Description

NEW! 3.3 Release!
(For Midnight & The War Within)

GatherBar is a specialized inventory tracking bar designed to help players efficiently manage their gathering profession materials. The addon creates a customizable bar that displays reagents, knowledge items, acquisitions, and more from various professions in a convenient and organized manner. Want to only track when you pick up a Knowledge item and use it instantly? That's totally possible!
Example with "Squished" items and compressed total counts.
Herbalists - Miners - Skinners
Plus Cloth for Tailors
Simply use /gbar , /gatherbar , or the minimap button to open the menu.
Example of "Squished" items with individual counts
Core Features
New! Fishing Tracking & Fast Fishing!
GatherBar now fully supports the Fishing profession with intelligent item tracking and a built-in fast fishing mode.
Catch Tracking by Rarity
- All Midnight expansion fish are automatically tracked and sorted by rarity — Common, Uncommon, and Rare.
- The bar displays a clean squished view that groups your catches by rarity tier with color-coded counts (white, green, and blue).
- Hovering reveals a detailed tooltip breakdown of every individual fish and how many you've caught.
Knowledge & Acquisitions
- Fishing Knowledge items and Fishing Acquisitions are tracked so you know when you've picked them up.
- Like with all Knowledge items, you can activate them right from the bar!
Fast Fishing Mode
- Toggle Fast Fishing on or off with a simple right-click on the Fishing button.
- Left-click the Fishing button to cast normally.
- When active, a pulsing gold border highlights the button so you always know it's on.
- Double-right-click anywhere in the world to cast your line, then just keep clicking
- Automatically detects when you reel in a catch and instant-loots the fish.
Item Categorization
- Automatically groups items into categories: Reagents, Knowledge Items, Acquisitions, and Seeds
- Items can be filtered by profession (Mining, Herbalism, Skinning, Tailoring, etc.)
- Special handling for paired items (e.g., Null Stone and Imperfect Null Stone)
Ranked Item Management
- Intelligently handles different ranks of the same item (Rank 1, 2, +3 for Legacy)
- Displays items with appropriate color coding based on rank
- "Squish" option to consolidate different ranks of the same item into a single button
- "Squished" items pop-out for individual rank inspection via enhanced tooltips.
- Optional "Total Count" display to show the combined count of all ranks
- Track Skinning Lures and use them from the bar
Legacy Content Toggle
- Toggle between Midnight only or Everything (Midnight + The War Within)
- When disabled, only Midnight items, reagents, knowledge items, and spells are shown
- Profession Journals are always visible regardless of this setting
Customizable Bar Layout
- Adjustable and Lockable bar position
- Selectable sorting alignment
- Automatic growth direction
- Automatic organization
Visual Customization
- Two font style options: "Classic" and "Contrast" for different numerical color schemes
- Horizontal or vertical bar
- Option to hide GatherBar in combat
- Option to show Profession Journals
- Option to show Overpower abilities
- "Sharpen Your Knife" as an overpower ability
User Interface
- In-Menu options panel for easy customization
- Clickable Bar - Use Knowledge items instantly! Combine right from the bar!
Use Cases
GatherBar is particularly useful for:
✅ Inventory Management - Track gathering materials without opening bags
✅ Material Farming - Monitor quantities of specific materials while gathering
✅ Fishing Enhancement - Enjoy tracking and fishing activities with less stress
The addon addresses a common pain point for players with gathering professions by providing a streamlined interface for accessing and monitoring profession materials without needing to search through bags, making gathering more efficient.
Recent Enhancements in 3.0
✔ Full Midnight expansion support — all new reagents, knowledge items, seeds, lures, acquisitions, and spells
✔ Added "Show Legacy Content" toggle — switch between Midnight only or Everything
✔ Midnight content separated into dedicated files for cleaner updates
✔ Profession Journals always remain visible regardless of legacy toggle
Previous Updates in 2.0
✔ Added option for multi-bar support based on pre-designed categories
✔ Added a "peek" button option
✔ Enhanced the unlocked (move) function to be compatible with peek button
✔ 2.2 Added Option to resize Buttons, change padding, and resize text



