Macros for any class

Both trinkets

Items · 8 sources

You fire both on-use trinkets from one key, and the button shows the top trinket's icon and cooldown.

#showtooltip 13
/use 13
/use 14

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#showtooltip 13
/use 13

#showtooltip 13
/use 13
/use [mod:shift] 14

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: a trinket and a spell on one press and #showtooltip with a slot number.

Healthstone or potion

Items · 8 sources

You use a healthstone on a plain press and drink a healing potion with Shift held, so one key covers both without spending both at once.

#showtooltip
/use [mod:shift] Major Healing Potion; Major Healthstone

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#showtooltip
/use Major Healthstone
/use Major Healing Potion

#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=combat Major Healthstone, Major Healing Potion

Forever adds the Restored Healing Potion, usable at any level, which restores 30% of your health; put in whichever potion you carry.

Weapon set swap

Items · 8 sources

You switch between a two-hander and a one-hander with a shield; put in your own item names.

/equipslot [equipped:Shields] 16 Arcanite Reaper
/equipslot [noequipped:Shields] 16 Frostbite
/equipslot [noequipped:Shields] 17 Force Reactive Disk

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/equipslot [mod:shift] 16 Arcanite Reaper
/equipslot [nomod] 16 Frostbite
/equipslot [nomod] 17 Force Reactive Disk

/equipset needs the Equipment Manager, which Classic Era never had, so this uses /equipslot. In Classic you can swap weapons in combat but not armor.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: weapon swaps in combat.

Target next enemy when needed

Targeting · 7 sources

You tab to an enemy only when you have no target, a dead one or a friendly one, so a live enemy target never gets dropped.

/targetenemy [noexists][dead][help]

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/targetenemyplayer [noexists][dead][help]

/targetenemy [noexists][dead][help]
/startattack

Bandage yourself

Items · 6 sources

You bandage yourself without losing your current target.

#showtooltip
/use [@player] Heavy Runecloth Bandage

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#showtooltip
/use [@mouseover,help,nodead][help,nodead][@player] Heavy Runecloth Bandage

#showtooltip
/stopcasting
/use [@player] Heavy Runecloth Bandage

Bandages don't start the global cooldown in Forever. Heavy Runecloth Bandage heals 2,000 over 8 seconds; put in the one you carry.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: using an item on yourself with [@player].

Set or clear focus

Targeting · 5 sources

You set your focus to the unit under the mouse, or your target, and clear it with Shift held, so other macros can cast on it.

/clearfocus [mod:shift]
/stopmacro [mod:shift]
/focus [@mouseover,exists][]

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/focus

Focus arrived in patch 2.0, so vanilla guides don't use it.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /focus.

Quiet errors around a macro

Camera and UI · 5 sources

You fire both trinkets without the error voice and red text you'd get when one is on cooldown; put your own /use or /cast lines in the middle.

#showtooltip 13
/console Sound_EnableErrorSpeech 0
/use 13
/use 14
/run UIErrorsFrame:Hide() C_Timer.After(0,function() UIErrorsFrame:Clear() UIErrorsFrame:Show() SetCVar("Sound_EnableErrorSpeech",1) end)

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Clearing the error text needs /run. The restore waits one frame because the modern client shows errors after the macro finishes. The whole macro takes 204 of the 255 characters, so keep your own lines short.

Mount or dismount

Mounts · 5 sources

You call your mount when you're outdoors and get off it when you're riding; swap in your own mount's name.

#showtooltip
/cast [nomounted,outdoors] Brown Horse
/dismount

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#showtooltip
/cast [nomounted,outdoors,mod:shift] Swift Palomino; [nomounted,outdoors] Brown Horse
/dismount

Mount items teach you the mount in Forever, so you /cast the mount's name instead of using the Bridle or Reins as in Classic Era. There's no flying in Forever, so the [flyable] parts of retail mount macros don't apply.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: casting a mount by name.

Fish, lure, swap back

Professions · 5 sources

You equip your pole and fish on a plain press, put a lure on the pole with Shift, and switch back to your weapon with Ctrl; the first press equips, the next one casts.

#showtooltip Fishing
/equip [noequipped:Fishing Poles,nomod] Big Iron Fishing Pole
/cast [equipped:Fishing Poles,nomod] Fishing
/use [mod:shift] Shiny Bauble
/use [mod:shift] 16
/equipslot [mod:ctrl] 16 Arcanite Reaper

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#showtooltip Fishing
/equip Big Iron Fishing Pole
/cast Fishing

Find a rare by name

Targeting · 4 sources

You target the named rare if it's loaded near you, put a skull on it and play a sound; put in the rare's name, and nothing happens if it isn't there.

/cleartarget
/targetexact Humar the Pridelord
/stopmacro [noexists][dead]
/tm 8
/run PlaySound(8959)

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/targetexact Humar the Pridelord
/stopmacro [noexists][dead]
/startattack

The sound needs /run, which is allowed because it only touches the interface; delete that line if you don't want it.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /focus and raid target marks.

Racial with trinkets

Racials · 4 sources

You use your racial and both trinkets on one press; Blood Fury, Berserking, Elune's Light and Eureka! all fit, since none of them starts the global cooldown.

#showtooltip Blood Fury
/cast Blood Fury
/use 13
/use 14

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#showtooltip Blood Fury
/cast Blood Fury
/use 13
/use 14
/use [mod:shift] Major Mana Potion

In Forever Blood Fury raises attack power and spell power by 10% for 15 seconds, so caster Orcs use it too. Elune's Light (Night Elf) and Eureka! (Gnome) are new racials.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: a trinket and a spell on one press.

Eat and drink

Items · 3 sources

You start eating and drinking with one press; press it once, since a second press starts them over.

#showtooltip
/use Morning Glory Dew
/use Homemade Cherry Pie

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Sell grey items

Items · 3 sources

With a vendor open, you sell every grey item in your bags in one press.

/run local c=C_Container for b=0,4 do for s=1,c.GetContainerNumSlots(b) do local i=c.GetContainerItemInfo(b,s) if i and i.quality==0 and not i.hasNoValue then c.UseContainerItem(b,s) end end end

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Selling from a macro needs /run, since no slash command does it. It checks item quality rather than the grey color code in the item link, which older Classic macros used.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: selling junk from a macro.

Healing or mana potion

Items · 2 sources

You drink a healing potion on a plain press and a mana potion with Shift held.

#showtooltip
/use [mod:shift] Major Mana Potion; Major Healing Potion

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#showtooltip
/use [combat] Major Mana Potion; Morning Glory Dew

Forever adds the Restored Mana Potion, usable at any level, which restores 20% of your mana.

Swap in a trinket

Items · 2 sources

You use the trinket in the lower slot with a normal press and equip a different one there with a right-click, out of combat only.

#showtooltip 14
/use [nobutton:2] 14
/equipslot [button:2] 14 Insignia of the Alliance

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/equipslot 14 Insignia of the Alliance

Carrot on a Stick, the riding trinket most guides swap in, isn't in the Forever beta; Insignia of the Alliance and Insignia of the Horde are. Equipping an on-use trinket starts a 30-second cooldown on it.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: trinket swaps.

Assist your focus

Targeting · 2 sources

You target whatever your focus, usually the tank, is attacking and start attacking it.

/assist focus
/startattack

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Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: /focus.

Dismount, then act

Mounts · 2 sources

You get off your mount and use the ability on the same press; the /dismount line goes above any instant such as Counterspell, Kick or Hammer of Justice.

#showtooltip
/dismount
/cast Counterspell

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Classic Era needs the line because casting while mounted fails there. Retail dismounts you when you cast.

Not confirmed in the Forever beta yet: whether casting while mounted dismounts you.