/pp path minimap off,/pp caves off.- Detailed world map paths in the app’s settings: mountains, caves and buildings in every zone (about 50 MB more memory).
Codex
Addon · Window
Forever’s encyclopedia, in game.
What it does
- Every quest, creature and item: who gives what, what drops where, how often.
- Marks what players’ recordings confirmed.
- Pin a quest and the guide fits it in; pin an item for its material list.
Where
/pp codex <name>, or the book icon on the guide’s title bar.- Alt-click any Palmpilot pin, quest or item.
/pp codex targetfor your target.
Dungeon and raid guide
Addon · Window
Maps of every dungeon and raid.
What it does
- Bosses and quests pinned on the right floor, with abilities and loot.
- Zooms; inside, an arrow shows where you stand.
Where
/pp dg, the Dungeon guide button on the world map, or the skull on the guide’s title bar./pp dungeons onputs dungeon runs in the route.
Profession guide
Addon · Professions tab
A tab for each profession you have.
What it does
- Herbalism and Mining: a loop of the nodes that still raise your skill.
- Crafts: the way up, a shopping list and rare recipes.
- Skinning: the best camps for each leather.
Where
- The pickaxe on the Palmpilot window, or
/pp gather. /pp gather path ondraws the way to the next nodes.
Gear upgrades
Addon · Gear tab
Armour and weapons worth buying nearby.
What it does
- Lists vendor upgrades with the gain, price, vendor and distance.
- Add puts one on the guide’s list.
- The best reward for each quest in your log.
Where
- The Gear tab (the armour icon). The guide says “see Gear” when there is one.
Talent planner
Addon · Window
A levelling build for your class, on Forever’s trees.
What it does
- Spends each point where it saves the most levelling time.
- Marks the next pick; points waiting show in the guide window.
Where
/pp talentsopens it;/pp talents nextprints the next picks./pp talents 5to10sets the level of your first point.
PvP tracker
Addon · Window
Your PvP rank at a glance.
What it does
- Rank and badge, Rank Points to the next, this week’s cap and the season’s end.
- Honor this week and last, and a chart per week.
Where
/pp pvpor the banner icon on the guide’s title bar./pp pvp historylists every week in chat.
Changelog: v0.4.44
Death: corpse or spirit healer
Addon · Always on
Died? The guide says what is quicker.
What it does
- Weighs the run back against resurrection sickness and repairs.
- While you are sick, it plans errands and leaves the fighting.
Where
- In the guide window when you die; the arrow points there. Hover for the numbers.
Changelog: v0.4.44
Deathskip hints
Addon · Opt-in
Below level 10, dying can be the quick way.
What it does
- Says when dying and releasing gets you there at least 30 seconds sooner.
- Only ever a hint.
Where
- Deathskip hints on the settings page, or
/pp deathskip on.
Changelog: v0.4.44
Report a mistake
Addon · Guide window
A wrong step? Say so in one click.
What it does
- Keeps the step, where you stood and what the guide planned next.
- Goes up with the app’s next upload. Every report is read.
Where
- Report at the bottom-left of the guide window, or
/pp report. /pp reportslists yours.
Changelog: v0.4.9
Play-style settings
Addon · Opt-in
Three switches that change how the guide plans. All off by default.
What they do
- Fewer trips: clears an area in one sweep, then hands in together.
- Fixed route: one order to 60, like a written guide.
- Avoid high-level mobs: also weighs walks past dangerous camps.
Where
- The settings page, Route and planning.
/pp sweep on,/pp fixed on,/pp danger on.
Skyborne routes
Addon · Always on
Both Skyborne races get their own route.
What it does
- Zephras Isle’s quests and trainers first.
- High Order: skycutter to Dalaran, portal to Stormwind.
- Windshapers: on to Mulgore and Orgrimmar.
Where
- Nothing to turn on: play a Skyborne character.
The app
Windows · Runs in the tray
Installs the addon and keeps it up to date.
What it does
- Updates the addon and itself. Your other addons are never touched.
- Tester on (the default): sends your play to improve the routes.
- Tester off: sends nothing.
Where
- Download it on the home page.
- Tester and Detailed world map paths are in its Settings.
- Rather install by hand?