Every setting in Polestar's options window (/polestar options), page by page, with its default and what it does, read from the addon's own options registry. A page opens directly with /polestar options <page>. Filter below by name, key or any word of its description.
The guide windowThe small window that shows the current step and its goals while playing (UI/GuideFrame.lua)., the arrow and its routes, and what Polestar does for you.
Only the header and the current stepOne stop in a guide: a title, optional conditions and tip, and at least one goal.'s goals. Switch
Show the whole step ui.wholeStep
Off
Every goalOne thing to do in a step, as a verb and its arguments (accept 783, kill, goto, turnin...). of the step at once, finished ones kept, instead of one person at a time with the others on one line each. Switch
Maximum height ui.maxHeight
0.5
How tall the window may grow, as a share of the screen. A longer step scrolls. Slider (0.3 to 0.9)
Step tips ui.showNotes
On
The author's tip under the goals, one line until clicked. Switch
Expand step tips ui.notesOpen
Off
Start each step with its tip in full instead of one line. Switch
Upcoming steps ui.upcoming
0
How many steps the Up next list holds; 0 turns it off. Slider (0 to 6)
Expand Up next ui.upcomingOpen
Off
Start with the upcoming steps listed instead of collapsed. Switch
Mark quests new in Forever ui.newInForever
On
A small infinity mark beside the name of a quest Forever added, in the guideOne route, written as a .guide file and compiled to Lua; its id reads like forever/alliance/human/01-elwynn-forest., While you're here, the CodexLookup's database of items, mounts, pets, recipes, NPCs, rares, quests, zones, dungeons and treasures, with where each comes from (forge data codex, the Polestar_Codex addon). and quest tooltips. Switch
Tell me when a newer Polestar is out update.card
On
At login, a card on the guide window says a newer Polestar is out and how to update; Got it keeps it away for a day. A line in the guide window stays until you update. Two or more updates behind, both show even with this off (the card at most once a day). Switch
Suggests objectives from later steps when you are near them, from your quest log and what is around you. They show under the step in a "While you're here" panel: click one to point the arrow there; right-click to dismiss it around here (dismissed twice, it stays away for the zone). Switch
How close behavior.whileHereRadius
180
How near the middle of its spawn area you must be for a suggestion to show. It goes again a little further out. Slider (60 to 400)
Include nearby hand-ins behavior.whileHereTurnins
On
Also a quest ready to hand in whose NPC is a little out of your way, when the guide hands it in later. Switch
Hand-ins: how far out of your way behavior.whileHereTurninSeconds
20
The seconds of extra walking a hand-in may cost, to its NPC and back on your way. One in the town you are in always shows; 0 keeps to those. Slider (0 to 60)
Flight paths you pass behavior.whileHereFlights
On
Also a friendly flight master near you whose flight path you haven't learned yet. Learning it ticks the guide's later step for it too. Switch
Sound for a new suggestion behavior.whileHereSound
On
A soft chime for each new suggestion (once when several come together), at the game's sound effects volume. Switch
Step key targets their mobs behavior.whileHereStepKey
On
The step key also targets the mobs of the suggestions, nearest first, after the current step's own. It changes only out of combat. Switch
What the window, its buttons and alerts do in dungeons, raids, battlegrounds and arenas. Guide window in the minimap button's menu, the key binding or /polestar opens it there until you leave. Choices: Keep visible, Hide. Choice
A small Polestar button you can put anywhere on the screen. Click to hide or show Polestar, right-click for a menu, drag to move it. It hides with the window in combat and in dungeons when those are set to Hide. Switch
Minimap button maps.minimapButton
On
A Polestar button on the edge of the minimap. Click to hide or show Polestar, right-click for a menu, drag to move it. Switch
Keep the arrow when hidden
—
Hiding Polestar leaves the arrow, its travel button and its arrival sound. This character only. Switch
Points to the current goal. Its look and colours are under Appearance, Arrow. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Hide the arrow with the guide nav.hideArrowWithGuide
Off
When the guide window is hidden, hide the arrow too. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Arrival time nav.arrowEta
On
Estimated time under the distance. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Distances nav.distanceUnit
Yards (the game's unit)
How the arrow, map tooltips, rares and the death helper show distances. Choices: Yards (the game's unit), Metres. Choice
Arrival sound nav.arrivalSound
On
A soft chime when you reach a waypoint. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Reset arrow position
—
Back to the top of the screen. Drag the arrow to move it. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Action
Flights, boats and your hearthstone when they are faster. Off: the arrow points straight at the goal. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Class teleports nav.teleports
On
Routes may start with a Teleport spell you know (a mage's city teleports, a druid's Moonglade) when it is faster. A city teleport needs a Rune of Teleportation in your bags. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Detour captions nav.detourCaption
Off
Under a walk in the journey, say when it goes round a town of the other faction: "Detour around Southshore". It only says so: the route and the arrow stay as they are. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Walk real paths nav.navRouting
On
The arrow follows paths on the ground around cliffs, water and walls, on Polestar's walking maps, with Shortest Path Forever's router by Cillian Berragan. Off: it points straight at each stop. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Route lines nav.routeLines
On
The way to the goal on the world map and the minimap: a line or dots where you walk, lines where you fly, sail or ride, the legs after this one fainter. Drawn as Shortest Path Forever by Cillian Berragan draws them. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Line style nav.lineStyle
Line
How the route lines are drawn: one solid line, Polestar's dots, or sparkles that drift along the way to the goal (dots while Reduce motion is on). Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Choices: Line, Dots, Sparkles. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Choice
Share boat times nav.shareTransit
Off
Riding a boat, zeppelin, tram or lift times it; your guild and group get those times and you get theirs, so the arrow can say when the next one leaves. Switch
Shift-click a map to go there nav.mapPlan
On
Shift-click the world map or minimap and the arrow takes you there; Alt-click works over map icons. Click the spot again to clear it. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Route style nav.routeStyle
Balanced
Fastest: the shortest walk, over hills and across fields. Balanced: roads that aren't much longer, and round hills. Roads: stays on roads even when they're longer; the safest way, not the quickest. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Choices: Fastest, Balanced, Roads. Choice
Nearby services in map menus nav.nearbyMenu
On
The world map's and minimap's tracking menus find the nearest trainer, vendor, inn, bank and more (/polestar near). Switch
Nearby services button nav.nearbyButton
On
A button in the guide window's header, left of the menu, finds the nearest vendor, repair, inn, flight master or trainer and points the arrow there. Switch
Show the journey nav.journeySteps
On
The route's steps in the guide window with a time for each, counting down: walks, lifts, boats and flights. Click the current step to skip it. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Also set the game's own map pin and tracking. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Mirror to TomTom nav.tomtom
On
Adds the target as a TomTom waypoint when TomTom is loaded. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Use TomTom's arrow nav.useTomTomArrow
Off
Hides Polestar's arrow in favour of TomTom's, except on the way to another continent, where TomTom's arrow cannot point. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
When the route says to hearth or teleport, a button under the arrow casts it. Right-click the arrow to skip a leg. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Transport alerts nav.alerts
On
Before your boat, zeppelin or tram comes in: 30 seconds ahead at the dock, 20 before the next stop on board. Never for lifts or in combat. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Show a banner nav.alertBanner
On
A small card near the top of the screen with a countdown. Click it to dismiss. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Play the transport's sound nav.alertSound
On
The ship's bell, the zeppelin's horn or the tram, on the Master channel so you hear it with the game in the background. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Flash the taskbar icon nav.alertFlash
On
The game's icon flashes while the game is in the background. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Close offers the guide skips behavior.closeSkipped
On
After Polestar accepts or turns in a quest, closes the quest window the NPC opens next when the guide skips its quests. Hold Shift to keep it open. Switch
Warn about missable quests behavior.warnClosing
Off
Before you take a quest that closes another for good, says which in chat and leaves the accept to you. Switch
Skip grey quests behavior.skipGrey
Off
Leaves out grey quests and their turn-ins, unless a later quest needs them first. Switch
Group quests behavior.groupQuests
Ask me at each
Elite and escort quests the guides mark for a group. Ask at each, or answer them all: with a group (a party levelling together) or skip them (solo). Discovery, Group quests changes one. Choices: Ask me at each, Do them with a group, Skip them. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Choice
When you abandon a guide quest behavior.lostQuests
Ask me
Ask me: the guide stays on its step, leads you back to the quest giver, and the guide window asks. Or always go back for the quest, or always skip it and the quests that follow from it; chat says which. Choices: Ask me, Always go back for it, Always skip it. Choice
Opens the suggested guide when no tab is open. Switch
When a leveling guide ends behavior.guideEnd
Ask me
Ask me: a window says the guide is done and offers the next one. Continue automatically: the next guide loads in the same tab. Choices: Ask me, Continue automatically. Choice
Where to level next behavior.routeChoice
Let me choose
Where a guide offers more than one zone to continue in (/polestar path). Choices: Let me choose, Take the recommended zone. Choice
Use deathskips behavior.deathskips
Off
Where dying on purpose and taking the Spirit Healer's resurrection gets you there sooner, the guide shows a step for it. It costs durability and, from level 11, resurrection sickness. Always off on Hardcore characters. Switch
Trainer reminders behavior.trainReminder
Every 2 levels
A note in the guide window, with the nearest trainer of your class, when new skills are waiting. Choices: Every 2 levels, Every level, Off. Choice
Offer class quests behavior.offerClassQuests
On
When one of your class's Class guides opens (your level, its first quest), the guide window offers to open it in a tab. Switch
Reset guide progress
—
Manual check-offs and skips, current guide, from your last quest progress on. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Action
How deep the night runs. Dusk is the default, Night the darkest, Graphite a neutral grey; EllesmereUI takes its panel colour and accent. Choices: Dusk, Night, Graphite. Choice
Background colour ui.bgColor
false
The ground of every Polestar window. Right-click to go back to the scheme's. Text always stays legible: a colour too light for it is darkened. Color
Brightness ui.brightness
0
Lifts or lowers every background together. Right-click to reset. Slider (-1 to 1)
Background opacity ui.bgOpacity
0.94
The background opacity of every Polestar window: how much of the world shows through. Right-click to reset. Slider (0 to 1)
The skin's font (the default: the game's own, Fira Sans in Halo), or a font of your choice. Choices: The skin's font, Open Sans, Game font, Inter, Fira Sans. Choice
Text size ui.textSize
1
The size of Polestar's text, apart from the window scale. Changes at once. Right-click to reset. Slider (0.8 to 1.4)
Reduce motion ui.reduceMotion
Off
No sliding or popping; fades stay short. Switch
Class quest chime ui.classCardSound
On
A short chime the first time a class quest chain's card shows. Off while the game's sound effects are off. Switch
Polestar's own look (the default), Halo (no frame, a soft dark veil, Fira Sans), Hearth (warm game colours), or the game's own art: WoW Forever, Blizzard and Classic. Style, compact mode and the colours you pick work in each. Choices: Polestar, Halo, Hearth, WoW Forever, Blizzard, Classic. Choice
Window border ui.border
On
The line around every Polestar window. Switch
Border colour ui.borderColor
false
Click to pick your own, right-click to go back to the scheme's hairline. Color
Accent border ui.borderAccent
Off
The border takes your accent colour. Picking your own border colour turns this off. Switch
Border thickness ui.borderSize
1
In screen pixels; a thicker border grows outward. Right-click to reset. Slider (1 to 4)
Starlit band ui.band
On
The night sky with its stars across the top of every window. Off: the plain background. Switch
Transparent drops every background and border; text is outlined and the controls appear when you hover the window. Choices: Standard, Transparent. Choice
Backing ui.backing
Soft
With Transparent: Soft lays a light shade behind each line of text, Dark a dark backing behind the whole window. Off: the outlined text alone on the world. Choices: Soft, Dark, Off. Choice
Keep the bar shown ui.barShown
Off
With Transparent, the tabs and the step bar stay on screen instead of only under the cursor. Switch
Window scale ui.scale
1
Slider (0.6 to 1.6)
Width ui.width
340
Slider (260 to 560)
Window opacity ui.opacity
1
The whole guide window, text included. The background's own opacity is under Colour & type. Slider (0.3 to 1)
The guide menuThe hub's Guides section, where a player picks a guide. and this window; applies when you let go. Right-click to reset. Slider (0.7 to 1.4)
Button in the game menu ui.gameMenuButton
On
A Polestar button in the game menu (Esc) that opens the guide menu. Switch
The medallion under every mark on the world map and the minimap. The skin's: Polestar's, Halo's, or Hearth's for Hearth and the game's own looks. Glyphs only: no medallion. Choices: The skin's icons, Polestar, Halo, Hearth, Glyphs only. Choice
Minimap icon size nav.minimapIconSize
1
Polestar's marks on the minimap; the world map keeps its own. A mark over your arrow fades so the arrow shows through it. Right-click to reset. Slider (0.5 to 1.5)
The arrow's target, the stops of its travel route, the step's other goals, the areas their mobs and objects spawn in, and the route lines. Switch
Guide pin on the minimap nav.minimapPins
On
The arrow's target, the areas it spawns in, and the route line. Switch
Route line on the minimap nav.minimapRoute
On
The way to the goal on the minimap. Off keeps the guide pin there and the line on the world map. Its colour, opacity and size: the gear beside Guide > Arrow & routes > Route lines. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Numbered pins for the steps ahead nav.upcomingPins
Off
A small pin with its step number where each of the next steps takes you, fainter the further ahead. As many as Up next shows, else five. Switch
Trail dots along the travel route nav.trailDots
On
Moving dots from you to the target on the world map and the minimap, along the travel route, while route lines are off. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Minimap button maps.minimapButton
On
A Polestar button on the edge of the minimap. Click to hide or show Polestar, right-click for a menu, drag to move it. Switch
Mark quest givers with quests you can accept now. Switch
Quests above your level qol.questLevelWindow
Your level
Mark quests up to this many levels above yours. Slider (Your level to Your level)
Low-level quests qol.lowLevelQuests
Off
Also mark grey quests that are far below your level. Switch
World map objectives qol.mapObjectives
Off
Mark mob areas, item sources and objects for quests in your log. Switch
Objective spots on the map qol.objectiveSpots
Areas for groups
A goal's spots close together can draw as one shaded area with one marker in the middle, so the map stays readable. Choices: Areas for groups, Icons only, Areas only. Choice
Area opacity qol.objectiveAreaAlpha
0%
How strongly the objective areas tint the map. Slider (0% to 0%)
Turn-ins qol.turnInMarkers
Off
Mark who to return to once a quest is ready. Switch
Minimap markers qol.minimapObjectives
Off
Show the same quest markers on the minimap. Switch
Quest marker size qol.questMarkerSize
0%
The size of every quest marker on the world map and the minimap. Slider (0% to 0%)
Highlight step quests qol.guideHighlight
On
Enlarge and light up the markers of the quests in your guide's current step. Switch
Dim other quests qol.guideDim
Off
While a guide runs, fade every quest marker that is not part of its current step. Switch
Marks each dungeon entrance with its level range. Click to open the dungeon's guide, or to set a waypoint when there is none; Shift-click always sets a waypoint. Needs the Codex pack. Switch
Flight masters maps.taxiPins
Off
Your faction's and neutral flight masters: green when known, amber when not yet discovered. The tooltip lists destinations and flight times. Switch
Boats and zeppelins maps.dockPins
Off
Docks, zeppelin towers and the Deeprun Tram, with where they go. Switch
Inns maps.innPins
Off
Innkeepers; the one your Hearthstone is bound to is marked. Switch
Travel icons on the minimap maps.travelMinimap
Off
Shows the flight masters, docks and inns turned on here on the minimap as well. Switch
Marks friendly service NPCs and mailboxes on zone and city maps using Polestar's bundled Codex. Click an individual icon to set a waypoint, or a city group to choose an NPC and destination; choose categories here or in the map's tracking menu. Flight masters and inns have their own toggles under Dungeons and travel. Switch
Service icons on the minimap maps.serviceMinimap
Off
Shows the enabled NPC service categories on the minimap as well. Switch
Shows the parts of each zone you have not explored yet, so the whole map is there before you visit. Tinted keeps them apart from where you have been. Choices: Hidden, Revealed, Revealed and tinted. Choice
Zone level ranges maps.zoneLevels
On
Shows each zone's level range on the continent and zone maps, coloured by difficulty for your level. Switch
Hide the game's quest tracker qol.hideQuestTracker
Off
Hides the game's tracker on the right of the screen, with its quests, achievements and professions, as the community quest database can. Not with the gamepad interface. Switch
Track only dungeon quests in dungeons qol.instanceTrack
On
Inside a dungeon or raid, the game's quest tracker and Polestar's quest markers show only that instance's quests. The quests you were tracking come back when you leave, even after a reload inside. Switch
Clean up quest log
—
Lists the quests in your log the route doesn't need: those it never hands in, and grey ones that give no XP any more. Each has an Abandon button that asks first. The guide window's menu has it too while there are any. Action
Quest tooltips qol.questTooltips
On
Name the quests a mob, item or object is for, with your progress. Switch
Quest marks in bags qol.questBagMarks
On
Mark bag items a quest still needs, in your log or ahead in your guide, until you hand the quest in. Switch
Offer to buy back quest items qol.questSellWarning
On
If you sell an item a quest still needs, ask whether to buy it back from the vendor. Switch
Nameplate icons qol.nameplateIcons
Off
Show a quest icon and your progress, like 3/10, on nameplates of mobs you still need. Switch
Nameplate icon position qol.nameplateIconSide
Left
Where the quest icon and your progress sit on a nameplate: left or right of the health bar, or above the name. Move them if another addon's icon covers them. Choices: Left, Right, Above. Choice
Quest levels qol.questLevels
On
Show quest levels, like [12], wherever the game lists quests without them. Switch
Timed quest alerts qol.questTimerAlerts
On
A chat line and a sound when a timed quest has 5 minutes left, again at 1 minute, and if it fails. The guide window always shows the time left. Switch
Only quests in the next steps of your open guides. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
Turn in guide quests behavior.autoTurnin
On
Never picks between rewards. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
Instant quest text qol.instantQuestText
On
Shows quest text at once instead of fading it in (Forever's own option). Switch
Skip single-option gossip qol.skipGossip
On
Picks the only option of NPCs without quests. Hold Shift to read it. Off, the game still skips some itself, Pick what the step asks for still picks the step's option, and flight masters follow Open the flight map. Switch
Pick what the step asks for qol.stepGossip
On
At the step's NPC, picks the chat option the guide names, or opens the goods or training the step needs. Only on the step the guide is at. Hold Shift to choose yourself. Switch
Faster auto-loot qol.fastLoot
On
Takes the whole corpse at once when auto-loot is on. Switch
Hide combat errors qol.hideErrors
Off
Hides "Not enough rage", "Out of range" and cooldown messages. Other errors still show. Switch
Party members who run Polestar see your counts under their quest goals, your step and your level. Hidden addon messages to your party only; nothing goes to chat. Switch
Ask other players' Polestar which version it is update.probe
On
Up to 10 hidden addon whispers a session, to players of your faction you target or mouse over outside cities, combat and dungeons, and an answer to theirs: only the version number, so Polestar can tell you when a newer one is out. Off: none sent or answered. Switch
Show my party's progress in the guide party.show
On
Their counts under your quest goals, and who lacks a quest you took, with a Share button. Switch
Wait for the group party.waitForGroup
On
When a party member on your quest still needs an objective you finished, the step and its turn-in wait and the arrow leads to what they need. Members in another zone or offline for 2 minutes don't hold you; the party line offers Go on without them. Switch
Say who still needs quest loot party.lootNeeds
On
On a loot window or roll, a line under a quest item a party member still needs and you don't. Nothing is passed or said for you. Switch
Party panel party.panel
On
Opens by itself when someone in your party runs Polestar too: each member's level, step and what they still need of yours; click a name to point the arrow at them. Closed, it stays closed; /polestar party opens it again. Switch
Tell my party about objectives and ready quests party.chat
On
A party chat line with the quest's link when you finish its objectives, and one when the quest is ready to turn in. Everyone in the party sees it, Polestar or not. Never solo or in a raid. Switch
Tell my party when I loot an item that starts a quest party.chatLoot
On
A party chat line with the item's link and the quest it starts. Switch
Show my own lines in my chat too party.chatEcho
Off
Off: your party sees the lines Polestar says for you, and your chat stays clear of them. Switch
Hide other players' Polestar lines party.chatHideOthers
Off
Party members' Polestar lines leave your chat. Shown, they carry Polestar's star. Switch
Only when someone in the party doesn't have Polestar party.chatOnlyNeeded
Off
Nothing goes to chat while everyone in your party runs Polestar: they see your progress in their guide. Switch
On the reward choices, a green arrow marks each upgrade for your spec (with Gear advice on), a thin frame in your accent colour the one to take, and a coin the one that sells for most. Switch
Take the best reward qol.rewardAutoPick
Off
Chooses that reward for you when you complete the quest. Hold Shift to choose yourself. Switch
Wear reward upgrades qol.rewardEquip
Off
Puts on what a turn-in gives when it is an upgrade for your spec (with Gear advice on), once it reaches your bags and you are out of combat. Hold Shift at the turn-in to skip. Switch
When gear from a kill, a chest or a merchant is an upgrade for your spec (with Gear advice on), the guide window offers to put it on. Nothing goes on until you press Wear it; Not this one stops it asking about that item. Switch
Score items for your class and talents and point out upgrades. Switch
Stat weights gear.spec.PALADIN
Automatic (talents)
Which levelling weights score your items. Automatic follows the talent tree with the most points. Choices: Automatic (talents), Holy (healer), Protection (tank), Retribution. Choice
Manage custom weights
—
Import a Pawn scale string, and use, rename, export or delete the scales you have. Action
Tooltip comparison gear.tooltip
On
Show on item tooltips how much better or worse an item is than what you wear. Switch
Upgrade arrows in bags gear.bagArrows
On
A green arrow on each item in your bags that is an upgrade for your spec, in the game's bags and in Baganator. Switch
Leave bag arrows to Pawn gear.hideForPawn
Off
Pawn is installed and draws its own upgrade arrows in your bags. Turn this on to hide Polestar's, so an item does not carry two. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Switch
Reward pick in the guide gear.rewards
On
Under a turn-in step, name the reward to take: an upgrade with its gain, else the best one you can use. The marks on the game's reward panel are under Quest rewards. Switch
Reward pick on tooltips gear.pickTooltip
On
On a quest reward's tooltip, say whether it is the upgrade to take. Switch
A button for the current step's quest item, with count, cooldown and range. Bind it under Key Bindings > AddOns. Switch
Show quest-starting loot qol.questLoot
On
When you loot an item that starts a quest you can take, it goes on the quest item button with a glow until you click it or take the quest. The step's own item comes first; several wait their turn, oldest first. Switch
Highlight the step's item in your bags qol.bagGlow
On
The item the current step uses, or a quest item it collects, glows in your bags (and in Baganator). An item a later step needs gets a lock, so you don't sell it. Switch
Target button qol.targetButton
On
Targets the current step's mobs by name, or the NPCs it sends you to when it has no mob; each click moves to the next name. Bindable. Switch
Show who it targets qol.targetPlate
On
The target button's icon shows what you do next: talk, accept, turn in, kill or loot, a skull for an elite, rare or boss, or their face once you have seen them. Their name sits beside it, green for a friendly NPC, red for a mob, gold for an elite or rare, with small icons for the names after it. Switch
Name new targets in chat qol.targetAnnounce
Off
When the target button's names change, one line in chat lists them ("Targeting: ..."). Only you see it. Switch
Click objectives to target qol.guideNameTarget
Off
Clicking an objective row or NPC heading also targets its NPC outside combat, using the same marking settings as the Target button. This replaces your current target; a failed search clears it. Switch
Rare button qol.rareButton
On
Shows a button that targets a rare Polestar spotted nearby, until it dies or is out of sight. Bindable. Switch
Hearthstone button qol.hearthButton
On
Shows your Hearthstone while the guide says to hearth. Bindable. Switch
Mark what they target qol.markTarget
Off
The target button and the step key put a raid icon on the mob and the NPC they target; out of combat, a press that finds neither clears your target. Pressing again never takes an icon off. In a party you don't lead, only a unit with no icon gets one; in a raid, only when you lead or assist. Switch
Ping what they target qol.pingTarget
Off
The target button and the step key ping the mob they target, so your group sees it behind rocks and buildings. Never in a raid unless you lead or assist. The rare buttons always ping. Switch
A new one each press skips the NPCs' icon and leaves a mob that has one as it is. Choices: |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_1:0|t 1, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_2:0|t 2, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_3:0|t 3, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_4:0|t 4, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_5:0|t 5, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_6:0|t 6, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_7:0|t 7, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_8:0|t 8, A new one each press. Choice
A new one each press, so the last few NPCs keep theirs. Every press counts, even one that marks nothing. Choices: |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_1:0|t 1, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_2:0|t 2, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_3:0|t 3, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_4:0|t 4, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_5:0|t 5, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_6:0|t 6, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_7:0|t 7, |TInterface\TargetingFrame\UI-RaidTargetingIcon_8:0|t 8, A new one each press. Choice
Step key talks and loots qol.stepInteract
Off
Once the step key has targeted the step's NPC, the next press talks to it; on the corpse of the step's mob, it loots; in the step's quest window, it accepts or completes. Only out of combat, and only on the step the guide is at. Switch
Button size qol.buttonScale
1
Scale of the quest item, Hearthstone, target and rare buttons. Drag one to move them all. Slider (0.6 to 1.6)
Target name position qol.buttonTextSide
Right
Where the target's name shows around the target button: right, left, above or below. Choices: Right, Left, Above, Below. Choice
Reset button positions
—
Put the buttons back in their default spot. Action
A page per dungeon and raid: every quest with where to get it, its chain and rewards, the bosses and the entrance. Switch
Tell me when a dungeon opens up dungeons.headsUp
On
When a level-up opens a dungeon's quests to this character, a card on the guide window says so, once per dungeon, with a button that picks up its quests in a new tab. Switch
Watch for rare NPCs and treasures and keep when you last met them (/pole rares). Their map pins are under Map, off by default. Switch
Alert for rares rares.alerts
On
A card with its name, level and distance, and a waypoint to it. Switch
Alert for treasures rares.treasureAlerts
On
Treasures the client marks on the minimap. Switch
Once per rare every rares.cooldown
10
The same rare stays quiet this long after an alert. Slider (1 to 60)
Alert stays for rares.toastSeconds
20
Hovering the alert holds it. Slider (5 to 60)
Alert during combat rares.combatAlerts
Off
Off: an alert waits for the fight to end, if the rare was seen in the last minute. Switch
Play a sound rares.sound
On
One sound with each alert. Switch
Sound rares.soundKit
Raid warning
Played through the Master channel. Choices: Raid warning, Ready check, Boss whisper. Choice
Say when Polestar's founder is nearby rares.founder
On
When Fitz Polestar comes into sight, a card says so and the rare button targets him and waves. At most once a day, never in combat or instances. Switch
Show a sample alert
—
See where the alert sits; drag it to move it. Action
Only quests in the next steps of your open guides. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
Turn in guide quests behavior.autoTurnin
On
Never picks between rewards. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
Instant quest text qol.instantQuestText
On
Shows quest text at once instead of fading it in (Forever's own option). Switch
Skip single-option gossip qol.skipGossip
On
Picks the only option of NPCs without quests. Hold Shift to read it. Off, the game still skips some itself, Pick what the step asks for still picks the step's option, and flight masters follow Open the flight map. Switch
Faster auto-loot qol.fastLoot
On
Takes the whole corpse at once when auto-loot is on. Switch
Hide combat errors qol.hideErrors
Off
Hides "Not enough rage", "Out of range" and cooldown messages. Other errors still show. Switch
Chooses that reward for you when you complete the quest. Hold Shift to choose yourself. Switch
Wear reward upgrades qol.rewardEquip
Off
Puts on what a turn-in gives when it is an upgrade for your spec (with Gear advice on), once it reaches your bags and you are out of combat. Hold Shift at the turn-in to skip. Switch
A button for the current step's quest item, with count, cooldown and range. Bind it under Key Bindings > AddOns. Switch
Show quest-starting loot qol.questLoot
On
When you loot an item that starts a quest you can take, it goes on the quest item button with a glow until you click it or take the quest. The step's own item comes first; several wait their turn, oldest first. Switch
Step key talks and loots qol.stepInteract
Off
Once the step key has targeted the step's NPC, the next press talks to it; on the corpse of the step's mob, it loots; in the step's quest window, it accepts or completes. Only out of combat, and only on the step the guide is at. Switch
Hide the game's quest tracker qol.hideQuestTracker
Off
Hides the game's tracker on the right of the screen, with its quests, achievements and professions, as the community quest database can. Not with the gamepad interface. Switch
Track only dungeon quests in dungeons qol.instanceTrack
On
Inside a dungeon or raid, the game's quest tracker and Polestar's quest markers show only that instance's quests. The quests you were tracking come back when you leave, even after a reload inside. Switch
When the route says to hearth or teleport, a button under the arrow casts it. Right-click the arrow to skip a leg. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Transport alerts nav.alerts
On
Before your boat, zeppelin or tram comes in: 30 seconds ahead at the dock, 20 before the next stop on board. Never for lifts or in combat. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
The world map's and minimap's tracking menus find the nearest trainer, vendor, inn, bank and more (/polestar near). Switch
Nearby services button nav.nearbyButton
On
A button in the guide window's header, left of the menu, finds the nearest vendor, repair, inn, flight master or trainer and points the arrow there. Switch
Sells Poor-quality items, and anything you marked as junk, when a merchant opens and prints the total. Never an item marked to keep or one a later step needs. Switch
Repair qol.autoRepair
On
Repairs all gear at merchants who can, when you can afford it. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
Guild bank first qol.repairGuild
Off
When your guild rank may, the guild bank pays for repairs and your money covers the rest. Switch
Buy for the guide qol.buyGoals
Off
When the step asks you to buy something and the merchant sells it, buys what you still need after selling and repairing. Optional buys and anything over 50g are left to you. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
At a merchant that sells what you are short of, a Restock button under its window buys up to the amounts below (this character's). Nothing is bought until you press it. Other items, such as reagents: /polestar restock <item> <amount>. Switch
Drinks
—
Keeps this many drinks in your bags. The merchant's best one for your level is bought. Slider (0 to 100)
Food
—
Keeps this much food in your bags. The merchant's best one for your level is bought. Slider (0 to 100)
Ammunition
—
Keeps this many arrows or shot for the bow, crossbow or gun you wear. Slider (0 to 2000)
When your bags are nearly full, a button shows the free slots and the cheapest junk in them, and while the step collects something the guide window says so too. Press twice to delete that junk: grey items, or common ones you marked as junk. Bindable. Switch
Nearly full at qol.bagsLow
2
How many free slots or fewer count as nearly full. Slider (0 to 10)
Junk and keep marks qol.itemMarks
On
Ctrl+Alt-click an item in your bags to mark it as junk, again to keep it, and again to clear it. Junk is sold with the grey items; a kept item is never sold or deleted. Switch
A note in the guide window, with the nearest trainer of your class, when new skills are waiting. Choices: Every 2 levels, Every level, Off. Choice
Train all button qol.trainAllButton
On
Adds a Train All button to the trainer window to learn all available skills. Switch
Auto-learn new spells qol.trainAll
Off
Automatically learns every spell a class trainer offers that you can afford, and prints the total. Profession trainers are left alone. Hold Shift to skip. Switch
Riding reminder qol.ridingReminder
On
At level 40 and 60, if you have not learned riding yet, says the cost in chat (with any Honored discount) and points the arrow at your race's riding trainer when you can afford it. Warlocks and Alliance Paladins are sent to their free-mount quest NPC instead. Once per tier per character. Switch
New spells at level-up qol.levelUpSpells
On
When you level up, a card on the guide window shows the class spells you can now train, what they cost together and the nearest class trainer, with a button for the arrow. Not in combat or instances, and not on levels with nothing new. Switch
Old ranks on your bars qol.oldRanks
On
After training and at login, says which spells on your action bars are a lower rank than the one in your spellbook, with a button that puts the highest rank in the same buttons (out of combat). Macros and items are never touched. Right-click a spell on the card to keep it at its rank; a lower rank you put on a bar yourself is kept too. Switch
Forget kept ranks
—
Lists the spells you kept at a lower rank again. Action
XP per hour, time, kills and quests to level, and level splits (/pole xp). Switch
Guide level on the XP bar qol.xpTargetMark
On
A mark at the end of the game's XP bar with the level the guide wants you to reach before it moves on, and how many levels away that is when it is more than one. Switch
Boosted Rest status qol.boostedRest
On
How long the campfire's Boosted Rest lasts and the Cozy Sleeping Bag's cooldown, under the guide window's XP line; your party's Boosted Rest in the party panel. Switch
Reset session
—
Start this session's XP per hour from zero. Action
Follow EllesmereUI's accent, live. Picking your own accent turns this off. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Switch
Match EllesmereUI font ui.matchFont
Off
Follow EllesmereUI's font, live. Choosing another font turns this off. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Switch
Waits 200 ms before each automatic quest accept, turn-in and reward pick, so Spoken has time to notice the window and read it. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Switch
Without TomTom installed, waypoints other addons set through TomTom, and /way, point Polestar's arrow. Addons that expect TomTom's own settings may not work with it on. Greyed out while Shortest Path Forever guides: it does this itself. Switch
Follow TomTom's arrow nav.followTomTom
Off
With TomTom installed, the arrow goes wherever TomTom's arrow points, routed like any goal. Switch
Hand guiding to Shortest Path Forever nav.spfHandoff
Off
Shortest Path Forever's arrow, route and journey take you to each goal. Polestar's arrow, route lines, journey steps, travel button, transport alerts, map clicks and /way step aside; the guide window and map pins stay. Off: Polestar guides, and steps aside only while a journey you started in Shortest Path Forever runs. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Switch
Show planned turn-ins in the community quest database routePlan.<quest-db>
Off
Completed quests in the community quest database's tracker show their Polestar turn-in step. Earlier, skipped and unplanned hand-ins are flagged. Shown only when it applies (the addon it works with is installed, or a setting it depends on is on). Switch
The names and shapes Polestar shows for your gamepad's buttons. Automatic reads them off the gamepad. Choices: Automatic, Xbox (A, B, X, Y), PlayStation (shapes). Choice
Navigate Polestar's windows gamepad.navigate
On
While a Polestar window is open, the D-pad moves through it, A selects, B closes, LB and RB change tabs, Y restores a default. Out of combat; the game gets every button back when the window closes. Switch
Button hints gamepad.hints
On
A bar under the window says what each button does, and B sits on the close button. Switch
Use with the keyboard and mouse gamepad.withMouse
Off
Off, Polestar uses the gamepad only with the game's gamepad interface (Options, Gamepad, Enable Gamepad UI). On, also with the keyboard and mouse interface, while the gamepad is turned on in the game's options and plugged in. Switch
The guide window holds the gamepad until B: the D-pad picks a line, A points the arrow there or uses the item, X shows its details, LB and RB change steps, Y minimizes the window. A window that opened by itself, such as a route choice, waits for this button before it takes the gamepad. Key binding
The data recorderThe optional Polestar_Recorder addon that records play (off on its own; on while Polestar Client shares, which it does by default; RECORDING.md); forge record import (this PC) and forge record pull (the recording server) turn its chunks into data/recordings. for guide authors.
This page is drawn by its own code: it shows status and actions rather than settings.
Defaults the addon keeps that no row above shows: window positions, remembered choices and values other settings derive from. Reset page in the options window clears a page; these reset with them.