Learn From The Actual Runs
Every guide here is grounded in a real video or a real raid, not generic theorycrafting — real gold-per-hour numbers, real gear-check lessons, and the addon setup that actually avoids the two conflicts that trip people up.
Addons
6 guidesSetting Up the Full Addon Suite
Folder layout for all four addons, the Auctionator conflict when running MarketWatch and Farm Pack together, and the GearScoreLite note for Raid Tools.
Read the guide SetupSetting Up WeakAuras (And Never Losing Them Again)
The WotLK backport that actually works, where I pull premade class auras from, and the small addon that's saved my aura profile from disconnect corruption more than once.
Read the guide RareRareHunt: The Complete Guide
How the community spawn-sharing actually works, the rules quiz that gates first use, full commands, and troubleshooting.
Read the guide GoldMarketWatch: The Complete Guide
How I actually use it to catch deals while doing other things, the Auctionator dependency explained, and real filter tips.
Read the guide EpicRaid Tools: The Complete Guide
Not a module list — an actual walkthrough of how I run a raid night with it, start to finish.
Read the guide UncommonFarm Pack: The Complete Guide
The exact tool behind the real numbers in the gold-making guide, and how to set price sources up properly.
Read the guideRaiding & Achievements
4 guidesGlory of the Ulduar Raider: What Actually Worked
Real hard-mode tactics boss by boss, from Flame Leviathan to Algalon — including the mistakes that actually cost us achievements.
Read the guide Raid PrepRaid Prep With Raid Tools
Screening a PUG with Raid Browser and GearScoreLite before you commit, and the real DPS case study that shows why GearScore alone can lie to you.
Read the guide AchievementsThe Fishing Achievements Nobody Warns You About
Real cast counts for Mr. Pinchy, Old Ironjaw, Old Crafty and Coin Master — what took forever, what got lucky, and the mistake that cost me three catches in one day.
Read the guide AchievementsRare Hunting in Northrend & Outland
The passive technique that's gotten me more rares than dedicated camping ever did, real rares I've caught, and why I built RareHunt around this exact problem.
Read the guideGold & Economy
2 guidesGold Making That Actually Worked
Timed, real numbers: pickpocketing junkboxes at ~3.8k gold/hour (and why finding buyers is the actual bottleneck), stable Northrend gathering, turning raw mats into profit through professions, Darkmoon Card crafting at 65% profit, and why raid-hosting for BoEs beats almost everything else tried.
Read the guide Gold MakingDarkmoon Faire: The Actual Numbers
What a deck really costs versus sells for, the Horde alt I built to source cheaper mats, and the sale that needed four separate mails.
Read the guideCharacter Progression
2 guidesInside the Fresh to BiS Series
The real Shadowmourne math (50 shards, ~2.5 months at 5/run), the out-character gold economy that funds it, and the one missing trinket that explained a 5,000 DPS gap.
Read the guide LevelingThe Leveling Route I Actually Use
The real zone-by-zone route from 1 to 80, why dungeon boosts aren't what they used to be, and the profession double-dip that pays for your first flying mount.
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