SilverDragon - WoW AddOns

SilverDragon tracks rares. It'll remember where you last saw a rare mob, and will pop up a notification message when you get near one.

It comes with a list of rares. Type "/silverdragon" to bring up the options, and use the "Import Data" button to bring 'em in. (It's not installed by default, in case people would prefer to keep the suspense alive. :D )

If you import the default dataset: the very first time you come within visual range of a rare, SilverDragon will tell you. It only works the first time because it's checking the game's mob cache, and once you've seen it the game will remember. Remember, this won't happen if you don't do an import.

You can clear the mob cache by quitting WoW and deleting creaturecache.wdb from the Cache\WDB\enUS (or your actual locale) sub-directory in your WoW directory.

If you're running Windows Vista or 7, your Cache is actually NOT in the WoW install directory. Instead it will be at C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Cache

If you have nameplates enabled it'll scan through them to find rares nearby. Otherwise it requires you to mouseover/target a rare, or for your party member/pets to do likewise.

When a rare appears, SilverDragon will pop up a frame that you can click on to target it.

SilverDragon can also create a macro to target any rares that are known in the current zone. It's just that good.

A LDB plugin is included to list rares in your current zone. I like ButtonBin as a viewer, but there'll be a minimap icon if you don't have any viewers installed. (You could use Broker2FuBar to put it on FuBar.)

If you have Cartographer or HandyNotes installed it will add map notes for rares, which can be shared with others.

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dyaeblca Nov 28, 2011 at 09:46 UTC - 0 likes
The addon needs a 4.3 update. It crashes the client (PTR, 1 day until the patch) so I cannot make a correct ticket with all the bugs listed.

Last edited Nov 28, 2011 by dyaeblca

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suruli Nov 28, 2011 at 03:11 UTC - 0 likes
Is there a way to add rares to this mod like you can with NPCScan?
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xevilgrin Nov 17, 2011 at 13:18 UTC - 0 likes
Hey there, is it somehow possible to get Silver Dragons work together with Antiarcs Hud Map (Sexy Map)... i filed a ticket to Sexy Map too)

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mysticalos Aug 04, 2011 at 18:40 UTC - 0 likes
Thanks to Kemayo putting up with my demands and merging some of my stuff and ideas in :)
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mysticalos Aug 04, 2011 at 07:22 UTC - 0 likes
i think it's time to pull cartographer support.
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mysticalos Jul 31, 2011 at 22:38 UTC - 0 likes
i can confirm though that scanning works in molten front with my fix, i've made my own customized version of silver dragon for person use with me and my guild. i gave Kemayo link so next time he logs in he may find a lot of stuff worth merging in ;)
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-Raz- Jul 30, 2011 at 02:29 UTC - 0 likes
cache does not have to be cleared to pick up rares like in NPCscan, even after you have a rare cached it still pops up when mousing over it, which they sadly do not while in molten front

the LDB plugin also does not show any of the rares in molten front even after doing an import, right outside in hyjal the new rares are showing up just fine

edit: tried that little "hack" you posted in the ticket and they now show up on the LDB, now i just wish map notes worked but that is a handynotes/astrolabe issue since neither has been updated in months and it doesnt even let you add map notes for vendors inside molten front

Last edited Jul 30, 2011 by -Raz-
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mysticalos Jul 29, 2011 at 22:59 UTC - 0 likes
raz 9/10 those are cached so it won't pick them up unless you literally dump your cache before entering front and don't encounter any hunters
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-Raz- Jul 28, 2011 at 13:25 UTC - 0 likes
sadly even the latest version (v2.4.5) does not seem to pick up the molten front rares, just ran across one of the spiders and only noticed it by pure luck
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mysticalos Jul 14, 2011 at 17:19 UTC - 0 likes
still doesn't have blood seeker and camel figurine, probably two of the most important reasons to even have rare scanning. blood seeker is the rare that shares spawn timer with aeonax in deepholm, blood seeker is the vyragosa of expansion. the useless rare that can spawn instead of the mount.

camel figurines are so rare that blizz added a feat of strength and title to it.