Raid Frame Auras - Custom Buffs & Debuffs for Blizzard Party/Raid Frames

Raid Frame Auras adds clean, customizable buff and debuff overlays to the default Blizzard player, party and raid frames.

Designed for players who want better aura visibility without replacing the Blizzard raid frames, this addon helps healers, raid leaders and Mythic+ players track important buffs, debuffs, defensives, dispellable effects and crowd control directly on their group frames.

Why use Raid Frame Auras?

Blizzard raid frames are lightweight and familiar, but aura visibility can be limited. Raid Frame Auras gives you more control over what appears, where it appears, and how it looks.

Use it to highlight important information at a glance while keeping the default WoW UI style.

Features

• Buff and debuff overlays for Blizzard player, party and raid frames
• Separate layout controls for buffs and debuffs
• Custom icon size, scale, alpha, padding, anchor and growth direction
• Configurable maximum icons and wrapping
• Duration and stack text customization
• Time-based duration colors
• Optional expiring aura tint or border effects
• Debuff borders with dispel-type coloring
• Supports Magic, Curse, Disease, Poison, Bleed and untyped debuffs
• Filters for player buffs, raid/important auras, defensive effects, dispellable debuffs, crowd control and all debuffs
• Configurable aura tooltips
• Live preview inside the options window
• Saved settings between sessions
• English and French localization entry points

Built for Blizzard raid frames

Raid Frame Auras is designed for the default Blizzard compact raid frames.

It can hide Blizzard’s default raid-frame buffs and debuffs while its own overlays are enabled, giving you a cleaner and more customizable layout.

Third-party raid frame addons are not the target of this release.

Slash Commands

• /rfa - Open the options window
• /rfa toggle - Enable or disable the addon
• /rfa scan - Rebuild aura data
• /rfa debug - Toggle debug output

Good for

• Healers who need clearer dispel and defensive tracking
• Raid players who want important debuffs on Blizzard frames
• Mythic+ players who need fast aura visibility
• Players who like the default UI but want better buff and debuff control
• Anyone looking for a lightweight raid frame aura overlay addon

Blizzard Aura CVars ⚠️

Raid Frame Auras includes an option to hide Blizzard’s default raid-frame buffs and debuffs so they do not overlap with the addon’s custom overlays.

This option changes Blizzard’s persistent raid-frame aura CVars:

• raidFramesDisplayBuffs
• raidFramesDisplayDebuffs

When enabled, both values are set to 0, which hides Blizzard’s built-in raid-frame aura icons.

Because these are Blizzard settings, they remain changed even if the addon is disabled or removed. To show Blizzard’s default raid-frame auras again, open /rfa and click Restore Blizzard defaults in the Blizzard Aura CVars section.

You can also restore them manually with these chat commands:

/console raidFramesDisplayBuffs 1
/console raidFramesDisplayDebuffs 1

Compatibility

Initial release for World of Warcraft 12.0.5.

Raid Frame Auras focuses on Blizzard player, party and raid frames.