How to install addons in WoW Forever

Forever is a separate game client with its own folder and its own addon version. Classic Era addons do not load in it unless the author has published a Forever version, so the first thing to check for every addon is whether such a version exists. Our addon catalog lists the status of about sixty popular addons.

Where the AddOns folder is

Forever installs next to the other WoW versions, in its own folder:

World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns

On a default Windows install that is C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns. If you installed the game elsewhere, open the Battle.net app, pick World of Warcraft, choose the Forever version and use the gear menu to show the folder in Explorer. If Interface or AddOns do not exist yet, create them.

Do not copy addons from _classic_era_ or _retail_: the folders look similar, but the files inside are for other clients.

How to recognise a Forever version

The Forever client is version 1.60.1, and addons declare it with the interface number 16001. Inside an addon folder, open the .toc file in a text editor and look for one of these:

• 16001 in the ## Interface: line, often next to numbers for other clients (11509, 16001, 20506...);
• a separate file named with _Camelot or _Forever, for example Questie_Camelot.toc or Questie_Forever.toc. Camelot is the client’s internal name for Forever.

On the addon’s download page, look for a file marked for the game version Forever (1.60.1). If there is none, the author has not released a Forever version yet.

Installing with an addon manager

1. Install Forever in the Battle.net app first, so the addon manager can find it.
2. In the manager, choose World of Warcraft and switch to the Forever version of the game. If it does not find it, add the _forever_ folder by hand in its settings.
3. Search for the addon and install it. Only files marked for Forever are offered for this game version.

A manager also updates addons and installs their dependencies, for example BugGrabber for BugSack.

Not every manager lists Forever yet. If yours does not, install by hand.

Installing by hand

1. Download the Forever file from the addon’s official page.
2. Open the zip. Inside are one or more folders, such as Questie or DBM-Core.
3. Copy those folders into _forever_\Interface\AddOns. Each addon folder must sit directly in AddOns, with its .toc file inside.
4. Restart the game completely. A /reload does not pick up new addon folders.

A common mistake is an extra folder level: AddOns\Questie-v12.6.1\Questie\Questie.toc will not load. Move the inner Questie folder up so the path is AddOns\Questie\Questie.toc.

ElvUI is published by its authors directly and is missing from the big addon catalogs: download it from its official site and install it by hand.

Turning addons on and off

On the character screen, or in the game menu (Esc), click AddOns. Addons without a Forever version show as Out of date and stay off. The Load out of date AddOns box forces them to load anyway. Use it only to test something: an addon written for another client usually throws errors in Forever or does nothing.

You can also switch addons per character from the dropdown at the top of the same window.

Download only from the source

Take addons from the official addon page or the author’s own releases. During the beta several reuploads appeared under names like “Questie Forever” from other people. Some are simply outdated copies, but an addon is code that runs in your client, so a copy from an unknown source is not worth the risk. When the original has a Forever version, take the original.

If something breaks

Turn everything off, turn addons back on one by one and see which one causes the error. The page How to report a broken addon explains how to read Lua errors and what to send the author.

The folder layout and the Forever file marks were checked on November 5, 2026; the addon manager steps still need a check on a clean install.