Side by Side (Forever)

Side by Side

Side by Side is made for playing together. Whether you level with your partner, a friend or your sibling, it shows where they are, how their quests are going next to yours, and lets you point at the map to say "meet me here". It works on its own as soon as you're in a group: no setup, no commands.

Made for WoW Classic Era and WoW Forever. Everyone in your group who should show up needs Side by Side installed.

Your partner at a glance

• Where they are. A small window lists everyone in your group who uses Side by Side, with level, zone, distance in yards and an arrow that points to them as you turn.
• Raid icons, automatically. As soon as your partner joins the group, everyone gets a raid icon (star, moon, diamond and so on), so you always spot each other in a crowd. Both players always agree on who gets which icon.
• Minimap button. Hover to see your partners and how far away they are. Left-click shows or hides the window, right-click clears the waypoint.

Quests together

• Shared progress. Quests you both have are listed with your progress and theirs side by side, for example "Westfall Stew: you 3/5 - Ona 5/5". Finished objectives turn green.
• They have, you don't. Quests your partner has that you could still pick up, so you can grab them while you're in the area.
• Updates as you play: kill a mob or loot a quest item and your partner sees it a moment later.

Waypoints

• Alt+click the world map to set a waypoint for your whole group.
• Everyone sees a star on their map and an arrow with the distance in the Side by Side window.
• It clears by itself when you arrive. Right-click the star on the map to clear it for everyone.

Good to know

• Type /sbs to show or hide the window, /sbs reset to move it back to its default place, /sbs clear to remove the waypoint and /sbs marks to turn the automatic raid icons off or on.
• Drag the window by its title to move it.
• Data is shared only with your party or raid, through invisible addon messages. Nothing is written to chat.
• Positions aren't shared inside dungeons, where the game doesn't give addons a map position.
• In a raid, only the leader or an assistant can set raid icons, so automatic icons work there only for them.

Coming next

• Items your partner needs: quest items and gear upgrades, marked when they drop for you.