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Addon starter pack for raiders in WoW Forever

Patch 1.60Updated Nov 5, 20262 min read

The Forever raids open on December 9: Barrow Deeps (10 players), Hyjal Summit (20) and Onyxia (40). This pack prepares you for group content. Every addon here has a Forever version as of November 5, 2026; before the first raid, update all of them, since boss modules for the new raids will come in updates.

Start from the new player pack and add the following.

For everyone

Addon Why
DBM or BigWigs Boss timers and warnings. Pick one. With DBM also install DBM Dungeons; with BigWigs, LittleWigs.
ThreatClassic2 Shows how close you are to pulling aggro. In Forever, as in Classic, most wipes start with a damage dealer passing the tank.
Details! Damage and healing meter. The built-in Damage Meter (Options > Gameplay > Advanced Options) also works; you do not need both.
Plater Nameplates with enemy cast bars and threat colors.
Attune Tracks attunement steps, Onyxia included. Forever’s version of the chain may differ from Classic, so check against the quest log.
BugSack Catches errors quietly, so a broken addon does not flood your screen during a boss.

Healers

  • Raid frames: Grid2, VuhDo or HealBot Continued. VuhDo and HealBot cast on click; with Grid2 add Clique for click casting.
  • Decursive for classes that remove curses, poisons, diseases or magic. Its Forever version is a release candidate, so report problems to the author.

Raid leaders and loot

Gargul handles soft reserves, roll tracking and GDKP. Forever limits some addon features in combat and in instances, so test the features that share data between players in a dungeon before the raid.

Auras and cooldowns

If you want your own alerts, use Musca Auras or ForeverAuras (unofficial WeakAuras forks) or TellMeWhen. The built-in Cooldown Manager (/cdm) covers your own cooldowns without any addon. Forever limits what addons can read in combat, so some Classic raid auras cannot be rebuilt; see Broken addons.

What to check before December 9

  1. Update every addon. Boss modules for Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit are new work for the authors and may arrive close to the opening.
  2. Run a dungeon with the whole set to see that nothing throws errors.
  3. Agree in the guild on one boss mod and one loot addon, so everyone sees the same warnings and rolls.

Keep going

Addon catalogWhich popular addons work in Forever, with what to use instead when one does not.ForeverBase addonsOur own addons for Forever: waypoints with an arrow, where an item drops and who sells it, right in its tooltip, and world buff timers shared with your guild.Starter addon packA short list of addons that make leveling easier, all working in Forever.What the game already doesFeatures of the Forever interface that replace common addons.