Warchest
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Getting started

Install Warchest, log in, and learn the Home tab. About five minutes, then everything runs on its own.

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Chapter one

Install and first login

  1. Copy the folder

    Unzip and put the Warchest folder in the Forever client's AddOns folder. Use the folder the Battle.net launcher created, usually called _forever_beta_ (some report _classic_beta_). Nothing else to download: LibStub and LibDeflate are bundled.

    World of Warcraft\_forever_beta_\Interface\AddOns\Warchest

  2. Log in

    The window opens on its Home tab. Its Getting started card ticks itself off as you play. Afterwards open Warchest with the bag icon on the minimap, or type /wc.

  3. Visit three places once per character

    Open your bank, a mailbox and each profession window once. Warchest can only read what the game shows it, so this is how your bank, mail and recipes get shared and become searchable.

  4. Guild leader: choose ranks (optional)

    Home > Choose ranks picks which ranks may use the add-on and which get officer tools. Until then everyone can use it and only the Guild Master has officer tools. See Officers.

  5. Bind your keys

    Options > Keybindings > AddOns > Warchest: toggle the window, Call for help, Kill-on-sight target and Rally / I'm coming. Worth doing before your first trip into a contested zone.

Members configure nothing

Alts link to their main on their own, your role follows your specialization, and sharing starts by itself. If you never open Settings, Warchest still works.

Minimap button

  • Left-click opens the window.
  • Right-click opens Settings.
  • Shift-click syncs with the guild now.
  • Drag it to move it around the minimap.
  • A number on it means requests are waiting for you.

It's also in the add-on compartment (puzzle piece) menu, and Titan Panel, ElvUI and Bazooka get a launcher.

UpdatingReplace the folder and type /reload. You only need to restart the game when the update adds new files, which the changelog will say.
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Chapter two

The Home tab

Home answers "what should I do?" without reading anything else. Click a numbered marker, or a line in the list, to see what each part does.

Home tab with six cards

    Tabs

    Home, Materials, Gear, Recipes, Crafting, Wishlist, My Items, Requests, Needs, Raid, PvP, History and Guild. Type in the search box to filter any of them. The window remembers your tab, search and selection.

    The ? button

    Every tab has a ? that explains that tab in plain words. When something looks unfamiliar, start there.

    Fits your screen

    Drag the corner to resize, or press Compact. The window closes when combat starts and comes back after; that's a setting if you'd rather keep it.