Pawn
Last Updated: May 1, 2019 Game Version: 8.1.5
Pawn helps you find upgrades for your gear and tell which of two items is better for your spec. Start with built-in advice from Ask Mr. Robot, or customize Pawn's stat weights to have it suggest items based on your favorite class guide or simulator. Pawn can help you decide whether it's better to use the cloak with 100 mastery or the one with 80 crit—whether you're just starting out, or you're an advanced player who plans out gear upgrades and regularly simulates and evaluates performance.
Language support
Pawn works with English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (European and Latin American), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Unlike most addons, Pawn's language has to match the language you play WoW in.
Staying in touch
Become a fan of Vger on Facebook and get updates of new versions and stuff like that. You can also leave questions or comments there if you don't have an account on this site.
Prerelease alpha versions of Pawn are occasionally available on CurseForge.
Getting started
If you're new to Pawn, don't worry—Pawn will automatically set itself up to give you advice based on math done by the experts at Ask Mr. Robot. Just watch for Pawn's green arrows. If you decide you want to go further, there are a lot of ways that you can customize Pawn, by tracking multiple specs at once, importing custom stat weights, and more.
Found a bug?
If you think you might have found a bug, just leave a comment here. In addition to a description of the problem, please make sure to include: (1) the language that you use Pawn and WoW in, (2) the specific items that don't work as expected, and (3) your class and spec if you're using the built-in (not custom) stat weights. Screenshots are usually very helpful as well.
Incompatible with...
Pawn will not work with Titan Panel Artifact Power or Combat Numbers Separator. Those addons change item tooltips and will cause Pawn to give bad advice. It's also been reported that using Pawn with TradeSkillMaster can cause the game to crash or hang.
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Posted Jul 28, 2008I've posted Pawn 1.1 ALPHA 1, but it's meant for Wrath of the Lich King. I recommend sticking with the 1.0.4 version. In fact, just so you don't get too enticed, I'm not even going to tell you what's new just yet. :)
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Posted Jul 28, 2008Hmmm, maybe alphas don't show up on the main page anymore. You can get the Pawn alphas here:
http://wow.curseforge.com/projects/pawn/
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Posted Jul 28, 2008I'm still getting the following error while using Pawn 1.0.4 in WoTLK beta:
[2008/07/27 20:26:08-127-x1]: Pawn-1.0.4\Pawn.lua:93: hooksecurefunc(): SetCraftItem is not a function
Pawn-1.0.4\Pawn.lua:93: in function `PawnInitialize'
Pawn-1.0.4\Pawn.lua:55: in function `PawnOnEvent'
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
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These errors popped up when I opened the Pawn config UI (which for some reason I could only open through the Blizzard Addon page.../pawn wasn't working):
[2008/07/27 20:50:11-129-x1]: Interface\FrameXML\UIDropDownMenu.lua:772: attempt to index local 'frame' (a number value):
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:111: in function `PawnUIFrame_CurrentScaleDropDown_OnShow'
<string>:"*:OnShow":1: in function <[string "*:OnShow"]:1>
<in C code>: in function `Show'
<string>:"*:OnClick":3: in function <[string "*:OnClick"]:1>
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[2008/07/27 20:50:11-129-x1]: Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:383: attempt to call method 'SetTextColor' (a nil value)
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:356: in function `PawnUIFrame_StatsList_Update'
<string>:"*:OnShow":1: in function <[string "*:OnShow"]:1>
<in C code>: in function `Show'
<string>:"*:OnClick":3: in function <[string "*:OnClick"]:1>
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2008/07/27 20:50:22-129-x1]: Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:383: attempt to call method 'SetTextColor' (a nil value)
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:356: in function `PawnUIFrame_StatsList_Update'
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:130: in function `PawnUIFrame_CurrentScaleDropDown_SelectScale'
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:172: in function `initFunction'
Interface\FrameXML\UIDropDownMenu.lua:51: in function `UIDropDownMenu_Initialize':
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:118: in function `PawnUIFrame_CurrentScaleDropDown_Reset'
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:271: in function `OKCallbackFunction'
Pawn-1.0.4\PawnUI.lua:821: in function `PawnUIStringDialog_OKButton_OnClick'
<string>:"*:OnClick":1: in function <[string "*:OnClick"]:1>
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Posted Jul 28, 2008Thanks for the report. I should theoretically have a spot in the beta soon thanks to WoWInterface; once I'm in, I'll get things working better.
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Posted Jul 28, 2008Check out the Pawn 1.1 alpha that I posted. I still can't test it on beta yet, but hey, it really can't be any worse than before. :)
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Posted Jul 21, 2008Getting this error upon login:
[2008/07/21 21:35:21-2027-x1]: Pawn-1.0.3\Pawn.lua:1448: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'SpellDamage' (a nil value)
Pawn-1.0.3\Pawn.lua:80: in function `PawnInitialize'
Pawn-1.0.3\Pawn.lua:55: in function `PawnOnEvent'
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
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Posted Jul 21, 2008Thanks for the report (with usable error information <3). I've posted Pawn 1.0.4 to fix this issue. It should be available on the site shortly.
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Posted Jul 21, 2008For curious casters, the formula for determining the spell power of an item in WoW 3.0 given the amount of healing and spell damage it has in WoW 2.4 is as follows:
Spell power = .7 * spell damage + .3 * healing
Round fractions down. This formula is unlikely to change before WoW 3.0's release.
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Posted Jul 20, 2008Pawn 1.0.3 is out. This is a "preparing for Wrath of the Lich King" release. I made a few changes to make it hopefully behave properly on the Wrath beta, including support for the new spell power stat. This version also works on the live realms. If you're a caster class in the beta, you will probably need to maintain slightly different scales between your live and beta characters; see the Wrath section of the readme file for further details on itemization changes. I'm not in the Wrath beta yet, so if you run into problems using Pawn in the beta with this version, let me know, and I'll see if I can make another update.
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Posted Jul 20, 2008Pawn 1.0.3 is out. This is a "preparing for Wrath of the Lich King" release. I made a few changes to make it hopefully behave properly on the Wrath beta, including support for the new spell power stat. This version also works on the live realms. If you're a caster class in the beta, you will probably need to maintain slightly different scales between your live and beta characters; see the Wrath section of the readme file for further details on itemization changes. I'm not in the Wrath beta yet, so if you run into problems using Pawn in the beta with this version, let me know, and I'll see if I can make another update.
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Posted Jul 8, 2008Is there any way you could have an option where Pawn shows you what gems (according to the values you assigned) it would recommend per item?
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Posted Jul 8, 2008Yeah, I'd like to add something to the item socketing window that suggests gems for you.
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Posted Jun 27, 2008There are a lot of scales with "0,5" scales for a value but I'm not able to add them,just 1 and 0 is accepted...
edit: ahhhhhhhh sry^^ Tried 0,5 all the time...0.5 works
btw: some of the scales in your forum contains sth called "spellpower" what's that ? spelldmg ? penetration ?
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Posted Jun 27, 2008SpellPower is the old stat from before the spell damage -> healing changes; 1 SpellPower = 1 Spell Damage + 1 Healing. When you import that scale into Pawn, it will try to guess the Spell Damage and Healing values you'd want, but you should check them.
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Posted Jul 8, 2008By the way, in the next version of Pawn, I'm planning on bringing spell power back as a stat, for those who are in the Wrath alpha/beta or who just want to play around and plan ahead. You'll be able to create a single scale that works in both live WoW and WoW 3.0.
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Posted Jun 25, 2008I've released Pawn 1.0.2, which works with the live realms and 2.4.3 PTRs. It's a minor bug fix release, and there are no new features per se.
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Posted Jun 11, 2008I added a way to add stats to the unknown effects like surefooted. I hope VgerAN adds it to a future release or something like it.
http://pawnmod.trenchrats.com/viewtopic.php?t=588
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Posted May 13, 2008Just a heads-up; the unofficial forums are down at the moment, limiting the usefulness for new users such as myself :(
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Posted May 19, 2008The unofficial forums appear to be back now.
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Posted Apr 28, 2008Fantastic Addon. Absolutely essential.
One possible suggestion -
It would be nice if there was an option to allow your Pawn scales to be shared among your other characters (cross servers would be great, but...) so that if you have say, a banker character who does all your auction house purchases, they can calculate what would be the best item for another character without having to import all the various scales. Just a thought.
Again, great work!