RareScanner is an addon for World of Warcraft that includes a group of tools to help you track rare NPCs, treasures and events while you play.
The notable tools that RareScanner includes are:
Alerts from nearby rare NPCs/treasures/events
This is the main feature of RareScanner. The addon displays a button in the middle of the screen with information about all the entities detected nearby. Around the button information related to the entity is displayed, such as a miniature (in the case of an NPC), the name of the entity and the loot that you could obtain after killing/collecting it.
World map information
RareScanner adds icons of every rare NPC, treasure and event that it tracks to your worldmap. When you hover your mouse over these icons you will get extra information in a tooltip.
It also shows all the spawning spots for every tracked entity and for some entities it also adds some guidance icons to help you reach to its position, force its spawn or unlock it.
Starting with Dragonflight, now RareScanner integrates with the new control that highlights reputation sources in the world map, so when you select a faction it will also highlight every rare NPC and container that grants reputation with the faction selected.
You can customize all the information displayed in the map and the tooltips from RareScanner options panel.
Rare NPCs explorer
RareScanner is designed to help you track every rare NPC/treasure/event in the game, but usually you will be more interested in finding NPCs that drop useful loot, like missing mounts or pets that you want to add to your collection.
While you can use the world map to check the loot of every NPC/treasure by hovering the mouse over their icons, it will take a lot of work to find exactly those missing items, so here is where the explorer comes in handy.
Custom NPC
RareScanner allows you to add your own NPCs (even if they aren't rare), so you can get alerts whenever you pass by them.
Filtering entities
Out of the box RareScanner will be tracking every entity in the game, however you might be interested only in a few. Using the previous tools (the world map interface, the explorer, the button with the alert or RareScanner options), you can configure the addon to track only for what you are interested in.
More information
Visit the pages for this project to learn more about the addon.
Important notes for Dragon Isles.
1. Expedition Scout's Packs, Tuskaar Tackleboxes and Disturbed Dirt: These treasures are everywhere. In order to avoid getting constant alerts for them you should filter them completely or at least filter their visual/audio alerts so they won't drive you crazy. You can find these options under "RareScanner -> Container filters".
2. With the launch of a new patch I need one or two weeks to collect all the loot tables, so every rare NPC added in 10.0.5 don't have much loot available yet. For this reason, you shouldn't use the explorer to filter NPCs yet, because it will filter all these new entities. If you do, use the "NPC filters panel" to reenable them.
3. Currently in Dragonflight there are a lot of non-elite rare NPCs without vignettes, so you will have to enable "enemy nameplates" to let the addon detect them.
Tips for a better performance in Dragon Isles.
1. Disable tracking for world map vignettes if you aren't hunting rare NPCs and you don't fly yet. With this option disabled you won't get alerts of NPCs in the other side of the island, only of NPCs right beside you.
You can create the next macro to easily toggle this option depending on your interest.
/rarescanner swmv
2. Adjust the sensitivity to a more confortable value if you notice that the addon is too annoying.
In reply to Seclusioned:
Hello!
Take a look to the tracker systems that the addon uses and how to enable them.
Anyway, these are the important ones:
- In older zones and DL some rare NPCs will be tracked only with mouse events and enemy nameplates, so take a look that you have enemy nameplates enabled in your game.
- Worldmap vignettes are used to track rare NPCs far away from you, so also take a look that this is enabled.
Cheers.
I am the only one, who is not getting any alerts for Rukhmar world boss? Cant even find it in NPC filter. Tried to create custom NPC filter, but notification shows up only on mouseover.
In reply to Evil_Pumpkin_:
Hello!
Rukhmar is not included in the database, so as you did, you need to add it as a custom NPC.
Now, custom NPCs are tracked with mouse events or enemy nameplates so you need to enable them (more info here).
Cheers.
Hello, I want to enable vignettes and sound aloert on my screen on all Expedition Scout's Packs and Disturbed Dirt. I just need to uncheck "Apply filters only the visualaudio alerts" in Containers filters ?
In reply to okaboo:
Hello!
Yes, you have to disable that option and reasure that both containers are checked in the list. I think that Expedition scout packs are 4 different containers, so check in the list that all of them are checked.
Cheers.
In reply to maqjav:
Thank you, I uncheck option and checked all containers but I don't have alert :'(
In reply to okaboo:
Any alerts at all? do you get the sound and not the button or nothing at all?
In theory you should have in RareScanner -> Container filters
- Both top check boxes disabled.
- Expedition Scout's Packs and Disturbed Dirt checked in the list.
If everything seems alright please send me your savedvariables file so I can take a look:
C:\World of Warcraft\_retail_\WTF\Account\{YOUR_ACCOUNTNAME}\SavedVariables\RareScanner.luaCheers.
In reply to maqjav:
Thank you for your kick answer ! I dont' have containers alerts, NPC are okay. I resetted my profile and now it's seems okay !
In reply to okaboo:
Hello!
I'm glad it works now then :)
Cheers.
In reply to maqjav:
Hi. So do I understand that right, to ENABLE Disturbed Dirt, both top boxes are un-checked and in the list of containers, the Disturbed Dirt boxes are checked? I've probably tried any and all combinations of boxes checked/unchecked to get them back on alert again, and I haven't yet figured out why sometimes I get alerts on one character, but not on any others, despite all having shovels etc...
I'll gladly send my .lua. Should I open a ticket for that or send it to you some other way?
Thanks for the good maintenance, in any case!
In reply to cu77hr0at:
Hello!
Actually enabling Disturbed dirsts in the list is enough. The top checkboxes only apply to filtered containers (unchecked in the list), it doesn't affect whatsoever to non filtered containers. I think when I answered to the other user it was way too late at night and my head didn't read properly ;)
Be aware that there are 5 Disturbed dirst in the list, don't miss any.
If it doesn't work to you send me the file so I take a look.
Cheers.
In reply to maqjav:
What's driving me bonkers is that alerts for Disturbed Dirt seem to be working just fine for all zones except The Waking Shores right now. And despite re-setting everything and trying the settings discussed above, I can't get it to work in The Waking Shores. Really baffled.Nevermind that, it just appears that the dirt piles are so extremely overfarmed on my server, that I could literally find none. Just a minute after posting the above, I got an alert. xD
In reply to cu77hr0at:
Hello!
I have the same problem in my server and it is a low pop one ;)
I find lots of them in the morning, nothing in the afternoon.
Cheers.
is there a way to specifically disable the alerts for tuskarr tackle boxes? they are way too common
In reply to JohntheBarbarian:
Hello!
Yes, go to RareScanner -> Container filters and uncheck "Tuskarr tackle box".
Cheers.
It should have an option to hide minimap button.
In reply to sharklayer:
Hello!
It does, actually somebody else asked the same question 4 posts before you :P
Cheers.
I noticed a feature that has a red flag flashing on the map, when hovering over it it says "World quests in this area may reward [Ominous Conchs]". I might have missed it, but is there a way to disable this? the flashing happens every time I open the map and it's pretty distracting/visually noisy.
In reply to thric3blinded:
Hello!
Right click on it and it will be gone.
Cheers.
Cannot disable minimap icon. With every button unchecked and even the size of the icon minimalized, I cannot get rid of this minimap icon for rarescanner. Please help!