LibItemDB — Offline Item Database for WoW

LibItemDB is a lightweight library that lets any addon look up World of Warcraft items offline — resolve an item's name to its link or id (and back), and filter by type and subtype — without the item being in the game's cache.

WoW ships no searchable item table and no “find item by name” API. LibItemDB solves that by shipping a pre-built database captured from a full client item scan, so players never wait for a scan and addon authors get instant, reliable lookups.

This is a developer library. Install it if another addon lists it as a dependency, or depend on it if you are an addon author.

What it can do

Resolve a name to a full, clickable item link — even for items you've never seen
Resolve a name to an item id, or an id to name / quality / type / subtype / equip slot
Search by name substring, filtered by item type (class) and subtype (subclass)
Enumerate the item types and subtypes present in the data
Iterate the entire database

For addon authors

local DB = LibStub("LibItemDB-1.0", true)
if DB and DB:IsReady() then
    local link = DB:GetLink(19019)        -- coloured, interactive Thunderfury link
    local id   = DB:GetID("Black Lotus")  -- 13468
    for _, r in ipairs(DB:Search({ query = "lotus" })) do print(r.link) end
end

Key methods: IsReady, Count, GetMeta, GetName, GetInfo, GetQuality, GetLink, HasItem, GetID, GetClasses, GetSubClasses, Search, Iterate.

Data coverage

Item names are localized and item sets differ between game versions, so data is shipped per game version and per language. LibItemDB is available for every version except Retail.

WoW Classic (Era / Hardcore / Anniversary) — English — 24,000+ items

More versions and locales are added as they are captured.

Requirements

Ace3 and VersionCheck-1.0 — auto-installed by CurseForge (they back the optional guild version-check)

Recent Updates

v0.0.1 (2026-05-30) — Initial release

First release of LibItemDB — offline item lookups (name ↔ id ↔ link, type / subtype filtering) exposed as a LibStub library for addon authors.
WoW Classic (Era) English data — 24,000+ items.
Available for every version except Retail.

Support

Questions, bug reports, or coverage requests — reach out on Discord.