I made Loot Pathway to answer one simple question: what gear should I go for next, and where does it come from?
Loot Pathway is intended for max-level (level 70) characters only. It is not a levelling addon.
Loot Pathway turns your BIS lists into a clear route through Pre-Raid, Phase 1 and Phase 2. Open it, click an equipment slot and see what the guide ranks as Best, plus strong alternatives and useful fallback options for your class, talent tree and selected role. Every choice shows where to get it, whether that means a quest, a dungeon, a raid or a profession.
The familiar character-screen layout lets you compare your equipped gear with each phase, preview items on your character and tick off anything you already own. Checked items stay visible at the bottom of the list, so you can always undo a mistake.
Loot Pathway does not guess upgrades from item level or promise that every listed item will improve your particular character. It gives you an easy-to-follow route through the BIS and alternative items in the relevant guide, so you can quickly decide what to work towards next.
- Pre-Raid, Phase 1 and Phase 2 BIS-list routes
- Wowhead-ranked Best, Strong and Option choices, with the best item shown first
- Clear sources for quests, Dungeon / Heroic runs, raids and crafted items
- Exact
(N),(H)and(N) (H)dungeon-mode labels - Character-sheet layout with item and phase previews
- Recommended gems and enchants in phase previews
- Per-character owned-item checklists
- Automatic talent-tree detection and manual role selection where needed
- Feral Combat guides for both Cat and Bear
- Source filters, collapsible phases and minimap controls
- Standalone operation; no other BIS addon is needed
The 25 bundled class, spec and role guides are reviewed against the corresponding current Wowhead TBC BIS guides. Their table order and detailed rank wording are bundled with the addon, so it works without a browser or another BIS addon. Item level is shown for reference, but it does not decide which items appear or how they are ranked. The reviewed runtime dataset contains 7,188 entries and 1,450 unique items.
Copy the LootPathway folder to:
World of Warcraft/_anniversary_/Interface/AddOns/LootPathway/
The folder must directly contain LootPathway_TBC.toc. Restart the game or type /reload, enable Loot Pathway at the character screen, then type /lpw in chat.
/lpwtoggles the window./lpw optionsopens the minimap-button settings./lpw refreshrefreshes equipment and cached item information./lpw selftestvalidates the active profile, embedded guides, source classification and ownership behaviour./lpw resetrestores the window position.
BisData.lua is generated and bundled with the addon. The source manifests under tools/ identify the exact Wowhead guide used for every supported class/spec/role and phase. DungeonDifficultyData.lua contains the reviewed Normal/Heroic mode map used by the standalone addon.
Run tests/Test-All.ps1 before packaging. With Lua 5.1 available, it also exercises spec resolution, guide selection, ownership ordering, source and faction filters, flexible weapon slots, model-preview conflicts, fresh profiles and legacy SavedVariables migration. /lpw selftest provides the final runtime check inside TBC Anniversary.
Report reproducible problems through GitHub Issues. Please include your class, talent tree, selected guide and phase, plus the item or source involved.
Copyright (c) 2026 Northern Stack Studios. All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE.
Commit the addon changes first, then run:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Publish-Release.ps1 -Version 1.0.1Before publishing, replace CHANGELOG.md with the complete player-facing notes for that version and show the entire file to Aaron. Only after he explicitly approves the exact wording should the command be rerun with -ChangelogApproved:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Publish-Release.ps1 -Version 1.0.1 -ChangelogApprovedThe script updates the single version field, builds the matching ZIP, commits the version bump, and pushes the new tag. GitHub Actions uses the approved CHANGELOG.md verbatim for the GitHub release and passes the same file to CurseForge packaging.