This addon will mute the annoying sounds of WoW. If you are updating from version 8.1 or lower please read the 8.2 section as the installation instructions have changed.
Patch 8.2
Patch 8.2 broke the way this addon originally worked and so has had to be reworked.
This addon is now installed into the Interface > Addons directory just like any other addon.
I'm still working on migrating it to the new format and as such theres ~3000 sounds that will not be muted compared to the older versions, but I'll get to these soon. Most of them are weapon swing sounds.
8845 sounds are currently muted which includes almost all the mount, spell and environment sounds of previous versions.
You can safely delete the old versions installation folder "Sound" in your World of Warcraft directory.
This version only works on Retail.
Patch 8.1
Patch 8.1 changed the folder structure in preparation for the different Classic and Retail clients.
For this to work post 8.1, simply move the "Sound" folder located in the World of Warcraft folder into the "_retail_" folder.
Requests:.
Initially I used to take requests but due to the increased number of requests, the difficulty of finding certain sound names and the fact I have far less free time these days I can't keep that up anymore. Sorry ! :(
You're welcome to post in the comments, other users may be able to help you find them.
Basic List: Please note this isn't a complete list, it's a small sample to give an idea of whats been muted.
- Players: All race combat grunts as well as emote sounds like train and worgen sniffs. All footsteps.
- Classes: Select sounds like Path of Frost, Fan of Knives, mage armors & portals, hunter pet calls, shaman shields and spell cast fizzles.
- Mechanical Mounts: Choppers, Flying Machines, Goblin Trikes, Mechastriders and Rockets.
- Biological Mounts: Summon roars, mount special, idle and footstep sounds for most mounts. Dismount sound also included.
- Battle Pets: Idle sounds like Lil'XT, Lil'Ragnaros, Singing Sunflower and Thor.
- Hunter/Mage/Warlock Pets: Creature combat sounds, footsteps, flying and idle sounds. Mage elemental loops also included.
- Voice Acting: World bosses, Rhonin & Kalecgos city speech and Headless Horseman speech.
- Toys: Piccolo of the Flaming Fire, Train Sets and Brewfest Mole Machine.
- Daily Hubs: Isle of Thunder, Isle of Quel'Danas and Tol'Barad.
- Misc: City clock sounds, ethereal vendor hubs, waterfalls, rivers, beaches, fires and fireworks.
- Battlegrounds: Victory/Defeat, Alert and Herald sounds.
- Instances: Select boss speech and combat sounds, loops sounds like the beating heart from SoO. All instance portals.
- Creatures: Kovok, Elemental loops and deaths.
- Tradeskills: Alchemy, Leatherworking, Engineering, Blacksmithing, Tailoring and Jewelcrafting sounds.
This mod is not working as of my testing on v8.3.0(33775) no sounds are muted at all. Installed with Twitch.
In reply to EigenTheory:
I've had no issues here, are you sure you installed it to the correct directory?
does anyone know the ID of the global CD error "WOOSH" "WOOSH"
So I'm looking for a specific sound to be muted, it's been frustrating me all day, can't find the right sound file ID. The sound is on balance druid, and is the kind of azerite-esque "whooshing" sound that plays every two seconds while you have the buff "Owlkin Frenzy"
Do you know how i can find the mount ID of the ( Mecha-Mogul Mk2 ) mount? its silent when im standing still but it makes sound when i fly around with it
Does anyone know of an addon similar to this for WoW classic? They apparently did a great job with the fireworks, because it terrifies my dog unless I mute the entire game, haven't had any luck trying to find a way to disable just the firework sounds.
In reply to newittsm:
Sadly no. To make things worse, in the classic client they've actually disabled the way that previous versions of this AddOn used to mute sounds while also not implenting the replacement API they introduced in 8.2 that the newer versions use. =/
Is the sound for the damn vault guard in the great seal bank in this new version?
I cant identify the stormwind hourly bell sound. Anyone got the ID?
In reply to Zasz_:
FileDataID: 2305337
SoundKitID: 6594
https://www.wowhead.com/sound=6594/
In reply to Kiingy:
Thank you.
The list involves too many things, is it possible to add an addon configuration menu that players get to choose?
In reply to uckRkt:
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/mutesoundfile
Heya!
New version now works for 8.2 +
Please read the 8.2 section above as the installation instructions have changed, this addon is now installed into the Interface > Addons folder.
I'm still migrating it to the new format so there are some mutes that are still missing, I'm expecting to get these done soon but for now most of the mutes from previous versions are working.
I have a request, ever since I got the Heavenly Onyx Cloud Serpent It's been annoying me. I hate to use it because of the sound it makes. Please include to mute this in this Addon. Also the Demon Hunter shouts when you use Felrush :33333
I started a thread on the Blizzard forums for folks to contribute to providing the data necessary to recreate this addon using the new MuteSoundFile addon: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/mutesoundfile-post-sound-ids-here/215444
In reply to aelorean:
Problem with any "standard" addon to mimic this functionality is it adds significant overhead as you have to hook the PlaySound API to check if it matches an ID you've muted then react accordingly. Every single time a sound is played it must do this check, every grunt your character makes, every step, every weapon swing, every spell, everytime something talks, every environmental sound (waterfalls, doors etc), every mount sound, then it must do this for every sound that every other character around you is making as well. If you've muted a small number of sounds it's not an issue but the more you mute, the worse game performance is going to be affected.
The magic of sound replacements is it doesn't add any additional overhead except for slightly longer load when the client launches, which was so little you probably didn't even know it was being affected.
Blizzard has accidentally (somehow?) disabled sound replacement addons in the past and have had to re-enable it. From my understanding of how the WoW client works it's not really that difficult for blizzard to do unless they've changed something major in 8.2 but it's not something that can be done in a hotfix, it would need a client-side patch.
I'd hold off on sinking too much time into porting to use API mutes until we're sure Blizzard has disabled replacements for good.
Edit: It's gone for good :(
We don't know how much overhead this adds. They did tell us this change was made to optimize the game (and/or combat datamining), it would be surprising if they added an API to undo that
In reply to Ketho17:
Any optimization was unlikely related to muting sounds, the ability to mute sounds with the new API is just a side and not its intended design function. The old sound replacement method had no extra overhead once the game had been launched so there was nothing to optimize in that regard.
I don't know if this addon will be updated, but I've created a new one to allow you to mute sound files: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/mutesoundfile