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Preybreaker

Compact World of Warcraft addon that mirrors the active Prey Hunt widget with a stage-based radial tracker.
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Settings Panel with live preview

Settings Panel with live preview

Description

Preybreaker

Preybreaker gives the Prey Hunt tracker a cleaner, easier-to-read home on your screen.

Instead of relying on the default prey icon alone, Preybreaker lets you keep the hunt state visible in a style that actually fits your UI: a ring, a row of stage orbs, or a compact bar. It stays focused on the hunt itself, updates as the prey heats up, and gets out of the way when the hunt is over.

What Preybreaker Does

  • Shows the active prey state in a clear tracker that is easy to read during combat and movement.
  • Lets you choose between three looks: a ring, a four-stage orb strip, or a compact bar.
  • Keeps the tracker attached to the Blizzard prey icon by default, or lets you turn it into a floating element and place it anywhere.
  • Can hide the Blizzard prey icon entirely so only the Preybreaker tracker remains on screen during the hunt.
  • Shows a progress number and optional stage badge so you can read the hunt state at a glance.
  • Keeps separate positioning and layout choices for each display style, so ring, orbs, and bar can each be tuned differently.
  • Can automatically add the active prey quest to your watch list and keep it focused while the hunt is active.
  • Gives you a live preview in the settings window so you can adjust the tracker without guesswork.

Why It Helps

Prey Hunt is one of those activities where a small UI detail matters a lot. You want to know the current state quickly, without hunting around the screen or trying to read a tiny icon while moving.

Preybreaker keeps that information visible in a form that matches the rest of your UI:

  • Ring if you want something compact and centered around the icon.
  • Orbs if you want the four hunt stages to read instantly.
  • Bar if you prefer a clean horizontal tracker.

If you want a minimal screen, you can keep only the Preybreaker tracker visible. If you want the default prey icon to stay, you can build around it instead.

Settings

Open the settings with /pb, /pb settings, or by shift-left-clicking the addon compartment icon.

From there you can:

  • switch between ring, orb, and bar styles
  • resize the current style
  • attach the tracker to the Blizzard prey icon or float it freely
  • move the tracker with sliders or by dragging it when floating mode is unlocked
  • hide the Blizzard prey icon while a hunt is active
  • turn the number and stage badge on or off
  • enable quest watch and quest focus helpers
  • preview every change before going back to the game

Installation

  1. Place this folder at Interface/AddOns/Preybreaker.
  2. Make sure the addon file is Interface/AddOns/Preybreaker/Preybreaker.toc.
  3. Start the game or reload your UI.
  4. Enable Preybreaker from the addon list if needed.

License

  • Source code is distributed under GPL-3.0-only. See LICENSE.
  • The radial progress implementation is adapted in part from Plumber, which is also GPLv3.
  • See LICENSE-NOTES.md for attribution details and packaged art notes.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Peterodox for the inspiration and upstream Plumber work that informed Preybreaker's radial progress approach.

The Preybreaker Team

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