WeaponSkill

WeaponSkill is a lightweight World of Warcraft Classic Era / Hardcore addon that shows your current weapon skill for equipped weapons directly on screen and in weapon tooltips.

It is especially useful while leveling, swapping weapon types, or preparing for dungeons, where an underleveled weapon skill can make a big difference.

Features

On-screen weapon skill display for equipped weapons
Supports main-hand, off-hand, and ranged weapon slots
Supports bows, guns, crossbows, thrown weapons, wands, and melee weapons
Two-column display for characters using multiple weapon types
Automatically deduplicates matching weapon skills
Shows effective weapon skill bonuses, such as racial or item bonuses
Tracks weapon attack attempts since the last skill-up
Shows the last known number of attempts needed for a skill-up when available
Optional item tooltip weapon skill lines
Movable display frame
Right-click context menu to choose which equipped skills are shown
Slash-command configuration
Per-character settings and skill attempt tracking
Optional border and background
Optional hide-at-cap behavior
Glow animation when a displayed weapon skill increases
Fade-out when a skill reaches cap and hide-at-cap is enabled

Display Modes

WeaponSkill can show different equipped weapon slots:

mainhand - main-hand weapon only
melee - main-hand and off-hand
all - main-hand, off-hand, and ranged

The default mode is all.

If multiple equipped weapons use the same skill, the skill is only shown once.

Example:

Two-Handed Axes    43/45 [2/?]
Thrown             14/50 (+5) [7/12]

The value in brackets shows:

Attempts since the last skill-up
Last known attempts needed for a skill-up

If the addon does not know the previous skill-up attempt count yet, it shows ?.

Weapon skill bonuses, such as racial bonuses, are included in the displayed effective value. For example, a Troll thrown weapon bonus is shown as (+5).

The attempt counter is an estimate based on the player's outgoing combat log weapon events.

Tooltip Support

When enabled, weapon item tooltips show the relevant weapon skill and current value.

Example:

Thrown 14/50 (+5)

Non-weapon items are ignored.

Commands

Primary command:

/ws

Alias:

/weaponskill

Available commands:

/ws help
/ws status
/ws display on|off
/ws tooltip on|off
/ws slots mainhand|melee|all
/ws hide capped on|off
/ws border on|off
/ws background on|off
/ws lock
/ws unlock
/ws reset

Context Menu

Right-click the on-screen display to open the context menu.

From there, you can choose which currently equipped weapon skills are shown. At least one equipped skill must remain visible, so the frame cannot become impossible to find when border and background are disabled.

Compatibility

Built for:

World of Warcraft Classic Era
World of Warcraft Hardcore

Retail WoW is not supported.

Notes

WeaponSkill uses slash commands only. There is no minimap button and no graphical options panel.

Settings and skill attempt tracking are saved per character.

Localization support relies on Blizzard's localized weapon skill strings where available.

Current Version

Version 1.1.0 adds per-character skill attempt tracking, a two-column display layout, colored skill values, effective skill bonus display, and Classic Era interface support for 11509.

Version 1.0.0

Initial public release included:

Main-hand, off-hand, and ranged weapon skill display
Tooltip weapon skill display
Movable and lockable frame
Display slot modes
Right-click context menu
Hide capped option
Border/background options
Skill-up glow and capped fade-out animation