Kerzo's Classic Quest Log

A lightweight, high-performance addon that brings back the authentic quest journal experience to World of Warcraft: Retail (12.x+), Classic Era (1.15.x / Hardcore / SoD), Mists of Pandaria Classic (5.5.x), The Burning Crusade: Anniversary Edition (2.5.x), and WoW Forever (1.60.x).

Choose between the authentic Vanilla Single Panel parchment layout (pre-3.3.0) and the classic Dual Panel view (quest list on the left, full objectives and lore details on the right) — fully customizable, modern, and completely independent of the world map.

Inspired by Classic Quest Log by gello3.

Key Highlights & Features

Interactive Accordion Settings & Instant Presets

• Collapsible Accordion Settings: Clean, segmented settings categories that start closed by default and open independently with authentic Blizzard plus/minus buttons.
• Dual Panel Mode: The beloved WotLK 3.3.0+ split layout with a browsable quest tree on the left and full details on the right.
• Vanilla Single Panel Mode: Authentic classic parchment and stone design for an old-school Vanilla feel.
• Settings Presets: Instantly switch between Vanilla Single Panel, Classic Experience, and Modern Questing, or create and save your own custom presets.
• Non-Exclusive Modal Window: Move and adjust settings in real-time without leaving your quest log or blocking the game.
• Classic Reward Display: Toggle between authentic plain-text gold & XP rewards and modern item-style buttons.

Companion Integrations (TomTom & Questie)

• TomTom Direct Waypoints: Add quest destination pins and Crazy Arrow navigation with a single click directly from the quest details view, and easily clear them with right-click.
• Questie Turn-in Details: Displays turn-in NPC names, coordinates, and quest chain progression seamlessly inside the quest parchment.
• Classic Era Nameplate Markers: Shows active quest icons directly above enemy nameplates in Classic Era powered by Questie.
• Smart Addon Detection: Integration cards and settings automatically adapt and hide when companion addons are not present, keeping your interface clean.

Expansion Origin & Thematic Parchment Tinting (Powered by Kerzo Quest Expansion)

• Modular Architecture: Seamlessly integrates with the standalone companion addon Kerzo Quest Expansion to display expansion origins and lore statistics without burdening the core quest log memory.
• Thematic Expansion Tinting: Subtly tints the quest detail parchment with the signature color of each expansion (Fel Green for TBC, Frost Blue for WotLK, Magma for Cata, Jade for MoP, Electric Teal for Forever, Void Purple for Midnight, etc.).
• Live Settings Sync: Toggle expansion logos, list markers, and parchment tints in real-time with instant UI updates across all panels without requiring interface reloads.
• Quest List Expansion Markers: Displays colored indicator dots or the infinity symbol (∞) directly next to quest titles in the log for instant visual recognition.
• Expansion Badges: Displays official expansion logos and badges on quest detail and single-quest NPC screens, identifying exactly when each quest was added to the game.
• Interactive Quest Statistics: Dedicated summary window breaking down quest counts across all eras from Vanilla through Midnight with chronological sorting and resizable layout.
• Zero-Legacy Lightweight Core: Over 900 lines of obsolete duplicate code and redundant databases purged from KCQL core for maximum responsiveness and zero CPU idle footprint.

UI Themes & Automatic Skin Support

• Native support for Classic, High Contrast, and Dark Mode visual themes.
• Automatic, clean styling integration for EllesmereUI and ElvUI without border conflicts or visual clutter.
• Customizable quest difficulty colors with live level threshold previews.

Official Titan Panel Support

• Three dedicated Titan Panel data broker plugins: Total Quests (active/completed/capacity), Total XP (pending turn-in experience and level percentage), and Total Gold (currency rewards awaiting claim).
• Rich interactive tooltips with complete quest breakdowns and quick Left-Click/Right-Click shortcuts.

3D Quest Nameplate Markers (Retail & Forever)

• Identifies active quest targets in the 3D world with an iconic golden exclamation mark attached to enemy and friendly nameplates.
• Optional setting to display live numeric progression (e.g. 0/7) directly on the nameplate, cleanly positioned without overlapping NPC names.
• Header quick-toggle button with Right-Click shortcut to toggle objective progress on the fly.
• 100% compatible with default Blizzard nameplates, ElvUI, EllesmereUI, Plater, and other unit frame addons without taints or frame interference.

World Quest Support (Retail)

• Dedicated World Quest detail panel with real-time objectives, map coordinates, and reward breakdowns.
• Filter world quests by expansion and category directly from the interface.
• Remaining time counter with urgent red alerts when under 10 minutes.
• One-click "Show Map" button for fast navigation to world quest locations.

Account & Alt Quest Tracking

• Identifies which alts on your account have already finished each quest.
• Tracks which alts currently have the same quest in progress in real-time.
• Optional subtle italic typography for completed alt quests with detailed character tooltip breakdowns.

Party Quest Sharing & Group Indicators

• Displays live counts of party members currently on the same quest directly in the quest list [1] / (1).
• Interactive mouseover tooltips detailing nearby party members on each quest with official class color formatting.
• Fully customizable via dedicated settings toggle across all supported game versions.

Turn-in Summary & Experience Calculator

• Dynamic turn-in badge displayed on the quest counter showing quests ready to hand in.
• Turn-in tooltip summarizing total pending XP, percentage of current level, pending gold/silver/copper, and individual quest rewards.
• Choice between modern green pill badges and classic difficulty-colored text tags.

Quick-Use Quest Item Tab

• External action button docked to the top-right corner of the quest log to use quest items directly from the interface without digging through bags.
• Displays live cooldowns, charges, stack counts, and item icons without obstructing quest lore text.

Smart Vendor Value Rewards & Item Comparison

• Automatically calculates and highlights the quest reward choice that vendors for the highest gold amount.
• Native Shift comparison tooltips for reward equipment, plus an optional "Always Compare" setting.
• Displays vendor sell prices on quest reward tooltips.

Smart Zone Organization

• Current Zone Focus: Pins your current zone at the top of the log automatically.
• Auto-Collapse: Expands current zone quests while collapsing distant regions as you travel.
• Zone headers display turn-in counters and allow fast abandonment of unfinished zone quests.

Bag Quest Item Tooltips

• Hovering items in your inventory displays associated quest names, objective completion progress, and status tags (active quest, ready to turn in, turned in, residual, or quest starter).

Minimap Target & Focus Tracking (WoW Forever Exclusive)

• Keeps your target and focus tracking filters persistently active on the minimap across loading screens and zoning.

Full Localization

• Completely translated into 10 languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Slash Commands

• /kql — Toggle the quest log window
• /kcql — Toggle the quest log window

Recent Updates & Changelog

10/27/2026 — v6.0.1

• Settings Panel: Fully revamped with an accordion layout and now displays detected companion add-ons.
• Questie Support: Displays turn-in NPCs, coordinates, and quest chain steps in the Quest Description when enabled (Classic and Forever).
• TomTom Support: Allows one-click waypoint navigation. Compatible with Forever and Retail (as well as Classic when Questie is enabled).
• Smart Settings: Third-party options hide cleanly when required add-ons are missing.
• Quest DB: Moved to a separate add-on, Kerzo Quest Expansion (KQE), and auto-installs through CurseForge as a library.
• Quest XP Tooltip: Displays quest XP as a percentage relative to your current level.
• Live Tint Updates: Opacity and custom colors from KQE update reactively in real time.
• Changelog from v6.0.0-rc1 and v6.0.0-rc2 too!

10/24/2026 — v5.5.2

• Completely silenced background unit nameplate and group roster event processing when features are disabled or the log is closed.
• Optimized nameplate scanner with on-demand memory creation, preventing idle memory footprint on startup.
• Eliminated redundant quest event processing on Titan Panel plugins by synchronizing directly with the core event pipeline.
• Synchronized Titan Panel metric caches instantly with quest log updates to prevent outdated counts after accepting or completing quests.
• Optimized Weekly Tracker background CPU usage by suspending event listeners when the weekly tab is not visible.
• Removed background micro menu timers in Classic Era and protected micro menu buttons against combat lockup errors.
• Prevented protected Blizzard frame conflicts and action blocked errors when clicking tracked quests during combat.
• Hardened reward dress-up preview, world quest rewards, and vendor sell lookups across all Classic and Retail clients.
• Cached quest bar region lookups to eliminate temporary memory garbage allocations during log refreshes.
• Added smooth vertical scrolling to the Weekly Tracker detail panel, preventing multi-row reward matrices from overlapping action buttons.
• Enhanced Warband weekly quest detection to accurately indicate when an account-wide quest is in progress across the warband.
• Enabled background expansion tinting on High Contrast and Light visual themes.
• Enhanced World Quest sub-zone resolution with recursive parent map lookups for multi-level maps and caves.
• Optimized micro menu state checks with early exit guards when the parent container is hidden.
• Conducted an exhaustive performance and event dispatch audit to enforce zero-idle background CPU usage and zero-taint compliance.

10/23/2026 — v5.5.1

• Added interactive color swatches in the Tint Configuration modal to customize expansion colors via the native Color Picker.
• Added right-click shortcut on color swatches to quickly restore default expansion colors.
• Extended expansion tint opacity range from 10% to 100% for enhanced visual contrast and accessibility.
• Enabled background expansion tinting support on the High Contrast accessibility theme.
• Modularized localization architecture with on-demand lazy loading, significantly reducing addon startup memory by loading only the active language.
• Enabled real-time dynamic language switching from the settings popup without requiring an interface reload.
• Streamlined quest tracking button labels to concise, readable text ('Track' and 'Untrack') preventing text overflow in international clients.
• Activated World Quest tracking, Weekly Tracker, and nameplate quest markers by default in Retail.
• Restored embedded quest detail map previews for WoW Forever while keeping them cleanly separated from Classic Era.
• Fixed severe map lag and stutter when opening the World Map in Retail by eliminating global hooks on ShouldShowMawBuffs.
• Fixed quest tracker clicks opening the default map instead of Kerzo Quest Log during combat.
• Eliminated action blocked errors during combat by safely elevating Kerzo Quest Log without modifying protected Blizzard map frames.
• Isolated item comparison tooltips with dedicated internal frames to eliminate taint on Blizzard's equipment comparison system.
• Fixed UI taint on the native Color Picker frame when customizing expansion background colors.
• Eliminated legacy dropdown menu taint by routing settings presets strictly through native modern context menus.
• Eradicated execution taint on GameTooltip by migrating tooltip state caches to private weak tables.
• Optimized micro menu updates with efficient background timers to eliminate taint log spam.
• Hardened unit nameplate memory management with weak table references to prevent memory retention from third-party unit frames.
• Silenced unit nameplate evaluation when nameplate quest markers are toggled off in settings.
• Optimized nameplate update throttling and eliminated temporary table allocations during combat.

10/22/2026 — v5.5

• Integrated full native ElvUI skin support delegating directly to ElvUI's core Skins module.
• Refactored reward items, buttons, scrollbars, and search input to adopt active ElvUI themes and textures automatically.
• Replaced custom collapse indicators with ElvUI's dynamic Plus and Minus header textures.
• Added 'Tint Quest Background by Expansion' displaying signature atmospheric color gradients on quest details.
• Added 'Colors & Presets' configuration window with rainbow, non-vanilla, and current expansion presets.
• Added customizable opacity slider and individual expansion toggles to highlight or exclude specific eras.
• Added 'Show Expansion Markers in Quest List' displaying thematic colored indicators next to quest names.
• Preserved complete theme independence allowing seamless switching between Classic, Light, Contrast, and ElvUI modes.
• Refined Vanilla 1-panel layout with continuous beveled horizontal divider and authentic scroll spacing.
• Preserved native Blizzard UI styling and colors across all elements in Settings dialog.

For complete historical notes and earlier releases, please check the Releases tab on CurseForge.

Feedback & Issues

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• Kerzo Classic Quest Log: Restores the beloved classic two-pane and single-pane quest journal complete with campaign tracking, weekly activity overviews, and map-independent browsing.
• Kerzo Quest Expansion: Displays official expansion crests, markers, and atmospheric background tinting directly on the default Blizzard Quest Log and NPC dialogs, or operates as the central engine for Kerzo Classic Quest Log.
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Discover the full collection and future updates on the Kerzo CurseForge Profile.