Story Mode

1.8.0

Classic Era

• Fixed the Classic/TBC rogue poisons story to point Alliance players to Master Mathias Shaw and Horde players to Shenthul instead of a generic rogue trainer
• Fixed Classic/TBC class quest starter guidance across class stories, including more specific trainer/NPC routing where the quest does not come from every trainer
• Added Deathstalkers in Shadowfang to the Classic/TBC Arugal and Shadowfang Keep dungeon chapter

Localization

• Added locale loading for German (deDE), French (frFR), and Russian (ruRU)
• Added translated addon UI strings for German, French, and Russian clients, with English fallback for untranslated story content
• Added localized TOC notes for German, French, and Russian clients
• Added German, French, and Russian translations for addon-owned story titles, descriptions, summaries, notes, and recap text
• Added _Dev/tools/localization-audit.mjs to track locale coverage and placeholder safety across locale files
• Added _Dev/tools/recap-coverage.mjs to verify recap translation coverage across supported locales

Maintenance

• Exposed a small quest-accepted suppression API so companion addons can avoid restyling Story Mode quest accepted lines
• Added quest guidance audits for missing NPC locations, map/location mismatches, class/faction availability, and chain holes, plus documented exceptions for intentionally curated quest paths
• Completed the quest-audit cleanup pass so active quest audit findings are zero, with curated order, chain, and source limitations tracked through documented exception files
• Aligned quest-card clicks with Begin This Story and Continue Story behavior so direct quest-card tracking uses the same location guidance, map opening, and completed-quest messages
• Added native guidance snapshots and availability aliases to catch bad map targets such as Legion Dalaran vs. class hall submaps
• Bumped addon metadata to 1.8.0

Retail

• Audited and corrected quest starters, NPC locations, map targets, and criteria handoffs across Retail campaigns, heritage stories, and storylines
• Corrected audited NPC portrait display IDs across Retail campaigns, heritage stories, and storylines to match the quest-starter models used by Wowhead
• Corrected A Tea Party guidance so Teddies and Tea points to the quest location players see in-game
• Fixed Suramar/Insurrection startup guidance so Archmage Khadgar points to the Violet Citadel in Legion Dalaran instead of the Hall of Shadows
• Marked completed Suramar Nightfallen prerequisite chapters through Nightfallen But Not Forgotten so completed characters are not sent back to Khadgar's Discovery
• Updated the Retail story-card selected state to reuse the native hover highlight while the Story Mode window is open