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WoW Forever Cooldown Manager: how to enable it and what it tracks
Enable the built-in WoW Forever Cooldown Manager, check supported classes and known tracking limits, and understand how it differs from a leveling addon.
How to enable the Cooldown Manager
Open Options and look under Gameplay Enhancement to enable the Cooldown Manager. Blizzard’s October 8 update expands support to every class, racial abilities and trinkets.
Use it to bring important combat information closer to where you already look. Start with a few useful abilities instead of filling every available space.
In this article
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Why a spell may be missing
Additional consumable support is still planned for a later patch. The September 24 reports about spell ranks, pets, Healthstones and Arcane Blast describe that earlier build. The October 8 support announcement does not establish that every individual tracking bug is resolved. Compare the current client with dated known-issue posts before diagnosing an addon conflict.
Give it a clear place on your screen
Our suggestion is to keep combat information near your character and put route instructions somewhere you can glance at between pulls. Leave enough room to see enemies and ground effects.
Try the layout on familiar enemies first. If you spend more time reading the display than watching the fight, reduce what you show. A tidy arrangement you recognise is more useful than a crowded one copied from somebody else.
Does this replace a leveling addon?
Cooldown tracking tells you about abilities during a fight. A leveling guide tells you which quest step comes next and where to go. You can decide whether you need either, both or neither.
Wisp’s walkthrough shows its route guidance. It does not claim to replace Blizzard’s combat display, and this article is not a compatibility test between the two.
Make missing-spell feedback specific
When reporting a tracking problem, include your class, level, spell name and rank. Say what you expected to see and whether the spell itself worked. A short recording can make the difference between an unclear complaint and a repeatable issue.
If the problem affects an ability outside the current test coverage, keep using the ordinary action bar as your reference while the feature develops.
Related reading and guides
Sources and review notes
Reviewed October 9 against the October 8 class, racial and trinket support announcement. Consumable support remains pending. Earlier individual tracking reports are not treated as blanket confirmations of either a fix or a continuing bug.
