Craftman's Helper (Optimize Craftman's Writs)

By
Emsw0rth

A World of Warcraft: Forever addon for Craftsman's Writs: the daily crafting orders that give reputation with Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance) / Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde)

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Description

Craftman's Helper

Craftsman's Writs are one of the best ways to earn reputation with the Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance) and Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde) in WoW: Forever. They're also a hassle. Each writ can only be done once a day, the turn-in NPCs are scattered across Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, and it's easy to lose track of what you're carrying, what you still need to craft, and where it all goes.

Craftman's Helper tracks your writs, tells you what to craft or buy, and plans the trip.

Features

Plan your delivery route

One click plans a route for every writ you can hand in right now, including writs in your bags that you already have the item for.
Writs for the same NPC become one stop, and each continent is planned separately, starting with the one you're on, in the shortest order from where you're standing.
Each waypoint names the NPC and the writs to deliver there, for example "Kixxle: Draught of Water Breathing, Goblin Rocket Fuel".
The waypoint arrow moves to the next stop each time you deliver. Click any stop to go there instead.
Turn-in NPCs that won't deal with your faction are left out automatically.

Track your writs

My Writs: every writ in your quest log, grouped by continent and zone, showing which are ready to deliver and how many of each item you're missing.
All Writs: all 150 writs (Journeyman, Expert and Artisan) across Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Leatherworking and Tailoring, filterable by profession and level, showing which you've done today.
Daily reset countdown, and optionally the writs sitting unstarted in your bags.

Know what it costs (with Auctionator)

Price in the tooltip: hover a writ to see the estimated Auction House price of the items it needs, and how much reputation per gold it gives.
Writ price option: if you buy your writs, a setting adds the writ's own price to the estimate.
Buy Writs tab: every writ for sale on the Auction House with the total cost to complete it (writ plus items).
- Sort cheapest first or by rep per gold.
- Filter by level, and hide writs you've already done today.
Prices come from your latest Auctionator scan and are marked when they're more than 3 days old.

Know what to craft

Shopping list: the crafted items you're still missing for the writs you hold, with how many you need. Shift-click to link one into the Auction House search.
Item tooltips:
- Hover a writ to see whether it's done today, what it needs and where it goes.
- Hover a crafted item to see which writs want it.

Waypoints

Click any writ, or a whole zone, to set waypoints to the turn-ins.
Uses TomTom if you have it installed, otherwise the game's own map pin.

Turn-in locations

Exact coordinates for every Journeyman turn-in and most Expert ones.
When you accept a writ, the addon remembers the spot it marks on your map, so even undocumented turn-ins get onto your route.
If you have Questie installed, turn-ins it knows about are used too.
Help fill in the gaps: /writs export lists turn-in spots you've recorded that the addon doesn't know yet. Paste them into an issue on GitHub and they'll be added for everyone in the next release.

Usage

Click the minimap button (right-click to plan a route), or use:

/writs: open or close the window
/writs route: plan a route and start the waypoints
/writs clear: clear the route and the addon's waypoints
/writs shopping: open the shopping list
/writs buy: writs that are cheapest to buy on the Auction House
/writs all: browse all writs
/writs settings: open the settings
/writs status: print a summary in chat
/writs export: share the turn-in locations you've recorded

Optional addons

TomTom: waypoint arrow with writ names, and a pin on every route stop at once.
Auctionator: Auction House prices, rep per gold, and the Buy Writs tab.
Questie: an extra source of turn-in locations.

Coming soon

Routes that use flight paths, boats and zeppelins, and your hearthstone.
Tracking writs across your alts and bank.