Summary
World of Warcraft: Season of Discoveryis a major success. Blizzard’s risky bet of adding new content to WoW: Classic is paying off big-time. All zones were packed with people on launch day and, miraculously, the servers survived! This happened partially due to Season of Discovery having thebiggest realmsever created in the 20-year history of World of Warcraft.
The first phase of SoD lets you play all the way to level 25 with an entirely new system: Rune Engravings. All classes have gotten 12 of these, which can slightly or dramatically change the way your character will play. To get you ready for the journey, or to improve the one you’re already on, we made a list of the best addons to use in World of Wacraft: Season of Discovery.
This list isn’t ranked. All the addons here are useful for different occasions or objectives and a lot of them benefit from each other.
7Leatrix Plus And Leatrix Maps
A Bundle Of Quality-Of-Life Features!
These are technically two addons, but we grouped them into a single entry because they serve the same purpose. Leatrix makes some of the best quality-of-life addons in World of Warcraft, and these remain a must-have for your journey in Season of Discovery.
Both Leatrix addons are an incredible package of qualify-of-life features that will make your journey through Azeroth much more pleasant.
6Questie
World of Warcraft: Classic has no built-in quest-tracker, map icons for objectives or even for quest givers. Questie brings all of this and more into your game, letting you focus on the gameplay instead of having to scour through the quest-text searching for where you’re meant to go or which crocolisks you need to kill a hundred times to get a single medallion.
Questie is a life-changing addon for Season of Discovery and is also very group-friendly. The addon will automatically write your quest progression in the chat, so you don’t need to constantly remind your companions that you still need two more X or Y items. You can check the extensive list of features on the addon’sCurseforge page.
5WeakAuras
Daunting At First, Too Useful To Pass On
InstallingWeakAurasfor the first time is a scary experience. You’ll see a lot of things you don’t understand, and you might be overwhelmed at first. The thing is, there’s no need for that! You technically do not need to learn to create your own weak-auras at all to use the addon, becausewago.ioexists. If you need something, you will almost surely find it there without the need to learn to make it yourself.
If you do have the patience and interest, you may obviously create and customise your own WeakAuras and, once you do, you’ll never stop doing it. This addon is incredibly useful for basically all levels of play and will become an essential tool in your arsenal.
4Auctionator
Auctioning Has Never Been This Easy
Auctionatoris pretty much what it says on the tin: it makes the life of a casual Auction-House user a million times better. It will tell you what your items are worth, it will help you sell them faster.
This addon is your own World of Warcraft accountant, and you’ll never want to go back to the times when you didn’t have it.
3Atlas Loot
Nothing Matters More Than Sweet Loot
If you’ve ever played Retail WoW, you’ll likely be familiar with the Dungeon Journal. It shows you information on every Raid and Dungeon in the game, including fight mechanics and loot-pools for all bosses. Well, the Dungeon Journal wasn’t a thing back in 2004, so it isn’t present in Season of Discovery either.
That’s what makesAtlas Loota must-have. Although it doesn’t have the fight-side of the Journal, it has a very detailed list of all the loot present in every dungeon and raid available, and comes with some sweet bonuses!
2DeadlyBossMods
Your Personal, Ever-Present Bodyguard
DeadlyBossMods (DBM)is one of the most downloaded addons in World of Warcraft, and for good reason. This is an encounter helper, a tool that will tell you when boss mechanics are coming, what to do in fights and when you need to run for your life.
If it is extremely useful even in Retail WoW, imagine how much of a must-have it is in a game with no Dungeon Journal explaining fight mechanics before you get into them. It is highly customisable and there are a ton of guides available to help you tailor it to your preferences.
1RestedXP
An Incredible Addon With A Caveat
RestedXP is technically not a free addon. you’re able to use it for free until level 20, which in Season of Discovery is only five levels shy of the cap.
You’ll have more than enough time to decide if it is worth it for you to acquire the full version of the addon after the hours you spent with it getting to level 20.
RestedXPis fantastic. Although it technically is a speed-running addon, it doesn’t play like one unless you want it to. It is essentially a GPS reminiscent of more modern game quality-of-life tools, with small explanations about what you have to do in certain situations. It will give you a detailed route to follow, step-by-step, from quest to quest and from zone to zone.
It works extremely well and will save you a ton of time, while not making you feel as if you’ve rushed through it all. RestedXP is your extremely experienced tour guide through the seemingly endless areas of Azeroth.
