Mountaineer

A World of Warcraft addon to support the Hardcore Mountaineer Challenge. Supports Classic Era, Season of Mastery, TBC, and WotLK.

This addon created by ManchegoMike (Twitch)

This addon cannot be "judge and jury" in every aspect of your Mountaineer Challenge, nor is it the final arbiter of what items are or aren't allowed. It doesn't prevent you from doing anything; it's simply a way to alert you to some obvious issues and keep you on the straight and narrow.

The one area where the addon does act as judge, jury, and executioner is in relation to your secondary profession levels (fishing, cooking, first aid). It will warn you if your levels are getting low, and if they drop far enough, it will tell you your run is over.

Installation

You can do all of these steps while the game is running.

If you use an addon installer, you're good to go. If you do it manually...
Download the ZIP file.
When the ZIP file has finished downloading, find it on your computer & unzip it into your Interface\AddOns folder.
Start WoW, or if it's already running, type /rl to reload.

Features

When your brand new level 1 character enters the game for the first time, all your weapons and shields are removed and placed into your backpack so you can sell them.

Each time you login, your gear is checked to make sure you're not wearing anything you shouldn't.

The primary way the addon determines if gear is allowed is by looking at how you got it. If you got it via looting, then it's fine. If you got it via quest or vendor, then it's only allowed if it's a recipe, a crafting reagent, or a miscellaneous weapon like a skinning knife, mining pick, or fishing pole. Otherwise it's a disallowed item. This is not an infallible method, but it seems to work. Even so, you can override the addon’s determination in case it makes a mistake.

Whenever you try to equip a disallowed item, you get a warning.

Whenever you enter combat while wearing a disallowed item, you get a warning.

Whenever you level up, your skills are checked to make sure you're on track. You'll get a warning if you're falling behind where you should be.

Whenever you reach various points in your XP bar, your skills are to make sure you don't ding with a skill level so low it invalidates your run.

Whenever you enter a resting area (city or inn), you'll see a message gently reminding you not to logout there.

If you are a hunter and you cast Revive Pet, you will get a reminder that you need to abandon your pet.

None of the bonus challenges are supported by the addon at this time.

Usage

You can use the console command /mtn or /mountaineer.

All of the following settings are global to your WoW account, so if you turn off sound or allow an item on character A, it will be the same for character B and all your characters.

Wherever you see {id/name/link}, you can specify by id# or name or link. To specify a link, type /mtn allow followed by a space, then SHIFT-click the actual item and it will paste the link into the text you're typing.

/mtn version

Shows the current version of the addon.

/mtn check

Checks your skills and currently equipped items for conformance.

/mtn lucky

Switches you to Lucky Mountaineer mode, meaning you are free to keep anything you loot from mobs.

/mtn hardtack

Switches you to Hardtack Mountaineer mode, meaning you have stricter looting limitations. Most of your gear will have to be self-crafted.

/mtn craftsman

Switches you to Craftsman Mountaineer mode, meaning you have even stricter looting limitations. All of your gear will have to be self-crafted.

/mtn trailblazer

Toggles the Trailblazer achievement (see the document for details). This achievement can be done in Lucky or Hardtack mode.

/mtn lazy

Toggles the Lazy Bastard achievement (see the document for details). This achievement can only be done in Lucky mode.

/mtn made weapon

Toggles whether or not you made your self-crafted weapon. You will only need to use this if you installed the addon after you made your weapon.

/mtn spells

Lists the abilities you may use before making your self-crafted weapon.

/mtn verbose

Turns verbose mode on or off. When on, you will see all evaluation messages when receiving items. When off, all "item is allowed" messages will be suppressed, as well as "item is disallowed" for gray items.

/mtn sound on/off

Turns addon sounds on or off.

/mtn minimap on/off

Turns the minimap on or off.

/mtn check {id/name/link}

Checks an item to see if you can use it.

/mtn allow {id/name/link}

Allows you to equip/use an item. Examples: /mtn allow 7005, /mtn allow Skinning Knife

/mtn disallow {id/name/link}

Disallows an item. Examples: /mtn disallow 7005, /mtn disallow Skinning Knife

/mtn forget {id/name/link}

Forgets any allow-or-disallow designation for an item. This will force the item to be re-evaluated then next time you loot or buy it. Examples: /mtn forget 7005, /mtn forget Skinning Knife

/mtn reset everything i really mean it

Resets all allow-or-disallow designations to their "factory" settings. This will lose all your custom allows & disallows and cannot be undone, so use with caution.

Limitations

U.S. English is the only language supported. If you play in another language, the parsing won't work when you receive a new item.
Bags are only checked (to see if you're allowed to use them) when you receive them, but not when you equip them.
If you start using the addon with a character past level 1, it will assume everything you own is approved, unless you saw it previously on some other character and it was disapproved then.

Wish list

I'd like to include something in an item's mouse-hover text to indicate whether it's OK to use, but that would make this addon significantly more complex.

Bug reports

Send a message to ManchegoMike on Discord with any bugs or feature requests.

Thanks

Many thanks go to my fellow O.G. Mountaineers:

Flipmode31, who came up with the initial idea for the Mountaineer Challenge
Briadan, who bravely tested several characters and provided valuable feedback
Linkit, who has valiantly tried several Mountaineers, including on a PvP server o.O
voss_with_peanut, who came up with the Trailblazer achievement