How to Install Addons in WoW Forever

What are Addons?

Addons are community made modifications that change and improve how World of Warcraft Forever looks and plays. Officially supported by Blizzard and run through the game's Interface folder. Think of addons as quality of life tools. The default WoW UI is very basic, and addons let you customize almost everything.

What addons do in WoW Forever:

• Questing & Leveling: Addons like Questie show you quest giver locations, objective areas on your map and minimap, and tooltips for quest mobs and items. It makes it much easier to know where to go without reading every quest log entry.
• UI & Inventory: Addons like Bagnon combine all your bags into one searchable bag, Bartender4 lets you move and resize your action bars, and Titan Panel adds useful info to your top bar.
• Combat & Dungeons: Addons like Deadly Boss Mods (DBM) warn you about boss mechanics, Recount/Details! shows your damage, and Omen tracks threat so you don't pull aggro in dungeons.
• Quality of Life: Addons like Leatrix Plus add quest automation, auto selling junk and repairing gear. Auctioneer helps with gold making and Postal makes mail easier.
• Immersion: If you want to actually enjoy the story while leveling, Dialogue UI replaces the default quest box with a cinematic window with large character portraits and animated text so quests are easier to read. Pair it with Spoken Quests, which adds character driven AI voice acting to quest dialogue so you can listen to quest givers instead of just reading.

In short, without addons you are playing with a minimal interface. With the right addons, you control how your game looks, how you get information, and how efficiently you can level and play the game.

In this guide I will show you step by step on how to get started with installing addons and where to find them for WoW Forever.

Installing WoW Forever Addons

Before you install anything, you need to know where addons actually go in WoW Forever. Getting this wrong is the number one reason addons don't show up.

Where is the WoW Forever Addon Folder?

For WoW Forever launch, the path will most likely be:

World of Warcraft/_forever_/Interface/AddOns

On full launch this may change, but the easiest way to always find it is:

Battle.net > Click the Gear Icon next to Play > Show in Explorer > Open forever > Interface > AddOns

If you install addons into retail or classic instead of forever , they will not appear in game. After installing, type /reload in game or restart WoW to load it.

What is CurseForge?

CurseForge is not an addon. It is an addon manager - a separate app that runs on your computer, not inside WoW. It finds, downloads, and updates your addons for you.

Method 1: CurseForge App (Easiest for Beginners)

CurseForge handles all the file moving for you. You only need to set it up once.

1. Go to curseforge.com and click Download. I recommend installing the standalone. Once installed log in or create a free account
2. Open CurseForge, click World of Warcraft on the left. If Forever is not showing, click Scan for games or Add game manually and point it to World of Warcraft/forever folder.
3. Make sure the dropdown at the top says WoW Forever or forever - do NOT select retail or classic era
4. Click Browse Addons, search for an addon like Questie, Bagnon, or Leatrix Plus. Most major addons are already updated for Forever launch. If unsure, check the Versions tab on the addon page and look for a recent file updated for Forever
5. Click Install. CurseForge will automatically put it into World of Warcraft/forever/Interface/AddOns for you
6. In-game, type /reload or restart WoW. Press Esc > AddOns or check at character select and make sure your desired addon is checked
7. Once logged into CurseForge, click the Sync button at the top. Turn on Addon Sync to auto backup your addon settings - this lets you access the same addon setup from more than one computer

Method 2: Manual Install (Most Reliable)

This method doesn't need any app. We'll use Leatrix Plus as an example.

1. Download Leatrix Plus.zip file from curseforge.com
2. Extract the zip. You should get a folder called Leatrix_Plus
3. Open that Leatrix_Plus folder - inside you should see Leatrix_Plus.toc and .lua files. If you see another Leatrix_Plus folder inside that one, use that inner one - that's the real addon folder
4. Copy that folder directly into World of Warcraft/forever/Interface/AddOns
5. It should end up as World of Warcraft/forever/Interface/AddOns/Leatrix_Plus/Leatrix_Plus.toc
6. In-game, type /reload or restart WoW. Press Esc > AddOns and make sure Leatrix Plus is checked. You can also check this at character select

Common Fixes If Addons Don't Show Up

If you did everything right and addons still don't show, it's usually one of these.

• Wrong Folder: You installed to retail or classic instead of forever. Use Battle.net > Gear Icon > Show in Explorer > Open forever > Interface > AddOns to find the right folder
• Double Folder: You have AddOns/Leatrix_Plus/Leatrix_Plus/Leatrix_Plus.toc instead of AddOns/Leatrix_Plus/Leatrix_Plus.toc. Move the inner folder out
• Needs Reload: You didn't reload. Type /reload in-game or restart WoW completely
• Out of Date: Check Load out of date AddOns at the top of your Esc > AddOns menu. Most Forever ports need this checked for launch

That's pretty much it. Once you do it once, installing addons takes like 10 seconds.

I showed it with Leatrix Plus here, but it's the exact same steps for whatever addon you want to install.

Hopefully this guide has been helpful and will help set you up for success on your WoW Forever journey!