Delves Companion Advisor
Delves are one of the most rewarding activities in modern World of Warcraft, but keeping your companion configured correctly can feel like a second job. Between swapping curios, matching roles to your specialization, and tracking Delver's Call objectives across two different companions, there is a lot of bookkeeping hiding behind every run. The Delves Companion Advisor addon exists to remove that friction. It is a lightweight quality-of-life tool that watches what you are doing, figures out which companion you have open, and recommends a loadout that actually fits your spec.
If you have ever alt-tabbed to a guide mid-Delve just to remember which Combat Curio to slot, this addon was built for you.
What the Addon Actually Does
At its core, Delves Companion Advisor is a recommendation engine that sits quietly next to Blizzard's own companion window. It does not replace the default interface, and that is deliberate. The original configuration window stays fully usable, so you can still tweak anything by hand. The addon simply adds a layer of guidance on top of it.
The moment you open a companion window, the addon detects both your current specialization and which companion you are looking at. It supports Valeera Sanguinar from Midnight and Brann Bronzebeard from The War Within, so whether you are running current content or revisiting older Delves, the advice stays relevant.
Core Features at a Glance
- Automatic detection of your player specialization
- Automatic recognition of Valeera or Brann
- Recommended companion role for your spec
- Recommended Combat Curio and Utility Curio
- Poison recommendations specifically for Valeera
- One-click Apply Recommended Settings
- Side-by-side comparison of your current setup versus the recommendation
- Delver's Call tracking with separate lists for Midnight and The War Within
- Completed, active, and unfinished quest detection
- Collapsible Delver's Call overview
- Movable minimap button with saved position
The one-click apply button deserves special mention. Multi-step companion configuration updates normally mean several clicks through nested menus, and the addon handles that sequence for you automatically. It is the kind of small convenience that adds up over dozens of Delves.
Minimap Button and Slash Commands
The minimap button keeps everything within reach. A left-click opens or closes Valeera together with the Advisor panel, while a right-click does the same for Brann. The button is movable, and its position is saved between sessions, so it will not wander back to a spot you dislike.
Prefer keyboard control? Type /dca to bring up the interface. The legacy alias /dla still works as well, which is handy if you have muscle memory from earlier versions.
Version Compatibility and Installation
Delves Companion Advisor is designed for Retail World of Warcraft, where Delves and their companions exist. Players on Classic, TBC, WotLK, Cataclysm, and MoP realms will not find Delve content to configure, but the addon's clean structure and localized interface mean it slots neatly into any modern addon folder without conflicts. Localization support covers multiple languages, so the recommendations read naturally regardless of your client language.
When you download Delves Companion Advisor, installation follows the standard routine. Extract the folder into your World of Warcraft Interface/AddOns directory, restart the client, and enable it from the addon list at character select. If you want to skip the manual file shuffling entirely, the foxygame.net launcher handles Delves Companion Advisor as a one-click install from its addon catalog, and it keeps the addon updated automatically whenever a new build lands. That matters here, because companion tuning shifts with patches and an outdated recommendation is worse than none.
How to Install Step by Step
- Close World of Warcraft completely before touching your addon folder
- Place the extracted Delves Companion Advisor folder inside Interface/AddOns
- Confirm the folder contains the .toc file directly, not a nested duplicate folder
- Launch the game and enable the addon from the character selection screen
- Log in and type /dca to verify the Advisor panel opens correctly
Who Should Use It
Casual Delvers benefit most. If you run a handful of Delves a week and do not want to memorize curio meta shifts, the addon gives you a solid default every time. Theorycrafters can still ignore the suggestions and configure manually, since nothing is forced. Altoholics get the biggest win of all, because switching specs across characters no longer means re-learning the right companion setup for each one.
The Delver's Call tracking rounds out the package nicely. Seeing completed, active, and unfinished quests in a collapsible list, split between Midnight and The War Within, makes it easy to plan a session instead of guessing which companion still owes you progress.
Final Thoughts
Delves Companion Advisor for World of Warcraft does one job and does it well: it removes the guesswork from companion configuration without taking control away from you. It is small, unobtrusive, and respects the interface Blizzard already built. If you want faster setup, fewer guide lookups, and a cleaner view of your Delver's Call progress, this is an easy addon to keep enabled.
--- **Update Oct 5, 2026:** Added 1 file for version 12.1.5.