10 Tips and Tricks in WoW Forever

1. Collect rested experience before leveling

Rested experience is easy to overlook, but it can improve the value of your next leveling session. You can collect it by staying near a campfire or logging out in a suitable rest area.

Use camp bonuses

When you find or build a campfire, stay nearby without moving. After a short wait, the game can award a small rested-experience bonus. The camp bonus can be obtained once per hour.

• Keep your character still while waiting.
• You can cook or work on professions near the camp.
• Look for the rested-experience message before leaving.

Log out in a rest area

Taverns, cities, and other locations marked with a sleep indicator beside your character portrait provide a more traditional rested-experience bonus. Log out in one of these places when you finish a session instead of leaving your character in the wilderness.

This habit is especially useful when you play in shorter sessions. You can return later with rested experience ready for your next leveling run.

2. Customize your action panels

The default action-bar layout may place important abilities in awkward positions or show panels you rarely use. A cleaner layout makes frequently used skills easier to reach and reduces visual clutter.

1. Open the game settings.
2. Go to the action-panel options and enable the panels you need.
3. Open Edit Mode.
4. Drag each panel to a comfortable position.
5. Choose a horizontal or vertical layout.
6. Adjust the rows, icons, and icon size.
7. Save the layout when it feels comfortable.

The grid option helps keep buttons aligned. You can also hide unused graphics panels and remove action-bar elements that take up space without helping your rotation.

3. Turn on useful interface settings

Several interface options can make looting, combat awareness, and resource management easier. Review the controls and advanced settings menus, then keep only the displays that provide useful information.

Configure loot controls

• Auto-loot: Collects available items when you interact with a corpse.
• Loot key: Lets you loot selectively when you do not want to take everything.
• Bag options: Review the available settings to make inventory handling easier.

Auto-loot is convenient for regular farming, while a loot key gives you more control when bag space or item selection matters.

Display personal resources

Enable the personal-resource display if you want a separate frame for resources such as energy. In Edit Mode, you can move and resize the frame so it stays close to the center of your screen.

A visible resource bar helps you check your class resource without repeatedly looking toward your character portrait.

Show combat information

Advanced settings may include an ability cooldown manager, spell and beneficial-effect displays, an attack timer, and a damage counter. Availability or behavior can vary, so test each option before deciding whether it helps.

Move useful elements in Edit Mode and hide displays you do not need, including weapon or action-bar panels that add clutter.

4. Compare racial traits before choosing a race

If you already know which class you want to play, compare the available races during character creation. The racial characteristics shown on the right side of the screen can help you understand how each option fits the class.

Racial abilities may affect how a race performs in a particular role. For example, an orc warrior may appeal to players who value Blood Rage, which increases attack power and spell power by 10% for 15 seconds. This is only one factor. Appearance, role-playing preferences, and personal playstyle also matter.

Review the traits before confirming your character so the choice matches the way you expect to play.

5. Spend training money carefully

Class training costs can add up while leveling. When your funds are limited, buy the abilities that improve your main role and combat rotation first.

• Learn core offensive or defensive abilities before minor utility skills.
• Prioritize abilities that you use regularly.
• Delay less important training when gold, silver, or copper is tight.
• Do not rush optional skills if they are not part of your current plan.

This approach leaves more money for essential upgrades and daily supplies. You can return for lower-priority training when your finances are more comfortable.

6. Use health bars and ally names

Press V to display enemy health bars above their heads. This makes nearby targets easier to identify and helps you follow combat without constantly searching for names.

If an enemy health bar appears gray, another player may already have marked or engaged that target. This can help you avoid wasting time attacking an enemy that is already being handled.

Press Shift + V to show the names of nearby allies. Use the same shortcut again when you no longer need those names on screen.

7. Target characters and mobs with slash commands

Slash commands are useful when a character or creature is difficult to find in a crowded area. Type /target followed by the target’s name in the chat window. The shorter /tar command works for the same purpose.

You may not need to enter the complete name. A recognizable part of the name can be enough for the game to select the appropriate character or mob.

• /target Name
• /tar Name

These commands can help you find enemy players, friendly players, or creatures when clicking through nearby targets is slow.

8. Build macros for repeated actions

Macros let you save commands and abilities behind one button. Type /macro, create an icon, give the macro a name, and enter the commands you want it to perform. Then place the finished macro on an action panel.

A targeting macro can save you from repeatedly typing a character or creature’s name. Other macros can combine related actions where supported, which makes them useful for class abilities, utility actions, and situational skills.

Place important macros somewhere easy to reach. Test each one before using it in serious combat, especially when it contains more than one command.

9. Keep food and drinks up to date

Food and drinks become less useful as your character levels. Check for newer supplies roughly every ten levels, or sooner if your current recovery items feel outdated.

When speaking with an innkeeper or food vendor, hover over an item to check its level information. Red text indicates that the item cannot currently be used.

• Carry enough food for recovery between fights.
• Keep drinks available if your class uses mana.
• Replace old supplies when suitable new items become available.
• Check requirements before spending your money.

Level-appropriate supplies reduce downtime and help you return to combat sooner after difficult fights.

10. Combine rogue stealth actions with a macro

Rogues can use a macro to combine a stealth opener with pickpocketing. A macro containing an opener such as /backstab followed by /pickpocket can attempt the attack and then pickpocket the target when the conditions allow it.

Backstab is not the only possible opener. The same idea can be adapted to another ability that breaks stealth. Place the macro on your action bar and test it carefully so you understand how it behaves.

This is a practical example of how macros can reduce repeated inputs while keeping related actions on one convenient button.

Key takeaways

• Stay near a campfire for its rested-experience bonus.
• Log out in a tavern, city, or other rest area when possible.
• Use Edit Mode to create a clear action-panel layout.
• Enable interface displays that improve looting, targeting, and resource awareness.
• Compare racial traits before confirming your character.
• Spend training money on essential abilities first.
• Use V, Shift + V, and /target to improve awareness and targeting.
• Keep macros, food, and drinks ready for the situations where they save the most time.