Xals Xpedited Routes

Records your gathering nodes and draws them on the map and minimap — then builds the fastest route through them and points you along it with an on-screen compass. Node-tracking and route optimization in one addon, now covering Mining, Herbalism, and Lumberjacking.

🤔 What is Xal's Xpedited Routes?

As you gather herbs, ore, or lumber, XXR quietly remembers every node. Open your map and they're all there. Hit one key and it plans the most efficient loop through them, then guides you node-to-node with a waypoint arrow — so you spend your time farming, not backtracking. Think of it as a node tracker and a route planner rolled into a single, lightweight tool.

⚡ Key features

• 🆕 Lumberjacking support — a full third gathering type alongside Mining and Herbalism: its own map/minimap pins (blue), its own icon on the floating helper button, its own Gather Tally section, and it routes and combines with the other two just like they combine with each other. Retail only (Lumberjacking itself doesn't exist on Classic). Toggle it in Options → General if you'd rather not see it.
• Dungeon portal routing — routes you through the Timeways portal room in Silvermoon for King's Rest, Temple of Sethraliss, and Ruby Life Pools, automatically switching to that dungeon's own in-room portal the moment you step inside.
• Dungeon nav has its own compass — a fully independent on-screen arrow, separate from the gathering-route compass, so the two never interfere with each other. Run a gathering route and a dungeon trip at the same time and both arrows show, no hiding one behind the other.
• TomTom sync defaults on if you have TomTom installed, since most gatherers already navigate with it — Routes' own arrow is still there as the fallback either way. TomTom's arrow is also nudged just off the node instead of sitting dead-on top of it.
• Redesigned floating helper button — Mining, Herbalism, and Lumberjacking each get their own icon with a colored glow so you can tell them apart at a glance, and the icon lights up bright yellow while that type's route is running.
• Standalone Options window — a movable settings window with its own tabs (General, Floating Button, Waypoint, Map Markers, Gather Tally, Database, Integrations), open it with /xxr options or the minimap button.
• Combined routing — gather Mining, Herbalism, and/or Lumberjacking in one pass: light up any combination of icons on the floating button (or just type /xxr route) and the route combines every matching node in the zone into one optimal path.
• Node grouping — nearby nodes group into a single route stop instead of a separate waypoint for each one, so routes flow through a dense patch instead of zig-zagging. On by default; adjustable in Options → Map Markers.
• Minimap trail line — a thin line on your minimap points straight from you to your next stop, on top of the usual arrow. Toggle it in Options → Waypoint.
• Gather Tally — a live, movable window that tallies everything you gather on a run. Open it with the Gather button, the minimap button, or /xxr haul. Under Options → Gather Tally you can switch to a clean text-only list, scale the text size, and turn on optional gather / route timers.
• 🧪 Dungeon Nav (Xperimental) — enable the dungeon button under Options → Gather Tally, or use /xxr dungeon, to drop a waypoint at any Season 2 Mythic+ dungeon entrance.
• Auto-records herb, mining & lumber nodes the moment you gather them — no setup.
• Customizable map & minimap markers — Hollow X or Star, adjustable size, opacity, glow, and proximity fade — with your active node lit up in bright yellow so your next stop is easy to spot.
• One-key optimal route with an on-screen compass arrow that guides you node-to-node — now with an adjustable text size for the distance readout.
• Smart route building — skip freshly-farmed nodes with freshness timing, skip the current node on the fly, and clean up duplicates.
• Arrow your way — multiple arrow styles, adjustable scale, and green/red progress coloring.
• Floating helper button and full keybind support (start, stop, skip).
• Runs everywhere — Retail, MoP Classic, and Classic Era (the Gather Tally works on all three now). Lumberjacking specifically is Retail-only, since Lumberjacking itself doesn't exist on Classic.

🧭 Getting started

1. Gather like normal — every herb and ore node you pick is saved automatically, no setup.
2. See your nodes — open your map or minimap; saved nodes show as markers.
3. Run a route — type /xxr route (or click the floating helper button), then follow the on-screen compass arrow from node to node.
4. Watch your haul — the Gather Tally tallies what you gather; open it with the Gather button or /xxr haul.
5. Make it yours — /xxr options for marker styles, the arrow, the Gather Tally, the dungeon button, TomTom sync, and more.

⌨️ Slash commands

Plus deep customization (marker style/size/opacity, arrow style/scale/text size, freshness, proximity, TomTom) — type /xxr help for the full list. /xalmoras works as an alias for /xxr.

🧪 Xperimental

Dungeon Nav drops a waypoint at any Season 2 Mythic+ dungeon entrance — it works, but it's new enough that we're calling it Xperimental while the season settles in:

• Enable the dungeon button under Options → Gather Tally, or just type /xxr dungeon.
• /xxr dungeon set <name> pins a specific dungeon's entrance exactly.
• Every entrance coordinate has been individually verified.
• King's Rest, Temple of Sethraliss, and Ruby Life Pools now route through the Timeways portal room in Silvermoon instead of straight-line-only — get you to the portal, then automatically switch you to that dungeon's own in-room portal.

Feedback welcome — if you spot a wrong entrance or want another dungeon added to portal routing, let us know on Discord.

🚧 In the works

Ideas on the roadmap — not in the addon yet:

• Gathering Mode — pulls your minimap into a larger, center-screen HUD overlay while gathering, with route lines drawn straight through it, so you can navigate by watching a line in front of you instead of glancing at a corner map.
• Routing to world quests
• Portal-aware routing for the rest of the Season 2 dungeons (currently live for King's Rest, Temple of Sethraliss, and Ruby Life Pools)
• More verified Season 2 dungeon data as the season settles in

🖼️ Screenshots

The new minimap icon

Map markers on the minimap

The floating helper button, new Compact style

The dungeon-portal shortcut, now its own draggable icon

The waypoint compass arrow

Gather Tally, new Compact style

Settings menu — before

Settings menu — after, new Compact style

🔗 More Xal's addons

• Xal's Craft Courier — Turns your mailbox into a crafting dispatch center, sorting materials by profession and routing them to the right crafter in one click.
• Xal's Compendium — Tracks your daily and weekly quests so nothing falls through the cracks.
• Xal's Quest Compass — Auto-detects quests ready to turn in, sorts them by distance, and one-click navigates you to each (TomTom or native tracking).

💬 Support & credits

Questions or ideas? Join the Discord.

All Rights Reserved (see LICENSE). Concept inspired by node-recording addons GatherMate2 / Gatherer and the route-optimizer Routes. Optional integration with HereBeDragons and TomTom.