zTalentPlanner | Talent Calculator, Build Import, Auto Learn

In-game talent planner and talent calculator for WoW Classic Era, TBC Anniversary and WoW Forever. Plan, save and compare talent builds directly inside the talent window, import builds from Wowhead, Icy Veins and Warcraft Tavern, and let the addon spend your talent points automatically as you level.

Create build plans for different specs, characters and situations, follow a defined leveling order, and share your builds with other players via link.

Features

• Talent calculator right in the game: create and save multiple talent plans
• Import talent builds from Wowhead, Icy Veins and Warcraft Tavern by URL (plus talentsforever.com, chromie.de and wowforevertalent.com on WoW Forever)
• Follow a defined talent order while leveling
• Auto-learn talents: spend talent points automatically, on level up or on demand
• Put newly learned spell ranks on your action bars automatically
• Trainer spells window: see what your class trainer offers, what it costs and where class quests start
• Apply, compare, export and share builds
• Optionally replace the default talent window with the addon's own

Import builds from Wowhead, Icy Veins & Warcraft Tavern

Import builds by URL from Wowhead, Warcraft Tavern or Icy Veins. Just paste a build link into the plan input field on the Plans tab, the same field you use to name a new plan, and it imports straight away. To export, hover over a plan in the list and click the export icon, then pick the site to get a shareable link and pass your build to other players via Discord.

For Wowhead, Warcraft Tavern and Icy Veins, the talent learning order is preserved on both import and export, so the leveling path stays intact. A Wowhead link that carries no order (the extra part after the talent points) is imported with the points filled in from the top of each tree.

On WoW Forever, build links from talentsforever.com, chromie.de and wowforevertalent.com can be imported and exported as well. talentsforever.com keeps the learning order, chromie.de and wowforevertalent.com only store the points per talent, so the order is rebuilt automatically on import.

Talent planning & calculator

Planning mode right in the talent tree

Left-click adds a planned point, right-click removes it. Every planned talent shows directly in the tree how many points you want to invest (+3) and where it sits in the learning order (#8). Talents you can spend a point on right now pulse softly, green for your free talent points and blue for free planned points in planning mode.

Multiple plans per class

Create, rename and duplicate as many plans as you need. Plans can be assigned to Spec 1 / Spec 2 and switch automatically when you change dual spec. Tick PvP to mark a plan as a PvP build, it then shows your faction's PvP icon in the plan list.

Order tab

Visualizes the steps of your plan: talent, rank and minimum level, exactly in the learning order. The info button next to a step jumps straight to that talent in the tree.

Compare tab

Pick two plans and hit Compare to see side by side where the builds differ. Yellow: only in plan A. Green: only in plan B. Gray: identical in both plans. Orange: in both plans, but with different ranks. A level slider lets you step through the builds level by level, and clicking any entry in the difference list jumps straight to that talent in the tree.

Talent search

A full-text search across all three trees, not just talent names but their descriptions too. Type a keyword and you instantly get every talent whose text mentions it, then jump straight to the matches without endless scrolling. Looking for a druid talent that improves stealth, for example? Searching for "stealth" surfaces Feral Instinct right away.

Sync Build

Imports your already learned talents as a plan. Useful for bringing an existing character into zTalentPlanner without rebuilding the spec by hand.

Inspect copy

Inspect another player and save their build as a new plan with one click. This also works across classes, making it easy to keep interesting builds for future characters or alts.

View builds from other classes

Once you have kept a build from another class (via Inspect copy), a class crest appears in the plan list's filter bar. Pick a different class there and the list switches to that class's plans.

The eye icon on those rows now opens a read-only view of the full tree, with every talent at its planned rank, so a Mage can still browse a saved Warrior build any time, without switching characters. On your own class the eye works as usual and simply loads the plan.

Own talent window

Prefer not to work inside Blizzard's talent frame? Turn on Own talent window in the plan window and zTalentPlanner opens its own instead. Everything you already know, planning mode, compare, apply and the markers in the tree, works exactly the same in it.

Its own extras:

• All three trees at once: hit the expand button to place every tree side by side, no more tab switching to see the whole build.
• Switch spec in one click: with dual spec active, the spec icons in the top-left let you jump straight to your other talent group (out of combat).
• Ability timeline: in the all-trees view, a level ruler below the trees shows at which level your plan unlocks each new ability. Click an icon to jump to its talent.

It stays out of the way of other UIs: under ElvUI the window is fully skinned to match, and while DragonflightUI or GW2_UI is active the option is disabled, since those addons already reshape the talent frame themselves.

On WoW Forever, the addon's own talent window takes over the talent tab and shows all three trees with your live ranks from the game.

Auto-learn talents while leveling

Auto-learn on level up

Optional: zTalentPlanner automatically learns the next talent in your plan when you level up. A toast shows which talent, and which newly unlocked spell, was added.

Level-up milestones

The same level-up toast does more than announce talents. On the levels that matter, it also reminds you of the milestones you just reached: riding and fast riding, flying, dual spec, new armor proficiencies, and class-specific mounts such as the Warlock's Dreadsteed or the Paladin's charger. These appear on level up on their own, whether or not a talent was learned that level, so you always know when something new opened up.

Apply next

The Order tab has an Apply Next button. It learns the next talent according to your plan, giving you full control over when the next point is spent.

Apply all

The Order tab also has an Apply All button. It automatically spends all available talent points according to your plan. Handy for re-spending all points in a flash after a talent reset.

New spell ranks on your action bars

Train Fireball Rank 2 and the old rank keeps sitting on your bars until you drag the new one over yourself. zTalentPlanner does it for you: every action button that held your previous highest rank gets the new one. At a trainer the swap happens once you close the trainer window, so a whole list of freshly learned ranks is updated in one go.

Buttons where you deliberately keep a lower rank, a cheaper heal for example, are left alone. With dual specialization, the bars of your other specialization get their new ranks the next time you switch to it, and during a fight the update waits until the fight is over.

Works on Classic Era, TBC Anniversary and WoW Forever, including stance and form bars and bar addons such as Bartender or ElvUI. Turn it off any time with /tplan ranks off.

Trainer spells window

Which spells can you buy at the next level, what will it cost, and where does that class quest start? The trainer spells window answers this for your character. Open it with the new tab behind the spellbook tabs or with /tplan spells.

• Learned, available and upcoming: spells you already know, spells you can buy right now, and upcoming ranks with the level they need. Spells that need a talent are listed separately.
• Prices with your discount: every price includes your reputation discount with the trainer's faction, and the totals show what you have spent and what is still to come.
• Learns from your trainer visits: the addon ships no trainer data. The window fills itself the first time you open your class trainer, and all characters of that class share it. Race and faction spells only show for characters who can learn them.
• Quest spells: warlock demons, druid forms, shaman totems, warrior stances, paladin mounts and more are listed with their level. The tooltip names the quest and the quest giver for your race, with zone and /way coordinates. If you have already started the quest chain, it shows where the chain continues, with its step number such as 2/4.
• Class books: spells you learn from a book instead of a trainer, such as Prayer of Fortitude or the Ahn'Qiraj books, are listed with "Book" instead of a price. The tooltip names the book and where it drops.
• Pet trainer, grimoires and poisons: hunter pet abilities, the warlock's demon grimoires and the rogue's poisons are included. At the demon trainer, grimoires your demons already know are marked as learned.
• Riding and professions: from which level you can learn each riding rank, and for each of your professions the next rank with the level and skill it needs. For Cooking, First Aid and Fishing it shows which higher ranks come from a book or a quest, with the vendor or quest giver and their coordinates. On Classic Era and Anniversary it also shows Dual Talent Specialization. This part works even before you have visited a class trainer.
• Nearest trainers: the class trainers closest to you with zone and distance, plus the nearest pet or demon trainer for hunters and warlocks. A zone name turns orange or red if the zone is far above your level. Distances are straight lines, so the real way can be longer.

When a level-up unlocks a class quest, the milestone toast shows the same quest giver: hover it for the details. With TomTom installed, a click on the toast, on its chat link or on a quest line in the window sets a waypoint, and so does a click on a nearby trainer (see Recommended addons below).

Works on Classic Era, TBC Anniversary and WoW Forever. Quest givers and profession books are available for Classic Era and TBC Anniversary. On WoW Forever the trainer locations still come from beta data.

Slash commands

All regular features are available through the UI. In addition, there are these chat commands:

• /tplan toast <on|off> turns the level-up toast on or off, in case it bothers you.
• /tplan ranks <on|off> turns the action bar rank update on or off. Without an argument it shows the current setting.
• /tplan spells opens the trainer spells window.

Compatibility

Compatible with:

• ElvUI
• DragonflightUI
• GW2 UI

Recommended addons (optional)

zTalentPlanner works fine on its own. These addons add extra comfort when you are looking for a class quest giver or a profession book vendor:

• TomTom: a click on a class quest milestone, its chat link or a quest line in the trainer spells window sets a waypoint to the quest giver, a click on a nearby trainer one to the trainer.
• FarstriderLib and FarstriderLib Data: together with TomTom, the same click plans the whole trip from where you are. The steps are listed in chat and each step becomes a TomTom waypoint, instead of a straight line to the target. The route comes entirely from FarstriderLib's travel data, so it can take detours or miss a connection, for example city portals on Anniversary. Available for Classic Era and TBC Anniversary.

Supported versions: Classic Era, TBC Anniversary, WoW Forever

World of Warcraft Classic Era (1.15), TBC Classic Anniversary (2.5.6) and WoW Forever.

Supported languages

English, German (Deutsch), French (Français), Korean (한국어).

Want to help translate zTalentPlanner into your language or improve an existing translation? Your support is very welcome on the CurseForge localization page.

Feedback & Bugs

Please report bugs and suggestions in the CurseForge comments or on the issue tracker.

Deutsch

Talentplaner und Talentrechner direkt im Spiel für WoW Classic Era, TBC Anniversary und WoW Forever. Talent-Builds im Talentfenster planen, speichern und vergleichen, Builds von Wowhead, Icy Veins und Warcraft Tavern importieren und exportieren (auf WoW Forever zusätzlich talentsforever.com, chromie.de und wowforevertalent.com) und Talentpunkte beim Leveln automatisch verteilen lassen. Neu gelernte Zauberränge legt das Addon automatisch auf die Aktionsleisten, sodass nach dem Lehrer kein Rang von Hand ausgetauscht werden muss. Das Addon ist vollständig auf Deutsch übersetzt.

Français

Planificateur et calculateur de talents en jeu pour WoW Classic Era, TBC Anniversary et WoW Forever. Planifiez, enregistrez et comparez vos builds directement dans la fenêtre des talents, importez et exportez des builds depuis Wowhead, Icy Veins et Warcraft Tavern (sur WoW Forever, aussi talentsforever.com, chromie.de et wowforevertalent.com), et laissez l'addon dépenser automatiquement vos points de talent pendant la montée en niveau. Les nouveaux rangs de sorts appris sont placés automatiquement sur vos barres d'action, plus besoin de remplacer un rang à la main en sortant de chez le maître.

Trademarks & Disclaimer

Wowhead, Warcraft Tavern, Icy Veins, talentsforever.com, chromie.de and wowforevertalent.com, and their respective logos, are trademarks of their respective owners. Their icons are used here solely to indicate the source of an imported or exported build. zTalentPlanner is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Wowhead, Warcraft Tavern, Icy Veins, talentsforever.com, chromie.de, wowforevertalent.com or Blizzard Entertainment.

World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Credits

Korean translation by user_y0m9hsti2anxq56l.

Button icons are based on Lucide, licensed under the ISC License. Copyright (c) for portions of Lucide are held by Cole Bemis 2013-2022 as part of Feather (MIT). All other copyright (c) for Lucide are held by the Lucide Contributors 2022.