ForeverBuffFrames

ForeverBuffFrames gives you control over how player buffs and debuffs are displayed in World of Warcraft: Forever.

Move each bar independently, customize its layout, and configure alerts for the effects that matter to you. The addon keeps the familiar icon-based presentation while adding better positioning, organization, tracking, and awareness.

ForeverBuffFrames is currently in public beta.

Features

• Separate movable buff and debuff bars
• Configurable icon size, spacing, rows, growth, and ordering
• Customizable timer and stack text
• Optional hiding of Blizzard's original aura frames
• Ten-second buff-expiration warnings
• Combat-compatible sounds for selected buff removals
• Magic, Curse, Disease, and Poison indicators and sounds
• Searchable Debuff Library with Personal Trackers
• Individual sounds for specific buffs and debuffs
• Bundled alert recordings and custom sound-file support
• Profession, racial, and class tracking selector
• Named profiles with manual backup and recovery
• Localized interface for all supported Forever languages
• Diagnostics and copyable support reports

Alert limitations

The Forever client restricts some aura information during combat.

Ten-second warnings require readable aura timing and are therefore intended primarily for use outside combat.

Combat-compatible buff alerts work differently: ForeverBuffFrames learns a buff while its information is readable, then registers its assigned sound before combat. This sound plays when the buff is removed or expires; it is not an advance warning.

Debuff sounds also rely on previously learned or registered spell IDs. A buff or debuff first encountered during restricted combat may need to be observed outside combat before its alert can work.

The ten-second warning and combat-removal sound are separate systems and may be enabled together.

Debuff awareness

ForeverBuffFrames can visually identify Magic, Curse, Disease, and Poison effects and assign a separate sound to each type.

The Debuff Library contains build-matched spell information from the Forever client. Search by name or spell ID, review the available description, and add an entry directly to Personal Trackers for an exact-spell alert.

Sound options

The addon includes 21 redistributable alert recordings and can also use compatible LibSharedMedia sounds or user-provided .ogg and .mp3 files. Custom recordings must be placed in the addon's CustomSounds folder before WoW starts.

The bundled collection comes from SharedMedia: AlertMediaPack, including media originating from WeakAuras and sArena Reloaded under CC0, CC BY 3.0, or MIT terms. Complete attribution and license documents are included with the addon under Media/AlertSounds.

Tracking selector

An optional magnifying-glass button sits at the fixed end of the buff bar and activates supported profession, racial, and class tracking abilities. Tracking uses native spell actions, and active tracking effects appear in the normal buff bar.

Profiles and recovery

Create and manage named profiles for different characters or layouts. Earlier Forever beta builds could occasionally lose addon settings after a reload or restart. That issue currently appears resolved, but Backup/Recovery remains available if it returns.

Getting started

Open the settings with the minimap button or /fbf config. Unlock the bars, position them, customize their layouts, and configure alerts for the effects that matter to you.

Localization

The interface supports English, German, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Native-speaker corrections are welcome.

Feedback

ForeverBuffFrames still needs broader testing across classes, languages, interface scales, and addon combinations. When reporting a problem, include the client build, reproduction steps, and the complete report from the Diagnostics page.

Report issues on GitHub

Development note

ForeverBuffFrames has been heavily AI-assisted and has also gone through repeated in-game testing, error correction, and visual review. This remains a public beta, so issues not encountered during current testing may still exist.