Elkano's BuffBars
EBB provides groups of statusbar style indicators to show (de)buffs currently affecting your char or some other units (currently focus, pet and target). For the player, it can also show indicators for temporary enchants place on it's weapons.
Due to changes Blizzard made with WoW 4.x it's no longer possible to cancel buffs without the use of secure frames. Currently EBB limits canceling of buffs to out-of-fight since using SecureAuraHeader would have required a major code restructuring. This will be coming in a later version.
Version 2.x is a total recode based on the Ace2 framework which became necessary in order to support some of the longtime wanted and suggested features. It's now possible to show different groups of bars which can be configured in many ways. Each group can be assigned an individual look and filter settings. EBB can be configured via a dropdown menu which is accessible via chat (/ebb config), FuBar plugin or (for the group settings) by right clicking the groups anchor. After setting up a group, its anchor can be hidden by alt-left clicking a bar or the anchor itself in order to lock the group in place.
In order to get additional bar textures and fonts for EBB simply install SharedMedia which is available for download under http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/sharedmedia.aspx
If you have bug reports or feature request, create a ticket: http://www.wowace.com/projects/elkbuffbars/create-ticket/
You can also check my thread at the WoWAce forums: http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=5290
The most recent development version of EBB is available directly from the WoWAce SVN via http://www.wowace.com/projects/elkbuffbars/files/
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Posted Jan 27, 2026This is amazing, thanks. I can't get full bars for timeless buffs to work, is this a limitation atm?
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Posted Jan 27, 2026# Status Update 2
I've just uploaded an initial Alpha that should no longer throw errors.
As expected, this comes at the cost of a lot of features.
So you might want to copy your profile to a new one and disable e.g. some of your groups if you relied heavily on filtering.
You can grab the Alpha here: https://www.wowace.com/projects/elkbuffbars/files/7537041
But make sure to read the changelog 🫣
Regarding the coffee, while I appreciate the sentiment, in this troubling times there are likely still a lot of people near you that are way worse off than I am for various reasons (maybe even you yourselves or some of your loved ones). So please put a smile on their faces instead, first. 🥰
On a side note, I'll likely not have much time to work on this for the next week or so.
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Posted Jan 28, 2026In reply to Elkano:
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I temporarily vibe-coded patches that fixed the sorting for me again and changed the timing so it shows me hours, minutes, seconds in the condensed format, seems to work well for now, but will look forward to your proper beautiful fixes eventually instead of these ugly hacks I have now! :)
This is the addon I almost missed the most when I was forced to use the default aura icons haha
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Posted Jan 27, 2026Appreciate the status update, thanks Elkano! Looking forward to using your great addon again.
Thanks so much for the time you're putting into it.
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Posted Jan 25, 2026Really appreciate all your hard work in continuing to support this wonderful addon.
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Posted Jan 26, 2026In reply to Johnny_Utah71: I completely agree. <3
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Posted Jan 24, 2026# Status Update regarding 12.x / Midnight
As I have written in r215's change notes, that file is NOT ready for Midnight, it just came with the TOCs to allow loading it. And any time there are secrets involved (and a few others e.g. debuff colors) it will break and error.
I'm currently trying to do some initial fixes to have a version that will at least not error (e.g. in combat), but the whole _secret_ stuff can be a pain.
It seems that my current local development version is working (or at least not erroring) but I had to disable large parts of the functionality to get to that point. There are also still a few aspects that block me from releasing it as-is right now, but I'm working on it ...
This will also only be a temporary quick fix as the current way the addon works would no longer all for any sorting or filtering at all, even not the new means Blizzard gave us.
I intend to do a partial rewrite and restructuring of the code later (in order to keep classic on the legacy code and move 12.x onto the newer APIs), that should allow me to use Blizzard's new _tools_, but that will take a while. Hopefully before Midnight releases so I can also play... 🫣
Sorry that the addon is currently not in a usable state (not the first time in its 20 years though 😅), we'll get there!
Thank you for your attention on this matter 🤪
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Posted Jan 24, 2026In reply to Elkano: Thank you for keep working on the addon! :) Let me know, and for sure others too, if I (we) can buy you a coffee!
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to Elkano: Thank you for trying to keep this mod alive when so many authors are abandoning their projects because the changes Blizz made are so frustrating. If you can't get EBB up I completely understand. EBB has been an integral part of my wow experience for many many years so thank you again!
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to Elkano: thank you, good news! looking forward using your addon in the future still. there is no replacement available right now and blizzard buff and debuff handling is a joke
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to Elkano: Thanks for continuing to support this addon. It's the best buff bar addon I've found.
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Posted Jan 25, 2026In reply to Elkano: Your efforts are much appreciated! This is hands down the best buff tracker I've used, and I've used it since damn near the beginning of it existing.
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Posted Jan 26, 2026In reply to Elkano:
I don't know what you just said but Thank You. I'm 76 years old and doubt I could keep up with the Youngsters without your help :P
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Posted Jan 24, 2026971x Blizzard_FrameXMLUtil/AuraUtil.lua:53: bad argument #1 to 'unpack' (table expected, got secret)
[tail call]: ?
[C]: in function 'unpack'
[Blizzard_FrameXMLUtil/AuraUtil.lua]:53: in function <Blizzard_FrameXMLUtil/AuraUtil.lua:33>
[tail call]: ?
[ElkBuffBars/ElkBuffBars.lua]:1190: in function 'ScanData_UnitAura'
[ElkBuffBars/ElkBuffBars.lua]:955: in function <ElkBuffBars/ElkBuffBars.lua:951>
[C]: ?
[ElkBuffBars/libs/AceBucket-3.0-4/AceBucket-3.0.lua]:69: in function <...Ons/ElkBuffBars/libs/AceBucket-3.0/AceBucket-3.0.lua:67>
[ElkBuffBars/libs/AceBucket-3.0-4/AceBucket-3.0.lua]:83: in function 'func'
[Details/Libs/AceTimer-3.0-17/AceTimer-3.0.lua]:57: in function <...ceDetails/Libs/AceTimer-3.0/AceTimer-3.0.lua:50>
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Posted Jan 23, 2026Sometimes the bars disappear randomly in combat
429x ElkBuffBars/EBB_Bar.lua:485: attempt to index global 'DebuffTypeColor' (a nil value)
[tail call]: ?
[ElkBuffBars/EBB_Bar.lua]:485: in function 'UpdateData'
[ElkBuffBars/EBB_BarGroup.lua]:343: in function 'UpdateBars'
[ElkBuffBars/EBB_BarGroup.lua]:329: in function 'UpdateData'
[ElkBuffBars/ElkBuffBars.lua]:1362: in function 'UpdateGroups'
[ElkBuffBars/ElkBuffBars.lua]:976: in function <ElkBuffBars/ElkBuffBars.lua:965>
[C]: ?
[Ace3/AceBucket-3.0-4/AceBucket-3.0.lua]:69: in function <Ace3/AceBucket-3.0/AceBucket-3.0.lua:67>
[Ace3/AceBucket-3.0-4/AceBucket-3.0.lua]:83: in function 'func'
[Ace3/AceTimer-3.0-17/AceTimer-3.0.lua]:57: in function <Ace3/AceTimer-3.0/AceTimer-3.0.lua:50>
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Posted Jan 23, 2026In reply to ifirnja: Same happen to me using the beta version
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Posted Jan 21, 2026Hey Elkano,
I've been using this addon since the beginning of time it feels like.....How can I buy you a cup of coffee or two?
Nevermind, I see how now on Curseforge website, it's not in the Curseforge App though I don't think. Cheers!
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Posted Jan 21, 2026For a temp fix, open ElkBuffBars.tco and change the first line to "## Interface: 120000" and it will load up in midnight prepatch. Unsure if everything works but after a few minutes, so far so good. Thanks for all the hard work!
update - doesn't really work in combat which makes it a very bad temp fix. sorry
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Posted Jan 21, 2026In reply to MattRiker: Thank you so much! I depend on EBB to help de-clutter.
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Posted Jan 21, 2026In reply to MattRiker: Sadly this doesn't quite do the job as the buffs will stop updating while in combat. I believe secure frames and other fixes will be needed as Elkano mentioned in other replies.