A complete companion for the Explorer achievement on Warmane — tracks every explorable sub-zone, shows exactly what you're still missing, and routes you through each zone's remaining points of interest in the smartest order.
- Full Explorer checklist: Reads the World Explorer achievement directly from the game, grouped by continent, with clear Done / Missing status and unexplored zones sorted to the top.
- Current-zone highlight: The zone you're standing in is highlighted in the checklist so you always know where you are.
- Smart in-zone routing: For each zone, calculates an optimized visiting order (nearest-neighbor + 2-opt) through the remaining points of interest, so you clear a zone in the fewest steps.
- Choose your exit: Click any point of interest on the built-in Zone Map to set it as your final stop — the route reorders so you finish nearest to where you want to head next.
- Live tracker & auto-waypoints: A movable tracker shows your next point of interest and sets a TomTom arrow automatically. When you reach it, the waypoint advances to the next one on its own.
- Discovery notifications: Get a chat + on-screen alert when you discover a new area, and a big "zone fully explored!" announcement when you finish a zone.
- Built-in Zone Map: A clickable map of the current zone showing every point of interest and its explored status — no need to leave the addon.
- 868 points of interest across 60 zones: Every explorable area on the continents, hand-verified against the in-game achievement data.
- Lightweight: Low memory footprint, optimized for the 3.3.5a client, with no background stutter during combat.
- Download the latest version of the addon.
- Extract the folder into your World of Warcraft directory:
World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/ - Ensure the folder name is exactly NikoExplorer.
- Restart the game or type
/reloadin-game.
The checklist and Zone Map work on their own. To enable the waypoint arrow and automatic in-zone navigation, install TomTom:
- Recommended version: TomTom r240-release (bundles Astrolabe-0.4), the build this addon was developed and tested against. Download: TomTom r240-release on CurseForge
- Other WotLK (3.3.5a) TomTom builds may work, but the waypoint/auto-navigation features rely on this version's API and Astrolabe-0.4. If waypoints misbehave, switch to r240-release.
- If TomTom is not installed, waypoint features are simply skipped — nothing breaks.
/nikoexplorer- Toggle the main Explorer checklist window.- Minimap: Left-Click the icon to toggle the window, Right-Click to move it. The icon can be turned off in the addon window.
- UI: Click a zone's Waypoint button to route to its nearest unexplored point of interest, or open the Zone Map to click a specific one as your final destination.
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- Game Version: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (3.3.5a)
- Tested On: Warmane (Onyxia Realm)
- Author: Nikowsky (Kokotiar / Jebly)
Version: 1.0.1