Rookie's Road

By
thecrunchiestsock

New player coming into WOW? Not sure where to start? Rookie's Road tracks your progress as you play and shows your next 3 steps, with a plain-English tip for each. Type /rr.

Rookie's Road

Your guided journey from level 1. Rookie's Road watches how you play and checks off milestones for you, then always shows your next 3 steps in plain English. No guides to open, and no spoilers.

Type /rr to open it.

What it does

- Always shows what to do next: a short "next steps" panel with the three milestones coming up, each with a reason it matters and a tip.
- Tracks your progress automatically: finish a quest, equip a bag, learn a profession, or enter your first dungeon, and it's checked off without any typing.
- Celebrates your wins: a message on screen and in chat when you complete a milestone, plus a pointer to the next one.
- Full checklist when you want it: press *Show all* to see every milestone, done and still to come.
- Remembers each character: progress is saved per character, and things you've already done are credited the first time you log in.

Milestones included

- Getting started: your first quest, an extra bag, and visiting a vendor.
- Learning your craft: class trainer, a profession, and a secondary skill.
- Joining in: your first dungeon, joining a group, and joining a guild.
- Getting around: Hearthstone, mailbox, bank, and the auction house.
- Surviving: your first death and what to do about it.
- Level goals: levels 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60, each with a tip for what to focus on.

Commands

Good to know

- Milestones are tracked per character.
- The window is draggable, and Escape closes it.
- Rookie's Road only reads what your character does. It doesn't change anything.

Feedback and ideas

Rookie's Road is new and actively being improved. If you hit a bug, please post it in the comments or on the Issues tab, and include the Lua error text if you got one. Ideas for new milestones are very welcome.