Gather Helper

Hi, I’m Lówkick-Blackmoore, and this is Gather Helper, my first addon!

After seeing people actually download and use it, I wanted to keep improving it and turn it into something that feels much better to use in real gameplay. This version is a big step forward for the addon: the UI has been expanded, the workflow is cleaner, and Gather Helper now gives you much more than just a simple session tracker.

The biggest improvement is that the addon now has a full tab-based interface. Instead of relying on slash commands for everything, the most important features are now available directly inside the addon window.

What Gather Helper does

Gather Helper is a farming companion built for herb and ore routes.

It tracks your current gathering session, keeps count of what you loot, uses cached Auction House prices for supported materials, and shows you what your run is worth while you are still farming. That means you do not just see how many items you picked up you also get a much better idea of how profitable your route actually is.

With Gather Helper, you can:

track herbs, ores, and other supported materials during a farming session
automatically count looted item quantities
keep your current session through reloads and relogs
cache Auction House prices for supported tracked items
calculate your current session value
estimate your current gold per hour
review saved session history
compare your current run against previous saved runs
export session data as JSON, CSV, or a compact summary report

New UI overview

Gather Helper now uses a three-tab layout:

Session

The Session tab is your main live view while farming.
Here you can start, pause, resume, and stop sessions, refresh prices, clear saved prices, and see your tracked loot, current value, total runtime, and gold per hour.

Analysis

The Analysis tab gives you a better overview of your results.
It highlights value breakdowns, top contributors, category splits, price health, recent performance trends, and comparisons against saved sessions.

Export

The Export tab lets you export your run in different formats.
You can export the current session or your last saved session as JSON, CSV, or a readable summary text output.

How pricing works

Auction House pricing must be cached before value calculations can work.

That means Gather Helper first needs to scan and store current Auction House prices for the supported tracked items. Once that price cache exists, the addon can use it to calculate your session value and estimate your gold per hour.

If the Auction House is closed, the addon will still track your loot normally it just cannot assign up-to-date market values until prices have been refreshed.

Session history and comparisons

Gather Helper now keeps saved session snapshots, which makes it easier to look back at previous runs instead of only focusing on the one you are currently doing.

You can use that data to:

review saved farming sessions
compare your current session against your last saved run
compare against your best saved gold-per-hour run
compare against your average saved session

This makes it much easier to judge whether a route is actually improving over time.

Quality-of-life features

This version also adds several usability improvements:

a cleaner tabbed main window
optional compact mode
a minimize button that collapses the addon into a small strip with the most important live session info
optional auto-show on login
window lock support
optional loot-filtered item view
selectable gold display format
optional session notes

How to use Gather Helper

Using the addon is simple:

Open the Gather Helper window.
Open the Auction House and refresh prices.
Start a session.
Farm herbs and ores as usual.
Watch your value, loot totals, and gold per hour update while you play.
Stop the run when finished and review it in Analysis or export it from the Export tab.

Slash commands

The addon is now designed to work mainly through the UI, but slash commands are still available if you prefer them.

Main command:

/gh

Available commands:

/gh start
Starts a new farming session.

/gh pause
Pauses the current session.

/gh resume
Resumes a paused session.

/gh stop
Stops the current session and stores it as a saved run.

/gh refresh
Refreshes Auction House prices for tracked items that do not already have a fresh cached price. The Auction House must be open.

/gh refreshall
Forces a full Auction House refresh for all supported tracked items. The Auction House must be open.

/gh history
Shows a report of saved farming sessions.

/gh compare
Compares your current session against the last saved one.

/gh compare best
Compares your current session against your best saved gold-per-hour run.

/gh compare average
Compares your current session against your average saved session.

/gh export
Exports the current session as JSON.

/gh export last
Exports the last saved session as JSON.

/gh export csv
Exports the current session as CSV.

/gh export summary
Exports the current session as a summary report.

/gh settings
Shows a settings overview.

/gh note <text>
Adds a note to the current session.

/gh clearnote
Removes the current session note.

/gh lock
Locks the window.

/gh unlock
Unlocks the window.

/gh autoshow on|off
Enables or disables auto-show on login.

/gh compact on|off
Enables or disables compact mode.

/gh showlooted on|off
Toggles whether the list should only show looted items by default.

/gh goldformat gold|full
Changes how gold values are displayed.

/gh clearprices
Clears cached Auction House prices.

/gh clearsaved
Clears saved session history.

Thanks to everyone who downloaded the addon, tested it, and gave feedback.

I really appreciate it, especially because this is my first addon. Gather Helper started as a small idea for tracking farm value, and it has already grown into something much more complete. I hope it continues to become a useful tool for anyone who enjoys optimizing their gathering routes.

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