Helpful addons for questing in WoW
When it comes to World of Warcraft, leveling can be a tough challenge. That’s why it’s important to get your hands on the best WoW quest addons, so that you can quickly go from quest to quest, gaining XP and rewards as quickly as possible, each time you want to level up another character. Here are some of the best WoW questing addons I’ve found. Some are free, others have a cost, but all of them have something to offer.
Zygor Guides and Joana’s Classic Leveling Guides are typically called leveling guides and show you how to go from level 1 (or any level) to max level. Since they are based on questing, they will show you how to complete a large number of quests while gaining levels fast.
Zygor’s leveling and questing addon
Zygor Guides is the first addon for completing quests we’ll be covering. It is, in a nutshell, a step-by-step leveling guide that you can view inside WoW, that shows you how to level up fast, mainly by doing quests.
Getting from 1 to 60, 70 or 80 on any character (of any class and race), whether you’re playing new World of Warcraft or WoW Classic, is greatly simplified with Zygor Guides.
The moment you begin with Zygor Guides, you can see just how detailed the instructions are for each quest, so there’s very rarely any question on what you have to do next. This addon gives you a streamlined route to leveling from the startup zone, be it Death Knights, or any race, you’ll be out of the starter zone on any character in no time, and go on to 60, 70 or 80. Probably one of the best things about Zygor, is that it’s more than a leveling guide. It actually will show you how you can spend your talent points on any character, in order to customize your character in a way that will allow it to level even faster. This can cut a significant amount of time off of leveling.
Honorable mention: Joana’s Classic Leveling Guides
If you’re playing WoW Classic, quests are an essential part of leveling up. Without quests, it will take a very long time and it’ll be very frustrating because you’ll have to grind (kill mobs repeatedly) for extended amounts of time. Fortunately, a legendary WoW gamer has put together detailed step-by-step leveling guides that are updated for WoW Classic 1-60 and work for both Horde and Alliance, for any class and race.
It is with great sadness that I must inform you that the creator of Joana’s Guides, FuriousPaul – real name Paul Lucas – passed away on April 29, 2024. Therefore, the future of Joana’s Guides are uncertain. They are being maintained right now in their current state, as far as I know, so you can use them for WoW Classic (1-60), including Hardcore mode. However, I don’t know what level of support (if any) you’ll be able to get.
Joana’s Classic Leveling Guides are almost entirely based on quests, and will show you the best streamlined route to pick up quests, where to do them, in what order, which quests items you may need and where to get them, and when to turn the quests back in and get new ones.
Joana’s guides are amazingly detailed and easy to follow, and really are step-by-step all the way. You’ll be doing tons of quests with this guide, even many “hidden” ones you never knew about. You can either view Joana’s leveling guides in your browser online, or with the included in-game addon, so you see all the instructions right inside WoW Classic. This addon also includes a navigation system that points you in the right direction to go all the time, to complete the next step in the guide. Many players have found this extremely helpful for leveling and completing quests in WoW Classic 1-60.
Questie addon (WoW Classic & Mists of Pandaria Classic)
One of the most popular and highly acclaimed free quest addons in recent times is called Questie. It can help with numerous tasks related to completing quests and leveling, like showing available quests in a zone on the world map and mini map, including the level of the quest, the objectives and amount of XP it grants. Furthermore, it also shows you where to complete quests that you have accepted by pointing out locations of mobs, NPCs, objectives and turn-in points. You can also search Questie’s database of NPCs, quests, mobs and more, to find more quests to complete or get help with completing the quests in your log.
Questie is also highly customizable so you can make it fit your needs. You can also combine Questie with another addon, TomTom, to give you an arrow inside WoW that shows you where to go to accomplish objectives and such.
One great feature with Questie is that you can see ALL quests in a zone if you want to. This is great if you’re a completionist who wants to complete them all.
Questie works for WoW Classic, Mists of Pandaria Classic and various other versions of WoW Classic, not new/Retail World of Warcraft, however.
You can download Questie from Curseforge.
TomTom addon
TomTom is a navigational addon that helps you find and go to locations in WoW that you can specify.
If you know the coordinates to a location – for example from Wowhead, comments in forums, or videos, or from articles on the Internet – you can enter the coordinates with a command, and the location will show up on the world map and mini map as a waypoint.
TomTom also has a waypoint arrow that can show you how to get to the waypoint you’ve selected. You can also set waypoints by clicking on the world map, and then use TomTom’s arrow to guide you there.
TomTom can even set a waypoint automatically for your closest quest objective, at least in new/retail World of Warcraft. This can make questing a whole lot easier.
You can download TomTom from Curseforge.
Wholly addon
The Wholly addon helps you see all the quests available in a zone on your world map. You can filter them in many ways, so that you only see the ones that you can actually accept and complete.
For example, Wholly can hide the quests you’ve already done, the quests that have pre-requisites that you haven’t completed, or require certain professions etc. That way, you’re left with a list of quests that your character can actually do.
Wholly integrates with other questing addons, like TomTom, and helps you complete quests in a more streamlined manner.
You can download Wholly from Curseforge.
Guidelime addon + separate leveling guides
Guidelime is an addon for displaying leveling guides inside WoW Classic and Mists of Pandaria Classic.
Guidelime provides a window inside WoW that is used to display instructions from leveling guides. Guidelime also includes a navigation arrow, so whenever a location is mentioned in a leveling guide that is loaded, the arrow will show you the direction to that location. Locations are also displayed on your maps as small icons.
Once you’ve downloaded and installed Guidelime, you also need to load leveling guides that you can view using Guidelime, because Guidelime itself is just used to display guides that you import into it.
One popular leveling guide is the Alliance and Horde leveling guide by TUG (TheUnprofessionalGamerTV). Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem complete, but seems to cover a lot of WoW Classic, TBC, and Cataclysm. By combining his leveling guide with the Guidelime addon, you’ve got a step-by-step guide inside WoW for leveling, which includes questing, and works for various parts of WoW Classic.
You can download Guidelime from Curseforge.
You can download TUG’s Alliance and Horde leveling guides from Curseforge.