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GuidePost is a World of Warcraft addon that provides step-by-step achievement guidance with TomTom waypoint integration, zone-based suggestions, and progress tracking.

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 scan searches 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
/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.