GoldWQ
Making gold in World of Warcraft often comes down to one simple question: which World Quests are actually worth your time this week? GoldWQ answers that question in seconds. It is a lightweight tracker that scans the map for quests and activities that pay out raw gold, then organizes everything by zone so you can plan a route instead of wandering aimlessly.
What GoldWQ Actually Tracks
The addon focuses on the rewards that matter to gold-makers. Instead of showing every quest on the map, GoldWQ filters for the ones that drop raw gold and Raw Gold Caches. It also keeps an eye on Special Assignments and shows your progress toward unlocking them, which is easy to lose track of once you are juggling alts and weekly resets.
Everything is grouped by zone. That means you can open the window, glance at the list, and immediately see which zones have worthwhile rewards available and which ones you can safely skip until next week.
Slash Commands and Daily Use
GoldWQ keeps its interface out of the way and puts the power in chat commands. The full set is short enough to memorize:
- /gwq - open or close the GoldWQ window
- /gwq list - list gold world quests in chat
- /gwq scan - force a rescan of gold world quests
- /gwq report - weekly gold and cache report in chat
- /gwq route - send a route through the gold world quests to TomTom
- /gwq clearroute - clear the current TomTom route
- /gwq options - open the options menu for scale, opacity, collapse, minimap button, and open-on-login
- /gwq minimap - show or hide the minimap button
The TomTom integration deserves a special mention. If you already use TomTom for navigation, /gwq route turns your weekly gold circuit into a waypoint chain you can follow without thinking. For players running several characters, that alone saves a surprising amount of time.
Version Compatibility Across WoW Eras
Retail and Modern Expansions
GoldWQ is built for players who chase gold on live servers. It supports Retail and continues to work through Cataclysm Classic and MoP Classic, adapting to the World Quest and assignment systems those versions use. If you play multiple versions of the game, you can keep the same tracking habits across all of them.
Classic, TBC, and WotLK
Older versions of the game handle gold differently, and GoldWQ accounts for that. It remains compatible with Classic, The Burning Crusade Classic, and Wrath of the Lich King Classic, so era players are not left out of the weekly gold routine. Addon compatibility is maintained across these clients, meaning you install it once per game version and it behaves consistently.
Keeping addons updated across so many clients used to be a chore. These days, the foxygame.net launcher handles that side of things, offering one-click installation and an addon catalog that includes GoldWQ, with automatic updates whenever a new build lands. It removes the guesswork of manually matching addon versions to each WoW client.
How to Install GoldWQ
If you prefer a manual setup, the process is the same as any WoW addon. First, download GoldWQ from your preferred addon source. Then extract the folder into your World of Warcraft installation under Interface/AddOns, making sure the folder name matches exactly. Restart the game or reload your UI, and the addon will be active.
Once installed, type /gwq to confirm everything is working. From there, adjust scale, opacity, and the minimap button through /gwq options until the window fits your UI. Many players enable open-on-login so the weekly list appears the moment they enter the world, which is a small change that makes a big difference to routine.
Who Should Use It
GoldWQ is not trying to be an all-in-one auction house suite or a farming bot replacement. It solves one narrow problem well: finding the weekly gold World Quests and caches that are actually up right now. If you log in each reset, knock out the profitable quests, and log off, this addon is built for exactly that loop. If you maintain a stable of alts, the zone grouping and chat report make it easy to repeat the process character after character.
Download GoldWQ, set your route once, and let the weekly gold take care of itself.
--- **Update Oct 5, 2026:** Added 3 files for version 12.1.0.