Tristan's Addon: a do-everything Paladin companion for WoW Forever, with PvP
Tristan’s Addon is new: a free, open source Paladin companion for World of Warcraft: Forever. It knows Holy, Protection and Retribution, has dual spec from day one, and adds something its siblings don’t have: a real Battle section for PvP. Version 0.1.0 is out, the first release.
It’s the third of the family, after Andric’s Addon for Priests and Parzelle’s Addon for Mages, so the window will feel familiar if you’ve used either one.
One window for the whole Paladin
Type /tristan (or /paladin). Home shows what your trainer has now and next, your riding savings, your next class quest, and anything that needs attention: no Blessing on you, no Aura, no Seal in melee range, Righteous Fury on while you’re not tanking.
- Rotation: Solo, Dungeon and Raid priorities for each spec, using only spells you know, with a small next-spell helper, a post-fight summary with mana tips, and a Seals & auras tab.
- Gear: upgrade lines in tooltips weighted for your spec, a glow on bag upgrades, how to get each item with a map pin, and a PvP weights toggle that puts Stamina first.
- Leveling and talents: zones, dungeons, trainer visits and class quests, plus builds drawn on Forever’s own Paladin trees. Every level-60 build is checked to add up to exactly 51 points, PvP builds included.
- Learn the Paladin: every spell and talent, how Seals and Judgement work in Forever, group etiquette, common mistakes and a PvP basics track.
- Dual spec: two profiles per character. The suggested plan is to level as Retribution, then at 40 run Retribution plus Holy for battlegrounds.
The Paladin bar
The Blessing button blesses the next friendly player missing your Blessing, one press at a time: you first, then your group nearest-first, your target, then friendly nameplates. It picks Might for Warriors, Rogues and Hunters, Wisdom for casters and healers, or Kings for everyone if you choose it, and you can override any class. Beside it, an Aura hint and a Seal hint suggest the right one for what you’re doing.
Battle: PvP in the same window
Tristan Ludlowe lives on a PvP realm, so the addon has a Battle group with six tabs:
- Honor & Rank: your rank and Honor where the client lets addons read them, and the next rank reward.
- Battlegrounds: Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, Darkspear Islands and Alterac Valley, with the objective, your spec’s role and where to queue. Only brackets your level allows are lit.
- PvP bar: one-press buttons for Freedom, Cleanse, Blessing of Protection, Hammer of Justice and Repentance.
- Cooldowns with a Forbearance timer, a Burst coach that follows your own casts and lights the next step, and World PvP status for your zone with survival tips for leveling on a PvP realm.
Forever doesn’t give addons the combat log, and other players’ health and casts are hidden from addons in combat. So Tristan’s Addon doesn’t track enemy trinkets, diminishing returns or enemy players, and it says so plainly instead of pretending. Everything is advice: one key press is one cast, and nothing casts by itself.
Also new: Parzelle’s Addon 0.1.1
The Mage companion got two buttons beside its Conjure Button. Arcane Intellect buffs the next person who needs it, skipping Warriors and Rogues. Hand out opens a trade with your target or the next group member (lowest mana first) and fills it with the best rank of water and food they can use, with food only for Warriors and Rogues. You still click the final Trade yourself.
Get it
On Linux, OmaForge installs it and keeps it updated:
On any other system, download TristansAddon-v0.1.0.zip from the v0.1.0 release, unzip it into _forever_/Interface/AddOns/, and type /reload. It’s for WoW Forever only. Every fact carries its source (Blizzard first, then Icy Veins and Wowhead) and the date it was checked. The source is on GitHub. It’s an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard. Questions go to help@ninepointlabs.com.