WoWInterface is happy to announce that we have teamed up with
Wowhead and the
Norganna's AddOns Gatherer team to provide you with an
exclusive downloadable Wowhead database for display in-game by
Gatherer.
This addon will provide you with all the information currently in the Wowhead database showing all known locations of herbs, minerals and treasures. Now you can simply load up Gatherer, plug this database into it and know what can be found in the zone you are in, without having to discover them yourself.
Wowhead will be providing regular dumps of their database to the Norganna team, who will then update the GathererDB Wowhead addon exclusively here on WoWInterface.
How it works
The import procedure is simple and painless. Once you have installed the AddOn and have reloaded the game, ensuring that both
Gatherer and
GathererDB_Wowhead are activated. When you finally log into the game, follow this procedure to import the new data into Gatherer:
- Open Gatherer's configuration dialog.
- Click on the red "Database" tab on the left-hand side of the dialog.
- Click the import button in the main panel.
Make sure to add GathererDB-Wowhead to your
favourites list here on WoWInterface and check back periodically to see if it's been updated, or get an email sent to you whenever they update it if you have those notifications turned on. Any time they update it, just re-download
GathererDB-Wowhead and update your local copy.
Help improve the database
If you want to contribute your data back to Wowhead to continue expanding the database, please download and install the
Wowhead client (available for both PC and Mac) and just follow the instructions on their site.
About Gatherer
Gatherer is an addon for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters in World of Warcraft. It's main purpose is to track the closest plants, deposits and treasure locations on your minimap.
The addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it "remembers" where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in its history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap.
When you view your World Map, you will also see the item locations marked on the particular map you are viewing there.
About Wowhead
Wowhead was created with one sole intent: to provide
World of Warcraft players with an extensive database and tools to enhance their gaming experience. This website is our contribution to this wonderful game.
Our user community is a big part, if not the
biggest part, of Wowhead. Almost all of our information comes from our users, through data uploads from the
Wowhead Client, comments on database entries and screenshot submissions! The site also features
forums, where users can ask questions, discuss important Warcraft-related topics, recommend and share favorite addons, and much more!