WoW Forever Questie Setup: Install, First Options and Missing Quest Markers

Questie is still the addon most people install first, but WoW Forever is not Classic Era, and its map already does part of Questie's job. This guide covers a clean Questie setup for WoW Forever: which file to download, the handful of options worth changing on the first evening, how My Journey and the tracker behave, what the Enhanced preset already draws on your map, and what to do when one of the many new Forever quests has no marker at all. Checked on 8 November 2026 for WoW Forever 1.60.1.

Short answer

• Questie has an official Forever release; at the time of writing it is 12.6.4 from 7 November, and QuestieDB has a newer 1.0.13 file from 8 November.
• Download it from CurseForge or the Questie GitHub releases page and ignore unofficial "Questie Forever" re-uploads.
• Type /questie for the options and /questie journey for the log of your levels and quests.
• The Enhanced preset turns on quest points of interest and objective areas; Questie adds quest givers you have not met yet.
• Many quests that are new in Forever have no Questie markers yet, because its database started from Classic data.

Install the right file

1. Close the game completely.
2. Open the Questie page on CurseForge and pick the file marked for WoW Forever (game version 1.60.1), or take the packaged zip from the Assets list of the newest GitHub release, not the source code archive.
3. In the CurseForge app, select World of Warcraft, then the Forever version in the selector, and install from there; the app puts the files in the right place.
4. For a manual install, open World of Warcraft\_forever_\Interface\AddOns and copy in the Questie folder and, in current releases, the QuestieDB folder that comes with it.
5. Check the path: it must be Interface\AddOns\Questie\Questie.toc, not Questie\Questie\... after unzipping.
6. Start the game, press AddOns at character select, tick Questie and QuestieDB, and log in.

If you need the general steps for any addon, see how to install addons in WoW Forever.

First options to set

Open the options with /questie or a right-click on the Questie minimap button. Exact labels change between releases, so look for the setting by what it does:

Setting area	What to choose on day one	Why
Available quest icons	On	This is the part the game does not show you
Low-level (grey) quests	Off while levelling	Keeps the map readable; turn on when you hunt for gold or reputation
Minimap icons	On, with a smaller icon scale	Nearby objectives without a cluttered minimap
Objective icons on the map	Your choice	The Enhanced preset already draws them for accepted quests
Tracker	On, one tracker only	Two trackers stacked on the right edge is the usual mess
Party progress in tooltips	On in groups	Shows what your friends still need

When an expected quest is missing, check the level filters first. Holding Shift while hovering a map icon shows extra details, such as the quest's XP, as Questie's own page describes.

Journey, tracker and the built-in markers

My Journey. /questie journey opens a dated log of every level-up and every quest you took, finished or abandoned. Resetting Questie's settings can wipe that history, so copy your _forever_\WTF\Account\<account>\SavedVariables folder before any reset.

The tracker. Questie's tracker can show every quest in your log rather than a short list. A left-click on a quest opens the log; a right-click lets you focus one quest or hide its icons. The arrow to an objective needs the separate TomTom addon. If the tracker disappears, use /questie tracker reset and check that no other tracker addon is replacing it. /questie help lists all commands.

What the Enhanced preset already does. Blizzard's starter guide says the Enhanced experience preset turns on quest points of interest and objective blobs: the world map marks the quests in your log and shades their objective areas, and the minimap points towards nearby objectives. Blizzard does not describe map pins for quest givers you have not found, and players report there are none; you only see the exclamation mark over an NPC once you are close. On the Classic preset those quest markers start off, but you can switch them on in Options. So on Enhanced, Questie mainly adds where the next quest is; on Classic it does almost everything. If you see two sets of objective markers for the same quest, switch Questie's objective icons off and keep its available-quest icons. The preset itself is explained in Classic vs Enhanced preset.

New Forever quests without markers

Forever adds more than a thousand quests, and Questie's database grew out of Classic data. At the time of writing, many new Forever quests show no Questie pin, and some objectives point to old Classic spots. First-week QuestieDB updates fixed individual quests, so keep both folders current.

1. A missing marker does not mean the quest is gone; read the quest text and use the game's own objective markers.
2. Update Questie and QuestieDB together; a new Questie with an old QuestieDB causes odd gaps.
3. If one quest is clearly wrong, report it on the Questie GitHub issue tracker with your Questie and QuestieDB versions.
4. The small Forever Quest Tint addon colours quests that are new in Forever, so you can tell at a glance which ones Questie probably does not know yet.

Common problems

Problem	What helps
Questie is not in the AddOns list	The folder is nested one level too deep, or you only used /reload; fix the path and restart the game fully
"Incompatible" or out of date	You installed a Classic Era file; pick the file marked Forever (1.60.1)
Error saying Questie already exists	Two copies are installed, often an old or development copy; delete the extra folder
New quest has no marker	Expected for many Forever quests; use the built-in objective markers and the quest text
Duplicate objective icons	Enhanced preset and Questie both draw them; turn off one layer
Lua errors in dungeons	Update to the newest release; 12.6.4 fixed a secret-value error with chat links in instances. /console scriptErrors 1 shows errors for a report
Quest icons in the minimap button bag	An older Leatrix Plus "Enhance minimap" build did this; update Leatrix Plus

Tips

• Install Questie through the CurseForge app with the Forever version selected so QuestieDB updates with it.
• Keep only one quest tracker addon running, whether that is Questie's or another one.
• Turn grey quests back on at level 60 when you go back for reputation or easy gold.
• Back up SavedVariables before you reset Questie, because the reset can clear My Journey.
• Use Shift-hover on a map icon before you travel to check level and XP.
• If a marker sends you to an odd place, trust the quest text and the game's own pin first.

ForeverBot and this setup

Questie and ForeverBot can run together; the bot does not need Questie's pins, but it helps you check the route by eye. Keep the default UI scale, one tracker and one map addon, and see ForeverBot first-run setup for the rest. Be clear about the risk: automation breaks Blizzard's rules, and Blizzard bans accounts for it.

FAQ

Does Questie work in WoW Forever?

Yes. Questie publishes official Forever builds on CurseForge and GitHub; at the time of writing the newest is 12.6.4, with QuestieDB at 1.0.13. It loads on the 1.60.1 client and shows quest givers, objectives and the tracker. The weak spot is data: many new Forever quests have no markers yet.

Do I need Questie if I play on the Enhanced preset?

Not strictly. Enhanced already marks objectives for accepted quests on the map and minimap. It does not show where to pick up quests you have not found yet, which is the main reason to keep Questie. On the Classic preset, with quest markers off, Questie is much more useful.

Why does Questie show no marker for a quest I just took?

Most likely the quest is new in Forever and not in QuestieDB yet, or the database still holds old Classic coordinates. Update both Questie and QuestieDB, read the quest text and use the game's own objective marker. If one quest is clearly wrong, report it with your versions on the Questie issue tracker.

Is there a separate "Questie Forever" addon I should install?

No. Use the main Questie project and pick its Forever file. Unofficial uploads with Forever in the name appeared around launch; they are not needed, and an unknown copy is an avoidable risk. More picks are in the best WoW Forever addons.