To use Auctionator in World of Warcraft: Forever, install the current Forever build, open any Auction House, and use the tabs it adds to the window: Shopping, Selling, Cancelling and Auctionator. Run a Full Scan from the Auctionator tab first so your item tooltips show prices, then post from the Selling tab, which fills in a price just under the cheapest listing.
Auctionator is updated for Forever. As of November 8, its official CurseForge page lists a WoW Forever file dated that same day, so there is no need to run an old Classic build. Below is each tab in order, what Forever’s Auction House rules mean for your posting, and what to try if a listing fails.
How to Install Auctionator
- Download the WoW Forever file, not one for another version of the game. The CurseForge page lists a file per version.
- Unzip it into your Forever addons folder. Our addon install guide shows where that folder is and how to update later.
- Tick Auctionator on the AddOns button at character select.
- Talk to an auctioneer. Our Auction House guide lists the location in every capital. The new tabs appear in the Auction House window.
Step 1: Run a Full Scan
Go to the Auctionator tab and click Full Scan. This saves current prices so they show on your item tooltips everywhere, not just at the Auction House, which tells you whether that green in your bags is worth listing before you walk to town.
Prices go stale quickly in launch week, so scan again when you sit down to sell. Auctionator’s page says the automatic scan on opening the window is a retail feature, so plan on clicking the button yourself here.
Step 2: Sell From the Selling Tab
- Open the Selling tab. Your bag items appear on it.
- Click an item. Auctionator shows the current listings and fills in a price just under the cheapest one.
- Check the price and post. The addon protects you against posting far too low, but the final price is still your call.
Forever’s rules matter here. At launch every listing costs at least 1 silver to post, whatever it is worth, and you lose that deposit if it does not sell. That makes single cheap items a losing listing however good your addon is, so sell those to a vendor or stack them up. When something sells, the gold arrives by mail.
Each ruleset is also its own economy, so prices on a Normal ruleset tell you nothing about a PvP ruleset. Our guide to grouping across rulesets explains what else stays separate.
Step 3: Build Shopping Lists
The Shopping tab is what makes crafting bearable. Instead of retyping “Wool Cloth” for the tenth time, make a list with everything you buy regularly, then search the whole list in one click.
- Use the filters to narrow a search, and the history to rerun an old one.
- Make one list per profession so you can search all your reagents at once.
- Right-click a results column header to show extra columns, such as the seller’s name.
This pairs well with our leveling guides. Build a list from the materials for your next band in Tailoring or Alchemy, and buy whatever is cheap each time you are in town.
Step 4: Cancel When You Are Undercut
The Cancelling tab scans your listings for ones someone has beaten and lets you cancel them with one click, so you can repost under the new price. Remember the deposit: cancelling and reposting a low-value item often costs more than it earns, so save this for items where the price gap is worth it.
Step 5: Check Crafting Costs
Auctionator’s crafting views show what the reagents for a recipe cost and the likely profit, with a button that finds those reagents at the Auction House. With more than 600 new recipes in Forever, this is the quickest way to spot which ones are worth making, and it works well with our best professions for gold guide.
Settings and Companion Addons
- Options: Auctionator has separate settings pages for Shopping, Selling, Selling: All Items and Cancelling. Look there for default durations and how far under the market it prices.
- Journalator is a separate addon by the same author that tracks your Auction House activity, so you can see what actually made money.
- Collectionator is not an option here. Its page lists it for Retail and Mists of Pandaria Classic only.
Other useful addons are in our best addons guide, including Questie for quests.
If a Listing Fails
An auction addon can fail where the default window works, most often with “Internal Auction Error.” Turn the addon off from the AddOns button at character select and try the plain Auction House window. If that works, update Auctionator before you turn it back on. Our Auction House troubleshooting guide covers that error and the others.
Blizzard’s Temporary Economy Holds post also explains why an account can lose Auction House access for a while, which no addon can fix. For more ways to turn this into income, see our gold guide, and every guide is on our World of Warcraft hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Auctionator work on WoW Forever? Yes. Its official page lists a WoW Forever file, last updated on November 8.
How do I run a Full Scan in Auctionator? Open the Auction House, go to the Auctionator tab and click Full Scan.
Why are there no prices on my tooltips? You need a scan first. Run a Full Scan from the Auctionator tab, and run it again when prices look old.
How do I see who is selling an item? Right-click a column header in the results list and turn on the seller column.
Why does Auctionator show Internal Auction Error? Listings can fail through an addon where the default window works. Turn it off, try the plain window, and update the addon before turning it back on.