Updates
What changed on the site, newest first.
Latest
Search the whole Codex, from any page
New
- Search every dungeon, raid, item, quest and spell from the big search box on the front page.
- A search button in the top bar opens the same search on any page. You can also press / or Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac).
- Picking a result takes you straight to it: an item opens under the boss that drops it, a quest on its dungeon's Quests tab, and a spell in its class spellbook, each marked with a gold outline.
- The search remembers the last five things you opened, so you can jump back to them with one click.
- Updates now have their own page, linked in the footer. The Updates button only appears when there is something you have not read yet.
- Every quest giver now has the same map pin and /way buttons as dungeon entrances, so you can paste where to pick a quest up straight into chat.
Improved
- The Quests tab now shows every quest for both factions at once, with an Alliance or Horde crest on quests only one side can do. The faction switch is gone.
- Quest names are in the game's quest yellow, with the yellow "!" in front, as they are in game.
- Every Wowhead quest link now opens the Forever page for that quest.
- Item tooltips use the game's colours, with bonus stats in green.
- A new logo, and a new card when you share a link in Discord or elsewhere.
- On the front page the countdown sits in its own card, with a few words on why I built the Codex right under it.
Fixed
- On phones the top bar ran off the edge of the screen. It now fits, with Journey shown as its compass icon.
- A menu in the top bar stayed open when you moved on to the search or Journey button. It now closes.
Forever's own loot, dungeon locations and a better talent calculator
New
- Every dungeon and raid page now says where the entrance is, with map coordinates where they are known.
- Two buttons next to the location copy an in-game map pin or a /way command, so you can paste the entrance straight into chat.
- Each pre-quest now links to its quest on Wowhead, like the main quests already did.
- The Quests tab shows the level you need to pick up every quest in that dungeon in one trip.
- Each talent tree shows how many of its 51 points you have spent, with its own reset button.
- Every class page now lists the abilities Forever added and the spells it reworked, with the Classic text next to the new one.
- The levelling journey shows each dungeon in your range as a card with its artwork, and tells you when you have finished all its quests.
- Raid pages count down to December 9, when the raids open.
Improved
- Dungeon loot now follows Forever instead of Classic: items Forever removed are gone, and the rest show their Forever stats.
- Dungeon level ranges now match Forever. Ragefire Chasm, for example, is now 15 to 25.
- Talents are outlined in green when you can take a point, gold when they are maxed and grey when they are locked, and the rank counter sits in its own badge on the corner.
Fixed
- A quest that is only a step towards another quest in the same dungeon no longer shows up twice, once on its own and once as a pre-quest.
Link previews for every page
Improved
- Sharing a link to a dungeon, raid, slot or class now shows the Codex card in Discord, Reddit and messaging apps. Before, only the front page had one.
- Instance artwork loads far faster: the banner and thumbnails arrive at the size your screen needs instead of the full-size original, which for the new Forever dungeons was several megabytes each.
Counting visits
New
- The site now counts visits, so I can see which pages are worth the most work. It sets no cookie, keeps no address, and cannot tell who you are or follow you anywhere else. The privacy page in the footer says exactly what is recorded.
Trainer costs, talent arrows and the levelling journey
New
- Every spell now shows what the trainer charges for it, right under the level you learn it at.
- The levelling journey adds those up for you: what the next level will cost, what each level ahead costs, and what the whole way to 60 comes to. The total comes down as you go.
- Talent trees show an arrow from a talent to the one it unlocks, so you can see what needs points first. It turns gold once you have met the requirement.
- The journey has a sidebar listing every spell your class learns, level by level, that moves along as you level up. Hovering any of them shows the full tooltip.
- Spells that Forever changed now show the old Classic wording beside the new one.
- A countdown on the front page to the moment Forever opens.
- An Updates button in the corner, which is how you are reading this, and a privacy page in the footer.
Improved
- The Coach is now called your Journey. It puts your level in the middle of the screen and throws a burst of sparks every time you ding.
- A new typeface, more room to breathe on the front page, and menus, tabs and the faction switch that slide instead of jumping.
- Class pages are easier to read, with bigger talent icons and the proper tree artwork behind them.
Fixed
- Fifty-eight spells were showing the wrong icon. Charge wore a boar, every rank of Conjure Water poured the same drink, and all of the rogue poisons showed a question mark. Every icon has now been checked against Wowhead one by one.
- Clicking a talent left its tooltip stuck open, so hovering the next one gave you two at once.
- Talent tooltips were being cut off at the edge of the card.
Talent calculator, journey and raid planner
New
- A talent calculator for all nine classes, with the full spell list and the level you learn each spell at. Copy the link to share a build with anyone.
- A levelling journey that walks you through it: pick a class, hit Ding, and see what to train and which dungeon to run next.
- A raid comp planner sized to each raid, that keeps track of which buffs and debuffs your group is missing.
- Every item can be shared by link, and arrives with a gold ring around it so people can see which drop you meant.
Improved
- Quest lists now show what each quest rewards.
Fixed
- Quest links were pointing at the Classic version of the page instead of the Forever one.