World of Warcraft: Forever and addons go together like Alterac Swiss and the finest bottle of Dalaran Noir. There are a ton of them out there, from major overhauls that completely shake up your UI, to roleplay-bolstering mods that track your journey across Azeroth. Quest helpers, bag managers, and even fishing enhancers, you can switch up almost any aspect of the game.
With thousands of addons out there, many of which having been ported over from Retail and Classic, it’s hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. It’s doubly-difficult to gauge what’s worth using now that Blizzard’s brought its own in-built tools to the fore in the reimagined MMO. Having spent north of 100 hours in Forever’s beta, and a good amount of time hunting for promising new additions to our collection, we’re here to bring you the best WoW: Forever addons to install at launch and beyond.
CurseForge is our go-to WoW addon manager, so the included links will send you that way. That said, you can also download each file as a standalone from there if you prefer to do things manually.
Ellesmere UI
- Creator: Ellesmere
- Essential Addon
WoW Forever’s UI is as classic as it gets, and the thought of changing that may be sacreligious for some. While Ellesmere UI, ElvUI’s spiritual successor, is known for its ultra-sleek, modern layout, the Forever version allows you to maintain a more Vanilla look. Or, if you’re after a middle ground, it even boasts a Retail setting.
This is, however, scratching the literal surface of what Ellesmere UI brings to the table. It is absurdly customizable. You can tweak pretty much every interface element to your liking, which is always handy when you’re parsing info or reaching for that unbound skill. Considering how much functionality it packs, Ellesmere UI is also surprisingly lightweight, so props to the devs for the optimization work.

BlizzMove
- Creator: kiatra_
If you’re not interested in Ellesmere UI’s fanciness, but still desire a little extra manoevurability, BlizzMove has you covered. This handy little addon makes the default frames moveable, so you can drag Forever’s myriad windows around as you please.
Cinematic
- Creator: SapoWoWdev
Azeroth is as visually stunning now as it was 20 years ago, and the UI can often impede your ability to enjoy it. Cinematic gives Forever that Lord of the Rings feel by fading out the UI and bringing in black bars while you’re out of combat. You can even keep desired elements hidden while you’re blasting down Murlocs, so there’s plenty of modularity to be enjoyed.
What’s more, Cinematic’s camera behaves differently in certain situations. It’ll spin around you while hearthing, and sit above your shoulder for a dialogue shot when talking to a quest-giver. There are also a range of filters that’ll automatically be applied based on things like weather and time of day.
Immersion
- Creator: MunkDev
The Vanilla dialogue boxes aren’t the prettiest, oftentimes presenting you with a hefty scroll of information that is swiftly disregarded. Immersion fixes that, offering up quest and gossip frames that are infinitely more engaging.

Node Sight
- Creator: Krelock
Gathering is hardly the most interesting element of WoW Forever, and the default UI does little to help with this. Node Sight not only provides actual images of which herb or ore belongs to each minimap node, but it’ll also make it known if it’s too-high-a-level for you to snag. For a little extra panache, you can toggle on sparkles for interactable objects in the world, making it easier to spot elements of interest.

SlangSight
- Creator: pac01722
If you’re new to WoW, or have gotten out of touch with the local lingo, SlangSight is here to help you out. Simply mouse over those pesky abbreviations and this addon will immediately tell you what it means. Additionally, you can shift-click a location in chat and it will instantly open the map to where it is. Now you’re down with the (middle-aged) kids.






















