Nem: Pet Alerts

Never miss a pet problem again.

Nem: Pet Alerts is a clean, lightweight WoW Retail addon that puts a single, high-visibility warning on screen the moment your pet needs attention — dead, missing, crowd-controlled, sitting on Passive, idling in combat, low on health, or stuck in fake death. Alerts are spec-aware, suppressed during travel and downtime, and quiet when there is nothing wrong.

It is part of the Nem: Alerts suite, sharing its UI and customization style with Nem: Healer Alerts.

Support Status

Fully Supported — Spec-Aware, Travel-Suppressed, Talent-Aware

These specs ship with a dedicated module that uses the right pet terminology — Pet, Demon, Water Elemental, or Ghoul — and a tailored alert set for that build.

Hunter — Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival
Warlock — Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Mage — Frost
Death Knight — Unholy

Unsupported Specs — Clean Panel, No Empty Options

Other specs (and other classes) see a clean "Spec Not Supported" panel rather than empty or broken options.

Why Use Nem: Pet Alerts?

A pet that's dead, missing, crowd-controlled, idling, or stuck on Passive is the kind of problem you don't notice until your damage has been quietly half what it should be for the last minute. Nem: Pet Alerts surfaces those moments with a single readable on-screen warning that catches your eye without cluttering your UI, and stays completely silent the rest of the time.

Key Features

High-visibility movable alert text with optional flash animation
Per-alert sounds with sound preview buttons, backed by LibSharedMedia
Per-character alert text overrides — every alert's text is editable in the options panel
Configurable Heal Pet health threshold (1–99%)
Automatic class/spec detection — the right module loads on login, spec change, or /reload
Class-themed options panel — UI accents, scrollbar, sliders, and text inputs retint to your active spec
Travel-, downtime-, and PvP-aware suppression — alerts stay quiet when they shouldn't fire
Talent-aware — Warlock Grimoire of Sacrifice flips Summon Demon into a Sacrifice Demon prompt
Persistent alerts that stay on screen until the underlying problem is resolved
Test mode, unlock frame, and reset position for clean setup
Compartment button support
Self-contained — bundled media, fonts, and libraries; no external dependencies required

Smart Alert Behavior

Nem: Pet Alerts works hard to stay out of your way when nothing is wrong. Alerts only fire when they're actually actionable, and suppression is context-driven — the addon doesn't pop while you're traveling, resting, or in PvP situations where an alert wouldn't be correct.

Travel-aware — suppressed while mounted, on a taxi, in a vehicle, flying, gliding (Dragonriding / Skyriding), or dead/ghost
Downtime-aware — fully silent while resting in a city or inn, and resumes the moment you leave
PvP-aware — taunt-autocast warnings are suppressed in PvP environments where a pet taunting is often correct
Talent-aware — Warlock Grimoire of Sacrifice flips the Summon Demon alert into a Sacrifice Demon prompt, and silences itself once the sacrifice buff is up
Spec-aware — each spec only tracks what applies; switching specs reconfigures the addon immediately
Persistent — important alerts stay on screen until the underlying problem is resolved

Spec-Specific Alerts

Each spec module uses the terminology that fits the build — Pet, Demon, Water Elemental, or Ghoul — and only fires the alerts that apply to that pet.

Hunter — Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival

Hunters see the full eight-alert set:

Pet Missing — call / summon prompt
Pet Dead — revive prompt
Pet in Crowd Control
Pet on Passive during combat
Pet Idle in Combat — not attacking
Pet Low Health — configurable threshold
Pet Taunt Autocast — fires in group content; suppressed in PvP
Play Dead / Wake Up Pet — clean handling of the fake-death state

Warlock — Affliction, Demonology, Destruction

Warlocks see the full eight-alert set, with terminology that swaps Pet for Demon:

Demon Missing — summon prompt (flips to Sacrifice Demon under Grimoire of Sacrifice)
Demon Dead
Demon in Crowd Control
Demon on Passive during combat
Demon Idle in Combat
Demon Low Health — configurable threshold
Demon Taunt Autocast — fires in group content; suppressed in PvP
Grimoire of Sacrifice — prompts to sacrifice your demon when the talent is taken; silences itself once the buff is up

Frost Mage

Frost Mage runs a streamlined six — no fake death, no taunt. Terminology shifts to Water Elemental:

Water Elemental Missing
Water Elemental Dead
Water Elemental in Crowd Control
Water Elemental on Passive during combat
Water Elemental Idle in Combat
Water Elemental Low Health — configurable threshold

Unholy Death Knight

Unholy runs a focused five — the Ghoul has no reliable death, fake-death, or taunt state to track. Terminology shifts to Ghoul:

Ghoul Missing — raise prompt
Ghoul in Crowd Control
Ghoul on Passive during combat
Ghoul Idle in Combat
Ghoul Low Health — configurable threshold

Customization & Options

The in-game options panel is organized into four sections — Display, Sounds, Alerts, and Alert Options — and supports:

Per-alert enable / disable
Per-alert sound selection, with sound preview buttons
Per-alert text editors — clear a box to restore the built-in default
Spec-specific numeric inputs (Heal Pet health threshold, 1–99%)
Font picker and font size, applied live
Test mode, unlock frame, center position
Restore Defaults — resets all alert texts, font, and frame position to built-in defaults

The bundled sound library is backed by LibSharedMedia, so any sounds added by other addons are also available in every dropdown.

Slash Commands

Both /npa and /petalerts map to the same handler.

Core:

/npa — open options
/npa on — enable the addon
/npa off — disable the addon
/npa toggle — toggle on / off
/npa test — toggle test mode for the current spec
/npa status — show enabled state, test mode, and detected class
/npa version — show the addon version
/npa help — list available commands
/npa reset — wipe saved variables and reload the UI

Additional Notes

WoW Retail only
Each spec module is fully self-contained — adding, changing, or disabling one spec never affects another
Automatic module loading on class / spec detection
Per-character saved variables — frame position and settings are kept per character
Test mode cycles through every alert your active spec actually fires
Bundled libraries: LibStub, CallbackHandler-1.0, LibSharedMedia-3.0
Bundled media: a curated sound pack and a full font library

Feedback

For bug reports, feature requests, or general feedback, visit Nem's Nexus.

Credits

Originally inspired by Enkaf's WeakAura Hunter Pet Group.