RareScanner

RareScanner, a World of Warcraft addon to alert you when a rare, event or treasure appear in your minimap.

File Details

RareScanner_12.0.0.1

  • R
  • Jan 21, 2026
  • 4.04 MB
  • 254.4K
  • 12.0.0
  • Retail

File Name

RareScanner_12.0.0.1.zip

Supported Versions

  • 12.0.0

12.0.0.1

  • Updated french localizations (thanks to tbstunt3r).
  • Updated simplified chinese localizations (thanks to LvWind).

Hopefully pushing a new version will fix the issue in the curseforge client where apparently the addon doesn't show up as updated for some people.

12.0.0

  • Updated addon for Midnight.
    • This version includes the database for the new expansion, although it is missing certain things that I will finish adding in this month until the expansion is released.
    • Added support to decors in the explorer.
    • Added a new style for the explorer that matches Midnight UI.
    • Added support to track new icons as the highest peaks.
    • Added treasures in delves for Midnight (I missed these ones in TWW).
    • Added a new option to the world map to show/hide containers by missing renown.
  • Added a lot of performance improvements.
    • As the database has grown so much in the latest expansions, the way the addon used to find entities for each map was introducing small delays when opening the world map, opening the filters panels, using the explorer, etc. I have added several improvements to remove that delay almost completely from every UI.
  • Fixed an error that existed in the explorer since the first version where the map could render pixelated after re-opening the explorer or switching to another map.
  • Added full support to the PVP chest. Now the addon will alert you to every single icon that appears when a PVP chest spawn (the plane, the flags and the treasure), and it will definetly be more sensitive to find it.
  • Fixed#368: Starting with 11.1.7 the game doesn't allow to move frames while in combat.
  • Updated russian localizations, thanks to Hollicsh.
  • Other minor improvements/changes that now I don't remember :P

Midnight pre-patch

For this event I have added several new features that will help you track rare NPCs while the event is active:

  • You can see in the tooltip of every event rare NPC the next spawn timer (only after you have found one in each session).
    • These timers will be accurate as soon as you find 2 rare NPCs in the same session.
  • You can use the command "/rs midnight" to print in the chat the list of rare NPCs and their next spawn timer.

12.0.0 and addon changes

RareScanner will work as it used to in TTW and before with these exceptions:

  • Now the addon won't work in instances (raids, dungeons, delves, etc.). With the changes included by Blizzard in the latest version of the game the addon doesn't have access to detect anything in instances, however you can still see information in the world map and use the macro to manually track NPCs (you won't get the notification even targetting the NPC).
  • Everything mentioned before also applies while in combat in the open world.
  • Now the addon cannot send to the chat information related to the remaining health of targetted rare NPCs, so shared chat notifications won't include that information anymore.