Description
GuidePost is a World of Warcraft achievement guide addon that provides step-by-step guidance, TomTom waypoint integration, and live progress tracking to help you complete achievements efficiently — without ever leaving the game to check a website.
Features
- Step-by-step guidance — Each achievement is broken down into individual steps with descriptions, NPC names, and coordinates
- TomTom integration — Click the W button on any step to instantly drop a waypoint arrow pointing you to the right location
- Live progress tracking — Progress bars update in real time as you complete criteria, showing "Completed!" when finished
- Zone-based suggestions — GuidePost automatically detects your current zone and surfaces relevant achievements at the top of the list
- Collapsible zone groups — The achievement list is organized by zone with collapsible headers so you can focus on what matters
- Resizable window — Drag the edges to resize the window and drag the center divider to adjust the list and detail panel widths
- Persistent layout — Window position, size, panel width, and minimap button position are all saved between sessions
- Slash commands — Quick access via
/gp,/gp scan,/gp mapid,/gp criteria <id>, and more - Zone scanner —
/gp scansearches for achievement IDs in your current zone so you can add missing achievements to the database - Minimap button — Draggable around the minimap edge, adapts automatically when you resize the minimap in Edit Mode
Requirements
- World of Warcraft: The War Within (Interface 120001+)
- TomTom — required for waypoint arrow functionality
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GuidePost — WoW Addon Changelog
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v2.6.0 - 2026-5-16
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DATA IMPROVEMENTS — DRAGON ISLES (DRAGONFLIGHT ZONES)
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Added Skyriding race and exploration achievements for six Dragon Isles zones.
All entries use placeholder coords {x=50.0, y=50.0} pending in-game verification.
Forbidden Reach (mapID 2151) — 27 achievements
• 3 races × Normal / Advanced / Reverse / Challenge / Reverse Challenge tiers
• Exploration: Treasures, Glyph Hunter, Adventurer, Ancient Stones, etc.
Waking Shores (mapID 2022) — 23 achievements
• Race tiers (Normal / Advanced / Reverse / Challenge)
• Exploration: Treasures, Glyph Hunter, Adventurer, storms, Ancient Stones, etc.
Valdrakken (mapID 2112) — 6 achievements
• Exploration and General achievements including [16556] Great Gourmand of
The Ruby Feast (20 food criteria, coords 61.03, 11.04)
Thaldraszus (mapID 2025) — ~118 achievements
• 6 races (Flowing Forest Flight, Tyrhold Trial, Cliffside Circuit,
Academy Ascent, Garden Gallivant, Caverns Criss-Cross) × Normal /
Advanced / Reverse / Challenge / Reverse Challenge tiers
• Thaldraszus meta race (Normal / Advanced / Challenge)
• Exploration: Treasures, Glyph Hunter, Adventurer, storms, Ancient Stones,
Travel Network nodes, and misc general achievements
Azure Span (mapID 2024) — 52 achievements
• 2 races (Azure Span Sprint, Azure Span Slalom) × Normal / Advanced /
Reverse / Challenge / Reverse Challenge tiers
• Azure Span meta race (Normal / Advanced / Challenge)
• Exploration: Treasures, Azure Spanner, Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?,
4 storms + Chasing Storms, Glyph Hunter, Ley Line in the Span,
Adventurer, Ancient Stones
• NOTE: Tour of Duty: The Azure Span ID is unconfirmed; not yet added
Ohn'ahran Plains (mapID 2023) — 116 achievements
• 4 races (Sundapple Copse Circuit, Fen Flythrough, Ravine River Run,
Emerald Gardens Ascent) × Normal / Advanced / Reverse / Challenge /
Reverse Challenge tiers
• 2 races (Maruukai Dash, Mirror of the Sky Dash) × Normal / Challenge only
• River Rapids Route × Normal / Advanced / Reverse / Challenge /
Reverse Challenge tiers
• Ohn'ahran Plains meta race (Normal / Advanced / Reverse / Challenge)
• Exploration: Ohn'a'Roll, Treasures, 2 Travel Network nodes,
Honor Our Ancestors, Who's a Good Bakar?, 5 storms + Chasing Storms,
Sleeping on the Job, Glyph Hunter, Tour of Duty, Adventurer,
A New Beginning, Ancient Stones
Emerald Dream (mapID 2200) — 118 achievements
• 6 races (Ysera Invitational, Smoldering Sprint, Viridescent Venture,
Shoreline Switchback, Canopy Concours, Emerald Amble) × Normal /
Advanced / Reverse / Challenge / Reverse Challenge tiers
• Emerald Dream meta race (Normal / Advanced / Reverse / Racing
Completionist / Challenge / Reverse Challenge / Challenge Racing
Completionist)
• Exploration: Defenders of the Dream, Tour of Duty, Glyph Hunter,
Explore the Emerald Dream, Adventurer, Treasures, Emerald Dream Safari
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v2.6.0 - 2026-5-16
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UI REDESIGN
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- Completely redesigned the main window to improve visual consistency and
overall responsiveness
- Added zone suggestions to the title bar summary when the window is minimized
- Main window can now be closed by pressing ESC
DATA IMPROVEMENTS — DRAGONFLIGHT (DRAGON ISLES)
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- Expanded Dragon Isles achievement coverage across all primary zones:
• The Waking Shores — exploration, questing, and skyriding races
• Ohn'ahran Plains — exploration, questing, and skyriding races (incl.
Sundapple Copse Circuit, Fen Flythrough, Ravine River Run, and Emerald
Gardens Ascent — Normal and Advanced tiers at Bronze, Silver, and Gold)
• The Azure Span — exploration and questing
• Thaldraszus — exploration and questing
• Zaralek Cavern — exploration
• Emerald Dream — exploration and skyriding races
• The Forbidden Reach — exploration
• Valdrakken — city achievements
BUG FIXES
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- Fixed several issues encountered when loading the addon for the first time on
a fresh account with no previously saved data
- Fixed the minimize/maximize button failing to correctly toggle window state
- Corrected map IDs and coordinates for some achievement waypoints that referenced
incorrect zones
Slash Commands
| Command | Description |
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/gp |
Open / close the GuidePost window |
/gp list |
Print all known achievements to chat |
/gp track <id> |
Track an achievement by Blizzard ID |
/gp untrack <id> |
Stop tracking an achievement |
/gp zone |
List achievements for your current zone |
/gp scan |
Scan current zone for achievement IDs |
/gp scan <zone> |
Scan a specific zone by name |
/gp mapid |
Print the UiMapID for your current zone |
/gp criteria <id> |
Dump criteria index numbers for an achievement |
Feedback & Bug Reports
Found a bug or have a feature request? Please use the Issues tab on the GitHub repository to report problems or suggest improvements.




