The Innkeeper's Bell

A lightweight tavern-themed reminder addon for World of Warcraft Retail.

Built for the player behind the character

The Innkeeper's Bell was created because the player behind the character matters.

It is easy to lose track of time while playing World of Warcraft. One dungeon turns into another, one raid pull turns into the next, and suddenly several hours have passed without drinking enough water, stretching, standing up, or taking even a short break.

This addon is built around a simple idea: even the greatest hero in Azeroth is only as strong as the person behind the keyboard.

The goal is not to interrupt your game, judge your playtime, or force behavior. The goal is to provide small, local, tavern-themed reminders that help you look after yourself while you play.

I build addons to make the game experience easier, cleaner, and more comfortable. Good addons should reduce friction, reduce the need for many separate tools, and help players focus on the game instead of managing their interface. The Innkeeper's Bell follows that same philosophy, but with one extra focus: helping the player stay aware of drinking, resting, and taking care of themselves during long sessions.

What The Innkeeper's Bell does

The Innkeeper's Bell is a small reminder addon for World of Warcraft Retail. It helps you keep track of drink reminders, break reminders, session time, snooze actions, and local alerts without sending messages to other players.

Drink reminder timer
Break reminder timer
Local chat alerts
Local raid-warning-style screen messages
Addon sound alert
Done buttons to restart a finished timer
Snooze buttons for 5, 10, or 15 minutes
Small timer widget with current reminder status
Minimap button with free positioning
Blizzard addon options panel
12-hour and 24-hour clock format support
Session time display
Optional funny reminder lines
Combat delay support
Dungeon and raid quiet mode support
Account-wide settings across characters and realms

Drink and break reminders

The addon uses two main reminder timers:

Drink timer: reminds you to drink something after the configured interval.
Break timer: reminds you to take a short break after the configured interval.

When a timer expires, the timer widget opens and the matching reminder row becomes active. You can then confirm the reminder with Done or delay it with one of the snooze buttons.

Done: confirms the reminder and restarts the timer with the full configured interval.
Snooze 5: delays the reminder by 5 minutes.
Snooze 10: delays the reminder by 10 minutes.
Snooze 15: delays the reminder by 15 minutes.

The Done and Snooze buttons only become available when the related reminder is actually due. This prevents accidentally or intentionally resetting timers before they are ready.

Timer widget

The timer widget is the small main window of the addon. It shows your current timer status in a clean table layout.

Current local time
Current session duration
Drink timer status
Break timer status
Done and Snooze controls when a reminder is due
Optional funny reminder text when a normal timer expires

If a reminder is due, the widget stays open until you press Done or one of the Snooze buttons. This makes sure the reminder is visible and cannot simply disappear unnoticed.

Minimap button

The addon includes a small minimap button with a custom tavern bell icon.

Left-click: show or hide the timer widget
Right-click: open the Blizzard addon options
Drag: freely move the button on the screen

The button position is saved globally, so it stays where you placed it across characters and realms.

Options

The addon can be configured through the Blizzard addon options menu.

You can open the options through:

/tib options

Or through the normal Blizzard interface:

Game Menu > Options > AddOns > The Innkeeper's Bell

Available options include:

Enable or disable the drink reminder
Enable or disable the break reminder
Adjust the drink timer interval
Adjust the break timer interval
Enable or disable the timer widget
Adjust the widget scale
Show or hide the minimap button
Enable or disable local chat alerts
Enable or disable raid-warning-style screen alerts
Enable or disable sound alerts
Choose between 12-hour and 24-hour clock format
Enable or disable funny reminder lines
Delay reminders while in combat
Use quiet mode in dungeons and raids

Combat and dungeon behavior

The Innkeeper's Bell is designed to be helpful without becoming disruptive.

If combat delay is enabled, reminders are delayed while you are in combat.
If dungeon and raid quiet mode is enabled, reminders are delayed while that quiet context is active.
Delayed reminders are not lost. They appear once alerts are allowed again.
Sound alerts are delayed together with the reminder.

This means the addon can remind you without interrupting important combat moments.

Funny reminder lines

The addon can optionally show small tavern-themed and game-inspired reminder lines when a normal timer expires.

Examples:

Hydration buff applied: +20% imaginary loot luck for 15 minutes.
Your mana bar called. It wants actual water.
Rested XP is real. Stand up and claim some.
Short break: +20% imaginary mechanic awareness.

These lines are cosmetic and optional. They can be disabled in the options.

Local only

The Innkeeper's Bell does not send automatic messages to other players.

No automatic Say messages
No automatic Yell messages
No automatic Party messages
No automatic Raid messages
No automatic Instance messages
No automatic real raid warnings sent to the group

All reminders are local to your own client. The addon is meant to help you, not spam your group.

Lightweight by design

The addon is intentionally small and focused.

No external libraries required
No database-heavy systems
No group communication
No hidden tracking
No complicated setup required
Simple SavedVariables-based settings

The goal is to provide useful reminders without adding unnecessary overhead.

Session and timer persistence

Timer and widget data are saved across reloads and character changes while the game client is running.

Settings are saved account-wide
Widget scale and position are saved globally
Minimap button position is saved globally
Timer state is preserved through reloads and quick character switches
A fresh client start begins a fresh reminder session

This helps prevent a reload or character switch from simply resetting your reminders back to the beginning.

Slash commands

Main commands:

/tib options
/tib status
/tib widget on
/tib widget off
/tib widget reset
/tib minimap on
/tib minimap off
/tib minimap reset

Reminder test and action commands:

/tib drink
/tib break
/tib done drink
/tib done break
/tib snooze 5
/tib snooze drink 10
/tib snooze break 15

Timer interval commands:

/tib interval drink 30
/tib interval break 90

Reminder enable and disable commands:

/tib enable drink
/tib disable drink
/tib enable break
/tib disable break

Sound commands:

/tib sound alarm
/tib sound raid
/tib sound off

Behavior commands:

/tib combat on
/tib combat off
/tib instance on
/tib instance off
/tib clock 12
/tib clock 24
/tib funny on
/tib funny off
/tib defaults

Important note

The Innkeeper's Bell is a reminder addon, not a medical tool.

It does not diagnose, treat, monitor, or replace professional health advice. It simply provides configurable in-game reminders for drinking, taking short breaks, and keeping an eye on your current session.

Support and donations

If you enjoy my addons and want to support future development, testing, updates, icons, sounds, and maintenance, donations are appreciated but never required.

Your support helps me continue building lightweight, useful, player-focused addons that reduce interface clutter and make the game more comfortable to play.

Support the project:
https://www.patreon.com/ArcAnvil_Projects

Summary

The Innkeeper's Bell is a small tavern-themed reminder addon for World of Warcraft Retail. It helps you remember to drink, take breaks, track your current session, and return to your adventure with a clearer mind.

Because even the strongest hero needs the player behind the character to be well.

The Inkeeper's Bell